Re: CCHAT: History of the conlang list

At 10:59 08/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Paul Bennett wrote:
>
>> Assuming at least one of the listfounders is still with us (or at least
>> traceable) I fear the best guide to the exact date will probably be human
>> memory... :-(  Tal was the first to point out that the anniversary is
>> approaching, perhaps he has some clearer idea than 'some time soon'?
>
>The first message in my archive, which dates back before my personal
>participation, is dated Wed Jun 19 10:27:19 1991 -0400.  I believe this
>was very close to being the first message, so the 10-year anniversary
>still has some 15 months to go.
>
Well, seen how far we are from each other, and how slow are some people of
this list to schedule anything (I'm talking about myself here :) ), I think
15 months is not too much to prepare the anniversary. We should begin to
think about it now.

[snip of very interesting stuff about the conlang list's history]

Well, the conclusion of it is that like many things, the list has no exact
date of birth, since it's first state was more a bunch of addresses than
anything else, but it was already there (even if not an official list).
Maybe we should choose a date (maybe near the beginning of June 1991) and
stick to it, even if we discover later that it is not the exact day. the
beginnings of the list seem much too uncertain to be able to find 'one'
date anyway. Or maybe we could choose a symbolic day which would represent
well the list.

I'm just thinking. What do you think of those ideas?

                                                Christophe Grandsire
                                                |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G.

"Reality is just another point of view."

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