<HTML><BODY><DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Greetings Fellow NSF Members,</SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Last week, Julie and I sent out an invitation for you to email us about any concerns you might have for the upcoming year, especially regarding the transition to the new UWP administration. We then held a very productive, two-hour meeting with Cynde Sanchez, Cheryl Brusuelas, and John Briggs on Wednesday, October 8th.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Understandably, many people have been anxious about the transition to the new program. As many of the recent emails from administrative staff and from John Briggs indicate, the last four months have been very, very busy. They have managed--without too many snags--to sucessfully launch a very large program. This is no small feat.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The salient impression that Julie and I both had after the meeting was how dedicated Cynde, Cheryl, and John are to facilitating lecturers and making the program work--and by extension, Regina, who did not attend the meeting. </SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Many of the issues we brought up in the meeting they were already aware of, but they simply had not had the time to directly address them. Indeed, we were surprised to find out that both Cynde and Cheryl have a couple of initiatives in play designed to really help lecturers in their daily teaching lives; these depend, of course, on finding money for these initiatives, which is a real task in this economy. Cynde is a real fighter on our behalf, and she no doubt annoys the personnel at the budgeting office.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The short and the long of it is that administratively Cynde, Cheryl, and John are all working very hard, and they want to do what is necessary to facilitate lecturers. Julie and I were not aware of half of what they have been up to.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">While we were not able to fully discuss every topic--one topic that is of great importance is the potential impact of WAC on lecturers--, we did get through the majority of them. The solutions/actions taken are listed in blue below the topic. You have received emails from various folks about many of these issues already, but I thought we could condense them into one long email with attachments included.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Keys to the English Department</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Because we are a separate entity from English now, we simply don't have the right to retain keys to their xerox room. Lecturers who would like to have or keep a key to the English Department library can go on an individual basis to ask for a key. The English Department, I am told, is amenable to this, but they need to keep track of those keys.</FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Access to Common Space<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>We now have three possible meeting areas (HMNSS 1103-- fill out roster will be posted in 1103; the UWP Conference Room--by appointment with Cynde; and a smaller tutorial room--by roster). This is great.</FONT> <FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Our first annual Royal Pedagogigical Society will meet in the UWP conference room Wed, Oct 22nd from 2-3:30PM.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Letterhead will be located with Teri Carter, Aline Messer, Kathy Moore, Linda Strahan, Cynde Sanchez, Cheryl Brusuelas, and Regina, so there are many ways to get it. There is a legal issue, apparently, in having letterhead out in common areas.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Other supplies (markers and such) can be had with Aline, Teri, and Regina.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>We do have a fax machine located in Cheryl's office, and all lecturers are welcome to fax documents. We did ask about having a common fax machine in HMNSS 1102 installed, but such a fax would cost upwards of $50.00 a month plus the installation costs. Apparently, UCR has to put in a separate data line for the fax, so a normal, dedicated phone line will not work. We agreed that if there was a real need exhibited for fax usage above and beyond what Cheryl could reasonably accomodate that we could return to this issue.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Business Cards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>We can order business cards, and the form to do so was sent to everyone on the listserv. Because all card orders need to go through a common UCR program accessible only by staff, turn in this form (and your $42.55) to Cynde Sanchez, who will input your information from the form. Every department on campus has no centralized this function. <FONT color=#40ff00>The .pdf file is included with this email.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Lack of Knowledge of Whom to See about Issues<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Because there were so many things to be dealt with the first months of the program, specific duties were somewhat unclear. <FONT color=#60ff00>The list of duties of staff is also included here as an attachment. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Copier .pdf<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Some lecturers have asked about the ability to scan .pdf files using our UWP copier (HMNSS 1102). Happily, it does have this ability, and all of your email addresses should have been entered into the machine now. To save the staff some time, I have prepared a short .pdf orientation (with pictures) on how to operate the scan function. A photocopy of these instructions has also been placed on the copy machine as well. <FONT color=#60ff00> This is included as a .pdf attachment with this email.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Anxiety about Using Blackboard</SPAN></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>A few lecturers have indicated some misgivings about transitioning to Blackboard. For those who want one-on-one training, just contact me, Keith Vance, at </FONT><A href="mailto:lashv@ucr.edu"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>lashv@ucr.edu</FONT></A><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>. <FONT color=#60ff00>I am including here a brief orientation to using Safe Assignment for those of you who might not have received it.</FONT></FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Gatekeeper Function<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>In previous years, there was not enough money to create a position like Regina's. As the "Staff Functions" document indicates, Regina is there to facilitate the flow of lecturers to the proper person to address the issue, not to gatekeep. This was the intent. So, with the new "Staff Functions" document, everyone should know where to go for what issue. Both Cynde, Cheryl, and John indicated that they are available most times during every business day for discussions with lecturers.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#ff0000>The following issues were not dealt with at the meeting. It was deemed that these were more issues that the University Writing Committee should deal with:</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<DIV>So, Julie and I hope this email finds you well. While the sky may be falling in the economy, some good things are happening within the confines of the UWP.</DIV>
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<DIV>Keith and Julie<br>
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<DIV class=mirapoint-signature><PRE>Lash Keith Vance, M.A., Ph.D., M.Ed
Director of Computer-Assisted Instruction
Lecturer Representative
University Writing Program
University of California, Riverside
Office: 1103C HMNSS
Email : lashv@ucr.edu
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