Candrama listerv winding down

[Lynette Hunter]

me too, as someone living outside of Canada it's a real lifeline,
Lynette Hunter

On 9 June 2016 at 20:48, Appledore <appledor at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I triple that emotion.
>
> Daf
>
> David Ferry
> 416-433-5826 appledor at sympatico.ca
> http://davidferry.workbooklive.com
>
> > On Jun 9, 2016, at 6:25 PM, Ric Knowles <rknowles at UOGUELPH.CA> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Natalie.
> >
> > Ric
> >
> > Professor of Theatre Studies
> > University of Guelph
> > Guelph, Ontario, Canada
> > N1G 2W1
> >
> > ph: 519-824-4120, x52931 (w)
> > FAX: 519-824-0560
> > email: rknowles at uoguelph.ca
> > http://www.uoguelph.ca/sets/sets-ric-knowles
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Natalie Harrower" <natalie.harrower at GMAIL.COM>
> > To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> > Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 6:22:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Candrama listerv winding down
> >
> > I think the listserv should continue - move it to another host. As
> someone working deeply in the digital realm, I can say that listservs still
> serve a purpose that is different than FB or a website - it's about news
> coming directly to your inbox, and the only way you'll miss it is if you
> actively ignore it. The FB wall is a crap shoot for news, and websites
> require you to actively go to them. Both are robust elements of
> contemporary communication, but they don't replace a listserv. Email still
> reigns for professional purposes.
> >
> > I'm not a CATR member but I still like to hear general news, read the
> TOC of new journals, etc. Why would you want to cordon off a dissemination
> service?
> >
> > Natalie
> >
> > -----------------
> > Natalie Harrower
> > natalie.harrower at gmail.com
> > Twitter: @natalieharrower
> >
> >> On Jun 9, 2016, at 10:07 PM, Robin Whittaker <rwhit at STU.CA> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Candrama listerv subscribers,
> >>
> >> By September 1, 2016 this Candrama email listerv will be phased out.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The pressing catalyst for this change is that the host, UNB IT, is no
> longer supporting listervs—so it’s got to go. In response, CATR has created
> two, more robust, fora for the digital age:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. The CATR/ACRT Website (http://catracrt.ca). There you’ll find
> plenty of information about Canadian drama, theatre, and performance
> studies. And when you join CATR/ACRT as a paying MEMBER, you will be able
> to LOG IN to engage with other members in backstage discussion Groups that
> you create. In the coming weeks (i.e. before Sept. 1) these backstage
> discussion Groups will be available for paid-up CATR/ACRT members to access
> and create (so stay tuned!).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. The Canadian Theatre Research and Performance Facebook Group:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianTheatreResearch. Follow it from
> anywhere in the world! Any and all of the types of questions and issues
> that have been raised on this listerv over the past quarter century (!) can
> be raised on the Facebook Group. — So instead of posting to this email,
> start posting to the Facebook Group!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thus, all you have to do is make sure you’re a paid-up member of
> CATR/ACRT (for the backstage Group discussions) AND follow the Facebook
> Group (for free)!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At this juncture, we should acknowledge the fundamental importance this
> listerv has had to “our” communications over the years. Created by UNB’s Ed
> Mullaly (hi Ed!) on April 30, 1993—shortly after Al Gore invented the
> internet—with email invitations to Denis Salter and ‘Jill,’ the Candrama
> listerv has grown to more than 400 members, scholars, scholar-practioners,
> artists, and friends of Canadian theatre. In Ed’s words from his very first
> Candrama missive: “The discussion group is really, when the romance is
> removed from the notion, a glorified electronic carbon paper which allows
> you to send the same message to a lot of people at once.” Enter: Web fora …
> and Facebook.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> And follow us on Twitter @CATR_ACRT
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If you have any questions about this transition, feel free to direct
> them to me offlist: rwhit at stu.ca
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Robin.
> >>
> >> Atlantic Representative, CATR Exec
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. Robin C. Whittaker
> >> Associate Professor
> >> St. Thomas University, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3
> >> Drama Advisor, Department of English
> >>      http://w3.stu.ca/stu/academics/departments/english_lit
> >> Artistic Producer, Theatre St. Thomas http://wp.stu.ca/tst
> >> Editor, STU Reviews stureviews.wordpress.com
> >
>



-- 
Dr Lynette Hunter
Distinguished Professor, History of Rhetoric and Performance
University of California Davis
Master Adviser, Performance Studies Graduate Group
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