[Nomic] Stuff (plus new proposal)

[Adam Biltcliffe]

On Sep 26 2004, John-Joseph Wilks wrote:

> >Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> >
> >>I still think we need to revise the voting system, specifically to 
> >>address:
>
> >> - Give proposals a time limit, so the outcome of a proposal is 
> >> definitely known after a particular point
>
> That's done by the Rule of Assumed Consent, isn't it?

No. If a proposal *doesn't* get consensus, it floats around forever, and 
potentially could be resurrected at any time by everyone giving consent to 
it. I believe this would be confusing and a bad thing, so I want proposals 
to die if they fail to be voted in within some time limit.

adam