Announcements

Announcements SECTION GUIDELINES: In response to many comments, the RMMLA Executive Board would like to make the following recommendations : 1) Papers should be limited to 10-15 minutes in length; 2) There should normally be three papers per session; 3) Each presenter should stay within time limitations; thechair should present atime-slip when the time is almost up; 4) There should be time for discussion in each session; 5) Time should also be allowed for electing a secretary (president-elect) from the presenters; 6) Ingeborg Carlson should be given the results of the elections immediately on a sheet ofpaper containing the name of the section, name ofthe presiding officer for next year (and the address), the name of the newly-elected secretary (and the address), special theme (if any) of next year's section, and the number ofpeople in attendance. Only people attending the entire section meeting should be eligible to vote, and the slate should consist only of those people who made presentations. DENVER SECTION CHAIRS: If you have any special announcement that you would like to have sent to the RMMLA membership, please give this information to Ingeborg Carlson by November 15 so that she can send out the information with the ballots. Her address is Department of Foreign Languages; Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona 85281. RMMLA AUTHORS: There will not be a display of RMMLA authors at the Albuquerque Convention. There will be one, however, at the Denver Convention. Ifyou want to be inthe display, please send your books to Jim Gaston (English Department; USAF Academy; USAFA [DFF]; Colorado 80840), or David Lindstrom (English Department; Colorado State University; 359 Eddy; Fort Collins, Colorado 80523). RMMLA OFFICER NOMINATIONS: If you would like to nominate anyone to be an officer in the RMMLA organization, please contact Carol Mullaney (English Department; Boise State University; Boise, Idaho 83707). NEW ROCKY-MOUNTAIN JOURNAL: The Journal ofthe Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association will begin publication in January of 1980. Manuscripts, not normally to exceed twentyfive pages, should be sent to James Fitzmaurice, Editor (Box 15700; Center forIntegrated Studies; Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ 86011). The Associate Editors are Jeanie Brink (Arizona State University), and Glenn Edwards (Northern Arizona University). Subscription is by membership in the Association — $8.00 per year. Future meetings will be held at: 1980: The University of Northern Colorado 1981: The Air Force Academy 1982: The University of Nevada, Reno Professor Fitzmaurice will attend the 1979 meeting of the RMMLA and will be available to answer questions about the RMMRA, or the JRMMRA. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: All Program participants must be members of RMMLA in order to be on the program. Ifyour membership has lapsed, please renew. FUTURE RMMLA CONVENTION SESSIONS: Requests for future RMMLA sessions must be submitted in writing to the executive board, must include a title and rationale, and must include the name of the person who would chair the session. COMPARATIVE ROMANCE LINGUISTICS NEWSLETTER: The CRLN is a publication of the MLA Discussion Group on Romance Linguistics. It publishes two issues per year, a "personalia" issue which lists research in progress and awards/activities of subscribers and a bibliography. The subscription rate is $4.00 per year. For further information please contact Nancy Joe Dyer, Editor of CRLN, Department of Modern Languages, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77840. RESEARCH FUNDS AVAILABLE: The Division of Research Programs of the NEH provides support for all phases of research in the humanities. Funds are available for makingaccessible the materials of research, for the creation of reference works and research tools, scholarly editions, translations, for the interpretation of knowledge through collaborative, long-range projects, for research conferences, and for publication subventions. For further information, please contact Marjorie A. Berlincourt, Deputy Director; Division of Research Programs; National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington D. C. 20506). SPECIAL THANKS: The RMMLA would like to thank The Albuquerque Inn, the Albuquerque Convention Center, and especially the Department of Modern and Classical Languages ofthe University of New Mexico. Those who deserve special thanks include George Peters, Coordinator of the Albuquerque Convention, and the following professors who have worked closely with him: Claude-Marie Senninger, Tamara Holzapfel, Jon Tolman, Alfred Rodriguez, Jack Tomlins, and Dick...