From thinkit8@lycos.com Thu Jun 07 15:33:59 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: thinkit8@lycos.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 7 Jun 2001 22:33:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 55093 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2001 22:33:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 7 Jun 2001 22:33:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jk.egroups.com) (10.1.10.92) by mta1 with SMTP; 7 Jun 2001 22:33:58 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: thinkit8@lycos.com Received: from [10.1.10.97] by jk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 07 Jun 2001 22:33:57 -0000 Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:33:57 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: LogFest 2001 Message-ID: <9fovgl+orh2@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010606214043.00af75c0@127.0.0.1> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 2761 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 24.5.121.32 From: thinkit8@lycos.com probably can't make it, but i'm curious about one thing. how many at the typical logfest (and participating/talking in lojban) are female? yes, i'm male, but it's an intellectual curiousity--to see how male-dominated (my hypothesis) the lojban world is. --- In lojban@y..., "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" wrote: > LogFest 2001 will be held at my house in Fairfax Va (easily accessible by > subway from Union Station and Reagan Washington National Airport), on the > weekend of 28-29 July 2001. People can arrive early and stay late - > usually the first arrivals are Friday evening. Much of Sunday is consumed > by the annual meeting of la lojbangirz. which starts at 1030AM. Don't plan > on getting enough sleep, but we have several guest beds; it wouldn't hurt > to bring sleeping bags if it is not inconvenient, because we could have a > larger crowd than usual this year (last year we had around 2 dozen). > > As noted, xod is planning to speak only Lojban at the gathering. Mark > Shoulson was planning to try to be able to keep up with him, and be able to > translate for him at the annual meeting (which we are not yet able to hold > entirely in Lojban), and Nick Nicholas may also be Lojban-only if he is > able to make it (last I heard he expected to do so). Last year, pycyn said > he would try to make it this year, but hasn't yet spoken up. > > Other than the annual meeting there are few planned activities - mostly > socializing and whatever people want to do at any given time. We find that > people seldom get bored even without a schedule. No doubt some time will > be spent discussing the dictionary and Nick's level 0 book, which may be > close to publication by then. We usually have at least two IRC sessions so > as to involve those who cannot make it to LogFest in the festivities; last > year, the LogFest end of the IRC chats were web-televised by xod. > > People may propose other things they would like to see done or discussed at > LogFest, and we'll probably plan to do as many of them as possible if the > interested people show up. Likewise, we can add things to the agenda for > the annual meeting if someone asks. > > If you think you might come, let me know. We ask for contributions of $30 > or more to defray the costs (which tend to run around $500 a year). We > provide food and beverages, and can accommodate some dietary constraints if > you let us know. > -- > lojbab lojbab@l... > Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. > 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703- 385-0273 > Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org