Re: I have an idea! (Good this time)

In a message dated 6/5/01 4:48:41 AM, christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:

<< I still have to do something for the conlang book, but I'm afraid it's
getting a

little late isn't it? But all the material available on my webpage (in
French!)

can be borrowed at will, as long as my name is cited as the author. As for my

other conlangs that are not on the web yet. Most of them I've bored the list

with, so a simple look at the archives should do :) . I'll make something
though

:) . >>

    Well, if I include your stuff, I'll have to translate it from French...
Unless, you'd like to? ~:D

<<Just an idea: I've always found classes where the teacher invites other
people

for conferences about a particular subject more interesting than classes where

you stay always in front of the only teacher and that's all. Why not invite

other conlangers to participate in one class or another, for one hour or so?
You

could for instance invite Sally Caves, for the paper she already presented
after

the "Lunatic Survey". A few others of us already did presentations about

conlanging, we could be invited (yes, I'm one of them, that's why I'm
interested

:) , it would be a good reason to go for the first time of my life to America,

and probably the first time I would take a plane :) ).>>

    This is a great idea, but you'd really fly all the way from France to
Berkeley, California just to do one presentation at a DECal class?!  I guess
if you're looking for an excuse to come...  But, you understand, this is me,
the pauvre skoler, who's reading this.  I have to work all summer and save
every cent of my money just so I can go to Europe NEXT summer.  Anyway, it
was my understanding that Sally lives in Southern California (where I am
currently), and that the only person on the list close to me was the inventor
of Montreiano, who at least goes to school in Monterey (Cal State?).  So,
like I said, yes, that'd be wonderful, but would there be people willing to
do it?  It'd be between January and May of next year, and I probably won't
have the schedule (at least) until I get back to school, so I don't know how
far you could plan in advance.  So, if anybody initially thinks they could or
would like to come by and teach a class for a day (maybe two), just shout it
out, and I'll make a list and contact you all privately when things start to
get squared away.

-David

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