Fwd: Re: 2007 SCLC

Tue Mar 13 16:33:30 UTC 2007

This should have gone to Bruce, I think.
Mary

>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:56:58 -0600
>To: Carolyn Quintero <cqcqcq1 at earthlink.net>
>From: Marino <marino at sask.usask.ca>
>Subject: Re: 2007 SCLC
>
>Right on, Carolyn. There actually isn't a treeline; what happens is that 
>as you trudge northwards on snowshoes with the wind howling in your ears, 
>the trees get smaller and smaller, but we're not actually quite that far 
>north.  All the vegetation is pretty well normal size here, and by 24 May 
>we should have full spring.  Hard to predict, though;  the weather god 
>might arrange some special effects for you if you ask him nicely.  I have 
>what looks to be primordial forest in my back garden, but it isn't, 
>really.   Has Longfellow gotten on to the Siouan list?  You'd need to be 
>going to Nova Scotia, anyway.
>
>I'll see what I can do about primordial stuff and also about Super 8.  I'm 
>not easily offended,  we get lame Usonian jokes all the time.
>
>Best,
>Mary
>
>
>At 07:07 PM 3/12/2007, you wrote:
>
>>Surely primordial forest is almost the opposite of tree line.  You seem 
>>to have slightly offended Mary.  I imagine she'll get lots of the "far 
>>north" teasings.
>>
>>
>>
>>I think the forest that still stands in primeval anyway, not primordial, 
>>n'est-ce pas?
>>
>>
>>
>>You naughty old boy, you.
>>
>>OG
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: shokooh Ingham
>>Sent: Mar 12, 2007 5:37 PM
>>To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>>Subject: Re: 2007 SCLC
>>Super 8 is my preferred motel.  Shame about the tree line.  I was looking 
>>forward to a primordial forest.  How much further would I have to go?
>>Bruce
>>Marino <marino at skyway.usask.ca> wrote:
>>What is the Super 8?  We are nowhere near the treeline, colleagues.  We 
>>are at approximately 52 degrees N latitude.
>>Best,
>>Mary
>>At 02:31 PM 3/12/2007, you wrote:
>>>Thanks Mary
>>>I'll be there.  Do you have the Super 8 up there by the tree line?
>>>Yours
>>>Bruce
>>>Marino <marino at skyway.usask.ca> wrote:
>>>Hello Bruce
>>>The dates for SCLC are 24-25 May.  The Canadian Linguistics Association 
>>>meeting starts on 26 May and continues through 29 May.  I just heard 
>>>that the CLA program is now being finalized.
>>>Best,
>>>Mary
>>>At 06:38 AM 3/12/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Dear Mary
>>>>Can I check with you which dates were in fact decided on
>>>>Yours
>>>>Bruce
>>>>Marino <marino at skyway.usask.ca> wrote:
>>>>Hello Ardis,
>>>>The dates we are looking at are:  either 24-25 May or 30-31 May.  The 
>>>>Canadian Linguistics Association is meeting here (Saskatoon) from 26 - 
>>>>29 May,as part of the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.  I 
>>>>favour the earlier dates (24-25) for the SCLC, so that we could 
>>>>continue into the CLA meetings, if necessary, because some would like 
>>>>to attend the latter as well as the SCLC.  There are some undecided 
>>>>matters:  1) Are we going to have a comparative grammar workshop, or 
>>>>discussions about the contents of the volumes we were planning last 
>>>>year?  2) We don't yet know the CLA Program (soon to be available, I 
>>>>gather) - so we don't know which sessions of the latter would be most 
>>>>appealing to our people.
>>>>It would be great if you could come.  Both Canada and the US require 
>>>>children of any age to either have their own passports or to be 
>>>>included on their parents'  passports.  You need to check the details 
>>>>with your local passport office.
>>>>Best,
>>>>Mary
>>>>PS:  I really like your dissertation and look forward to meeting you if 
>>>>it works out.
>>>>At 06:25 PM 2/13/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>I'd very much like to come but am not sure due to pregnancy.  The 
>>>>>later it is, the more pregnant I'll be.  (And there were some 
>>>>>complications.  Now, everything is good again, but 3 weeks of bed rest 
>>>>>leaves me less self-assured of how easy everything will go.)
>>>>>I've got a passport.  Do young children need one as well?
>>>>>
>>>>>On 2/9/07, Shea, Kathleen Dorette 
>>>>><<mailto:kdshea at ku.edu>kdshea at ku.edu> wrote:
>>>>>I would like to attend this year's SCLC, especially since I missed 
>>>>>last year's.  I have a current passport.
>>>>>Kathy Shea
>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>From: 
>>>>><mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu>owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu 
>>>>>  on behalf of Marino
>>>>>Sent: Tue 2/6/2007 11:46 AM
>>>>>To: <mailto:siouan at lists.colorado.edu>siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>>>>>Subject: Re: 2007 SCLC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>I am working on this and will soon have a more detailed message.  It 
>>>>>would really help if I could get some idea of how many will be able to 
>>>>>attend.  I would be glad to hear from anybody who can give me a 
>>>>>definite answer now.
>>>>>Mary
>>>>>At 08:56 PM 2/5/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>        You're right, its Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  I don't 
>>>>> know if the dates are actually finalized yet.  I am expecting Mary 
>>>>> Marino to post something soon on the Siouan list.
>>>>>        Randy
>>>
>>>
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