[sword-devel] SWORD Meet 2021

[Fr Cyrille]

I would be interesting too!

Le 31/03/2021 à 08:46, Tobias Klein a écrit :
> Great proposal, Troy!
>
> I’d be glad to join if circumstances allow for it … whether it is Europe or the US. I’m usually in the US once a year when there is no pandemic …
> Considering community closeness we could also check whether we can at least have a Skype or Zoom call once in a while (which doesn’t replace a real meeting, I know … but better than just email!)
>
> Tobias
>
>> Am 28.03.2021 um 21:26 schrieb Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org>:
>>
>> Dear fellow CrossWire volunteers,
>>
>> It's been a really, really long time since we've had a SWORD Meet.  They
>> have always blessed me greatly, getting to meet many of you and having
>> the chance to spend a couple days fellowshipping, brainstorming, coding,
>> and praying together.  We've had a few unofficial get-togethers, usually
>> centered around other events we were already attending together like
>> BibleTech, ETS, SBL, Fringe, etc...
>>
>> https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2008/2008-09-18-Scotland/&i=imgp2234_swords.jpg
>>
>> But it has been over 15 years since we have had regular and
>> intentionally planned official SWORD Meets...
>>
>> https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2005/2005-02-Travel/2005-02-25/&i=imgp0163_groupshot.jpg
>>
>>
>> https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2002/0409_rome/2002-04-19_austria_to_cambridge/&i=pict0018_sword_group1.jpg
>>
>> ... when I was much thinner.  I miss the personal community closeness we
>> had back then.
>>
>> I would really like to again offer 2 annual occasions for us to get
>> together in person-- once during May/June in Europe and once in November
>> in the U.S.
>>
>> U.S. - November
>>
>> Many of us already attend the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
>> annual meetings in November, which are conveniently aligned in location
>> and time with with the technology sessions of GERT at the Society of
>> Biblical Literature (SBL).  Those meetings rotate U.S. cities each year,
>> but are always just before Thanksgiving.  I have met informally with
>> some of you during these conferences, as well, but I would like to start
>> scheduling a U.S. SWORD Meet around this occasion.  I propose either a
>> couple days before ETS or the Friday / Saturday between ETS and SBL,
>> when ETS is winding down and SBL is still spinning up, and IBR has their
>> free annual lecture-- which would be fun for those coming who officially
>> are not attending either conference but coming just for the SWORD Meet.
>> ETS: https://www.etsjets.org/annual_meeting_overview SBL:
>> https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/annualmeeting.aspx IBR:
>> https://ibr-bbr.org/annual-meeting IBR:
>> https://ibr-bbr.org/annual-meeting/annual-lecture
>>
>> Europe - Spring/Summer
>>
>> Our previous meetings were generously held at Daniel Glassey's apartment
>> in Cambridge, UK.  I always enjoyed Cambridge, with the opportunity to
>> meet and be encourage by the kind staff and researcher fellows at
>> Tyndale House research library.  Daniel has been off serving with other
>> ministries for the past decade so we probably need to find a new
>> location for our European meetings (unless Daniel reads this and still
>> would like to graciously offer his flat).
>>
>> It won't have the same opportunities to meet with world class Bible
>> scholars that Cambridge / Tyndale House gave us, but we have talked
>> about meeting during the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh during August, and
>> I have informally met with some of you during this occasion over the
>> past years.  That's still an option and provides some fun around our
>> meeting.  Hostels often have a common room were we can setup and meet in
>> the afternoons.
>>
>> Another option is that I can invite you to my small apartment in Siena,
>> Italy.  An advantage to this is, like Daniel's apartment in Cambridge,
>> we can all sleep on couches and bunk beds and rollout mattresses on the
>> floor and not have any accommodation expenses.  I also have fiber
>> internet there and can be sure to have desk space and whiteboards handy
>> and can take us to amazing pizza and gelato.
>>
>> ______________________
>>
>> What would be the interest for attending either event and what feedback
>> do you have to my suggestions for time and venue?
>>
>> Troy
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