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La "Delegitaro" estis unu-homa afero, sen kunvenoj aĹ difinita regularo. La unu klara regulo, ke aĹtoroj de lingvoprojekto ne rajtas partopreni, estis rompita. El la 12 membroj de la komitato nur du estis lingvistoj, kaj nur 4 partoprenis; oni aldonis nomojn de anstataĹantoj aĹ novaj membroj sen
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The "Delegation" was a one-man enterprise, without meetings or a definitive set of rules. The one clear rule, that authors of language projects have no right to participate, was broken. Of the 12 members of the committee, only two were linguists, and only four participated; they added names of
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rajtigo. La fina rezolucio estis voĉdonita de nur tri el la 12 plus 4 anstataĹantaj kaj la sekretarioj. Oni sendis al la L. K. 25 kopiojn de la projekto, por disdoni ilin inter 100 membroj de la L. K. (loÄťantaj ankaĹ ekster EĹropo) kaj postulis respondon post unu monato.
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