Refereeing

[charlesg]

          Once more refereeing papers for AATSEEL: I've been going to
          AATSEEL for over thirty years (at least when I could) and
          although it's my favorite meeting of all the conferences,
          the quality of papers has always been a problem.  I strongly
          support refereeing, although of course it should not be too
          harsh.  Some reasonable level of quality must be assured.
          It's not just graduate students who have sinned; some senior
          scholars have made a habit of writing papers on the way to
          conferences, and the results have often been dreadful.
          Refereeing at least forces people to think out their major
          conclusions and materials in advance and see whether they
          make sense.  Olga Yokoyama's piece of Nov. 6 is very well
          thought out, and should be read and taken seriously by all.

          My absence from AATSEEL the past five years has not been by
          choice, and the presence of refereeing will make me much
          more glad to be back this year (knock on wood, tfu-tfu, da
          chuknem na drvo, etc.)
              Charles Gribble       Gribble.3 at osu.edu