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Dear Subscribers, 
 
LINGUIST will be on holiday status from Saturday, 22 December to 
Monday, 7 January 2008. During that time, with the exception of 
emergencies, there will be no issues posted. Although the website will be 
available some pages may not be updated during that time. 
 
Any message submitted to our web form by midnight EST (U.S.) Friday, 21 
December, will be posted before the break. To submit an item for posting, 
visit: 
 
http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm 
 
Except for emergencies, messages we receive after this will not be posted 
until after we return on 8 January 2008. Anyone wishing to submit an 
emergency message, please enter 'URGENT' in the subject line of the 
submission, and send an email notification directly to the managing editor 
(sawyerlinguistlist.org) or a moderator (aristarlinguistlist.org, 
hdrylinguistlist.org), as the LINGUIST account will not be regularly 
monitored during the vacation period. 
 
===SOLICITATION OF IDEAS FOR NEW SITE SECTION=== 
While we're on our break, we invite you to consider a new section we will be 
developing for the website in 2008 called The Student Portal. The portal 
will be a section of the site designed for prospective and current 
linguistics students, with tools, resources, and information to help them 
do things like: 
 
*Learn something about the field of linguistics and its subfields to see 
whether it might be an area of study they would like to pursue 
*Find tools and resources to do academic work (stylesheets, ideas for 
choosing paper topics, suggestions for how to carry out research, etc.) 
*Learn what they can do to make themselves attractive graduate school 
applicants or job seekers 
*Find degree funding opportunities and job listings 
 
We invite you to send us your ideas about what such a section ought to 
contain so that we can design one that they will be maximally useful to 
you. We are especially interested in learning what kind of information and 
resources you typically have trouble finding. Please email your ideas and 
comments to sawyerlinguistlist.org. 
 
 
==========LSA ANNUAL MEETING=============== 
As we have for some time, LINGUIST will be holding office hours at the 
annual LSA meeting in Chicago. A separate message will be posted later 
this week giving the location and times. 
 
 
Finally, we at LINGUIST would like to wish you an enjoyable holiday season 
and a fruitful new year. Thank you for your continued interest and support. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Helen, Anthony, and the entire LINGUIST crew.