Re: EU Patent Lobbying Statement

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 11:10 PM 6/16/99 +0200, you wrote:
>From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
>
>> 	http://swpat.ffii.org/lojban/
>
>changed to 
>
>	http://eurolinux.ffii.org/lojban/
>
>We really need to put it on
>
>	http://eu.lojban.org
>
>Could the administrator of the lojban.org nameserver set eu.lojban.org
>to genba.ffii.org so we can proceed further?
> 
>It is necessary that the "European Logical Language Lobbying Group" or
>whatever be founded officially in some country, preferably neither Germany
>nor France and have its own websige.  We can host it at ffii.org and give
>access to all members, but it should be clear that the lobbying group is
>affiliated with the Lojban Organisation.  EuroLinux needs independent
>organisations as members. 

>There will be no Lojban lobbying voice in the EU without
>the backing of the LLG.  I have to focus my attention on FFII and
>EuroLinux itself.

First of all, there can be no official sanction without a vote of the LLG
Board or official membership.  At this late date, I don't see a reason to
convene a Board meeting in advance of the July 16-18 LogFest, and the
already scheduled annual meeting to be held on July 18.

I would like you to suggest a motion or set of motions which you would like
the membership to approve regarding this activity and the things you want
LLG to do in support of it.  It might be useful to include in these motions
in some official capacity either Colin Fine (UK) or Veijo Vilva (Finland)
who are European official members of the organization.

Secondly, even if the membership approves, it may still be impossible to
have official ties to LLG.  Our tax-exempt status may restrict us from
political lobbying in an organizational capacity.  When I receive your
motions. I will have someone look into the legal aspects based on what you
are specifically asking LLG to commit to.

This is the type of effort in which playing the game incorrectly may be
more harmful than not playing at all.

lojbab