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On 5/11/2017 2:03 AM, Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
>     If mukti is able to give a more coherent account of finances and
>     book sales, that would also be helpful.  LLG seems to be getting
>     more than $100 per month income from book sales, but I don't know
>     what we are making per book or how many books are being sold, since
>     we don't get monthly reports any more from Lightning Source (and
>     never did get them from amazon.com <http://amazon.com>)
>
>
> Someone seriously needs to consider other options to reduce the cost of
> CLL being sold. Lulu, more delving into the mechanics of print-on-demand
> facilities, what else?

I believe a couple of years ago, I requested that people research other 
POD and distribution options, especially for international Lojbanists. 
There was some discussion, but it was largely left to Robin.  He did 
what he was willing to do as part of the process of his stepping down 
from active leadership.

The price on amazon seems high to me, but is actually not by the 
standards of textbook level publication in the US.  Most textbooks are 
much higher.  For example, the Russian textbook used in my son's college 
level beginning Russian class a few years ago is going for $116 on 
amazon these days for the textbook alone, and almost $200 for the set of 
materials required for a class (see "frequently bought together" on the 
link page below).

https://www.amazon.com/Puti-Russian-Grammar-Context-2nd/dp/0130282804/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494612195&sr=1-14&keywords=russian+textbook

I daresay that a Russian language textbook in Russia is a lot cheaper %^)

> I vote for Karen being the President.
> And I would like more people eligible for running LLG and LLG board
> meetings in case the President is temporarily unavailable (e.g.
> vacation). Probably, this would require some bylaws to be changed?

The VP is the one nominally given that job, and has little else as 
official duties.  If they can't or won't, maybe people should choose a 
VP who will do so.  But we haven't exactly had a plethora of volunteers 
for any of the offices, and you in particular were one I unsuccessfully 
tried to recruit a long time ago.

The Board, which is in constant session after this initial kick-off, and 
which elects officers, can ad hoc replace a vacancy in one or all 
offices.  That is more-or-less what happened when Matt suddenly resigned 
as president a few years ago.

lojbab

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