LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fund Drive
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LINGUIST List Special Issue: Fund Drive
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-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2011 08:51:12
From: linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: LINGUIST Has Provided Me With Great Opportunities
Dear Subsribers and School Challenge Followers,
This weekend has seen a change in the lead of the gras
school challenge and the competition is heating up!
Ohio State University has passed the University of
Washington to be at the top with $615 so far. The
University of Washington is in second place with a
total of $420, followed by the University of Toronto
(Canada) with $335 and Cornell University with $300.
The University of Rochester is in 5th place, followed
by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and the University
of Ottawa (Canada) tied in 6th place.
We have yet to see what happens in this challenge
this week. If you are in for some competition, make
sure that you contact students, faculty and staff
are your institution and coordinate donations so that
you can see your school featured on the LINGUIST
web site.
Donate at:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm
The LINGUIST Crew
-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2011 09:51:12
From: linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: LINGUIST Has Provided Me With Great Opportunities
Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers,
I began at The LINGUIST List in September 2010 after being accepted
into the graduate program in linguistics at Eastern Michigan University.
Since then, LINGUIST has provided me with the opportunity to develop
myself as a linguist while at the same time contributing to an essential
service for linguists across the world. Please help us keep this service
free for all users by donating:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm
One of the projects that I have been involved in since I began is LL-MAP,
a project that provides users with geographical maps upon which a variety
of linguistic information can be combined with data from other physical
and social sciences. In addition, LL-MAP also allows scholars to utilize
our resources through the Scholar's Workbench and take the results of their
research to create maps of their own. Although I did not begin at LL with
much knowledge about computers, working on this project has provided me
with a great means of learning more about the creative uses of technology
in the distribution of scholarship throughout the field.
In addition to LL-MAP, I am responsible for the approvals of new members
to our Directory of Linguists, a service that allows linguists to share
information on their education, linguistic specialty, and scholarship
with others throughout the field. On this task, I work towards adding
new members to the directory, as well as maintaining and updating the
information of over 25,000 linguists world-wide.
However, these opportunities and accomplishments are largely dependent
upon your support. Through your donations and submissions to the LINGUIST
List, we are able to offer a resource for linguists world-wide.
Please continue your support by donating at:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm
Thank you,
Alison Zaharee
-------------------------Message 3 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2011 12:13:54
From: linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: I am Grateful for the Opportunity to Work at LINGUIST
Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers,
Hello! My name is Di Wdzenczny, and I work on the
MultiTree project (http://multitree.org). MultiTree
is free, searchable database which allows you to see
graphical representations of language family trees,
as well as compare hypotheses of language relationships.
Working on this project has sparked my interest in
several language families I didn't know previously
existed (as well as develop my understanding of
current genetic hypotheses in the field of historical
linguistics!), and I hope one day to contribute to
genetic hypotheses of under-researched and under-
documented families.
In addition to working on the MultiTree project, I am
also the Conference Announcement's Editor for The
LINGUIST List. Knowing how much I have learned about
linguistic events and research from this area, I am
grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this
process. Please donate to help keep this service going:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm
Sincerely,
Di Wdzenczny
-------------------------Message 4 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2011 16:09:37
From: linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: It Has been a Wonderful Learning Experience
Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers,
My name is Joshua Thompson and I am one of the programmers at The
LINGUIST List. This, like every year, has a been a busy year for me
at LINGUIST, and I glad to have the opportunity to constantly develop
my abilities through new projects and challenges. For example, I have
worked hard this year updating LLMAP to improve both its appearance
and overall functionality. One of the new features developed is the
Scholar's Workbench, which allows our users to easily create their own
digital maps through our interface. The LL-MAP project in particular
has been a wonderful learning experience, without which I probably would
not have had the opportunity to be exposed to GIS technologies such as
ESRI. It has also helped me sharpen my "Web 2.0" skills, including the
wonderful ExtJS toolkit.
I also work on the main LINGUIST website, and have big ideas for it
in the future. To make these a reality, we need your help. Thanks to
your continued support, I have had the most enjoyable and most educational
work experiences of my life, and I hope you will assist us in continuing
it.
Please donate today:
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm
Thanks,
Joshua Thompson
Software Developer
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