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LSA Bulletin
No. 191 March 2006
Bulletin Board
2006 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 contact the committee chair: Louis Goldstein, Haskins Labs, 300 George St., New Haven, CT 06511; louis.goldstein@yale.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 ASAP.
2006 Committee and Delegate Appointments
In June, 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.
Go to: http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-comm.cfm.
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 Felix Ameka at: f.k.ameka@let.leidenuniv.nl.
LSA Fellows
Joan Bybee, Ellen Kaisse, and Sarah Thomason will serve as the Fellows Nominating Committee
for 2006. They welcome your nominations.
[Click here
for Nomination Form]
Summer Institutes
Australian Linguistics Institute. 10-14 July 2006 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia. Contact: andrea.schalley@une.edu.au or go to:
http://www.ali2006.une.edu.au.
Central Asia International Summer School. 13-31 July 2006 at Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas
University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Contact: summerschool@manas.kg
or go to: http://www.summerschool.manas.kg.
International Summer Institute in Faroese. 2-22 August 2006 at the University of the Faroe Islands. Application deadline: 1 April 2006. Contact: http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~heycock/ISIF-2006.pdf.
Leiden Summer School in Indo-European Linguistics. 31 July - 11 August 2006 at Leiden University, Netherlands. Contact: http://www.indo-europeansummerschool.leidenuniv.nl.
In Memoriam
Giuliano Bonfante (Rome, Italy)
Leigh Lisker (Philadelphia, PA)
Philip Sapir (Bethesda, MD)
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