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I was able to locate a copy 
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/a_Nole6bve0/GOfyA66bkhkJ> of the 
agenda for the 2003 meeting 
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/LLG+2003+Annual+Meeting+Announcement>, which 
provides clarification regarding the proposed bylaw amendments. Based on 
the agenda and the minutes, I have attempted to reconstruct the 
proceedings, deriving a number of suggested follow-ups. Those 
recommendations are *bolded* below. I would appreciate if anyone, 
particular directors or members of LLG, could either confirm these 
interpretations, or provide additional clarifications.

mi'e la mukti mu'o
 

> 1. An amendment to Article 3 Section 8:
>
> The phrase "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume 
> membership immediately if present at the next meeting" should read 
> "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership 
> immediately if present at the current meeting"
>
>
> This successful motion is described as an addendum, but the meaning of 
> that distinction is not clear. It is preceded in the minutes by an 
> apparently unrelated failed motion to amend Article 5 Section 2.
>

The relevant motion appears in the agenda as the second part of item 9H:

Amend Article 3 Section 8, to insert election of officers prior to the election 
of directors:

Section 8. Order of Business. The order of business of all meetings of the members 
shall be as follows: (1) roll call; (2) proof of notice of meeting or waiver 
of notice; (3) reading of Minutes of preceding meeting; (4) reports of Officers; 
(5) reports of committees; (6) proposal and approval of new members, who 
shall assume membership immediately if present at the next meeting, or at the 
end of the meeting if not present; (7) election of Officers; (8) election 
of Directors, if necessary; (9) unfinished business; (10) new business. ...

A motion to change 3.8.6 from "new members, who shall assume membership 
immediately if present at the next meeting" to "new members, who shall 
assume membership immediately if present at the current meeting" seems to 
have passed, but it's unclear from the 2003 minutes whether or not amending 
the bylaws to reflect this change required passage of the parent motion, 
inserting the election of officers into the order of business.

So as to verify the will of the membership regarding this matter, *I hereby 
request that consideration of the following bylaw amendment be added to the 
agenda for the 2014 meeting*:

In Article 3, Section 8, the phrase "proposal and approval of new members, 
who shall assume membership immediately if present at the next meeting" 
should be amended to read "proposal and approval of new members, who shall 
assume membership immediately if present at the current meeting".


2. The following succcessful motion does not make explicit reference to 
> amending the bylaws, but was considered during a portion of the meeting 
> which seems to have been devoted to bylaw amendments:
>
> That a new office be created, effective 2004, which can only be filled by 
> a Virginia resident. The office has no duties in particular. Holding the 
> office is compatible with holding another office or directorship
>
>
This motion clearly refers to item 9J of the agenda: 

I move to amend the Bylaws, to take effect at the 2004 annual meeting:

Amend Article 4, Section 1 from:

Section 1. Number. The affairs and business of this Corporation shall be 
managed by a Board of Directors, who shall be members of the Corporation, 
and at least one (1) of such Directors shall be a resident of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia and a citizen of the United States. The initial 
members of the Board of Directors shall be as per the Articles of 
Incorporation, which members shall serve until the first Annual Meeting of 
the members.

to:

Section 1. Number. The affairs and business of this Corporation shall be 
managed by a Board of Directors, who shall be members of the Corporation.

and to add to Article 5 Section 1:

Section 1. Number. The Officers of this Corporation shall be: 

President 

Vice-President 

Secretary/Treasurer 

Virginia Registered Agent 

The person serving as Virginia Registered Agent may also hold another 
Office.

and to append to Article 5 Section 3, the duties of the Virginia Registered 
Agent:

VIRGINIA REGISTERED AGENT

The Virginia Registered Agent shall be a resident of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia as defined by the laws of that state.

The Virginia Registered Agent shall maintain a place of business of 
the Corporation which shall serve as the registered office in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, which shall be a place of business of 
the Corporation

The Virginia Registered Agent shall serve all functions required by the laws 
of the state of Virginia 

In the absence of other indications, this appears to represent a succesful 
bylaw amendment which requires no further action. *The text of the bylaws 
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Bylaws+of+The+Logical+Language+Group%2C+Inc.>, 
as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and elsewhere, should be 
immediately updated to reflect this amendment*. 

3. An amendment to Article 3 Section 8:
>
> That The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, in its most recent 
> version, be the Parliamentary Authority for the LLG (where not specifically 
> overruled by the Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, or relevant laws and 
> statutes) 
>
>
> This motion *does* appear to have been incorporated in the current text 
> of the bylaws, superseding a bylaw amendment passed by the 1996 annual 
> meeting specifying "Standard Parliamentary Code 3rd edition".
>

The 2003 text of the bylaws 
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/LLG+Bylaws+%282003%29>, as included with the 
2003 Annual Meeting announcement, actually included the referenced text 
("The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, in its most recent 
version"). So it appears that the following bylaw amendments (from 9G1 and 
9G2) are not yet reflected in the current text of the bylaws:

I move the following amendment to the bylaws: 

Addition of a new Article, to be the new Article 3, with the current 
Articles 3 and higher to be renumbered to allow this. The new Article is as 
follows:

ARTICLE 3 

General Procedural Issues

Section 1. Parliamentary Authority.

All issues not otherwise covered in these Bylaws or in the Articles Of 
Incorporation of the The Logical Language Group, Inc., or in laws and 
statues that may apply, shall be resolved by the use of the most recent 
version of <cite>The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</cite>, 
originally by <cite>Alice Sturgis</cite> (now being maintained by the 
<cite>American Institute of Parliamtarians</cite>).

2. Removal of the final sentence of Article 3, Section 8, which currently 
reads:

In case of dispute over meeting procedures, the most recent version of 
<cite>The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</cite>, originally by 
<cite>Alice Sturgis</cite> (now being maintained by the <cite>American 
Institute of Parliamtarians</cite>) shall serve as the basis of resolution, although 
a majority of members present may vote to override those rules on any 
question.</p>

In the absence of other indications, this bylaw amendment appears to 
require no further action. *The text of the bylaws, as reproduced on the 
lojban.org web site and elsewhere, should be immediately updated 
accordingly*. 
 

> 4. Motion 9G3 ("to allow electronic communication for LLG official 
> purposes"). Since the minutes describe the motion as having been 
> "reconsidered", I assume the text may have been included in an earlier 
> motion which failed on initial consideration:
>
> That all references to postal mail, telephone, and electronic mail 
> throughout the bylaws be removed in favour of completely generic terms such 
> as "notify" and "reasonable and customary forms of communication", unless 
> they are specific exceptions to the principles of the section on 
> Communications (such as a specific need for written notification)
>
>
The actual text of 9G3 follows:

3. Removal of *ALL* references to postal mail, telephone, and electronic 
mail throughout the bylaws, in favour of completely generic terms such as 
"notify" and "reasonable and customary forms of communicatian", unless they 
are specific exceptions to the principles of the section on Communications 
above (such as a specific need for written notification). The exact 
removals are as follows:

Art. 3, Sec. 4 And Art. 3, Sec. 5:

The Secretary/Treasurer shall serve personally, or by personal telephone 
conversation, or send through the post office or by electronic mail 
addressed to each member at his last known address, at least fifteen (15) 
days before such meeting a notice thereof.

becomes

The Secretary/Treasurer shall notify each member at least fifteen (15) days 
before such a meeting.

Art. 3, Sec. 6:

In addition, a member may be considered present through direct telephone 
contact or by mail participation as described in Section 7 below.

is removed.

Art. 3, Sec. 7:

Meetings of members may be held in person or by the use of telephones or by 
the mails, or any combination thereof. Telephone meetings may be by 
conference, or telephone calls may be sequentially placed to all 
non-present members by the calling officer with at least one other person 
present as witness. 

Proposals may be made either orally or in writing, as the case may be, and 
adopted or rejected either orally or in writing, as if the meeting had been 
held in person. Except as otherwise provided by Statute, The Articles of 
Incorporation, or these Bylaws, all questions shall be decided by a 
majority of all members present or by proxy, mail, or telephone.

becomes

Meetings of members may be held in person or by the use of any other 
reasonable and customary forms of communication. Note a specific exception 
here. <http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Note%20a%20specific%20exception%20here.> Telephone 
calls may be sequentially placed to all non-present members by the calling 
officer with at least one other person 

present as witness. End Note <http://www.lojban.org/tiki/End%20Note> Except 
as otherwise provided by Statute, The Articles of Incorporation, or these 
Bylaws, all questions shall be decided 

by a majority of all members present, whether in person or through 
reasonable and customary forms of communication.

and

Provided that the Secretary/Treasurer or his/her designate shall certify 
that all members have been included in the meeting by attendance, by 
telephone, or by mail, an adopted action may be implemented before such 
written consent is obtained.

has the phrase

by attendance, by telephone, or by mail

removed.

Art. 4, Sec. 5:

Meetings of Directors may be held in person or by the use of telephones or 
by the mails, or any combination thereof. Telephone meetings may be by 
conference, or telephone calls may be sequentially placed to all Directors 
by the calling officer with at least one other person present as witness. 
Proposals 

may be made either orally or in writing, as the case may be, and adopted or 
rejected either orally or in writing, as if the meeting had been held in 
person.

is removed and

Upon request of any Director with regard to any decision of the Board, all 
of the approving Directors shall manifest their consent in writing and such 
consent shall be filed in the Minutes Book. Provided that the 
Secretary/Treasurer or his/her designate shall certify that all Directors 
have been included in 

the meeting by attendance, by telephone, or by mail, an adopted action may 
be implemented before such written consent is obtained.

has the phrase

by attendance, by telephone, or by mail

removed.

Art. 4, Sec. 7:

When a meeting is held by sequential telephone calls or by mail, quorum 
requirements shall be considered fulfilled provided that all Board members 
have been consulted per the requirements of Section 5, or that, if a 
meeting was held with proper notice in accordance with Section 6, a 
majority of the Board was successfully consulted with attempts having been 
made to consult with all members.

is removed.

In the absence of other indications, this bylaw amendment appears to 
require no further action. *The text of the bylaws, as reproduced on the 
lojban.org web site and elsewhere, should be immediately updated to reflect 
these amendments*. 

*The following section should also be added to the new Section 3 per 9G1*:

Section 2. Communications.

Unless otherwise specified, all communications necessary for the business 
of the Logical Language Group, Inc. may be conducted by whatever reasonable 
and customary means the Board and/or Members see fit, as long as no Members 
involved in the communication have objected to that method. Different 
methods of communication may be used with different Members, as 
needed. This applies, in particular, to both notice of meetings and the actual 
conducting of the business of meetings.

Reasonable and customary means of communication include, but are not 
limited to, postal mail, electronic mail, telephone, and various systems of 
real-time electronic discussion.

Sections 3.1 and 3.2 per 9G1 appear to have received separate consideration 
("Lojbab submits alternate amendments separating the addition of section 1 
of the proposed new article from the remainder of the changes, as two 
separate amendments. Rationale: The use of Sturgis as general authority is 
a separate issue 
from the communications issue."). According to the 2003 minutes, both 
amendments appear to have passed.
 

> 5. An amendment to Article 3 Section 1:
>
> Qualifications of both new and ongoing membership shall be high personal 
> dedication to the purposes of The Logical Language Group, Inc as set forth 
> in that Article, expressed interest in helping to manage the affairs of the 
> community, continuing involvement in the activities of the community, and 
> attendance at the AGM. Failure to satisfy some of these conditions is not 
> necessarily a disqualification from membership, if some of the other 
> conditions are satisfied to a sufficiently high degree 
>
>
> This motion is described as a "friendly amendment" to a motion to add 
> "continuing involvement" to the list of qualifications for LLG membership. 
> That motion appears to have been amended such that it was demoted to a 
> "resolution of principle rather than a bylaw amendment". However, the 
> amendment that contains this text follows the motion which converted the 
> previous bylaw amendment to a resolution. I assume that the quoted text is 
> intended to amend the resolution of principle rather than the bylaws, but 
> given other doubts, I'm asking for clarification.
>

The original motion appears in the agenda as 9B1:

I move to amend the 3rd paragraph of Article 3 Section 1, to read

"Qualifications of persons proposed for membership shall be high personal 
dedication to the purposes of The Logical Language Group, Inc. as set forth 
in that Article, expressed interest in helping to manage the affairs of the 
community, and continuing involvement in the activities of the community."

9B1 appears to have passed, but as a resolution of principle rather than a 
bylaw, which was then twice amended to the effect that the endorsed 
resolution varies considerably from the standing bylaw. In order to clarify 
the will of the membership regarding this matter, *I hereby request that 
consideration of the following bylaw amendment, reconciling the bylaws with 
the adopted and amended resolution,** be added to the agenda for the 2014 
meeting*:

Article 3, Section 1, Paragraph 3 ("Qualifications of persons ...") should 
be replaced with the following text:

Qualifications of both new and ongoing membership shall be high personal 
dedication to the purposes of The Logical Language Group, Inc as set forth 
in that Article, expressed interest in helping to manage the affairs of the 
community, continuing involvement in the activities of the community, and 
attendance at the AGM or demonstrated participation in the Lojban language 
language community. Failure to satisfy some of these conditions is not 
necessarily a disqualification from membership, if some of the other 
conditions are satisfied to a sufficiently high degree 

 
> 7. An amendment to Article 2 Section 1:
>
> To add "to support the community of people learning and using this 
> language" and "In the furtherance of its purposes as stated above, The 
> Logical Language Group, Inc. shall place priority on support of the 
> community of persons learning, using, experimenting with, and promoting the 
> language known as "Lojban language - A Realization of Loglan" or 
> alternatively 'Lojban'." to the statement of purpose of the LLG
>
>
The full text of this amendment appears as 9C in the agenda: 

I move the following amendment to the Bylaws:

Amend Article 2, Section 1, inserting

"to support the community of people learning and using this language"

and appending a second paragraph

to read:

Section 1. Purpose. The Logical Language Group, Inc. is established 
to promote the scientific study of the relationships between 
language, thought and human culture; to investigate the nature of language 
and to determine the requirements for an artificially-engineered 
natural language; to implement and experiment with such a language; to 
support the community of people learning and using this language; to devise 
and promote applications for this language in fields including but 
not limited to linguistics, psychology, philosophy, logic, 
mathematics, computer science, anthropology, sociology, education, and 
human biology; to conduct and support experimental and scholarly research 
in these fields as they may bear upon the problems of artificial language development; 
to communicate with and to educate interested persons and organizations 
about these activities; to devise and develop means and instruments needed 
for these activities; and to accumulate and publish the results of such 
studies and developments. In the furtherance of these purposes, and in 
addition to the above activities, The Logical Language Group, Inc. may 
award grants to individuals for experimentation, travel, publication, study 
and similar activities.

In the furtherance of its purposes as stated above, The Logical 
Language Group, Inc. shall place priority on support of the community of 
persons learning, using, experimenting with, and promoting the language 
known as "Lojban - A Realization of Loglan" or alternatively "Lojban".

In the absence of other indications, this appears to represent a succesful 
bylaw amendment which requires no further action. *The text of the 
bylaws as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and elsewhere, should be 
immediately updated to reflect this amendment*. 

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I was able to locate a <a href=3D"https://groups.goog=
le.com/d/msg/lojban/a_Nole6bve0/GOfyA66bkhkJ">copy</a> of <a href=3D"http:/=
/www.lojban.org/tiki/LLG+2003+Annual+Meeting+Announcement">the agenda for t=
he 2003 meeting</a>, which provides clarification regarding the proposed by=
law amendments. Based on the agenda and the minutes, I have attempted to re=
construct the proceedings, deriving a number of suggested follow-ups. Those=
 recommendations are <b>bolded</b> below. I would appreciate if anyone, par=
ticular directors or members of LLG, could either confirm these interpretat=
ions, or provide additional clarifications.</div><div><br></div><div>mi'e l=
a mukti mu'o</div><div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: =
1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>1. An amendment to Article 3 Section=
 8:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;=
padding:0px"><div>The phrase "proposal and approval of new members, who sha=
ll assume membership immediately if present at the next meeting" should rea=
d "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership immedi=
ately if present at the current meeting"</div></blockquote><div><br></div><=
div>This successful motion is described as an addendum, but the meaning of =
that distinction is not clear. It is preceded in the minutes by an apparent=
ly unrelated failed motion to amend Article 5 Section 2.</div></div></block=
quote><div><br></div><div>The relevant motion appears in the agenda as the =
second part of item 9H:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 =
0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Amend Article =
3 Section 8, to insert election of officers prior to the&nbsp;<span style=
=3D"font-size: 13px;">election of directors:</span></p></div><div><p style=
=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size=
: 12px;">Section 8. Order of Business. The order of business of all meeting=
s of the&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">members shall be as follows:=
 (1) roll call; (2) proof of notice of meeting or</span><span style=3D"font=
-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">waiver of notic=
e; (3) reading of Minutes of preceding meeting; (4) reports of&nbsp;</span>=
<span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Officers; (5) reports of committees; (6) p=
roposal and approval of new members,</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;"=
>&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">who shall assume membership =
immediately if present at the next meeting, or at</span><span style=3D"font=
-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">the end of the =
meeting if not present; (7) election of Officers; (8)</span><span style=3D"=
font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">election of=
 Directors, if necessary; (9) unfinished business; (10) new</span><span sty=
le=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">busin=
ess. ...</span></p></div></blockquote><div><div>A motion to change 3.8.6 fr=
om "new members, who shall assume membership immediately if present at the =
next meeting" to "new members, who shall assume membership immediately if p=
resent at the current meeting" seems to have passed, but it's unclear from =
the 2003 minutes whether or not amending the bylaws to reflect this change =
required passage of the parent motion, inserting the election of officers i=
nto the order of business.</div></div><div><br></div><div>So as to verify t=
he will of the membership regarding this matter, <b>I hereby request that c=
onsideration of the following bylaw amendment be added to the agenda for th=
e 2014 meeting</b>:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0=
px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">In Article 3, Section 8, the =
phrase "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership i=
mmediately if present at the next meeting" should be amended to read "propo=
sal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership immediately if=
 present at the current meeting".</blockquote></div><div><br></div><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left=
: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>2. Th=
e following succcessful motion does not make explicit reference to amending=
 the bylaws, but was considered during a portion of the meeting which seems=
 to have been devoted to bylaw amendments:</div><div><br></div><blockquote =
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>That a new office =
be created, effective 2004, which can only be filled by a Virginia resident=
. The office has no duties in particular. Holding the office is compatible =
with holding another office or directorship</div></blockquote></div></block=
quote><div><br></div><div>This motion clearly refers to item 9J of the agen=
da:&nbsp;</div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; paddi=
ng: 0px;"><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0=
px;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 12px;"></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style=3D"ma=
rgin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><span style=3D"line-hei=
ght: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">I=
 move to amend the Bylaws, to take effect at the 2004 annual meeting:</span=
></div><div><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fam=
ily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"line=
-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif=
;">Amend Article 4, Section 1 from:</span></div><div><span style=3D"line-he=
ight: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">=
<br></span></div><div><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Section 1. Number. The affairs =
and business of this Corporation shall</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18=
px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</=
span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ve=
rdana, Arial, sans-serif;">be managed by a Board of Directors, who shall be=
 members of the</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"lin=
e-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-seri=
f;">Corporation, and at least one (1) of such Directors shall be a resident=
</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px;=
 color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">of the Comm=
onwealth of Virginia and a citizen of the United States. The</span><span st=
yle=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial,=
 sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, =
0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">initial members of the Boa=
rd of Directors shall be as per the Articles</span><span style=3D"line-heig=
ht: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&n=
bsp;</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fami=
ly: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">of Incorporation, which members shall serv=
e until the first Annual</span><span style=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb=
(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span sty=
le=3D"line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, =
sans-serif;">Meeting of the members.</span></div><div><span style=3D"line-h=
eight: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"=
><br></span></div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Ar=
ial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">to:</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Section 1. Numbe=
r. The affairs and business of this Corporation shall&nbsp;be managed by a =
Board of Directors, who shall be members of the&nbsp;Corporation.</p><p sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-si=
ze: 12px;">and to add to Article 5 Section 1:</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, =
0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Section 1=
. Number. The Officers of this Corporation shall be:&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"c=
olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12p=
x;">President&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdan=
a, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Vice-President&nbsp;</p><p style=3D=
"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
2px;">Secretary/Treasurer&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fa=
mily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Virginia Registered Age=
nt&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, s=
ans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The person serving as Virginia Registered Agen=
t may also hold another Office.</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fa=
mily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style=3D"font-siz=
e: 13px;">and to append to Article 5 Section 3, the duties of the Virginia =
Registered Agent:</span></p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: V=
erdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">VIRGINIA REGISTERED AGENT</p><=
p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; fo=
nt-size: 12px;">The Virginia Registered Agent shall be a resident of the Co=
mmonwealth of&nbsp;Virginia as defined by the laws of that state.</p><p sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-si=
ze: 12px;">The Virginia Registered Agent shall maintain a place of business=
 of the&nbsp;Corporation which shall serve as the registered office in the&=
nbsp;Commonwealth of Virginia, which shall be a place of business of the&nb=
sp;Corporation</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Ar=
ial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Virginia Registered Agent shall serv=
e all functions required by the&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">laws =
of the state of Virginia</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-=
family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></p></=
blockquote><div>In the absence of other indications, this appears to repres=
ent a succesful bylaw amendment which requires no further action. <b>The <a=
 href=3D"http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Bylaws+of+The+Logical+Language+Group%2C=
+Inc.">text of the bylaws</a>, as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and=
 elsewhere, should be immediately updated to reflect this amendment</b>.&nb=
sp;</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: =
0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><div>3. An amendment to Article 3 Section 8:<br></div><div><br><=
/div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>T=
hat The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, in its most recent versio=
n, be the Parliamentary Authority for the LLG (where not specifically overr=
uled by the Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, or relevant laws and statute=
s)&nbsp;</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This motion <i>does</i> appe=
ar to have been incorporated in the current text of the bylaws, superseding=
 a bylaw amendment passed by the 1996 annual meeting specifying "Standard P=
arliamentary Code 3rd edition".</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div=
>The <a href=3D"http://www.lojban.org/tiki/LLG+Bylaws+%282003%29">2003 text=
 of the bylaws</a>, as included with the 2003 Annual Meeting announcement, =
actually included the referenced text ("The Standard Code of Parliamentary =
Procedure, in its most recent version"). So it appears that the following b=
ylaw amendments (from 9G1 and 9G2) are not yet reflected in the current tex=
t of the bylaws:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40p=
x; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-=
family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I move the following =
amendment to the bylaws:&nbsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Addition of a=
 new Article, to be the new Article 3, with the&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-si=
ze: 13px;">current Articles 3 and higher to be renumbered to allow this. Th=
e</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-s=
ize: 13px;">new Article is as follows:</span></p></div><div><p style=3D"col=
or: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;=
">ARTICLE 3&nbsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-famil=
y: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">General Procedural Issues<=
/p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial,=
 sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Section 1. Parliamentary Authority.</p></div=
><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-se=
rif; font-size: 12px;">All issues not otherwise covered in these Bylaws or =
in the <span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Articles Of Incorporation of the Th=
e Logical Language Group,</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</sp=
an><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Inc., or in laws and statues that may a=
pply, shall be resolved</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span=
><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">by the use of the most recent version of =
&lt;cite&gt;The Standard Code</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;=
</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">of Parliamentary Procedure&lt;/cite=
&gt;, originally by &lt;cite&gt;Alice</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;=
">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Sturgis&lt;/cite&gt; (now b=
eing maintained by the &lt;cite&gt;American</span><span style=3D"font-size:=
 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Institute of Parliamt=
arians&lt;/cite&gt;).</span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style=3D"mar=
gin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0=
, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. Remo=
val of the final sentence of Article 3, Section 8, which&nbsp;currently rea=
ds:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Ar=
ial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In case of dispute over meeting procedur=
es, the most recent&nbsp;version of &lt;cite&gt;The Standard Code of Parlia=
mentary&nbsp;Procedure&lt;/cite&gt;, originally by &lt;cite&gt;Alice Sturgi=
s&lt;/cite&gt; (now&nbsp;being maintained by the &lt;cite&gt;American Insti=
tute of&nbsp;Parliamtarians&lt;/cite&gt;) shall serve as the basis of resol=
ution,&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">although a majority of members=
 present may vote to override</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;=
</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">those rules on any question.&lt;/p&=
gt;</span></p></div></blockquote><div>In the absence of other indications, =
this bylaw amendment appears to require no further action.&nbsp;<b>The text=
 of the bylaws,&nbsp;as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and elsewhere=
, should be immediately updated accordingly</b>.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;b=
order-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>4. Mot=
ion 9G3 ("to allow electronic communication for LLG official purposes"). Si=
nce the minutes describe the motion as having been "reconsidered", I assume=
 the text may have been included in an earlier motion which failed on initi=
al consideration:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>That all references to postal mail, tel=
ephone, and electronic mail throughout the bylaws be removed in favour of c=
ompletely generic terms such as "notify" and "reasonable and customary form=
s of communication", unless they are specific exceptions to the principles =
of the section on Communications (such as a specific need for written notif=
ication)</div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The actua=
l text of 9G3 follows:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0=
 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);=
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. Removal of *=
ALL* references to postal mail, telephone, and&nbsp;electronic mail through=
out the bylaws, in favour of completely&nbsp;generic terms such as "notify"=
 and "reasonable and customary forms&nbsp;of communicatian", unless they ar=
e specific exceptions to the&nbsp;principles of the section on Communicatio=
ns above (such as a&nbsp;specific need for written notification). The exact=
 removals are as&nbsp;follows:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Art. 3, Sec. =
4 And Art. 3, Sec. 5:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-f=
amily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Secretary/Treasure=
r shall serve personally, or&nbsp;by personal telephone conversation, or se=
nd through the post&nbsp;office or by electronic mail addressed to each mem=
ber at his&nbsp;last known address, at least fifteen (15) days before such&=
nbsp;meeting a notice thereof.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">becomes</p></=
div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans=
-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Secretary/Treasurer shall notify each member =
at least&nbsp;fifteen (15) days before such a meeting.</p></div><div><p sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-si=
ze: 12px;">Art. 3, Sec. 6:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f=
ont-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In addition, a me=
mber may be considered present through direct&nbsp;telephone contact or by =
mail participation as described in&nbsp;Section 7 below.</p></div><div><p s=
tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-=
size: 12px;">is removed.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fon=
t-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Art. 3, Sec. 7:</p>=
</div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sa=
ns-serif; font-size: 12px;">Meetings of members may be held in person or by=
 the use of&nbsp;telephones or by the mails, or any combination thereof.&nb=
sp;Telephone meetings may be by conference, or telephone calls may&nbsp;be =
sequentially placed to all non-present members by the calling&nbsp;officer =
with at least one other person present as witness.&nbsp;</p></div><div><p s=
tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-=
size: 12px;">Proposals may be made either orally or in writing, as the case=
&nbsp;may be, and adopted or rejected either orally or in writing, as&nbsp;=
if the meeting had been held in person. Except as otherwise&nbsp;provided b=
y Statute, The Articles of Incorporation, or these&nbsp;Bylaws, all questio=
ns shall be decided by a majority of all&nbsp;members present or by proxy, =
mail, or telephone.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fam=
ily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">becomes</p></div><div><p=
 style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; fon=
t-size: 12px;">Meetings of members may be held in person or by the use of a=
ny&nbsp;other reasonable and customary forms of communication.&nbsp;<a clas=
s=3D"wiki" href=3D"http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Note%20a%20specific%20excepti=
on%20here." rel=3D"" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 1, 166);">Note a specific excep=
tion here.</a>&nbsp;Telephone calls may be sequentially placed to all non-p=
resent&nbsp;members by the calling officer with at least one other person&n=
bsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, A=
rial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">present as witness.&nbsp;<a class=3D"wi=
ki" href=3D"http://www.lojban.org/tiki/End%20Note" rel=3D"" style=3D"color:=
 rgb(0, 1, 166);">End Note</a>&nbsp;Except as otherwise provided by Statute=
, The Articles of&nbsp;Incorporation, or these Bylaws, all questions shall =
be decided&nbsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family=
: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">by a majority of all member=
s present, whether in person or&nbsp;through reasonable and customary forms=
 of communication.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fami=
ly: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">and</p></div><div><p styl=
e=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-siz=
e: 12px;">Provided that the Secretary/Treasurer or his/her designate shall&=
nbsp;certify that all members have been included in the meeting by&nbsp;att=
endance, by telephone, or by mail, an adopted action may be&nbsp;implemente=
d before such written consent is obtained.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color:=
 rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">h=
as the phrase</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: V=
erdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">by attendance, by telephone, o=
r by mail</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verda=
na, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">removed.</p></div><div><p style=3D=
"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
2px;">Art. 4, Sec. 5:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-f=
amily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Meetings of Directors =
may be held in person or by the use of&nbsp;telephones or by the mails, or =
any combination thereof.&nbsp;Telephone meetings may be by conference, or t=
elephone calls may&nbsp;be sequentially placed to all Directors by the call=
ing officer&nbsp;with at least one other person present as witness. Proposa=
ls&nbsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdan=
a, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">may be made either orally or in wri=
ting, as the case may be, and&nbsp;adopted or rejected either orally or in =
writing, as if the&nbsp;meeting had been held in person.</p></div><div><p s=
tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-=
size: 12px;">is removed and</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Upon request of =
any Director with regard to any decision of the&nbsp;Board, all of the appr=
oving Directors shall manifest their&nbsp;consent in writing and such conse=
nt shall be filed in the&nbsp;Minutes Book. Provided that the Secretary/Tre=
asurer or his/her&nbsp;designate shall certify that all Directors have been=
 included in&nbsp;</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fami=
ly: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">the meeting by attendance=
, by telephone, or by mail, an adopted&nbsp;action may be implemented befor=
e such written consent is&nbsp;obtained.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: r=
gb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">has=
 the phrase</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ver=
dana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">by attendance, by telephone, or =
by mail</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana=
, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">removed.</p></div><div><p style=3D"c=
olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12p=
x;">Art. 4, Sec. 7:</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fam=
ily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When a meeting is held b=
y sequential telephone calls or by mail,&nbsp;quorum requirements shall be =
considered fulfilled provided that&nbsp;all Board members have been consult=
ed per the requirements of&nbsp;Section 5, or that, if a meeting was held w=
ith proper notice in&nbsp;accordance with Section 6, a majority of the Boar=
d was&nbsp;successfully consulted with attempts having been made to consult=
&nbsp;with all members.</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font=
-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">is removed.</p></div=
></blockquote><div>In the absence of other indications, this bylaw amendmen=
t appears to require no further action.&nbsp;<b>The text of the bylaws,&nbs=
p;as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and elsewhere, should be immedia=
tely updated to reflect these amendments</b>.&nbsp;<br></div><div><br></div=
><div><b>The following section should also be added to the new Section 3 pe=
r 9G1</b>:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40px; bor=
der: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family=
: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Section 2. Communications.<=
/p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial,=
 sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Unless otherwise specified, all communicatio=
ns necessary for the&nbsp;business of the Logical Language Group, Inc. may =
be conducted by&nbsp;whatever reasonable and customary means the Board and/=
or Members&nbsp;see fit, as long as no Members involved in the communicatio=
n&nbsp;have objected to that method. Different methods of&nbsp;communicatio=
n may be used with different Members, as needed.&nbsp;This applies, in part=
icular, to both notice of meetings and the&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-size: 1=
3px;">actual conducting of the business of meetings.</span></p></div><div><=
p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; fo=
nt-size: 12px;">Reasonable and customary means of communication include, bu=
t are&nbsp;not limited to, postal mail, electronic mail, telephone, and&nbs=
p;various systems of real-time electronic discussion.</p></div></blockquote=
><div>Sections 3.1 and 3.2 per 9G1 appear to have received separate conside=
ration ("<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, s=
ans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Lojbab submits alternate am=
endments separating the addition of</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1=
8px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana=
, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">section 1 of the =
proposed new article from the remainder of the changes,</span><span style=
=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size=
: 12px; line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18=
px;">as two separate amendments.&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0=
, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height=
: 18px;">Rationale: The use of Sturgis as general authority is a separate i=
ssue</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial,=
 sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;</span></div><div><=
span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">from the communications issue.</span>=
<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif=
; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">"). According to the 2003 minutes, b=
oth amendments appear to have passed.</span></div><div>&nbsp;<br></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-=
left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>5=
. An amendment to Article 3 Section 1:</div><div><br></div><blockquote styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Qualifications of both=
 new and ongoing membership shall be high personal dedication to the purpos=
es of The Logical Language Group, Inc as set forth in that Article, express=
ed interest in helping to manage the affairs of the community, continuing i=
nvolvement in the activities of the community, and attendance at the AGM. F=
ailure to satisfy some of these conditions is not necessarily a disqualific=
ation from membership, if some of the other conditions are satisfied to a s=
ufficiently high degree&nbsp;</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This mo=
tion is described as a "friendly amendment" to a motion to add "continuing =
involvement" to the list of qualifications for LLG membership. That motion =
appears to have been amended such that it was demoted to a "resolution of p=
rinciple rather than a bylaw amendment". However, the amendment that contai=
ns this text follows the motion which converted the previous bylaw amendmen=
t to a resolution. I assume that the quoted text is intended to amend the r=
esolution of principle rather than the bylaws, but given other doubts, I'm =
asking for clarification.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The o=
riginal motion appears in the agenda as 9B1:</div><div><br></div><blockquot=
e style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p style=
=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size=
: 12px;">I move to&nbsp;amend the 3rd paragraph of Article 3 Section 1, to =
read</p></div><div><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, A=
rial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Qualifications of persons proposed for=
 membership shall be high&nbsp;personal dedication to the purposes of The L=
ogical Language Group, Inc.&nbsp;as set forth in that Article, expressed in=
terest in helping to manage&nbsp;the affairs of the community, and continui=
ng involvement in the&nbsp;activities of the community."</p></div></blockqu=
ote><div>9B1 appears to have passed, but as a resolution of principle rathe=
r than a bylaw, which was then twice amended to the effect that the endorse=
d resolution varies considerably from the standing bylaw. In order to clari=
fy the will of the membership regarding this matter,&nbsp;<b>I hereby reque=
st that consideration of the following bylaw amendment, reconciling the byl=
aws with the adopted and amended resolution,</b><b>&nbsp;be added to the ag=
enda for the 2014 meeting</b>:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"mar=
gin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Article 3, Section 1, Pa=
ragraph 3 ("Qualifications of persons ...") should be replaced with the fol=
lowing text:</div><div><br></div><div>Qualifications of both new and ongoin=
g membership shall be high personal dedication to the purposes of The Logic=
al Language Group, Inc as set forth in that Article, expressed interest in =
helping to manage the affairs of the community, continuing involvement in t=
he activities of the community, and attendance at the AGM or demonstrated p=
articipation in the Lojban language language community. Failure to satisfy =
some of these conditions is not necessarily a disqualification from members=
hip, if some of the other conditions are satisfied to a sufficiently high d=
egree&nbsp;</div></blockquote><div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;pad=
ding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>7. An amendment to Article 2 Section=
 1:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;=
padding:0px"><div>To add "to support the community of people learning and u=
sing this language" and "In the furtherance of its purposes as stated above=
, The Logical Language Group, Inc. shall place priority on support of the c=
ommunity of persons learning, using, experimenting with, and promoting the =
language known as "Lojban language - A Realization of Loglan" or alternativ=
ely 'Lojban'." to the statement of purpose of the LLG</div></blockquote></d=
iv></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The full text of this amendment appears=
 as 9C in the agenda:&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin=
: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><span style=3D"line-height:=
 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">I mov=
e the following amendment to the Bylaws:</span></div><p style=3D"color: rgb=
(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Amend=
 Article 2, Section 1, inserting</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-f=
amily: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"to support the commun=
ity of people learning and using this language"</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0=
, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">and app=
ending a second paragraph</p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">to read:</p><p style=3D"color=
: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">=
Section 1. Purpose. The Logical Language Group, Inc. is established to&nbsp=
;promote the scientific study of the relationships between language,&nbsp;t=
hought and human culture; to investigate the nature of language and to&nbsp=
;determine the requirements for an artificially-engineered natural&nbsp;lan=
guage; to implement and experiment with such a language; to support&nbsp;th=
e community of people learning and using this language; to devise and&nbsp;=
promote applications for this language in fields including but not&nbsp;lim=
ited to linguistics, psychology, philosophy, logic, mathematics,&nbsp;compu=
ter science, anthropology, sociology, education, and human biology;&nbsp;to=
 conduct and support experimental and scholarly research in these&nbsp;fiel=
ds as they may bear upon the problems of artificial language&nbsp;<span sty=
le=3D"font-size: 13px;">development; to communicate with and to educate int=
erested persons and</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><sp=
an style=3D"font-size: 13px;">organizations about these activities; to devi=
se and develop means and</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</spa=
n><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">instruments needed for these activities;=
 and to accumulate and publish</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp=
;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">the results of such studies and de=
velopments. In the furtherance of</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&n=
bsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">these purposes, and in addition=
 to the above activities, The Logical</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;=
">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Language Group, Inc. may aw=
ard grants to individuals for</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;=
</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13px;">experimentation, travel, publicatio=
n, study and similar activities.</span></p><p style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);=
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In the furthera=
nce of its purposes as stated above, The Logical Language&nbsp;Group, Inc. =
shall place priority on support of the community of persons&nbsp;learning, =
using, experimenting with, and promoting the language known as&nbsp;"Lojban=
 - A Realization of Loglan" or alternatively "Lojban".</p></blockquote><div=
><div>In the absence of other indications, this appears to represent a succ=
esful bylaw amendment which requires no further action.&nbsp;<b>The text of=
 the bylaws&nbsp;as reproduced on the lojban.org web site and elsewhere, sh=
ould be immediately updated to reflect this amendment</b>.&nbsp;</div></div=
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