[Reading-hall-of-fame] greetings and thank you

[Jay Samuels]

I forgot to add in my message that I congratulate Jim Hoffman and the newly
elected members to their positions in the Reading Hall of Fame. Jay Samuels.


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[mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
Linda Gambrell
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 2:14 PM
To: jim hoffman; reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] greetings and thank you

Jim,
The proposal sounds like a wonderful idea...I, too, will miss the RHF
because of IRA duties at the conference but want to send my congratulations
to newly elected members.
Best,
Linda

At 1:16 PM -0500 5/9/07, jim hoffman wrote:
>Thank you for your support in electing me to serve as President of the 
>Reading Hall of Fame.  Due to a conflict with a project in South Africa 
>I will not be attending the IRA conference this year in Toronto.  I 
>have been in contact with Rob regarding agenda for our meeting, but I 
>thought I would write directly concnerning a couple of issues that are 
>ahead for our group.
>
>Let me begin by offfering congratulations to our recently elected 
>colleagues. We look forward to your active participation in the 
>organization.
>
>There seems to be a general consensus within the RHF to become even 
>more active in trying to shape policy (both within the profession and 
>on the political front). The recent symposia sponsored by the ROH 
>refect this strong interest.
>
>I have made a proposal to IRA for a regular column in Reading Today 
>that would be used by the RHF to communicate our position on important 
>issues facing the profession. Alan is in consultation and considering 
>the proposal .  I have proposed a trial year to begin in the Spring or 
>Fall of 08. IRA would evaluate the effectiveness and contribution of 
>the column at the end of the first year to make a long term 
>determination.
>
>Reading Today reaches a broad audience and offers a fairly "rapid 
>response" forum for important ideas. It seems to offer the perfect 
>match for our 'expertise'/perspective (within the ROH) and the needs 
>within the profession.
>
>If IRA responds positively to this proposal I would convine a small 
>group to prepare a proposal for a process to prepare these columns.
>We would come back to the full HOF membership for approval on the 
>process.
>
>I don't want this to sound too large-scale or ambitious (we would be on 
>a much much smaller scale) but I would envision a process something 
>along the lines of what the national academy does with topical issues.  
>We use a census process to identify and prioritize topics to write 
>about; we put writing teams together, we circulate for approval and we 
>publish.
>
>As soon as I hear more from Alan I will update you . .  . but in the 
>meantime, you are welcome to post comments.
>
>I hope that someone will volunteer to take the lead on a session for 
>next year.
>
>And finally,  we need someone to take on the role of "historian" for 
>the group . . volunteers?  It's not an elected position so I will just 
>invite the first person to respon to this message.
>
>Hope all is well and enjoy Toronto.
>
>jim
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