On 3 June 2011 20:35, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:36 PM, woggle <woggl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > [This time from my subscribed e-mail.] >> > >> > On 6/3/11 11:10 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> >> On 06/03/11 10:47, Charles Walker wrote: >> >>> What else does a proposal do when it takes effect? >> >>> >> >> >> >> Turn into a monkey? It does whatever the rules say which, presently, is >> >> nothing. >> > In the absence of a rule defining "take effect", per R754, we are to use >> > the mathematical, legal, or ordinary-language definition of the term. >> > Although this certainly should be more explicit in the rules, I think >> > the ordinary-language or legal definition of take effect does not break >> > the game. >> >> I, on the other hand, think "takes effect" means that the text of the >> proposal is set to "effect". > > take effect > 1. To become operative, as under law or regulation. > 2. To produce the desired reaction.
...which is exactly the intention of 'take effect' in the rules. -- Charles Walker
