[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Status of the potential move from ILA to LRA

Wed Jun 14 18:18:12 BST 2017

GOOD QUESTION, Jim.

As for me, I. don't think our criteria should change one iota.
pdp

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Henrietta Dombey <H.Dombey at brighton.ac.uk>
wrote:

> I fully support the move to LRA.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Henrietta
> ________________________________________
> From: reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] on behalf of Bean,
> Rita M [ritabean at pitt.edu]
> Sent: 14 June 2017 11:32
> To: reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Status of the potential move from ILA to
> LRA
>
> Dear Reading Hall of Fame Members:  Below is an update about the potential
> move of Reading Hall of Fame meetings (breakfast and presentations) from
> ILA to Literacy Research Association.
>
> The Executive Committee of Reading Hall of Fame (RHF) formed a committee
> to investigate the potential move of Reading Hall of Fame from ILA to LRA.
> Committee members are:  Colin Harrison, Gay Ivey, Don Leu, David Pearson,
> Bill Teale, Rita Bean (chair), and Ray Reutzel (ex-officio).  The committee
> met electronically for the first time on June 5, 2017.  Gay Ivey,
> President-Elect of LRA, provided in-depth information about LRA policies
> and practices. She also described the very positive response of the LRA
> board to the possibility of RHF holding its official annual meetings at
> their conference.  Gay also mentioned that the move of RHF to LRA could be
> a win-win situation, given LRA’s interest in research, international
> members, and mentoring as a part of their strategic plan.  The hour-long
> discussion resulted in the following:
>
> 1.      Reading Hall of Fame committee supports moving the RHF annual
> meeting and presentation program from ILA to RHF (see contingency below,
> #5).
>
> 2.       Gay Ivey mentioned that LRA is repurposing its Saturday
> programming and the possibility of RHF holding its meetings at that time
> would be feasible.  Committee is recommending that RHF hold its annual
> breakfast meeting and program (at which new inductees make presentations)
> on  Saturday (breakfast meeting at 7:00 a.m. followed by the presentation
> program at 8:30 a.m.)
>
> 3.      Members of the committee recognize the importance of codifying
> such an arrangement (given changes in officers, policies of an
> organization). Gay, as President-Elect of LRA, has agreed to draft a
> proposal that RHF hold its annual meeting at LRA. She recommended that an
> LRA board member present this proposal to its board for approval.  RHF
> committee members will work with Gay on the development of such a proposal
> for consideration by the LRA Board in December, 2017.
>
> 4.      If the LRA Board passes the proposal with a simple majority, this
> committee will send a Qualtrics Survey to RHF membership in late December
> 2017, asking for a vote on proposed move. If RHF membership is in agreement
> with the proposed move, the 2018 RHF meeting will be held at LRA.
>
> 5.       If there are any difficulties with the proposal, Bill Teale ,
> President of ILA, believes that RHF can work with ILA to hold its meeting
> at ILA in July 2018 until any potential issues with the proposed move are
> resolved.
>
> We would like RHF members to have an opportunity to discuss these
> recommendations at the annual breakfast meeting on July 16, 2017, in
> Orlando FL. However, given that many members are not attending that
> meeting, we encourage RHF members to use the listserv if they have
> questions or comments about any of the recommendations of this committee.
> Further, the committee will continue to keep membership apprised of its
> work.
>
> The committee also discussed the desire to maintain its relationship with
> ILA and acknowledged the support that ILA has provided during the past
> years.  Bill Teale indicated that RHF might want to hold a session at ILA
> each year – in addition to the official one at LRA.  He felt that ILA would
> be receptive to such a session.  Proposals for such presentations would, of
> course, be submitted through the regular review process.
>
> The next step for the committee is to work with Gay Ivey to draft a
> proposal for presentation to the LRA Board.  The Executive Committee of RHF
> also needs to review the current timelines for nominating new members as a
> move to LRA might require moving these dates.
>
> I hope to see many of you in July in Orlando.
>
> Best , Rita Bean
>
> President, RHF
>
>
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