LLG 2009 Annual Meeting Minutes

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Minutes of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Members of The Logical Language Group, Inc.

These minutes were approved by the 2010 annual meeting.

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Members of The Logical Language

Group, Inc. was called to order on Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:32:19 +0200.

It was conducted on the llg-members mailing list.

Roll Call

Roll call was waived, as all members were believed to have valid

e-mail addresses on the list. A list of members who actually

participated (commented or voted) is as follows:

  • Mark Shoulson
  • TommyLee Whitlock

Reading of Minutes

At the time, it was believed that the reading of the minutes was waived, in

favour of LLG Members as the canonical listt, by unanimous consent, but

this seems to have only been mentioned, not formally stated. Regardless, the

mention could have been objected to and was not, so we're calling it good.

President's report

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Hey folks, Eppcott here with the President's report.

Late last year I received a delivery of several boxes of the Complete

Lojban Language from Lojbab through his relative, and ever since, I

have taken over order fulfillment. Sales are brisk. I am soon to

receive an LLG credit card with which to make shipments, for greater

fiduciary accountability.

The Lojban Festival at Penguicon was exciting and got a lot of people

interested in the language. Robin, Clsn, Pierre, Tene, and Bancus were

among the Lojbanists in attendance, and of course I was there since I

chaired Penguicon.

Last year, I said that if you elected me President of the Board, I

would accept, but not do anything until after I was done chairing

Penguicon. That (and running PodDisc.com, and going back to school)

ate up my life completely until May. I originally intended to have

already begun several initiatives between May and now, which bear a

lot of resemblance to several of the ideas presented recently by

Cosmic Ray. As it turns out, my life has been pretty busy since then

as well. I apologize for that.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

-Matt Arnold

President

Logical Language Group

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Officer's Reports

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Treasurer's Report


The main account balances at $5,664.41

The paypal account balances at $325.34

We lost $10 due to me being late this quarter; I'd pay it out of

pocket, but there's actually no way to do that, the tax board draws

from our account.

The board spent $824.50 on sending people to LogFest. This came

entirely out of the PayPal account; we did not need to touch the

main account for that at all.

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Accepted by acclamation.

Committee Reports

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BPFK Report and Secretary Report


Neither the secretary nor the BPFK jatna (who take a shower with

each other every morning, as clsn puts it) have anything of

significance to report.

-Robin

-- snip --

As usual, of you, or anyone you know of, is chomping at the bit to

help the community, the BPFK is the most important thing we need to

do, and we could use the help.

-Robin

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Accepted by acclamation.

Election of New Members

no new members have been elected

Removal of Old Members

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Last November, I asked certain non-participatory people if they

still wanted to be members, and then never got around to removing

those that said no; I'm doing so now.

Gregory Dyke

Nick Nicholas

Robin Turner

are no longer LLG members.

They're off the mailing list too, as of just before I sent this

message.

-Robin

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The following members were removed.

  • Jordan DeLong
  • Alexandra Miles-Lasseter
  • Adam Raizen
  • David Twery

Election of the Board

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MOVED:

  • To re-elect the current Board of Directors:
  • Robin Lee Powell
  • Robert LeChevalier
  • Matt Arnold
  • Arnt Richard Johansen
  • To give a heartfelt expression of thanks to the current Board of Directors.

PASSED, as amended.

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Old Business

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John Cowan brings to attention the level -2 flyers, now to be found here:

http://lojban.com/tiki/Lojban+Brochures

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New Business

The LBCK, Lojban Certification Program was started with

http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-lbck as their mailing list.

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The following motion is now under consideration, and, if there are no

objections, will pass by general consent on Monday at 18 UTC:

To form the lojbo bangu cipra kamni, or LBCK, comprised of Matt Arnold and

Mark Shoulson and whoever else the two of them appoint, as a committee empowered

by the LLG to create a Lojban Certification Program, with access to up to $500

of LLG funds to pay for the writing of the initial tests.

-- snip --

PASSED, by general consent.

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