Virtual Town Hall MOO

[becky.rickly@umich.edu (Becky Rickly)]

Apologies for the cross postings!

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Once again, I encourage you all to

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We're enjoying a lively discussion led by Paul LeBlanc, and tomorrow we'll
introduce a new invited speaker:  Lisa Gerrard, from UCLA, who will be
talking further about who we are based on the texts we construct.

Both Lisa and Paul have agreed to co-host a MOO session on Lingua MOO on
Wednesday night, May 20, at 5 pm Pacific time (6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central,
and 8 pm Eastern). The MOO session will be held at the C-FEST Forum at
LINGUA MOO (Directions below).  We hope to see you all there to continue
our discussion of "who we are and who we will become" in real time!


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                To get to the C-FEST Forum at LINGUA MOO

                  [telnet to: lingua.utdallas.edu 8888]
                                   or
                    [WWW: http://lingua.utdallas.edu]
                 (Instructions for logging on are below)
Here's how to get to Lingua MOO:

1.  Telnet to:  Lingua.utdallas.edu 8888
2.  Log on as a guest if you do not have a character at Lingua.
        (at Lingua welcome screen type: connect guest firstname)
3.  Type '@go C-FEST' to get to the forum room.
4.  Read the instructions in the room description about where to sit and
        how to talk.
5.  To quit the MOO, type @quit.
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Once again,to subscribe to the Rhetnet-L list send email to
listproc@lists.missouri.edu, leave the subject line blank, and in the first
line of the note, put: subscribe rhetnet-l yourfirstname yourlastname

Here's a schedule for the remaining Virtual Town Hall:

WEEK ONE:  Where's the proof?  And What should we be doing with
                computers and writing?

Invited speakers on the rhetnet email list:  Eric Crump (May 14-17),
                Paul LeBlanc (May 18-20)

MOO sessions:  Wed, May 13, Eric Crump and literacy (a response
                to Cindy's keynote address at CCCC) at a pre-scheduled
                C-Fest

WEEK TWO:  Preparing for the conference:  is there a rhetoric to computers
and writing?  Who decides what it will be?  What is writing (academic or
otherwise) becoming?

Invited speakers on the rhetnet email list:  Lisa Gerrard (May 20-24),
                Karen Schwalm (May 25-28)

MOO sessions:  Wednesday, May 20, Lisa Gerrard and and Paul LeBlanc:
                who we have/are  becoming in our field
                Monday, May 25, Karen Schwalm and who decides (tentative)

WEEK THREE (postconference):  What we will become

Invited Speakers on Rhetnet:  Steve Krause (May 31-June 3),
                the Computers and Writing Community

MOO session:  Wednesday, June 3, Steve Krause and Everyone:
                what the future holds:  the "electronic metamorphosis
                of the academy"

You can find more information about the Virtual Town Hall meetings at the
Town Hall web site at  www.nsula.edu/~jfbarber/townhall.html

--Becky