From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Nov 10 13:31:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 83176 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2006 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m40.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Nov 2006 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Nov 2006 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gidpw-00012f-H4 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:22:56 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gidoo-0000ua-59; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:51 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GidoM-0000sf-Na for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:18 -0800 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GidoH-0000sT-Kf for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:18 -0800 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so1775604nfb for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.13 with SMTP id m13mr3037446hue.1163193671508; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.144.3 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:21:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:21:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 13047 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Matt Arnold" From: "Matt Arnold" Reply-To: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Starting A Tradition X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=CkNAXr2c8IVSefbr_wqmyu9E_vNsFZUNTkbfkuMBkrY_cOw2oA X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27484 I'd like your help with suggestions about ritual and ceremony. On Sunday of jbonunsla the weekend after next, we will hold a town hall meeting as a closing ceremony. (It may also be the inaugural meeting of the Lojban International Enthusiast Society.) In addition to our unprecedented level of attendance, we hope to get lots of telepresence using Voice Over IP if we can get the tech to work. The idea is to get the community pulse, give everybody a timed period to stand up to the lectern and say something (preferably a prepared statement in Lojban to ensure brevity). We'll condense all the topics broached over the weekend and get a sense of what the Lojban project as a whole has accomplished, at jbonunsla this year, and in wrap-up of 2006. I believe this is important because jbonunsla is the global convention of our project; our reunion. While it doesn't absolutely have to have the feel of an official global congress (the one at Penguicon certainly wasn't aimed for that, for instance), we have an opportunity to give that impression to Philcon attendees, especially with so many LLG members present. Here's an idea for a tradition. All weekend we stack things into a tower of Babel. At the opening of jbonunsla, the event organizer or host welcomes the attendees in Lojban and puts something on the table. When an attendee uses complete valid Lojban (of at least one full bridi) in conversation about what is going on, that attendee may add something shallow, stable, and sturdy to the tower. It gets their sticky note on it and if necessary, the tower is reordered for size. When a tower reaches the ceiling, a new one is started. At the end of the town hall closing ceremonies, whoever has the most links in a tower tips that tower over, we all applaud, and jbonunsla has ended until next time. What do you think would make a good closing tradition? Or do you like this one? -Eppcott To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.