Call for nominations: Vice-President of SIGLEX

[Marianna Apidianaki]

Dear SIGLEX member,

We will run an election in June 2025 for the position of Vice-President on the SIGLEX board. This is an extraordinary election due to a casual vacancy and it will be for a 1-year term (instead of the typical 2-year term).

According to the SIGLEX constitution, the Vice-President will automatically become the President of the following board (which will start in 2026), so this position requires a 3-year commitment. 

The new officer must be elected by the SIGLEX membership. We need your help now for nominating candidates for this position.

Why consider nominating (or agreeing to be nominated)?

SIGLEX is one of the largest ACL SIGs, with over 470 members. Its mission is:

• To promote interest in the Lexicon.

• To provide members of the ACL having a special interest in the Lexicon with a means of exchanging news of recent research developments and other matters of interest in the Lexicon.

• To sponsor meetings and workshops on the Lexicon that appear to be timely and worthwhile.

SIGLEX has currently two sections:

• SemEval, which runs semantic evaluations

• MWE, which promotes activity on multiword expressions and organizes the annual MWE workshop

SIGLEX also organizes the yearly Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM). Serving on the SIGLEX board will put you in a unique position to shape the development of these communities and the associated events!

How to nominate?

Please send a) the candidate name, b) affiliation, and c) the position you want to nominate the candidate for to siglex...@googlegroups.com no later than April 15, 2025. 

Note that candidates must be nominated by two members of SIGLEX, they must accept nomination, and they must be members in good standing of SIGLEX. 

Marianna Apidianaki
On behalf of the
SIGLEX Board