Call for Nominations to the CoLang Advisory Circle
Hello CoLangers,
Our names are Naatosi Fish and Tyler Peterson, and we are the current Elections Committee of the CoLang Advisory Circle (AC). The purpose of this email is to solicit nominations for open positions on the Colang Advisory Council.
Please fill out the linked form to nominate somebody to the council. Details on what the Advisory Council is and their responsibilities are below.
Nominations Form
We welcome nominations, whether of yourself or of someone else you think might be a good fit, for all of these positions. We encourage anyone who is interested in any of these positions to nominate themselves. Joining the AC is a great opportunity to contribute directly to CoLang, and to gain meaningful connections and experience in the field of collaborative language work.
Title of position Number of open positions
CoLang - LSA liason 1
Community language scholar 3
Student members 1
International members 2
AC - Web Committee liaison 1
Total 8
Advisory Council Information
The AC is the committee in charge of ensuring the continuity of CoLang from one institute to the next, by selecting hosts, securing funding, developing outreach, providing stewardship and support to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of each institute, etc.
As per the CoLang charter, the AC is a group of equals consisting of 12-15 members, including:
2 co-convenors
3 institute organizers (1 from a past institute and 2 from the upcoming institute)
4 community language scholars
2 student members
2 international (non-US) members
1 AC - Web Committee liaison
1 CoLang - LSA liaison
Each member has a 4-year term, so that they can contribute to the organization of two institutes (CoLang happens every 2 years). This year, the following AC members are finishing their term:
Name AC position
Carly Tex Co-convenor
Martin Renard Co-convenor
Natosi Fish Community language scholar
Naomi Trevino Student
Spike Gildea LSA liaison (through 2025)
Tyler Peterson Past institute organizer"
Luis Barragan Past institute organizer
Ignacio Montoya Upcoming institute organizer
Daphne Emm-Hooper Upcoming institute organizer
We would like to deeply thank all of our outgoing members for their precious contribution to the work of the AC and of CoLang. Thank you! Your presence on the AC will be missed.
Please reach out with any questions.
Thank you, and hopefully see you in Reno in 2026!
Best,
Naatosi and Tyler
