spoon-business: Re: spoon-discuss: new lists

[Jeff Schroeder <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I announce that i am a player known as Jeff Schroeder.  This time on this 
list.  I did not realize that the business list was the only public forum 
designated.  Just change 'discussion list' to 'business list' in the 
message below.

jeff

At 08:48 PM 10/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
> Quoth Jeff Schroeder:
> > Hmmm.
> >
> > According to Rule 112:
> > "Fora are the means by which Players communicate. All Fora are either
> > public or private. A Player using a Forum is considered to be "in" that
> > Forum at the time of its use. Actions may be taken only in public Fora,
> > unless otherwise specified in the Rules."
> >
> > This is the only rule concerning actions in Fora and I do not see any
> > differentiation between the discuss list and the business list in the 
> rules
> > as they are both public Fora.  Therefore, just to be an ass, I won't send
> > any mail to the business list.  :)
> >
> > j
>
> Rule 218 deals with the designation of fora as public or private, here
> quoted in its relevant parts:
>
> "The Administrator may designate a Forum public if it is reasonably
> accessible to all Players. . . . Only the Administrator may redesignate
> Fora."
>
> And Rule 219:
>
> "If at any time there exist no public Fora, the Administrator shall take
> such steps as are necessary to designate one. Designation of a Forum as
> public when there are no extant public Fora need not [[and cannot!]] be
> done publicly."
>
> In the first message I sent to the business list, I reported the
> designation of spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx as a public forum, in accord with
> R218 and R219. This designation is not enshrined in the rules because the
> rules concerning fora not only do not require it to be so, but explicitly
> provide a process for changing the publicity(?) of a forum.
>
> So, any actions sent to the discussion list need not be recognized because
> they are not public. Go ahead and send actions to the discussion list if
> you want, but the rules seem to require everyone to ignore them.
>
> --
> J.
>
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