LINGUIST List 17.926
Mon Mar 27 2006
Update: News from the Cruise
Editor for this issue: Tetyana Sydorenko
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linguist,
The Singing Lumberjack Performance
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Editor Susan Hooyenga on E-MELD
Message 1: The Singing Lumberjack Performance
Date: 27-Mar-2006
From: linguist <linguistlinguistlist.org>
Subject: The Singing Lumberjack Performance
We would like to start this week with an update on the Fund Drive 2006.
So far we have raised $15,768, and we are $37,164 away from our goal. This is a great start!Dear Subscribers, you do love us! If you enjoy your time on our cruise ship, please make adonation to keep us afloat. To donate now, visit:
http://linguistlist.org/donate.html
This week we are featuring a new performance by Terry the Singing Lumberjack, who will bepresenting another version of our Fund Drive song. We invite all of you to add to thesong, and next week we'll replace some of the current song lyrics with the best subscribersubmissions! The deadline for these submissions is April 2nd.
If you donate $1000 or more, Terry will cut a special CD containing your own creativesubmissions, and LINGUIST List will mail it directly to you! So submit your donation andsend us your version of the song by April 14th to receive this special CD from Terry. You cando all this on our cruise page:
http://linguistlist.org/cruise.html
The terrific LEXICON: Game without Rules is on right now. See how far you can get. Winnersreceive fabulous prizes from our publishers and subscribers!
http://linguistlist.org/cruise.html
As more of you donate, we will be able to show more Hometown Tours of other LINGUIST crewmembers. We will also have more linguists sharing their stories. For all this, visit:
http://linguistlist.org/cruise.html
Have a wonderful week!
Megan and TanyaFund Drive 2006 Coordinators
Message 2: Editor Susan Hooyenga on E-MELD
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Date: 27-Mar-2006
From: linguist <linguistlinguistlist.org>
Subject: Editor Susan Hooyenga on E-MELD
It was the opportunity to work on the E-MELD (Electronic Metastructure for EndangeredLanguages Data) project that drew me to LINGUIST List. Before coming here, I received anMS in Information at the University of Michigan, with a specialization in Archives andRecords Management. While I was in that program, I heard about E-MELD, which is concernedwith the best ways to digitally preserve language documentation and support collaborationamong linguistic archives. This fit my interests so perfectly that I found myself signingup for two more years of school. I still intend to be an archivist, but ideally I'd liketo work with linguistic documents, whether it's a lexicon on paper, a narrative on a casettetape, or a database of interlinear glossed text. Working here during the final two yearsof the E-MELD project has enabled me to gain a linguistics degreee while applying my archivalbackground to a project that matters to me.
However, I've done a lot more than just work on E-MELD. For a year and a half I was the editorfor Ask-a-Linguist, which gave me an opportunity to see exactly what the general publicfinds interesting about language, and how little they know about what we do! I've gainedexperience with web design, XML, Protégé, digital audio, and organizing aconference. One of the reasons I love my work here is that instead of using linguistics tomake computers run better (a worthwhile goal, but not what I'm interested in), we're usingcomputers to serve linguistics.
I'm very grateful for the opportunity to work at LINGUIST List, and your generous contributionsare what make it possible. If you haven't donated yet, please do so soon, and remember thateven the smallest amounts help!
Susan Hooyenga
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