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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:38:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Curtis Franks <curtis.w.franks@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [lojban] one poem a week
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Hello, I am the aforementioned Curtis Franks. I really like the sound of th=
is program and would love to help out.

So, what are your ideas for how to get it going? What medium would be best =
for announcing topics and submission periods, recruiting participants and m=
aintaining interest, and then in publishing (mildly reviewed) submissions? =
I think that social media outreach (Facebook and Twitter) could be highly e=
ffective and public/'marketable' in a sense. But having a dedicated periodi=
cal would and archive would be good.

How can we encourage initial involvement? The initial phase is critical, so=
 we should try to get a lot of investment quickly. Facebook could be a ood =
avenue for this (there is a Lojban community there and then a tangential co=
nlanging community that may be interested; we could even set up a separate =
Group which can host events). What else? The Facebook community is, of cour=
se, limited.

Then we need to sustain interest. How do you suggest that we do this? For e=
xample, money would be a great incentive, but we are not currently in a pos=
ition to make that work. Do you think that we should eventually take that r=
oute? If so, how? What other ideas do you have?

More generally, how can I and the rest of the community help?

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