I AP-pend this.
-Aris
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Aris Merchant
<thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I submit the following proposal (I wrote it a few days ago, but hadn't
> submitted it yet):
>
> {{Title: Contract Flexibility Act
> Adoption index: 2.6
> Author: Aris
> Co-author(s): V.J. Rada, Ørjan
>
> Amend Rule 2525, Interpreting Contracts, by:
>
> Removing item 6 of the numbered list and renumbering appropriately; and
> Changing the phrase "failing protected action" to read "failing to perform
> a protected action".}}
>
> Please speak up if there are any other contract restrictions that feel
> particularly onerous.
>
> -Aris
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Alexis Hunt wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 at 12:28 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> > So in the hideously-overwrought, "I'd rather deregister than play
>>> > this" contract rules, am I reading it right that I can't contract
>>> > out Officer duties as act-on-behalf actions because they're
>>> > "protected"? That's how I read it anyway.
>>> >
>>>
>>> That was my reading. I'd gladly repeal that rule as I think it does more
>>> harm than good.
>>
>> Yeah, I just wanted to do the simple equivalent of an Agency - of a kind that
>> worked perfectly well before - and was really Melancholy that all that
>> complicated machinery came at the expense of very basic functionality.
>>
>> I think that it's worth Protecting taking away abilities, but shouldn't
>> prevent the granting of abilities. E.g., I should be able to allow someone
>> to Act on Behalf of me to publish a report, but I shouldn't be able to
>> sign away my ability to publish the report on my own behalf.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
