AATSEEL 1997 Conference: Request for Comments

[c. vakareliyska]

I agree with Olga Yokoyama's comments about the value of the changes to
procedures this year for the linguistics panels. I'd like to make an
additional suggestion about the abstract guidelines:  how about following
them with two or three model abstracts on the webpage? These could be
representative abstracts from this year's conference that referees have
found to meet all the criteria set forth in the guidelines. Having an
example to follow might give submitters, particularly first-time ones, a
more specific idea of what's expected, and of how to go about implementing
the guidelines.

        Olga notes:
 > What can be more discouraging than giving a paper
>to the chair plus one listener, and to receive no real feedback [...] ?

        Having discussants this year should also help in this regard, since
it ensures that all the papers on the panel receive questions and comments.



Cynthia Vakareliyska