[projectaon] Re: Kai Grand Sentinel
- From: Nicholas Jankowski <jank1887@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:06:38 -0500
Now, I think we all know what the "real" next question is: What to do
with that bright shiny quarter? :)
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:50:01 -0800, Jonathan Blake
<freelists.org@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I hope everyone has been having happy holidays and are due to have a
> great new year.
>
> I had a dream last night. I arrived late to a Lone Wolf fans'
> convention. Joe Dever (really a yonger, more nerdy stand-in) was
> finishing up speaking about something. He sat down and asked for
> questions from the audience. I stood up, apologized for being late, and
> proceeded to ask my question. No one, except for Joe, seemed to be
> listening instead talking to each other. As I finished my question,
> everyone got up and left. Joe followed them out without answering my
> question. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.
>
> If you ask me to interpret my own dream, I would have to say that I must
> be carrying around guilt about not finding enough time for Project Aon
> while everyone else carries on and a latent fear of being left behind.
>
> So using my new powers of insomnia, I set to work on some unfinished
> Project Aon business: the first issue of the Kai Grand Sentinel.
>
> http://www.projectaon.org/~jonathan/kgs/january-2005.pdf
>
> I was thinking of sending the newsletter to the announcement mailing
> list as a text message (with the full text of the newsletter) and
> linking to a PDF archive as shown in the above draft.
>
> Please comment on any aspect of the draft that you think should be changed.
>
> We need progress reports from everyone who is leading the editing for a
> book (i.e. Thomas and I) and any Project Aon-related project. I know
> this will be controversial, but I think we need to get back to giving an
> estimated time of arrival for our projects. These should be conservative
> so as to avoid disappointment, but should give everyone a general
> estimate of when they can expect to see final results or the next set of
> features.
>
> We also need some write ups for the news items that I left blank (post
> to the list if you want to volunteer). Are there any other noteworthy
> happenings that have slipped my mind? The From the Forum(s) section
> should contain a general overview of happenings in our forums.
>
> Thank you all for your patience.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
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