From lojban@lojban.org Tue Dec 03 00:00:32 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 3 Dec 2002 08:00:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 61454 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2002 08:00:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Dec 2002 08:00:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao03.cox.net) (68.1.17.242) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2002 08:00:32 -0000 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.206.153]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20021203080031.UGVX2204.lakemtao03.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 03:00:31 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20021203025016.033d2ec0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojban@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 02:53:57 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] LLG = who? (was: RE: Re: Why we should cancel the vote or all vote NO (was RE: Official Statement- LLG Board approves new baseline policy In-Reply-To: References: <20021202210937.GJ1520@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Logical Language Group, Inc." X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1099080 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 17452 At 03:28 AM 12/3/02 +0000, And Rosta wrote: >Robin: > > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 02:53:51PM -0500, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > > > The seeking of a mandate was, IMHO, a sign of respect to the greater > > > community. Nothing in the LLG Bylaws requires us to seek a mandate > > > > The above bears repeating > > > > We're talking about an *LLG* policy here. Not an official statement of > > the whole lojban community or something. As such, the most that the > > bylaws, or even basic politeness IMO, could *possibly* require is that > > the entire membership ratify it > >Lojbab has said that the LLG is the entire community. It is. When we ask people to be members, we ask them to voluntarily serve as representatives of that indefinite larger community, not merely as themselves, because someone has to make policy in an official manner. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org