We are pleased to submit our proposal for ACL 2002 to be held in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania has a long tradition of
high-quality research in Computational Linguistics and has produced a
string of distinguished graduate students, not the least of whom are Kathy
McKeown and Kathy McCoy, the recent Secretary/Treasurers of the ACL.  The
departments of Computer and Information Science, Linguistics and
Psychology, together with the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
and the Linguistic Data Consortium provide a very rich environment for work
in this field.  Current faculty members who regularly attend ACL include
Aravind Joshi, Mitch Marcus, Mark Liberman, Martha Palmer and Steven Bird,
while Robin Clark, Tony Kroch and Ellen Prince have all been authors of ACL
papers.  Fernando Pereira will be joining Penn as the chair of the CIS
department in September, and is especially enthusiastic about marking his
inaugural year by hosting the 40th ACL conference.  The postdocs and
graduate students who are involved every year are too numerous to mention,
but there are often over 10 Penn attendees at ACL conferences.

For organization of local arrangements we propose a committee consisting of
Robin Clark as Local Arrangements chair, with Martha Palmer and Fernando
Pereira as co-chairs.  Trisha Yannuzzi, who recently organized the very
successful COGSCI 2000 conference at the Inn at Penn will also be on the
local arrangements committee, as well as other members of the IRCS
administrative staff, and student and postdoc volunteers.

We recommend as general chair someone from the interational community
[edited before archiving].

In this proposal, we first set down our assumptions about ACL 2002,
and then describe what we could provide in support of such a meeting.

We are assuming a 6-day meeting, with up to 600 people attending
the regular 3-day conference, and approximately 200 people
attending tutorials (Day 1) and the same number attending
workshops (Days 5 and 6). During the regular conference, we are
assuming at least two parallel tracks for all sessions except the
plenary ones. We are assuming that hotel space will be needed for
250-300 people and dormitory space will be needed for approximately
200 people. Finally, we are assuming that early summer is a desirable
time of year for the meeting because it will be close to the fourth of
July, a particularly propitious time to be in Philadelphia.

We are proposing that ACL 2002 be held at the campus of the University of
Pennsylvania for the week of July 7 through 12.  The main meeting site for
ACL 2002 will be in our newly renovated Houston Hall in the Perelman 
Quadrangle. The individual meeting rooms are available at $125
per day plus setup fees determined by room requirements and audio-visual
costs.  The larger room needed for plenary sessions will be at least $2000
a day, in either the Annenberg Center or Irvine Autditorium.

Hotel rates at the Sheraton University City, 374 rooms, are available at a
flat rate of $99 per night single or double. 
http://www.sheraton.com/property.taf?prop=992&lc=en 
Hotel rates at the Inn at Penn are currently not available, but we are
estimating $155 per night single or double. Dormitory accomodations would
also be available ($40 per night).  There are, of course, many other hotel
options for conference attendees who prefer the downtown area.

Houston Hall, Irvine Auditorium, and Logan Hall (contiguous sites) have 
sufficient meeting facilities to accommodate the 2002 meeting.  There is also
ample space for an exhibit hall and comfortable coffee breaks, and
additional meeting rooms for poster sessions, etc.  Penn currently has 
existing relationships with organizations that provide A/V equipment and
exhibit arrangements at standard prices and have sufficient phone lines and
internet connections.

University City and Downtown Philadelphia both offer a multitude of
attractions for ACL conference participants.  University City is an
historic area peppered with beautiful Victorian and Edwardian architecture
while the campus is a mixture of architectural styles including a gorgeous
Furness Library.  In addition to the informal beauties of the campus, we also
have more formal cultural forums such as the Institute for Contemporary Art
(ICA) and The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, considered one of the finest in the world.  The University
City area offers dining experiences that can satisfy nearly every palate
and every budget.

Center City offers The Reading Terminal Market, which has many delightful
shops and specialty places to eat.  They are also near Philadelphia's
Chinatown, which also has many excellent restaurants. Philadelphia's famous
``Restaurant Row'' is not much further away (in distance, albeit not in
price!).  Halfway between University and Downtown Philadelphia are
Philadelphia's famous museums (Museum of Art, Rodin Museum, Museum of
Natural History and the Franklin Institute -- all on the Parkway -- and the
Museum of American Art (formerly, the Academy of Fine Arts) on Broad and
Cherry Streets).  Philadelphia's Historical District is also within walking
distance to the east.

As part of conference, we would provide a special ``Open House''
event at Penn's Institute for Research in Cognitive Science,
with posters, demonstrations and refreshments. Because IRCS
supports inter-disciplinary research involving psychology, logic,
vision and robotics, as well as linguistics and computer science,
ACL 2002 participants would have the opportunity to see related
research that might not otherwise be presented at an ACL
conference.

We have not identified a particular spot for the ACL banquet: possibilities
include the Franklin Institute downtown and the University Museum on the
Penn Campus, or of course an hotel.  As with the IRCS Open House,
special bus service would be provided for participants for such an evening
special event.  We recommend a buffet-style banquet for which museum spaces
are especially well suited, and again, can give more specific budget
details when these types of decisions have been made.

There are many companies in the area who could potentially provide
sponsorhips for this conference that Penn has strong relationships
with. They include Lockheed/Martin, ATT, NEC, and Unisys.  Slightly farther
away, but still considered in the area are IBM and CoGenTex.  We would also
be contacting Sun and GTE/BBN.  Companies that previously sponsored an AMTA
conference held in the Philadelephia vicinity in 1998 include Systran,
Logos and Lernout and Hauspie (but let's not count on them for this one..)

Finally, Philadelphia is well-situated for travel to and from
the city. There are both national and international flights into
Philadelphia airport, which is connected to downtown by regular
rail service ($4.50) as well as taxi and limosine service.
AMTRAK provides regular train service up and down the East
Coast, making trains the mode of choice anywhere between
New Haven and Washington, D.C.

We hope that the ACL Executive Board will choose Philadelphia and the
University of Pennsylvania as the site for ACL 2002.


VERY ROUGH BUDGET ESTIMATE

These figures are based on a 150% increase of the actual expenses from
CogSci2000 (400 attendees/4 parallel sessions/3 days plus 2 days of tutorials).

Meeting Room Charges: $15,000  
Administration Support: $10,000
Audio Visual Equipment 
 (including pc-email room): $30,000
Breaks (continental breakfast a.m./
         coffee refresh p.m.):$25,000
Reception: $6500
Buffet Banquet: $30,000


Total: $116,500


Submitted by 
Robin Clark, Local Arrangements chair, 
Martha Palmer and Fernando Pereira, co-chairs. 

We are pleased to submit our proposal for ACL 2002 to be held in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania has a long tradition of
high-quality research in Computational Linguistics and has produced a
string of distinguished graduate students, not the least of whom are Kathy
McKeown and Kathy McCoy, the recent Secretary/Treasurers of the ACL.  The
departments of Computer and Information Science, Linguistics and
Psychology, together with the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
and the Linguistic Data Consortium provide a very rich environment for work
in this field.  Current faculty members who regularly attend ACL include
Aravind Joshi, Mitch Marcus, Mark Liberman, Martha Palmer and Steven Bird,
while Robin Clark, Tony Kroch and Ellen Prince have all been authors of ACL
papers.  Fernando Pereira will be joining Penn as the chair of the CIS
department in September, and is especially enthusiastic about marking his
inaugural year by hosting the 40th ACL conference.  The postdocs and
graduate students who are involved every year are too numerous to mention,
but there are often over 10 Penn attendees at ACL conferences.

For organization of local arrangements we propose a committee consisting of
Robin Clark as Local Arrangements chair, with Martha Palmer and Fernando
Pereira as co-chairs.  Trisha Yannuzzi, who recently organized the very
successful COGSCI 2000 conference at the Inn at Penn will also be on the
local arrangements committee, as well as other members of the IRCS
administrative staff, and student and postdoc volunteers.

We recommend as general chair someone from the interational community
[edited before archiving].

In this proposal, we first set down our assumptions about ACL 2002,
and then describe what we could provide in support of such a meeting.

We are assuming a 6-day meeting, with up to 600 people attending
the regular 3-day conference, and approximately 200 people
attending tutorials (Day 1) and the same number attending
workshops (Days 5 and 6). During the regular conference, we are
assuming at least two parallel tracks for all sessions except the
plenary ones. We are assuming that hotel space will be needed for
250-300 people and dormitory space will be needed for approximately
200 people. Finally, we are assuming that early summer is a desirable
time of year for the meeting because it will be close to the fourth of
July, a particularly propitious time to be in Philadelphia.

We are proposing that ACL 2002 be held at the campus of the University of
Pennsylvania for the week of July 7 through 12.  The main meeting site for
ACL 2002 will be in our newly renovated Houston Hall in the Perelman 
Quadrangle. The individual meeting rooms are available at $125
per day plus setup fees determined by room requirements and audio-visual
costs.  The larger room needed for plenary sessions will be at least $2000
a day, in either the Annenberg Center or Irvine Autditorium.

Hotel rates at the Sheraton University City, 374 rooms, are available at a
flat rate of $99 per night single or double. 
http://www.sheraton.com/property.taf?prop=992&lc=en 
Hotel rates at the Inn at Penn are currently not available, but we are
estimating $155 per night single or double. Dormitory accomodations would
also be available ($40 per night).  There are, of course, many other hotel
options for conference attendees who prefer the downtown area.

Houston Hall, Irvine Auditorium, and Logan Hall (contiguous sites) have 
sufficient meeting facilities to accommodate the 2002 meeting.  There is also
ample space for an exhibit hall and comfortable coffee breaks, and
additional meeting rooms for poster sessions, etc.  Penn currently has 
existing relationships with organizations that provide A/V equipment and
exhibit arrangements at standard prices and have sufficient phone lines and
internet connections.

University City and Downtown Philadelphia both offer a multitude of
attractions for ACL conference participants.  University City is an
historic area peppered with beautiful Victorian and Edwardian architecture
while the campus is a mixture of architectural styles including a gorgeous
Furness Library.  In addition to the informal beauties of the campus, we also
have more formal cultural forums such as the Institute for Contemporary Art
(ICA) and The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, considered one of the finest in the world.  The University
City area offers dining experiences that can satisfy nearly every palate
and every budget.

Center City offers The Reading Terminal Market, which has many delightful
shops and specialty places to eat.  They are also near Philadelphia's
Chinatown, which also has many excellent restaurants. Philadelphia's famous
``Restaurant Row'' is not much further away (in distance, albeit not in
price!).  Halfway between University and Downtown Philadelphia are
Philadelphia's famous museums (Museum of Art, Rodin Museum, Museum of
Natural History and the Franklin Institute -- all on the Parkway -- and the
Museum of American Art (formerly, the Academy of Fine Arts) on Broad and
Cherry Streets).  Philadelphia's Historical District is also within walking
distance to the east.

As part of conference, we would provide a special ``Open House''
event at Penn's Institute for Research in Cognitive Science,
with posters, demonstrations and refreshments. Because IRCS
supports inter-disciplinary research involving psychology, logic,
vision and robotics, as well as linguistics and computer science,
ACL 2002 participants would have the opportunity to see related
research that might not otherwise be presented at an ACL
conference.

We have not identified a particular spot for the ACL banquet: possibilities
include the Franklin Institute downtown and the University Museum on the
Penn Campus, or of course an hotel.  As with the IRCS Open House,
special bus service would be provided for participants for such an evening
special event.  We recommend a buffet-style banquet for which museum spaces
are especially well suited, and again, can give more specific budget
details when these types of decisions have been made.

There are many companies in the area who could potentially provide
sponsorhips for this conference that Penn has strong relationships
with. They include Lockheed/Martin, ATT, NEC, and Unisys.  Slightly farther
away, but still considered in the area are IBM and CoGenTex.  We would also
be contacting Sun and GTE/BBN.  Companies that previously sponsored an AMTA
conference held in the Philadelephia vicinity in 1998 include Systran,
Logos and Lernout and Hauspie (but let's not count on them for this one..)

Finally, Philadelphia is well-situated for travel to and from
the city. There are both national and international flights into
Philadelphia airport, which is connected to downtown by regular
rail service ($4.50) as well as taxi and limosine service.
AMTRAK provides regular train service up and down the East
Coast, making trains the mode of choice anywhere between
New Haven and Washington, D.C.

We hope that the ACL Executive Board will choose Philadelphia and the
University of Pennsylvania as the site for ACL 2002.


VERY ROUGH BUDGET ESTIMATE

These figures are based on a 150% increase of the actual expenses from
CogSci2000 (400 attendees/4 parallel sessions/3 days plus 2 days of tutorials).

Meeting Room Charges: $15,000  
Administration Support: $10,000
Audio Visual Equipment 
 (including pc-email room): $30,000
Breaks (continental breakfast a.m./
         coffee refresh p.m.):$25,000
Reception: $6500
Buffet Banquet: $30,000


Total: $116,500


Submitted by 
Robin Clark, Local Arrangements chair, 
Martha Palmer and Fernando Pereira, co-chairs.