LSA Bulletin
March 2005
Nota Bene
Thanks. To Joan Maling who represented LSA at the Section Z: Linguistics and Language Science meeting at AAAS in February and to Barbara Shaffer who agreed to serve a three-year term on the Social and Political Concerns Committee.
LSA Member Number. The Society is updating the website to include a 'Members Only' section. Members will have to input their member number to access this section. Your eight-digit member number is printed in the top right hand corner of the address labels used on LSA publications. Please make a note of it.
2006 Annual Meeting (5-8 January at the Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, NM). The deadline for Organized Session proposals is 15 April 2005. Proposal forms may be obtained from the Secretariat.
2005 Dues Notices. Second dues notices have been mailed. If you received one by mistake, please let us know so we can correct our files.
2005 Elections. The Nominating Committee requests that members who wish to suggest nominees for Vice President/President-Elect and for two positions on the Executive Committee write to the committee chair: Susan Fischer, Dept. Research, NTID/RIT, 96 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5604; susan.fischer@rit.edu. Those submitting suggestions need not, at this time, ascertain the willingness of the possible nominee to run. A brief statement of the nominee's qualifications or interest in serving would be appreciated. Suggestions should be sent as soon as possible.
2005 Committee and Delegate Appointments. In early May, the Committee on Committee and Delegate Appointments will be nominating members for committee and delegate appointments. Your suggestions of additional potential nominees and a note about their particular qualifications or interest in serving would be most appreciated. Send names by 1 April 2005 to: LSA Secretariat, 1325 18th St, NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501; lsa@lsadc.org.
Committee Nomination form (pdf)
Honorary Members. The Committee on Honorary Members welcomes input from the Society of names of individuals who should be considered for honorary membership in the LSA. Any foreign scholar of distinction in linguistics studies, not resident in the United States, may be elected an honorary member. Please forward your suggestions to Daniel Everett at: dan.everett@man.ac.org.