September 26, 2006
Call To Order 11 a.m. EST
Present: Claire Bartlett, chair; Barbara Sawhill, Judi Franz, Ron Balko, Ute Lahaie.
By standing invitation: Peter Liddell
The Board met to discuss the journal situation.
Barbara had asked the Board to read the discussions posted by the Councils on the issues. The answers were rather varied. The following suggestions were made by he Council:
1. no journal
2. a different version of the journal is needed
3. the journal needs to remain. It is an important member benefit
Peter went into the history of the journal: until the 80s, the journal only focused on language-lab. After the 80s the focus of the journal was expanded.
Peter suggested creating an electronic portal
Claire made the observation that the general consensus was to have some form of publication. She suggested a transition period of an electronic journal, have it not peer-reviewed, and send out another call for submissions to the IALLT council.
Peter advocated for the electronic journal – it is not tied to a set number of pages.
Peter suggested disconnecting the peer-review article from the other areas.
Ute suggested using the LLTI as a source for new articles.
Ron expressed concerns that the current print-version of the journal is not only cumbersome, but also expensive.
According to Ron, the journal will become a drain on the IALLT account within the next two issues.
Ron has received claim forms from companies due to the fact that the journal has not been published on time.
Ron stated that we have to either discontinue with the journal after this upcoming issue, or to commit to two further publications for 2007.
Ute suggested reprinting a chapter from one of the manuals.
Barbara suggested writing an article on the history of technology (from – until iPods).
A discussion on the electronic issue ensued.
The following time-line was discussed: the last print-issue will be published in December. The electronic publications will be available for the April and October issues next year.
Claire asked that the call for an editor be sent to the membership.
Peter suggested finding an editor for the last print-version, and another editor for the e-journal.
Barbara offered to be in charge of the last print-issue.
Barbara will draft a message to the membership and sent it to the Board for approval. Then she will send out the call for submission.
Barbara had worked on the job description for the new e-journal editor.
Ron moved to end the print publication of the IALLT journal with volume 38.2 around December 2006 and begin publication of an online journal beginning May 2007. Barbara [second]. Approved [unan.]
During the month of October, Barbara will make a recommendation to the Board about the format of the e-journal following her visit at U. of Victoria, where she will meet with Peter and with the creators of the e-journal tool.
Barbara will send the description for the e-journal editor to the Board by the October meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:06 p.m. EDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Ute S. Lahaie