[202] in tlhIngan-Hol
lntroduction to the KLI
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 19:20:19 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: lschoen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Lawrence Schoen)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 92 10:48:10 CST
Preamble:
A couple months ago I began contacting members of various Klingon fan
groups (e.g., Klingon Assault Group, Klingon Strike Force, Klingon Defense
Force, etc.). My goal was to try and find a way to bring together
individuals interested in the Klingon language. Assorted letters went out,
response was slow. I was getting some feedback because people recognized
my name as the creator of a Macintosh laser font, Klinzhai (based on the
MANDEL characters), which I had made available as shareware about a year
ago. I posted a few inquiries on America Online, and this produced a few
more responses. Then a colleague of mine (a Unix maven!) asked me if I had
checked the READ NEWS lists. I didn't know what he was talking about, but
I soon found out. Contacts on the various star trek forums led me to the
tlIngan-Hol mailing list, and so to all of you. Imagine my surprise and
pleasure when I found a group of people already enthusiastically pursuing
the same goals I'd had. But with one major difference -- it was all email.
The upside is obvious, inexpensive distribution and incredibly fast
turn-around time. The downside is that you of course need to be on the net
to read it; further, thereUs no permanent record for others to access
(unless they know a subscriber who has kept a record). These problems
exclude a lot of interested people and create the potential for a lot of
duplicated effort (e.g., how many times do you expect to have to resurrect
a discussion about "nuqneH").
And so we have the Klingon Language Institute.
Some weeks back Dave Sturm posted a draft of a proposed charter for the
KLI. Dave and I have gone over it since, and with some very helpful
suggestions from Eddie Maise the document was revamped and then put on
hold. For now the KLI consists of me, my girlfriend, Dave, and anyone who
wants to help out. If it should happen to exceed our expectations we can
always seek a not-for-profit status and a more complicated organization.
For now though we're not going to worry about it in an attempt to keep the
paperwork simple.
If you've read this far, please stay with it, we're about to get to the
interesting part.
The purpose of KLI is to facilitate the study of the Klingon language and
bring together in a common forum interested students and scholars of all
things Klingon. We'll be doing this in three ways: 1) the publication of a
Journal, 2) the creation of an Archive, and 3) the maintenance of a Corpus.
The main vehicle of the KLI will be a journal entitled Hol QeD. This
journal is to include articles involving Klingon linguistics. Publication
of the journal shall be quarterly, and submissions are eagerly welcomed.
Please note: this is not an apa, nor a fanzine, but an edited journal. At
present domestic subscriptions to the journal, one year (four issues), will
be available to individuals for $12. To subscribe (or for information on
foreign and/or institutional rates) write to me at the address below.
The purpose of the Archive is to acquire copies of all prior work on the
Klingon language, both formally published and of more amateur origin, as
well as relevant source material (e.g., novels, videos), thus bringing all
appropriate and useful information together in one place. It seems obvious
that we can work more effectively if we all have access to all the tools.
And finally, an ongoing lexicon of the Klingon language needs to be
maintained. Such a corpus will include both romanized and Klingon
orthographic entries throughout. Much of this has already been done (in
fact, I suspect several of us have already filled databases with TKD). As
new phrases are produced, either by cannon sources, or enthusiasts such as
the members of this mailing list, these too (once appropriately marked)
will be added.
*****
Membership in the KLI carries an annual fee of $10. At this time, charter
members will receive a credit in the amount of ten dollars ($10) toward
journal subscriptions. Or, viewed another way, subscribe to the journal
for $12 and we throw in a membership for free.
There has already been a good deal of response to the KLI, and that was
before we simplified the bureaucracy (and gave you a $10 credit!). I hope
we can keep the momentum up. You can send your subscription requests,
journal submissions, and/or general inquiries to me at the address below.
Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen, Editor
HolQeD, Journal of the KLI
25 Maplewood Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
I hope to hear from you soon.
Qapla'
