[NIFL-WOMENLIT:1053] Re: Suppose the Name Chosen is one You

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Amelia Gilley
Literacy Council of Tyler
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At 10:11 PM 10/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
>NIFL-Womenlit Colleagues,
>
>Suppose a name which you cannot stand is chosen for a national system of
>adult education.  And suppose you haven't weighed in.  :(
>
>Suppose almost no students participate in this survey and the name
>chosen is one adult learners feel uncomfortable with.
>
>If you haven't done so yet, please vote now.  And please do everything you
>can to provide students with access to the Web so they can vote
>(one-person, one-vote, not one class-one vote.)
>
>To vote, go to:
>
>http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?LDMKBNPLXJWR5DGRT01VXF67
>
>It only takes a minute or two.
>
>David J. Rosen
>NLA List Moderator
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:38:46 -0400 (EDT)
>From: David J Rosen <DJRosen@WORLD.STD.COM>
>Subject: Choose a Name for a National System of Adult Education
>
>Colleagues and supporters of adult literacy/basic education and ESOL,
>
>In April I conducted an on-line survey of the field (including adult
>learners) to choose a name for a national system of adult education.
>Although consensus was not reached, six names received a solid majority
>and fewer than 10% of those voting said these six were unacceptable.  It
>is now time to vote on these six (and one other name which I have added
>because it was used in the recently published national adult literacy
>agenda, "From the Margins to the Mainstream.") It is time to see if one is
>viewed by the field as superior to the others.  If not, presumably any one
>of the seven names would serve, and then perhaps the National Coalition
>for Literacy -- which represents all organizations serving our field --
>should choose a name.
>
>You might be asking why we need a name for a system of adult education.
>This is part of an effort to get adult education the same kind of
>recognition and resources as the other two education systems --
>Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12) and Higher Education, to
>move adult education from the margins to the mainstream.
>
>If you would like to participate in choosing this name, the Web address of
>the survey is 
>
>http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?LDMKBNPLXJWR5DGRT01VXF67 
>
>You can go to the Web page any time in October, 2000 and vote for these
>names.  This will take only a minute or two.  I hope you will spread this
>announcement as widely as possible to as many practitioners, adult 
>learners and graduates as possible.  Please note that the only way to have
>your vote counted is to go to
>
>http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?LDMKBNPLXJWR5DGRT01VXF67.  
>
>It is not possible to count e-mail votes, past votes of any kind, or any
>other kinds of votes.  I hope you will do everything possible to make sure
>as many adult learners and practitioners get access to the Web to
>participate in this survey.
>
>If, before you vote,  you would like to read excerpts from a discussion
>about these names, they are archived at
>
>http://www.alri.org/namesurvey.html
>
>Some or all of these excerpts might be appropriate for discussion among
>colleagues or in classes before voting.
>
>David J. Rosen
>NLA List Moderator
>
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