Planning for Voynich Manuscript Day 2024

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I have been doing a lot of digging and since Lissu's and Rene's music projects are more likely to be pre-recorded instead of live, it might be best if I create a VM Day thread with curated music selection links that other members can then add to anytime up to and even on VM Day. It would be nice to include Lissu's and Rene's new music in the curated selections and I am already compiling a list that so far includes some previous selections:

Stephen Gorbos, Composer
Performed by Roomful of Teeth
Such sphinxes as these obey no one but their master
2013

Roel Funcken, Composer
Performed by Legiac
The Voynich Manuscript
2016

Hannah Lash, Composer
Performed by New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Voynich Symphony
2017

Audrius Plioplys on YouTube
Grace S. Allan of Johannesburg, South Africa, Composer
Various performances
Gregorian Chants from the Voynich Manuscript
2023

It would be great if I could get some help reaching out to some of these composers and performers to see if they would be interested in participating in VM Day, whether live performances or Q&A or new VM music recordings/videos. Certainly, we could help promote them as an added incentive for their participation. If anyone is interested in helping me do that, private message me. I'm still curating the list and hope to add several more to it soon.

Similarly, I am working on curating a list of VM art for the Art Show thread. In addition to Cary Rappaport and Lissu, so far I have the following:
Tara Tieso
Magdalena Feikusová
Teté Montero
Jutta Rika Bressem
Lawre Stone
MJ Millington
Carolyn Hasenfratz Design

Cipher Mysteries also has some blog articles on art that I am looking into and Fine Art America has a whole category on VM art. It would be great if I could get some of these to participate and not just post links for their VM works. But I will likely need help with this too. Again, private message me if you would like to help with this.

And finally, Koen has been doing some new Voynich Talk videos that would be great to incorporate as pre-recorded VM Day content but it would be great if we can also have live guest talks and live interviews, as noted in the activities poll. I have started work on a list of potential experts and guest speakers for these and I can run it by everyone in this thread or start a member poll once I feel the list is complete. And in addition to that I really would love for the VM Bloggers to participate with live (or pre-recorded) year-in-reviews.

Koen: Can we still use your Zoom account for the live VM Day events? If so, I need to get with you and the research presenters soon on scheduling their webinar details. If this works for you, I will reach out to each individually via private message, copying you (and perhaps also Rene and Andrew as they have helping review the submissions).

I have quoted/updated my previous planning update below. And I am way behind but still with a relatively comfortable margin for delays...probably. There has been no response yet to the New Member Welcome RSVP thread so that may have to be removed from the program. I plan to do a reminder post before the deadline. I will create the Bulletin Board thread as soon as possible but if we're going to include Create Your Own VM Folio, VM Day Recipes, Voynich Fools Day, and Your Most Absurd VM Theory in the program, I have to get those submission threads posted this month. So much to do, so little time...

Updated Activities (based on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. results):

• State of the Voynich - Koen
  
• Individual VM Research Paper Presentations (#1 selection in activities poll with 9 votes)
  
• Individual guest talks (VM topics and related sciences) (#2 selection in activities poll with 6 votes)
  
• Live video interviews and audience Q&A with experts (#3 selection in activities poll with 5 votes)
  
• VM-Themed Live Music (#4 selection in activities poll with 3 votes)
  
• New member welcome (tied for #5 in activities poll with 2 votes)
  
• VM Art Show (tied for #5 in activities poll with 2 votes)
  
• Create your own VM folio (tied for #6 in activities poll with 1 vote)
  
• VM Day Recipes (tied for #6 in activities poll with 1 vote)
  
• Year in Review: VM Blogging
  
• Bulletin Board for local VM Day events and meetups
  
• Voynich Fools Day
  
• Just for fun: Your most absurd VM theory
  

Updated Schedule:

• Completed
  • activities poll
    
  • research presentation submissions (1 new one after the extension)
    
  • started new member welcome thread for RSVPs
    
• May 2024:
  • work with Koen and confirmed research presenters to schedule and confirm webinar details
    
  • start VM Art Show thread (call for artwork posting submissions)
    
  • create threads for expert interviews and guest talk suggestions
    
  • start confirmation of participants for expert interviews and guest talks
    
  • create thread for local activities bulletin board
    
  • create thread for VM folio submissions
    
  • create thread for VM recipe submissions
    
  • start thread to confirm bloggers for blog year-in-reviews
    
• June 2024:
  • start work on program
    
• July 2024:
  • Koen's State of the Voynich poll
    
  • 21 July: all interviewers, moderators, experts, other guests, musicians and bloggers finalized
    
  • 21 July: artists' works submissions due for the Art Show poll
    
  • 21 July: VM folio submissions due
    
  • 21 July: all live event webinar details due so they can be included in the program
    
  • 28 July: start Art Show entry poll
    
  • 28 July: start VM folio poll
    
  • 28 July: VM recipe submissions deadline
    
  • 28 July: new member RSVPs deadline for the new member welcome
    
  • 28 July: program finalized and published to site calendar and discussion VM Day 2024 main thread (separate of this one)
    
• August 2024:
  • 3 August: poll ends for Art Show entries
    
  • 3 August: poll ends for VM folios
    
  • 3 August: deadline for Art Show entries not already submitted for the poll
    
  • 3 August: deadline for local events posted to bulletin board thread
    
  • 3 August: create Voynich Fools Day submission thread
    
  • 3 August: create Absurd VM theory submission thread
    
  • 4 August: VM Day and all related activities and scheduled events
    
  • 5 August - 11 August: post VM Day polls active (Voynich Fools, Absurd VM theory, VM recipes)
    
  • 12 August: post VM Day poll results announced