Re: Offlang suggestion & counterproposal

Dear oh dear, what discussion have I provoked? The
whole thing started with the discussion whether or not
to create a club; my idea was, that it might be wiser
to start with something "smaller" and "more doable"
than founding a club. Well...

I think you guys, Christophe and Maarten, are both
right (what a cliché, isn't it? :))) )
Christophe did the right thing by immediately
proposing to do it and approaching it in a very
practical. That's the only way to make such an idea
work; discussions about how and who and why and
whether and when don't get us anywhere.
I was an editor, too, so I understand Maarten's
pessimistic perception about the initiative of
copy-writers (maybe it is just a typical Dutch
phenomenon ;) ). Looking at the extensive mail traffic
on the list, however, I think the copy will be there,
no doubt.

Now what I think would be most sensible at the moment,
is to find out whether people are really interested in
such a journal/magazine. So, my proposal would be to
start a poll on The List, with the questions like:
- How badly do want a conlang journal/magazine?
- How do you see it contents?
- How often/much to you expect to contribute yourself?
It could be an occasion to ask the LaTeX thing as
well. Christophe, Maarten, what do you think?

BTW, I definitely would like to be of more assistance
than just check spelling and interpunction. It's just
that I'm am a simple Cool:Gen programmer working on a
mainframe, with no idea of www things.
I will definitely produce a few pages of text, though.


Cheers,
Jan

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