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'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>2.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Approval of the minutes of the AGM held at the University of Sheffield, 15 April 2003 and of the Business Meeting held at the University of Oxford, </i><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>5 September 2003</i><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'></i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify; '>Approved.</p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>3.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>         </span>Matters arising</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify'>No matters arising other than those on the Agenda.</p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>4.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>         </span>President s report</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>AMM reported that the AHRB College was setting up a new procedure for awarding grants and encouraged members to check this on the College s website. The applicants do not nominate a referee but instead the College appoints a committee that consists of colleagues from various institutions (like ESRC) for a period of three years. AMM encouraged linguists to become members of the College and reported that Linguistics was well represented. She also reported that LAGB, in association with the Philological Society and various Modern Languages associations, had put in an application for AHRB ringfenced doctoral studentships with the result that six were earmarked for each of the next three years. The Committee would now like to hear from supervisors whose students obtained these studentships and asked LAGB members to check if they had students who had been successful. The Committee wants to know the number of studentships awarded, as well as to hear about students who work in relevant areas and<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>are not funded. This information will then be distributed electronically. AMM reminded the members that<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Pesetsky and Chierchia were invited speakers for the next LAGB meeting and proposed that the committee should decide who is to be invited for the talk associated with a workshop and who for the special session. She suggested that we might wish to review this format<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(a workshop plus a special session) at a future conference, perhaps at the AGM in Cambridge. Professor Dick Hudson suggested discussing the option of having more themed sessions. Professor Kersti Börjars suggested discussing the length and timing of the conference and finding out what proportion of people stay for the whole event. The possibility of having the language tutorial as a plenary session was discussed and AMM reminded members that in the past it was requested by the majority of the membership that language tutorials be held in parallel with other sessions. There was also a discussion as to whether there should be sessions in the evenings and<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>AMM invited feedback to be sent after the meeting to PH. AMM also reported that she had received a message from Professor Peter Patrick from the University of Essex in which he proposed that LAGB adopt a set of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> Guidelines for the Use of Language Analysis in Relation to Questions of National Origin in Refugee Cases </i> drawn up by an international discussion group last June. Professor Patrick is asking LAGB membership if we would like to sign this resolution as the Association or as individuals. AMM will put a link to the document on the list for comments. AMM thinks the guidelines might be helpful, for example in the context of how to draw conclusions in an interview situation. If there is diversity of opinion, members can sign as individuals. She remarked that in the past there were similar discussions on the list and the response (positive) was overwhelming. Professor Andrew Spencer mentioned that linguists (individuals) had been approached more and more often to draw up documents of this kind and we had to beware of the fact that sometimes private firms who claim to be linguistics experts judge on such issues. LAGB should try to exert some impact on this state of affairs. AMM concluded that if there is no disagreement, she would support the Guidelines on behalf of the Association. She will set the date for responses. Next, AMM reminded members that she had agreed a year ago to serve for two more years and we would have to make preparations towards electing a new president. Suggestions, both general and specific, are to be sent to any member of the Committee, excluding AMM. There will also be a call for nominations in the next circular. She suggested that an election could be held, if necessary, at the next AGM. AMM will be available for another year after the Cambridge conference for the takeover to take place. In the future, elections are to be conducted one year earlier.</p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify; '><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>5.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Reports of other Committee members</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>5.1. <span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                 </span>Treasurer's report</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>DB circulated the Accounts Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2003, also including figures for 2002 for comparison. For 2003, the Organisation had GBP 17,700.09 on its accounts. The loss amounted to GBP 5,810.31. He assessed the loss as similar to that from the previous year, taking all relevant factors into account. In reporting on expenditure, DB remarked that the figure for printing, stationery and postage was c. GBP 800 higher than in 2002 but since the amount charged for printing and photocopying varies from institution to institution, the variability of the figure is to be expected. He reported that LAGB had made a loss on the last Spring meeting in Sheffield  again, this loss was predictable since the change in the meetings pattern was being implemented. Next, reporting on expenditure, he remarked that speakers fees had gone up by about GBP 300. Website charges for 2003 will figure in the expenses for 2004.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>DB also reported that he had taken on many duties pertaining to the maintenance of the website himself, which will keep the charges low. He also requested that the money already set aside for website maintenance be kept for this purpose, to be at his disposal when it becomes necessary. DB also asked the membership on behalf of the Committee for permission to raise the membership fee to <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>up to</i> GBP 20 (GBP 10 for students/unwaged), or GBP 40 with the <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Linguistics </i>(GBP 16.50 for students/unwaged). This will be with effect from 2006 mainly due to the fact that the processing of direct debits is already done for 2005. DB will put information on the website about the forthcoming rise. DB discussed problems associated with payments by credit card and confirmed the 3.5 per cent fee for processing them (currently GBP 14.50 and GBP 7.75 for each category, and GBP 35.25 and GBP 14.50 with the <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Linguistics</i>, all to rise to GBP 20.70, 10.35, 41.40 and 17.00 respectively). DB remarked that membership fees had not been raised for a long time. AMM added that they were last raised in 1994. The raise was agreed unanimously.</p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>5.2.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>      </span>Honorary Secretary s report</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify;'>There was nothing to report.</p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>5.3.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>      </span>Membership Secretary s report</i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>DN answered questions concerning membership, saying that LAGB had approximately 500 members, a large proportion of which were students. Over a half of the membership subscribes to the <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal</i>. Professor Dick Hudson suggested making membership obligatory for those wishing to present a paper, and a GBP 20 surcharge for becoming members on the spot. DB mentioned that LAGB members had a discount on OUP publications, which should be an incentive. KJ mentioned that some organizations, for example International Pragmatics Association, charged membership fees both for speakers and other conference attendants. AMM suggesting obtaining more information on the policies of other relevant associations. It was also suggested that retired members should be charged fees as unwaged members and this regulation should be added to the constitution. </p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>5.4.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>      </span>Assistant Secretary s report</i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>KJ reported that 12 bursaries were awarded to authors of accepted papers and informed the membership that the maximum number of bursaries was raised from 10 to 15 in view of reducing the number of meetings from two to one per year. She asked supervisors to encourage their students to apply. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>5.5.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>      </span>Meetings Secretary s report</span></i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 align=left style='text-align:left; '>PH reminded members that we would have to set the dates for the 2006 meeting. He summarised the Committee s discussion concerning the electronic submission of abstracts and invited comments from the membership. He remarked that the problem with fonts would be addressed. Abstracts are to be sent as attachments, anonymity will be preserved, and it is to be ensured that the change will not make the Committee s job more complicated or time-consuming. AMM remarked that the change might encourage more abstracts. She asked for permission to investigate this possibility by the Committee. Permission was granted. Next, PH mentioned the need to update the method by which information is sent out to members and suggested that we send out circulars electronically rather than by post. Information will be sent by post only on special request. A similar proposal was made concerning registration for the meetings and distributing conference abstracts. The changes, if agreed, will be announced on the website. DN remarked that not all members give their email addresses. Permission was granted to investigate the possibility. </p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>6.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Election of the new Membership Secretary and re-election of the Honorary <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>           </span>Secretary</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>One nomination for Membership Secretary was received and Dr Andrew Hippisley from the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt'>University</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> of </span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Surrey</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> was elected. AMM thanked DN for her work for the Association.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>AN was willing to stand again in the election of the Honorary Secretary. No other nominations were received and he was re-elected.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>7. <span style='mso-tab-count:2'>        </span>RAE (President and Membership Secretary to report)</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>In June DN and AMM attended a meeting of the linguistics learned societies and professional associations hosted by Professor Richard Hogg, currently Head of the Linguistics and Philology Section of the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>British</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Academy</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>. The purpose of the meeting was to construct a list of nominees for the Linguistics RAE subpanel; this arrangement had been successfully adopted for the 1996 RAE. As well as the LAGB, the Philological Society, BAAL, BAAP and the Clinical Linguistics Association were represented at the meeting. Each society nominated a number of colleagues, and an agreed list of 25 nominations is to be forwarded to HEFCE by Richard Hogg for the deadline of 15 September. Nominations for other panels and subpanels, including English, Education, Modern Languages and Computer Science, were also suggested.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>8. <span style='mso-tab-count:2'>        </span>Proposed raise in membership fee (Membership Secretary and Treasurer to <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>           </span>report)</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Reported in point 5.1.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>9. <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>        </span>Conference funding arrangements (Assistant Secretary to report)</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>KJ presented and discussed an extract from the minutes of the LAGB Committee Meeting held at UCL on </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>25 May 2004</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> concerning new conference funding arrangements. It was proposed at that meeting that an annual budget of £2,700 be set for conference grants, out of which £1,200 is committed to three annual post-graduate conferences and the remaining £1,500 is to be awarded in three rounds of competition (£500 allocated to each) for which 4-monthly deadlines are to be set for 1 February, 1 June, and 1 October. Any amounts not spent will usually be carried over. The maximum grant likely to be considered will be £300. If more proposals are received than can be funded, the Committee will consider such factors in making the decision as (i) the length of the conference, (ii) the policy of submission, and (iii) the nature of the meeting. Application in respect of events for which attendance is by invitation only will not be eligible. Applicants must be LAGB members at the time of applying for the grant. It was also proposed that organizers of the annual post-graduate conferences that are regularly funded from this grant should send a report to the LAGB Committee after the event. A question was asked as to why the Committee only requests reports on regular events. It was agreed that asking for reports also on one-off events would generate too much unnecessary administration.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>10. <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>ESRC (Treasurer to report) </span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>DB reported on the ESRC Disciplines Review document <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'> Why do some disciplines persistently do better than others in getting funded by the Research Grants Board?</i> according to which Linguistics has a 39 per cent success rate in applications for funding. This figure is very high, as compared with, for example, Management Studies (17 per cent). LAGB was asked to comment on the success of the discipline in applications. He reported that LAGB had sent a reply to ESRC. DB replied that the comparison is not correct for several reasons, and among them because Management Studies had their own dedicated fellowships, which should have been taken into consideration. It was also pointed out that normalization using percentages distorted the picture, as the number of applications from linguistics was small compared with other disciplines.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>11. <span style='mso-tab-count:2'>      </span>Threatened and closing departments (President to report)</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Professor Ken Lodge thanked the Association for their support in the UEA closure. It is difficult to assess to what extent the action was successful but some Linguistics is saved there in that the Research Centre in Speech and Communication has been created. In this matter, there are national issues that have to be addressed as scattering of Linguistics makes core linguistics programmes disappear. On this topic, AMM reported that Professor Keith Brown was organizing a meeting for various linguistics associations in </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>London</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> on 20 September and the closure of departments was to be on the agenda. AN will represent LAGB at the meeting and the report will be sent to the LAGB list. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>12.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>       </span>Education Committee / CLIE report</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Professor Dick Hudson reported that Linguistics was moving up in schools, both in Foreign Languages and English. As a result, schools should take an interest in supporting university programmes in Linguistics in order to recruit their future teachers. He reported that the possibility of an A-level Linguistics was being considered at a national level. There has also been an increase in the teaching of Speaking and Listening skills in Modern Languages. He reported that Sue Barry, Keith Brown, Billy Clark and Dick Hudson had represented the LAGB at three meetings of CLIE. They also represented LAGB on the advisory committee for Linguistics on the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. A number of meetings have been held that are relevant to the teaching of linguistics, including such topics as teaching English language and Linguistics on first-year BA courses; teaching linguistics to students of Foreign Languages; and Linguistics in Applied Linguistics MA programmes. Professor Dick Hudson also reported that he had represented the LAGB at two meetings of the Language Alliance and spoke at the Language World conference.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Copies of the reports were distributed at the meeting.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>13.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>       </span>Future guest speakers and language tutors<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>   </span></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The following guest speakers were proposed for 2006, or for 2005 if invitations for 2005 are declined: Noam Chomsky, Sharon Inkelas, and Hans Kamp. The membership voted to invite them in the following order: (i) Noam Chomsky, (ii) Sharon Inkelas, (iii) Hans Kamp. Also, the following names are to be considered for future meetings: Alan Prince, Jack Hawkins, Guglielmo Cinque.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>AMM also invited suggestions for language tutorials. Two suggestions were received at the meeting: Norwegian (Curt Rice) and Athabaskan (Keren Rice).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>14.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>       </span>AOB</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>AMM thanked the local organizers at the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>University</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> of </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Surrey Roehampton</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> for hosting the LAGB meeting.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>K.M. Jaszczolt</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Assistant Secretary, LAGB</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>13 October 2004</span></i><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>approved </span></i><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1 September 2005</span></i><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'></i></p> </div> </body> </html>