New Orleans and the national organizations -- please read

[E Wayles Browne]

Concerning Devin's suggestion, I can report that the ATA (American
Translators Assocation) is indeed holding its annual conference in New
Orleans Nov. 1-4: see
http://www.atanet.org and in particular
http://www.atanet.org/conf/2006/
There is other information on the site that might be of interest to
SEELANGS subscribers, such as the existence of the Slavic Languages
division of the ATA: see
http://www.ata-divisions.org/SLD/index.htm

Yours,
-- 
Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

> Hi all -- I just came back from visiting my sister and her family in
> New Orleans.  A year later and that city is still a wreck. ...
>
> However, as language teachers, many with connections to national
> organizations, we can urge these organizations to schedule their
> conferences and conventions in New Orleans.  The city is again able to
> handle these types of events -- the national librarians' association
> was the first to come back into the city and the convention went very
> well.  New Orleanians are very friendly, welcoming people who are
> proud of their city and love to entertain visitors with incredible
> cuisine and wonderful music.  For those of us who work closely with
> the nationals, please ask them to consider New Orleans as a conference
> destination.  Without an increase in tourism and conventions, the city
> might not ever recover.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this.
>
> Devin Browne
> French & Russian Teacher
> Pittsburgh Public Schools
> Pittsburgh, PA
>

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