[recomposingUNC] Meeting TODAY

[Pavithra Kathanadhi]

hi all,
I'm assuming we'll meet at Coates at noon today (Friday) to get things going. 
hope to see everyone there!
Pavithra





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From: "nyerere at riseup.net" <nyerere at riseup.net>
To: Liz Mason-Deese <liz.masondeese at gmail.com>
Cc: recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 4:29:21 PM
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Meeting!


Hi everyone,

Now that we're all settled in for the semester hopefully, why don't we
have our first meeting?  It sounds like a number of people are assuming
we'll just keep our same time slot: Fridays at 12pm. Does this time slot
still work for people?  Shall we have our first meeting this Friday? Maybe
we can take the opportunity to touch-base, hear what people have been up
to over break, and get caught up on the latest round of student protests,
budget cuts, etc.

Perhaps then we can also finalize a book or two to read for the semester,
and lay out our plan.

Did people decide to meet elsewhere this semester, or shall we re-convene
at Coates building at least for this initial meeting until another venue
is agreed upon?

Looking forward to getting the group going again this semester.

-Yousuf



> Hi all -
>
> I also like the idea of weekly readings and second Yousuf's idea of either
> the Edu-factory book or Marc Bousquet's book. (I read University Inc a
> couple of years ago and it's good but I think all of it's main points are
> probably fairly obvious to us).
>
> I'd also propose a team or small subgroup of folks to get together to talk
> about blog/website stuff - it's something I would like to do but I also
> don't want to be making decisions on my own about it.
>
> As for more "fun" things - I have the documentary from the NYU grad
> student
> strike a few years ago if folks want to get together and watch that one
> evening?
>
> We should perhaps also talk about how to draw more folks in for next
> semester?
>
> take care,
> Liz
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Katie Akin <akinkatie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, rUNC!
>>
>> I like the idea of weekly readings, and covering a book or two over the
>> semester. I would also like to plan more "happy hour" or "family" style
>> RecomposingUNC meetings. As for the readings, I think it is a great idea
>> to
>> start with the Edu-factory book that Yousuf proposed. The fact that
>> those
>> chapters are available in pdf format already will make it easier for
>> people
>> to jump in and participate.
>>
>> Hope everyone is well and enjoying the break!
>>
>> Sending the best wishes to you and your loved ones--
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Yenta Laureate <ejswoo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a book someone gave me (yes the randomness factor) that was
>>> reviewed by the NY Times called "The Lost Soul of Higher Education" - I
>>> can
>>> skim it to give a very short report on it since it is from the point of
>>> view
>>> of faculty that don't want the university to go to a corporate model.
>>>
>>> I'm good with the books below; i've heard good things about them.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0800 (PST)
>>>> > I'd like to propose we pick one book and read it this semester. I
>>>> have
>>>> > two proposals: Either Marc Busquet's HOW THE UNIVERSITY WORKS or
>>>> > Edu-factory's edited collection called TOWARD A GLOBAL AUTONOMOUS
>>>> > UNIVERSITY.
>>>>
>>>> Another book to consider is "University, Inc":
>>>>
>>>> http://books.google.com/books?id=MD3dj8Hz7h0C
>>>>
>>>> I'll look for freeware.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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