[net.nlang] Call for members

pcl (07/21/82)

	Association for Computational Linguistics
		Call for New Members


The Association for Computational Linguistics is celebrating its 20th
anniversary this year.  In that time, it has been a member of the
American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) for 14
years.  Recently, AFIPS by-laws were changed to require a minimum of
1500 personal members for a constituent society.  In order to remain a
constituent society, the ACL needs an additional 200 members by August
11, 1982.  In order to encourage new memberships, the ACL has established
a special dues rate of $10 (U.S.) for new members during 1982, a 1/3
discount from its normal annual dues of $15.

The ACL publishes a bi-monthly American Journal of Computational
Linguistics, in a paper-complemented-by-microfiche format (it was
previously just microfiche).  It is a fully refereed journal, and, in
addition to full length articles on various topics of natural language
processing, includes abstracts of related technical reports and papers,
book reviews, and meeting announcements.

In addition to publishing the Journal, they hold a national meeting
at least once a year, with published proceedings.

They describe themselves as "an international professional society with
membership open to any person or institution whose professional goals
relate to computational linguistics."  In addition to their AFIPS
affiliation described above, they are associated with the International
Committee on Computational Linguistics (COLING).

Anyone interested should send their names and addresses, together with a
check for $10 identified as for Anniversary Year Membership, to:

		Donald E. Walker
		ACL Secretary-Treasurer
		Artificial Intelligence Center
		SRI International, EJ278
		Menlo Park, CA 94025  USA

[Graduate students are especially encouraged to join.]