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

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

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

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

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

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BPFK REAUTHORIZATION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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lojbab
Robert LeChevalier, President, LLG

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