WILA: Future Women's Writing Conference

I received a little invite this morning, via Facebook, to join a group of female writers who intend to start an annual writing conference (a' la AWP--for writers, not scholars). The conference will be called WILA--for Women In Literary Arts. Here is a link to the original letter from Cate Marvin, poet and English Professor at College of Staten Island, CUNY that spawned the idea as well as some explanatory paragraphs about the conference from the group's Facebook page (written by Erin Belieu, future Co-Director of the WILA conference and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University). 

WILA could be a great opportunity, not only for women writers of fiction and poetry to discuss the female writer's experience, influences, and literary history, but also for the future endeavors Marvin and Belieu light upon on their Facebook page: the possibilities of a literary journal, a retreat/mentorship for young women writers, and even a press of female writers. I also see a rare chance here to get involved in the formation of a (one day) large writing conference. If you have any skills that might help--send them a message or join the group!