Re: DIS: Offer to resign as Promotor

[Nicholas Evans]

Hope everything works out for you and your friend Aris.

These slow periods happen, but the lack of movement on proposals can
exacerbate them (especially if big changes are expected to pass). The
agency is a clever solution for the time being.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Aris Merchant <
thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I sent you a rough draft (privately, because it probably has errors).
> Other that that, no.
>
> -Aris
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:22 PM Owen Jacobson  wrote:
>
> I don’t suppose you have the current proposal pool handy, do you?
>
> -o
>
> > On Feb 13, 2017, at 10:26 PM, Aris Merchant  gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you so much! It isn't possible to deputize for an office without
> > taking it over per se, but what I can do is create an Agency with you
> > as Agent. I'll do that in a minute. Again, thank you!
> >
> > -Aris
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Owen Jacobson  wrote:
> >> On Feb 11, 2017, at 3:38 AM, Aris Merchant  gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm afraid I've been busy lately. I haven't published a report in more
> than a month (although there was the holiday). One of my freinds is in the
> hospital, and I have a major deadline in a few weeks. I expect these to
> clear up, but I feel a bit like I'm failing Agora. I am working on my
> report whenever I have a chance, but other obligations keep interrupting.
> I've been brushing all of this off as Agora is fairly inactive, but I may
> one of the reasons for that. I therefore offer to resign the office of
> promotor to whoever wants it. I'll pass on what I have of my next report,
> and they can take the office via deputization. If no one wants to do so,
> I'll stay and finish when I have time (my deadline is soon, so hopefully
> things will cool down after that, if not sooner).
> >>>
> >>> With a heavy heart,
> >>> -Aris
> >>
> >> Is it possible to deputise for the office without taking it over?
> >>
> >> More generally, the wheels do seem to have come off of Agora a little
> bit. Slow periods aren’t unusual, but this has been most of a month without
> any progress at all. My personal prediliction is to blame the introduction
> of a money economy - but the Promotor’s office is (at present) a vital
> organ, and its absence would do just as well.
> >>
> >> I’d be happy to take up the office for a while, if it’d help you get
> yourself unloaded and if it’d help the game move forward. I’m even happy to
> take the office, if you’re sure, but if you’d like to return to it later
> on, I don’t want to deny you that.
> >>
> >> -o
> >>
>
>

Re: DIS: Offer to resign as Promotor

[Aris Merchant]

Thank you so much! It isn't possible to deputize for an office without
taking it over per se, but what I can do is create an Agency with you
as Agent. I'll do that in a minute. Again, thank you!

-Aris

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Owen Jacobson  wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2017, at 3:38 AM, Aris Merchant 
>  wrote:
>
>> I'm afraid I've been busy lately. I haven't published a report in more than 
>> a month (although there was the holiday). One of my freinds is in the 
>> hospital, and I have a major deadline in a few weeks. I expect these to 
>> clear up, but I feel a bit like I'm failing Agora. I am working on my report 
>> whenever I have a chance, but other obligations keep interrupting. I've been 
>> brushing all of this off as Agora is fairly inactive, but I may one of the 
>> reasons for that. I therefore offer to resign the office of promotor to 
>> whoever wants it. I'll pass on what I have of my next report, and they can 
>> take the office via deputization. If no one wants to do so, I'll stay and 
>> finish when I have time (my deadline is soon, so hopefully things will cool 
>> down after that, if not sooner).
>>
>> With a heavy heart,
>> -Aris
>
> Is it possible to deputise for the office without taking it over?
>
> More generally, the wheels do seem to have come off of Agora a little bit. 
> Slow periods aren’t unusual, but this has been most of a month without any 
> progress at all. My personal prediliction is to blame the introduction of a 
> money economy - but the Promotor’s office is (at present) a vital organ, and 
> its absence would do just as well.
>
> I’d be happy to take up the office for a while, if it’d help you get yourself 
> unloaded and if it’d help the game move forward. I’m even happy to take the 
> office, if you’re sure, but if you’d like to return to it later on, I don’t 
> want to deny you that.
>
> -o
>