Attn: Jill Greer

[Jill Greer]

Hi, Jimm,

Never fear -  The abstracts that are being sent directly to me are not part of the dictionary roundtable -  They are the traditional 20 minute papers that people can give on any topic related to the languages.

Catherine is taking charge of organizing the roundtable, and just passing it along to me.  I think it will be pretty informal -  she mentioned that each project director would probably just take about 10-15 minutes to talk about their progress, their issues, etc., and then after a break and informal questions and answers from the larger group, there would be another sessions where those P.I.s who wanted to actually show some of their database to the rest of us would do so.  Technology and pros and cons of print vs. digital dictionaries might be addressed then.  She has 7 different language projects listed so far!!!  

So don't worry, you don't have a deadline next week to meet, you are already on the program, so to speak...
It may turn out that we spend the greater portion of the conference doing sessions of this roundtable, depending on how many other formal papers are submitted.  

Let me know if you need more info.  

Also,relating to the Iowa project/grant - a colleague of mine had a good idea that I thought I should run by you (and my department head and dean, also).  Might it be possible for the grant to "buy" my time next spring rather than pay me directly -  If I had release time from one or two courses, then I could devote that time to completing the grammar project then, rather than relying only on summer vacation which gets shorter every year!  I know that NSF and other universities do similar things -  the administration here hasn't had much opportunity to that kind of thing, I suspect, so they may not be very enthusiastic, but if it doesn't cost them anything, perhaps they can be convinced.  

Best,

Jill


>>> "Jimm GoodTracks" <jgoodtracks at gmail.com> 5/6/2008 2:15 PM >>>
Jill:
When I first contacted you on Dictionary roundtable, you mentioned that you 
would get back with me on the format of the presentation, once you knew 
about how many would participate.  Below, you are calling for Abstracts. 
So,
Now that you know, what kind of information would you like for me to present 
the group, other than the discussions on orthography and the alphabetic 
listing of the words in the Native to English section?
Jimm

PS:  Your $10-$12 conference fee is affordable.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jill Greer" <Greer-J at MSSU.EDU>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Attn: Jill Greer


Hi, Bob,

Certainly!  It's greer-j at mssu.edu  (and my office phone is 417.625.9795,  if 
anyone needs to talk directly...)
Yes, I'm eagerly awaiting that flood of abstracts :)

Best,
Jill

>>> "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu> 5/5/2008 9:40 AM >>>
Jill,

Could you give us your email address at MSSU again?  I forgot to put it in 
my address book and I need it to send the abstract.

Many thanks,

Bob