I point a finger at jason for uncertain certification. Reasonable players
may not disagree about the operation of the current wording.
On Sun., 28 Jun. 2020, 11:02 am Jason Cobb via agora-business, <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> I submit the following proposal and certify it as a patch:
>
> Title: Decision resolution patch
>
> Author: Jason
>
> Coauthors: nch, G.
>
> Adoption index: 3.0
>
> {
>
> Amend Rule 208 by replacing the text "To be valid, this announcement
> must satisfy the following conditions" with the text "To be EFFECTIVE,
> such an attempt must satisfy the following conditions".
>
>
> [This resolves a potential bug that *may* permit the vote collector of a
> decision to resolve it without adhering to the conditions in the
> numbered list of Rule 208 based on the precise wording of how the
> conditions are enforced. The argument that they don't work is that the
> sentence doesn't sufficiently override R208's earlier statement that
> "The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve it by
> announcement, indicating the outcome.", because it describes the
> announcement, rather than the attempt itself.
>
> Even if that interpretation is wrong, there is enough of an ambiguity
> that it should be resolved. The new wording makes this clearer by
> describing the /attempt/ as INEFFECTIVE (clearly overriding the earlier
> CAN) rather than the "announcement".]
>
> }
>
>
> Justification for certification as a patch:
>
> An ambiguity exists because "reasonable players" can "disagree about the
> operation" of Rule 208. Even if you think I am not a reasonable player,
> nch and G. were at least willing to entertain my arguments and did not
> dismiss me as entirely insane. The proposal's "sole function" is to
> resolve this ambiguity and fix the (potential) bug.
>
> This ambiguity relates to my office as Assessor because it is the
> Assessor's entire function to collect votes on and resolve Agoran
> decisions. This ambiguity affects what requirements and abilities are
> placed on vote collectors, so it relates to the office of Assessor.
>
> --
> Jason Cobb
>
>
