IASCL membership

[Brian MacWhinney]

                                IASCL

                International Association for the Study of Child Language


If you haven't joined the IASCL yet, this message is meant for you!

OR

If you were a member before but did not attend the last IASCL conference in
San Sebastian (July 1999), please read this message!


The International Association for the Study of Child Language was founded
to promote international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the study of
child language.  Its major activity is the sponsorship of the triennial
International Congress for the Study of Child Language. Previous congresses
have been held in Tokyo, Japan (1978), Vancouver, Canada (1981), Austin, U.
S. A. (1984), Lund, Sweden (1987), Budapest, Hungary (1990), Trieste, Italy
(1993), Istanbul, Turkey (1996) and San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain (1999).

Memberships normally EXPIRE at the beginning of each congress, and congress
registration includes membership for the next three years. If you did not
attend the recent Congress in Spain, you are invited to (re)join the IASCL
for 1999-2002.

In addition to the congresses, the IASCL produces the Child Language Bulletin
approximately twice a year, with directory information, book notices,
a conference calendar, and other useful information. The Bulletin is
included in the membership fee.

Members are also eligible for a substantial subscription discount to the
following journals: First Language, the Journal of Child Language, and the
International Journal of Bilingualism.

Membership (US$35 or equivalent for regular members; US$20 or
equivalent for students) is for three years, and expires on the first day
of the next triennial Congress, to be held in the summer of 2002.

If you wish to (re)join, please send in the following information
together with your payment (on how to pay, see below):

1.      Name.
2.      Institutional affiliation, if any.
3.      Complete mailing address, including institution if applicable.
4.      Telephone.
5.      Fax number, if available.
6.      Electronic mail address, if available.
7.      WWW address, if available.
8.      Major research interests (one or two lines, maximum).
9.      Members in countries with nonconvertible currencies or currency
transfer restrictions or other economic difficulties should request a
waiver of the membership fee. Please write to the Treasurer (see below).
10.     Donations for the support of colleagues and program in countries
with currency and/or economic difficulties are welcomed.

You may pay either in US dollars, in Belgian francs, or in euro:

(1) Payment in dollars:
Please send your check or money order for 35.00 US dollars (regular
members) or 20.00 US dollars (student members) AND YOUR INFORMATION SLIP
to:

Shanley Allen
IASCL Treasurer's Assistant
School of Education
Boston University
605 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA  02215
USA

Please make cheques payable to Shanley Allen.

(2) Payment in Belgian francs or euro:
Membership fees are 1100 Belgian francs or 35 euro (regular members) or 600
Belgian francs or 20 euro (student members). You have 2 payment options
(but whichever one you choose, please send in your information slip to
Annick De Houwer as well!):

*       you may send a Eurocheque in the amount due to Annick De Houwer,
Treasurer IASCL, UIA-PSW, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Please make the cheque out to Annick De Houwer (NOT to IASCL).

*       you may send a direct bank transfer to postal account number
000-1595604-51 in the name of Annick De Houwer, Hoge Aardstraat 97, B2610
Antwerpen, Belgium. Please make sure that bank charges are already paid on
your side. If this is not possible, please add 600 Belgian francs or 20
euro to the amount payable to cover bank charges.


We look forward to hearing from you.


Brian MacWhinney, IASCL President (e-mail: macw at cmu.edu)
Itziar Idiazabal, IASCL Vice-President (e-mail: fvpidgoi at vc.ehu.es)
Steven Gillis, IASCL Secretary (e-mail: gillis at reks.uia.ac.be)
Annick De Houwer, IASCL Treasurer (e-mail: vhouwer at uia.ac.be)

IASCL Homepage:
http://atila-www.uia.ac.be/IASCL/Inhoud.html