timetable

[Bdshull@aol.com]

Hi, Richard,

As the CAUT committee co-chair with the overall charge of the Guidelines 
revisions, I will take at stab at your questions.  On the one hand, my senior 
co-chair, Don McKechnie, and I discussed approving a revised document after 
the convention in order to insure that sufficient energy goes into the 
Symposium in Academia as well as the revision process.  On the other hand, 
the excellent recent discussions and contributions have jumpstarted the 
process of revision to the point we will at least have a revised document 
draft proposal in place for discussion by the convention.

As for your question about the hurry...Is that tongue in cheek?  I don't 
think any of us feel like we have been in any hurry to complete the revisions 
process!  Over the two years we have been working on this there have been 
long periods when the distractions of work have slowed our revision activity 
to a motionless crawl.  But the spurts of creative energy on the list, and on 
the committee, have resulted in some excellent discussions which have 
provided a treasure trove of proposals based on a wealth of experience.  The 
time is right for a document revision this year.

I am working right now on compiling these various recommendations into a 
document which the CAUT committee can take to the CAUT Forum for discussion.  
This is an ever-changing document - I hope so, because that represents more 
excellent discussion and contributions.  While the committee may or may not 
actually approve a revised document before the convention, I personally would 
like a document approved by September, before the school crunch and the 
December PTG planning deadlines.  I hadn't thought about it, but I wonder 
also what impact, if any, your classification proposal would have, if it 
passes.  I need to take another look at my alternate delegate material....But 
feel free to address this on this list.

I haven't investigated the current home office inventory of Guidelines.  I 
assume that there would a slight dip in their sale, since it is becoming 
general knowledge a revision is on the way. It is not that we are insensitive 
to the issue of cost, or a waste of publications after a revision takes 
place;  this revisions project has been primarily an issue-driven task.   I 
also expect the new document to have both a handsome hard copy version (like 
the current one) and a downloadable electronic online version similar to what 
is now on the CAUT website.  Both serve important needs.  I am sure I am not 
alone in my hope that the home office will receive thousands of orders for 
the new hard-copy version....  

I see the guidelines revision as having a ten year planning cycle.   It was 
ripe for revision a few years ago.  I am sure enough will have changed in the 
world of the CAUT for another revision in 2010/2012.  I don't know how that 
will affect the current inventory of Guidelines hard copies at the time, but 
we can sure work on that....

Bill Shull, RPT
Co-Chair, CAUT Committee
La Sierra University
bdshull@aol.com

 In a message dated 5/13/02 1:22:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rwest1@unl.edu 
writes:

<< Hello cauts,
 
 Is there any timetable for when the guidelines revisions are to be
 completed?  How are we to decide that the document is ready/acceptable?
 Is the home office going to print the copies, and if so, how many?  Does
 anyone know how many copies of the current version are left in the home
 office?  Are we running out ,which may necessitate coming up with the
 revision quickly?
 
 Richard West
  >>