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Re: [lojban] Yet Another Tangent: my first cmavo definition
Oren wrote:
An illustration of my confusion:
[from the original baseline statement, ]
"The final baseline of the lexicon, and electronic publication of the
dictionary is scheduled for 30 June 1997, approximately 6 months from
now. Lexical items used in the reference grammar are of course frozen
by the current publication and baselining of that document.
The major purposes for the 6 month delay are
- to provide an opportunity to verify the dictionary text for
consistency with the rest of the baseline;
- to standardize and clarify incomplete definitions of cmavo and lujvo.“
No one seems to disagree with the notion that the job needs to get
done. In that case, the poll seems to be a false choice:
which is why I said "yes and no"
I guess the real question is, after 13 years, how do we make this
happen. Robin's essay includes some new nomenclature, but no
fundamental refutation of the current policy; he and others appear to
be saying that by reaffirming the BPFK's authoritative role in
proscribing proper lojban, things will fall into place.
If that is all that is needed, Robin has the authority as jatna to
implement much of his proposal, in particular that which pertains to the
period before "the job gets done".
When he can certify that "the job is done", the members will
(presumably) approve a new baseline, and it becomes more appropriate to
debate what happens then (preferably in Lojban, a sentiment that Robin
hearkens to himself).
If the membership thinks that the 5 year freeze promised in the baseline
statement is too long, or simply wrong, they can and will amend it very
simply as part of the new baseline declaration that will supplant the
existing statement. The current statement itself indicates that there
will be decisions made at that time about the post-baseline role of the
"rump-byfy"
It was supposed to take six months back when you still introduced the
WWW by its full name (read the original announcement). Now we have a
wiki and several hundred subscribers to the English mailing list.
Let's get the cmavo definitions done. Here, I just tried one, someone
check it for me.
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section:+Attitudinal+Modifiers#Proposed_Definition_of_be_u
Without actually looking at it (I'm trying to empty my Lojban mailbox
for once right now), Robin has my encouragement to promote more such
efforts under his existing authority.
lojbab
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