Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Less is More: The Admin

[Jeremy Cook <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:16:01AM -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> 
> On Oct 18, 2004, at 5.36 PM, Jeremy Cook wrote:
> > {{__Less is More: The Admin__
> > <snip>
> >
> > D.9. The Ministry of Arcana
> > The Ministry of Arcana is a Ministry; its Minister may be referred to 
> > as the Adept. The Adept is responsible for performing any necessary 
> > game task for which no other Minister is responsible.
> >
> > The Adept has really got to know where eir towel is.
> 
> I think you mean all tasks for which no other players are responsible 
> for - The Adept should not be required to fulfill Duties, etc.

Check.

> 
> > D.10. The Ministry of Change
> > The Ministry of Change is a Ministry; its Minister may be referred to 
> > as the Chairman. The Chairman is responsible for the following things:
> > <snip>
> > * E must assign serial numbers to revisable objects.
> 
> The 'revisable object' business is kind of redundant now - the only 
> reason we had them is because Dave kept everything in one big table. 
> Now that the rules, proposals, and CFIs are going to different 
> ministries, it makes sense for the Chairman to only number proposals, 
> since that's all e tracks.

Check.

> 
> > D.11. The Ministry of Cards
> > The Ministry of Change is a Ministry; its Minister may be referred to 
> > as the Dealer. The Dealer is responsible for maintaining one or more 
> > Public Displays containing the following information:
> > * The names, images, and full texts of all extant cards
> > * The locations of all copies of every card (i.e., whose hand are they 
> > in, or are they in the deck, or in some sort of 'in play' state, etc.)
> 
> Oops - a copy/paste glitch of mine: that should say "The Ministry of 
> Cards", not "The Ministry of Change". The current ruleset is hereby 
> Rectified.

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> 
> > D.13. Society Ministries
> > There exists a Ministry for every Society. Unless the Society's 
> > Charter says otherwise, the member of the Society who joined the 
> > Society first is the Minister of that Society. The Minister of a 
> > Society must be a member of that Society. Elections may not be called 
> > for Society Ministries. It is the responsibility of the Minister of 
> > each Society to keep track of eir Society's Charter in a Public 
> > Display.
> 
> E might also track membership.

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> You could get around this by ignoring it and then asking the GM to 
> Rectify this mention away...

Naw. I hate to do that.

> 
> > In r14, replace "the administrator" and "The Administrator" with "the 
> > Minister of Forking Paths".
> 
> Why the Minister of Forking Paths and not the Minister of the Roster? 
> Seeing as the Rosterizer recognizes joinings, it makes sense that e 
> should cover forfeitures as well.

Check.
> 
> > In r437.A.4, change "Admin" to "GM".
> 
> Why the GM and not the Chairman? The Chairman is the one who has to 
> count bonuses for such things, after all.

Check.
> > Did I miss anything?
> 
> Well, a comment at the beginning of r1583 still mentions the admin, but 
> that can be rectified.

I'm leaving comments alone; they have historic value.
> 
> More importantly, this will leave a bunch of jobs open for the time it 
> takes to run the elections. At the very least, since they're mostly my 
> duties anyway, you should probably put in a clause allowing me to 
> perform all duties of the Adept (thus including those of the unfilled 
> ministries) until such time as a true Adept can be elected.

Check.

Zarpint
> 
> Apart from that, this is very thorough, and I wholeheartedly approve.

Thanks for pointing all the above out.

Zarpint
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