Received: from localhost ([::1]:50746 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Yp2te-0006Q2-9H; Sun, 03 May 2015 16:02:02 -0700 Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com ([209.85.220.42]:34677) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Yp2tX-0006PW-QT for llg-board@lojban.org; Sun, 03 May 2015 16:02:00 -0700 Received: by pacyx8 with SMTP id yx8so145186550pac.1 for ; Sun, 03 May 2015 16:01:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=D9G3IegfrcKnjbgzIH5Jaw7JCi0qM9gpJj+feVBGRkM=; b=U6Re0UNlwc3d5ASGo5Xtt+LHvZQAuyPPwhplBRNZc0hM7LZkYWfyXzsbrm1UenMGUc 9FsrFfh8+Pcy+iqQmLnFDd9nBkScH6O4XE5luvv2iTmX5HEuoHWUcVFspELSfteH0H1+ WpR1mhO/Kmq+/eZjL1wc8DlCfqYybgel3r3lX8cZDeNIDREaWyQMWB7rO7/0Nde0ua3o XEMbA56AFQCpGySQfzZZiELxb1Gtm13V2BvL8q7X6WH4JF6IEHasX3HNkeKPB2rWbi+j wMLSz13rGgwSoNGoTUqmpT9+ZokmHF47hf521yWw9eYU7vqDg33/naOx/gWDOdXSOSNm JZxQ== X-Received: by 10.68.191.229 with SMTP id hb5mr37069655pbc.126.1430694109440; Sun, 03 May 2015 16:01:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <554513DC.1040404@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: <554513DC.1040404@lojban.org> From: Craig Daniel Date: Sun, 03 May 2015 23:01:48 +0000 Message-ID: To: llg-board@lojban.org X-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) X-Spam_score: -2.0 X-Spam_score_int: -19 X-Spam_bar: -- Subject: Re: [llg-board] Call to Order, statement of Presence X-BeenThere: llg-board@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: llg-board@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6002528750382859926==" Errors-To: llg-board-bounces@lojban.org --===============6002528750382859926== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1c3a82cefac0515356ec6 --e89a8ff1c3a82cefac0515356ec6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM Bob LeChevalier wrote: > I first recognize that Riley Martinez-Lynch (mukti) has expressed > interest in becoming Secretary/Treasurer, that Robin has provided him > with transition information for the job, and that he has been in fact > doing the job since roughly the start of the year, authorized by Robin, > and more recently by me. > I strongly support mukti continuing to do this job. > President and Vice President need a little more consideration. I am a > little reluctant to continue as President. As I am sure everyone has > noticed, zo'o, I have been at best inconsistent in my timeliness in > running meetings. I've also been unable to keep up my intended > commitment to show up on IRC every Sunday noonish (EDT). Otherwise, I > have probably been only minimally adequate in the leadership department, > but I remain a major source of "institutional memory", which is > important this year when most of the Board and at least 2 officer > positions have turned over. > > I am willing to serve one more year as President, or as Vice President > if the Board prefers. But I strongly desire that at least one person > step forward as now-or-future President to fill the other position. If > I am President, I will be calling on this person as VP to exercise > several leadership activities in the coming year, including regular > participation in IRC and reporting to the Board on what the community > wants LLG to do. > I strongly support your continuing to serve in one of these roles, for the aforementioned reasons of institutional memory. > We then need to decide HOW to promote the language in a larger way than > has been done so far. This might involve spending a larger amount of > money than we have, in which case we need to think about fundraising. > Our status as a non-profit corporation (for which, in the US at least, > donations result in tax benefits) should make fundraising easier. There > are also newer fundraising techniques like crowd-funding that could work. > This plank of your vision in particular is a thing I support wholeheartedly. None of the goals stated in the LLG's mission can be fulfilled without a language with a vibrant community of speakers, and outreach is an important part of maintaining it. (That's not to say I don't also like the rest of your vision - I do, this paragraph just grabbed me, though.) > I'd like to see us produce something more sophisticated in the way of > communicating activity news between the various Lojban communities. The > old Ju'i Lobypli and le lojbo karni publications may no longer be viable > these days, and perhaps what guskant was proposing in the annual meeting > could point in a new direction. But expecially if the community is to > grow, we need something. > Yes. I felt like guskant's proposal wasn't fleshed out enough to meaningfully evaluate, but was probably pointing toward something I would unabashedly support as a good use of LLG funds. (Better intra-community communication probably won't be free. It might come to pay for itself, or it might be super cheap, but given that we have a pile of money we currently don't tend to spend, I don't want us to be afraid of using it to get this kind of thing moving.) - Craig B. Daniel --e89a8ff1c3a82cefac0515356ec6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM = Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org<= /a>> wrote:
I first recognize that Ril= ey Martinez-Lynch (mukti) has expressed
interest in becoming Secretary/Treasurer, that Robin has provided him
with transition information for the job, and that he has been in fact
doing the job since roughly the start of the year, authorized by Robin,
and more recently by me.

I strongly sup= port mukti continuing to do this job.
=C2=A0
President and Vice President need a little more considerati= on.=C2=A0 I am a
little reluctant to continue as President.=C2=A0 As I am sure everyone has<= br> noticed, zo'o, I have been at best inconsistent in my timeliness in
running meetings.=C2=A0 I've also been unable to keep up my intended commitment to show up on IRC every Sunday noonish (EDT).=C2=A0 Otherwise, I=
have probably been only minimally adequate in the leadership department, but I remain a major source of "institutional memory", which is important this year when most of the Board and at least 2 officer
positions have turned over.

I am willing to serve one more year as President, or as Vice President
if the Board prefers.=C2=A0 But I strongly desire that at least one person<= br> step forward as now-or-future President to fill the other position.=C2=A0 I= f
I am President, I will be calling on this person as VP to exercise
several leadership activities in the coming year, including regular
participation in IRC and reporting to the Board on what the community
wants LLG to do.

I strongly support you= r continuing to serve in one of these roles, for the aforementioned reasons= of institutional memory.
=C2=A0
We then need to decide HOW to promote the language in a larger way than=
has been done so far.=C2=A0 This might involve spending a larger amount of<= br> money than we have, in which case we need to think about fundraising.
Our status as a non-profit corporation (for which, in the US at least,
donations result in tax benefits) should make fundraising easier.=C2=A0 The= re
are also newer fundraising techniques like crowd-funding that could work.

This plank of your vision in particular = is a thing I support wholeheartedly. None of the goals stated in the LLG= 9;s mission can be fulfilled without a language with a vibrant community of= speakers, and outreach is an important part of maintaining it.
<= br>
(That's not to say I don't also like the rest of your= vision - I do, this paragraph just grabbed me, though.)
=C2=A0
I'd like to see us produce something more sophisticated in the way of communicating activity news between the various Lojban communities.=C2=A0 T= he
old Ju'i Lobypli and le lojbo karni publications may no longer be viabl= e
these days, and perhaps what guskant was proposing in the annual meeting could point in a new direction.=C2=A0 But expecially if the community is to=
grow, we need something.

Yes. I felt li= ke guskant's proposal wasn't fleshed out enough to meaningfully eva= luate, but was probably pointing toward something I would unabashedly suppo= rt as a good use of LLG funds. (Better intra-community communication probab= ly won't be free. It might come to pay for itself, or it might be super= cheap, but given that we have a pile of money we currently don't tend = to spend, I don't want us to be afraid of using it to get this kind of = thing moving.)

=C2=A0- Craig B. Daniel=C2=A0
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