Candrama listerv: Winding

[Robin Whittaker]

Hey there Candrama Subscribers,

Short version: As one who has been ‘managing’ this listerv most recently, and with my CATR Board hat off (goin’ rogue here!), I’d like to suggest that Andy Houston sets up a listerv through U Waterloo and then posts to this listerv (well before Sept 1) the instructions on how to self-subscribe.

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Long version:

Well, this has been a heartening call to arms from Canadian-theatre-interested voices (fun fact: only 3 who have spoken are current CATR members, I’m informed). As Wes said, the CATR Board decided (by consensus) not to find another home for the listerv. I want to assure everyone this was not a brief discussion, though it did come down to the fact that not one of the 17 Board members, from 14 different institutions, volunteered, or felt they could volunteer, their institution’s IT departments (e.g. mine does not host listervs anymore either, unfortunately, oh how I tried…..).

I’ll take my CATR Board hat off for a moment to help with this, since I’ve been managing it for some time (Deborah, you’ll note that I did acknowledge Ed and UNB for shepherding it!—Bravo again, Ed!).

We’ve heard offers from:

Michael Wallace (Theatre Museum)
Kathy Chung (U of T, but needs faculty/staff sponsorship)
Andy Houston / Toby Malone (U Waterloo)
Rebecca Burton / Robin Sokoloski (PGC)
Craig Walker (Queen’s U—though Jenn has reported elsewhere that Queen’s U won’t support listervs for long)

My ‘expert’ view is that Michael and Andy (through Toby) have the strongest cases. But my hunch is that Andy’s is stronger because U Waterloo has tech resources to spare (not to underestimate the Theatre Museum’s resources). I’d like to suggest that Andy Houston sets up the hosting of Candrama at U Waterloo (he’s contacted me offlist about it). The trick is that wherever it goes, there should be consistency: the flock shouldn’t migrate every 2 years—and there are 425 emails on here, believe it or not!

By the way, I do not recommend existing emails be copied and pasted. As one of only 2 people who have been privy to the list of names, I can say that some of these emails are not of living people (!) and some (of the living) may not want to migrate. I’d suggest that Andy sets up the new Candrama listerv at U Waterloo and emails this list with instructions on how to self-subscribe.

Putting my CATR hat back on (or at least akimbo), there is a larger conversation here about whether CATR could better serve scholars, scholar-artists, and practitioners than it does presently. Of course, associations, by definitions, actively seek contributing, paying members, and CATR is always happy for conference paper/panel/seminar/roundtable/workshop/etc. proposals. And Candrama is, at its root, a communication device for like-minded folks. The CATR Board is always happy to hear from those interested/invested in Canadian theatre about how CATR can best serve the broad discipline.

All the best—and I hope this helps!

Robin.

- with hat on: Atlantic Representative, CATR

- with hat off:

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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<http://stureviews.wordpress.com>

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