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Coi rodo,

I just spent half an hour writing out a long post with lots attitudinals 
and humor and the like, but it appears to have disappeared into the ether, 
so this will be rather brief. There is currently discussion at the LLG 
Members Meeting about what to do with the BPFK. Instructions for how to get 
to that meeting are posted in many places. A summary of my proposal follows.

I want to create an RFC process, whereby anyone could make proposals (in 
English) for changes to Lojban. There would then be public discussion and a 
decision by some body, possibly the BPFK and possibly someone else. I'm not 
some radical who wants to change everything. Almost all of the language 
change proposals that I particularly want done aren't of my creation. For 
instance, I'd like to merge CAI into UI. I also kind of like the NOIhA 
proposal and the indicator ko'oi, among other such changes. I don't want to 
add malglico or ruin everything; I just want somewhere that language change 
could happen (with peer review and at least semi-official adoption, not 
just by adding an experimental cmavo and waiting to see if they catch on 
without any hope of them ever entering the official language). The details 
of the RFC process haven't been determined yet, although I have some strong 
opinions (to use GitHub, for one).

I would also like to open up membership in the BPFK to people who aren't 
fluent. There are some people, like me, who haven't become fluent in Lojban 
yet, but would still like to have a voice in language discussions and can 
still be trusted to participate productively without breaking everything. 
This would mean that discussions would be in English, which is really a 
necessity anyway, since the RFCs would be in English and not everyone 
submitting ideas would be able to speak English.

I'd also like to get documentation, including the CLL, up to date. I 
propose that the BPFK (or its successor) assume responsibility for 
maintaining documentation. There are several people who have expressed 
interest in participating under something like my suggestion, and I expect 
that some of them will also help update documentation if that is part of 
the job. 

This is not the original posting of my proposal, and many arguments and 
counterarguments have already been raised. I hope you will join the meeting 
and comment, or become active there if you are currently present but 
inactive.

mi'e .eris.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Coi rodo,<div><br></div><div>I just spent half an hour wri=
ting out a long post with lots attitudinals and humor and the like, but it =
appears to have disappeared into the ether, so this will be rather brief. T=
here is currently discussion at the LLG Members Meeting about what to do wi=
th the BPFK. Instructions for how to get to that meeting are posted in many=
 places. A summary of my proposal follows.</div><div><br></div><div>I want =
to create an RFC process, whereby anyone could make proposals (in English) =
for changes to Lojban. There would then be public discussion and a decision=
 by some body, possibly the BPFK and possibly someone else. I&#39;m not som=
e radical who wants to change everything. Almost all of the language change=
 proposals that I particularly want done aren&#39;t of my creation. For ins=
tance, I&#39;d like to merge CAI into UI. I also kind of like the NOIhA pro=
posal and the indicator ko&#39;oi, among other such changes. I don&#39;t wa=
nt to add malglico or ruin everything; I just want somewhere that language =
change could happen (with peer review and at least semi-official adoption, =
not just by adding an experimental cmavo and waiting to see if they catch o=
n without any hope of them ever entering the official language). The detail=
s of the RFC process haven&#39;t been determined yet, although I have some =
strong opinions (to use GitHub, for one).</div><div><br></div><div>I would =
also like to open up membership in the BPFK to people who aren&#39;t fluent=
. There are some people, like me, who haven&#39;t become fluent in Lojban y=
et, but would still like to have a voice in language discussions and can st=
ill be trusted to participate productively without breaking everything. Thi=
s would mean that discussions would be in English, which is really a necess=
ity anyway, since the RFCs would be in English and not everyone submitting =
ideas would be able to speak English.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d also=
 like to get documentation, including the CLL, up to date. I propose that t=
he BPFK (or its successor) assume responsibility for maintaining documentat=
ion. There are several people who have expressed interest in participating =
under something like my suggestion, and I expect that some of them will als=
o help update documentation if that is part of the job.=C2=A0</div><div><br=
></div><div>This is not the original posting of my proposal, and many argum=
ents and counterarguments have already been raised. I hope you will join th=
e meeting and comment, or become active there if you are currently present =
but inactive.</div><div><br></div><div>mi&#39;e .eris.</div></div>

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