From seidensticker@msn.com Wed Mar 21 17:07:03 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Seidensticker@msn.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 22 Mar 2001 01:07:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 18019 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2001 01:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 22 Mar 2001 01:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bilbo.w-link.net) (206.98.114.20) by mta2 with SMTP; 22 Mar 2001 01:07:02 -0000 Received: from bobsprimary (dhcp130-dsl-gte3.w-link.net [206.129.86.130]) by bilbo.w-link.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA00836 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:04:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <017301c0b26c$4e79ef80$825681ce@wlink.net> To: Subject: Marketing lojban Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:06:19 -0800 Organization: Microsoft Corporation X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 From: "seidensticker" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 6119 With lojban well into its 5-year stable period, I would think that there would need to be an effort to get the word out. The discussions here are often interesting and I'm sure they're educational to the participants, but I haven't seen anything about ways to market or advertise lojban's existence. Is lojban supposed to be just a labor of love or a hobby, or is there a consensus that we'd like to see lots more participants to really give the language a trial run? Neither answer is wrong, but if it's the latter, I'm curious to hear what the plans are. If its premature to issue press releases or otherwise try to spread the word, what steps are being taken to get the language ready? Bob