From tommylee@whitlock.org Sun Dec 11 20:50:20 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:50:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from water.alfar.com ([192.148.252.103] helo=www.alfar.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Elfdf-0003Xm-Cy for llg-members@lojban.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:50:18 -0800 Received: from [10.0.1.18] (studio.alfar.com [192.148.252.108]) by www.alfar.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA08249 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:50:13 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4FCA63CC-9EC4-485C-9B62-B3C2F48C70A4@whitlock.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: TommyLee Whitlock Subject: [llg-members] Re: News of my untimely demise is greatly exaggerated Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:50:13 -0500 To: llg-members@lojban.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 145 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: tommylee@whitlock.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members I have no idea what happened to this message and why it came into my inbox from llg-members with no content, but the following is the message that I sent: > Coi > > As stated in the subject, as last I checked, I seem to still be > among the living. I have just been reading through the list for > the latest annual meeting and wish to express my appreciation for > the objection to my removal from membership even though I have been > among the least active of members. > > While I appreciate the necessity of holding meetings online (I'm a > member of at least one other group that does that), I am a little > dismayed that email was chosen as the only means of alerting > members of a meeting. My phone number is listed and hasn't changed > in 11 years and my snail mail address has remained the same for the > last 6 years. And while my email address has not changed in about > 6 or 7 years, I would think that alternative means of contact would > be in order before the recommendation to remove a long standing > member, should it be evident that email has not sufficed. A quick > phone call is cheap these days. And I'm not talking about just me > here. > > Email addresses these days can be changed as often as socks. And > while I steadfastly insist on holding on to this address, the ever > increasing barrage of spam is making it increasingly more difficult > to see the wheat among the flurry of chaff. I also had made the > mistake of filtering all mail with lojban.org in the headers into > the same mailbox, which from spring until now has accumulated over > 4000 pieces of email. My bad and I will correct this by creating a > new filter for the especially for llg-members email. But I have to > say that it is very nice to see such a proliferation of activity, > indicating that the language is not moribund!!! :-) > > I had also been working on a computer which was becoming > increasingly quirky, cranky, and just plain not fun to work on > since it was well over 6 years old, and I was not in a position to > replace it due to my spotty employment history after the meltdown > of WorldScum some three years ago. I am happy to report that my > finances are on the mend and that I now have (as of just last week) > a new computer. This is adding up to a general improvement in my > overall disposition, which had taken a bit of a beating from the > general slings and arrows of outrageous fortune over the last few > years. Oops! I just noticed that the "Oversharing" light has come > on, so I'll stop with this now. > > Having said all that, I would like to especially praise Robin Lee > Powell for all of his hard work, as well as the rest of you have > been so active this year. Congratulations (I think!) to the new > board. I would also like to express praise for all of you have > taken your valuable time to continue promoting lojban. > > mi'e tomilis On Dec 11, 2005, at 11:42 PM, TommyLee Whitlock wrote: >