On 4 Jun 2013, at 22:38, omd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Charles Walker > <[email protected]> wrote: >> - Promotor distributes in the first 4 days of each week (currently a >> proposal submitted on a Monday could wait just under two weeks before >> distribution without the Promotor breaking a rule) > > I always considered that a bit of a perk that could be used to block > scams, but I don't care that much. However, it might be interesting > to distribute proposals every N<7 days; twice per week is too much, > but what if I just did it every 5 to reduce the latency a bit?
That would be worth trying, depending on the volume of proposals and Distributability permitting. > >> - Voting period of 5 days > > I'm hesitant to reduce this, since players seem to often only get > votes in towards the end of the voting period, but maybe we could > convince them to hurry up :) I have a feeling that this is a case of leaving things to the last minute: players will vote faster if they have to. >> With a committee review period of 5 days, this reduces the maximum adoption >> time* for a proposal from 28 to 24 days. (*without someone breaking a SHALL, >> that is.) Or we could stick to 28 days (5, 7 and 5 time limits on the three >> above) if people think that's not enough time for officers and voters. > > I'm more concerned about the typical adoption time. Since I already > distribute proposals weekly and the Assessor... well, I think e > usually resolves proposals quickly when e's not really late, I'm not > sure your suggestions would reduce it much. Maybe not; I just want to do as much as possible to keep adoption time down. I think committees (which could be skipped) are worth the extra time, but I'm wary of having to wait more than a couple of weeks for adoption. -- Walker
