[Englecturers] [Gsa-english] Follow-up: Request for help revising the St. Martin's Guide to Writing - Part 2

[Gretchen Bartels]

Dear Professor Rise Axelrod,

I hope that your sabbatical was restful, and I am excited about the
upcoming revision of the St. Martin's Guide.  I would be interested in
being part of this revision.  I will not be able to make the Tuesday
meeting as I am beginning a summer job (I work Mon-Thursday until
about 7 pm).  I would be glad to attend the other meetings if I am
available.

Best,
Gretchen Bartels

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Rise Axelrod <rise.axelrod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope your grading is proceeding fairly painlessly.
>
> On May 19, I sent out a request for your help as I revise the St.
> Martin's Guide (see below).  Now I am writing to tell you that I
> scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, June 17, at 12 noon in the conference
> room. Please let me know if you can attend because I will be bringing
> some food and water for the group.
>
> I hope you can attend this meeting. If not, perhaps we can find a
> different time to meet. Please let me know if you are interested.
>
> If you do attend, please bring the 8th edition of the Guide. I want to
> share with you some of my ideas for revision and also to look with you
> at various sections of the Part I Assignment chapters to discuss how
> they could be made more usable and productive.
>
> I hope to schedule another meeting on the new Explaining Opposing
> Positions chapter, and perhaps other meetings on some of the other
> chapters.
>
> If I do not see you at one of these meetings, I hope you have a
> delightful summer. My sabbatical is over and I will be with you again
> in the Fall.
>
> Best,
> Rise
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rise Axelrod <rise.axelrod at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:39 PM
> Subject: Request for help revising the St. Martin's Guide to Writing - Part 2
> To: englecturers at lists.ucr.edu, gsa-english at lists.ucr.edu
> Cc: Teri Carter <teri.carter at ucr.edu>
>
>
> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
> I hope you received my earlier email in which I spelled out how you
> can help me find professional and student essays for the next edition
> of the St. Martin's Guide to Writing and how I can compensate you for
> your help. In this email, I would like to invite you to attend one or
> more workshops where we will discuss ideas I am considering for
> revising the Guide. I am eager to get your reaction to my ideas, but I
> am even more interested in learning what in your experience of
> teaching the Guide works well and what needs to be improved.
> I know this is a busy time of the quarter. I imagine some of you would
> prefer to wait until after finals, whereas others may not be available
> after grades are turned in. So I thought we could schedule several
> different meeting times during the month of June. By May 27, please
> send Teri Carter the days and times you can meet and I'll get back to
> you with the schedule of meeting times and places.
> Through Bedford/St. Martin's, I can pay you $25 for each meeting you
> attend. I hope that these meetings help me identify specific areas of
> the Guide to revise and also identify people who will be able to help
> me make some of these revisions. Everyone who plays a role in revising
> the Guide will be compensated and acknowledged for their
> contributions.
> I very much appreciate your willingness to share your insights. If you
> would like to discuss this request, email me  at rise.axelrod at ucr.edu.
> Sincerely,
> Rise
> --
> Rise B. Axelrod
> McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence
> Director of Composition
> Department of English
> University of California
> Riverside, CA 92521
> rise.axelrod at ucr.edu
>
>
> --
> Rise B. Axelrod
> McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence
> Director of Composition
> Department of English
> University of California
> Riverside, CA 92521
> rise.axelrod at ucr.edu
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