From lojbab@access.digex.net Mon Jul 15 00:41:45 1996 Received: from punt.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA13154 ; Mon, 15 Jul 96 00:41:41 BST Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 837360862:09000:0; Sun, 14 Jul 96 17:14:22 BST Received: from access1.digex.net ([205.197.245.192]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa07493; 14 Jul 96 17:12 +0100 Received: (from lojbab@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA00702 ; for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:10:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:10:30 -0400 From: Logical Language Group Message-Id: <199607141610.MAA00702@access1.digex.net> To: cburke@MITRE.ORG, ia@STRYX.DEMON.CO.UK, iad@BANMATPC.MATH.ACAD.BG, jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU, jlk@NETCOM.COM, krs@CAOS.AAMU.EDU, querist@BIX.COM, rauch@CS.YALE.EDU, sbelknap@UIC.EDU, shoulson@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU, topic@STUDENT.MATH.HR, ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Subject: LogFest 96 announcement for particular nonmembers Status: R Since you are a Lojbanist who I think is likely to be particularly interested in the upcoming LogFest (Aug 10-11), I am sending you the announcement directly rather than presuming you are a) on Lojban List and b) actually reading it as opposed to filtering it into a low priority mailing list file. Let me know if you plan to attend, or if not, if you are interested in participating in IRC-based Lojban conversation during LogFest. For some of you who attended a previous LogFest, I am including separately a copy of minutes from previous member's meetings - better late than never. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 For the artificial language Loglan/Lojban, see powered.cs.yale.edu /pub/lojban or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" ================= LogFest 96, the annual gathering of the Logical Language Group, will be held the weekend of 10-11 August in Fairfax VA at my house (accessible via subway from the train and bus stations and from National Airport - see address below). The start and stop are fairly informal; people typical have begun arriving on the Friday night and some stay into Monday. Most people who come from out of town bring or borrow sleeping bags or spare couches - that is when they get around to sleeping: things tend to keep going till rather late hours. We ask people who come to contribute money to defray the cost of the affair, but such contribution remains optional. Attendance has typically been between 15 and 30 people, and we expect the same this year. There will be conversation in and discussion about Lojban, of course. High points of the discussion will probably be the impending publication of John Cowan's Lojban reference grammar (still untitled: suggestions are welcome), policies for the language baseline, and moving beyond bookwriting to building an active Lojban community - including finally getting started on funded linguistics and language processing research. We will also try to carry on our tradition of involving the worldwide Lojban community through Lojban conversation on the net via IRC - times to be arranged. (Colin, Nick, Veijo, Jorge, and anyone else please speak up as to what your time constraints are). The formal annual meeting of the members of the Logical Language Group, Inc. will be on Sunday 11 August at 1030AM (EDT). The agenda (other than following bylaw requirements) is going to be determined by whatever the members want to discuss, but finances of book publishing is one likely topic. Voting membership in the organization is limited primarily by our need to keep the organization legally sound, but the meeting has traditionally welcomed the participation of all who attend LogFest, and LogFest attendees have typically been welcomed into voting membership. Please contact me if you are coming from out of town so we can plan logistics. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 For the artificial language Loglan/Lojban, see powered.cs.yale.edu /pub/lojban or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/"