From timo@wakelift.de Mon Aug 30 12:50:57 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.wybt.net ([195.191.196.3] helo=mail.wouldyoubuythis.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OqANU-0006rM-T8 for llg-members@lojban.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:57 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wouldyoubuythis.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76095487AC for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:50:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.wybt.net Received: from mail.wouldyoubuythis.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.wybt.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lF7jJ5A5jYdw for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:50:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.0.18] (17sdl30m41.codetel.net.do [66.98.76.17]) by mail.wouldyoubuythis.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 28502486F6 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4C7C0B90.7090906@wakelift.de> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:50:40 +0200 From: Timo Paulssen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100805 Icedove/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: 2010 Annual Meeting - President's Report References: <4C797E8C.1050406@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: <4C797E8C.1050406@lojban.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-archive-position: 921 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: timo@wakelift.de Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On 08/28/2010 11:24 PM, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > President's Report > [...] > I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and for the last few > weeks have been in a medically supervised program to try to get things > "under control". This has required a regimen of intermittent scheduled > meals and exercise all day long, and the necessity to stop whatever I am > doing every couple of hours has been a real challenge to my ability to > focus on anything (and the stress-induced insomnia isn't helping > either). But I need to do it, and to do it NOW, so I'll still be around > to do Lojban in 10 years or even 20. I wish you the best of luck with this challenge. It's not a bad thing to put your own health first. > [...] > Hat's off to Matt, and may he continue a long while in leadership of the > community in the form and style that he wants, and is good at. All my hat are off, too! You rock, matt! > Indeed, it might be a useful idea for people to formally attach their > names to items on that page as "cognizant formal members", and otherwise > to make sure that there is at least one specific point of contact listed > for each item so that new people who are interested have someone they > can talk to if they want to get involved. To a certain extent this > could supplant the presently moribund "Official Projects Page" (which > badly needs bringing up to date). This idea should definitely be explored further. I like it. > [...] > (Yes, I am looking at you, Timo. %^) Your efforts on the topics page > and the minutes are precisely the sorts of things that we need Directors > doing. My personal thanks.) Even though I know perfectly well how unreliable I can be at times (most of the time, actually), maybe I could try to not suck at this one. Thus, I will nominate myself in a separate thread. > The highest priority, in my mind, remains completing the byfy work. A > few months ago, Robin expressed his frustration with what wasn't > happening. I made some suggestions, and for a few days people got > moving. And then everyone stopped, though every once in a while someone > gets back to it. I agree, that this is a sad state and I've not really done too much to change it in the past (worked on one section and stopped again), so I, too, should look into doing more. Right now, though, my priority should first and foremost be preparing for my linear algebra exam that's coming up in a couple of weeks and turns scarier by the minute. > We need members to set an example here. The more you do, the more that > others will do, and the less likely will come the day when Robin decides > to burn himself out finishing what everyone else won't help him with. That day would truly be terrible. > [...] > So let's get it done! Hooah, I suppose? mu'o mi'e timos