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Last year, in light of the fact that it was difficult to find candidates for the role of Chair (restricted to individuals who have served on the board within the last five years), and in light of the growing size of our community, the NAACL board put forward to the membership an amendment to the Constitution increasing the number of board members by one. This amendment was approved. Accordingly, the 2017 election will seek to fill three board seats (plus Chair and Secretary). | Last year, in light of the fact that it was difficult to find candidates for the role of Chair (restricted to individuals who have served on the board within the last five years), and in light of the growing size of our community, the NAACL board put forward to the membership an amendment to the Constitution increasing the number of board members by one. This amendment was approved. Accordingly, the 2017 election will seek to fill three board seats (plus Chair and Secretary). | ||
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| + | == North America Conferences in 2018 and 2019 == | ||
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| + | TBD by July 6, 2017. | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 30 June 2017
Report from NAACL, July 2017
Emily M. Bender - Chapter board chair
Joel Tetreault - Treasurer
Executive Committee Meetings
The board will meet during ACL on 31 July 2017. Additionally the Board converses regularly by email.
Treasurer's Report
[In progress]
North American conference in 2017
There is no separate meeting of NAACL this year, as ACL is being held in Vancouver, Canada.
NAACL Officers as of 1 Jan 2017
Chair Emily M. Bender University of Washington Secretary Colin Cherry National Research Council Canada Treasurer Joel Tetreault Yahoo! Research Past Chair Hal Daume III University of Maryland
Board Members: Marie-Catherine de Marneffe The Ohio State University Julia Hockenmaier University of Illinois Philip Resnik University of Maryland Ellen Riloff University of Utah Graeme Hirst University of Toronto (ex-officio, ACL representative)
We have elections this year for Chair, Secretary, two out-going members, plus one more member (see below). The nominating committee will be seeking candidates to fill these roles; this will go for a vote that concludes on 15 Dec 2017.
New and Continuing Initiatives
Last year, in light of the fact that it was difficult to find candidates for the role of Chair (restricted to individuals who have served on the board within the last five years), and in light of the growing size of our community, the NAACL board put forward to the membership an amendment to the Constitution increasing the number of board members by one. This amendment was approved. Accordingly, the 2017 election will seek to fill three board seats (plus Chair and Secretary).
NAACL is currently considering a proposal to add an "Industry Track" at the conference.
North America Conferences in 2018 and 2019
TBD by July 6, 2017.