[Nomic] and for sanity's sake

[Adam Biltcliffe]

I propose the following change to the rules:

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Alter the text of Rule 4, Consensus of Opinion from:

A Consensus of Opinion on a particular change to the rules exists when one 
entity named on the List of Voters proposes the change to all other 
entities named on the List of Voters and obtains unambiguous consent to 
that change from each such entity.

to:

A Consensus of Opinion on a particular issue exists when one entity named 
on the List of Voters makes a proposal describing the issue to all other 
entities named on the List of Voters, obtains unambiguous consent to that 
proposal from each such entity and then posts a public Notice of Consensus 
to the other members detailing the issue upon which Consensus of Opinion 
has been reached. ==========

As such, we make people responsible for tracking the acceptance of their 
own proposals and declaring them to have passed. This also makes it 
possible for voters to veto their own proposal, simply by declining to post 
a Notice of Consensus. As it was, we had the possibility that everyone 
could consent to a proposal, but no-one might notice, and the proposal 
would technically come into efect despite no-one having had the faintest 
clue that it had done so.

One more new-rule proposal before I go to bed, just for fun:
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Rule of Girls

Notices of Consensus are considered to be printed on coloured paper. Any 
electronic document purporting to be a Notice of Consensus is only deemed 
to be so if it clearly describes what colour paper it is printed on. 
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adam