Barbara- Thank you and the IALLT Board for addressing this situation head on, with such sensitivity. I won't be attending the IALLT conference, and hope you have a good turnout at the opening meeting. Language lab responsibilities left my department several years ago, but I still attend regional (NERALLT) meetings because of the dedication, experience, caring and wisdom of its members. We're all in this together. Debra Debra H. Mandel, Head, Digital Media Design Studio Northeastern University Libraries 360 Huntington Ave. 200 SL Boston, MA 02115 [log in to unmask] 617-373-4902, 617-373-5409-FAX *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************