0&WordMicrosoft Word  t@Times ww 0w# f|-  2  1F 2   ?'`@Times ww 0w# f|-a2 9North American Systemic Functional Linguistic AssociationAtPG5Y(tGG,GPY(YP>5G,G(bYYG5,PYP,(k,YPY,>5,G(t>>PG,P5,PY 2  V-&2  Annual Report 2006eFFF>'#]>FF/'#FFFF 2 / ? 2  ?t@Times ww 0w# f|-2 DHistory:m'6/F>G/ 2 Dw L-w2 HThe early beginnings of NASFLA consisted of dinner parties held for ten VF>#>>/'G#F>F'FF'FF6#F.#eeNNVe#>FF6'6'>F#F.#F'FF>/#F>/''>6#F>'F#.F/#'>F#n2 Byears at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). G>>/6#>'#'F>#ek>/'>>F#e66F>'>''FF#.F/#eFF''>F#V'FFF'6''>6#/eeeV/##:2 DNASFLA was formally organized ieeeNNVe#e>6#.F/k>''G#F/F>F'>>F#'I2 D: )n April 2002, in Salt Lake City, Utah at F#eF/''#FFFF##'F#N>''#V>F>#]''G##e'>F#>'#z2 JAAAL. Since there are relatively few systemic linguists in North America, eeeV##N'F>>#'F>/>#>/>#/>'>''F>'G#.>e#6G6'>k'>#''FFF'6'6#'F#eF/'F#ek>/'>>##w2 Hwe decided to meet with other groups rather than meet independently and e>#F>>'F>F#'F#k>>'#e''F#F'F>/#F/FFF6#/>'F>/#'F>F#k>>'#'FF>F>FF>F''G#>FF#s2 ' Ehold a conference of our own. That year the National Council of TeacFF'F#>#>FF.>/>F>>#F.#FF/#FeF###VF>'#G>>/#'F>#e>''FF>'#]FFF>''#F.#V>>>2 ' hers F>/6#2 Nof English invited us to sponsor a session at their annual convention. We did F.#VFF''6F#'FF''>F#F6#'F#6FFF6F/#>#6>66'FF#>'#'F>'/#>FFF>'#>FFF>F''FF##>#F'F#w2 i Hso and have sponsored sessions at every NCTE convention since then. The 6F#>FF#F>F>#6FFF6F/>F#6>66'FF6#>'#>F>/G#e]VV#>FFF>F''FF#6'F>>#'F>F##VF>#q2 Dspeakers have been Jay Lemke, Geoff Williams, Gordon Wells, and Ken 6F>>F>/6#F>F>#F>>F#6>G#V>kF>##e>F..#''''>k6##eF/FFF#>''6##>FF#e>F#=2 !Goodman. Geoff Williams will speaAeFFFk>F##e>F..#''''>k6#e'''#6F>>"2 o k again in 2006eF#>F>'F#'F#FFFF 2  ?v2 j GIn addition to NCTE, we were invited to give a one day mini conference /F#>FF'''FF#'F#e]VV##e>#e>/>#'FF''>F#'F#F'F>#>#FF>#F>G#k'F'#>FF.>/>F>>#2 Nwithin the World Englishes conference, at the University of Illinois in 2002. e''F'F#'F>#F/'F#VFF''6F>6#>FF.>/>F>>##>'#'F>#eF'F>/6''G#F.#/'''FF'6#'F#FFFF##v2 GOur featured speakers were Michael Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan. In 2003 eF/#.>>'F/>F#6F>>F>/6#e>/>#|'>F>>'#e>'''F>G#>FF#]FF>'G>#e>6>F##/F#FFFF#&2 Mwe organized a twoe>#F/F>F'>>F#>#'eF 2 M-/ 2 MdFY2 M=4ay conference within the LSA (Linguistic Society of >G#>FF.>/>F>>#e''F'F#'F>#VNe#/V'FFF'6''>#NF>'>'G#F.#p2 CAmerica, Summer Institute) in East Lansing, Michigan. We have also ek>/'>>##NFkk>/#/F6'''F'>/#'F#V>6'#V>F6'FF##|'>F'F>F##>#F>F>#>'6F#q2 Dcontinued to participate in AAAL and its parent organization, AILA. >FF''FF>F#'F#F>/''>'F>'>#'F#eeeV#>FF#''6#F>/>F'#F/F>F'>>''FF##e/Ve## 2  ? 2 N ?- 2 Current StatuseN>>>N/#N/F/N6-2 : '# 2 Q ?V2 2We have made AAAL our home for the present. AAAL h>#F>F>#k>F>#eeeV#FF/#FFk>#.F/#'F>#F/>6>F'##eeeV#F"2 as a number of >6#>#FFkF>/#F.#2 mOadvantages as a home. All of its members take an interest in linguistics as it >FF>F'>F>6#>6#>#FFk>##e''#F.#''6#k>kF>/6#'>F>#>F#'F'>/>6'#'F#''FFF'6''>6#>6#''#v2 Gapplies functionally to people, society and the world, and the members >FF''>6#.FF>''FF>''G#'F#F>FF'>##6F>'>'G#>FF#'F>#eF/'F##>FF#'F>#k>kF>/6#2 Mrepresent a wide range of fields of application, such as language policy and />F/>6>F'#>#e'F>#/>FF>#F.#.'>'F6#F.#>FF''>>''FF##6F>F#>6#'>FFF>F>#FF''>G#>FF# 2 Pforensic lingu.F/>F6'>#''FFFn2 PBistics, so it is attractive to a broad range of scholars in North '6''>6##6F#''#'6#>''/>>''F>#'F#>#F/F>F#/>FF>#F.#6>FF'>/6#'F#eF/'F#G2 (America and beyond. Its meetings are midek>/'>>#>FF#F>GFFF##/'6#k>>''FF6#>/>#k'F 2  - /;2  size for an academic conference 6'>>#.F/#>F#>>>F>k'>#>FF.>/>F>>#|2 K(around 1000 or so) so that social contacts are rich but not overwhelming. d/>/FFFF#FFFF#F/#6F/#6F#'F>'#6F>'>'#>FF'>>'6#>/>#/'>F#FF'#FF'#FF>/eF>'k'FF##2 3 And as a mideFF#>6#>#k'F 2 3h- /72 3size conference it is managed6'>>#>FF.>/>F>>#''#'6#k>F>F>F.2 3  adaptively and nimbly.#>F>F''F>'G#>FF#F'kF'G# 2 3- ? 2  ?v2 GThis year at AAAL there were two SFL colloquia, one organized by Hiedi VF'6#G>>/#>'#eeeV#'F>/>#e>/>#'eF#NNV#>F''FFF'>##FF>#F/F>F'>>F#FG#e'>F'#p2 RCByrnes and the other by Bernard Mohan. There were also a number of ]G/F>6#>FF#'F>#F'F>/#FG#]>/F>/F#|FF>F##VF>/>#e>/>#>'6F#>#FFkF>/#F.#z2 Jpresentations by individual SFL scholars. It was very encouraging to note F/>6>F'>''FF6#FG#'FF'F'FF>'#NNV#6>FF'>/6##/'#e>6#F>/G#>F>FF/>F'FF#'F#FF'>#(2 participation by anF>/''>'F>''FF#FG#>F_2 8 increasing proportion of next generation younger SFL #'F>/>>6'FF#F/FFF/''FF#F.#/F>F'#F>F>/>''FF/#GFFFF>/#NNV#q2 5Dscholars in presentations and in our evening NASFLA CrackerBarrel 6>FF'>/6#'F#F/>6>F'>''FF6#>FF#'F#FF/#>F>F'FF#eeNNVe#/]/>>F>/]>//>'/#t2 Fmeeting during the conference, where about 30 interested scholars got k>>''FF#FF/'FF#'F>#>FF.>/>F>>##eF>/>#>FFF'#FF#'F'>/>6'>F#6>FF'>/6#FF'#h2 v>together at special topic of interest tables to discuss topi'FF>'F>/#>'#/6F>>'>'#'FF'>#F.#'F'>/>6'/#'>F'>6#'F#F'6>F66#'FF'"2 vcs and connect >6#>FF#>FFF>>'#"System# f| &$-