Discussion Details
| Title: | Re: 16.894, Abolishing Fund Drive Once and For All |
| Submitter: | Jeffrey Kaplan |
| Description: | --How about a merger between LinguistList and the Linguistic Society of
America, with a portion of (slightly increased) LSA dues going to fund Linguist List? LinguistList already carries out some functions typical of leading organizations of fields of study, and its core function of information sharing is an appropriate such function. If there is concern about LinguistList's independence, I would hope that a suitable arrangement be negotiated. Maybe? --Alternatively, under a less U.S.-centric model, negotiate funding, via slightly raised dues, from various national or even focused linguistic organizations: the Linguistic Association of Great Britain, the American Association for Applied Linguistics, the Association for Computational Linguistics, etc. --An approach of this sort would be like a tax (albeit a flat one): everybody pays, and LinguistList would not have to depend on idiosyncratic generosity. It would free Linguist List, and us, from NPR-like fund drives, which are, as you say, a mild irritation even when efforts are made to make them fun. (I must say the LinguistList fundraisers are the best of the class.) The trick would be to hammer out the relationships with the other organizations. Could it be done? Jeff Kaplan For previous messages in this discussion, see: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-894.html |
| Date Posted: | 25-Mar-2005 |
| Linguistic Field(s): | General Linguistics |
| LL Issue: | 16.909 |
| Posted: | 25-Mar-2005 |
