Re: Helping with the BPFK for skilled Lojbanists who don't like formality.

["Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

On 8/8/06, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> The thing is, to be a BPFK member you're going to have to accept a
> certain amount of structure and formalism, and every time I point
> you at structure and formalism you run the other way.
>
> This is hardly unique to you, which is why I'm sending this out
> publically.
>
> So, let's take a crack at the proxy method, which has been discussed
> but never used.
>
> You want to help the BPFK with as little hassle as possible?
>
> Do this:
>
> 1.  Go to
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Sections&bl
>
> 2.  Pick a section that doesn't seem to have had any real work done
> on it.  For comparison, a finished section looks like one of these:
>
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Text+Structure+cmavo&bl
>
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Causation+sumtcita&bl
>
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Distance&bl
>
> and unfinished sections look like this:
>
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Non-Contact+Spatial&bl
>
> That is, just the cmavo list.
>
> If a section you want to work on is already "owned" by someone else,
> but little or no real work has been done, that's totally OK.
>
> 3.  Write up a proposal for some or all of that section, and e-mail
> it to me.
>
> I will handle everything else.
>
> How's that?
>
> -Robin

That's perfect. Basically the proposal will explain what a cmavo
should mean, in as much detail and clarification as necessary, with
usage examples.

As of 6PM today I am on vacation, and will be visiting my girlfriend
in Texas from tomorrow through Sunday. I'll have a lot of hours to
hang out around her apartment and goof off on the computer while she's
at work. So I am about to have a great deal of time to work on
Lojban-related stuff.

-epkat