AATSEEL Conf. Deadline

[David J Birnbaum]

Dear SEELANGerS,

Rich Robin writes:

> I take it that the writing paper for the panel that was cancelled due to
> fog (refereed and all) is still in the hopper.

Any paper accepted for the 1998 conference and not presented because the
author was unable to attend at the last minute will be accepted for the
1999 conference without being refereed a second time. However:

1) If you are in the preceding situation, please resubmit your abstract in
its original form (or with only minor editorial adjustments) to the
appropriate contact person by either the 15 April or 1 August deadline.
(Since you already have the abstract written, please try for 15 April,
which will make general conference planning and scheduling smoother.) We
do need a new copy of the abstract, and not just a note saying "I'll give
the paper I submitted last year."

2) When you resubmit, please include a cover message explaining that your
abstract was accepted in essentially the same form for 1998 but that you
were unable to attend the conference at the last minute. This will ensure
that we don't mistake your resubmission for a new proposal and send it out
for refereeing.

3) If you would like to revise your abstract substantially, or submit an
entirely different abstract, you are welcome to do so, although
submissions that are substantially different from what was accepted last
year will have to be treated as new submissions.

Please note that at the behest of the AATSEEL Executive Council, the
Program Committee is accepting abstracts only from AATSEEL members in good
standing and from those who request and receive exemptions from the
membership requirement. (These exemptions are limited to those who are not
North American Slavists; if you think you qualify for exemption, please
write to me [ djb at clover.slavic.pitt.edu ] and request it.) If you are
uncertain of your membership status, please inquire of AATSEEL's executive
director at aatseel at compuserve.com .

On behalf of the AATSEEL Program Committee,

David
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Professor David J. Birnbaum     email: djbpitt+ at pitt.edu
Department of Slavic Languages  url:   http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/
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