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chass.utoronto.ca>The Canadian Linguistic Association will hold its 2001 conference as part of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universit� Laval, Qu�bec, Canada, from Thursday 24 May to Sunday 27 May 2001. Members are invited to submit abstracts representing all areas of linguistics. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT BY THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 1 February 2001 For more information please visit the CLA website: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cla-acl/ email: cla-aclMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cs.rutgers.edu>CALL for Bids to Host ACL 2003 The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) hereby invites proposals to host the 41st Annual Meeting of the ACL (ACL'03). International ACL conferences are usually held at the end of July. In keeping with the ACL policy of rotating conference venues, we seek proposals from Asia. The proposal submission process is in two stages. First, draft proposals are sought from prospective proposers. Based on the evaluation of the draft proposals, selected proposers will be invited to submit full proposals. The intent of a request for draft proposals is to minimize the labor and costs associated with the production of full proposals. Bids for Local Arrangements Chair can include suggestions for General Chair, which must be someone other than the Local Arrangements Chair but could be at the same institution. The General Chair will be responsible for overseeing operations of the conference, including working with the Executives of the ACL and the NAACL and collaborating with the Local Arrangements Chair to develop the budget and registration materials; working with the Program and Local Arrangements Chairs to develop the schedule and program; working with the ACL Executive Board to appoint supporting chairs to obtain outside funding, publicize the conference, and organize workshops, tutorials, student events, and demonstrations (none of these supporting nominations need to be included in the proposal); and coordinating the activities of the various chairs and their committees. The Local Arrangements Chair will be responsible for the activities such as arranging meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, housing, on-site registration, participant e-mail access, security for equipment, the reception, the banquet, and working with the General Chair, the ACL, and the NAACL to develop the budget and registration materials. The ACL Executive Board will select the Program Committee Chair, who will be responsible for the processes of soliciting, receiving, and reviewing submissions; selecting the papers to be presented at the conference; notifying authors of acceptance or rejection; and developing the conference program. Draft proposals are due on 15 April 2001. Draft proposals are evaluated competitively by the ACL Executive Committee. Selected proposers will be informed electronically before 15 May 2001. Full proposals are due on 15 June 2001. Draft proposals should include: - - Location (accessibility, conference venue, hotels, student dorms) - - Local CL Community - - Proposed Date - - Meeting Space (space for plenary sessions, tutorials, workshops, posters, exhibits, demos and small meetings) - - A/V equipment - - Food/Entertainment/Banquet/Receptions - - Local Arrangements (chairs, committee, volunteer labor, registration handling) - - Sponsorships - - Budget estimates Proposals will be evaluated in relation to a number of site selection criteria (unordered): - - Experience of Local Arrangement team. - - Local CL community support. - - Local government and industry support. - - Accessibility and attractiveness of proposed site. - - Appropriateness of proposed dates. - - Adequacy of conference and exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants - - Adequacy of residence accommodations and food services in a range of price categories and close to the conference facilities. - - Adequacy of budget projections and expected surplus. - - Balance with regard to the geographical distribution of previous conferences. Draft proposals should be sent electronically to the ACL Vice-President, with a copy to the executive committee's area coordinator for 2001. Prof. John Nerbonne Prof. Junichi TSUJII Alfa Informatica, P.O. Box 716 Department of Information Science University of Groningen Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN Tel. +31 (0)50 363 58 15 +81 (0)3-5841-4098 Fax 363 68 55 5802-8872 Email: nerbonneMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue