[lojban-beginners] Re: Penguicon Lojban Festival Update

[Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

Hi there, Cyranos! Thanks for asking. The current President of the
Board of Directors of the Logical Language Group is also the Chair of
Penguicon (that's me). I'm providing facilities to host a Lojban
Festival as part of Penguicon this year, which is why we're talking
about it here.

Penguicon is a convention of about a thousand people in southeast
Michigan, right down the street from Metro Detroit Airport in Romulus.
It is three weeks from now on the weekend of May 1 through 3. It
brings together science fiction, open source software, and other geek
interests. Preregistration costs $45 ($50 at the door), and although
our conference hotel is full, the hotels next door are not.

More information is available at http://penguicon.org, but feel free
to email me with specific questions.

-Eppcott


On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Brandon Lewis <b_lewis@gatech.edu> wrote:
> perhaps im just out of the loop, but i have no idea what this penguicon
> thing is or where it is being held at. would anybody care to fill me in on
> the details or direct me somewhere i can find them myself.
>
> thankyoumuch,
>
> Cyranos
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey there, folks! I'd like to ask all those who are attending Lojban
>> Festival at Penguicon (in 27 days) to think about what preparation you
>> can do in those 27 days to contribute to the fun.
>>
>> Currently the highlights are a panel discussion about Lojban, and an
>> hour during which only Lojban may be spoken in that room. After a
>> certain time of the evening, there will be no more sessions in that
>> room, and it will be available exclusively for Lojbanists. I have been
>> offered a complete audiovisual recording kit, including camera,
>> microphones, sound mixer, a Twinpact for recording from a laptop
>> screen, and a digital capture laptop running Debian with software for
>> switching between feeds during recording.
>>
>> What about more? Can someone make a set of la cibyska cards? Does
>> someone have a Nanofictionary set they can bring?
>>
>> Do we want to do something foodlike together?
>>
>> Does anyone want to man a Lojban promotional exhibit? Can someone
>> bring banners?
>>
>> At the last Lojban Festival, there was a mural of signatures and
>> Lojbanic writing which is on a paper roll-- is someone bringing that?
>> Can someone bring more paper to expand the roll?
>>
>> Would anyone be willing to translate the subtitles of "Call of
>> Cthulhu" into Lojban so we can show that?
>>
>> Is there anything I can do for you as Conchair of Penguicon? I'm
>> incredibly busy, but I can try.
>>
>> -Eppcott
>>
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