2003 Annual Meeting (2-5 January at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers Hotel). The deadline for Organized Session proposals is 15 April 2002. Proposal forms may be obtained from the Secretariat.
2002 Dues Notices. Second dues notices have been mailed. If you received one by mistake, please let us know so we can correct our files.
2002 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: Beth Levin, Dept Ling, Stanford U, Stanford, CA 94305-2150; bclevin@stanford.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.
2002 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 2002 to: LSA Secretariat, 1325 18th St., NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501; lsa@lsadc.org.
National Museum of Language. The Society is grateful to Jeff Connor-Linton for his help in organizing a panel on machine translation.
Gallaudet University. The Society congratulates Gallaudet on its recently authorized PhD program in linguistics.
Jefferson Day 2002: Advocacy for the Humanities
The National Humanities Alliance is pleased to host Jefferson Day 2002, a two-day advocacy event held in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the annual, NEH-sponsored Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Jefferson Day 2002 is co-sponsored by over two dozen organizations including the Linguistic Society of America. Activities include an advocacy briefing workshop on the afternoon of Thursday, 21 March, followed by a reception sponsored by NHA and the College Art Association at the Folger Shakespeare Library. On 22 March, a day of coordinated lobbying on Capitol Hill in support of the National Endowment for the Humanities will be followed by an afternoon debriefing session for all participants. The evening of 22 March, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard professor and cultural critic, will deliver the Jefferson Lecture at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For further information and to register, please contact the National Humanities Alliance by phone (202-296-4994) or email (jessica@cni.org) or check the NHA website: http://www.nhalliance.org/jd/. There is no charge for individual participation in Jefferson Day.