Alright! Here's a new proto of my proposal, "Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant", from a few months ago.
Major changes from my last version: 1. Break rule 478 into two rules (it's getting really long, especially if you consider the annotations). 2. Remove the unpopular "by notification" phrasing. 3. Change the arbitrary "registered within the last month" to a simple restriction that the performer of a message must be reasonably clear. That gives the judiciary license to interpret it in light of experience, common sense, and customary practice. If you weren't around for, or don't remember, my last version, you can just read the proposal afresh! Questions and comments are, as always, welcome. -Aris --- Title: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: nch, G., Jason Amend Rule 2202, "Ratification Without Objection", by deleting: A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message. Amend Rule 478, "Fora", by replacing: A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public message is considered a public message in its own right. To "publish" or "announce" something is to send a public message whose body contains that thing. To do something "publicly" is to do that thing within a public message. Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by announcement", that person performs that action by unambiguously and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless otherwise specified. with: A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be public. A document is part (possibly all) of a message. To "publish" or "announce" something is to send a public message whose body contains that thing. To do something "publicly" is to do that thing within a public message. Enact a new power 3.0 rule, entitled "Actions in Messages", with the following text: Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by announcement", that person performs that action by specifying the action and announcing that e performs it, all unambiguously and clearly. A notice is a document specifying conspicuously, clearly, and without obfuscation all information which the rules require that type of notice to contain to be valid. A notice must be public, unless a recipient is specified by the enabling rule. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including their contained documents) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless otherwise specified. If the performer of an action in a message is unreasonably unclear, the action is canceled and does not occur. Retitle Rule 2518 from "Determinacy" to "Don't Even Think About It". Amend Rule 2518, "Don't Even Think About It", by changing it to read in full: The following terms are defined: 1. Clear: If something is reasonably obvious (especially, as applicable, by being reasonably visible and easy to understand), it is clear; otherwise it is unclear. 2. Ambiguous: If something has multiple reasonable interpretations that are substantively different and non-trivial to select between, it is ambiguous; otherwise it is unambiguous. 3. Conspicuous: If a text stands out so as to be visible with little effort, it is conspicuous; otherwise it is inconspicuous. 4. Obfuscated: If a text has been rendered hard to understand at a glance, it is obfuscated; otherwise it is unobfuscated. 5. Determinate: If a value can be reasonably determined (without circularity or paradox) from information reasonably available, and it does not alternate indefinitely between values, then the value is considered to be determinate; otherwise it is indeterminate. 6. Extricable: A condition is extricable if it is not unclear, ambiguous, circular, inconsistent, or paradoxical, does not depend on information that is indeterminate, and does not otherwise require an unreasonable effort to resolve; otherwise it is inextricable. Amend Rule 208, "Resolving Agoran Decisions", by replacing: The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve it by announcement, indicating the outcome. If it was required to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion after the end of the voting period. To be EFFECTIVE, such an attempt must satisfy the following conditions: 1. It is published after the voting period has ended. 2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. 3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters). For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period. 4. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if there was more than one valid option, provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots. with: The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve it by publishing a Notice of Resolution. If it was required to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion after the end of the voting period. To be EFFECTIVE, a Notice of Resolution must satisfy the following conditions: 1. It is published after the voting period has ended. 2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. 3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters). For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period. 4. If there was more than one valid option, it provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots. 5. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and indicates that it resolves the decision as having that outcome.