On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:58:56PM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: > > Yes, but if I amend the proposal like this, then it needs to be seconded > > all over again, doesn't it? > > I don't see why. You need two seconds to go from "proposal" to > "amendment". To go from "amendment" to "accepted", you need > consensus on the mailing list. This consensus presumably > includes the opinions of the original seconders. > > Achieving consensus is usually going to involve some minor changes > to the amendment -- that's the whole point of discussing it. > If those changes then invalidate the amendment so that the whole > process has to be started over again, then the policy process would > be quite heavyweight. I don't think that was the intent.
Well, they don't invalidate it, but they change it from the one that the seconders seconded. How do I know their second still stands for the changed proposal, unless I get them to second it again? (It most probably does in this case.) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
