IASCL award for contributions to the field

[Elena Lieven]

Dear Ping,
Thanks for the clarification - that helps with keeping things straight. 
The symposium sounds very interesting - I hope it all works out.
all the best
elena

Ping Li wrote:
> Dear Elena,
>
> Many thanks for your message. I would like to add a clarification in terms
> of the symposium. The symposium was an idea floating among a few of Brian's
> close colleagues and former students starting at the end of last year
> (before the 'one million mark' discussions), and the original intention was
> to keep it as a surprise to Brian. A great many other ideas and issues arose
> following the discussions on info-childes (and off info-childes) after the
> 'one million mark' postings.  The latest plan on this side (after consulting
> with Brian, not a surprise anymore though, which proved to be difficult
> anyway) is to organize a special symposium in honor of Brian's work that
> bridges L1 and L2 acquisition. The details of this are still being worked
> out, and I have been in touch with Henri Cohen on this.  But please note
> that the planned symposium will be on issues independent of the CHILDES's
> contributions to the field.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Ping
>
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Lieven, Elena <lieven at eva.mpg.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I've been reading with interest and enthusiasm all the messages about
>> (a) some kind of celebration symposium, at the IASCL conference in
>> Montreal, of CHILDES and Brian's work and (b) some kind of (?
>> triennial) award (?the 'Roger Brown' award) for outstanding service to
>> the field.
>>
>> In the case of the symposium, I gather that Ping Li has this in hand
>> and is in discussions with Henri Cohen, the Conference Organiser and
>> others.
>>
>> In the case of the proposed award, a formal proposal has to be made to
>> the IASCL committee and, since money is involved, if the committee
>> approve it, it would have to be forwarded to the IASCL board (which
>> meets on June 28th).  I am happy to work with people on this if they
>> contact me.
>>
>> all the best
>> Elena Lieven
>> President, IASCL
>>
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