[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Possible Move of RHF annual meeting from ILA to LRA

[Barbara Comber]

Great idea Brian cheers Barbara
From: Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au<mailto:bcambrn at uow.edu.au>>
Date: Monday, 21 November 2016 9:54 am
To: Hilary Janks <hilary.janks at gmail.com<mailto:hilary.janks at gmail.com>>
Cc: "reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk>" <reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Possible Move of RHF annual meeting from ILA to LRA

Here’s a wild idea:- What about getting an occasional slot a the national conference  in RHF members’ countries? I’m pretty sure the Aussie and NZ RHF members would love for you all to meet up and present at our Annual conferences?
Think of the spin-offs ( or is it ‘spins-off’) for both RHF and the cause of literacy in other countries.
Just a thought.
Brian C ?
On 21 Nov 2016, at 4:50 AM, Hilary Janks <hilary.janks at gmail.com<mailto:hilary.janks at gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear Members

I am keen for the RHF to move to LRA as I think the LRA conference is more inclusive of the different levels of education to which our literature research contributes than ILA. In addition it tends to be a gathering of researchers more than teachers which I think pushes the thinking of RHF members more than ILA does. There is no reason not to keep the slot at ILA so that teachers can hear board members and then new members can decide whether to present at ILA or LRA (once we get a slot there). I don’t think it would be too hard to persuade LRA that the RHF members will not disappoint in their presentations and to take responsibility for vetting the session. We are not asking for a keynote session - just one session out of many.

We would have to find an inauguration time that does not clash with LRA Board meetings though.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at LRA this year. Perhaps we should get together over breakfast to discuss this and to pay our dues.

Best wishes

Hilary Janks


On 20 Nov 2016, at 4:57 PM, Bean, Rita M <ritabean at pitt.edu<mailto:ritabean at pitt.edu>> wrote:

Dear Members:  Recently, the Executive Board sent an informal survey to you, asking for your input about a possible move of the annual meeting from the ILA conference to the LRA conference.  Of the 51 members voting, 62% indicated an interest in moving from ILA to LRA  (reasons included time of year, time expense, research focus of LRA).   Ray Reutzel, Vice-President, RHF,  and I then sought information from LRA to get some idea of what it might mean for us if we made the move and wanted to schedule both our annual induction meeting and a session at which our recent inductees might make presentations. We identified the following as issues that would need to be resolved

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 All presentations for the LRA conference must be vetted--according to LRA Board policy Changing this policy would require LRA Board action; we would need to submit a proposal for our presentation session  (We are guaranteed a slot at ILA for the presentation session of recent inductees).
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Our annual induction meeting would need to be scheduled when it did not conflict with meeting times --so a 7:30 a.m. breakfast might not be feasible -- we might have to consider other options (e.g., evening meeting on Tuesday before the conference begins)
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We would need to work with LRA in terms of arranging for our annual induction meeting (food services, etc.).  To this date, ILA has worked closely with the RHF treasurer. They handled the arrangements, the menu, etc.

All of these issues can be addressed, of course -- but before we make a decision, the RHF Executive Board is recommending the following:

REC 1. Provide opportunities for conversation about this possible move on the RHF listserv.  We encourage you to make your views known, especially as related to the issues identified above.  It would also be helpful if you would think about some possible solutions to these issues (e.g.,  If we can't get a guaranteed slot for our presentations by recent inductees, do we eliminate that - and just have our annual meeting/induction meeting?  Should we identify a RHF member to handle the induction meeting arrangements, work with the hotel to arrange for breakfast, etc., Make a formal proposal to LRA Board with our request - and then make a decision based on their response)



REC 2. Hold in-depth discussion of the possible move from ILA to LRA at our annual meeting in July, 2017.  There we can summarize the results of the listserv discussion, discuss pros and cons, and have a vote on this issue (if recommended, we can also hold the vote electronically, once a motion has been made at the annual meeting).  If there is a decision to move the annual meeting/presentations to LRA, we would also need to develop a timeline for the move.

Thank you for your feedback as we move through this decision making process.
Rita Bean
President, RHF



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