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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Century"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">IGALA NOMINATIONS OPEN</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> (1 Oct -1 Nov 2012)
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">For two Executive Council posts for two years:
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary</font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century"></font></span> </p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">IGALA (International Gender and Language Association) is now calling for nominations for the posts of:</font></span></p>
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<font face="Century"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Vice-President (President-Elect)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<span> </span>(see duties below)</span></font></p>
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<font face="Century"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Secretary
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span>
</span><span> </span>(see duties below)</span></font></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS:<span>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="Century">1 November, 2012</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">ELECTIONS will begin after the nomination period is completed, and run</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">
from 5 November through 5 December, 2012.</font></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="tahoma" size="2"></font></span> </p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">IMPORTANT STIPULATIONS:</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">*ONLY paid up members can nominate someone.</font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 42pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">*ONLY paid up members can be nominated.</font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 42pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">*You may nominate yourself</font></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">If you are interested in nominating a person (including yourself</font>) who is NOT yet an
IGALA member, you (and they) have until elections begin (Nov. 18) to join IGALA. To join IGALA (which includes subscription to the journal
<i>Gender and Language</i>), please go to: <b><a href="http://www.equinoxjournals.com/index.php/GL/about/subscriptions" target="_blank">http://www.equinoxjournals.com/index.php/GL/about/subscriptions</a></b></font></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">IN ORDER TO NOMINATE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">:
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">*Include: your name, nominee’s name, position nominated for, and
</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">nominee’s e-mail address.</font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 42pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">*<b> </b>Do <b>NOT</b> click ‘reply all’.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="century">* Please send your
<strong>nomination for Vice-President/ President-Elect</strong> to Lia Litosseliti, IGALA President, at
<a href="mailto:l.litosseliti@city.ac.uk">l.litosseliti@city.ac.uk</a>, ensuring your message subject is 'IGALA Nomination for VP'</font></span></p>
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<font face="Century"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* Please send your nomination for
<font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><strong>Secretary</strong> to </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Michelle Lazar at
</font><a href="mailto:ellmml@nus.edu.sg"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#000000">ellmml@nus.edu.sg</font></a>, ensuring your message subject is 'IGALA Nomination for Secretary'</span></font></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">DUTIES</font></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font face="Century"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The Vice-President/President-Elect
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">is responsible for:</span></font></p>
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">supporting the President as appropriate in all the President’s duties</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">assuming the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and succeeding to the office of
<strong>President*</strong> at the expiration of the term as President-elect</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">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)</font></span> </li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">chairing the Nominations Committee for Advisory and Executive IGALA committee members</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">running the IGALA (Post)graduate Student Essay Competition (including chairing the committee, one member of whom will be the Graduate Student Representative)</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">post runs for two years</font></span></li></ul>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century"></font></span> </p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="Century">The
<b>Secretary</b> is responsible for</font></span></p>
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">gathering agenda items for meetings</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">producing and distributing agendas</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">keeping Minutes of IGALA Executive and Open meetings</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">maintaining records of meetings and decisions</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">producing and distributing/posting Minutes of the meetings to the IGALA Membership</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">in conjunction with the Vice President/President-elect, organising elections and distributing/posting results to the IGALA membership</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">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)</font></span> </li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">post runs for two years</font></span></li></ul>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century"></font></span> </p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">* The
<b>President</b> [<em>currently Lia Litosseliti, until 2014</em>] is responsible for
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<li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">working for a policy that balances the needs of members with service to gender and language study</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">representing IGALA and when appropriate and necessary speaking on its behalf, including in a lobbying capacity</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">working to develop relations between IGALA and other academic, professional and political bodies, as appropriate</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">consulting with Executives on issues concerning the management and running of IGALA and coming to a decision about these issues on the basis of
Executive's wishes</font></span> </li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">ensuring that Executives have regular e-discussions on issues relating to IGALA
</font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">ensuring that the IGALA conference takes place and liaising with the organiser
</font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">chairing (a) an Executive meeting, and (b) an Open Business meeting at the IGALA conference</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">ensuring that decisions that Executives make are followed through (in conjunction with the Secretary)</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">drawing up the Agenda for Executive Meetings (in conjunction with the Secretary) and running the meetings</font></span>
</li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">maintaining links with the editors of the
<i>Gender and Language</i> journal</font></span> </li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">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 Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary)</font></span> </li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Century">post runs for two years</font></span></li></ul>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><font face="Century">We are looking forward to your nominations!
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><font face="Century">Warm regards,</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Century">Michelle Lazar, IGALA Secretary</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><font face="Century">Lia Litosseliti, IGALA President</font></span></p>
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics & Programme Director for BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy<br>
Department of Language and Communication Science<br>
City University London<br>
Northampton Square<br>
London EC1V 0HB<br>
UK<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial" color="black"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="mailto:l.litosseliti@city.ac.uk"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">l.litosseliti@city.ac.uk</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="black"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.city.ac.uk/health/staff-directory/lia-litosseliti" target="_blank">http://www.city.ac.uk/health/staff-directory/lia-litosseliti</a></span></font></p>
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