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linguistlist.org>Dear Subscribers, LINGUIST has had some bad news. The developers of listserv software have admitted that the version which LINGUIST runs is not Year 2000 compliant. As most of you know, listserv is an email-list management program--the only one, to our knowledge, able to handle a list the size of LINGUIST. And, as most of you can easily imagine, a Y2K Bug could play havoc with a date-oriented operation like LINGUIST. So we have no choice but to upgrade to the newest version of listserv. But an upgrade costs $2500. Our recent fund drive netted us $12,000, enough to pay 2 student editors for 1999-2000, but not enough to appease the Y2K Bug as well. So we are coming to you for help. If you feel you could donate a little money to help us purchase the upgrade, please donate by credit card at http://linguistlist.org/donation.html or send a check to: The LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund c/o Helen Aristar Dry Dept. of English Language and Literature Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 48197 We are heartily grateful for the support of the 74 donors, listed below, who have already contributed this year, making it possible for us to fund fellowships for next year's LINGUIST editors. Their generosity is what makes it possible for us to continue year after year. However, LINGUIST has 11,900 subscribers. Probably some of you have been meaning to send us a donation but haven't gotten around to it yet (and we DO know how that happens, term-endings being what they are). If you will contribute something now to help us with this unexpected Y2K expense, we will be sincerely grateful. -Anthony, Helen, Andrew LINGUIST Moderators Our sincere thanks to the 1999 contributors listed below: Mainstays (over $100) Linguistic Association of Great Britain Ann-Marie Andrew Microsoft Anonymous Alan K. Engel Graeme Forbes Carolyn Hartnett Elizabeth Liddy Rebecca Larch Moreton David Parkinson Carlota Smith Catherine Walter Jung Ju Yoon Supporters ($50 - $100) Stefano Bertolo Corina Chen Virginia Clark Linda Coleman Hortensia Curell Laura J. Downing Susan Fischer Charles Gribble Carolyn Grinnell Kirkpatrick Nancy Hansmann Richard Hudson Suzanne Kemmer Andrew Mackie Lisa Reed and Marc Authier M. Lynn Murphy Kunio Nishiyama Barbara Olson-Herrarte Ingo Plag Catherine Rudin Andreas Schramm George A. Senf Ute Smit Pius ten Hacken Elly van Gelderen Doug Whalen Ronnie Wilbur Dovie R. Wylie (in memory of Keith Denning) Donors ($1 - $50) Ozark Center for Language Studies University of Canterbury Francesca Bargiela Elena Bashir Katherine Bassein Anthony Davis Elaine J. Francis Rosa J. Garcia Frank Gladney Henry M. Hoenigswald Alice Horning Mary Jane Hurst Yuri Kite Harriet Klein Michael Kliffer Scott and Rebecca McGinnis Edith Moravcik Andrea G. Osburne Lynn Santelmann Ronald Schaefer Angelick van Hout Institutions (over $100) Cornell University Max Planck Institute Acculab Arizona State University City University of Hong Kong Harvard University Nanyang Technical University Ohio State Pacific Search Consultants Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Rutgers University Stanford Univ., Computer Sci Dept U of Canterbury U of Michigan, Dept of Asian Langs U of Minnesota, Asian Lang Dept University of Maryland, Baltimore County, D of Ed University of North Texas University of S. Carolina University of Surrey 1999 Supporting Publishers Major Supporters ($500) * Blackwell Publishers * Edward Arnold Press, Publishers of linguistics and psychology * Elsevier Science * Holland Academic Graphics (HAG) * John Benjamins Publishing Company * Kluwer Academic Publishers * Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. * Lincom Europa * MIT Press (Books Division) * Mouton de Gruyter * Multilingual Matters, Ltd. Other Supporting Publishers * Cascadilla Press * CSLI Publications * Finno-Ugrian Society * IULC Publications * Pacific Linguistics * Summer Institute of Linguistics * Utrecht Institute of Linguistics - OTS Vaxjo: Acta Wexionesia Updated: 6/9/99Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue