(Final) 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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* Come one, come all              *
*       to the Virtual Town Hall! *
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Many of you are back from an invigorating conference and ready to "detox"
by discussing what it all MEANS.  Let's do just that--and wrap up the
(Virtual and) Town Hall discussions by meeting on Lingua MOO to decide who
we've decided to become, and WHY.

Steve Krause, our host for this week on Rhetnet, will be hosting a MOO
session on Lingua MOO on Wednesday night, June 3, at 4 pm Pacific time (5
pm Mountain, 6 pm Central, and 7 pm Eastern). *****NOTE TIME CHANGE!*****
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 "the
electronic metamorphosis" 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),
                Janet Cross (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, Janet Cross and the process of becoming

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