From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Tue Aug 08 17:55:54 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GAcMQ-0006io-BJ for llg-members@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:55:51 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a27so394733nfc for ; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:55:49 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=O/GFTud9GscBfibYUMlAU8sWnN7Q32YeU7VCqMSzkbSKIVedxUptqvItj1dxx7uVDbkJnTNOl1TjUMlNMYHPjXoLDzDPd9jvGj1AnhyFwCj0r//KYXhd8Lf4Pi3P2udacU+wsVETvGIIJInM7CEvUAyNBd4AhViEXmxP9SraS6k= Received: by 10.78.127.2 with SMTP id z2mr73630huc; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.159.4 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:55:48 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-members@lojban.org, lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Helping with the BPFK for skilled Lojbanists who don't like formality. In-Reply-To: <20060809001910.GJ28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060707224943.GB18983@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20060807041126.GE28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <44D6D0E3.30801@lojban.org> <55b258c20608070650h49460f55j94594cfa5e5ac0e6@mail.gmail.com> <20060808232434.GZ28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20060809001910.GJ28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 262 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On 8/8/06, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > The thing is, to be a BPFK member you're going to have to accept a > certain amount of structure and formalism, and every time I point > you at structure and formalism you run the other way. > > This is hardly unique to you, which is why I'm sending this out > publically. > > So, let's take a crack at the proxy method, which has been discussed > but never used. > > You want to help the BPFK with as little hassle as possible? > > Do this: > > 1. Go to > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Sections&bl > > 2. Pick a section that doesn't seem to have had any real work done > on it. For comparison, a finished section looks like one of these: > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Text+Structure+cmavo&bl > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Causation+sumtcita&bl > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Distance&bl > > and unfinished sections look like this: > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Non-Contact+Spatial&bl > > That is, just the cmavo list. > > If a section you want to work on is already "owned" by someone else, > but little or no real work has been done, that's totally OK. > > 3. Write up a proposal for some or all of that section, and e-mail > it to me. > > I will handle everything else. > > How's that? > > -Robin That's perfect. Basically the proposal will explain what a cmavo should mean, in as much detail and clarification as necessary, with usage examples. As of 6PM today I am on vacation, and will be visiting my girlfriend in Texas from tomorrow through Sunday. I'll have a lot of hours to hang out around her apartment and goof off on the computer while she's at work. So I am about to have a great deal of time to work on Lojban-related stuff. -epkat