History: What's New?

Source of version: 133 (current)

{ANAME()}22MARCH2015{ANAME} !22 March 2015 Following the ((BPFK Reauthorization|reauthorization of BPFK)), ((selpa'i)) was elected as the chair of ((baupla fuzykamni|BPFK)) as part of the ongoing ((LLG Meeting Announcement 2014|2014 Annual Meeting)). A slate of ((BPFK Members|members)) were also elected: Pierre Abbat, gleki, durka42, ilmen, xorxes, xalbo, And Rosta and guskant. {ANAME()}24FEBRUARY2015{ANAME} !24 February 2015 ((LLG Members)) at the ((LLG Meeting Announcement 2014|2014 Annual Meeting)) approved a ((BPFK Reauthorization|reauthorization )) of ((baupla fuzykamni|BPFK)). BPFK is reorganized as a standing committee with the charge of improving and maintaining formal descriptions of Lojban, elaborating undocumented and under-documented language features, resolving inconsistencies and errors in existing documentation, and responding to issues that arise in usage. {ANAME()}15FEBRUARY2015{ANAME} !15 February 2015 A [https://github.com/lojban/cll/milestones/Prince%20volunteers%20formatting%20review|review of formatting issues in the Prince PDF build of CLL] started on February 1. A [http://alexburka.com/lojban/prince.php|continuous build], which picks up changes as they are committed to the shared repository and then generates an updated PDF, was created by durka42 to aid this effort. After two weeks, 7 out of 19 chapters have been reviewed. {ANAME()}17JANUARY2015{ANAME} !17 January 2015 An IRC session of the ((LLG Meeting Announcement 2014|2014 Annual Meeting)) has been announced for Sunday, January 18, 2015, to take place in the #lojban channel at irc.freenode.net at 4pm UTC (8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm Paris/Berlin, 7pm Moscow, 1am January 19 Tokyo). The topic of the session will be CLL and the future of BPFK. See the ((Lojban IRC)) for details of how to connect to IRC. {ANAME()}13JANUARY2015{ANAME} !13 January 2015 ((John Cowan)) was awarded the ((LLG Honorary Officers|honorary title)) of "Archgrammarian" or "balgenpre" in recognition of the magnitude of his contributions to Lojban, and his many years as a member, director and officer of LLG. {ANAME()}10JANUARY2015{ANAME} !10 January 2015 The 2014 election for the Logical Language Group Board of Directors, held among members at the ((LLG Meeting Announcement 2014|2014 Annual Meeting)) (ongoing), was finalized: Arkadii Balandin, Craig B. Daniel, Ali Sajid Imani, Riley Martinez-Lynch, and And Rosta were newly elected to the Board. Robert LeChevalier and Timo Paulssen were re-elected. {ANAME()}15DECEMBER2014{ANAME} !15 December 2014 At the ((LLG Meeting Announcement 2014|2014 Annual Meeting of LLG)) (ongoing), an unprecedented nine lojbanists from six different countries were admitted as voting members of the Logical Language Group. Welcome az, durka, gleki, guskant, ilmen, mukti, selpa'i, tsani, and xalbo! {ANAME()}15NOVEMBER2014{ANAME} !15 November 2014 "[http://youtu.be/c6fXtgkPdWQ|bripre jikca 9]", the tenth and final episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {skari} ("color") and it includes texts by keidji, niftg, mukti, xorxes, and junpen on that topic, as well as readings by mizu'e and durka42. {ANAME()}3November2014{ANAME} !3 November 2014 The 2014 annual member's meeting of ((The Logical Language Group)) convened on November 3. The meeting will be conducted on the [http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-members|llg-members mailing list] with at least one IRC session to be announced. Please respond to the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lojban/thV52S9d6hc|announcement] on the lojban-list if you do not currently have access to llg-members, but you wish to observe or participate in the meeting. The agenda includes [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/7IS0b62FKhE/A_8FQo6QYAYJ|a clarification of bylaw amendments that were approved at the 2003 meeting] and a discussion of ((Official Baseline Statement|baseline policies)). {ANAME()}31OCTOBER2014{ANAME} !31 October 2014 "[http://youtu.be/N2ibcTzGZ7w|bripre jikca 8]", the ninth episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {fulta} ("floating") and it includes chef mankant's recipe for a floating island, and texts on that subject from durka42 and niftg. Submissions are requested by November 8 for the next episode (theme: {skari} -- "color"), to be published November 15. bripre and mankant are taking a well deserved vacation, so this will be the last episode for the time being. {ANAME()}18OCTOBER2014{ANAME} !18 October 2014 "[http://youtu.be/C7YvHiyXeao|bripre jikca 7]", the eigth episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {santa} ("umbrella") and it includes texts on that subject from graywyvern, lojytan, niftg, durka42 and mukti. Submissions are requested by October 25 for the next episode (theme: {fulta} -- "floating"), to be published November 1. {ANAME()}6OCTOBER2014{ANAME} !6 October 2014 "[http://youtu.be/N-Y9eBBTrxU|lo jbobau cu mo]", a new "jbo-rap" by selpa'i, featuring danr, Ilmen, and durka42 is released. It is described as a "commentary on the current situation in 'Lojbanistan'" and "a call to action." {ANAME()}4OCTOBER2014{ANAME} !4 October 2014 "[http://youtu.be/4SLuBcfcJiI|bripre jikca 6]", the seventh episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {xutla} ("smooth/silky/soft") and it includes texts on that subject from niftg, junpen and ilmen. Submissions are requested by October 11 for the next episode (theme: {santa} -- "umbrella"), to be published October 18. {ANAME()}27SEPTEMBER2014{ANAME} !27 September 2014 Martin Bays releases [https://gitorious.org/tersmu|tersmu 0.2], a "semantic parser" for lojban, implemented in Haskell. It transforms lojban input into expressions of first order logic. {ANAME()}22SEPTEMBER2014{ANAME} !22 September 2014 Robin Lee Powell [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/q5kpCvsxwHQ/xS3xfNtt7vwJ|announces progress on the forthcoming update of "The Complete Lojban Language"], and asks for volunteers to help prepare it for print. {ANAME()}SEPTEMBER2014{ANAME} !20 September 2014 "[http://youtu.be/lr-4oHGhKC4|bripre jikca 5]", the sixth episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {bajra} ("to run") and it includes a text on that subject from niftg, a translation of XKCD animated and read by durka, and an eleatic footrace between mankant and the "dog". Submissions are requested by September 27 for the next episode (theme: {xutla} -- "smooth/silky/soft"), to be published October 4. {ANAME()}5SEPTEMBER2014{ANAME} !5 September 2014 "[http://youtu.be/70pHmLf7v9A|bripre jikca 4]", the fifth episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {kukte} ("delicious/delightful") and it includes texts on that subject from niftg, durka, tsani, mukti, and junpen, and a reading by selpa'i. Submissions are requested by September 13 for the next episode (theme: {bajra} -- "run"), to be published September 20. {ANAME()}23AUGUST2014{ANAME} !23 August 2014 "[http://youtu.be/FUmUlysRviI|bripre jikca 3]", the fourth episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {fagri} ("fire") and it includes submissions on that subject from stefan, niftg, mukti, junpen and durka. Submissions are requested by August 30 for the next episode (theme: {fagri} -- "fire"), to be published September 6. {ANAME()}2AUGUST2014{ANAME} !2 August 2014 "[http://youtu.be/huRQ5-CObUs|bripre jikca 2]", the third episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {litru} ("travel") and it includes submissions on that subject from keidji, tsani, niftg , and junpen, and a reading by selpa'i. Submissions are requested by August 16 for the next episode (theme: {fagri} -- "fire"), to be published August 23. {ANAME()}20JULY2014{ANAME} !20 July 2014 "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csCEYlGp0vQ|bripre jikca 1]", the second episode of "[https://plus.google.com/116506829901617807564|bripre jikca]", is now available. The theme is {panci} ("smell") and it includes writings and translations on that subject from numerous jbopre. Submissions are requested by July 26 for the next episode (theme: {litru} -- "travel"), to be published August 2. {ANAME()}5JULY2014{ANAME} !5 July 2014 guskant starts a new video podcast, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAin8J9BPqg|bripre jikca]". The theme of the first episode is {nicte} ("night"), and it includes a translation of the poem "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Night_Thought|Quiet Night Thought]" by Li Pai. Submissions are requested by July 12 for the next episode, theme {panci} ("smell"), to be published July 19 {ANAME()}5APRIL2014{ANAME} !5 April 2014 danr [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lojban/sGoK80yVNPI|announces] the release of "[https://www.alexburka.com/~danr|korpora zei sisku]", a new corpus indexing and search system. !Older News For news prior to April 2014, see ((Archived News|Archived News)).