<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '><br/><div style='clear: both;'>-------------------------------------------------------<br>Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics<br>School of Languages and Area Studies<br>University of Portsmouth<br>Park Building<br>King Henry I Street<br>Portsmouth<br>PO1 2DZ<br><br>http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/slas/staff/title,103868,en.html<br>023 92 846181</div><br/>>>> "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net> 15/10/11 6:25 AM >>><br>>Some people, especially women and younger researchers, may be<br>>rather timid about submitting a paper to a prestigious conference<br>>or journal for the very first time.<br><br>May I timidly point out that I find that offensive?<br><br>But, to return to the general point, I like the transparency that Ramesh is suggesting. Also, it is not unthinkable that unsuccessful job applicants should be listed, there are already places where job applicants are ranked in order of how well they did in the selection processes and that information is made publicly available.<br><br>Charlotte<br></body></html>