Hello, I'm trusting that the egroups god has been appeased and this won't show up 200 times in your mailboxes. I'm Cara, and I have a question! Is there a...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 4, 2000 1:08 am
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Actually, on the main journalcon site there's pictures and links of the featured speakers (http://www.journalcon.com). I'm not sure if that's everyone who's...
Michael Moore
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Apr 4, 2000 1:14 am
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Thanks. I did see that, and I wondered if the committee was still approaching people to speak or if they had enough speakers already. Cara ... ...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 4, 2000 1:37 am
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Oh my no. We haven't got half the speakers we (or at least I) would like to see participating. In fact, basically what you see are the speakers for two...
Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
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Apr 4, 2000 1:53 am
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I've pretty much given up my anonymous journal for various reasons, but I could still speak on it. ;) I do have a regular journal (again) though. blah, yes I...
Fitch McGee
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Apr 4, 2000 7:57 am
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I think that you're going to get a huge response if you post somewhere (either at the JCon site or here) what positions you would like filled. Like if you need...
Andrea Spencer
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Apr 4, 2000 4:01 pm
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That's how I feel too, and I'm sure that we're not the only ones. It would really help to be able to see what specifically needs to be done. Cara ... ...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 4, 2000 4:04 pm
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Well I also know that the other night Ana from shamed.com and Amanda from nonsequitur.net were both interested. I wasn't sure about my plans to go, but I will...
Andrea Spencer
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Apr 4, 2000 4:16 pm
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How about a talk by and about journallers under 20 years old? I hear there's more to them than angst : ) I also have an idea I haven't thought through enough...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 4, 2000 7:02 pm
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... Well, there might be a problem in that not too many may be there. That may be why no one has suggested it.. ... Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm still...
Andrea Spencer
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Apr 4, 2000 7:06 pm
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I have a couple of potential speakers I'd like to suggest: Mary -- http://www.bitterfame.com/journal Laurie -- http://misanthrope.org/laurie/ and I'm trying to...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 6:39 pm
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Okay, so what would they speak about? would it have a wide enough appeal to deserve a session of its own, or would it be best as part of a round table about a...
Michael Moore
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Apr 5, 2000 6:51 pm
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I could see either Mary or Laurie at the "Online Journals Yesterday and Today" session. Or, I could see them headlining a talk about younger diarists. My...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 7:02 pm
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... I could possibly see one of them in on that panel, if it were for reasons other than their age. I don't agree in seeding a panel to include a wide age...
Michael Moore
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Apr 5, 2000 7:38 pm
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Maybe sometime this summer, we could poll those people who have already registered about any specific speakers/sessions they'd like to see at the convention....
Michael Moore
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Apr 5, 2000 7:44 pm
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I suggested Mary and Laurie as two possible candidates because they have been journalling for a considerable amount of time and they are both excellent writers...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 8:06 pm
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... I would argue that teens aren't going to be there. Well, not the 'teen-journal' set, anyway. The are a couple of reasons I say that. First, I don't know...
Michael Moore
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Apr 5, 2000 8:26 pm
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Very true. I wasn't expecting the younger teens, more of the older ones, who often do identify with the under 18 crowd. Oh, and Mary posted a note on her UBB...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 8:33 pm
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And the relevant part of Mary's board would be at: http://www.bitterfame.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000019.html Cara ***************** An Inventory of Being..., ...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 8:36 pm
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... I think it's highly probable that a lot of teen journallers aren't going to go because 1) who has parents that would let them travel to Pittsbrugh to go to...
Mary Ann Brunson Mak
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Apr 5, 2000 8:42 pm
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I would have to agree with Michael on all points. At this point, I'm not even willing to accept registrations from those under 18 unless they're attending with...
Dreama
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Apr 5, 2000 8:46 pm
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Just out of curiosity.. is there any protocol about who is in charge of contacting people? If not maybe we should put one in place so that we don't have...
Michael Moore
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Apr 5, 2000 8:49 pm
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OK, points taken and absorbed. No younger specific panel. To be honest, the underage liability factor didn't occur to me until you mentioned it, but I...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 8:53 pm
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I agree, and again, I'm sorry that anyone mistook me for a representative, it wasn't my intention. Cara (and if it seems like I'm being a world champion...
Cara Leitch-Thompson
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Apr 5, 2000 8:57 pm
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Michael asked: !:!Just out of curiosity.. is there any protocol about who is in charge of !:!contacting people? Ryan Ozawa (ozawa@...) issues...
Dreama
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Apr 5, 2000 9:13 pm
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... Dammit, my plan, foiled again. I was going to go and pretend to be Dr Scott. -a http://girlhero.org <--- now with more cheese....
Andrea Spencer
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Apr 6, 2000 12:29 am
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Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
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Jul 11, 2000 3:52 am
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JournalCon Bulletin! July 19, 2000 -- Issue #2 Hard to believe we're more than halfway through July (sometimes it still feels like June)! The inaugural...
Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
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Jul 19, 2000 11:41 pm
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Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
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Aug 8, 2000 3:05 am
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WHAT'S UP WITH REGISTRATION: There've been many good questions and concerns raised since our latest bulletin, noting that the JournalCon registration deadline...
