Errr, you misunderstood me. When I said…
… I meant that I can’t commit to anything that may be time-consuming right now. I will have to content myself with lurking on the greekgeek.org site for now.
Woops… Didn’t misunderstand you, just didn’t finish reading what you were saying. 
I saw, “I would like to join the group” and got excited. Didn’t bother reading the rest. LOL
Sorry 'bout that!
I’m ready, maybe a working way could be also Google Docs.
What are you talking about? What would we do with Google docs? I mean, I could create files and share them, but what exactly do you suggest we do with them?
Revised list. Removed Lex, because of my misunderstanding.
Should we get some more interest stirred before starting, or are you guys basically ready? I am too excited to hold off for much longer!!
I’ve never used a mail listing 
, hehehehehehe, may we can use google docs to upload the greek texts and write comments, each one can use different colors, etc., does anybody know how the old groups here worked? 
BTW, I can start right now, i’m excited too. 
Normally, you send your work to someone who volunteers to collate it. You submit it in an agreed-to format. I suggested that we use GE for “Greek to English” and EG for “English to Greek.” The software (developed by Kurt Lougheed) works so that you first put the section marker (either EG or GE, in this case), then the exercise number and then your initials. There are more details on this that I can get for you. I have volunteered to do the collating.
Basically, what this means is that for each lesson, you will send me a Unicode e-mail with your contribution in two sections, the Greek-to-English section and the English-to-Greek section. I will collate them with the software and send them out to everyone on the mailing list (which may or may not be archived, depending on how we decide to do it). Does this make sense? It’s generally how things are done with this type of study.
The only problem is when it comes to poetry analyzing. How do we mark long and short syllables? How do we analyze meter and check with each other? Annis, have you done this type of thing before?
Regards,
Jason
I would like to pitch in too as a guide. I have guided the Pharr-D group (which didn’t last that long) and would like to get involved again.
One more nomination accepted!! Brings the group to:
Guides:
Adelheid
Annis
Participants:
Jason (JH)
Iván (IG)
Paul (PB)
Hopefully more people will find interest as we get going.
I’m cleaning my room now (rearranging and such), and I’ll start on the schedule as soon as I get things arranged here.
!! You got at least two of us all the way to the end. It’s true that once you get really far along (especially once you pass the point where there are no more G->E exercises) you rely a lot less on the guide.
I will say it looks like this group is going to have two fantastic guides, so I really hope the participants stick with this. By far and away the toughest part is the beginning (first 20 lessons or so). Good luck to all!
We’ve never used that software. The very first lists had people just email stuff to the mailing list, and subsequent groups used Paul’s fantastic web-based system, which I think we should use for this group, too (which we’ll call pharr-e, the 5th Pharr group for Textkit). It takes a little bit of tinkering with to get the hang of, but once you’ve got it the advantages become apparent.
I have requested the mailing list. I would ask that we still hold off at least a week before starting the group, perhaps a few more days than that, so we can get the word out and maybe attract a few more people.
Yay!
That software is used both on LatinStudy and on GreekStudy, and it’s really easy to use. Could you show us the results of the software you’re talking about? Is it at all intuitive? I’d like to at least look it over and see how it works and such.
Thanks,
Jason
See Ed’s post.
If you guys are still taking people I’m in =)!
Definitely! And if you know anyone else, the roll is still building!!
Guides
adelheid
annis
Participants
jaihare
ivansalgadogarcia
paulb
pommy
OK, now I see the benefit of this software. Thanks!
I agree. I speak from experience. William Annis was one of the three guides when I was a participant in Pharr-a. Adelheid started guiding Pharr-d when I was one of the guides of Pharr-c.
-d overtook -c so I often logged into -d as guest to make use of her comments when I ran into a bit of trouble so, without her knowledge, she kind of was my guide as well.
The discouraging thing as guide is drop-outs. Not a few drop-outs ,that is inevitable, but drop-outs to the extent that kill the group.
Both these guides have seen a group to completion. Here’s hoping Pharr-e will be successful as well.
By the way, I am still in school and it is tough. I basically just wanted to learn a little Greek because im taking it next year and I want to get a jump start .. So I might not be able to go as fast as you guys, is it ok if I still join?