Voting for the location of Speech Prosody 2018 is now concluded. The vote clearly demonstrated that both teams were capable of running an outstanding conference: 200 members expressed the intention to 'likely,' 'certainly,' or 'maybe' attend Speech Prosody 2018, regardless of the venue, therefore the venue was decided by the preference vote.  The winner received 122 of 230 votes.

The officers of SProSIG are pleased to announce that Speech Prosody 2018 will take place in Poznan, Poland, 13-16 June, 2018.

Thank you all for participating in this uniquely open conference selection process.  The strong membership participation speaks to the health of SProSIG; we look forward to seeing all of you in Poznan in 2018!

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Dear Fellow Members of SProSIG,

The constitution of SProSIG calls for election of officers once every two years; elections are usually held after Speech Prosody.  Officers may serve for up to four consecutive two-year terms.  The current officers were first elected in 2010, and have, thus far, served three consecutive terms; they are President Keikichi Hirose, Secretary Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Treasurer Hansjoerg Mixdorff, and Society Liaison Yi Xu. They all agreed to serve for their fourth (last) term, if re-elected.  However, this does not prevent SProSIG members to raise their hands to serve as one of the officers for the coming term. 

Therefore the Permanent Advisory Council of SProSIG has agreed on the following schedule:

October 27 - November 26, 2016: Nominations for SProSIG officers may be sent to Past President Daniel Hirst, djhirst@me.com.  Nominations must be submitted by a SProSIG member (self-nominations are accepted), and must include a short (~100 words) statement of qualifications and vision.  The person being nominated must be a SProSIG member, and must agree to hold the position if elected.

November 27 ? December 26, 2016: If there are nominations other than the current officers, elections will be held at sprosig.org, opening November 27, and closing December 26.  The role of the new officers will be decided after election.  If there are no nominations, Permanent Advisory will approve the current offices to serve their fourth term.