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linguistlist.org>Dear Subscribers, Wow, another year has gone by and once again linguists are hitting our Jobs Listing page more than any other on the site! In fact, we're just finishing up the "job-posting season", as we call it here at LINGUIST. So many institutions are seeking new faculty for the following school term, we can hardly keep up with all the work! It's a great feeling from our vantage point to know that we are filling such an important need for the linguistics community by providing this employment information. You may wonder, other than using Linguist List to post your own staff needs through Linguist List, or finding new job opportunities, how does this service affect you directly? As many of you know, we request a donation for each posting, not a payment. This ensures that information about every job available will be passed on to you, whether or not an institution or employer can pay for the posting. But unfortunately for us, only a small percentage of our job posters actually send a donation for our posting their ad. So if your institution found a valuable staff member, or if you, yourself, found employment through LINGUIST and have not yet donated, this would be the perfect time. To those of you who helped arrange job payments, we offer our sincere thanks. We rely on your generosity to keep LINGUIST running. Of course, we are more than thankful for the generosity of those of you who have already donated to Linguist List, whether as a job submitter or as an independent supporter. They have already contributed $6,422 towards the total $48,000 that we need this year. Just one small donation can help Linguist List more than you can imagine. Two of the student editors you will be supporting are Heather Taylor-Loring and Karolina Owczarzak, who share the posting of job announcements. You can read their thoughts about working for LINGUIST and how they will benefit from your donation in the second message to this issue, below. So please go to http://linguistlist.org/donate.html to send us your pledge. From there you have the choice of donating straight away by credit card using our secure form, or you can send us a cheque later. If you do send a cheque, please make it payable in US dollars; we get charged about $50 a time to convert currency (no such problems with a credit card). Alternatively, you can hit "Reply" to this message and send us your pledge right now by email, prior to sending your cheque. Then we will be able to list you immediately as one of our donors; and we may be able to reach our goal (and halt these Fund Drive messages) a bit earlier. The address to send cheques is as follows: The LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund c/o Helen Aristar-Dry Dept. of English Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI USA 48197 As a 501(c)3 organization, LINGUIST qualifies for corporate donation-matching programs; and, of course, your donation is tax deductible. Don't forget that in return for a donation of $25 or more, we would like to send you one of our new LINGUIST List tote bags. Stylish yet sturdy, these bags are big enough to hold handouts from a three-day conference, and still have room left for a visit to the publishers' stands. To test their strength, we filled one of these bags with our favourite hardback books and carried it around for a bit, and our arms got tired before the bag's did. To see the tote bags in use, please visit our premiums page at http://linguistlist.org/premiums.html. Also on this page are our comfortable LINGUIST List t-shirts and sweatshirts. Please let us know in your pledge which you would like. Remember to let us know your postal address and what size and style you'd like. We at LINGUIST really do appreciate your support. We couldn't do this without you. With our sincere thanks, The LINGUIST Crew: Anthony, Helen, Andrew, Karen, Naomi, Heather, James, Michael, Zhen-Wei, Richard, Karolina, Dina, Renee, Steve, Marie, Gayathri, John, Ljuba, Terry, Simin, Tomoko. * LINGUIST Contributors ANGELS ($1000 and over) Blackwell Publishers John Benjamins Richard Sproat and Chilin Shih MAINSTAYS ($100 to $1000) Dr Catherine Walter Elizabeth D. Liddy Margaret Winters and Geoff Nathan Michelle Portalatin Robb Watt Ernest McCarus - Plus one anonymous donor SUPPORTERS ($50 to $100) Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh Linda L. Thornburg Klaus-Uwe Panther Mary Grenham Baden Hughes Donna Christian Greg Kochanski Kathleen Doty Kathleen Ward Maite Taboada Paul Boersma Andreas Schramm Carol W. 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linguistlist.org>Dear subscribers, We thought you'd like to hear from some of the students your funds are supporting. So this year each fund drive issue will include a brief paragraph from our editors telling you, their sponsors, about their work with LINGUIST. Heather Taylor-Loring and Karolina Owczarzak are our editors in charge of jobs postings. First, a few words from Heather: When I found out that Helen Aristar-Dry was interested in talking with me about working for the Linguist List, I was elated! As I'm sure all of you can understand, the chance to have an assistantship that is directly involved in linguistics is wonderful! As one of the editors for the Jobs issues, I spend a lot of time reviewing the vast opportunities that are in the world as a linguist. What a great field I work in! Anthony Aristar always says that people are so helpful and giving in the field. He says linguistics is one of the only fields that, if you were stranded somewhere and didn't have anywhere to turn, as a linguist you could call the closest linguistics program and someone would be by to pick you up and help you out. I haven't tried that yet, but having seen the generosity of subscribers through the last two fund drives, I can believe that linguists are always ready to help one another. Since I graduate from Eastern Michigan University this fall, I'm facing the sad realization that the fun days of Linguist List are coming rapidly to a close. And I also realize that I wouldn't have been able to graduate if the opportunity of working for Linguist had not been possible. I've been able to learn so much about the workings of the field while working on some really cool Linguist projects that will benefit the entire community. It's really hard to believe that Linguist List is able to pay for my education while at the same time, I'm getting this kind of invaluable experience. Thanks to all you linguists out there! I hope you've gotten a lot out of Linguist List and will continue to for many years to come. I appreciate your support more than I can say. Heather Taylor-Loring Eastern Michigan University To see and read more about Heather, go to: http://linguistlist.org/people/heather.html * And now, Karolina: I came to EMU and joined the Linguist gang in September 2001, because I didn't realise what I was getting into. But I found out that I really like the atmosphere of the constant struggle with forms that don't fancy taking any input or with disappearing data! I can tell you that the people here are pretty determined to do everything for the good of our subscribers, maybe apart from sacrificing their lunch break (if we're lucky to have any - remember, your donations will allow us eat more regularly, maybe even three or four times a week!). But seriously, working for the Linguist List, being surrounded by those beautiful minds, and being able to do my Master's degree under the guidance of some of the best linguists in the world is an amazing experience. And it is your donations that made it possible for me and other foreign students to receive Linguist fellowships. So I'd like to personally thank everyone supporting the Linguist List - you guys are the best! Karolina Eastern Michigan University To see and read more about Karolina, please go to: http://linguistlist.org/people/karolina.html Please donate to LINGUIST, and help support our student editors. http://linguistlist.org/funddrive.htmlMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue