Re: Conlangs symposium - media publicity?

> Check reply-tos!
Yeah, I know. Blame GMail. I've told 'em about it (as have others);
not something I have control over at this point. I'm sure they'll get
to it eventually.

> I think you've got the people that would come on the list right
> here...unless we wanted to do  an "Intro to Con{lang,cultur}ing"
> course.  I seem to remember someone on the list having some handouts
> made for a course teaching librarians about conlanging...maybe we
> could use something like that.
I'm *doing* an intro to conlanging course. For the second time, even.
And I know someone who was intending (at least) to do a conculturing
course. :-P

No, the symposium won't be about such low-level introductory stuff. We
all know it already, honestly. A FAQ pamphlet / quick learning guide
for non-conlangers attending would be a good idea though. (If anyone
has one, or is willing to write / compile one, please let me know.)

But not everyone interested is on CONLANG - or for that matter, other
lists. I know I didn't realize there *were* any active forums (just
individuals' pages) some years ago - that's why I started the
LiveJournal conlangs community.

So wide-broadcast media may well smoke out people otherwise
unconnected to us - and for that matter, I think conlanging could use
some (positive) publicity as a living art/science.

 - Sai

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