results of vote on 1b

[Mary Bucholtz]

The results of the vote on agenda item 1b are in. All three proposals passed:

1. The goal of GALA is to be the primary professional organization for
issues, questions, and research related to language and gender as a field
of study and as a topic of public importance. In this regard it will be
analogous in status to other professional associations, such as the
Linguistic Society of America (but this does not mean that GALA will
necessarily be a U.S. organization). It will be a central
clearinghouse,think-tank, and business office for "language and gender
research", however this is defined.

15 yeses out of 15 votes

2. An additional goal of GALA is to serve as a formal networking place for
people who are doing fieldwork, specifically language and gender fieldwork,
and to provide support for acquisition of original language and gender data.

15 yeses out of 15 votes

3. GALA will be more than a virtual (i.e., Internet-based) organization; it
will sponsor activities and have non-profit status.

14 yeses out of 15 votes; one abstention.