--- Forwarded Message from Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:49:11 -0400 >From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7910 JNCL-NCLIS >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> Hi all. Bob is already cognizant of what this organization is. I think few of us realize that the major language organizations in the U.S. pay for a lobbying agency in Washington. This is the Joint National Council on Languages (as well as NCLIS which deals with languages and international studies). IALLT is a member of this group as are the major lang. teaching groups. MLA is now redefining its participation, unfortunately. Our rep. in DC, Dave Edwards, is someone who knows people like Senators Chris Dodd (CT) and Thad Cochran (MS) and helps them help us. As past chair of the Northeast Conf. on the Teaching of FL I learned that our Exec. Dir. was JNCL president for two years. We pay a lot of money for this as well. We have honored Cochran recently at our Conference. I think we should just thank Bob for doing this work for all of us. Delving into politics is never fun, but really necessary. Best, Mike Mikle D. Ledgerwood, Ph.D. Head of French Tenured Professor of French and Technology and Education Director of the Language Learning and Research Center State University of New York at Stony Brook On 05-05-18, at 16:33, LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "Bob Peckham" <[log in to unmask]> --- > >> Subject: JNCL-NCLIS >> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:24:52 -0500 >> Thread-Topic: JNCL-NCLIS >> Thread-Index: AcVbBVXRXuhr2o7iQYWFZjvgwzJuRQ== >> From: "Bob Peckham" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > > I am heading for Washington DC and the JNCL-NCLIS meeting, with > congressional > participation, and visits to congressional offices. Looking at the > bills being > pushed, I see "The International Foreign Language Studies Act of 2005" > (Dodd/Cochran in senate), which has a component dedicated tech-support > for > language programs. > > TBob > Univ. of Tennessee at Martin > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and > Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** >