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ShiqiZhao at 08:57, 29 December 2019

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	=== Publicity Director ===		=== Publicity Director ===

	ACL set up a new position of ~~Publicy~~ Director, which is one of the ad hoc ACL leadership roles. The Publicity Director will take the lead on developing a social media strategy for the ACL, with a focus on publicizing ACL members’ research and accomplishments. We are happy to announce the ACL Publicity Director and Deputy Director:		ACL set up a new position of Publicity Director, which is one of the ad hoc ACL leadership roles. The Publicity Director will take the lead on developing a social media strategy for the ACL, with a focus on publicizing ACL members’ research and accomplishments. We are happy to announce the ACL Publicity Director and Deputy Director:

	* Director: Barbara Plank (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)		* Director: Barbara Plank (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

ShiqiZhao at 13:19, 27 December 2019

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	The ACL membership continues to grow rapidly in 2019. I am happy to announce that we have over 5000 members by the end of 2019! You can now renew your membership through the ACL portal: http://www.aclweb.org/portal/ or you can renew when you register for an ACL affiliated conference.		The ACL membership continues to grow rapidly in 2019. I am happy to announce that we have over 5000 members by the end of 2019! You can now renew your membership through the ACL portal: http://www.aclweb.org/portal/ or you can renew when you register for an ACL affiliated conference.

	~~=== TACL Journal: New Editor-in-Chief ===~~

	ACL has appointed Ani Nenkova, of University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of TACL (https://www.transacl.org). Her term starts July 1, 2019 and runs for three years. She is replacing Lillian Lee, whose term expires at the end of 2019, and joining Brian Roark and Mark Johnson, who continue to serve as TACL EiCs.

	Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.

	=== Outgoing Exec Members ===		=== Outgoing Exec Members ===
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	The next elections will take place in the Fall.		The next elections will take place in the Fall.

			=== TACL Journal: New Editor-in-Chief ===

			ACL has appointed Ani Nenkova, of University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of TACL (https://www.transacl.org). Her term starts July 1, 2019 and runs for three years. She is replacing Lillian Lee, whose term expires at the end of 2019, and joining Brian Roark and Mark Johnson, who continue to serve as TACL EiCs.

			Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.

	=== Publicity Director ===		=== Publicity Director ===

ShiqiZhao at 13:13, 27 December 2019

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	Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.		Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.

			=== Outgoing Exec Members ===

			The following people are leaving the exec:

			* Marti Hearst (ACL VP-elect (2016), VP (2017), President (2018), Past President (2019))
			* Jennifer Foster (ACL Member at-large, 2017-2019)
			* Julia Hockenmaier (NAACL Chair, 2018-2019)

			I would like to thank all of you for your hard work as members of the exec and wish you luck in your future endeavors!

			=== New Exec Members ===

			We have three new members joining the exec as of January 1, 2020. These are:

			* Tim Baldwin (ACL VP-elect)
			* Anna Korhonen (ACL member at-large)
			* Colin Cherry (NAACL Chair)

			Welcome to Tim, Anna, and Colin!

			The full list of Exec members is here: http://www.aclweb.org/portal/about

			The next elections will take place in the Fall.

	=== Publicity Director ===		=== Publicity Director ===

ShiqiZhao at 15:51, 15 December 2019

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			=== Membership ===

			The ACL membership continues to grow rapidly in 2019. I am happy to announce that we have over 5000 members by the end of 2019! You can now renew your membership through the ACL portal: http://www.aclweb.org/portal/ or you can renew when you register for an ACL affiliated conference.

	=== TACL Journal: New Editor-in-Chief ===		=== TACL Journal: New Editor-in-Chief ===

ShiqiZhao at 15:42, 15 December 2019

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	=== TACL Journal ===		=== TACL Journal: New Editor-in-Chief ===

	ACL has appointed Ani Nenkova, of University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of TACL (https://www.transacl.org). Her term starts July 1, 2019 and runs for three years. She is replacing Lillian Lee, whose term expires at the end of 2019, and joining Brian Roark and Mark Johnson, who continue to serve as TACL EiCs.		ACL has appointed Ani Nenkova, of University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of TACL (https://www.transacl.org). Her term starts July 1, 2019 and runs for three years. She is replacing Lillian Lee, whose term expires at the end of 2019, and joining Brian Roark and Mark Johnson, who continue to serve as TACL EiCs.

	Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.		Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.

			=== Publicity Director ===

			ACL set up a new position of Publicy Director, which is one of the ad hoc ACL leadership roles. The Publicity Director will take the lead on developing a social media strategy for the ACL, with a focus on publicizing ACL members’ research and accomplishments. We are happy to announce the ACL Publicity Director and Deputy Director:

			* Director: Barbara Plank (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
			* Deputy Director: Sarvnaz Karimi (CSIRO, Australia)

			Their term starts from the date of announcement, through December 31, 2022.

	=== ACL Lifetime Achievement Award ===		=== ACL Lifetime Achievement Award ===

ShiqiZhao at 09:09, 15 December 2019

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			=== TACL Journal ===

			ACL has appointed Ani Nenkova, of University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of TACL (https://www.transacl.org). Her term starts July 1, 2019 and runs for three years. She is replacing Lillian Lee, whose term expires at the end of 2019, and joining Brian Roark and Mark Johnson, who continue to serve as TACL EiCs.

			Ido Dagan has resigned as the chair of the TACL Steering Committee. ACL has appointed Jan Hajic, a member of the TACL Steering Committee, to Chair the Steering Committee and also to chair the TACL EiC Search Committee.

	=== ACL Lifetime Achievement Award ===		=== ACL Lifetime Achievement Award ===

ShiqiZhao at 09:00, 15 December 2019

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	The 2020 Distinguished Service Award will be announced during ACL 2020 in Seattle.		The 2020 Distinguished Service Award will be announced during ACL 2020 in Seattle.

			=== ACL Test-of-Time Awards ===

			2019 is the first year that the ACL Test-of-Time (ToT) Awards are officially presented by the ACL.
			The following two papers have respectively won the 1994 and 2009 ToT award:

			*The 2019 winner of the 1994 Test-of-Time Award is:
			** Bernard Merialdo. Tagging English Text with a Probabilistic Model. Computational Linguistics 20(2), pp. 155–171
			* The 2019 winner of the 2009 Test-of-Time Award is:
			** Theresa Wilson, Janyce Wiebe, Paul Hoffmann. Recognizing Contextual Polarity: An Exploration of Features for Phrase-Level Sentiment Analysis. Computational Linguistics 35(3), pp. 399–433

	=== ACL Fellows ===		=== ACL Fellows ===

ShiqiZhao at 08:56, 15 December 2019

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	The ACL Nominating Committee has selected the following new fellows for 2019:		The ACL Nominating Committee has selected the following new fellows for 2019:

	Barbara Grosz		*Barbara Grosz
	* For foundational contributions to the computational study of discourse, including discourse structure, centering, and dialogue, as well as for service to ACL and related professional organizations, and energetic support of women in science.		** For foundational contributions to the computational study of discourse, including discourse structure, centering, and dialogue, as well as for service to ACL and related professional organizations, and energetic support of women in science.

	*Graeme Hirst		*Graeme Hirst

ShiqiZhao at 08:55, 15 December 2019

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 === ACL Distinguished Service Award ===
-is the first year that the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) will be awarded.
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 The 2019 winner of the Distinguished Service Award is Min-Yen Kan, for his dedicated and sustained work on the ACL Anthology.
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 The 2020 Distinguished Service Award will be announced during ACL 2020 in Seattle.
 === ACL 2020 ===

ShiqiZhao at 08:51, 15 December 2019

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	For a list of past winners, visit: https://aclweb.org/aclwiki/ACL_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_Recipients		For a list of past winners, visit: https://aclweb.org/aclwiki/ACL_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_Recipients

			=== ACL Distinguished Service Award ===

			2019 is the first year that the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) will be awarded.
			The 2019 winner of the Distinguished Service Award is Min-Yen Kan, for his dedicated and sustained work on the ACL Anthology.

			https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/announcement-2019-acl-distinguished-service-award-dsa

			The 2020 Distinguished Service Award will be announced during ACL 2020 in Seattle.

	=== ACL 2020 ===		=== ACL 2020 ===