vote on BWLG/GALA connection

[Chris Beckwith]

I don't know what other people are thinking, but I feel like I've been
left out, somehow, by the rather precipitous way GALA is moving toward
taking over BWLG.  Since it isn't a business we're talking about, I'm not
sure what benefit there would be in taking over an older group.  I still
think an open invitation to BWLG to join GALA would be more fair to the
people who have been involved in the formative discussions about GALA from
the beginning.  Couldn't this be added to the possibilities on the ballot?
Sorry to sound a discordant note here, but so far it has been so nice to
feel included in the discussion and organizing of GALA. :-(  *sigh*

Chris

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Mary Bucholtz wrote:

> Thanks to Penny for getting things moving, and for a very generous offer.
> We'll need to have a vote on her suggestion to host the first GALA
> conference at Stanford, as well as on the issue of the relationship between
> BWLG and GALA. It seems best to deal with the latter question first. In the
> meantime, in case the list does later vote to have a conference hosted by
> Stanford, it's wise for Penny to be looking into the details of what this
> would involve. We should all bear in mind that the list will have to give
> its approval before anything official can be done, and that BWLG will have
> to agree to the details of any final proposal by GALA to make a connection
> between the two organizations.
>
> After the current vote, we'll move on to a vote on whether Stanford should
> host a conference, which may or may not be linked to BWLG in any way. Our
> apologies for the tedium of this process, but it seems to be the fairest
> way of deciding things. While the voting is going on, please feel free to
> continue discussing the proposal to have a conference hosted by Stanford in
> the spring of 2000, as well as other matters.
>
> Please send your vote to bucholtz at tamu.edu by Wednesday, July 7 concerning
> the following. (Simply state 1, 2, or 3 in your message.)
>
> 1. GALA should not establish any official connection to BWLG.
> 2. GALA should establish a symbolic connection to BWLG, which would
> acknowledge its importance as a foundational language and gender
> association but wouldn't draw on its resources in any material way.
> 3. GALA should establish a symbolic and material connection to BWLG. A
> material connection to BWLG would involve the following:
> - Finding a home for its computer, files, etc.
> - Making use of its mailing list.
> - Holding a conference that acknowledges the "passing of the torch" from BWLG
> to GALA (but one that might be quite different from BWLG's conferences, as
> some have suggested).
> - Continuing to make available the BWLG conference proceedings from earlier
> years.
>
> Mary
>