Bad News, Good News

The bad news is that we aren't going to be able to do the Summer Institute this year. For the first time since 2008, there won't be a Seven Valleys Writing Project Summer Institute. We just could not get the enrollment. That's a bummer, but it's the way that things shook out this year.

The good news is that we aren't dead yet.

July 12, 2016 - Cortland

Save that date. We are going to come together in Cortland, time and place to be determined soon. One goal is to begin rebooting the writing project, figuring out how to attract good people and do good work. We want to figure out how to have people more involved, leading others. We want to do a better job of staying in touch and promoting conversations.

But the other goal is just to get to see as many of you as we can. We will meet for an hour or so and then continue the meeting at some local watering hole that also serves beer and bourbon. There we will frolic, talk over what the school year has been like, and see what else happens.

The best thing about the writing project is that it brings together the faculty you have dreamed of. It's time we brought that faculty together again.

I'll be writing to many of you individually, but thought I would put this out in a more public fashion. My hope is to keep updating this with things that are of interest to you as teacher-leaders and that will help us stay in touch. I'm hoping too that many of you will want to contribute here.

There's no 2016 Summer Institute, but there is always a Seven Valleys Writing Project. Let's get the band back together and see what kind of music we can make.