Antw: Re: Accommodations and tentative schedule for SCLC 34

Thu Mar 20 08:46:10 UTC 2014

Dear Siouanists,

I strongly agree with Cathrin and Gill that we should honor Bob's work by
continuing our research on Siouan languages and by producing a festschrift. One
 idea in this direction could be that we put together the papers we had
produced for our Comparative Siouan Grammar project. I know that Bob loved this
project although we never managed to compile a volume.

All the best
Johannes

-- 

Professor Dr. Johannes Helmbrecht
Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
Fakultät für Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften
Universität Regensburg
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Tel. 0941/943-3388
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>>> Catherine Rudin <carudin1 at WSC.EDU> schrieb am 20.03.2014 um 01:51:
> Festschrift is a great idea.  Let's do it!
> Catherine
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>>>> Rory Larson  03/19/14 3:18 PM >>>
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> to Meredith, Bryan and Matea for all their work in organizing this
> conference.  I know Bob was really looking forward to attending it.  And
> Jill, thankyou for the proposal that we do a Festschrift for Bob.  I
> think that*s an absolutely wonderful idea, and I hope you will be active
> in shepherding it along.  :)
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> Best,
> Rory
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> From: Siouan Linguistics [mailto:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu]On Behalf Of
> David Kaufman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:36 PM
> To: SIOUAN at LISTSERV.UNL.EDU 
> Subject: Re: Accommodations and tentative schedule for SCLC 34
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> I must echo Catherine's sentiments.  Although Bob's passing is a loss to
> us all, he would have tried to be at the conference if he still could,
> and, in spirit, he will still be there.  The conference would be a good
> opportunity for all of us to talk about memories of Bob and to perhaps
> plan a Festschrift in his honor as Jill proposed.   
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> As a former SCLC organizer, I also want to commend the work that the
> three organizers are doing.  It is not easy getting everything organized
> and keeping everyone happy, so I can sympathize with the work they have
> ahead of them.  Bob welcomed newcomers, including younger people, who
> will be the future of Siouan linguistics.  Meredith, Bryan, and Matea
> are young newcomers and have taken on a big responsibility in organizing
> this year's conference.  Let's hope we have even more newcomers who are
> as dedicated and committed to Siouan linguistics as they are!
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> Things will get worked out.  Hope to see all of you in May!
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> Dave
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> David Kaufman
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> Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
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> Director, Kaw Nation Language Program
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> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Catherine Rudin <CaRudin1 at wsc.edu>
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> The link works fine for me. 
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> Jill, I certainly share your sense of loss, but it seems to me the last
> thing Bob would have wanted is for folks to not attend the conference
> because he won't be there.  Let's all go honor his life by continuing
> the work he loved.  
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> Meredith, Bryan, and Matea THANK YOU for an outstanding job organizing
> so far -- I've been delighted to see timely information and reminders
> not only on the Siouan list but also on LinguistList.  The SCLC has
> varied widely over the years -- each organizer does it a little
> differently, and that's fine.  I don't see anything closed or unfriendly
> in using an online system for submitting abstracts.  I'm not planning on
> giving a talk this year (alas, too overbooked to get around to writing
> anything up) -- but I definitely plan to attend and am looking forward
> to it.
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> Catherine
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>>>> Meredith Johnson <majohnson25 at WISC.EDU> 3/19/2014 11:52 AM >>>
> Hi again all,
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> Hmm, that's strange. All three of the organizers tried it, and several
> people have successfully uploaded abstracts. I'm guessing Linguist List
> was just updating the website. If you have trouble, I would suggest
> trying it again a little later. If anyone has continual trouble, please
> let me know, and I'll contact Linguist List.
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> Best,
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> Meredith
> On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Jimm Goodtracks <jgoodtracks at GMAIL.COM>
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> For your information, I was unable to connect with the link below on
> conference program -  http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/SCLC34 
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> From:Meredith Johnson 
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 1:01 AM
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> To:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu 
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> Subject: Re: Accommodations and tentative schedule for SCLC 34
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> A couple of quick responses to Jill's questions, which I am responding
> to on list in case others are interested.
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> Dorm space: to the best of our knowledge, there is no available dorm
> space. The conference venue is also on the edge of campus, and all dorms
> would actually be further away than the hotel. Having the conference in
> an urban setting unfortunately has its drawbacks: we could either choose
> a convenient hotel to get a block of rooms in, or a somewhat cheaper one
> that would require a long bus ride for participants.
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> As for going through linguist list: We certainly were not trying to be
> formal; there are just three organizers and we all would like access to
> all abstracts submitted. I have accepted abstracts that were e-mailed to
> me, and if anyone else would prefer to do that, I will happily accept
> them and pass them on to the other organizers. All other correspondence
> will be done "person-to-person."
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> Of course, if there are any suggestions as to how we can maintain the
> "generously open and friendly tone of the conference", don't hesitate to
> e-mail me on or off-list. If we have done anything else to offend anyone
> while trying to organize this conference, drop me a line.
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> Best,
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> Meredith
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> On Mar 19, 2014, at 12:40 AM, "Greer, Jill" <Greer-J at MSSU.EDU> wrote
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> Dear Meredith, Bryan, and Matea,
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> A couple of questions/comments:  Is there no possibility of less
> expensive dorm space?  A shorter walk and/or less expense might make the
> conference more friendly to a larger number of folks.  Also,  it seems a
> little formal to be going through linguist list rather than directly to
> the organizer's emails,  regardless of links provided.  Yes,  I'm sorry
> to sound like a grumpy old Luddite,  but surely  linguists of all people
> ought to be cognizant of the meta-communicative message of relying on
> 3rd party providers for 'ease' , so to speak, rather than actual
> person-to-person correspondence? 
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> Forgive me for the complaints.  This meeting date is a bit early in the
> summer for my calendar,  and I'm not really sure I'm up to going to a
> Siouan conference without Bob just yet anyway.  No doubt everyone is
> still reeling under that weight, too.  Perhaps the proceedings could be
> shared with the list?  Rory was the only  one kind enough to actually
> share his paper from last summer's meeting. 
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> But for future collegiality with fellow Siouanists,  perhaps I'm not too
> far out of line to request that the generously open and friendly tone of
> the conference not be replaced with the rather frenzied pace of the
> "standard"  linguistics meeting.  
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> In the meantime,  thank you for the willingness to host,  and I hope
> that perhaps the beginning of some kind of Festschrift for Bob could
> begin to emerge from the group sorrow. 
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> Sincerely yours,
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> Jill Greer
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> Dear all,
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> We have a couple of updates about the upcoming 34th Siouan and Caddoan
> Languages Conference, to be held Friday, May 23 to Sunday, May 25 at the
> University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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> The conference will be held at Memorial Union, which is on the
> University of Wisconsin campus in downtown Madison. We have reserved a
> block of rooms at the Hampton Inn, which is the closest hotel to the
> conference site (less than a 10 minute walk away). The special
> conference rate is $119/night for a double room from May 22-25. The rate
> is available until April 22, and you can access this rate from the
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link:http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/M/MSNBJHX-ALC-2014

> 0522/index.jhtml
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> If you're on a tighter budget, we suggest finding a hotel on the west
> side of Madison and taking a bus to the conference. Bus schedules and
> Google transit planner are available here:
> http://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/ Please note that there are different
> schedules for the work week and weekend.
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> Please see attached for a (very) tentative schedule. If you*d like to
> secure one of the spots on this schedule, remember to submit an abstract
> online athttp://linguistlist.org/confcustom/SCLC34 by this Sunday, March
> 23! :)
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> Lastly, we hope to have registration available shortly! We are still
> waiting for confirmation on our conference funding. If it comes through
> (fingers crossed!), registration will be free, and there will be a
> subsidized conference dinner. We will let you know as soon as we do!
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> We hope to have more info for you soon, but in the meantime, please feel
> free to e-mail with any questions. Also check our new
> websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/34sclc/accomodations for updates
> and additional information.
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> All the best,
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> Meredith Johnson
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> Bryan Rosen
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> Matea Schuck
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> SCLC 34 Organizers
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