<div dir="ltr">I know that a mailing list in either Dutch or French (or German) is not a solution. But by starting with a message in English, one also immediately excludes all people that speak only French or Dutch or German.<div style>
A solution is that we would all be fluent in French, Dutch and German and do not have to rely on another language. But that's unlikely.</div><div style><br></div><div style>As you wrote, it's difficult to solve, as I think that using English is not meeting half-way for all people. </div>
<div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Glenn Plas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glenn@byte-consult.be" target="_blank">glenn@byte-consult.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 06/25/2013 07:12 AM, Marc Gemis
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<div dir="ltr">It's not just this mailing list. Go to <a href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a>
and try to find a page in Dutch (for the Belgian community --
besides how to map a). Or even try to subscribe to this mailing
list without any knowledge of English.
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I'm thinking of a whole category of retired people, that love
to walk, bike, ..., but never had the opportunity to learn
English (e.g. my father). You'll never reach them. </div>
<div>Compare this with wikipedia, where you have a
language switch on the front page, the first step is already
smaller.</div>
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But if we all start talking dutch or french we'll miss out on the
other half of Belgium, I think it's only fair to meet halfway.
Personally, I'm a favourite of using all three languages on this
list, and whoever responds does that in the language he chooses. I
have no problem with that, after all, it's only a reflection of what
Belgium is.<br>
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It's a difficult problem to solve.<br>
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