1. IPrA General Assembly Melbourne, 15 July 2009

2. IPrA Consultation Board 1.11 th International Pragmatics Conference 2.Pragmatics & Pragmatics online 3.Handbook of Pragmatics 4.Future conferences 5.Membership 6.Elections 2011

3. 11 th International Pragmatics Conference

4. Participants: 650 up [LIST] LOC and ICC CONFERENCE CHAIR: Keith ALLAN (Monash University) LOCAL SITE COMMITTEE: The other members of the Local Site Committee are: Marisa CORDELLA (Monash University), Nicholas EVANS (University of Melbourne/Australian National University, Canberra), Zosia GOLEBIOWSKI (Deakin University), Heinz Leo KRETZENBACHER (University of Melbourne), Randy LaPOLLA (LaTrobe University), Anna MARGETTS (Monash University), Howard NICHOLAS (LaTrobe University), Gillian WIGGLESWORTH (University of Melbourne), Lynda YATES (LaTrobe University) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: In addition to the members of the Local Site Committee, the International Conference Committee includes: Keiko ABE (Tokyo), Michael BAMBERG (Worcester, MA), Josie BERNICOT (Poitiers), Helmut GRUBER (Vienna), Sachiko IDE (Tokyo; ex officio as IPrA President), Alexandra JAFFE (Long Beach), Bonnie McELHINNY (Toronto), Michael MEEUWIS (Ghent), Jacob MEY (Odense), Jan-Ola ÖSTMAN (helsinki), Marina SBISÀ (Trieste), Anna-Brita STENSTRÖM (Bergen), Jef VERSCHUEREN (Antwerp; ex officio as IPrA Secretary General), Yorick WILKS (Sheffield), John WILSON (Belfast)

5. 11 th International Pragmatics Conference Sponsoring Univ. of Melbourne Monash University La Trobe University John Benjamins Publishing Company Routledge Brill Cambridge Emerald Group

6. Pragmatics & Pragmatics online Editorship Editor-in-Chief Gunter Senft – Adriana Bolívar – Charles Briggs – Walter De Mulder – Helmut Gruber – Sophia Marmaridou Search for review editor

7. Pragmatics & Pragmatics online Board of reviewers (in addition to IPrA CB) Jannis Androutsopoulos (London), Peter Auer (Freiburg), Richard Bauman (Bloomington, Indiana), Carol Berkenkotter (Minneapolis), Piotr Cap (Lodz), Louise Cummings (Nottingham), Frances D. Erlich (Caracas), Martina Faller (Manchester), Irene Fonte (Ottawa), Ad Foolen (Nijmegen), Luisa Granato (La Plata, Argentina), Marianne Gullberg (Nijmegen), Elly Ifantidou (Athens), Konstanze Jungbluth (Frankfurt/Oder), Kuniyoshi Kataoka (Aichi, Japan), Maria Sifianou (Athens), Ken Turner (Brighton), Angeliki Tzanne (Athens), Rodney Williamson (Ottawa), Ruth Wodak (Lancaster)

8. Pragmatics & Pragmatics online Procedures- submission - reviewing 2 special issues in preparation 3 requests for special issues 10 papers in revision 22 papers in refereeing stage 22 papers recently rejected

9. Pragmatics & Pragmatics online Abstracting & ranking: – Articles are indexed and/or abstracted in the MLA International Bibliography (from volume 15, 2005) in Elsevier Bibliographic Databases and ( from volume 18, 2008) in ISI Web of Knowledge (Institute for Scientific Information, Thomsen): – Social Sciences Citation Index – Social Research – Arts and Humanities Citation Index – Journal Citation Reports / Social Sciences Edition – ERIH

10. Pragmatics & Pragmatics online Principles Paper copies to libraries and members who pay extra Online access for all members Open access for all older issues (12-month embargo period) To be developed: Online access for libraries Open access via eLanguage

11. Handbook of Pragmatics Editors: Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren, et. al. Loose-leaf annual installments since 1995 Online since 2002 10 thematic paperback volumes being published in 2009-2010

12. Future conferences Manchester 2011 Theme: Pragmatics and its interfaces

13. 12 th International Pragmatics Conference Manchester July 17-22, 2011

14. Local site committee Chair: Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen (Mcr) Iris Bachmann (Mcr), Kate Beeching (UWE), Diane Blakemore (Salford), Martina Faller (Mcr), Steven Jones (Mcr), Ivan Leudar (Mcr), Lynne Murphy (Sussex), Thanh Nyan (Mcr), Ken Turner (Brighton), Richard Waltereit (Newcastle)

15. The University of Manchester Introduction to The University of Manchester The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures Location

16. Manchester History Culture Innovation Industry Learning

17. Connections By Air Manchester International Airport 20 minutes by car or train from The University of Manchester 200 international destinations By Train 2½ Hrs from London and Eurostar

18. 1,100 seat theatre – divides into 600/4001,100 seat theatre – divides into 600/400 1 seminar room x 160 1 seminar room x 160 2 seminar rooms x 80 2 seminar rooms x 80 2 seminar rooms x 60 2 seminar rooms x 60 18 seminar rooms x 20-30 18 seminar rooms x 20-30 State of the art ITState of the art IT Catering and 500sqm exhibition areaCatering and 500sqm exhibition area SCAN Building Conference Facilities

19. Accommodation Two 3* hotels at the University En-suite student bedrooms Standard student bedrooms 3*, 4* and 5* accommodation available in the nearby city centre hotels

20. Social Programme Welcome Reception at Manchester Town Hall Conference Dinner hosted at a local place of interest – museums, sports venues, galleries Excursions such as: Historic Chester Stately Homes and Parks Lake District Imperial War Museum Tour of Manchester

21. Future conferences Manchester 2011 Composition of the International Conference Committee Call for papers – by April 2010

22. Future conferences Call for proposals -Launch: September 2009 -Deadline: end January 2010 -Decision procedure and timing

23. Membership 1143 345 down from 2008 ‘normal’ pattern: abstract submission year vs. conference year unequal geographical distribution persists (but minor signs of improvement)

24. Elections 2011 Procedures – Decision on ex officio members (max. 10) – Candidacy of present CB members & election of max. 15 – Nominations for extra positions on CB – Elections – Nomination & election of President Timing

25. Elections 2011 IPrA President: 2006-2011: Sachiko Ide (Linguistics, Tokyo). She was preceded from 2000 to 2005 by Susan Ervin- Tripp (Psychology, Berkeley), from 1995 to 1999 by Ferenc Kiefer (Linguistic Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest), from 1991 to 1994 by Sandra Thompson (Linguistics, Santa Barbara), and from 1986 to 1990 by John Gumperz (Anthropology, Berkeley).

26. Elections 2011 Members of the IPrA Consultation Board (2006-2011): Keiko Abe (Tokyo), Charles Antaki (Loughborough), Michael Bamberg (Worcester, MA), Josie Bernicot (Poitiers), Rukmini Bhaya Nair (Delhi), Adriana Bolívar (Caracas), Charles Briggs (Berkeley), Helena Calsamiglia (Barcelona), Teresa Carbó (Mexico City), Walter De Mulder (Antwerp), Susan Ervin-Tripp (Berkeley), Helmut Gruber (Vienna), Yueguo Gu (Beijing), John Gumperz (Santa Barbara), Susanne Günthner (Münster), Auli Hakulinen (Helsinki), William Hanks (Berkeley), Krisadawan Hongladarom (Bangkok), Dell Hymes (Charlottesville), Sachiko Ide (Tokyo), Alexandra Jaffe (Long Beach), Andreas Jucker (Zürich), Ferenc Kiefer (Budapest), Manfred Kienpointner (Innsbruck), Stephem Levinson (Nijmegen), Sophia Marmaridou (Athens), Luisa Martín Rojo (Madrid), Yoshiko Matsumoto, Stanford), Bonnie McElhinny (Toronto), Michael Meeuwis (Gent), Jacob Mey (Odense), Jan-Ola Östman (Helsinki), Marina Sbisà (Trieste), John Searle (Berkeley), Gunter Senft (Nijmegen), Anna-Brita Stenström (Bergen), Paul Takahara (Kobe), Elizabeth Traugott (Stanford), Yorick Wilks (Sheffield), John Wilson (Belfast)

27. IPrA General Assembly Questions? Enjoy the afternoon