<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Australian Linguistics Society (ALS) has established a new working group, with the goal of making the ALS more relevant to linguists, language workers, and others involved in linguistic research outside the university sector. This working group will explore establishing a process of <span class="gmail-il">accreditation</span> of linguistics graduates, as well as <span class="gmail-il">affiliate</span> and other <span class="gmail-il">membership</span> categories. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">We welcome new members of the working group, especially including people who are likely to seek</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:11pt">accreditation</span><span style="font-size:11pt">, or who are in workplaces that might employ</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:11pt">accredited</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">linguists in the future. We also welcome new group</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> members outside academic employment, who might be interested in joining the ALS as</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:11pt">affiliates</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">or other</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:11pt">membership</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">categories. Current</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:11pt">membership</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">of ALS is not a requirement for joining the </span><span style="font-size:11pt">working group</span><span style="font-size:11pt">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please get in touch with Alice Gaby <<a href="mailto:Alice.Gaby@monash.edu">Alice.Gaby@monash.edu</a>> with any questions or to express interest in joining this working group.</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Alice Gaby<br></div><div><font size="1">Associate Professor of <a href="http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/graduate-research-programs/linguistics-and-applied-linguistics-program/" target="_blank">Linguistics and Applied Linguistics</a><br></font><div><font size="1">School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics<br>Monash University<br>Victoria 3800<br><font face="arial, sans-serif">Australia<br><br></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1">Ph: +61 (0)3 9902 4169  |  Fax: +61 (0)3 9905-5437  |  E: <a href="mailto:Alice.Gaby@monash.edu" target="_blank">Alice.Gaby@monash.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="1">Visit: W503, 20 Chancellors Walk (formerly: Menzies Building)</font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/alice-gaby" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/alice-gaby</a></font></div><div><p><font size="1" face="arial, sans-serif">-----<br>Monash University operates on the unceded lands of the Kulin Nations. You can hear the languages of this country </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">and learn more about efforts to bring them back into vibrant use </span><a href="https://ictv.com.au/video/item/4306" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">here </a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">and </span><a href="https://ictv.com.au/video/item/3710" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>