Dear colleagues, Please note that the meeting for forming the National Consortium for the Advancement of Controlled Language and Computer-Aided Translation (NCCAT) took place in Chicago in mid-October. The organizer of NCCAT (Glenn Fields) also met with several people at the TopTec Multilingual Documentation Symposium in Amsterdam this past week to discuss the creation of the European Consortium for the Advancement of Controlled Language and Computer-Aided Translation (EUCCAT). If you need more information and/or you are interested in participating in either NCCAT or EUCCAT, please contact Glenn Fields at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Best, Jeff >From: "Fields, Glenn S (CRD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'NCCAT-EUCAT - Jeff ALLEN (European Lang Rsrces Assn)'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Subject: NCCAT-EUCCAT Email Lists >Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 05:13:13 -0400 > > National Consortium for the Advancement of Controlled Language and Computer-Aided Translation & European Consortium for the Advancement of Controlled Language and Computer-Aided Translation > > Colleagues - > > >I've enclosed a copy of the presentation from the >October 13th NCCAT meeting, held in Chicago. > > <<! 1999 NCCAT Pitch.ppt>> > > We anticipate a formal meeting to investigate/begin the formation of >the European >Consortium, EUCCAT in January. > > I will be in Amsterdam this week, to speak at the TOPTEC Symposium, "Multilingual >Documentation for the Automotive Industry" on 21 October (about 1000 hrs) on NCCAT and EUCCAT. I hope >to speak with any of you who will be attending regarding either or both consortia. I hope to get a >feel for the feasibility of holding the first EUCCAT meeting in January. If you're attending, please >contact me on either 21 or 22 October. > > In order to reduce the number of extraneous messages each person receives, we are >about to split the NCCAT and EUCCAT mailing lists. Additionally, we are about to formalize the NCCAT >organization; thus, the Executive Committee is still open to anyone who wishes to participate. >Finally, NCCAT is about to start a proposal to the U.S. Government for funding for projects of >interest to members (Note: Only U.S. and Canadian firms can participate). > > To complete the process of streamlining the email lists and to help our planning >process, please respond to the following questions. Thank you. > > ___ I wish to remain on the NCCAT email list. > ___ I wish to remain on the EUCCAT email list. > ___ I wish to participate in the NCCAT Executive Committee. > ___ I wish to be on the NCCAT proposal email list. > ___ I wish to be removed from all NCCAT-EUCCAT lists. > > ___ I am new to the mailing list and would like to have more >information. > > > Thanks for your assistance. > > Warmest regards, > > Glenn > g GE Corporate R&D > _________________________________________ > > Glenn S. Fields > Manager, Healthcare Systems Projects > Electronic Systems Laboratory > > Phone: (518) 387-6570 / DC 833-6570 > Fax: (518) 387-4187 / DC 833-4187 > Home: (518) 877-7403 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************** ================================================= Jeff ALLEN - Technical Manager/Directeur Technique European Language Resources Association (ELRA) & European Language resources - Distribution Agency (ELDA) (Agence Europe'enne de Distribution des Ressources Linguistiques) 55, rue Brillat-Savarin 75013 Paris FRANCE Tel: (+33) 1.43.13.33.33 - Fax: (+33) 1.43.13.33.30 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/home.html -- For MT-List info, see http://www.eamt.org/mt-list.html
