[Spoon-business] Society Tweaking again!

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I propose:
{{
__Compulsion__
[[ Summary: Neatens up some ugliness caused by multiple fix props 
passing at once; also allows societies to force their members to 
perform actions.
Societies will not be allowed to force members to do illegal actions, 
or to forfeit/destroy themselves. Since the Admin can refuse to 
recognize Charter changes, e can prevent any abuse of these powers. In 
general, I think it would be a good idea for most societies to include 
provision prohibiting the addition of new requirements without some 
sort of popular approval. ]]

In r578 [[Societies]], replace the text of section V [[Charters]] with:
{{
__V. Charters__
Each Society may have a Charter. A Charter consists of the following 
things:
1. A list of conditions, and Actions (called Auto Actions) that the 
Society takes when those conditions are met. If it is legal to do so, 
when the conditions for Auto Actions are met, the Society takes those 
Auto Actions. Auto Actions do not take place at the same time that 
other Actions are taking place or pending (like the actions that happen 
at the end of an nweek), they instead become pending until all other 
actions (except other Auto Actions that became pending afterwards) and 
their results finish resolving.
2. A list of restrictions on its members. Its members may not perform 
any actions that the society forbids them from doing. No Society's 
Charter may outright forbid a member from leaving the society, nor may 
it impose unreasonable restrictions on leaving. [[ Whether a 
restriction is unreasonable is left to the Courts, but common sense is 
advised - giving back the Speeder given out by the society is 
reasonable, but listing the last ten names in the Siberian Yellow Pages 
is not. ]]

A Society may change the text of its Charter at any time, except while 
the Clock is Off. Charters may only be changed as specified in the 
rules.

A Society may change the text of its Charter at any time, except while 
the Clock is Off. Charters may only be changed as specified in the 
rules. The Administrator may choose to refuse any change to a Charter 
(other than one that removes all contents of it) or any Auto Action for 
any reason, including but not limited to it causing confusion, it 
putting an undue burden on the Administrator, it breaking the game, it 
causing a paradox or unknown state of the game, or it having unintended 
consequences.
}}

In the same rule, remove the second two sentences of section VII.

Finally, add a new section:
{{
__IX. Compulsion__

A Society may force its members to perform actions. It may not force a 
member to perform an action that member could not perform otherwise. It 
also may not force a member to forfeit the game or to destroy itself.
}}
}}

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