[Lingtyp] ***UNCHECKED*** RE: Timing of ALT14

["Ekkehard König"]

> Dear Ljuba, Keren and all
>
> I heartily endorse the committee and organisers’ decision. It is a pity to
> have to postpone, but meeting in person will be make it worthwhile.
>
> Best
> Bill
>
> Associate Professor Bill Palmer
> University of Newcastle
> Lead Investigator, OzSpace project
> Landscape, language and culture in Indigenous Australia.
> Vice-President, Australian Linguistics Society
>
> From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> On Behalf Of
> Ljuba Veselinova
> Sent: Monday, 12 October 2020 7:20 PM
> To: LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> Subject: [Lingtyp] Timing of ALT14
>
> Dear Typologists,
>
> We are writing to inform you that the ALT Executive Committee, together
> with the organizers of the next ALT meeting, have made a difficult
> decision to postpone the ALT meeting scheduled for December 2021 until
> December 2022. Having concluded that it would likely be difficult to hold
> a December 2021 meeting in person, we weighed a number of factors (the
> pros and cons of virtual meetings in particular), and came to the
> conclusion that postponing for the year, while far from ideal, was better
> than having the meeting virtually.
>
> This decision was not made lightly. We imagine that not everyone will be
> happy with it, but hope that you will accept the complexities involved
> when there are so many unknowns.
>
> The planned dates for ALT 14 are December 15-17, 2022 at UT Austin, Texas.
> We will get back to you as regards ALT 15 after an updated conference
> cycle has been discussed among the EC.
>
> Best wishes,
> Keren Rice, ALT President
> Ljuba Veselinova, ALT Conference Manager
>
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> Ljuba Veselinova, Associate Professor
> Dept of Linguistics, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
> Phone: +46-8-16-2332 Fax: +46-8-15 5389
> URL  :
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>
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>                                           Julia Cameron
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