ACL/COLING
Wolfgang Wahlster

After a successful meeting between representatives of ICCL and ACL at
COLING 2000, an opinion column by Yorick Wilks in ELSNews 9.3 caused some
resentment in ACL.  In this editorial, he attacked various ACL policies and
tried to deepen the ACL/COLING divisions.  After consultation with the ICCL
president, it was decided that an official ACL response is not appropriate,
since Yorick's criticism of ACL policies was never endorsed by ICCL, but
expressed a personal opinion.  Another ICCL/ACL meeting is scheduled for
ACL-2001 in Toulouse. Topics of the meeting include: Synchronization of
future conference plans, status of the next ACL and COLING conferences,
potential for a joint ACL/COLING conference, and increased collaboration.