DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ on appointing a Distributor

[Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion]

> On Aug 25, 2023, at 10:34 AM, Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business 
> <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> 
> I CFJ: "It is generally POSSIBLE to alter the holder of the office of
> Distributor without objection."
> 
> This arose in Agoran't, whose ruleset is still similar enough to Agora's
> that the same question is of interest in Agora. Note that this judgement
> will not set precedent (preceden't?) in Agoran't, though. (I leave it to
> someone else to raise the same CFJ there if they think it's worth
> questioning.)
> 
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> Rule 2575/3 (Power=3)
> The Distributor
> 
>      The Distributor is an imposed office whose holder is generally
>      responsible for the management of the primary Agoran fora. The
>      holder CANNOT be changed except without objection or by proposal.
>      Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the Distributor CANNOT
>      deregister or be deregistered.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Rule 2573 seems to anticipate that players might want to appoint a
> Distributor in one of two different ways: without objection, or by
> proposal. But, at least on a casual reading, it doesn't seem to actually
> define those methods - just prevent anything else. Proposals can already
> take effect as defined in other rules, of course, but there isn't (to my
> knowledge) any other rule purporting to allow the change of an
> officeholder without objection.
> 
> So I guess the question is: Is this casual reading correct? Or does a
> statement "X CANNOT be done except by Y" necessarily imply that "X CAN
> be done by Y”?

Grat.: It is, of course, possible to change the distributor through RWO;
although I suspect that’s not the intent, you could read the “except
without objection” as a reference to that.

Gaelan