I am very sad to hear this. I heard on friday that you planned to send the letters onwards **tomorrow** and that thus we had today to send in. Evidently, SDU was not interested in keeping to their announced time plan. I am sorry we missed the unexpectingly moving deadline , although it seems it would not have made any difference.
And I am deeply concered for the future of Nordic language technology. Trond > 15.5.2023 kl. 16:34 skrev Tino Didriksen <[email protected]>: > > To forestall further support letters, unfortunately the appeal did not work. > University of Southern Denmark made their final decision today, and the > closure will happen later this year. > > We will figure out what the immediate and long-term consequences of this is > and make an announcement, probably before summer break. We anticipate there > won't be any major disruption, but need to clear some things legally. > > -- Tino Didriksen > > > On Mon, 8 May 2023 at 14:12, Tino Didriksen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> The reason we're asking for any feedback to be sent directly to us, is that >> we don't precisely know who the final recipient or decision maker is. The >> only feedback channel we're given is the legally mandated "partshøring" >> appeal hearing, and their letter to us says the university Rector will make >> the final decision - whether it is rector alone, the combined leadership, or >> some advisory construction, we don't know. >> >> Additionally, the appeal hearing is a legal remedy meant for unjust >> dismissals, which doesn't quite fit an economic cutback. But as it is the >> only channel we're given, we will try to make the most of it. >> >> Deadline is May 16th - we need to send a combined package before 17th. >> >> -- Tino Didriksen >> >> >> On Mon, 8 May 2023 at 12:45, 'Eckhard Bick' via Constraint Grammar >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Motivated by politically forced downsizing requirements, SDU has decided >>> to close entire sections of its research and teaching activities. >>> Specifically, the Department of Language, Culture, History and >>> Communication has decided to discontinue its language technology >>> activities, which concerns the infrastructure and people behind VISL, >>> Corpuseye and CG-based research. >>> >>> If you think this infrastructure is important and should be maintained >>> despite the university's financial situation, please send us a support >>> mail. Especially if you have personal or institutional arguments for >>> doing so as a user. >>> >>> We will collect your mails and use them to influence the decision makers. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Eckhard Bick & Tino Didriksen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Eckhard Bick, >>> cand.med., dr.phil. >>> University of Southern Denmark >>> e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> web: http://beta.visl.sdu.dk <http://beta.visl.sdu.dk/> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Constraint Grammar" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:constraint-grammar%[email protected]>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/constraint-grammar/6afe14e8-3044-0e3d-7070-b23a387231cf%40mail.dk. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Constraint Grammar" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/constraint-grammar/CABnmVq66jvwJEv4-0OaXzuQVtFn-4O7uA87zeOZZ9ZzhpKNJBw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/constraint-grammar/CABnmVq66jvwJEv4-0OaXzuQVtFn-4O7uA87zeOZZ9ZzhpKNJBw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Constraint Grammar" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/constraint-grammar/8685DDB3-0EDD-4D65-A8AC-6B234572C95D%40gmail.com.
