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linguistlist.org>Dear Linguists, In our attempt to inform you about Linguist services, we counted Conf and Calls issues. And we were surprised to discover that Linguist posted 348 Calls for Papers issues in 1999 and 227 Conference Announcement issues. But read on... Most of the Calls issues contained at least 2 announcements, so our best estimate is that Linguist posted 696 Calls for Papers in 1999. And, what's more .... Although the conference issues typically contain only a single announcement, many posters combine the conference announcement with a Call for Papers; and in that case we post the announcement as a Call. (Our thinking is that this is the best way to alert potential speakers & conference contributors.) So in order to estimate the number of 1999 conferences in linguistics, we think it would be better to start with the number of Calls (698) than the number of conference announcements. From these, we should subtract the number of Calls for manuscripts for special journal issues ( 20) and the number of Calls with the strings "2nd," "Second," "Third," and "Final" Call in them (46). But this still leaves a total of 632! Now, admittedly, this is not a very scientific method of estimation. Nevertheless, aren't you suprised that the discipline of linguistics hosted ANYTHING LIKE 632 conference last year? We certainly were. Remember that Linguist does not announce local colloquia or meetings, only regional, national, or international conferences. So even if our calculations are off by, say, 100 conferences, we are still left with a rather staggering number of significant linguistics gatherings. But, of course, Linguist announces conferences taking place across the globe. Most of us probably formed our idea of the size of the conference-going community from the number of announcements we used to encounter in our local or national linguistics publications. The Internet has changed all this. And we like to think that, in our academic discipline, The Linguist List has played a part. Conference organizers have sometimes told us that, in the last 5-7 years, their conference attendance has become more international and the general quality of the papers has improved because of the increasing number of submissions. If so, perhaps these benefits have accrued to linguistics in part because the discipline supports a central international email list with over 12,000 subscribers. And that is--you guessed it!--The Linguist List. But The Linguist List exists only so long as it IS supported by the discipline. Although Wayne State University and Eastern Michigan University provide generous administrative support, we also require a 9-member student staff, which is funded primarily by subscriber donations. This year, as many of you know by now, we determined that we need $35,000 to continue to fund these deserving students and continue to keep Linguist running. This is the 6th day of our fund drive; and so far we have collected $25,374, thanks to the generosity of the persons and institutions whose names are listed at the bottom of this page. This means that we still need $9,626 to maintain the level of service that you have come to expect. If you have not yet contributed, will you please do so now? As a 501(c)3 organization, LINGUIST qualifies for corporate donation-matching programs; and, of course, your donation is tax deductible. You can donate via our secure credit card form at: http://www.linguistlist.org/donation-form.html or by sending your check to: The LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund Dept. of English Eastern Michigan U. Ypsilanti, MI USA 48197 You can also hit "Reply" and send us your pledge by email, prior to sending your check. 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