From: Thomas McFadden
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:33 PM
To: penguists@babel.ling.upenn.edu
Cc: Kimiko Nakanishi
Subject: In-house session location


Hi again,

The location for the in-house session, at which Kimiko and I will be
giving practice talks for NELS, has been set.  It will be held in room 733
Williams Hall, from 1:45 to 2:45 this coming Tuesday (the 16th).  Hope to
see you there,

Tom



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From: Thomas McFadden <tmcfadde@babel.ling.upenn.edu>
To: linglist@babel.ling.upenn.edu
Subject: inhouse session

hello all,
i think it's time to schedule the first inhouse session of the year.  for
those who are new, the inhouse sessions are opportunities for members of
the linguistics community to get together and present work in progress to
each other.  so if there's a paper you're working on that you'd like to
run by some people for comments, or just want to practice, this is an
opportunity.  the format we did last year involved mini-sessions, where
two or three people presented papers, as opposed to the previous big
sessions, where we would spend an entire afternoon and papers from several
people.  at this point, having seen both formats in action, we may want to
discuss which is better and how we should do things in the future.  for
now, though, i'd like to get together a smaller session relatively soon,
specifically because i know that people are going to want to give practice
talks for upcoming conferences, and if we can schedule them all together,
each talk will get a better audience.  i'm thinking here of NELS and
NWAV.  now, i know that NELS is the weekend of the 20th and 21st but i
don't know when NWAV is, hopefully not much sooner than that.  but anyway,
anyone who is presenting a paper at either of these conferences and would
like to give a practice talk, or anyone else who would like to give an in
house session talk within the next couple of weeks should let me
know.  then we can work out a time that works for everyone who's
presenting, and we'll invite all other interested parties to join us.

you in house impresario
Tom


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