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MARCH 99 NEWSLETTER

March 1999 ....................................................................................... Published 4x yearly


NERALLD queries:
Bruce Parkhurst, Director, Geddes Language Ctr,
Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215
tel 617/353-2640 FAX 617/353-2519 email brucep@bu.edu

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APRIL 30 , 1999 NERALLD MEETING
Automated Management of
Wintel, UNIX, & Macintosh Workstations
in the Language Learning Center


Skill level: mixed
Format: depends on enrollment

Target audience: Lab directors called upon to manage their own workstations or unhappy with the central computing management of their workstations and looking for a way to do it better.

8:30-9:00 Coffee

9-9:30 Introductions, opening business, outline of the day

9:30-10:45 Windows/PC lab management 10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:15 Macintosh lab management 12:15-2:00 Lunch, Business Meeting & Break

2:15-3:30 MacOS X, UNIX, and Mixed environments 3:30-4:30 Explore CET & Schmooze


HEY THIS LOOKS GOOD!
If you were at the October 1998 meeting you know this will be a worthwhile training session. In fact, we expected it to be so popular that we opened early registration to NERALLD members-in-good-standing only, for available seats. At press time, there are 27 seats left.

WHO MAY ATTEND?
NERALLD meetings are for NERALLD members. This meeting topic is fairly technical in nature. If it isn't quite in your area but you know someone who would benefit from the training, we have a deal:

For this meeting, if you're a member you may send someone in your place at no extra charge. If you want to bring someone else along with you, please have them join up. If you aren't a member yourself, please join if you plan to attend. It's a deal, no matter which way you slice it!

Membership is kept at a reasonable rate -- $25/year, or $15 if you join after January 1.

Memberships are individual, not institutional.

---INFO FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING---

Where is the meeting?
Center for Educational Technology
5 Court St.. Middlebury VT 05753
email: info@flannet.middlebury.edu

How do I get there?
Directions, Center for Educational Technology
http://www.cet.middlebury.edu/map/

Directions, Regional
http://www.middlebury.edu/~admit/directns.html

Where can I stay?
Accommodations
http://www.middlebury-info.com/middlebury/lodging.tmpl
http://www.newenglandinns.com/neia/vermont.html

Where do I park?
Directions for parking: park and walk
Park anywhere except the small lot right behind CET
(it's tenant parking for the adjacent apartment building)


-----NERALLD REGISTRATION------
New England Regional Assoc. of Language Lab Directors, April 30 meeting, Middlebury VT.

Most meeting costs are included in the membership dues. Everyone brings $5 for lunch. Attendance is not presumed: you must reserve a seat in advance, by April 20.

Email OR phone OR clip reservation and return to: NERALLD c/o Bruce Parkhurst, Geddes Language Center, Boston Univ., 725 Commonewalth Ave, Boston MA 02215

Pay by cash, or check payable to NERALLD. Pay in advance or bring it to the meeting.

Fill out the pertinent info please:

__ YES! Save me a seat for SURE! (Check one):
I am ___ Member (bring $5 for lunch)
I am ___ Non-member (bring $15 half-year dues + $5 lunch)
Name_____________________________________________________________
email:
_____________________________________________________________

__ Here's another name (Check one):
___ New member (attendance: half-year membership $15 dues + $5 lunch)
___ S/he will come in my place. (Substitute brings $5 for lunch).
___ S/he will come with me. (Guest brings $15 dues + $5 lunch)
Name:
_____________________________________________________________
email:
_____________________________________________________________
__ Thanks but no thanks! I won't be attending this time.


THE DATE AND PLACE FOR OUR FALL 99 MEETING HAS BEEN SET

OCTOBER 15, 1999
NERALLD MEETING at DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Hanover, NH

TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED*




* A topic has been suggested for 10/99:
Streaming QuickTime, mpeg video, DVD formats -- what are the implications for language resource centers?

This is a topic that could be easily handled at Dartmouth; it builds upon what we have covered in some of our recent meetings (Creating a New Language Lab and Pros & Cons of Digital vs Analog 4-98 at Harvard, Establishing Digital Standards at Wellesley 10-98). We'll discuss this at the meeting at Middlebury 4-30-99.

See further down for more information about how we select topics for our meetings.

ACCOMMODATIONS are VERY HARD TO SECURE in Hanover in the Fall. The folks at Dartmouth urge you to reserve early! Dartmouth has a very full schedule of Fall events (foliage notwithstanding). Accommodations get booked months in advance. Here's a starter list.

Airport Economy Inn
7 Airport Road
West Lebanon NH
603-298-8888

Best Western at the Junction
Route 5 & I91 & I89
White River Junction VT
802-295-3015

Chieftain Motor Inn
Rt 10 N
Hanover NH
603-643-2550

Comfort Inn
6 Sykes Ave
White River Junction VT
802-295-3051

Green Mountain Motel
Rt 5
White River Junction VT
802-295-3695

Hampton Inn
180 Rt 5
White River Junction VT
802-296-2800

Holiday Inn Express
Rt 120
Lebanon NH
603-448-5070

Hotel Coolidge
17 S Main
White River Junction VT
802-295-3118

Ottauquechee Motor Lodge
Rt 4
Woodstock VT
802-672-3404

Pine Crest Motel
Rt 5 South
White River Junction VT
802-295-2725

Pleasant View Motel
65 Woodstock road
Hartford VT
802-295-3485

Quality Inn
Rt 4 at Quechee Gorge VT
802-295-7600

Raddison Hotel
Airport Road
Lebanon NH
603-298-5906

Ramada Inn
Holiday Inn Drive
White River Junction VT
802-295-3000

Shady Lawn Motel
89 Maple St
White River Junction VT
802-295-7118

Sunset Motor Inn
Hanover Road
West Lebanon NH
603-298-8721

Super 8 Motel
Rt 5 South
White River Junction VT
802-295-7577

Wilder Motel
319 Hartford Ave
Wilder VT
802-295-9793

How Does NERALLD Select Topics for Meetings?

We select a specific topic for each meeting, to be researched and presented by a group of NERALLDers. One of the main orders of business at the meetings is to pick a topic and a group of volunteers to cover the subsequent meeting. It is be left up to the planning group how they will deal with their topic. Some formats which have been successfully used:
Sometimes the host institution is suited for a particular topic because of staff expertise, features of the facilities or other resources. This may be the case for our Fall 99 meeting at Dartmouth College.

Presenters

In most cases, no special skill or expertise is required! Research your topic and be willing to get up there in front of everyone and lay out what you have found!Obviously, knowledge in the area of interest in a plus, but many NERALLD members have cut their 'presentation teeth' at our regional meetings. It is a great place to get over your fear of speaking in front of groups. Presenters are encouraged to summarize their presentation(s) for the Newsletter.

-----------Member News------------------------

New member Brad Gano is at the Ctr for Language Study, Yale University.
bradley.gano@yale.edu
Thanks to Nina Garrett, who recommended NERALLD to Brad.

Welcome Mark Sheeran, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham MA
Mark_Sheeran@nobles.edu
Mark fills the gap left by Barbara Sawhill (who is now at Oberlin College in Ohio, & still a member!).

Also new on the mailing list from N&G is Steve Bergen, Computer Coordinator, who writes:
"We have a 256K video conferencing set up here as well with ISDN. We are highly desirous of connecting with others to facilitate French, Spanish, Japanese video conferencing . bergen@nobles.edu

News from Michele Zimmerman, newly retired from Amherst College:

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:37:39 -0500 (EST)
From: mezimmerman@amherst.edu
Subject: Re: hallo?
To: brucep@bu.edu

Sure I am still interested in our organization and might come and visit at one of the meetings. So, do send me E-mail and I will check the newsletter on the Web. Your guesses were both on the mark. I am now in Argentina where we have had one of the greatest adventure in our lives. Bill and I went to Tierra del fuego and climbed a glacier. It is a fantastic experience, nature is overwhelming here. We went from the jungles of the north to the southern deserts and the glacier parks. fantastic. We are now back in Buenos Aires, a very cosmopolitan city and are enjoying a few days of rest before going to Patagonia with our children. I took lots of books along and truly enjoy the freedom and leisure of this new life. There is a time for everything and this is just wonderful.
Warm regards
Michele

Michele's job has been filled by Kara Schwartz, new member since October 1998.


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