Alright! Here's a new proto of my proposal, "Sunlight is the Best
Disinfectant", from a few months ago.
Major changes from my last version:
1. Break rule 478 into two rules (it's getting really long, especially
if you consider the annotations).
2. Remove the unpopular "by notification" phrasing.
3. Change the arbitrary "registered within the last month" to a simple
restriction that the performer of a message must be reasonably clear.
That gives the judiciary license to interpret it in light of
experience, common sense, and customary practice.
If you weren't around for, or don't remember, my last version, you can
just read the proposal afresh! Questions and comments are, as always,
welcome.
-Aris
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Title: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Aris
Co-authors: nch, G., Jason
Amend Rule 2202, "Ratification Without Objection", by deleting:
A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message.
Amend Rule 478, "Fora", by replacing:
A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to
all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be
public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public
message is considered a public message in its own right. To
"publish" or "announce" something is to send a public message
whose body contains that thing. To do something "publicly" is
to do that thing within a public message.
Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by
announcement", that person performs that action by unambiguously
and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs
it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the
time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including
sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear in the
message, unless otherwise specified.
with:
A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to
all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be
public. A document is part (possibly all) of a message. To "publish" or
"announce" something is to send a public message whose body contains that
thing. To do something "publicly" is to do that thing within a public
message.
Enact a new power 3.0 rule, entitled "Actions in Messages",
with the following text:
Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by
announcement", that person performs that action by specifying the
action and announcing that e performs it, all unambiguously and clearly.
A notice is a document specifying conspicuously, clearly, and without
obfuscation all information which the rules require that type of notice to
contain to be valid. A notice must be public, unless a recipient is
specified by the enabling rule.
Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time
date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including their contained
documents) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless
otherwise specified. If the performer of an action in a message is
unreasonably unclear, the action is canceled and does not occur.
Retitle Rule 2518 from "Determinacy" to "Don't Even Think About It".
Amend Rule 2518, "Don't Even Think About It", by changing it to read in full:
The following terms are defined:
1. Clear: If something is reasonably obvious (especially, as applicable, by
being reasonably visible and easy to understand), it is clear; otherwise
it is unclear.
2. Ambiguous: If something has multiple reasonable interpretations
that are substantively different and non-trivial to select between,
it is ambiguous; otherwise it is unambiguous.
3. Conspicuous: If a text stands out so as to be visible with little effort,
it is conspicuous; otherwise it is inconspicuous.
4. Obfuscated: If a text has been rendered hard to understand at a glance,
it is obfuscated; otherwise it is unobfuscated.
5. Determinate: If a value can be reasonably determined (without
circularity or paradox) from information reasonably available, and it
does not alternate indefinitely between values, then the value is
considered to be determinate; otherwise it is indeterminate.
6. Extricable: A condition is extricable if it is not unclear, ambiguous,
circular, inconsistent, or paradoxical, does not depend on information
that is indeterminate, and does not otherwise require an unreasonable
effort to resolve; otherwise it is inextricable.
Amend Rule 208, "Resolving Agoran Decisions", by replacing:
The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve
it by announcement, indicating the outcome. If it was required to
be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion after
the end of the voting period. To be EFFECTIVE, such an attempt
must satisfy the following conditions:
1. It is published after the voting period has ended.
2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.
3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters).
For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is
someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid
when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or
otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period.
4. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if there
was more than one valid option, provides a tally of the voters'
valid ballots.
with:
The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve
it by publishing a Notice of Resolution. If it was required
to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion
after the end of the voting period. To be EFFECTIVE, a Notice
of Resolution must satisfy the following conditions:
1. It is published after the voting period has ended.
2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.
3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters).
For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is
someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid
when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or
otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period.
4. If there was more than one valid option, it provides a tally of the
voters' valid ballots.
5. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and indicates that
it resolves the decision as having that outcome.
