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Online Town Hall Meetings
Moderator's Welcome
Becky Rickly
Subject: Welcome to the Virtual Town Hall!
From: becky.rickly@umich.edu (Becky Rickly)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:23:34 -0500

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Come one, come all
to the Virtual Town Hall!
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Here's a schedule for the Online Town Hall Meetings

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)

 Karen Schwalm (May 25-28)

MOO sessions
 Wed., May 20, Lisa Gerrard and Paul LeBlanc will lead a discussion on "who we have/are becoming in our field."

 Mon., May 25, Janet Cross and Karen Schwalm will lead a discussion on "who decides."

WEEK THREE (postconference)
What we will become

Invited Speakers on RhetNet
 Steve Krause (May 31-June 3) talking about the Computers and Writing Community

MOO session
 Wed., June 3, Steve Krause and Everyone talking about what the future holds: the "electronic metamorphosis of the academy."

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