Dear All: Thanks for the budget information, Jim. It appears that we are working with a pretty restricted budget at this point: $25,000 won't go very far. I understand that we are hoping to attract more funds from other sources, but we will need to be careful until we know we'll have more money for travel and other costs. It might be useful for us to develop a ballpark idea about how much we expect to get from registrations and contributions. Meanwhile, I would appreciate it if this committee would consider whether we can offer air fare for this scholar if that person chose to submit a proposal and it was accepted. Air fare would probably be about $800. This person is an established and well-regarded labour historian who has published two very well-regarded monographs with prestigious academic presses as well as a number of articles in highly ranked academic journals. In other words, this labour historian would add significant value and prestige to our conference. The person does not have an academic position and therefore does not have access to research funds, which people in faculty positions do have. I have no idea whether air fare alone would be sufficient to attract this person, but it would be worth a try. At this point, things are not looking good for us. We have far too few paper proposals and no panel proposals. I have reached out to my friends across Canada and I believe a few established labour historians do plan to propose. But at the moment, I suggest we do our best to attract a few more papers by offering at least air fare to worthy proposals from people who do not have faculty positions. Perhaps committee members would weigh in on this so I can respond to the scholar with information that a subsidy can be found for a proposal that is accepted from a precariously employed scholar. Thanks for responding! julie
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Mochoruk, James Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:40 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Hi Folks,
The only thing that I might add is that the budgeting exercise was predicated on the Committee's desire to provide travel assistance to invited roundtable participants, graduate students and (poorly paid) community/labour activists who were contributing to the conference in one way or other, and other participants who might not be able to afford their own travel costs. The SSHRC grant for which we intend to apply would provide at least $25,000 for that express purpose. Other funds which we may acquire - from unions and other sponsors might also be directed in this direction. It seemed that this was the will of the committee and was generally agreed to in preliminary budget discussions - but no hard and fast rules or policies have been established - at least not that I know of.
Jim M.
________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca <1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> on behalf of James Naylor <Naylor@BrandonU.CAmailto:Naylor@BrandonU.CA> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:25 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Good point; I think we can begin the discussion on the listserv.
We did have a brief discussion of this last meeting in the context of the roundtables in which we affirmed that the first priority is to pay the travel and accommodation of roundtable participants. It is hard to know what that will add up to. I think it is our intention of being able to subsidize low wage academics and activists beyond this but I'm not sure how concrete we can be about amounts. Jim M. and Rhonda, who have been working on the budget can add something here, if they can. The call for papers did indicate that we were applying for funding for the general purpose of subsidizing attendance to the extent that it is possible. I'm just not sure how much more we can say about this until we know how successful our SSHRC application is.
Comments?
Jim
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Brandon University
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Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Esyllt Jones Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:15 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Indeed, I would agree with that.
Esyllt
On Feb 10, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Hi Everyone:
I have been inviting people who've written on labour history to submit proposals and have started to get good responses. But a question has come up that I can't answer about travel subsidies for low-income and precariously employed scholars and activists.
I do not recall that we have a policy, but perhaps the committee developed one at a meeting in the summer when I was away. I don't see anything about that on our website. If we do have one, could someone please send me the details? If we don't have one, I suggest that it's urgent to get one before our deadline of 28 February.
The possibility of travel support will make a critical difference to some potential presenters. One for sure is a person we'd be very happy to have.
If we do not have a policy, I suggest we develop one before the deadline, even if that requires us to meet (as it were) online.
Thoughts?
julie
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University of Manitoba
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Hello all,
The draft budget (attached) has $45,000 allocated for travel subsidies (of which, hopefully, $25,000 will come from SSHRC, if I understand Jim M correctly), which means that 30 individuals can be supported at $1500 per person as currently envisaged. We will need to determine how we prioritize allocations in this fund. I suggest that promising anything to potential paper presenters at this stage, and before we have a fuller discussion, is premature. I would think that the first priority will be roundtable participants, followed by independent scholars, students and sessionals (and not necessarily in that order). I have had someone ask me about potential travel support for members of a possible panel; I gave a noncommittal response, but encouraged the submission nonetheless.
Jeff
Dr. Jeffery Taylor Dean of Arts Professor of History 310 Fletcher Argue Building University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5
(p) 204-474-9271 (f) 204-474-7590
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On Feb 11, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Dear All: Thanks for the budget information, Jim. It appears that we are working with a pretty restricted budget at this point: $25,000 won’t go very far. I understand that we are hoping to attract more funds from other sources, but we will need to be careful until we know we’ll have more money for travel and other costs. It might be useful for us to develop a ballpark idea about how much we expect to get from registrations and contributions. Meanwhile, I would appreciate it if this committee would consider whether we can offer air fare for this scholar if that person chose to submit a proposal and it was accepted. Air fare would probably be about $800. This person is an established and well-regarded labour historian who has published two very well-regarded monographs with prestigious academic presses as well as a number of articles in highly ranked academic journals. In other words, this labour historian would add significant value and prestige to our conference. The person does not have an academic position and therefore does not have access to research funds, which people in faculty positions do have. I have no idea whether air fare alone would be sufficient to attract this person, but it would be worth a try. At this point, things are not looking good for us. We have far too few paper proposals and no panel proposals. I have reached out to my friends across Canada and I believe a few established labour historians do plan to propose. But at the moment, I suggest we do our best to attract a few more papers by offering at least air fare to worthy proposals from people who do not have faculty positions. Perhaps committee members would weigh in on this so I can respond to the scholar with information that a subsidy can be found for a proposal that is accepted from a precariously employed scholar. Thanks for responding! julie
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Mochoruk, James Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:40 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Hi Folks, The only thing that I might add is that the budgeting exercise was predicated on the Committee's desire to provide travel assistance to invited roundtable participants, graduate students and (poorly paid) community/labour activists who were contributing to the conference in one way or other, and other participants who might not be able to afford their own travel costs. The SSHRC grant for which we intend to apply would provide at least $25,000 for that express purpose. Other funds which we may acquire - from unions and other sponsors might also be directed in this direction. It seemed that this was the will of the committee and was generally agreed to in preliminary budget discussions - but no hard and fast rules or policies have been established - at least not that I know of.
Jim M.
________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca <1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> on behalf of James Naylor <Naylor@BrandonU.CAmailto:Naylor@BrandonU.CA> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:25 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Good point; I think we can begin the discussion on the listserv.
We did have a brief discussion of this last meeting in the context of the roundtables in which we affirmed that the first priority is to pay the travel and accommodation of roundtable participants. It is hard to know what that will add up to. I think it is our intention of being able to subsidize low wage academics and activists beyond this but I’m not sure how concrete we can be about amounts. Jim M. and Rhonda, who have been working on the budget can add something here, if they can. The call for papers did indicate that we were applying for funding for the general purpose of subsidizing attendance to the extent that it is possible. I’m just not sure how much more we can say about this until we know how successful our SSHRC application is.
Comments? Jim
James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada
Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Esyllt Jones Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:15 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Indeed, I would agree with that.
Esyllt
On Feb 10, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Hi Everyone: I have been inviting people who’ve written on labour history to submit proposals and have started to get good responses. But a question has come up that I can’t answer about travel subsidies for low-income and precariously employed scholars and activists. I do not recall that we have a policy, but perhaps the committee developed one at a meeting in the summer when I was away. I don’t see anything about that on our website. If we do have one, could someone please send me the details? If we don’t have one, I suggest that it’s urgent to get one before our deadline of 28 February. The possibility of travel support will make a critical difference to some potential presenters. One for sure is a person we’d be very happy to have. If we do not have a policy, I suggest we develop one before the deadline, even if that requires us to meet (as it were) online. Thoughts? julie _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
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Thanks Jeff. I will do as you suggest. It would be a great loss to forego excellent participants if we can scrounge enough cash to support their costs. It’s possible that we have set the deadline for proposals too early, before we have established the round tables. Perhaps we should consider having a second round of proposals 8 or 9 months in advance of the conference. By that time we would, I hope, have a better idea about how much money we have. julie
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Jeff Taylor Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 2:45 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] please respond: travel subsidies
Hello all,
The draft budget (attached) has $45,000 allocated for travel subsidies (of which, hopefully, $25,000 will come from SSHRC, if I understand Jim M correctly), which means that 30 individuals can be supported at $1500 per person as currently envisaged. We will need to determine how we prioritize allocations in this fund. I suggest that promising anything to potential paper presenters at this stage, and before we have a fuller discussion, is premature. I would think that the first priority will be roundtable participants, followed by independent scholars, students and sessionals (and not necessarily in that order). I have had someone ask me about potential travel support for members of a possible panel; I gave a noncommittal response, but encouraged the submission nonetheless.
Jeff
Dr. Jeffery Taylor Dean of Arts Professor of History 310 Fletcher Argue Building University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5
(p) 204-474-9271 (f) 204-474-7590
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On Feb 11, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Dear All: Thanks for the budget information, Jim. It appears that we are working with a pretty restricted budget at this point: $25,000 won’t go very far. I understand that we are hoping to attract more funds from other sources, but we will need to be careful until we know we’ll have more money for travel and other costs. It might be useful for us to develop a ballpark idea about how much we expect to get from registrations and contributions. Meanwhile, I would appreciate it if this committee would consider whether we can offer air fare for this scholar if that person chose to submit a proposal and it was accepted. Air fare would probably be about $800. This person is an established and well-regarded labour historian who has published two very well-regarded monographs with prestigious academic presses as well as a number of articles in highly ranked academic journals. In other words, this labour historian would add significant value and prestige to our conference. The person does not have an academic position and therefore does not have access to research funds, which people in faculty positions do have. I have no idea whether air fare alone would be sufficient to attract this person, but it would be worth a try. At this point, things are not looking good for us. We have far too few paper proposals and no panel proposals. I have reached out to my friends across Canada and I believe a few established labour historians do plan to propose. But at the moment, I suggest we do our best to attract a few more papers by offering at least air fare to worthy proposals from people who do not have faculty positions. Perhaps committee members would weigh in on this so I can respond to the scholar with information that a subsidy can be found for a proposal that is accepted from a precariously employed scholar. Thanks for responding! julie
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Mochoruk, James Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:40 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Hi Folks, The only thing that I might add is that the budgeting exercise was predicated on the Committee's desire to provide travel assistance to invited roundtable participants, graduate students and (poorly paid) community/labour activists who were contributing to the conference in one way or other, and other participants who might not be able to afford their own travel costs. The SSHRC grant for which we intend to apply would provide at least $25,000 for that express purpose. Other funds which we may acquire - from unions and other sponsors might also be directed in this direction. It seemed that this was the will of the committee and was generally agreed to in preliminary budget discussions - but no hard and fast rules or policies have been established - at least not that I know of.
Jim M.
________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca <1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> on behalf of James Naylor <Naylor@BrandonU.CAmailto:Naylor@BrandonU.CA> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:25 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Good point; I think we can begin the discussion on the listserv.
We did have a brief discussion of this last meeting in the context of the roundtables in which we affirmed that the first priority is to pay the travel and accommodation of roundtable participants. It is hard to know what that will add up to. I think it is our intention of being able to subsidize low wage academics and activists beyond this but I’m not sure how concrete we can be about amounts. Jim M. and Rhonda, who have been working on the budget can add something here, if they can. The call for papers did indicate that we were applying for funding for the general purpose of subsidizing attendance to the extent that it is possible. I’m just not sure how much more we can say about this until we know how successful our SSHRC application is.
Comments? Jim
James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada
Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Esyllt Jones Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:15 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies
Indeed, I would agree with that.
Esyllt
On Feb 10, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Hi Everyone: I have been inviting people who’ve written on labour history to submit proposals and have started to get good responses. But a question has come up that I can’t answer about travel subsidies for low-income and precariously employed scholars and activists. I do not recall that we have a policy, but perhaps the committee developed one at a meeting in the summer when I was away. I don’t see anything about that on our website. If we do have one, could someone please send me the details? If we don’t have one, I suggest that it’s urgent to get one before our deadline of 28 February. The possibility of travel support will make a critical difference to some potential presenters. One for sure is a person we’d be very happy to have. If we do not have a policy, I suggest we develop one before the deadline, even if that requires us to meet (as it were) online. Thoughts? julie _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
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