From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Jul 30 20:23:07 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 31 Jul 2001 03:23:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 8394 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2001 03:23:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 31 Jul 2001 03:23:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta1 with SMTP; 31 Jul 2001 03:23:06 -0000 Received: from user.lojban.org (209-8-89-103.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.103]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6V3N5o38252 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:23:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010730231006.00b384e0@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:21:15 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Death of Alex Leith, President and CEO of TLI Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group According to an announcement on the Loglanists List, Alex Leith, President and CEO of The Loglan Institute, Inc. since before the death of language inventor Dr James Cooke Brown last year, himself died on July 14, apparently after a long illness. Alex was perhaps the most skilled user of TLI Loglan, and had started writing an original novel in Loglan, but I don't know how much was completed. Alex had expressed significant interest in pursuing rapprochement between TLI and LLG before his illness, but did not have the time or the health to act on this interest. Alex had been entrusted with TLI leadership and groomed for that role by JCB before his death. There is no indication that any other Loglanist was trained to fill JCB's or Alex's shoes, and thus it is unclear what will happen to TLI, rendered headless twice within two years, and whether any successor will be interested in furthering rapprochement between the two communities. These deaths within TLI's leadership have served to remind me to delegate power, knowledge and responsibility widely within the Lojban community, so that we are much less dependent on the health and ability of any one person. I did not know Alex well, but I'm sad at his passing. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org 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