I work every Thurs, Fri, and Sunday nights from 7pm-3am so those night are pretty much out for me unless they are early afternoon meetings. Shaun ----- Original Message ----- From: William Prescott <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:58 pm Subject: [pwa-l] IMPT -- PWA MEETING, etc. > Dear All, > > PWA still hasn't met this semester. I vote we do so > soon. My personal preference is sometime between > Thursday - Sunday. > > This week is probably too short of notice. Any > preferences for Thursday, Oct. 19th to Sunday, October > 22nd? > > Where should we meet? Bookstore? The PW lounge in > Copeland Hall? > > OTHER ISSUES > > 1. PW LOUNGE > > Based on our meeting with the Deans last fall, we have > a room allocated to PW students now. It is in Copeland > Hall: we have bookshelves, deks, etc. Unfortunately, > you need a key to open it, so access is tricky. > > Still, we need to use this resource. The Deans are > still under the impression that PW students don't need > resources - books, additional faculty, screenplays, > DVDs, etc -- because all we need is "time to write." > > We finagled this space, and even though it is far from > perfect, we need to use it. Otherwise, we risk > confirming their suspicions that the PW department > doesn't need more resources. > > Speaking of resources... > > 2. LENDING LIBRARY > > OU's libraries do not have popular fiction novels. > Public libraries often have long waiting lists. > > Prof. Chester suggested that we donate any unwanted > novels to the PW Lounge and create our own lending > library. The shelves are there. We just need to fill > them. > > We could also do this... > > 3. NORMAN LIBRARY BOOK SALE > > Every year the Norman Library sells off books at > minimal cost. The last day of the sale, the let you > stuff as many books as you can in a large grocery bag > and sell it to you for $3. > > If we could get a group of us to go, we could stock a > lending library easily. Even better, if we go armed > with those handy dandy readers guides from Category > Fiction, we could stock up on well-crafted fiction. > > The info for the sale: > > 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM > Annual Friends of the Norman Public Library Booksale - > Bag Sale > Contact: Susan Gregory 405-701-2620 > [log in to unmask] > Bag sale - bag of books for $3.00 - we provide the > bag. > > 4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS > > We need to devise future goals and keep organizing and > pushing for more resources, faculty, and attention. > Any ideas on how to proceed are needed and perhaps we > can discuss this at our next meeting. > > 5. Reading Club > > Prof. Chester frequently mentions in class that we > need to keep reading fiction to stoke our > imaginations. > > I am starting some impromptu reading club. Nothing > formal. Just pick a fiction novel every couple of week > and analyze how it was crafted. > > (Note the emphasis on "craft" i.e. plates, > viewpoint,etc. -- if I have to sit through any more > presumptous philosophical rambling sessions > masquerading as book clubs, I'll lose it.) > > We could meet and discuss the over coffee, beer, > whatever. I know we are all busy, so I would like to > pace it so you'd only have to read 20 pages or so a > day. > > Right now, this writing club consists of me. If > interested in joining, either write to the listserv or > e-mail me at [log in to unmask] > > > > > William D. Prescott > > University of Oklahoma > > office no. 405-325-2710 > > [log in to unmask] >