One of schunt's recent proposals went even further with the idea that being able to make a proposal "pending" is the Coolest Thing in this game, a power worth working for, and a worthy Promotor-related Cabinet Order.
However, "I have this great idea for a rule change, and it would get votes, but I can't get the proposal through the system" never happens. Partly because the total spending power is so high, but also because most rule-changes that end up passing do so on the basis that they are "Good Changes", and not just "A Thing I Personally Like (and others don't)". At least it feels that way to me. So if we were to decrease the total spending power between officers, the effect would just be that some proposals that everyone thinks are cool and should be voted on, are delayed, in the worst case until they aren't relevant anymore, or people have forgotten about it. Here's my suggestion: bring back something like the punter rules (but better), but also tied to who submitted the proposal, to make "my proposal was taken up for voting" desirable to me, regardless of that proposal's contents and chances of passing. Like, if it doesn't pass, I get points based on the votes somehow. I'm partial to "as few FOR votes as possible, as long as it's more than one", but I can see other variants as well. The idea is to provide a use for the weekly excess of spending power. No, I probably won't submit this myself. Maybe. Don't count on it. On a side not, here's something else I'd like to see if the suggested proposal delaying rule passes: someone submitting a copy of another player's well-liked proposal, and delaying the original. Do we want this rule change to pass, even if the wrong person gets credit / a ribbon for it? - Tiger
