On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 2012-02-27 19:14: > >> May i ask that the official languages for anything but the official >> statute be English(*). >> >> iow. the binding version of the rule of procedure, bylaws etc.. >> (everything but the official berlin state approved statues) be the >> English one. >> >> There is nothing more frustrating than 'oh, but the German version >> does not quite say that, it really does not translate quite well, what >> it_really_ means is...' > > > unfortunately, the documents referenced by the statutes of our German entity > need to be German in their main, legally binding version.
Why ? these are extra-internal documents not subject to Berlin state review right? So they can be in Sanskrit if we choose to. You cannot ask our membership to vote to approve a text they cannot read. the community bylaw that will be vote upon _have_ to be the english one. that is the only version that is voted-upon and agreed to by the membership, hence it _is_ the binding version. Norbert -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to board-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
