[lojban] Re: Penguicon Lojban Festival Update

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 11:46:47AM -0500, Matt Arnold 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.

I'd like to see people bring recording devices and laptops and such
for the express purpose of blogging mercilessly about how much fun
we're having and shaming everyone who doesn't show up.  :D

> Currently the highlights are a panel discussion about Lojban, and
> an hour during which only Lojban may be spoken in that room. 

Oh dear.  I'm so desperately out of practice.  0.o

> After a certain time of the evening, there will be no more
> sessions in that room, and it will be available exclusively for
> Lojbanists. 

\o/

> 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.

\o/

> What about more? Can someone make a set of la cibyska cards? 

I don't know how to do that at all.

I myself much prefer something like
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Lingo&bl=y and/or
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Zendo+In+Lojban&bl=y

I'll master either of those as much as people want.

> Does someone have a Nanofictionary set they can bring?

I do.  I'll try to remember.

> Do we want to do something foodlike together?

I was going to leave that up in the air, but if people want to
arrange something in advance I'm up for it.

> Does anyone want to man a Lojban promotional exhibit? Can someone
> bring banners?

I think that the primary Lojbanist location *should* be some kind of
promotional booth, if noise levels (noise we'd make) would be OK.
We can adjourn to the room you have so graciously provided us in the
evening.  I think a bunch of people actually sitting around and
playing games with/in the language is the best promotion there is.

I can bring What Is Lojban? copies and buttons, as usual.  I have no
skill whatsoever with things like banners, though.

> 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?

0.o  I have no idea whose that was or where it is.

> Would anyone be willing to translate the subtitles of "Call of
> Cthulhu" into Lojban so we can show that?

Oof.  Not much time for that.  You mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(film) , yes?

I could try, if someone gives me a transcript.

> Is there anything I can do for you as Conchair of Penguicon? I'm
> incredibly busy, but I can try.

Nothing you haven't already done comes to mind; you're being totally
awesome as it is.

-Robin

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