[ADS-M] Announcements from the American Dialect Society

[Grant Barrett]

Reminder: the annual conference of the American Dialect Society starts
January 8th in Portland, Oregon:

http://goo.gl/kMNQrw

American Dialect Society Executive Secretary Allan Metcalf reports:

ADS LUNCHEON SPEAKER

We are pleased to announce that the speaker at the American Dialect
Society annual luncheon in Skyline 1 at the Hilton Portland on
Saturday, January 10, at 12:15 p.m. will be Ceil Lucas, emerita
professor at Gallaudet University. Her topic is "Black ASL: The
Socio-Historical Context."

Cost is $40. Students who are members of ADS may attend free.
Reservations may be made in advance with ADS Executive Secretary Allan
Metcalf at americandialect at mac.edu.

An ASL interpreter will be provided.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

The American Dialect Society nominating committee (Connie Eble, chair;
Luanne von Schneidemesser, David Bowie) proposes:

Vice President and program chair for two-year term 2015-16, succeeding
to the presidency 2017-18: Sali Tagliamonte, University of Toronto.

Member of the Executive Council for four-year term 2015-18: Sonja
Lanehart, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Member at large of the Nominating Committee for two-year term 2015-16:
Betsy Evans, University of Washington.

Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by at least
ten members in good standing, to be received by the Executive
Secretary no later than December 17.

Those elected take office after the conclusion of the 2015 Annual Meeting.


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Grant Barrett
American Dialect Society
Vice President of Communications and Technology
http://www.americandialect.org
grantbarrett at gmail.com