Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e9DHdt929408; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:39:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:39:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001013123415.007b2260@ballistic.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Literacy Council of Tyler <lctyler1@ballistic.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1053] Re: Suppose the Name Chosen is one You X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 3261 Lines: 89 Please take us off this listserv. Thanks, Amelia Gilley Literacy Council of Tyler lctyler1@ballistic.com 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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