[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Reading Hall of Fame home base

[P. David PEARSON]

I understand your concerns, Jim, but I am not sure how to respond.  The
RHF, like any special interest community, defines inclusion and exclusion
by its very nature.  By the same token, LRA defines an internal elite of
"INs" and "OUTs" by changes in the privileged foci, epistemologies,
methods, anon, anon.  The trick is not to rid ourselves of special
interests but to hold them in healthy tension with a broader ethos of the
LRA community as a whole.

And doesn't our presence in conjunction with ILA/IRA pose the same danger
of "Inness" you identified for LRA?  Haven't we, in that sense, always
suffered from that critique?  My question is, Does that make us any
different than any number of other categories of "specialness>"

I think the move would makes sense for other criteria that have been
suggested:  It's really, for me at least, more a matter of identity
(somehow the core of RHF feels closer to LRA), convenience (cheaper to
travel, especially internationally, in the dead of the US winter), and
attendance prospects (you have already heard from several LONG TIME
formerly dedicated IRA/ILA members who have no future plans to affiliate
with ILA).

I don't know what to do about official affiliation.  Maybe nothing--don't
ask, don't tell.  Maybe a grass roots effort--we just organize symposia and
alternative sessions and bid for slots, as LRA members, on the program.
Not sure.

But I think a face to face discussion, with an internet hook-up for those
who want to ZOOM in, in Orlando, is called for.  May need to schedule extra
time.

pdp

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 8:25 AM, Hoffman, James V <
jhoffman at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Hello friends,
>
> I support the move to LRA for all the reasons that have been given. I
> think the move would be good for us and not make much of a difference at
> all for ILA. However, I want to raise an issue for discussion.  I am
> guessing that most of us have been involved in NRC/LRA leadership over the
> years. We have all struggled in those times trying to keep the sense of “in
> groups” within the organization to a minimum.  I think the member survey
> data continue to show that many of those attending the conference feel that
> there is an "in group" that is well established and a large group that sits
> on the outside unable to fully participate.  I’m not sure we will ever be
> able to eliminate this sense from LRA but we need to keep trying.
>
> The “Hall of Fame” is about as "in group" as you can get.  So there is an
> LRA part of me that says this move might not be good for LRA.  This leaves
> me wondering if the decision to move is not just for us to make but needs
> to involve LRA leadership and even the LRA membership at large. I am
> wondering what we might offer to LRA in the form of a meaningful
> contribution to the organization and members rather than be just a move for
> our convenience. What could that be? Should we meet the day after the
> conference or before? Should we try to integrate? I have lots of questions.
>
> Look forward to your comments.
>
> jim
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