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  <Title>111. Iiigller Lcvel Structures 8. Notes on a Scllc~na for Stories</Title>
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AlERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL L'INGUISTICS ' is published
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    <Paragraph position="0"> by the Association for Computational Linguistics. EDITOR-David G. Hays, 5848 Lake Shore Road; Hamburg, New York, 14075. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: William Benson. SECRETARY-TREASURER: Donald E. Walker, Stanford Research Institute,  Continuing members of the Executive Committee are Bonnie Nash-Webber (through 197%) and Timothy C Diller (through 1978). Continuing members of the Nominating Committee are William A. Woods, Jr . (1977) and Aravind K Joshi (1978) The Editor is a member of the Executive Committee ex officio American Journal of Computational Linguistics Microfiche 55 : 3</Paragraph>
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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    <Paragraph position="0"> 1-page abstract, wi~h title but no name Letter with author's name and paper title DEADLINE January 1, 1977 Members of ACL should have received prior notice of this deadline by letter.</Paragraph>
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ADDRESS Jonathan Allen
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The Georgetown Universitv Round Table (on ~in~kstics and ~nth;o~olo~~) will be held immediately Eollowing the ACL meeting.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Microfiche 55 : 4 ASSOL 1 Al'J k UH \ZoyPUTAl IONAL LliJcUf&amp;I'lCS' Pet rim announced that Haad Rober PO, Secretary'Eredscrrer fif the ACLd tor the past five Years has restsned frm that t~ost, coincident it his departure from the Center for hrplied Lin~uistlcs to establish his own company, non ~3ker has been appointed to tPe nosition on aP 4r.tQrim taslS for the reaalnder ot tne year, Petrick exflressed th.e clratitude and app~eciatian of tne Associatiion for the dwfllcdion an4 service Roberts has provided during his tenure a sentiqent stronqly supported by the members Present.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> Walker red the Secretary-Treasurer's Report and the Fi~~ancial He~wrtt 00th of Which hdd been prepared by Poterts. Copies dre attached to these Yi~i~tes, Membership renebals, killirQ ~racticest and the financial status of the Association uqre discugscd, Petrick announced that John MoY ne r as Chalrran of the Yernbershlp Committee, was preparfnq e carpalan to recruit neb members, Petrick revle~ed tne status of the AJCL in the absence of pave Hays, its Witor, In discussing Aays* recent survey of the TernbershiD about the Jaqrnal, petric~ remarked On its quality and thbrouuhness, bath in PreDaration and in the analysis of the results, Over 200 members res~onded, an unusually high percentage; they stronqlr~ supported continulna publication in microfiche form. There was also consjderab1e interest expressed in having The Finite Stri'ng available in hara copy and in maklns it possible to acquire full size copi,es ot certain articles. ~efrick dnnounced an Lxecutjve committee decisionr continclent on adequate financial support, that at least part of tne contents of the Finite Strinq would be issued in hard COPY form, partjcularly those items of key ITtportance and timely interest to the mevhership. The cast of vakjnq hard copies of articles wallable dould he determinedr and members would be not it ied accordJnqly.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> Petrick annQunCed that the Executive Committee had v~t'ed to increase he kditoria]. Board ot the AJCL from 14 to 15 qernbers and to establish three year terms qt office With f ive , DP~ menlbets to tre dppointed @act? year on a regular basis.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> Petrick announced that the increases tn ex~enses associatecj with the AJCL and with tne preparation and distrSbUtjon harflcopb nc?#Slett&amp;r required rd.lsjnq the dtres $5 to 3 new tatdl of S15 tar individual rnembcrships. A sw4qest10n #as wade from the floor that a class of family nleFbershlp be established that would allow reduced dues for one of two spouses So that both could be memaers but only one copy of ~ubl~catlons kould be received.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="5"> Pettick announced that he Executive tommitt@@ had decided to ~)utdish all the information that could be adthered about recent events assbciate? with lgar Mel*cuk, Me1 CU)~ &amp;as fired from 6 long t'erm Position as Senior Research Fellow ot the Institute of L~nguistics in the Acarjemy of Sciences of the USSR, ostensibly on the basis of a letter he had submitted to the New York Times, The letter, wt~ich das published tn Januaryt expressed aisaareement biLh the criticisms of Andrei bakharov made by the soviet press. Ih blarchr Me1 cuk was fired; subsequently he prepared a letter describing the Circumstances and asked that ft be brought to the attention of American scientists, Questions had been raised about the appropriateness of ~ublisnlng such correspondence on the grounds that it might hurt ejthet Me1 cuk or the ACL or both. An extensive discussion from the floor indicated that a variety of positions were ta~en on the issue, Petrick assured the menlhers that the Soviet position would be represented to the extent that information about it was available, The 15th Annual Meeting of tne ACL is being planned for hashinaton* LC., conjunction with the Georqeto~n IJnfversity Rauna rable on Lanjuases and I~inquistfcs, Tentative dates are 15-16 March 1977, PJ.k'tj1F~: 14tn bnnu-31 ACL Husiness 1Cleetinq Uartlnhdyrepbtted briefly on COLJING 7hr the bth Ir~ternation~L ~oOference eon Computationa1 Linquistics, ~hich bas held at the bniverslty of Ottawa, Uttaha* Canada, from 2Y june to 3 July 1976, The next conference is scheduled for varna, t~lqaria, in 1978, Lker announced that the next Iqternat icnal Joint Conterpncr on Art it $cia1 lntel lisence Nil1 he held 22-2b A\IP&amp;quot;~~ 1~ 77 at the ~~assachusetts 1nstftute of Techna1ogy in Ca~bridqe, s4assachubetts, Jane pobi~s~n reported on Local 4rransementsr with pdrt lculal' emahasis a, the banquet scheduled for the evenjnur ~130rtly after the conclusion of the buslness Meetfna* Paul cha~in ~e~ortcd for the Program Committee. Of the 21 abstracts submitted, 14 were accepted; he exaressed his apmreciation to tbe Comaittee memners tor their assistance. is experience hith publicity about the Call for Papers sw~ested that a Check list be establishej to provide more effectjve notitjcation, HOD barnes reported for the fiaminatlon Committee that the follohinq slate of of'ficers had been prgposed:  f'aesident :- F'aul Chapin, hSC Vice President: Jonathan Allenr MIT Secretary lreasurer: Don dalker, SHI Fxecutive Cowmlttee: Jerry Hoobs. CUky yomimating Cornnittee: Stan Yetrick, lt3Y 4 %tion that the slate be accepted unani~1ous1~ bas carried,  bonnie bash-hehber expressed the appropriate sentiments In the forw ot a Resolutions Committee Report.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="6"> Tbe mirrotiche question *as raised again, and Petrick reviewed ttie results of the questionnaire, the decision to tov vide newsletter informatfon in hard copy form, and the provision of hard copies of selected articles at cost, Ihe me-etinq adjourned.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="7">  attend the annudl meeting of ACL; my Anqst is even qteatcr PO a th~s meet ina is my last one d s your secretary-t reasurer, hy annual report to you typically consists of statements about membership and finances, Tnis kill be a typical report, when the neN journal uas first issued in 1974 there was, a dra-at1.c inc?rease in the number of ACL members-from just under 100 in 1973, to over 800 by early 1975, Since the,n, these impressive gains have been so seriously eroded that our Current mehbefship stands at 580 (445 individuals and 135 institUtlons). A total of 212 individuals and 46 institutions who had paid for 1975 did not rene# for 1976, althouah each Mek several renewals continue to dribble in, Several reasons might be thought of for the deckine:  their annudl dues (Including the dues notice on one of the opaque cards in the journal) which was conceived as an eCQnomy Peasure clearly failed to FrodUce rekults, and I would urqe--prasmatically--that this method never be 9ried again.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="8"> It is hoped that the newly reactivated membership* CoKtmfttee, under the chairmanship of John liqoyne, will be able to devise creative ansNers to this chronic problem, In an organization such as Oars, where the association 1s almost entirely dependent On the payment of annual dues, even a slight drop in membership causes serious problems, This years financial situation was further exacerbated bv three additional things: ACL secretary-Treasurer s Report, h,Uctober 197b Page 8 I. he coptinued, unreal st ically low dues rare of s~O, for whipp members. are receivins nearly '2 ,OW microfiche paqes YekrlY. [This proolen has not unexpected and #as dfscussed at the last Arlnual Yeet in9 in Hoston, and there were qaob reasons for ltbavin3 the dues at $10 Uhtil Such time as the ACL dr rided *Plat t o 00 j~bod~t: the journal. 1 3. [Inexpected char I~S -- primarily tne Slri30,OO for refreshvents (cotfee and pastries) which were generously provide? k\y the sheratan Hotel at the last annual meeting. I1 now believe that the Sheratan chain, lndeed, is owned by 1r3.1 The customary cateL~orfzea financial statement is qiven below. Althouah the state'llent reflects ACL'S income and expenses, sowe ndlustwents ~ithin these figures will be made lat-er r penlqins a detailed allooC3tion of the costs incurred in and Incove derlved from the TtNLkY volumes,</Paragraph>
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