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RMMLA Convention in Scottsdale

The 2011 convention held in Scottsdale was a great success. We want to thank all who attended and hope to see you again in Boulder next year, Oct. 11-13, 2012. The CFP for Boulder will be available in early November.

The winners of our two drawings -- evaluation form and chair report form contests -- were Elizabeth Chesney Zegura and Christina Schoux Casey. Thanks to all who submitted paperwork; if you still need to submit your chair form, feel free to email it to us at rmmla@rmmla.org.

RMMLA Executive Board - Nominations Accepted NOW

Nominations for candidates for seats on the RMMLA Executive Board being accepted now until November 1. The open positions are: Vice President: From an English-/Technical Writing-related field (3 year term 2012-2014: VP, then President, then Past President)

Delegate-at-Large: From a field not related to English-/Technical Writing (3 year term 2012-2014)

Graduate Student Delegate: From an English-/Technical Writing-related field (2 year term 2012-2013)

Self-nominations are accepted. See our elections page for more details.

Special thanks for our outgoing board members, Jose Suarez, Tara Powell, and Glen Southergill.

Online Dues AND Convention Registration Fee Payment Available with VISA or MasterCard

You may now join RMMLA, renew your membership and/or pay your convention registration fee using our secure online payment service for VISA or MasterCard payment. No additional service fees apply. You may still print out the completed dues or registration form and mail it to us with your credit card information or your check.

The Executive Board of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association announces a call for letters of interest from institutions in the Rocky Mountain region to host the RMMLA Secretariat, effective January 2014.
         The board is very grateful for the support given to RMMLA by Washington State University, which has hosted the Secretariat since 1998. During this time, the membership grew substantially; the peer-reviewed journal of the association, the Rocky Mountain Review entered the digital age with the E-Review, which is featured in both JSTOR and Project MUSE; and the convention grew from roughly 350 attendees to over 500, presenting in more than 150 sessions. The organization is in very good financial shape.
         It is time, however, that the RMMLA Secretariat move on, and another institution in the region get the opportunity to host it. As the regional chapter of the MLA, RMMLA brings its home institution national recognition and highlights faculty research and scholarship through the annual convention. The convention sites have been contracted through 2013 (2012 in Boulder, CO; 2013 in Vancouver, Washington). The current Executive Director will work closely with the new administrative staff to ensure a gradual and smooth transition.
         The current administrative structure is headed by the Executive Director, whose role is similar to that of a chief operating officer, overseeing all aspects of membership, convention, journal and awards. The Director is also the fiduciary officer of the association, maintaining its financial stability. An Administrative Assistant works roughly 20 hours per week (variable hours, telecommuting possible), assisting the director in all of the above responsibilities, as well as handling email correspondence. One technical support person maintains the web site and handles all equipment used at the convention. Two Editors are responsible for the print and online journals: one for processing articles and book reviews, and the other for preparing copy for publication and maintaining the online journal. A Managing Editor handles the review books and assists the editors as necessary. For the most part, these positions include a stipend and/or a course release; there are no salaried positions. Revenue from dues and convention registration fees typically cover current operating costs. This structure is not binding, but has proven to be efficient.
         The Executive Board would like to identify the future location of the Secretariat as soon as possible to begin the transition process. Interested representatives of institutions in our region are invited to contact the Executive Director, Joan Grenier-Winther (grenierj@wsu.edu or at the Scottsdale convention) to get more information and/or to submit a letter of interest.

New Books to be Reviewed!

Check the Review Queue

We need your help! We are investigating strategies for presenting on the Web past issues of the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature and, earlier, the Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and, earlier still, the RMMLA publication known simply as the News Bulletin. The Rocky Mountain Review has, as of spring 2004, signed on with JSTOR who will soon be making older issues available for subscribers to that service.

Unfortunately, the Secretariat inherited no print materials generated by the RMMLA prior to 1966. We are currently indexing articles from past issues of the journal among issues of the E-Review in a subsection called Archives. Although the RMMLA seems not to have published scholarship in the printings of those early years, we would like to supplement the remains of what we do retain with copies of any early print materials. If you have or your library has any RMMLA publications from the first twenty years of our history (Volumes 1 - 20), we would appreciate your contacting us at rmmla@rmmla.org. Thank you.

The RMMLA Directory

The RMMLA Member Directory is a searchable, online directory located on the 'Members Only' level of this web site. Once in the Directory, you can check the accuracy of your listing and/or update it, change your RMMLA password, or get contact info for other members.
Visitors to our site do NOT have access to the Member Directory. Nevertheless, if you would prefer that your information NOT be included in this directory, please update this option in your own directory listing or email us at rmmla@rmmla.org. We can only disable the whole record (name and contact information), not just parts of your directory entry. If you email address changes, please notify us immediately, as you will only be able to log into our site with the email that we have on file for you.

The following affiliate organizations or former local host institutions have requested that RMMLA post announcements of their job vacancies. We post these in alphabetical order as we receive them. We do not guarantee the timeliness of an entry, nor do we participate in any way in the organization or selection of these positions.

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