Urgent News: LSA 2011 Annual Meeting

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:48 PM +0000 9/7/10, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>Let's do it in Florida.  I don't have clothes for Pittsburgh in
>January.  I could make some calls around my stomping grounds in Palm
>Beach county for price and availability.  Ocean temp is in the low
>70's.
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>Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
>see truespel.com phonetic spelling

Um, sure.  But speaking as a (fortunately ex-)member of the LSA
Program Committee, I have to point out that finding a hotel
(preferably a Hilton hotel) 4 months ahead of time for a specific
4-day period that allows for something 8 simultaneous sessions for
the LSA itself, without factoring in meeting rooms for the ADS and
several other sister societies, does mean that certain logistical
constraints come into play.  (A similar problem arising 6 years ago,
although attributable to a different cause, led to the East Coast
meeting being switched from New York to Anaheim.)

LH

P.S.  If you're keeping score, Pittsburgh had been chosen as the site
for the triennial "Midwest" or "Central" meeting.  Oh, and I'm pretty
sure Florida is ruled out because of the room costs that time of year.

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>>  Sender: American Dialect Society
>>  Poster: Grant Barrett
>>  Subject: Fwd: Urgent News: LSA 2011 Annual Meeting
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>>  Please read the important notice below from LSA about the site of
>>the 2011 meeting. When there are new details, I will send them
>>along.
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>>  Grant Barrett
>>  American Dialect Society
>>  http://www.americandialect.org
>>  grantbarrett at gmail.com
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>>  > From: Linguistic Society of America
>>  > Date: September 7, 2010 07:09:02 PDT
>>  > To: grantbarrett at GMAIL.COM
>>  > Subject: Urgent News: LSA 2011 Annual Meeting
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Dear Colleagues,
>>  >
>>  > The LSA staff learned over the weekend that Hilton Hotels &
>>Resorts has terminated its Franchise Licensing Agreement with the
>>Pittsburgh hotel we have been planning to use for our January 2011
>>Annual Meeting. In addition, the lender has filed for foreclosure
>>on the hotel's owners, and the hotel's management company has
>>changed.
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>>  > What this means for the 2011 Annual Meeting is not yet clear. We
>>are working with all due haste to resolve this issue absolutely as
>>soon as possible. In the meantime I encourage you to continue
>>planning to attend the Annual Meeting, but to refrain from making
>>travel reservations until we know for certain where the meeting
>>will be held, as there is a slight chance it may not be in
>>Pittsburgh. As always, our primary consideration is that the LSA
>>will have a suitable property in which to hold its Annual Meeting.
>>  >
>>  > We sincerely regret the inconvenience to our meeting attendees.
>>We will seek a solution to this problem absolutely as soon as
>>possible and will notify you once one has been achieved.
>>  >
>>  > Sincerely,
>>  >
>>  > David Robinson
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>>  > David Robinson
>>  > Director of Membership and Meetings
>>  > Linguistic Society of America
>>  > lsa at lsadc.org
>>  > www.lsadc.org
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