[lojban] Re: Conservative, *active* BPFK commissioners needed.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:46:53AM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> Robin:
> > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:18:02AM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > > but, as you say, he does seem to be overstating the amount of
> > > conservatism required. But the fact is that the design of the
> > > BF relies on a reasonable amount of participation from 'both
> > > camps' but the change-averse camp has been rather silent. If
> > > the BF were constitutionally able to start making resolutions
> > > today, 
> > 
> > I'm sorry, umm, who says we're not able to do so, exactly?
> 
> I don't know. Are we able to? I never got my head round the -- to
> me -- complicated rules governing the BF. I defer to your
> judgement here, since you have more of an aptitude for
> understanding these things.

I find the BPFK rules to be overcomplicated in the extreme,
actually, and told Nick so at the very beginning.

I am not aware of any aspect of them, however, that prevents a
commissioner from making proposals once they've reviewed existing
usage.

-Robin

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