From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Jan 27 19:39:02 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 28 Jan 2003 03:39:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 41718 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2003 03:39:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m12.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Jan 2003 03:39:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2003 03:39:02 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18dMaU-0007qI-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:39:02 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18dMaN-0007py-00; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:38:55 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:38:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18dMaH-0007pp-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:38:49 -0800 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:38:49 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Community Proposal To Develop Conversational Fluency Message-ID: <20030128033849.GB28812@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 3927 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out The following things seem to be true: 1. We all bitch about having no-one to speak lojban with. 2. The computer voice chat thing isn't working. Given that, I propose the following, which I call: The Lojbanic Phone-Buddies Network 1. A bunch of people who are interested state their interest, skill level in *conversational* lojban, and how much money they can spend. 2. Each such person is paired up with a person of higher or equal skill level (this means that each person should actually be paired with two people: one above/same and one below). The pairings should also take into account financial ability: I am able to afford calls to Europe, for example; many people in the US won't be so able. 3. The pairs determine among themselves when and for how long each week to have a phone conversation in (or at least mostly in) lojban. They also determine who is going to pay, or, if both will pay sometimes, how that will be mixed. Theoretically, this should lead to a large network of people who all speak lojban fairly fluently, and at least somewhat speak the same dialect. What do you all think? -Robin PS: As the proposer, I get dibs on Nick. 8) -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi