[Reading-hall-of-fame] Changes at IRA

[Yetta Goodman]

A lot depends on how active members of RHF want to be.  So many members 
are still active and not retired.  Certainly under Jim's leadership and 
others, we have begun to discuss  issues and provide opportunities to 
make contributions to the field.  I do think we need to expand our views 
beyond IRA in any case wherever we hang our hat.  We need to think about 
International scholars and also literacy scholars in related 
organizations such as NCTE, AERA, etc.    I would appreciate opportunity 
for discussion about these issues.   Yetta



jim hoffman wrote:
> As you are aware, there have been a number of changes at IRA over the 
> past several months.  The Reading Hall of Fame is independent of the 
> IRA but we have certainly benefited from our close relationship over 
> the years.  For example, our historical archives are located at IRA, 
> the website development work has taken place there, the elections have 
> been managed by folks at IRA, program slots have been arranged, annual 
> meeting space, etc.
>
> With the changes at Headquarters, we may have to consider alternative 
> plans for going about our work.  The current HOF officers are 
> discussing alternatives.  We hope to come to the meeting in Minn and 
> present options for discussion.  We will try to circulate these 
> options before the meeting to gather responses from those who will not 
> be attending.
>
> We can, of course, try to arrange to stay in the same relationship 
> with IRA.  Some have suggested that this may be a time to move all of 
> our operations out of Headquarters.  If you have suggestions for us to 
> consider, please respond to this listserve or respond to me directly.  
> We will try to incorporate all suggestions into a set of choices for 
> consideration.
>
> Cheers,
>
> jim
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