- The Executive Committee of the LSA will be holding its Spring meeting on 9-10 May, 2008, in Washington, DC. For further information, contact Katha Kissman.
- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
Nominating
2008
Background
Established in 1939.
Mandate
The LSA Constitution, Article III, No. 7, states:
The Nominating Committee shall nominate one person for the position of Vice-President and two for each vacant position on the Executive Committee. A report from the Nominating Committee and the slate of nominees shall be mailed to the members at least seven months in advance of the Annual Meeting. If six months before the Annual Meeting, ten or more members have separately and in writing nominated any additional personal member for any position, that name shall be added to the mail ballot submitted to the members. This ballot shall be mailed not less than four months in advance of the Annual Meeting. A quorum shall consist of those replies which have been received by the Secretary two months in advance of the date of the Annual Meeting.
Responsibilities
The Nominating Committee nominates the Vice President/President-Elect and four candidates for the Executive Committee. The Committee conducts all of its business by electronic mail and/or phone and submits the slate of nominees to the membership in the June LSA Bulletin.
Membership
The LSA Constitution, Article II, no. 6, states:
There shall be a Nominating Committee consisting of six members, two of them being appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee each year, to serve for three years. Each year the President shall appoint one of the two senior members as Chair.
Beginning in 2002, the Past President serves ex officio, voting only to break a tie.
Committee Members (all terms run through the end of the year in parentheses)
Judith Aissen, Chair, University of California-Santa Cruz (2010)
Steve Anderson, Yale University (2008)
Greg Carlson, University of Rochester (2008)
Suzanne Flynn, MIT (2010)
Mike Hammond, University of Arizona (2010)
C.T. James Huang, Harvard University (2009)
Jason Merchant, University of Chicago (2009)
