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Dear Jane,<BR>
Do we cast just one vote for the advisory committee members, or do we select 5 people (as there are slots open)?<BR>
Cheers, <BR>
Laurel<BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:59:32 +0000<BR>From: j.sunderland@LANCASTER.AC.UK<BR>Subject: FW: Election of Advisory Committee members - address to send your vote to<BR>To: GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sorry about resending this message, but it has been pointed out to me that the e-mail address of Ana Ostermann, Secretary of IGALA, to whom you should send your vote, was missing from the message. I did deliberately cc. her but certainly on the copy I received her name has disappeared from there.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ana’s e-mail address is</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(<SPAN class=EC_GramE>and</SPAN> cc-d above too just in case it works there this time)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best wishes to all</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jane</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jane Sunderland</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk">j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the new </SPAN></FONT><EM><I><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gender and Language</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><EM><I><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Journal</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (details and subscriptions), see</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> International </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Gender and Language</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Association [mailto:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Jane Sunderland</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">08 January 2008</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">10:27</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Election of Advisory Committee members</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As you will recall, we are about to elect new members of the IGALA Advisory Council. From a previous message:</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IGALA is seeking between 5 and 8 members for the Advisory Council, to replace current Advisory Council members. We are looking for as broad a geographic spectrum as possible (in particular, non-English-dominant countries). One Advisory Council member will be a Graduate Student Representative. The other members should be able to represent key areas of gender and language research, and, together, a range of research priorities.</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Advisory Council members will be part of the IGALA Executive Committee and will attend (in person or electronically) all meetings if at all possible. The first of these will be at IGALA5 in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wellington</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New Zealand</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">July 3-5, 2008</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">); the next will be an e-meeting around 12 months after that. The term of office will be 3 years.</SPAN></FONT><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also as a reminder, the ‘Job description’ of AC members is as follows:</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- monitoring and promoting language and gender research in their own specialist area within IGALA</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- monitoring and promoting language and gender research within their own geographical region</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- carrying out various tasks and serving on sub-committees or working parties of IGALA as required (for example, web-site monitoring, essay competition, local event/branch development and co-ordination, 'talking to the world' - see Minutes of last AGM on IGALA website</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/activities.html" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/activities.html</SPAN></FONT></A>)</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- suggesting to the IGALA Executive/Advisory Committee further IGALA-related activities</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- <SPAN class=EC_GramE>actively</SPAN> contributing to IGALA Executive/Advisory committee e-mail discussions</SPAN></FONT><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN class=EC_GramE><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">and</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> for the Graduate Student Representative</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face=Symbol size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT>to bring issues to IGALA that are of concern and importance to graduate students</P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face=Symbol size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=EC_GramE>to</SPAN> facilitate graduate contributions’ to and representation at the IGALA conferences and their involvement in other professional activities</P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face=Symbol size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=EC_GramE>to</SPAN> be a member of the committee in charge of the IGALA Graduate Student Essay Competition (to be chaired by the President-Elect/Vice President)</P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All paid-up members of IGALA (including the candidates) are able to vote, and every member has just <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">one</SPAN></B> vote. Please send the name of the person you would like to vote for to Ana Ostermann, IGALA Secretary (cc. above). If you are not a member of IGALA but would like to join (and vote), please see the Link below. If your application to join IGALA is pending please let Ana know this. Remember that membership of IGALA includes a subscription to the ‘</SPAN></FONT>Gender and Language’ journal, now in its second successful year.</P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The list of candidates is attached. As you will see, there are two candidates for the post of Graduate Student Representative. Please do not distinguish between these and the other candidates when you vote. If these candidates both receive a high number of votes it is likely that we will invite the one with the higher number to be the GSR, and the other to be an ‘ordinary’ member.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All votes should be cast one by month (28 days) from today, i.e. by the end of </SPAN></FONT>Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008.</P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</SPAN></FONT><SPAN></SPAN></P>
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