[lojban] Re: Joining the Ranks of the BPFK: The LRWTF

["Matt Arnold" <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Adam,

As President of the Board of Directors of the Logical Language
Institute, I support your four itemized goals. Improved accessibility
to the lay person, a friendlier community outlet than email lists and
IRC alone can provide, improved venues in which to practice the
language, and a more active welcome wagon.

I believe the solution is a friendly second website based around the
community, as contrasted to the existing website which is based around
formal language development and authority. These should not be on the
same site. Both sites should have prominent links on their homepages
to guide experts to lojban.org and beginners/laymen to the other site.

>>From experience having felt the same way when I arrived here as you
feel now, I can assure you these problems are not based on bad
motivations from the leadership. The cause is that it's too much work.
There was a span of a few years recently when I put in a truly
obsessive amount of work and improved these factors a great deal over
what they were before. Then, on January 1 of 2007 I lost my job and
took a hiatus to provide for my income, a mission which is still far
from satisfactorily complete. When that happened, the homepage was no
longer updated, the blog was not updated as frequently, no one took up
my Lojban podcast, and no one took up my mantle of welcome wagon. So,
the available pool motivation in the community is what it is, and
there is nothing to be gained by complaining. I plan to rededicate
myself to Lojban in May of 2009 when I am done chairing Penguicon. I
hope you will mark your calendar to return at that time, if not
sooner.

Thanks very much for your feedback.

Sincerely,
Matt Arnold
AKA Eppcott


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