Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Second Language Creation Conference - Pre-pre-registration!

--- Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:

> I hereby declare that there WILL be a LCC next year
> or (worst case)
> the year after. I don't know when or where yet, but
> I'm saying there
> will be one, so there will.
Hear! Hear!

> * What physical area you would be able to attend
> (e.g.: Bay Area, East
> Coast, West Coast, Anywhere US, Anywhere Europe,
> ...)
It would be nice to see a U.S. Midwest or U.S. East
coast venue in '07 or '08. I think the idea of moving
it around somewhere other than California next would
be a good idea. Hopefully it would increase the
diversity of attendance?

> * What year(s) you could attend ('07 or '08)
It sounds like you're asking whether it should be an
annual or a biennial event. Having a biennial
conference would allow for more planning and more
anticipation. Can the conlang community support an
annual conference?

> * What month(s) you could attend
Since a large university contingent appears to be
interested, having it at an "off-time" might be best.
Not around finals, etc. However, hotel rates (and
other costs) might be higher in the summer. Winter?
More open vacation times then?

> * How many days long you'd want (1, 2, or 3)
2 days might be best. Longer sessions, time to get
from one session to another. That might also allow for
people to only have to spring for one hotel night. I
would suggest starting later on 1st day, go into the
night (with a dinner and speaker?? Party?), and
getting going early (8am next day?) and ending around
3pm on Day 2? Any thoughts?

> * What topics, format, people, or etc you'd like to
> see (different
> from this year's)
I would concur with the other poster that since many
people didn't get to come to this year's, a repeat of
some (especially Sally Caves) of 2006's offerings
would be justified. Maybe Marc Okrand would be willing
to attend a 2-day event? May someone willing to

> * How much money you could contribute, and/or how
> much money you'd
> require in reimbursements for YOU to talk at it
Personally, nothing to tiny $. However, if I could get
my institution to co-sponsor the event, that would
change things drastically.

> Most importantly:
> **** What topics YOU can talk about
I don't know if this would be appropriate to the
language construction conference, but I'm scheduled to
present a program on an introduction to "imaginary
languages and how to create your own" to a group of
librarians involved in teen services soon. I'm also
presenting a "how to create your own language"
workshop to a group of teenagers the same weekend. One
might think of it as "spreading the gospel [godspell]
of conlanging." So the topic is something like
"becoming an evangelist of the secret vice" (venues,
audiences, etc.)

> **** Whether YOU can help organize it by:
I'm between positions at my institution right now
(i.e., applying for a supervisory position), so I'm
not ready to plunge in with help in organizing.
Depending on how things work out, it might be a
possibility. I'll keep reading the posts in relation
to a 2nd conference with much interest.

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