LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fund Drive - G. Nathan's Challenge

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LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fund Drive - G. Nathan's Challenge

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-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:58:541
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Geoff Nathan Challenges You!

Dear Subscribers,

Although many readers of LinguistList are full-time linguists, 
a number of us are full-time academics, but only part-time 
linguists, because we have administrative and technical 
responsibilities elsewhere on campus. Some of us are Deans, 
or Provosts, or department chairs (sometimes of departments 
that are not Linguistics). I myself am officially 'Faculty 
Liaison to Computing and Information Technology' at Wayne 
State University in Detroit, Michigan. What that means is 
that I spend a lot of my time wrestling with complaints about 
the computing systems here at Wayne, and with complaints about 
the people who use the system from those who maintain and run 
them.

As a result, I don't have as much time to devote to keeping 
up with the field as I'd like, and I rely on LinguistList to 
help me do that. I read book reviews, learn about conferences, 
and, alas, occasionally read obituaries. So, I'm challenging 
my colleagues who are similarly dependent on LL to let us know 
what's going on, or even, in some cases, maintain any kind of 
contact with our chosen field. Let's see if we can, together, 
match the amount raised by the most generous subfield, the 
Sociolinguists, who raised $2,660. I'll start off by pledging 
$400.

Donate now:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm


Geoffrey S. Nathan