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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Proposal: Speedier Actions


Does this conflict with Proposal 210?

Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> I submit the following proposal, entitled "Speedier Actions", intended
> to allow certain slow actions to be done more quickly if it would be
> fair to do so (and in accordance with the general will of the
> players).  The first part addresses Emergencies specifically where a
> consensus can develop on how to best resolve the Emergency that
> shouldn't require a full 9 days of Pause, and the second would allow
> any action that can be performed without objections to instead be
> performed as soon as a majority of the Active Players approve the
> action, assuming no Player, active or not, objects.  This has the
> potential to allow non-controversial actions that would otherwise take
> 2 ndays to be done as soon as a substantial portion of the Players has
> had a chance to review it.
>
> {{
> In the rule entitled "In Case of Emergency" or in Rule 0 if this is
> ambiguous, add a paragraph after the last paragraph with the following
> text:
> {{{
> At any time during a state of emergency the Emergency Coordinator can,
> with 2 support and without objection, make any change to the game
> state or the Rules.  [[That is, if there's a unanimous consensus among
> the PEPs as to how to resolve an Emergency or on required changes to
> the Emergency procedures, the EC can make those changes in the 2 days
> required to wait for a single player to object rather than a fill 9
> days of Pause).]]
> }}}
>
>
> Create a new rule entitled "Unanimous Consent" with the following text:
> {{{
> If the rules allow a Player to perform a game action with X support
> and without Y objections, for any values of X and Y, he may, at his
> option, instead perform that action after obtaining Unanimous Consent
> to perform that action.  This rule defers to any rule that allows and
> action and explicitly forbids the use of Unanimous Consent.
>
> A Player obtains Unanimous Consent for an action by announcing in a
> Public Forum the action he intends to take and the fact that he's
> seeking Unanimous Consent.  The action takes place when a simple
> majority of the Active Players have announced their support for the
> Action in the Public Forum if and only if no Player has announced an
> objection to the action in the meantime.  If any Player does object to
> the action in this interval, the action does not take place,
> regardless of the threshhold of objections that would have been
> required to stop the action had it been attempted without Unanimous
> Consent.  The Player attempting the action may not perform the same
> action by Unanimous Consent in the same nweek, although he may perform
> the action with X support and without Y objections through a new
> announcement.
> }}}
>
> }}
>
> --Wooble
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