LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fun dDrive Friday is Here!

Fri Mar 14 16:36:02 UTC 2008

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Randall Eggert, U of Utah  
         <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

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The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

------------------------- Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:13:42
From:  linguist <linguist at linguistlist.org>
Subject: Your donations make LINGUIST flourish

Dear Colleagues,

The very talented and innovative Linguist List team has come up with a
circus theme this year for the - inevitable - fund drive.  I hope you
are enjoying their ideas.  I've been thinking as a result about
circuses: one of the reasons we might go the circus is to experience
what the Barnum and Bailey ringmaster always called (roughly) the
thrills and chills for children of all ages.  Think about lion tamers,
trapeze artists, and tightrope walkers - part of the fun for many of
us is the edgy kind of excitement that comes from watching them do
things with very large animals or balanced and moving up in the
air-something which we could never imagine doing ourselves.

Of course, Linguist List doesn't need that kind of edgy excitement!
Anthony, Helen, and all of us need to know, day to day and year to
year, that the funding is sufficient for the task.  And for that we
need your help - your contributions make for stability and the right
kind of dull boredom which comes from knowing that expenses will be
covered and Linguist List will continue to flourish.  The excitement
can come once in a while from the postings, but not from the not very
thrilling but indeed extremely chilling threat of no Linguist List at
all.

Many thanks for your contributions,
Margaret Winters

------------------------- Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:21:41
From:  linguist <linguist at linguistlist.org>
Subject: Donate and Get a Book!

Continuum, one of our supporting publishers, has stepped up this year
to help us during Fund Drive in a terrific way. Continuum is offering
an outstanding bonus to all those people who donate over $70 in the
first two weeks of our 2008 Fund Drive. All those who donate more than
$70 during the first two weeks of Fund Drive this year can pick one of
the titles from the list below.

Hurry and donate to take advantage of this offer! To place your
donation and select your Continuum title go to:
http://linguistlist.org/donation/

Continuum Titles: 

1. "Computational and Quantitative Studies"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Edited by Jonathan J. Webster
   Year: 2006 

2. "Language of Early Childhood"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Edited by Jonathan J. Webster
   Year: 2006

3. "Language of Science"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Edited by Jonathan J. Webster
   Year: 2006

4. "Linguistic Studies of Text and Discourse"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Year: 2006

5. "On Grammar"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Year: 2005

6. "On Language and Linguistics"
   Author: M.A.K. Halliday
   Edited by Jonathan J. Webster
   Year: 2006

------------------------- Message 3 ----------------------------------
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:09:04
From:  linguist <linguist at linguistlist.org>
Subject: FD Friday is Here!

Dear Linguists,

We are welcoming the very first Fun dDrive Friday of 2008. We are
hoping that we will bring you several ways to lighten up your last day
of the week with games, challenges, prizes and fun. Come and join
LINGUIST to see what the 2008 Fund Drive Circus is showing today!

Among other things, you can:

1. Check out the leader on the Grad School Challenge
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/gradschools/allschools.html)
and see what prizes you can help your school to win.
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/gradschools/prizes.cfm)

2. Read the fascinating stories of Peter Trudgill and William Labov -
our Ring Masters of the Day!
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/linguist-of-the-day/)

3. Nominate a linguist you admire so that we can feature him or her in
our next Fund Drive.
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/email1.cfm)

4. See the special offer that Continuum Books is offering to those who
donate during the first two weeks of Fund Drive!
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/premiums/ )

5. Play games for a prize - we have opened up our first game to win a
prize! Play our IPA game and claim your prize. Hurry! Only the first
five people to win will receive a prize.
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/games/IPA-3.cfm )
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/games/prizes2.cfm)

6. Visit the Hometown Tour pages to see where the crew members come
from and learn more about the people who help run LINGUIST.
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/hometown-tour/)

7. See LINGUIST List Fans around the world
(http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/User-pics/) and send us your
picture to be added to our Fan list.

With many thanks for your support,

The LINGUIST Crew

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This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $60,000. This money will go
to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors
for the coming year.

See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out our
Fund Drive 2008 LINGUIST List Circus and join us on our many shows!

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2008/

There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!

You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm

Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so,
go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm

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/donation/

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.

Note: the donors' names are appended to every fund drive message sent
to the main list.  You can also see the list of all donors by clicking
here:
http://linguistlist.org/donation/contributors2008.html

Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!

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