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<STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>This is a REMINDER to PLEASE vote in the IGALA elections as soon as possible if you have not done so already.</FONT></STRONG><BR>
(If you have already voted, thank you very much for doing so.)<BR>
There are still about two weeks left (The deadline is Dec. 18).<BR>
(See details below.)<BR>
<STRONG><FONT size=4>The results of the election will be announced in early January.</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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Thanks,<BR><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Laurel Kamada</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>, IGALA </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Advisory Council</SPAN></PRE>Ana Cristina Ostermann, IGALA President</SPAN></PRE>
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<FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Dear IGALA members,</SPAN><PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Below you will find the ballot for the election of the following positions on the IGALA Executive Committee: </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>(1) Vice-President/ President-Elect and (2) Secretary. There </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>is one </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>candidate for Vice-President/President-Elect and two for Secretary.</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Please forward your completed ballot to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Laurel Kamada</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US><SPAN> </SPAN><A href="mailto:laurelkamada@hotmail.com"><FONT color=#0000ff>laurelkamada@hotmail.com</FONT></A></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>by December </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>18</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>, 20</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>10</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>. Make sure you direct the ballot to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Laurel </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>rather than to the entire list. </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Please remember that you must be a paid-up member of IGALA by December </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>17</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> in order for your vote to count. </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>(Note: Membership is extremely good value, especially because it includes a subscription to the <I>Gender and Language Journal</I>.) </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>The form for joining IGALA/renewing membership is available at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'" lang=EN-US><FONT size=2><</FONT><A href="http://www.equinoxjournals.com/GL/about/subscriptions%3E" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.equinox<SPAN>journals</SPAN>.com/<SPAN>GL/about/subscriptions</SPAN>></FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Thanks, </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Laurel Kamada</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>, IGALA </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Advisory Council</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Ana Cristina Ostermann, IGALA President</SPAN></PRE><DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm; mso-element: para-border-div"><PRE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0mm; 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FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>(1) Vice-President/President-Elect (</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Check if you would like to work for this candidate.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>)</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>______ </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Lia Litosseliti </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>(2) Secretary (select </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>only </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>ONE of the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>three</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> candidates)</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>______ </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Allyson Jule</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>______ </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Michelle Lazar</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>______ </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Erez Levon</SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm; mso-element: para-border-div"><PRE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0mm; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0mm; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE></DIV><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>VICE-PRESIDENT / PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATE</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></PRE><PRE><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></PRE><P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR>Lia Litosseliti<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>I have been involved with IGALA since its inception and contributed to its activities (as a member of the Advisory Board, the journal editorial board, and at IGALA conferences). </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>In a new role, I would like to continue to promote language and gender across specialisations or country boundaries, as well as within my own research priorities -- broadly: gender, </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>discourse and research methodologies; feminist linguistics; and gender and language outside the global West. I would also aim to help increase the membership and visibility of IGALA </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>outside the organisation and outside academia. My vision is of a diverse, cross-disciplinary and international IGALA -- an umbrella organisation that nurtures local and larger research </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>networks, supports key activities (through the journal, conferences, and other media), and develops relations with other academic and political bodies. </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US></SPAN> </P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>I am a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at City University London, UK (with a PhD from Lancaster University), who has published widely in the past decade -- my authored books on </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>Gender and Language and on Focus Groups being two prominent examples (see <A href="http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/biographies/llitosseliti.html" target=_blank><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/biographies/llitosseliti.html</FONT></SPAN></A>). I also hold team-leading/ senior management roles </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>within my university, as subject leader, educational development associate, and most recently Programme Director for our undergraduate programme in language sciences. In representing IGALA, </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>I will draw on a range of skills developed through academic scholarship and active participation in networks. Perhaps more importantly, I will bring a strong commitment to issues of diversity </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>and equal opportunity and a genuine interest in dialogue.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US></SPAN></P><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><PRE><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>SECRETARY CANDIDATES</SPAN></B></PRE><PRE><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></PRE><P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR>Allyson Jule<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR></SPAN></B></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>Allyson Jule, PhD (London: Roehampton), is a Canadian scholar now at Trinity Western University, BC, Canada, as Associate Professor of Education. She has been an active member of IGALA </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>since 2002 and has attended and presented her work at many IGALA conferences. She has served on the IGALA Advisory Council since 2008. Her international connections with Canada and the </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>UK as well as with Africa make her a valuable member of the IGALA community.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>Her research interests include gendered use of linguistic space/silence in classrooms; gendered performances in the media, gender and religion (Christianity), and mother-in-law language.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><SPAN></SPAN>Allyson Jule’s books include two monographs (<I>Sh-shushing the Girls</I>, 2003; <I>The Beginners Guide to Language and Gender</I>, 2008) and three edited collections (<I>Gender and the Language of Religion</I>, </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>2004; <I>Being Feminist, Being Christian</I>, 2006; and <I>Language and Religious Identity: Women in Discourse</I>, 2007). She has been widely published in journals such as <I>Gender and Education</I> and the </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><I>Journal of Contemporary Religion</I>. She also serves as the media reviews editor for <I>Women & Language.</I><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR>Michelle Lazar<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=PT-BR>Michelle Lazar (Ph.D from Lancaster University, UK) is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><SPAN></SPAN>In her research on gender, she brings to bear a critical perspective to the study of femininities and masculinities in discourse.<SPAN> </SPAN>She is editor of <I>Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Gender, </I></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><I>Power and Ideology in Discourse</I> and <I>Communicating (Post)Feminisms in Discourse</I>, and is currently completing a monograph on critical analyses of gender and feminisms in discourse.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><SPAN></SPAN>She is founding editor of the Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse monograph series, and is on the editorial boards of seven international journals, including <I>Discourse and Society</I>, </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><I>Visual Communication</I> and <I>Social Semiotics</I>. She peer reviews articles for numerous other international journals including <I>Gender and Language</I>, <I>Feminist Media Studies</I>, <I>Women’s </I></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><I>Studies International Forum</I>, and <I>Women, Politics and Policy</I>. </SPAN><SPAN lang=PT-BR></SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>In terms of administrative experience, Michelle is Convenor of the Gender Studies programme at her university, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in her Faculty, and is presently </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>an IGALA Advisory Council member.<SPAN> </SPAN>In her role in the IGALA Advisory Council, Michelle has been in charge of promoting the internationalisation of IGALA through the organisation of local </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>gender and language events around the world.<SPAN> </SPAN>As a native of Singapore, and a scholar from the global South, she lends another important perspective and voice to the Association, and is strongly </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR>committed to the internationalisation of IGALA. </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR> </SPAN></P><P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=PT-BR>Erez Levon</SPAN></B></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>I am Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London. In my work, I explore the diverse ways in which people come to understand and express complex social identities through language. </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>The majority of my research has focused on the interconnections between gender and sexuality in different cultural and national contexts. In my recent book <I>Language and the Politics of Sexuality: </I></SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US><I>Lesbians and Gays in Israel</I>, I bring both quantitative and qualitative methods together to help unpack the relationship between history, politics, sexuality and language in the Israeli context and to examine </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>how these connections inform individual’s social behaviours. In prior research, I developed new experimental techniques for isolating and analyzing listeners perceptual judgments of gender- and sexuality-affiliated </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>speech patterns. In both of these aspects of my work, I focus on trying to model individuals’ lived experiences of gender and sexuality as seen through the prism of micro-level variation in linguistic practice.</SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>I have been an active member of IGALA since its creation and am a regular attendee at IGALA conferences. I believe that the association has a vital role to play in bringing together language and gender scholars </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and national backgrounds. As Secretary, I would work with the Executive Committee to develop effective communication strategies for the association </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>(for both members and other partners). I would also be interested in exploring new avenues for cross-disciplinary cooperation at all levels of scholarship, and in devising new ways to promote the association’s role </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>as the leading scholarly repository of language and gender research. Finally, I am very meticulous and detail-oriented and so believe that I would do a good job in helping the administrative work of the association </SPAN></P><P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2a2a2a" lang=EN-US>run as smoothly as possible.</SPAN></P><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE><DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm; mso-element: para-border-div"><PRE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0mm; PADDING-LEFT: 0mm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0mm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0mm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></PRE></DIV><P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=PT-BR><BR><B>Job Descriptions</B><BR><BR><B>1. </B></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US>Vice-President (President-elect)</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR><BR>The Vice-President is responsible for<BR><BR>• supporting the President as appropriate in all the above<BR>• assuming the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and succeeding to the office of President at the expiration of the term as President-elect<BR>• monitoring the IGALA site, identifying new links, documents and information to be posted on it, and liaising with the Webweaver about this (together with the President and Secretary)<BR>• chairing the Nominations Committee for Advisory and Executive IGALA committee members<BR>• running the IGALA (Post)graduate Student Essay Competition (including chairing the committee, one member of whom will be the Graduate Student Representative)<BR>-- The Vice-President is also strongly encouraged to attend the IGALA International conferences.<BR><BR><BR><B>2. Secretary</B><BR><BR>The Secretary is responsible for<BR><BR>• gathering agenda items for meetings<BR>• producing and distributing agendas<BR>• keeping Minutes of IGALA Executive and Open meetings<BR>• maintaining records of meetings and decisions<BR>• producing and distributing/posting Minutes of the meetings to the IGALA Membership<BR>• in conjunction with the Vice President/President-elect, organising elections and distributing/posting results to the IGALA membership<BR>• monitoring the IGALA site, identifying new links, documents and information to be posted on it, and liaising with the Webweaver about this (together with the President and President-elect)<BR>-- The Secretary is also strongly encouraged to attend the IGALA International conferences.<BR><BR></SPAN></P></FONT></PRE> </body>
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