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Members of the Logical Language Group (LLG) have voted to reauthorize=20
BPFK (a.k.a. "banpla fuzykamni", "baupla fuzykamni", "byfy") as a=20
standing committee with the charge of improving and maintaining formal=20
descriptions of Lojban, elaborating undocumented and under-documented=20
language features, resolving inconsistencies and errors in existing=20
documentation, and responding to issues that arise in usage.

BPFK, as reauthorized, replaces the committee by that name that was=20
commissioned by the Official Baseline Statement of 2002. A rump=20
committee, headed by Robin Powell, will have the remaining task of=20
producing CLL version 1.1 for publication.

The motion to reauthorize (attached below) calls for an election by the=20
members of LLG to determine the initial leadership and membership of the=20
committee. The chair is to be elected to a one-year term (or until the=20
next Annual Meeting), and the members will have the opportunity to work=20
with the chair to determine committee procedures, including membership=20
policies.

Members of the lojban-using community are encouraged to apply for these=20
positions, regardless of whether or not they are members of LLG or BPFK,=20
past or present. There are no explicit qualifications for BPFK=20
membership at this time; any qualifications will be determined by BPFK=20
itself.

If you are interested in being considered as a chair or member of BPFK,=20
and are not participating in the ongoing Annual Meeting, please contact=20
LLG at lojban@lojban.org.

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BPFK REAUTHORIZATION

LLG hereby recommissions BPFK (a.k.a. "banpla fuzykamni", "baupla=20
fuzykamni", "byfy") as a standing committee with the charge of improving=20
and maintaining formal descriptions of Lojban, elaborating undocumented=20
and under-documented language features, resolving inconsistencies and=20
errors in existing documentation, and responding to issues that arise in=20
usage.
BPFK is expressly empowered to determine its own decision-making process=20
and pursue its own agenda within the scope of its charge as specified in=20
this charter.

BPFK is authorized to propose standards for the lojban language which=20
may include, but are not limited to, lists of words, definitions in=20
various languages, human or mechanical specifications of the grammar,=20
and instructional or reference texts. BPFK may develop standards=20
documents or recognize documents which have been developed by other=20
bodies or individuals.

Standard documents may be reported to an Annual Meeting or Special=20
Meeting of the membership for ratification by a two-thirds majority of=20
the general membership. Once ratified, these may be described as=20
"official standards" of LLG. When an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting=20
of the membership is not in session, BPFK may seek Board approval of=20
standards, which upon such approval, may be described as "interim=20
standards".

Upon adoption of this policy, the Annual Meeting of LLG membership will=20
hold an election for the office of chair of BPFK and may appoint or=20
re-appoint members to the committee by a simple majority vote. After=20
this election, the authority to appoint or elect members to BPFK will be=20
delegated to the committee itself. The chair and members appointed by=20
LLG will be considered to constitute the entire and exclusive membership=20
of the committee until such a time as BPFK exercises the authority to=20
manage its own membership.

Henceforth, BPFK may, in its annual report to the membership, nominate a=20
candidate to serve a subsequent term as chair. If such a candidate is=20
reported, LLG membership will hold a vote of confidence requiring a=20
simple majority to confirm the nomination. If no candidate is nominated=20
by BPFK, or if the nominated candidate is not confirmed by the=20
membership, an open election will be held by LLG membership. At no time=20
will membership in LLG or BPFK be considered a requirement for the=20
position of chair of BPFK.

The natural term of the office of chair of BPFK will begin at the time=20
of the confirmation or election at the Annual Meeting and extend to the=20
confirmation or election of a chair at the subsequent Annual Meeting, or=20
to the adjournment of that meeting if no chair is elected or confirmed.=20
Should the chair become vacant for any reason while an Annual Meeting or=20
Special Meeting of the membership is not in session, the Board may ask=20
the committee to nominate an interim chair to serve the balance of the=20
term. Should the committee fail to forward a nominee, or should more=20
than one nominee be forwarded, the Board reserves the discretion to=20
appoint an interim chair.

In the case that the Annual Meeting of LLG membership fails to confirm=20
or elect a chair, the committee will be considered suspended until such=20
a time as an interim chair is appointed by the Board, or until the=20
election of a new chair at a subsequent Annual Meeting or Special=20
Meeting of the membership.

Any time that a chair is elected by the membership of LLG without having=20
been nominated to that election by BPFK, any membership in BPFK will be=20
deemed to lapse, any membership-related procedure established within the=20
committee will be deemed to expire, and LLG may elect new members to the=20
committee. The authority to appoint or elect members will be returned to=20
the committee once it reconvenes. The appointment of an interim chair=20
will not be held to cause any membership in BPFK to lapse, or to have=20
any effect upon BPFK membership procedures.

In the case that policies specified in this document are found to=20
contradict policies previously established by LLG or its Board of=20
Directors, the policies in this document should be held to supplant the=20
previous policies.

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lojbab
Robert LeChevalier, President, LLG

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