[Nomic] Proposals

[Martin O'Leary]

JJ's handy-dandy Summary-O-Stuff:

> The following proposals appear to be around (in no particular order):
> 
> 1. Remove all text after the word 'world' from Rule 3, The List of Voters, 
> since it is no longer necessary now the game exists.
Aye, although I see no reason to do so, other than one of neatness.

> 2. The Rule of Autoadoption.
Aye, although I'd quite like to see A Planet? Where Lizards Evolved From
Men? ratified at the same time.

> 3. The Rule of Nicknames:
Did I miss something, or is this just a name for Jon's proposed rule
which starts "5. There shall be a list of {real name, pseudonym} pairs"?
I vote aye to that.

> 4. The Rule of Structured Names, with the proviso for rules mentioned during 
> proposals included.
Aye, with reservations.

> 5. The Rule of Assumed Consent:
> I counterpropose this rule in the following form:
> A player shall be deemed to have consented to a proposed change to the Rules 
> if all of the following hold: a) The proposal was made at least 48 hours 
> ago. b) They have sent at least one message to the mailing list during that 
> time. c) They have not explicitly expressed that they do not consent for 
> that change to enter the gamestate.

As Adam has pointed out, this doesn't solve the main problem the rule
was meant to solve. I'd urge people to consider my modification to the
original proposal (message of 22:23, 22 Jan).

> 6: The Law of Lexicography
Aye, I suppose.

> 7: The Rule of Dispute Resolution
As I've already said, nay.

> 8. The Rule of Plausible Deniability.
Aye, on the assumption that this cannot change anything once a rule has
already been accepted.

> N. The Existence of the Committee.
> There shall exist a Committee, which shall contain a number of Posts. Each 
> Post shall consist of a Title, which can be assigned a member of the List of 
> Players, and a list of duties which the member holding that Post shall 
> perform. The list of Posts follows:

I have the same reservations as Adam on this.

Martin