Lynda,
I don't know you, but I am going to miss you and the voice of reason you
brought to this list. Thank you for all you have done.  Best wishes in your
future.

Sally

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Steve Kaufmann <steve at thelinguist.com>wrote:


> Lynda,

>

> I have always appreciated your patience and resourcefulness as a moderator

> of this Forum. Good luck in your new role.

>

> Steve

>

> Steve Kaufmann

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>

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> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net>wrote:

>

>>  Lynda--

>> A fabulous job!  Thank you so much!!

>>

>> Andrea:)

>>

>> On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Jodi Crandall wrote:

>>

>> Lynda,

>> Many thanks for all that you have done for this list.  It's a huge job!

>> I hope you will still be an active poster to the list.

>>

>>

>> JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall

>> Professor and Director

>> Language, Literacy and Culture Ph.D. Program

>> Director, Peace Corps Master's Intl Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education

>> University of Maryland Baltimore County

>> 1000 Hilltop Circle

>> Baltimore, MD 21250

>> tel:  410-455-2313

>> fax: 410-455-8947

>> eml: crandall at umbc.edu

>>

>>  On Sep 30, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Lynda Terrill wrote:

>>

>> Dear subscribers,

>>

>> This is my last day as a staff member at the Center for Applied

>> Linguistics (CAL) and as moderator of  the Adult English Language

>> Learners (AKA, NIFL-ESL) discussion list.

>>

>> I have been a subscriber to this list since it began in 1995. In fact, I

>> was the first "special guest" and helped facilitate a discussion on—not a

>> surprise—managing multilevel adult ESL classes. I have been the moderator

>> since 2002.

>>

>> Most of the time I have enjoyed moderating the list as I listened to you

>> (that's the way I think of it) sharing information and ideas that can help

>> the learners and programs you work with. I have been happy that --through

>> some difficult times-- this list and the others have come through and remain

>> sources of honest dialogue in a field and a world that sorely need that.

>>

>> Starting tomorrow my colleague Miriam Burt will moderate the list. Miriam

>> is the Director of the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition

>> (Network) housed at the CAL and she is well known to many of you. She'll

>> tell you a little more about herself tomorrow.

>>

>> Like many of you, I sort of fell into teaching adult ESL. That was over 20

>> years ago and I can still hardly believe what a great piece of luck it was.

>> I will be still working in adult ESL as a consultant to CAL and in a

>> variety of other venues. I hope to see some of you at conferences,

>> workshops, or maybe in a café where we can share stories about the wonderful

>> immigrants we are lucky enough to work with.

>>

>> Best wishes,

>>

>> Lynda Terrill

>> lterrill at cal.org

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