From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Mon Dec 05 16:52:48 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:52:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EjR4Y-0007Je-NN for llg-members@lojban.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:52:46 -0800 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:52:46 -0800 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: 2005 LLG Annual Meeting Thread Message-ID: <20051206005246.GJ9161@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: llg-members@lojban.org References: <20051128062658.GA2289@miranda.org> <20051128081254.GM16858@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051201040334.GF18294@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051201200613.GR18294@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051201202224.GU18294@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051202185542.GA9262@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 137 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 02:36:37PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote: > On 12/2/05, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:55:09PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote: > > > > If you don't care about the difference between the membership > > and the board and the BPFK, why did you accept your nomination > > to the board? I mean, if you don't even know what you were > > accepting, it seems like that might have been a bad idea. > > > I disagree. I've already explained why it's a fine idea, at least > for me. Standing up to say so probably proves your point, as it's better than most of the people around here. :-) > My experience with volunteer organizations is that the worst thing > that can result from accepting nominations to things (whether > they be boards, committees, memberships, etc.) is that I will not > be voted into said entity, or that I will be removed from it. It's > very low-risk. It's helpful when I do work or have any > qualifications, but not necessary. I often did valuable things, > and often turned out to be quite qualified, and hopefully that > will be the case here. But that is discovered after the fact. > There's nothing to lose and something to gain, since the > alternative to me accepting nominations is usually that no one > will. Fair enough. Let's see how it goes. > By the way, on the topic of volunteerism, let me take this > opportunity to thank you for all you do for the Lojban community. > I admire it very much. Thanks so much! -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/