From Peter Liddell
Dear EUROCALLers, dear members of affiliate associations,
As usual, I am writing to you today "aus gegebenem Anlass", as we would say
in German - possibly best translated by "for all the usual and obvious
reasons". Anyway, the occasion that calls for my mail to you is, of course,
our annual conference as well as the fact that its deadline for early-bird
registration is not far away. In fact, if you do want to profit from the
special early-bird rate, you do need to register by the end of this month,
just a few days from now. And those attending will certainly not regret
their trip to Vienna.
The EUROCALL executive and I have been following the preparations for
EUROCALL 2004 in Vienna, and I think we are in for a treat, both
academically and socially. As far as academic matters are concerned, we had
a large number of very impressive submissions for papers, presentations, and
posters, and I think the outcome of our selection procedure has resulted in
a conference programme of extremely high standard. And as far as the social
level is concerned, I know from experience that Austrians (and the Viennese
in particular) are very "gastfreundlich", and Klaus Peters and his team are
going to be the perfect hosts. They have integrated a number of special
occasions for delegates to savour the Viennese hospitality. Our thanks and
appreciation to Klaus et al. for having taken on the task and handling it so
efficiently! And the venue itself is quite impressive, as we discovered when
holding our executive meeting there in March.
So, I would like to invite you once again to Vienna and this year's EUROCALL
conference in September. Further details on programme and registration can
be obtained from the conference website at
http://www.e-lisa.at/eurocall/ . Klaus
Peters asked me to inform you that from now on the website offers a regular
count-down newsflash before the actual conference, so a regular visits to
the conference website will keep you updated with latest developments.
As far as other EUROCALL matters are concerned, I shall report on those in
detail at the AGM in Vienna. Just a quick note to inform you that the
transition of our headquarters from Hull to Limerick is now complete, and as
you may have noticed (or presumably not noticed, other than the change of
address, and taken as a good sign) things are running smoothly, and all
matters concerning EUROCALL are in very competent hands in Limerick.
Members in the UK will be interested in the fact that EUROCALL has taken an
initiative concerning RAE 2008. I applied on behalf of EUROCALL to be added
to the list of nominating bodies in accordance with $A4 32 of the consultation
document published on the RAE 2008 website specifying details as to panel
configuration and recruitment for RAE 2008. A word of thanks to Jim Coleman
for helping me in this matters. The policy document concerning research and
development in CALL ([co-developed by EuroCALL, IALLT & CALICO,
posted on our respective websites], prepared at the workshop here at
Essen some years ago,
was obviously a great help, and I do hope that our application is
successful. Again, I shall report on any reply and/or progress at EUROCALL
2004
As far as future EUROCALL conferences are concerned, I would like to remind
you that we are still inviting bids to host our annual conference in the
year 2006. So, if there are any potential EUROCALL organisers out there,
please come forward as we need to have an initial discussion of the bids at
our executive meeting in Vienna. Details as to the parameters of hosting a
EUROCALL conference and other aspects of a bid can be obtained from the
Limerick office.
Finally, I do hope that I shall be able to welcome as many of you as
possible at Vienna in September. Until then I send
My best regards
Bernd R.
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Ruschoff
Universitat Duisburg-Essen
Anglistik - FUB III - Technologiegestutztes Fremdsprachenlernen
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