Nicholas Solter wrote:
> If we don't like
> something in the constitution, let's change the constitution rather than
> attempting creative interpretations that are clearly not the original
> intent of the wording.
this seems like:
while (! isOK(constitution) ) {
constitution = rewrite(constitution)
waitfor(AnnualMeeting)
ratify(constitution)
playtest(constitution)
}
which, to me, implies attributes like "takes forever", "wordsmithing"
and "talking and arguing before doing"....
I see Simon (and those of us on the OGB) using a different algorithm, which
we articulated in http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2008/002:
procedures = constitution
while (! isOK(procedures) ) {
procedures = rewrite(procedures)
playtest(procedures)
}
waitfor(AnnualMeeting)
ratify(procedures)
constitution = procedures
This has attributes like "see what works before committing it to stone",
"results matter" and "try something, anything: failure is easily fixable"...
In the end, the results are the same - an effective community and a better
constitution. The difference is that in the top algorithm, the constitution
is the most important thing; in the bottom one, it is an effective community.
-John
