From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Jul 31 17:18:32 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eastrmmtao107.cox.net ([68.230.240.59]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IG1v0-00012L-2s for llg-members@lojban.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:30 -0700 Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao107.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070801001818.ONWM1348.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:18 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([72.192.234.183]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id WQJG1X00W3y5FKc0000000; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:18 -0400 Message-ID: <46AFD145.7020902@lojban.org> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:13 -0400 From: Bob LeChevalier User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Create Lojban geocaching coins? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 303 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Matt Arnold wrote: > Here's an idea for a use of funds, which I'm just going to float out > there. I'm bringing this up on the LLG lists because it involves > funds. > > A member of my local Lojban User Group (who goes by nklb on the Lojban > chat channel) introduced us to geocaching at our last meeting. For > those who don't know, geocaching is the practice of hiding small > storage containers -- whether in the city or wilderness -- and posting > their latitude and longitude to the web for other geocachers to find > with GPS-enabled devices. Sometimes this will involve a puzzle or > clues. Most caches contain trinkets to be traded, contributed or > collected. Specially-minted coins and dogtags are placed in some of > these caches. The tags and coins differ from the other items in that > they are tracked in their movements by reporting their unique ID > numbers on the web. > > nlkb is willing to pay $200 if the LLG would pay the other $635 (total > $835), to mint 250 custom metal coins (250 coins is the minimum order) > with the Lojban color logo and web address. A different unique > tracking number would be engraved on the back of each. These coins > would travel the world from cache to cache exposing people to Lojban. > Lojbanists around the world could create and hide local caches > containing the coins, with clues written in Lojban so that geocachers > would visit our chat channel or look through our materials to solve > the clues and find the caches. > > -Eppcott I approve. But since the coins are effectively "collectors items", we can make this cost-free by minting an extra 50-100 of them, and selling them for $5-$10 apiece plus shipping. There will be people that want them that don't do this geocaching but who would like the collector's item. Of course, someone other than me needs to handle order fulfillment %^) Nora suggests that we put a large "bi" on one side and "zo'o'o .e lo botpi be lo xalka" on the other, but she says that this isn't a serious suggestion. lojbab