From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sat Oct 16 12:50:16 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P7Clj-0006zx-Uc for llg-board@lojban.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:50:16 -0700 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:50:15 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: New Board meeting Message-ID: <20101016195015.GL25393@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: llg-board@lojban.org References: <4C9A674F.5020102@lojban.org> <4C9C9D74.5030603@lojban.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-archive-position: 705 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 08:30:55AM +0300, Veijo Vilva wrote: > Mere administration isn't fun, and there is also a clear > contradiction between the requirements for membership (as defined > in the Bylaws) and the requirements of the administration. I think > we ought to take a half step back, i.e., not back to concerning > ourselves with "the letter of the law" but with the spirit. The > present requirements for membership are only relevant if the LLG > as an organization is still concerned with Lojban at some > linguistic level, it is not necessary to be a linguist or what so > ever for mere administration. The job of the LLG should, IMO, be one of outreach and proselytizing and getting things done that need doing around here, like writing word lists and newbie docs and so on. And, also, deciding what to spend money on and suchlike. Language direction is what the BPFK is for. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/