Dear Friends,

In a recent post Nancy mentioned that she hoped to attend the ATEG 
conference in July so that she could put faces with some of the names 
she's been meeting in our grammar conversations here.

I share her feeling.  I would love to see the faces that go with such 
familiar names as Herb and Bruce and Christine and Phil and John E.D. 
and Allison and Cynthia and Eduard and Larry and, of course, Nancy. 
Many other frequent names on the listServ, I'm happy to say, have 
faces that are already familiar to me.  And I always look forward to 
meeting up with them again.

I'm pleased to see the conversations regarding transportation to 
Fairfield;  apparently plans are being made.   We have high hopes of 
attracting many old and new faces this year.

This year's conference (theme:  "The Power of Patterns")  has a new 
twist: We are partnering with the Connecticut Writing Project. 
That's good news.  As far as I know, the National Writing Project has 
never been known for its promotion of grammar.  This is an important 
foot in the door.

I want to encourage all of you to attend.  If you've never been to an 
ATEG conference, you've missed something special.  It's nothing like 
NCTE or 4Cs or any of the other biggies.  At ATEG we all get to know 
one another; we get to hear nearly all the presentations.  We 
socialize.  We talk.  Even if you go alone, you won't be alone when 
you get there.

And I know Amy would like to hear from you with proposals.  For more 
information and registration information, please log on to the ATEG 
website (ateg.org).  Amy would like to hear from those who will need 
a hotel room--so she will have an estimate for scheduling a block of 
rooms.

So when you make your summer plans, please do put ATEG on the schedule.

Best regards,

Martha

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