Lojban around the world
There are several connected goals:
Chats
Improve, learn, teach Lojban in chats: text or audio/video chats
The overall goal being to establish a broad level of conversational fluency in the Lojban community.
The tools to be used are primarily:
- Skype
- direct browser-to-browser chats like appear.in.
- group in Google+ where you can videochat in real-time with other Lojbanists
Other less popular tools:
- Mumble: a vocal chatroom
- Cinch is an audio-blogging service which allows its users to record directly to the website or phone in to record.
Skype Phone Group Topics
- You can arrange a voice call (phone or VoIP) with another Lojban speaker at any skill level.
A lot of people have expressed concern about the phone group with respect to the "well, what would we talk about?" issue. I'm pretty sure that discussions about that will take up a lot of space, so please see the Phone Group Topics page.
Nowadays, Story Time With Uncle Robin is a recurring topic.
Lojban On The Phone
Please bear in mind, everyone, that collision avoidance is hard on the phone. Please become familiar with ta'a, re'i, be'e, je'e, ki'a and ke'o. Especially that last one. :-)
Here's a phonetic alphabet for spelling words on the phone.
Joining
We welcome anyone, regardless of expertise, physical location or monetary resources. If you can't speak much lojban, well, learning to understand others will help. If you can't afford to make long distance phone calls, one of the other members will be happy to call you. If that doesn't work, Robin Lee Powell'm willing to pony up calling card money just to get this going.
To join, just add people above to your skype friends' list and ask who might be available to talk with you.
In an ideal universe, Robin Lee Powell'd like to see people matched up with people of very different levels of ability, to spread the expertise around as quickly as possible, but I'm not hugely attached to that.
About Expertise
The "expertise" field in the members table is currently rather informal, and you are welcome to alter yours as you feel appropriate. However, Robin Lee Powell and Nick Nicholas have had their expertise certified in person. The reason behind such system is the option of making the phone group into a ranking system, similar to Chess rankings. In other words, if you want to be certified Expert level, you ask Robin or Nick to take some time to call you up and basically hammer away at you for an hour. You, in turn, can then certify people at rankings below Expert (or, possibly, at or below expert).
Note that any use of word lists in any such tests would be cheating.
See also Test of Lojban as a Second Language
Clubs
Organize in real life Lojban clubs based on your physical location on the planet. Information on Lojban Clubs.
Festivals
Organize conferences and festivals
For fulfilling the first two goals:
- Put your name and contact information here if you're interested in getting together with other Lojbanists in your area or talking via audio/video chat.
- i ko jmina le cmene e lei tcila va'o le nu do se cinri le nu penmi loi drata jbopli vi le se xabju be do
lo cmene | fluency | lo gugde | also speaks | e-mail/id on Skype | more precise location | notes |
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la lojbab (lobja'a) & Nora LeChevalier | lo gugde'usu (USA) | Fairfax VA, near DC, and that's where Logfest is always held | ||||
Jay Kominek | lo gugde'usu (USA) | Boulder, Colorado | ||||
gugde'a'u (Australia) | Nick Nicholas | |||||
.pier. abat. = Pierre Abbat | medium | lo gugde'usu (USA) | Francais | mrilu, skype: pierre.abbat | North Carolina, EST | |
.kreig.daniyl. | lo gugde'usu (USA) | North Carolina | lojbo pemci finti | |||
John Cowan | lo gugde'usu (USA) | New York City | ||||
la xod = InventYourself | Intermediate | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | New York City, EST | ||
Edward Blevins | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | (Austin, TX)) / 512.796.6661 | |||
Adam Raizen | gugde'ilu (Israel)' | mrilu | ||||
Ivan Derzhanski | lo gugdebugu (Болгария) | |||||
Arnt Richard Johansen = tsali = Broca | intermediate | lo gugdenu'o (Norway) | mrilu | CET | ||
Raphaël Poss | lo gugdefuru (France) | mrilu | ||||
jexOm. = JérômeDesquilbet | lo gugdefuru (France) | |||||
la .ilmen. | lo gugdefuru (France) | |||||
Mark Shoulson aka clsn, .mark. | lo gugde'usu (USA) | in New Jersey | ||||
Theodore Reed = rizen = bancus | medium | lo gugde'usu (USA) | [mailto: rizen@surreality.us mrilu], skype: tedreed | Ontario, Southern California, PST | ||
John Clifford = pc | lo gugde'usu (USA) | St. Louis, MO | ||||
djin.meiz. | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | Tidewater/Hampton Roads, VA | |||
Robin Lee Powell | expert | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu, skype: rlpowell | Northern California, the Silicon Valley area, PST | ||
xavier | lo gugde'usu (USA) | school is in Rochester, NY, but himself is from Newton, MA. | ||||
stevo | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | Cincinnati, OH | |||
Matt Arnold = epkat = Eppcott | beginner | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu, skype: matt_arnold | Detroit/Ann Arbor, Michigan, EST | ||
Björn Gohla | lo gugde'usu (USA) | http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~bjoern/ | ||||
Lindar Greenwood | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | Hollywood, California, willing to travel to (almost) any part of LA county for meetings. | |||
rem.klajis | lo gugde'usu (USA) | Phoenixville, Chester County, pa | ||||
la .alyn.post. | lo gugde'usu (USA) | xabju lo la'o .gy. Rio Grande .gy. rirxe ma'arbi'i pe la'o .gy. New Mexico .gy. | ||||
Mike Fairhurst | mrilu | looking for Lojbanists around Portland, Oregon | or facebook me | |||
Twitch | mrilu | learning lojban in Montpelier, Vermont | would love to work with others | |||
cizyprijev | mrilu | https://twitter.com/#!/cizyprijev | ||||
Dr. James Cooke Brown | lived in the US | |||||
Avital Oliver | Isra'el | mrilu | ||||
Alex (Sasha) Gontmakher | Isra'el | mrilu | ||||
Jorge Llambías aka la .xorxes. | lo gugde'aru (Argentina) | mrilu | ||||
la tsani | lo gugdecu'a (Canada) | Montreal | ||||
Adam Lopresto = Eimi = la xalbo | expert | lo gugdecu'a (Canada) | mrilu, skype: adamlopresto | CDT | ||
Viktor Medrano | lo gugdecu'a (Canada) | .i mi zvati le lulus. zei daplu | ||||
la gleki | lo gugderu'u (Россия) | русский | основной контакт для русскоговорящих | |||
Русскоязычное сообщество | lo gugderu'u (Россия) | |||||
Cyril Slobin | lo gugderu'u (Россия) | русский | mrilu | Москва | http://slobin.pp.ru/english.html | |
Ark Balandin | expert | lo gugderu'u (Россия) | русский | skype: ark.balandin | GMT + 4 | |
A. W. Tüting (.aulun.) | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | mrilu | ||||
Timo Paulssen = timonator | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | Deutsch | mrilu | |||
Björn Gohla | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | mrilu | ||||
Philip Newton = pne = .filip. | beginner | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | mrilu | Hamburg, CEST | ||
Jens Gutzeit = .iens. | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | mrilu | Berlin | |||
.iesk. | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | mrilu | berti dotygu'e | |||
la selpa'i | lo gugdedu'e (Deutschland) | Berlin | ||||
And Rosta = And Rosta = AndRosta | lo gugdegubu (United Kingdom) | London & Preston. | No point meeting me if you want to practice Lojban conversation! I have never really got round to learning such conversationally vital stuff as gismu, BAI, tense, UI... That doesn't mean I'm not willing to try a bit, tho. | |||
Colin Fine | lo gugdegubu (United Kingdom) | |||||
Evgenii Sklyanin = evgenis | lo gugdegubu (United Kingdom) | mrilu | York | earlier in St. Petersburg | ||
greg., Gryon, Gregory Dyke | Beginner | lo gugdecuxe (Switzerland) | mrilu, [mailto: epfl@lojban.org mrilu] | CET | ||
Mikko = spfnym | beginner | lo gugdefu'i (Suomi) | mrilu, skype: mikkommm | GMT+2 | ||
Veijo Vilva (veion) | lo gugdefu'i (Suomi) | mrilu | Porvoo/Borgå | http://galactinus.net/vilva/ | ||
Martin Norbäck, G?org, norpan on irc | beginner | lo gugrsferie (Sweden) | mrilu | |||
ShaeErisson | lo gugrsferie (Sweden) | mrilu | Boden | |||
Roger Norling | lo gugrsferie (Sweden) | mrilu | Sundsvall | |||
Marek Rogalski | lo gugdepulu (Polska) | polska | mrilu | |||
Robin Turner aka la solri | lo gugdeturu (Türkiye) | finti la'oi L4B | ||||
Alex Burka aka la durka | lo gugde'usu (USA) | español | mrilu | Philadelphia | ||
Jordan DeLong | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu | CST | |||
selckiku = Brett Douglas Williams = mungojelly | expert | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu, skype: selckiku | EST | ||
Stephen Weeks = Tene | intermediate | lo gugde'usu (USA) | mrilu, skype: srweeks | MST |
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Steve Pomeroy = ? | Beginner | mrilu | EST | |||
Kevin Reid = kpreid | Intermediate | mrilu, skype: kpreid | EDT | |||
Alex Martini = aleks | Beginner/Intermediate | mrilu, skype: amartini51 | EST | |||
Jonathan Strickland = djanatyn | Beginner/Intermediate | mrilu | EDT | |||
William McMillian = Very_Bill | Beginner | [mailto: mrilu], skype: William McMillian | MDT | |||
Remy Way = remklajis | Beginner/Intermediate | mrilu, skype: rem.klajis | EST | |||
Gianmarco Molino = mercrutio | Beginner | mrilu, skype: mercrutio.11235813 | MDT | |||
Ashley P. = eclen | Beginner | mrilu, skype: kiriel.ambar | EST | |||
Unsorted info about Lojbanists
- la cein. po'u le lojbo cilre
- .maiky'elsym. no'u la'oi graywyvern cu te pemci bau la lojban.
- la rab.spir finti le Jbozgi.
- John Schock aka .djancak.
- .aionys. aka eyeonus
- Athelstan
- Colin Fine
- Goran Topic
- .iusris.
- Jay Kominek
- John Leuner
- jezrax
- komfo,amonan = Adam Cooper = adamgarrigus
- .lidaniyl.
- LordBrain
- marktillinghast
- Plastic Raven
- skaryzgik = Marjorie Scherf
- tinkit
- Oren Robinson (Chinese Mandarin), mrilu
- Leonardo Molas (Spanish), mrilu