name vote

[Trechter, Sara]

no, not too late.  The final vote just started.
I've got it recorded.

thanks,
sara

Dr. Sara Trechter
Asst. Professor Linguistics/English
CSU, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0830
(530) 898-5447 (office)
(530) 898-4450 (fax)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ana Celia Zentella [SMTP:azentell at SHIVA.HUNTER.CUNY.EDU]
> Sent:	Monday, September 13, 1999 4:32 PM
> To:	GALA-L at LINGUIST.LDC.UPENN.EDU
> Subject:	Re: name vote
>
> IGALA has my vote, if it's not too late.
>
> Ana Celia Zentella
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>
>
> On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Trechter, Sara wrote:
>
> > I believe that some of us have been a little swamped with the beginning
> of
> > the Fall term.
> > We still have to report the last vote and decide on structure and
> > nominations, but meanwhile here is a proposal to move us forward without
> too
> > much time commitment for a few days.  Let's do a vote on the
> organizational
> > name beginning Wednesday, September 8, end on Saturday, September 12.
> Send
> > your vote for your *2* favorites to strechter at csuchico.edu.  If you
> would
> > like to post an additional suggestion before the vote begins on
> Wednesday,
> > feel free.  We'll soon have a run-off once the list is narrowed.  Here
> is a
> > summary of the names, once again.
> >
> > There have been a number of names and acronyms proposed.  A lot of
> people
> > liked the idea of sticking with 'gala;'  we have been politely asked by
> the
> > organizers of the other GALA not to do this. Here's the summary of names
> and
> > associated ideas.
> >
> > Gender and Language Association  GALAS
> > Gender and Language Association GALA-X (a variable)
> > International Association for the Study of Gender and Language. IALG/or
> IALG
> > Association for Gender and Language?  ALG
> > Gender and Language Association GLA (read as GaLA)
> > Language and Gender Association LAGA
> > Language and Gender Research Association LAGRA
> > International Language and Gender Association IGALA (like 'equal')
> > Gender and Language Association International GALAI (galaj, galej, or
> > gala'i)
> > Gall (spirit or bitterness)
> > Gale (fierce wind)
> > Gender and Language International Association GALIA (pointed out that
> this
> > is the word for insults of the 4-letter  type in some East Indian
> languages.
> > ALaGenI (Association for Language and Gender International)
> > Gender and Language Association Neo and Traditional GALANT
> >
> > K,M,M,S
> >
> > Dr. Sara Trechter
> > Asst. Professor Linguistics/English
> > CSU, Chico
> > Chico, CA 95929-0830
> > (530) 898-5447 (office)
> > (530) 898-4450 (fax)
> >