[85386] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The health of the Klingon language vs the health of the KLI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Sun Apr 26 12:33:34 2009
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <D9153289-F979-45B8-8DA4-0FC0BF241A6E@embarqmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
I nominate Doq to replace me as BG. I'm sure someone with your skills is up to the challenge, no matter what else you've got on your plate.
-- ter'eS
--- On Sun, 4/26/09, Doq <doq@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> From: Doq <doq@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: The health of the Klingon language vs the health of the KLI
> To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 9:16 AM
> If the beginners' grammarian often forgets that he is
> the beginners'
> grammarian, perhaps it is time for him to choose a
> replacement.
> Besides correcting beginners and guiding them, a big part
> of being BG
> is prodding the general population into greater activity.
>
> It's not just a responsive job. It's a proactive
> one. If you aren't up
> to it these days -- all the BGs eventually reach that state
> -- then
> it's time for a new BG. Basically, the task is not
> sustainable, but
> for a year or two, new energy from a new BG can be a
> wonderful thing
> for this list.
>
> I cannot volunteer, myself, at this time, since I just got
> sucked into
> one of the most personally satisfying and passionate new
> hobbies of my
> life and I need a lot of time to do it well. Perhaps there
> is someone
> else out there with skill and passion for the Klingon
> language who can
> bring the list back to life?
>
> Oh, and I'm a beta tester for the new iPhone/Touch app.
> Still tweaking
> the details, but when it comes out, you want it bad enough
> that if you
> don't have an iPhone or Touch yet, you'll probably
> want one, just to
> run this thing.
>
> Doq
>
> On Apr 23, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
>
> >
> > (I'm not sure if this went through before or not;
> if so, excuse the
> > double post)
> >
> > I'm more into providing resources for the
> interested. My website is
> > still up, with Kliflash vocabulary program (which
> should still be
> > usable with current operating systems), the Grammar
> Addendum, Brief
> > Guide to Klingon Grammar, and various texts, including
> my songs and
> > movies. I also serve as an unofficial resource on
> some Klingon (fan
> > group) forums, and technically I'm still the
> Beginner's Grammarian
> > of this list, although that's not a very hard job
> these days, and I
> > may have missed a few noobs lately because frankly I
> forget that I am.
> >
> > I'm currently working on animating my latest song
> "lurDech" and have
> > in the back of my mind doing the song "Play That
> Funky Music, White
> > Boy" someday.
> >
> > http://teresh.tdonnelly.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
