Lojban around the world

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There are several connected goals:

1. 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.
  • A 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.

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.

2. Clubs

Organize in real life Lojban clubs based on your physical location on the planet:

  • Southeast Michigan Lojban Group - A group of about half a dozen Lojban enthusiasts met at Matt Arnold's house in Redford, Michigan about every two weeks (except when college is in session, because so many of them are undergrads, grad students, or teachers). Regular attendees include Bruce Webber, TheRomp, Shaun Klein, Neil Eppstein, and Alex Martini. The group has been going in one form or another since March 2005.
  • A Lojban group started at Grinnell College in Iowa, in October 2006.
  • Jay Kominek is interested in starting one at the University of Colorado, let him know if you're in the area.
  • Robin Lee Powell used to teach a class in the Silicon Valley area, in Northern California. He'd be willing to do so again if enough people were interested. I know two people here that would attend, but I'd be interested in other jbopre joining.
  • Anagram is interested in informally gathering for a workshop of beginners in the Bakersfield, California area. Try contacting him via irc.freenode.net. My registered nick is Anagram, you may leave me a memo via memoserv.
  • Arnt Richard Johansen will teach anyone in 'Trondheim, NO' who is interested. Contact him at arj ATT nvg dot org.
  • There has been talk of some of us Southern Californian jbopre getting together in Pomona monthly. More info at SoCalLojbanists.
  • For Aussies in and around Sydney, I (la .djunias.) am looking to start a Lojban club near Macquarie University. If you're interested, please contact me!

Here are some of the places known to have a high concentration of Lojbanists, or some influential Lojbanists:

  • Fairfax, Virginia
  • New York, New York
  • California

3. Festivals

Organize conferences and festivals. The only annual festival by far is jbonunsla.

Database of Lojbanists

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.
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la lojbab (lobja'a) lo gugde'usu (USA) mrilu Fairfax VA, near DC, and that's where Logfest is always held a founder of the LLG. This language might not exist without him and the others he worked with to make Lojban public domain.
Nora LeChevalier lo gugde'usu (USA) mrilu Fairfax VA, near DC, and that's where Logfest is always held lojbab's wife, and has done huge amounts of work on Lojban, largely on the wordlists and software.
Jay Kominek lo gugde'usu (USA) Boulder, Colorado
la .djunias. gugde'a'u (Australia) Sydney I am looking to start a Lojban club near Macquarie University, Sydney. If you're interested, please contact me!
Nick Nicholas gugde'a'u (Australia) was the first fluent Lojban speaker (he insists that he was the second, but he's known to be excessively modest). He also has done a lot of Lojbanic writing, both writing in lojban and about it.
.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 the author of the Complete Lojban Language. What more can you say?
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 his web site. Yours truly, is the current webmaster of this site and the provider of the machine and bandwidth it is served from.
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 = la .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
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
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.maiky'elsym. = graywyvern finti lo lojbo pemci
la rab.spir finti lo jbozgi
John Schock = .djancak.
.aionys. = eyeonus
Athelstan
Colin Fine
Goran Topic
.iusris.
John Leuner
jezrax
komfo,amonan = Adam Cooper = adamgarrigus
.lidaniyl.
LordBrain
marktillinghast
Plastic Raven
skaryzgik = Marjorie Scherf
tinkit
Oren Robinson 普通话 mrilu
Leonardo Molas español mrilu