<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>Dear users of ELAN,<br></div><div><br></div><div>As you may have read, Han Sloetjes, who has been developing ELAN for over 20 years, will be retiring at the end of this year. His work will be continued by two other developers at our institute, so there's no need to worry about the future of ELAN, but we will certainly miss Han’s expertise, thoughtful engagement with the ELAN community, and his kind, collegial presence.</div><div><br></div><div>To celebrate Han's contributions, I thought it would be a nice idea to create a retirement gift in the form of a book filled with testimonies, stories, photographs, screenshots, etc., highlighting how ELAN has impacted your professional lives. We know that ELAN is a highly valued tool not only in linguistics but also across many research fields, but most of the feedback we receive tends to focus on issues or additional feature requests, so this is a chance to share the positive influence ELAN has had on your work.</div><div><br></div><div>I invite you to submit a brief (around one page) testimony or story about what ELAN has meant to you, or how you’ve been using it in your work. You might also include photos e.g. from a fieldwork situation, a classroom setting, or screenshots showing the types of annotations you perform with ELAN. A personal note to Han is of course also welcome. This would be a nice way to express our appreciation for Han’s dedication over the years. Please note, this collection is purely meant as a personal gift and we will not publish your materials beyond this purpose without your explicit permission.</div><div><br></div><div>Please send your texts and/or materials to <a href="mailto:Paul.Trilsbeek@mpi.nl" target="_blank">Paul.Trilsbeek@mpi.nl</a> by <b>October 31st </b>to give us enough time to compile the book. I’ll send occasional reminders as the deadline approaches.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Paul Trilsbeek</div><div>Head The Language Archive</div><div>Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics</div></div></div>
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