Alan Burlison wrote:
>
> As I said, the various Cs/Ps/UGs whatever (the operation bits of the
> community) would propose/promote people to voting status ('Member'?).
> The purpose of the Electorate collective is purely to identify all the
> people who have a vote, no matter how they got the vote, and to decouple
> someone's voting status with their membership of whatever Cs/Ps/UGs they
> happen to be involved with at any point in time. Think of it as a split
> between Legislature and Executive ;-)
>
Ok, I see. I'm clear about the need for this. Electorate is not an
external facing collective, per say, but necessary for implementations
and decision-making purposes.
> As I said I think it is more important to use names that make sense in
> the context in which they are being used, and far less important to
> arbitrarily use the same name for different things in the belief that it
> is somehow simpler.
>
Ok, I understand better now and agree. I'm fine with your structure. I
see 4 Collectives and 9 Roles, and the mix and descriptions seem
reasonable.
Jim
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