<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif;"><div>Dear all,</div><div>I am writing as chair of the American Anthropology Association’s Committee on Ethics and the linguistic anthropology representative on the committee to ask all of us to take a look at the most recent Ethics Blog post. The post overviews proposed changes to national IRB rules/ regulations. This represents an opportunity for the AAA to make an impact on regulations that could make research either much easier or much more difficult for anthropologists. Please read the blog, look at the information, and send in your comments. Linguistic anthropologists’ perspectives are needed! Here is a link to the blog:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ethics.aaanet.org/proposed-federal-changes-to-the-common-rule">http://ethics.aaanet.org/proposed-federal-changes-to-the-common-rule</a>/</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Steve Black</div><div><br></div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Steven P. Black</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Chair of the Committee on Ethics of the American Anthropological Association</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Department of Anthropology</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Georgia State University</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">P.O. Box 3998</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Atlanta, GA 30302-3998</font></font></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Phone (404) 413-5168</div><div>Fax (404) 413-5159</div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>