--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >From: [log in to unmask] >Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:58:23 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: #6982 LRC Recognition Dear Scott Sheridan, As I count to ten, slowly, I am thinking of the many ways to respond to your message about getting recognition for the LRC support of the linguistics research project... The most civil responses fall under the heading: if this isn't service you ain't seen no service yet Does your LRC mandate include providing support for such projects? If it falls outside the scope of your normal service, you could inform the PI that the LRC can no longer support such activities at no cost; obviously there are many costs involved. Whenever we do work in support of grant-funded projects, we include charges for our services, even when we do not seek actual compensation. If the research is sponsored, it would be a useful step to prepare an itemized bill for the services which are being provided. Send a nice cover note saying that you are happy to continue providing services at no direct charge but that henceforth you will be sending an itemized bill for the cost of services you are providing at no charge, for purposes of accurate reporting of what the University is underwriting in terms of service. Send a copy to the Dean or head of Grants or Development Office. good luck, Rodney Dangerfield PS If your researcher won't acknowledge your contributions to the work because s/he thinks this is not done, you might suggest a review of the literature. I plucked just one volume from my bookshelf, FLEAT III Proceedings of the Third Conference on Foreign Language and Technology, which has articles relating to linguistic research done in language laboratories inthe US, Canada, Hong Kong, UK and Japan, many carrying acknowledgements to labs and lab staff.