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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Happy Gregorian Calendar New Year! I hope you and your loved ones enjoyed a joyful and healthy holiday.</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">As we replace the 2022 calendars with 2023 calendars and look ahead to the coming year, I want to remind you to think about nominating colleagues or yourselves for the open positions on the SLA Board and Extended
Board. We are going to have exciting conversations about SLA futures and I would love to hear your ideas as a Board member. Again, the open positions are-</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><u class="ContentPasted0">Appointed positions:</u></div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">SLA Section News Co-Editor for Anthropology News</div>
<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">SLA Digital Media Director (Jan. 2023)</div>
<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">SLA Program Committee Members (Jan 2023) (4-5 positions - graduate students and early career scholars encouraged to apply)</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><u>Elected positions:</u></div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">President-Elect (Nov. 2023)</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">If you are interested in nominating a colleague or yourself, please contact any of the members of the Nominations Committee: Georgia Ennis (<a href="mailto:gennis@wcu.edu" title="gennis@wcu.edu" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">gennis@wcu.edu</a>),
Jocelyn Ahlers (<a href="mailto:jahlers@csusm.edu" title="jahlers@csusm.edu" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">jahlers@csusm.edu</a>), or Britta Ingebretson (<a href="mailto:bingebretson@fordham.edu" title="bingebretson@fordham.edu" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">bingebretson@fordham.edu</a>).
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</b><span class="ContentPasted0">Please include your CV and a brief statement about why you are interested in the position. </span></div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">Also, don't forget about the student paper prizes- <a href="https://www.linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2022/11/21/reminder-annual-student-essay-prizes/" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2022/11/21/reminder-annual-student-essay-prizes/</a>
Let's celebrate the excellent work our students are doing in linguistic anthropology research. Those submissions are due January 15.</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Thank you for your continued support of SLA.</div>
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<div>Georgia Ennis, PhD (she/her)</div>
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