How's your Spanish?
none existent, i'm afraid.
I might try the Spanish Wikipedia list:
You could always try
one of the spanish-speaking chapters for help translating or more info too. If all else fails try sending a message to Foundation-l, at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l; but it's often hard to track down information about people from that time period as many folks have moved on, and f-l can be pretty english-centric.
this particular fellow certainly did move on!
Also I assume you've seen http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transwiki:Wikimania05/Paper-AS1 ? Juan David's username is http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuirdj; he's still active and I think Ascander is too. That might be a good place to start.
yes, i am familiar with that paper, and as far as i can tell, all the other "traces" of this event. i was looking for some more info about edgar, but have not been able to find a current email address. the lack of spanish language doesn't help in this regard!
approaching Juan and Ascander is a good idea, and might be all i need.
thanks a lot Phoebe,
nate