[lojban-beginners] Re: Site for beginners.

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:43 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>   I have been told by at least some of the powers-that-be that
> we shouldn't recruit until the basics of the language are in place, and that
> includes things like getting the cmavo finalized.

The basics of the language have been in place since at least 1993,
when the Great Rafsi Shift happened, and if you don't count that as
changing the basics, then the basics have barely changed at all since
the birth of the language in 1987. There are also no plans for any
change of the basics, and nothing as traumatic as a rafsi shift will
probably ever happen again.

See for example this document from 1992:
http://www.lojban.org/publications/brochures/lojex.txt
and try to find something that does not apply to today's Lojban.

Having the cmavo definitions finalized and worked out in detail would
be nice, sure, but that's not going to affect the language much.
Whatever "power-that-be" told you that you shouldn't recruit was
presumably giving their personal opinion and not stating any official
policy. As far as I know, the LLG has never been the least bit against
recruiting new lojbanists.

> 6) Whatever the answers to the above, what is the minimum agreement or support that
> we must get from the powers-that-be in order to achieve sucess?

If by "powers-that-be" you mean the LLG, I don't think you need any
agreement to start a new website, but on the other hand I'm certain
you will receive a statement of full agreement and support if you ask
for it (although the paperwork might take some time). If by "support"
you mean something more than moral support, then that's more tricky.
The LLG is not a particularly active organization at this time.

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