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On 5/22/2014 4:50 PM, Dustin Lacewell wrote:
> You can view the result of this approach in this thread:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lojban/_juGorRhWtI
>
> We implore you to carefully review the progression of discourse and
> consider for
> yourself what may be concluded from the positions put forth there. The
> outcome
> is not much different than what we expected when we submitted the original
> message, at least in terms of pushback. The amount of explicit support and
> advocacy was incredibly encouraging and reaffirming.

You seem to have rather low standard for "encouraging and reaffirming".

The Lojban community numbers in the several hundreds if not thousands.

Maybe 1000 copies of CLL have been sold.  People who bought it expect 
that the language will not lightly be changed under them.

You and your few others (relative to that 1000) of course do not respect 
that, which is your choice.

My position requires me to oppose yours, and to consider your efforts 
schismatic.

-----

For the other query in this thread:  perhaps LLG is unnecessary as an 
organization, but if Lojban is ever to become something other than a 
word-of-mouth hobby, it needs an business organization in any relevant 
political entity capable of dealing with laws, and finance, and business 
matters.  LLG is a nonprofit that can accept financial contributions (in 
the USA) that are tax-deductible.  That is why we had the money to 
publish CLL in the first place.  And why we can eventually hope to 
publish a dictionary and other books, and sell them internationally.

Esperanto and all other significant language projects have one or more 
organizations in several countries.

Of course maybe you and your friends are happy with Internet-only 
materials.  I'm an old fossil by your standards.  And perhaps when I no 
longer have the capability of participating, others will decide to fold LLG.

lojbab


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