22.1779, Make: an Investment in the Discipline We Love!

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LINGUIST List: Vol-22-1779. Thu Apr 21 2011. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 22.1779, Make: an Investment in the Discipline We Love!

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Date: 21-Apr-2011
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Donations Fund Students
 

	
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:01:00
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Donations Fund Students

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Dear Subscribers,

Every year we have a Fund Drive, and I'm sure that you know as 
well as we do that we wish we didn't have to.  But here in the 
US, governments simply don't fund things like the LINGUIST List, 
and we have to find all the money we use ourselves.

But times are particularly hard this year, as you all understand.  
The economy isn't doing very well, and we're all having to tighten
our belts rather a lot.  Here at LINGUIST, we're at a place where, 
for every two or three  thousand dollars we're short, we'll have 
to lay off a student.  And that is a terrible situation to be in.  
These students are not just workers for the organization, they are 
our friends and our colleagues, and, to some extent, our future too.  
Whenever one of them gets accepted to a great linguistics program, 
we feel all the emotion of proud parents.  And LINGUIST students 
have been very successful at that, and going on to become professors 
themselves.

You can see, then, why the idea of laying off a student is so 
very painful.  So I ask you to please help us.  Every penny we 
get from Fund Drive goes to these young people, who have the 
potential to be some of the best that our discipline will have.  
Please donate, and help us keep providing the services you need, 
and at the same time support young people who have such an 
investment in the discipline we love.

Donate at:
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Anthony Aristar 






This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help 
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http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2011/

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