Proposal Topic Proposal 11/9

• Topic: Much of the trash at Orange Leaf could easily be recycled rather than thrown away.
• Audience: Manager, Owners of Orange Leaf
• Problem: There is too much trash being thrown out at Orange Leaf every day.  
• Solution: We use some reusable containers, but perhaps we could promote the use of them more, give discounts/coupons for bringing them back in to use. Also, rather than simply throwing away all of our bowls, provide customers with recycling receptacles to place their bowls when finished. Also, promoting that our product is recyclable (or perhaps we could aim for made from recycled materials too) would bring business and encourage recycling in our community.
• Opposition: If we provide recycling receptacles, that would mean more work to sort through and make sure it was all correctly recycled. Also a recycling bin/truck to pick it up would have to be organized which would cost.
• What kind of research is needed (What kind of qualitative info and how will you gather it): Research companies that have moved towards recycling and how it has affected their business and community. Costs of adding recycling to a business (pick up, bins, etc.)

11/9/14

 The purpose of this assignment is to give us practice with writing proposals, introduce us to new things in our writing such as using tables and graphs, as well as to continue our practice with respectfully responding to those with different view points. 
If you could possibly give us some examples of what you are expecting from us regarding a cover letter that would clarify any confusions I have. I don't often use cover letters in my writing, and so further explanation and examples would be helpful. 

11/6

• Practical Proposals are more narrow typically. They are more exact and focused on getting something done. Policy proposals are often more broad, concerned with outlining rather than focusing, They also have are focused at a level higher than local usually. If someone wanted to improve Louisville's recycling system, that would be a Practical Proposal, whereas improving the recycling system of the entire United States would involve a Policy Proposal. 
• Three Stages of a proposal Argument: 
1. The problem is described 
2. Solution is proposed 
3. solution must be justified 
• Recycling Bins: 
1. Incorrect items are being placed in the blue recycling bins around campus. 
2. Send out emails and put out fliers promoting theproper information on what is to be placed into these bins. Make sure that all of the information is clear and easy to skim. Clear pictures should be included. 
3. Often times people don't think about what they are throwing away and where they throw it. If the information is readily available and in their face, some or more likely to catch on. And while not all will benefit from this solution, hopefully it would stir enough students to promote them to instruct some of their students on the information. 

I could not find the link for the assignment outline that you mentioned. 

Reflection 11/5

Personally, I am mostly content with the comments I receive through email on my papers, but I know that conferences can really help others. So, if we were to continue with conferences I would prefer group conferences. I feel that this would save your time and allows us to all receive feedback from multiple sources. And while some may feel uncomfortable having someone other than the professor reading their papers, I feel that learning to deal with peer review can really boost people's confidence in writing and sharing, at least it has for me in the past. So, personally I don't really mind either way, so whatever is best for others is fine.
Some changes that I made to my paper include citing a new source and incorporating it into my paper, as well as trying to clarify some areas, including my thesis. I also tried to balance the narrative and argumentative aspects of my paper more.