RE: VMs: Voynich Conference: preliminary description... [RFC!]

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

Can you video-tape the conference?  I would be willing to burn a copy onto a
couple of DVD's and make them available for free if you'd do that.

GC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Nick Pelling
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: VMs: Voynich Conference: preliminary description... [RFC!]
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Some additional thoughts:-
>
> (1) I've allocated space for 12 x 15-minute short papers /
> presentations /
> talks / whatever - but the format is entirely up to you. If you're not
> really used to presenting but do want to do this, you may find it
> easier to
> co-present with another attendee who roughly shares your point of
> view, and
> bounce it between you.
>
> (2) Topics: here are just a few possible ideas to get you started, feel
> free to adapt them how you like. We're a pretty eclectic group here, but
> would probably prefer detail on an interesting topic (with discussion to
> back it up) than a basic introduction to an area.
>
> 	Rough Guide to the VMS (not every attendee will be 100% up to speed)
> 	The Voynich time-line
> 	Voynichese and other lost languages
> 	Voynich and Kircher
> 	Early modern cryptography
> 	Voynich Dialects - statistics, structure, and linguistics
> 	Signal or noise? The VMS as postmodernist exemplar
> 	Heresy, magic, necromancy... all or none of the above?
> 	Astrology, medicine and the early modern worldview
> 	VMS plant identification - the current state of play
> 	The greatest hoax? Gullibility and patronage, 1500-1600.
> 	Dee & Kelly's Great Adventure in Prague
>
> (3) Presentation tip #1 - the plan is to have a computer on hand with a
> reasonably hi-res projector, together with all the no-ip scans
> and whatever
> slides you prepare in advance. Powerpoint is good, but don't go
> crazy with
> the detail - most of the benefit of the conference will likely be
> from rich
> discussion, not so much from rich pictures.
>
> (4) Presentation tip #2 - summarise your list of points in
> advance in small
> cue cards. Most of us are primarily desk researchers, so are
> unlikely to be
> natural-born motivational speakers - but what you don't want to do is sit
> down afterwards and think "I wish I'd said..." Cue cards help you
> make sure
> you cover all the ground you want to cover.
>
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
>
>
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