On 10/29/07, Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
turnip wrote:
>>===== Original Message From "Jared Angell" <angell.jared@gmail.com> =====
>>Anybody in the Gainesville, Florida area for that matter?
>
>
> No, proabbly only Loglanists down there, at the home of the Loglan
> Institute. But then, you probably already knew that.
Actually, we have had a few Lojbanists in Gainesville, but I don't know
if they were students or long-term residents, and it was several years
ago. Hmm. A quick web check suggests that at least one is still there,
possibly in the Zoology Dept. at the university but I see nothing on the
web connecting his name and Lojban. His interest was from more than 10
years ago. Another, Bob Slaughter, still mentions Lojban on his
webpage, but I don't know if he is still in Gainesville
http://www.mindspring.com/~rslau/
Thanks for checking :)
My old records similarly show two people on our mailing list in Boise,
and one in Pocatello, but I haven't heard from any of them in over 10
years. Hmm, one had an unusual name, and I see that he is probably now
a professor at a university in Pittsburgh. Have to look him up next
time I go up there. Another of them I know was only interested in
Lojban as one of several conlangs, and he probably never learned the
language (and may no longer be in Idaho)
Back when LLG did paper mailings multiple times a year it was a lot
easier to find groups of Lojbanists.
Does that not, indeed, indicate a regression in the # of Lojban speakers?
Matt Arnold has a map somewhere
where Lojbanists can mark themselves, and you can see if others are in
your area. Jared is already on there I see.
I do try.
http://www.nemorathwald.com/node/32 or
http://www.frappr.com/lojban
lojbab