spoon-business: new proposal

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am submitting a slightly different version of the failed P314, which 
addresses the concern expressed by many that one day in which objections 
may be made is too short. The short objection period is a consequence of 
R230 and the mechanism for unanimous consent. Section 1 of the new proposal 
is simply the text of P314, cut-and-pasted in, with only a time limit 
added. Section 2 amends R230 to allow for objection time to vary from 
Motion to Motion, and Section 3 brings the only other Motion Rule into 
accord with the changes in Section 2 without changing the length of it's 
current objection period.

Here it is:

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1. Create a rule entitled "Motion to Amend Trivially" with the following 
text:

"Motions to Amend Trivially are Secondary Approvable Motions adoptable only
through unanimous consent, and fail if unanimous consent is not given. A
Rule may be unsubstantially amended if a Motion to Amend Trivially naming
that Rule is adopted. Motions to Amend Trivially may never become Ballot
Issues.

The Motive Order corresponding to an adopted Motion to Amend Trivially
directs the Administrator to make appropriate changes to the Rules."

2. Amend the second sentence of R230/0 to read:
 
"N-unanimous consent on a Motion is granted if no eligible voters object to 
the Motion within time N after it is recognized."

3. Wherever the phrase "unanimous consent" appears in R210, replace it with 
the phrase "one day unanimous consent".

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J.

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