Post Covid frency to meet up :-) 1) I will be part of it if at all possible 2) I am very happily offering our house as a place to meet in Europe. 1 hr from Edinburgh. close to Glasgow airport, in the Scottish Highlands. Beautiful, but not as summer like as Sienna. Admittedly. But I would fly to Siena too.
Peter On Sun, 2021-03-28 at 15:25 -0500, Greg Hellings wrote: > I've been wanting to be part of one of these for years! I joined the > community shortly after the last one in 2005. I would be eager to > attend if possible. > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 14:30 Troy A. Griffitts <scr...@crosswire.org> > wrote: > > 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 > > I feel lucky, here. I'm located physically in between ETS (Fort > Worth, about 40 minutes north) and SBL (San Antonio, 4 hours south). > I'm not free to carte blanche offer to host as I'll hopefully be > married by then. But I would love to engage with folks, even if it's > just getting lunch as you drive past my house between the two. > > I don't know how much time my upcoming nuptials will permit me away > from work, but count me in for at least some part of a US meet during > that time frame. > > --Greg > > > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
