From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Jan 30 10:38:17 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 30 Jan 2003 18:38:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 847 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2003 18:38:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Jan 2003 18:38:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Jan 2003 18:38:17 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18eJZo-0006kn-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:38:16 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18eJZf-0006k0-00; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:38:07 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:38:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18eJZY-0006jk-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:38:00 -0800 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:38:00 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Anyone? Anyone? ( was Re: Community Proposal To Develop Conversational Fluency) Message-ID: <20030130183800.GY28812@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030128033849.GB28812@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030128033849.GB28812@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 3959 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 Dammit, *I* thought it was a good idea. Anyone interested at all? Would people's interest change if I agreed to buy phone cards to pay for the calls themselves? -Robin On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:38:49PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > 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 > > -- 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