RE: [spoon-discuss] Where do we go from here?

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>>> >>>such actions. (because otherwise, the action could change the rules
>to
>>>> >>>nullify Dave's veto before Dave got the chance to).
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Dave's veto could be assumed to be retroactive.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>But what happens if you get sick, or go on vacation? Does everything
>>>> >>>just shut down?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>You get a new minister?
>>>> >
>>>> >It is far too complicated to just hot potato on the fly like that, Its
>like wh
>>>> en teh GridMin vannished
>>>> >
>>>> -What ever happens when a Minister goes away? This is a problem with
any
>Minist
>>>> ry, not just this one. What about a backup Minister? Or something like
>that? An
>>>> d don't ask me what happens if the second Minister goes away as well.
>You might
>>>>  as well ask "what if SkyNet blows us all to kingdom come?" Well, then
>the Mini
>>>> stry won't be updated, will it?-
>>>>
>>> I've completely lost track of this discussion, but in the context of
>>>the WoT proposal, one could have both the other Ministers (Amyrlin,
>>>Dragon, Haran) be responsible for each third, which would give a
>>>certain layer of backup.
>>>
>>-(Haran?) I thought of that, but didn't suggest it because that means, in
>the two-Minister system I've got, that if one goes, the checks on >the
>other's power go as well. We need to keep the number of Ministers constant,
>if not the identities of those Ministers.-

>How about if each minister has a Backup, and if the minister is out of
town,
>the backup does eir job for em?

Not just out of town, but also
sick/dead/apathetic/not-responding-to-email/maliciously-ignoring-important-q
uestions/whatever.

And this could be applied to other ministries as well. Heck, there could
even be a Backup Admin, in case Dave's internet dies.

 -- Teucer

"Next meeting, electroshock devices go under everyone's chairs."
 -John Cowan

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