LINGUIST List: Fun Friday

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LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fun Friday

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U. <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org)
        Sheila Dooley, U. of Arizona 
        Terry Langendoen, U. of Arizona 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

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-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006
From: linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: LINGUIST List: Fun Friday

Dear Lingliters,

The LINGUIST List Fund Drive has begun!

We are extremely grateful to our donors for this tremendous start:

http://linguistlist.org/donation/contributors2006.html

If you haven't peeked yet at what we have this year, what are you
waiting for?  We have a super Fund Drive Cruise going on now, so
WELCOME ABOARD!  You can see the Hometown Tour of our crew members,
enjoy featured entertainment, and play some games. Go here to
experience the adventure:

http://linguistlist.org/cruise.html

As of Thursday, we have raised $11,300 and we are $41,632 away from
our goal, but you can help us reach it!

When you donate, you can have your donation count towards your grad
school in our Grad School Challenge contest! Click here to see the
leading school:

http://linguistlist.org/allschools.html

You can also choose our fun premiums if you donate more than $25:

http://linguistlist.org/premiums.html

Plus, we have terrific offers for our donors:

*From MultiLingual magazine:
   
  --a complimentary 1/2 year subscription (4 issues) to MultiLingual
    magazine with a donation of up to $50 US

  --a complimentary 1 year subscription (8 issues) to MultiLingual
    magazine with a donation of $50 US or more

*From Continuum:   

  --a 35% discount on any linguistics books until July 1, 2006 with
    any donation

Are you interested yet? If so, donate here:

http://linguistlist.org/donation/index.html

Each Friday, join us for Fun Ddrive Friday. This week we will be
offering you the Lexicon Game Without Rules created by our crew
members. Top five winners will receive fabulous prizes generously
donated by publishers and subscribers:

http://linguistlist.org/prizes.html

In addition, we will have a porcine art gallery, scandalous
conferences, limericks, language links, fun facts about languages,
films staring linguists, and much more! Interested? Visit our homepage
each Friday:

http://linguistlist.org/

Enjoy!

Your LINGUIST Crew


-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Thurs, 23 Mar 2006
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: How to donate...

This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $52,932. This money will go
to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors
for the coming year.

There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!

You can donate right now using our secure credit card form.

Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later.

For all information on donating and pledging, including information on
how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit:

http://linguistlist.org/donate.html

The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University
and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is
a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is
38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and
sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more
information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor.

Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will
match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this
entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us
a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your
employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that
doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an
extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates
such a program.

Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!