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Re: [lojban] LogFest 2000 - Anyone Coming? (fwd)

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Monday, July 17, 2000, 23:24
John,

Since I live in Sterling, VA, I would almost feel guilty about failing to
attend a conlang event right here in my own backyard.  I have not been very
involved in Lojban other than downloading your excellent reference manual
and browsing through it.  Would this event be of interest to an old
artlanger such as I?  Would I be able to contribute anything?

David
David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
    dbell@graywizard.net
    www.graywizard.net

"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates

> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of John Cowan > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 8:10 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: [lojban] LogFest 2000 - Anyone Coming? (fwd) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:55:56 -0400 > From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@...> > To: lojban@egroups.com > Subject: [lojban] LogFest 2000 - Anyone Coming? > > LogFest 2000, our annual gathering at my house in Fairfax VA near > Washington DC on the weekend 5-6 August, is now only a few weeks away. I > have had rather few definite statements regarding people's plans > to attend, > and would like to hear from you if you are coming (or at least thinking > about doing so). If you are uncertain, telling me when you will know will > allow me to check back with you directly. > > I am shortly going to start planning, and the number of people > attending is > always the key factor. > > As usual, we can handle early arrivals (many arrive on Friday night), and > with some limitations this year, late departures; most LogFest guests from > out of town sleep in our guest-rooms - we have a fair supply of blankets > and sleeping bags, though we certainly don't mind people bring their own > sleeping bag. We ask for donations to cover food and other > expenses, which > tend to average around $25-$30 per person for the whole weekend. > > For those unfamiliar with Logfest, it is mostly informal, with the only > scheduled activity being the annual meeting of the Logical Language Group, > Inc. on Sunday morning at 1030AM EDT (we also get on IRC at regular > intervals to involve Lojbanists who cannot be present). We do > whatever the > people who attend want to do, which may include Lojban conversation, > lessons, technical discussions, or socializing. I will of course > be there, > as will John Cowan. Fluent Lojbanist Nick Nicholas was planning to attend > at last word, and pc has threatened to come for the first time in several > years, so this could be one of the most interesting gatherings in a long > while. Attendance most years has been between 10 and 20, but we > could well > set a record this year (the current record is 24). > > lojbab > -- > lojbab lojbab@lojban.org > Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. > 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 > Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org > > -- > John Cowan cowan@ccil.org > C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant > le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux, > de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit" >