Re: [spoon-discuss] nomination period ends soon

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 07:00 pm, SkArcher wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 2004 12:23:35 -0400 (EDT), Zarpint <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> wrote:
> > So Nomination ends tomorrow, and there is very little interest in being a
> > Minister. Dave has announced that he can't continue to be the Tortoise
> > with B Nomic on its Back much longer, and someone needs to do it,
> > preferably
> > some(>1). Is there any way to make Ministries more palatable (to use
> > Glotmorf's term) for everyone who has not yet shown interest?
>
> As i've previously said, Ministries are a bad idea for the same reasons a
> single administrator is a bad idea. Too much structure simply leads to
> things that break when someone goes AWOL, forfeits or otherwise ceases to
> perform their ministerial functions.

A backup minister would be a good idea, yes. At the very least the workload 
would be spread out a bit. If it dosen't work, we can switch to a better 
layout (invoking r0 if e.g., the rules minister and metaminister goes AWOL)

> IMO, Ministries are too rigid. More fexibility is needed.
>
> Furthermore, I hereby formally rescind any nominations for ministerial
> duties that i may have garnered. I am already convinced that Ministries is
> a bad idea, I don't need to personally screw one up to prove the point.

Wrong forum, btw.

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