[tei-council] request

[Edward Vanhoutte]

Dear Fellow Council Members,

In May 2004, the Council gathered in the building of the Royal Academy 
of Dutch Language and Literature and enjoyed the Academy's amicability 
and hospitability. I believe we held a successful meeting in the 
beautiful historical setting of the Academy building.

The Flemish Minister of culture now has launched the idea to sell the 
building of the Royal Academy and relocate the Academy out of its 
building. The minister is in urgent need of some money and thinks this 
could be the solution.

We protest fiercely against the planned sale of the building and 
relocation of the Academy which would undoubtedly influence the research 
currently undertaken at the Academy, i.e. inside the Centre for 
Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB). The Permanent Secretary of 
the Academy would like to ask for your support which you can articulate 
in three ways:

    1. You can back up the stance of the Royal Academy 
<http://www.kantl.be/main.php?page=verkoopeng&sub=stance>, by sending 
your details (title, name, function, affiliation and address) to 
reactieverkoop at kantl.be. Or print out the viewpoint, add your title, 
name, function, affiliation and address, sign it and send it to the 
Royal Academy at KANTL, Koningstraat 18, b-9000 Gent, Belgium. In either 
way, your name will be added to the list of people who protest against 
the plans of the minister of culture at: 
<http://www.kantl.be/main.php?page=verkoop&sub=petitie>.

    2. You can send or mail a letter of protest to the current Minister 
of Culture in which you e.g. emphasize the cultural and scholarly role 
of the Royal Academy, its library, archive and its research centre 
(Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies). You can contact the 
Minister of Culture at:

       Bert Anciaux
       Flemish Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports and Brussels
       Chrysalisgebouw - Wetstraat 34-36
       b-1040 BRUSSEL
       Belgium
       kabinet.anciaux at vlaanderen.be

       Please make sure you send a copy of your letter to 
reactieverkoop at kantl.be or to:

       Prof. dr. Georges De Schutter
       Permanent Secretary
       Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature
       Koningstraat 18
       b-9000 Gent
       Belgium

    3. You can send a letter of support to the Permanent Secretary of 
the Royal Academy wherein you back up the Academy's protest against the 
plans for sale of the building and relocation of the Academy, and in 
which you emphasize the importance of the Royal Academy's cultural and 
scholarly work in an international context. Please send your letters of 
support/protest, if possible on headed (institutional) notepaper, to:

       Prof. dr. Georges De Schutter
       Permanent Secretary
       Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature
       Koningstraat 18
       b-9000 Gent
       Belgium

       Of course you could also mail your letter, addressed to the 
Permanent Secretary, to reactieverkoop at kantl.be, although letters on 
paper are prefered for this matter.

We would be much obliged if you could consider this request.

Sincerely yours,

Edward Vanhoutte
on behalf of the
Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature

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Weg met het plan voor de verkoop van het Academiegebouw en de verhuizing 
van de Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Teken 
de petitie op <http://www.kantl.be/main.php?page=verkoop&sub=home>

No to the sale of the building of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language 
and Literature and the planned relocation of the Academy. Sign the 
petition on <http://www.kantl.be/main.php?page=verkoopeng&sub=home>

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Edward Vanhoutte
Coordinator
Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie - CTB (KANTL)
Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies
Associate Editor, Literary and Linguistic Computing
Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde
Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature
Koningstraat 18 / b-9000 Gent / Belgium
tel: +32 9 265 93 51 / fax: +32 9 265 93 49
edward dot vanhoutte at kantl dot be
http://www.kantl.be/ctb/
http://www.kantl.be/ctb/vanhoutte/
http://www.kantl.be/ctb/staff/edward.htm