From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Thu Dec 29 01:23:51 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:23:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Eru0j-0001hy-4x for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:23:49 -0800 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:23:49 -0800 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: News of my untimely demise is greatly exaggerated Message-ID: <20051229092349.GI4222@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: llg-members@lojban.org References: <4FCA63CC-9EC4-485C-9B62-B3C2F48C70A4@whitlock.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FCA63CC-9EC4-485C-9B62-B3C2F48C70A4@whitlock.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 153 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 11:50:13PM -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: > > >Coi > > > >As stated in the subject, as last I checked, I seem to still be > >among the living. Yaay! > 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. As I said, it was a pretty bad idea, so you're welcome. > >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 *boggle* > >and my snail mail address has remained the same for the last 6 > >years. For the record: e-mail has been the only form of notice for the meetings for at least 3 years now. But I'll try to remember (or poke Bob to remember) to phone you. > >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. I watch for all e-mail bounces to llg-members, and in most cases I checked that people had sent us e-mail in the last six months or so. > >A quick phone call is cheap these days. And I'm not talking > >about just me here. I don't have phone numbers for the *vast* majority of our members. I'm not even sure I have yours, although I'm sure Bob does. > >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. Thanks bunches! -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/