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                            Chief Executive
                European Language Resources Association

  The newly formed European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
invites applications for the position of Chief Executive.
  ELRA was established in 1995 to promote the development and
exploitation of Language Resources (LR) for the European languages.
Language Resources include all data necessary for language engineering,
such as monolingual and multilingual lexica, text corpora, speech
databases and terminologies.
  The Association is seeking a Chief Executive to manage its activities
  *Responsibilities:*
 o  Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Association, and
    implement the business plan of the Board
 o  Manage a small support team and create an infrastructure for the
    collection, validation, and licensing of LR
 o  Implement licensing agreements for Language Resources
 o  Promote the Association world-wide
 o  Interact with the relevant players (i.e.: producers, owners and
    users of LR who may be in the industrial, commercial or academic
    world;  and governmental and non-governmental agencies).
  *Qualifications:*
 o  A proven record of running a small organisation
 o  Extensive experience in marketing language resources, software or
    other forms of intellectual property
 o  Knowledge of and experience with intellectual property issues
 o  Citizenship of, or residency papers for an EU country
 o  Ability to work in at least two European languages is essential
 o  Experience in the domain of language engineering is desirable.
  For further information contact: Sarah Houston, Tel: +352 469161,
Fax: +352 469161, Email:100126@1262@compuserve.com
  Applicants should send a cover letter addressing the points listed
above, together with a current Curriculum Vitae, to:
   Brian Oakley, Chairman of the Steering Committee
   120 Reigate Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3BX, UK
   Tel: + 44 181 393 4096, Fax: + 44 181 393 0547
Closing date for applications: 7 June 1995.