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Looking good, folks:

Submissions for the Minneapolis Convention closed on Friday, and we have had a busy weekend sorting out the proposals and sending them to reviewers. All evidence indicates that we will have another well attended and interesting meeting this May. Here are some highlights:

* Over 850 proposals were submitted.
* They have been sent out to 68 reviewers, with each proposal being evaluated by two reviewers.
* We intend to announce the results of the selection process before Thanksgiving.

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RSA will hold its biennial conference in Minneapolis from May 28-31, 2010. Deadline for paper and panel submissions is SEPTEMBER 18th. Full information and guidelines are here.

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but no reason at all:

TEN REASONS NOT TO GO THE 2010 RSA CONVENTION

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Research Network: Sharing Work In Progress

This year at RSA participants have the option to participate in a "Research Network: Sharing Work in Progress" instead of or in addition to submitting an individual, panel, or special format proposal. Participants in the Network will be listed on the program (and are therefore eligible for funding from many home departments) and committed to distributing some sort of work in progress to colleagues before the conference.

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The Spring 2009 issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly is now out. Quite an all-star cast of rhetoricians: Elizabeth Britt, "Dangerous Deliberation: Subjective Probability and Rhetorical Democracy in the Jury Room"; Dave Tell, "Jimmy Swaggart's Secular Confession"; Alan G.

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We are excited indeed to present the finalized program of the third RSA Biennial Summer Institute: mark your calendars, plan on attending, submit your application and call this program to the attention of others.

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Here's information on some (I think non-controversial) constitutional changes for RSA. If you are interested in rhetorical studies and are a regular reader of this Blog, but are not yet a member, please consider joining. Membership information is here. Student memberships are only $30 a year! And a big nudge to my COMM 651 students!

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RSA has announced it's Third Biennial Summer Institute. It will be held at Penn State, June 22-28. Once again, RSA has put together an impressive collection of rhetoricians to run their 5-day seminars and 2-day workshops.

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I was finally able to step away from panel life and get internet access in the hotel lobby. Seattle is beautiful, and the conference promises to be a good one.

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