From treed@surreality.us Mon Dec 12 18:19:32 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:19:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.110.51.61] (helo=athena.crschmidt.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ElzlF-0002Qw-V0 for llg-members@lojban.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:19:29 -0800 Received: from localhost (debian.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.crschmidt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843E115D858 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from athena.crschmidt.net ([65.110.51.61]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25788-06 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.42] (ontario-ca-cuda3-70-36-177-88.ontrca.adelphia.net [70.36.177.88]) by athena.crschmidt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1465515D7C0 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: [llg-members] Re: News of my untimely demise is greatly exaggerated From: Theodore Reed To: llg-members@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <4FCA63CC-9EC4-485C-9B62-B3C2F48C70A4@whitlock.org> References: <4FCA63CC-9EC4-485C-9B62-B3C2F48C70A4@whitlock.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:19:20 -0800 Message-Id: <1134440360.13951.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at athena.crschmidt.net X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 146 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: treed@surreality.us Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 23:50 -0500, TommyLee Whitlock wrote: > 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: The message I got from llg-members was visible, but came out with HTML junk in it. Wish I had glanced at this before I pushed my way through the original. ;) Anyway, sorry to hear about your situation, and .uidai for your up and coming-ness. > > 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: > > > > > >