philosophy statement

[Chris Beckwith]

I would like to vote "yes" for the revised philosophy statement.  I need
to send in my vote now because I'm going out of town until after the
voting period.  I hope this is okay.

I would also like to suggest a name:  How about GALAS, for Gender And
Language ASsociation?  That way we can keep the name we already know and
love (and "pluralize" it to have even more festivities!), while
distinguishing ourselves from the European organization with the GALA
acronymn, the name of which I never heard of before and probably never
will again, and have already forgotten. (Sorry!  That one got out
before I could catch it!)

Chris

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Mary Bucholtz wrote:

> A minor revision from the facilitators regarding the philosophy statement:
> to make it less located in the time of the organization's creation, we
> propose that the final sentence read: "GALA (or whatever) aims to foster
> regular productive exchange..."
>
> Please discuss any additions, revisions, or wholesale substitutions
> regarding the philosophy statement. Voting begins on Saturday--we'll send a
> message with details then.
>
> KMMS
>
> >Recently we called for input on a philosophy statement for gala. Some people
> >suggested modifying an earlier statement to the following:
> >
> >GALA (or whatever name we come up with) is an organization that seeks to
> >promote research on the interaction of gender and language.  This field of
> >scholarly inquiry began developing in response to feminist concerns about
> >the ways in which sex, power, and language connect to one another. Queer
> >theorists have brought the linguistic dimensions of sexualities and
> >heterosexism into the picture.  Critical studies of language and racial
> >identities, ethnicities, and masculinities have also expanded the field far
> >beyond what was included under the early "women and language " rubric.  GALA
> >is being started to help foster more regular productive exchange among
> >scholars of language and gender with many different research emphases and
> >orientations and from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
> >
> >Unless there is further input, we would like to vote whether to accept this
> >as gala's philosophy statement July 31-August 5. Please feel free to make
> >suggestions for modifications and inclusions until July 30.  Naming will be
> >considered separately, but proposals for names are still welcome.
> >
> >Kira, Mary, Megan, Sara
> >
> >Dr. Sara Trechter
> >Asst. Professor Linguistics/English
> >CSU, Chico
> >Chico, CA 95929-0830
> >(530) 898-5447 (office)
> >(530) 898-4450 (fax)
>