<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_1858687074659362601WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Folks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing to announce the launch of the WAC Clearinghouse’s first fund drive. You might know that the Clearinghouse provides high-quality scholarly publications available at no cost to everyone (you can see our website at
<a href="https://wac.colostate.edu" target="_blank">https://wac.colostate.edu</a>). To date, we’ve made more than 125 books available in open-access formats, most of them original and some as re-publications. We currently support six academic journals and provide access to
a dozen others in archival form. We have become the home for CompPile, the leading database in writing studies, and are working to update and expand its coverage. And we offer a rich set of resources for writers and writing instructors. All of these publications
and resources are well used. In the past year, we’ve received more than three million visits to our website and three million downloads of our journal articles and books. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Clearinghouse relies primarily on the volunteer labor of more than 180 people for nearly all of our work (keeping our production costs to less than 10 percent of those borne by the average scholarly press). But we still incur costs,
including those related to copyediting and designing our books, charges for ISBN numbers and DOI registration, and software and equipment expenses, to name a few. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping you might be able to help us cover those costs. We know that many of our readers, like us, are dealing with unusual challenges at this time, which is why we are thankful that the Colorado State University Foundation, which
manages our charitable giving, can accept donations of as small as $10. The Foundation also supports sustaining contributions, which are given on a monthly basis. As few as 15 sustaining contributions of $10 per month will cover the cost of producing one of
our books, and just 75 one-time contributions of $20 will cover the cost of copy editing one journal issue. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We hope you’ll help us continue to make the CompPile database available to the writing studies community, expand our collection of open-access books, support new and established journals, and grow our collection of teaching, scholarly,
and professional resources for the WAC and writing studies communities. To find out how to contribute, see
<a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/support/" target="_blank">https://wac.colostate.edu/support/</a>. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<u></u><u></u></p>
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Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://wac.colostate.edu</span></a>
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Mike Palmquist<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">Professor of English<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">University Distinguished Teaching Scholar<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">Colorado State University<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in">Email: <a href="mailto:Mike.Palmquist@ColoState.edu" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">Mike.Palmquist@ColoState.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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