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MINIMUM # OF PEOPLE INVOLVED: two persons
The project objectives description:
1.To institute laws to support and to delimitate the profile of the “WRITERS BEYOND BORDERS” association.
2. To create the fundamental rules for the board member’s voting process appointing time limit for each mandate.
3. To describe the responsibilities and limitations for each board member
4. To establish the profile for the association members their responsibilities and limitations.
INITIATOR: Therezinha Kennedy - therezakennedy@shaw.ca
Project Goals
To CREATE publishing opportunities for multilingual/immigrant writers in both English (if they choose to) and their native languages through becoming a unified and - therefore - influential group, that might present a considerable interest for publishers/editors.
The first step would be producing an anthology, consisting of WBB members' works."
Initiator: Edward Porper - sherlok7@gmail.com
MINIMUM # OF PEOPLE INVOLVED: two persons
DESCRIPTION: Project consists of organizing periodical meetings with pre-determined themes, followed by discussion and Q&A period. Group members would decide on format and frequency, select topics, invite guest speakers, set up places for meetings, publicize them among members etc.
INITIATOR: Rita Espeschit - espechit@telus.net
MINIMUM # OF PEOPLE INVOLVED: two persons
DESCRIPTION: Project consists of creating a space for members to publish their work in the magazine. Selection of texts to be made by external jury. Group would work on defining rules, contacting jury members, canvassing advertisers to pay the writers, receiving entries, getting material to jury etc.
INITIATOR: Pardee Bayal - pardee@alternativetrends.com
MINIMUM # OF PEOPLE INVOLVED: Minimum of 2 participants per writing group
DESCRIPTION:
* To promote the creation of writing groups as a support mechanisms among writers and the act of writing;
* To learn how to create and develop writing groups and the dynamics of participation;
* To share writing experiences and provide useful comments and insights on the texts of each other in a writing group;
What you would do:
* Participate in debates and suggest themes for debate;
* Participate in collective writing exercises as you see fit;
* Provide useful and positive comments on each others' texts;
* Explore alternative forms of publishing; (e.g. blogis)
* Debate themes such as: 1)The intrinsic merits of a text vs the quality of the readers; 2) A good but not necessarily pleasant text vs a good but easy to accept text; 3) Writer's ideology, politically engaged writing, writing for freedom and freedom to write as a social right vs individual free writing, writing as a business, writing as an egotistic act;
INITIATOR: Mario Flecha - mflecha@telus.net
NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDED: Minimum 2
DESCRIPTION:
* Collecting information regarding events, contests, publishing opportunities, etc.
* Publishing an online Newsletter to provide information to membership
* Providing a forum to membership to share information about their projects
INITIATOR: Monika Igali - monikaigali@yahoo.ca
Minimum # of People: 3
Description
· A one-day symposium providing opportunities for WBB members to present their creative works in public or to discuss issues of importance to multilingual writers.
What you would do:
· Volunteer to present writing or artistic activities of choice
· Participate as moderators, panel members or facilitators
· Advertise/promote the Symposium
· Negotiate venues for various writing & artistic activities
· Decide types of activities based on WBB preferences
· Solicit funding for the Symposium if required
Initiator: Sunny Kim - holistichealing@shaw.ca
Members needed: at least 2
Activity description: Organize outdoor venues downtown Edmonton during the summer months outside of regular city summer festivals. Approach the city of Edmonton, to find out what means are available for our organization to have outdoor venures organized during the summer months for exposing our work to the public (books for sale).
Could be inclusive with other people, such as artists - painters (selling paintings) and musicians (performing and selling cd's), for instance.
Initiator: Francien Verhoeven - francienverhoeven@yahoo.com
Activity description: Creating and updating pages for the Writers Beyond Borders website.
Initiators: Argelia González Hurtado - argelia@ualberta.ca and Marco Katz - marco@sydmusic.com