+1 (FWIW)

2017-02-06 22:45 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>:

> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Michael Everson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On 6 Feb 2017, at 20:28, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd support Ancient Greek [grc] as well.
> >
> > In my view, it would do as well as Latin. Vocabulary would be a matter
> for the users.
>
> I am for consistent explicit (if possible) or implicit rules. If one
> of the relevant rules is the usefulness, then Ancient Greek is
> definitely more useful than any constructed language.
>
> >> Alas!, don't the rules say that, if one LangCom member opposes, that
> leads to rejection? If that truly is the case, we may need to look into
> that rule. Maybe, we can settle on something slightly more democratic?
> >
> > Yes, we have a single-member veto. I'm not sure how useful it is.
>
> I am in favor of making LangCom a normal democratic body: 50%+1 (of
> those who voted) for regular decisions, 2/3 majority (of those who
> voted) for changing the rules. ("Of those who voted" because we have u
> number of inactive members.)
>
> Also, unlike a decade ago, LangCom has expert legitimacy and integrity
> now, as well as a decade of experience. That's the reason why I don't
> think that any group would use majority as a tool to push unreasonable
> decisions.
>
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Jon Harald Søby
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