Originally Posted by
Dovster
Personally, I think that no person should be allowed to serve on TalkBoard unless he has a minimum of citizenship in two different countries.
This is a very good point. I think that each TB member should also be able to produce a visa stamp from a country he or she is forbidden to visit by a country in which the TB member holds citizenship.
Additionally, as TalkBoard serves members from throughout the world, we should want to have as many languages as possible spoken by its members. I suggest that anyone seeking to be on TB be able to read in a minimum of four languages and that one of these be a non-European language.
That should be "read and write," of course. Given the number of Chinese speakers, one of these languages should also be Chinese (either simplified or traditional characters are fine).
(Georgian is only acceptable if it is of the Republic of Georgia variety, not the State of Georgia. We do not want to cheapen the definition of "language.")
My understanding is that, in the State of Georgia, something other than English is spoken. However, I agree that it should not count as one of the four languages.
I think this is shaping up nicely!
Hey, wait a minute. Oh, I get it -- you described YOU. I'm a little slow these days.
