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CASE Notes May 2005
CASE Notes
May 2005
NEW NAME CHOSEN
At a teleconference on 17 April, CASE chose the name Institute of Professional Editors for the national organisation that is in process of formation. The delegates felt that this name is sufficiently weighty to reflect the serious concerns of the national body, and it recognises that there are a lot of amateur editors out there and sets us apart from them. Susan Rintoul, SA, thanked everyone who voted on the names. The other front-runner was ‘Editors Australia', but although it rolls smoothly off the tongue the geographical restriction was seen as a handicap in a globalising world.
This point was driven home immediately when the CASE Business Manager, Renée Otmar, Vic., reported on her recent New Zealand visit. New Zealand has no editors society as such, but Renée met members of the Local Publishers Forum, the New Zealand Association of Manuscript Assessors and the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand. They were all very impressed with the strides Australian editors are making in becoming more professional and organising at a national level. CASE decided to invite New Zealand representatives to attend the first meeting of the Accreditation Board (at NZ's expense), with a view to eventually joining the accreditation scheme.
Accreditation
Robin Bennett, Qld, charged with setting up the Accreditation Board, has been busy making arrangements for its first-ever meeting at the end of May. The CASE rep is Ed Highley, Canberra, and the state delegates appointed so far are: Canberra, Louise Forster; NSW, Shelley Kenigsberg; SA, Karen Disney; Vic., Helen Bethune Moore.
The Accreditation Board's first tasks will be to set up administrative arrangements and seek funding to get the accreditation scheme up and running. State and territory societies are also requested to nominate ‘distinguished editors acceptable to their peers' to form the first panel of assessors.
National Organisation Working Group
Convenor: Haya Husseini, Vic.
Copying the successful consultation process pioneered by the Standards and Accreditation Working Groups, this group is preparing an issues paper to circulate to members in July. State and territory societies are encouraged to plan workshops in August to discuss the form that a national organisation might take.
Standards Revision Working Group
Convenor: Shelley Kenigsberg, NSW This working group is planning a survey of the use and value of Australian Standards for Editing Practice, with a view to proposing revisions if necessary. Shelley reported that there are plenty of copies of the booklet to distribute to students and new members at no charge, and the content may also be downloaded from the CASE website as a PDF.
Promotions Working Group
Convenor: none at present
The group has a couple of keen members who need help to write a brief for a PR company to promote both the new national organisation and the accreditation scheme. Surely there are some members out there who have expertise or interest in PR and would enjoy helping to shape the national image of the profession? Contact your CASE delegate.
Other matters
A society member has pointed out that the policy on editing theses that CASE negotiated with the Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies seems to be unknown to some academics. Janet Mackenzie, Vic., will write to DDOGS to ask them to make greater efforts to publicise it.
The teleconference also discussed the CASE presentation at the national conference and various routine arrangements such as email protocols, archives, website maintenance and finances. After two hours of intense concentration on disembodied voices, delegates gratefully hung up their phones, massaged their hot ears and tottered off to their Sunday evening pursuits.
Janet Mackenzie Liaison Officer Council of Australian Societies of Editors www.case-editors.org
