{"id":364,"date":"2021-06-17T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lingconf.com\/afla28\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2021-06-17T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:23:12","slug":"business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lingconf.com\/afla28\/business\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, May 27, 2021, 10:30 pm (Montr\u00e9al Time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next year<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>University of Manchester, UK<ul><li>Contact: Vera Hohaus (support, technology, funding)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Dongwoo Park (Korea National Open University) expressed interest in hosting next year\u2019s AFLA as a last resort \u2013 could not do 2023 because the funding needs to be used by next year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thoughts on:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>virtual\/in-person\/hybrid<ul><li>some votes for hybrid<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>no strong oppositions to any option<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>possible overlap with TripleA workshop for semantic fieldworkers next summer?<ul><li>participants are interested in this possibility<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>presentations in languages other than English<ul><li>whatever is decided, it was agreed that any restrictions should be stated upfront<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>included languages could depend on the organizing team and the languages they have between them<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>things to consider: critical mass of speakers of those languages, native speaker linguists<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Proceedings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Relevant issues: cost, open access, using LaTeX<\/li><li>Notes from Ileana:<ul><li>Asia-Pacific had changed their policies which required a book proposal, external reviews, costs for copy editing<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>JSEALS accepted only Word which was problematic for LaTeX submissions<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>We could continue with Western (as has been done in the last few years) since Ileana is familiar with the process and has control over it<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>At least one other voted strongly against JSEALS<\/li><li>There was general agreement to continue with Western<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Code of Conduct<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comments from Mitcho &amp; Carly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the objective is to be more thoughtful on how we can do things better<\/li><li>resources for inclusivity in linguistics include:<ul><li>conference organizing manual<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>others can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/genderinlinguistics.com\/reil\/reil-guidebook\/reil-general-conference-organizing-resources\/reil-other-conference-guides\/\">https:\/\/genderinlinguistics.com\/reil\/reil-guidebook\/reil-general-conference-organizing-resources\/reil-other-conference-guides\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>some notes on the code of conduct:<ul><li>drafted in consultation with many organizers of some prominent conferences<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>has descriptions\/discussion about positive behaviour of what we hope to see but also negative behaviour to guard against that are not acceptable<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>has some beginnings for procedures for how participants can report behaviours\/experiences<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feedback:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>there\u2019s a worry that conferences put it on their webpage but life goes on as usual; perhaps there needs to be more discussion on how to state the \u201cdon\u2019t do X\u201d<\/li><li>we should continue emphasizing and encouraging that these conferences are about exchanging ideas in supportive, positive, and helpful ways<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Suggestions for invited speakers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Things to keep in mind for diversity and equity:<ul><li>gender equity<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>junior researchers<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>branching out from syntax to other areas<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have a way of creating a pool of suggestions<ul><li>so that it\u2019s not last minute<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>so that it\u2019s not dependent on only a few organizing members\u2019 memories\/experiences<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Files to pass on<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2018Members\u2019 list<ul><li>emails<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>subject area<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>language area<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>past participation<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>invited speaker (including year invited)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>List of reviewers<\/li><li>Suggestions for funding<\/li><li>Past stats<\/li><li>Website materials<ul><li>if organizers don\u2019t mind using the same website format, the account information could be passed on and they can revise as necessary<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>All of this information could be stored in a shareable folder (e.g. Dropbox)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>overwhelmingly syntax \u2013 perhaps linked to the invited speakers<\/li><li>low percentage of female submitters<ul><li>maybe we can target female scholars just to see if they\u2019d be interested in submitting something<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>maybe it would help to say that we\u2019ll have a \u201cspecial session\u201d for p-side topics<\/li><li>could be helpful if AFLA overlaps with phonology\/phonetics conferences<ul><li>Manchester has an annual phonology conference: MFM<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Information can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lel.ed.ac.uk\/mfm\/mfm.html#current\">http:\/\/www.lel.ed.ac.uk\/mfm\/mfm.html#current<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>This year\u2019s was held on May 27<sup>th<\/sup><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 26-28, 2022<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Total submissions: 35 abstracts from 42 authors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Female vs. male presenters<\/td><td>31%<\/td><td>69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Female vs. male submitters<\/td><td>28%<\/td><td>72%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overall acceptance rate<\/td><td>71%<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Female vs. male acceptance rate<\/td><td>75%<\/td><td>67%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Non-prof vs. prof acceptance rate<\/td><td>67%<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other notes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It may be helpful to have a \u2018Suggestions\u2019 page on the AFLA website for attendees to leave comments\/feedback<ul><li>this could be publicly viewable on the site so that everyone can comment on each others\u2019 posts (anonymously if preferred)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>or there could be an option for attendees to send comments\/feedback directly to the organizing committee (also anonymously if preferred)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, May 27, 2021, 10:30 pm (Montr\u00e9al Time) Next year University of Manchester, UK Contact: Vera Hohaus (support, technology, funding) Dongwoo Park (Korea National Open University) expressed interest in hosting next year\u2019s AFLA as a last resort \u2013 could not do 2023 because the funding needs to be used by next year Thoughts on: virtual\/in-person\/hybrid 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