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I am sorry only the first sentence of my post was included. Here are my comments without the original post to which I was replying.

I am most concerned about the effects I see resulting from requiring that members speak lojban. I see two issues here. First, we as members are supposed to represent those people interested in lojban, as I have always understood it. This population is a combination of those actively learning and/or learning lojban, those interested in the structural and philosophical aspects of it such as in what ways it is and is not culturally neutral, supporters of the language and language community who ate unable or uninterested in actually studying it, and the curious newcomers. If membership had a language requirement than we wouldn't be representative of it constituents. 

My second angle on this question has to do with sheer numbers. If there is a requirement of regular lojban use for membership that greatly limits the. Number of people available for such a position. I suspect is it would be difficult to get enough people interested without significant overlap with bufu.

I also discussed the issue of increasing member involvement and I strongly support this idea. Not only would an increased to ties between members and the rest of the community, it will also make our distance more visible. One aspect of this is we could be particularly effective in is as advocates in the outside world, particularly those of us who are not fluent because we can show that it really isn't scary. 
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I am sorry only the first sentence of my post was included. Here are my comments without the original post to which I was replying.<br>
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I am most concerned about the effects I see resulting from requiring that members speak lojban. I see two issues here. First, we as members are supposed to represent those people interested in lojban, as I have always understood it. This population is a combination of those actively learning and/or learning lojban, those interested in the structural and philosophical aspects of it such as in what ways it is and is not culturally neutral, supporters of the language and language community who ate unable or uninterested in actually studying it, and the curious newcomers. If membership had a language requirement than we wouldn&#39;t be representative of it constituents. <br>
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My second angle on this question has to do with sheer numbers. If there is a requirement of regular lojban use for membership that greatly limits the. Number of people available for such a position. I suspect is it would be difficult to get enough people interested without significant overlap with bufu.<br>
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I also discussed the issue of increasing member involvement and I strongly support this idea. Not only would an increased to ties between members and the rest of the community, it will also make our distance more visible. One aspect of this is we could be particularly effective in is as advocates in the outside world, particularly those of us who are not fluent because we can show that it really isn&#39;t scary. 
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