spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal limiting jurisdiction of rules:

["Antonio" <zagarna@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Feb 2001, at 15:46, Daniel Chapman wrote:

> With the passage of Rule 350/0 (which I voted for) I feel that it's time to
> pass a rule that will mildly limit the jurisdiction of new rules.  I don't
> want to see a new rule which requires me to buy a digital camera from a
> particular site or requires me to visit some web site.
> 
> <proposal>
> 
> Title: Jurisdiction of Rules
> 
> New rules may not be proposed which will require the player to take an
> action outside of the limits of public fora. 
> 
> [[ This should allow for rules which require Officers to keep track of
> points and other such data, as you're requiring the Officer to produce a
> correct report. ]]
> 
> New rules may also not be proposed which will restrict a player's actions
> outside of public fora.
> 
> </proposal>
> 
> In addition, I would also like to make a motion to recognize the website as
> a public forum.  I don't recall ever seeing any sort of recognition of it as
> such, but we all sort of assumed that it would be.
> 
> Even if this rule is ammended, due to its numbering, this should not affect
> Rule 350/0.  Good that we got that passed first.

I understand the reasoning behind this, but i think excluding 
actions made outside of a public forum is too severe a measure.
Follow me,

Example one:
the banker is required to do all the accounting for the bank.
He probably
1 reads all the mail
2 makes the accounting on a spare piece of paper with a pencil (of 
he uses some sort of computer program or whatever)
3 then he posts a message to the list with the results so that the 
players can read it.

Example two
Joel is requred by rule 350/0 to perform a series of  actions:
1 He must Randall
2 He must make a photograph of himself Randalling
3 He must post the result of this action on a public place where all 
the players can see it

Both these examples feature actions directed by the rules and 
made outside of a public forum. the only difference is that rule 
350/0 specifies the instrument to be used to record the process  
wheras the banker can use whatever he feels like to do his task

Sorry if my english is so bad today. :)




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