Vote

[Sally McConnell-Ginet]

Apologies for sending this to the list.  I meant to send it to Megan
Crowhurst.  Oh well.

>Megan, it's probably too late but ....  I vote yes on 1, no on 2 and 3.  I
>vote yes on (5) and on (7) and am agnostic about the others.  Sorry to have
>forgotten--and I quite understand if it's too late to count this.  S
>
>>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
>>
>>Since we've had a number of proposals regarding the structure of the
>>advisory council, voting on it is a bit complicated.  We think that
>>the best way of doing this so that the many parts of different
>>proposals will be to go from general to more specific.  This means
>>this message is a bit complicated, with a number of different items
>>for you to provide an 'up' or 'down' (i.e. 'yes' or 'no') vote on.
>>The reason for using a "vote yes or no on each of the following" as
>>opposed to "vote for one of the following" is to give you the chance
>>of giving an opinion on every item.  This way, you will not have to
>>choose between two options, neither of which appeals to you, or
>>abstain from voting.  In that case, you may vote "no" on both.
>>Alternatively, if you could live with some subset of the options
>>presented, you may vote "yes" on all of the options that you would
>>support.  We'll tally all of the "yes" votes, and all of the "no"
>>votes, and will put together a package that consists of the options
>>favoured by the majority.  (If there are more noes than yesses, we'll
>>go back to the drawing board.)  Although possibly tedious for you,
>>this is the fairest way we can think of for getting the job done.
>>
>>Please note that all of the options presented here are options
>>proposed in earlier discussion that are consistent with policies
>>we've already voted on (and I hope we've remembered everything we
>>need to).
>>
>>Please send your completed ballots to me (Megan Crowhurst) at
>>mcrowhurst at mail.utexas.edu.  We'll count all responses received on or
>>before Thursday, February 17, 2000.
>>
>>It might be useful to read through the ballot completely before
>>responding so that you understand how we're structuring the vote.  If
>>you have any questions about how to proceed with voting, please post
>>them to GALA-L.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>(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.
>>
>>(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.)
>>
>>
>>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.)
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>(6)	A seat to represent scholars not employed by universities (i.e. working
>>	in industry or elsewhere).
>>
>>(7)	A seat to represent scholars with affiliations not in the US, the UK,
>>	Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
>>
>>(8)	A seat to represent scholars working on queer (including gay, lesbian,
>>	bisexual, transgender) issues in linguistics.
>>
>>(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.
>>
>>(10)	A seat to represent scholars focusing on men's language use.
>>
>>(11)	A seat to represent scholars whose work directly reflects and addresses
>>	feminist issues/concerns.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>(13)	With the exception of (12), Advisory Council seats will be for a term
>>	of THREE years.
>>
>>____________
>>
>>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
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>
>Sally McConnell-Ginet
>Professor of Linguistics
>Secretary-Treasurer, Linguistic Society of America
>Department of Linguistics
>Morrill Hall, Cornell
>Ithaca, NY 14853
>607-255-6469
>FAX: 607-255-2044



Sally McConnell-Ginet
Professor of Linguistics
Secretary-Treasurer, Linguistic Society of America
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-6469
FAX: 607-255-2044