As you know, Arnim v. Stechow will retire. A committee will be founded to decide on his successor. This includes among the important people also two students. I can't tell exactly what they have to do; basically they join all the meetings, see all presentations by applicants, and they are allowed to nod their head if decisions are taken, probably more. You will find out.
So we need two volunteers who are interested in how the General Linguistics department is continued. This is the most important change there in decades. If you want to take influence on that or at least be informed as one of the first, you should join that committee. Two people, not more. Reply here, and if there are no objections, you're in.
I'm sorry that there is not much time left to think about that. Herr Sternefeld couldn't tell me exactly when the committee is set up, but it will be very soon.
