Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g9JGMjX24137; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:22:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:22:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100302b9d734b1b03f@[209.246.79.134]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:945] Fwd: CAAL Report: National Coalition for Literacy: Options for X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2506 Lines: 59 >Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:06:45 -0400 >To: nla@lists.literacytent.org, nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov, >nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov, nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov, >nifl-4EFF@literacy.nifl.gov, nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov, >nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov, nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov, >nifl-povraclit@literacy.nifl.gov, nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov, >library-lit@ala.org >From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> >Subject: CAAL Report: National Coalition for Literacy: Options for the Future >Cc: >Bcc: forrest@crosslink.net, rsorensen@erols.com >X-Attachments: > >Colleagues, > >CAAL recently completed an independent study of the history and >leadership potential of the National Coalition for Literacy. The >report by CAAL's Vice President Forrest Chisman, is titled The >National Coalition for Literacy: Options for the Future. It is >available in pdf format for download from the website of the NCL >(http://novel.nifl.gov/coalition/index.html) and also from CAAL at >(http://www.caalusa.org). The report is part of the Year 2 >activities of the Summit Initiative Task Force of the NCL and was >funded by NIFL and the U.S. Department of Education. > >CAAL examines three options for the future of NCL: (a) to close down >altogether, (b) to continue on as an informal network with minimal >leadership capacity, and (c) to reform as a 501(c)(3) organization, >with paid staff, appeal to fundraisers, direct control of its own >finances, restructuring of the membership, and a greatly >strengthened capacity for national leadership. CAAL strongly >recommends option 3 and provides a blueprint for achieving it. > >The NCL will consider the report's recommendations at its upcoming >quarterly meeting on November 14th. In the meantime, this posting >by CAAL is being made as part of a cooperative effort to make the >report widely available to the adult education and literacy field. >Comments are welcome and should be addressed to Robbin Sorensen on >behalf of the Summit Task Force and the Coalition. Her e-mail >address is rsorensen@erols.com. Listserv discussion of the report is >also encouraged. > >-- > >Gail Spangenberg >President >Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy >1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor >New York, NY 10020 >212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610
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