Vote

[M. J. Hardman]

>Hi all,
>
>We set the deadline for the vote we're doing now for Tuesday, but
>only 17 people have voted.  Let's extend the vote until Thursday at
>midnight (your time), to make sure everyone who'd like to vote, but
>couldn't find the time or forgot, can do so.  In case you've deleted
>the vote, I've copied it below.
>
>--Megan
>
>__________________
>VOTE: STRUCTURE OF IGALA'S ADVISORY COUNCIL
>
>ITEM 1:  GENERAL STRUCTURE OF IGALA'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BIPARTITE
>VS. TRIPARTITE STRUCTURE.
>
>Bearing in mind we've already voted to have specifically designated
>seats: *Please vote "yes" for each proposed structure that you
>support, and "no" for each proposed structure that you oppose.  (That
>is, return a "yes" or "no" vote for each of (1), (2) and (3).)*
>
>(1)	A BIPARTITE Advisory Council with:
>
>	- A number of designated seats, to be filled by members representing
>	  specific PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC concerns and APPOINTED by the
>	  Executive Committee; and
>
>	- A number of undesignated "at large" seats, to be filled by
>members who
>	  will be ELECTED based on a platform proposed by the candidate.
yes
>
>(2)	A BIPARTITE Advisory Council with:
>
>	- A number of designated seats, to be filled by members representing
>	  specific POLITICAL concerns and APPOINTED by the Executive
>	  Committee; and
>
>	- A number of undesignated "at large" seats, to be filled by
>members who
>	  will be ELECTED based on a platform proposed by the candidate.
yes
>
>(3)	A TRIPARTITE Advisory Council with:
>
>	- A number of designated seats, to be filled by members representing
>	  specific POLITICAL concerns and APPOINTED by the Executive
>	  Committee; and
>
>	- A number of designated seats, to be filled by members representing
>	  specific PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC concerns and APPOINTED by
>	  [still to be determined]; and
>
>	- A number of undesignated "at large" seats, to be filled by
>members who
>	  will be ELECTED based on a platform proposed by the candidate.
>
>(Note:  In this item, we are not voting on the specifics of how these
>seats are to be filled, or how many seats there will be.)
yes
>
>
>ITEM 2:  NUMBER OF SEATS ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
>
>*Please vote "yes" or "no" on (4).*
>
>(4)	12 seats (as originally proposed)
>	(to be divided as equally as possible among the categories chosen in
>	Item 1.)
yes
>
>
>ITEM 3:  CATEGORIES FOR WHICH ADVISORY COUNCIL SEATS MAY BE RESERVED.
>
>*Given that we've already voted to designate some seats, please vote
>"yes" for every category in (5) - (11) that you  support, and "no"
>for every category that you oppose.*
>
>(5)	A seat to represent STUDENT CONCERNS.
yes
>
>(6)	A seat to represent scholars not employed by universities (i.e. working
>	in industry or elsewhere).
yes
>
>(7)	A seat to represent scholars with affiliations not in the US, the UK,
>	Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
yes
>
>(8)	A seat to represent scholars working on queer (including gay, lesbian,
>	bisexual, transgender) issues in linguistics.
maybe
>
>(9)	A seat to represent scholars working on languages or language varieties
>	whose speakers are socially or politically marginalized in the
>	communities where they are spoken.
yes, & tie-in w/ endangered languages
>
>(10)	A seat to represent scholars focusing on men's language use.
maybe
>
>(11)	A seat to represent scholars whose work directly reflects and addresses
>	feminist issues/concerns.
maybe

The three maybes:  aren't they sort of assumed in a general way under
language and gender?
>
>NOTE: If we have forgotten categories that have been proposed, please
>remind us in this space, and if we need to, we'll have another quick
>vote next week.  To make this feasible, we'll only consider other
>categories presented in response to this vote message, and returned
>by the deadline (Tuesday, February 15).
>
>
>ITEM 4:  LENGTH OF TERM FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL SEATS.
>
>*Please vote "yes" or "no" on each of (12) and (13).*
>
>(12)	A seat to represent STUDENT CONCERNS (if supported by the membership)
>	will be for a term of TWO years.
maybe -- students have such a high rate of turn over -- maybe only one
>
>(13)	With the exception of (12), Advisory Council seats will be for a term
>	of THREE years.
yes
>
>____________
>
>Return to:  mcrowhurst at mail.utexas.edu
>Return by Thursday, February 17, 2000.
>
>~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'~~'
>Megan Crowhurst, PhD			Phone: 512-471-1701
>Department of Linguistics		Fax:   512-471-4340
>The University of Texas at Austin
>Austin, TX  78712-1196
>USA