spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Revision and a new proposal

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Eric Gerlach,

> Firtht of all, I'd like to revithe my propothal that leth people leave the
> Grid:
> 
> REVITHION
> =========
> 
> Revithe propothal 543 to read:
> {{
> __Mommy, I want off!!__
> 
> Revise Rule 301 in the following manner:
> 
> 1) Add the following text to the end of paragraph 8 (the one about entering
> the grid):
> 
> "A Player may leave the Grid by announcing on a public Forum eir intention
> to do so, however, a player may only leave the Grid if e was on the Grid at
> the beginning of the nweek."
> 
> 2) Change the text:
> 
> "A Player may enter the Grid by announcing on a public Forum that e will
> enter the Grid at a particular (x,y) coordinate location."
> 
> to:
> 
> "A Player may enter the Grid by announcing on a public Forum that e will
> enter the Grid at a particular (x,y) coordinate location, however, a player
> may only enter the Grid if e was in Limbo at the beginning of the nweek."
> }}
> 
> PROPOTHAL
> =========
> 
> Now, for a new propothal:
> 
> {{
> __Can we talk about this later, honey?__
> 
> {{
> __Shelving a topic__
> 
> A Player may vote "SHELVE" for a proposal on a ballot.  For the purposes of
> vote counting, votes of "SHELVE" count as votes against the
> proposal.  However, if the proposal fails no effects occur, as if the
> proposal had not failed.  This rule supercedes rules 124 and 154 in this
> regard.  Instead, at the beginning of the next nweek [[ recall that
> counting happens during the same nweek as voting ]], a new proposal is
> created which has the same text as did the final revision of the proposal
> that failed.  This proposal is treated as if it had been proposed by the
> original proposal's proponent.
> 
> If a proposal is vetoed by the Administrator, this rule does not affect
> that proposal.
> }}
> 
> [[ This allows us to postpone otherwise good proposals until the next nweek
> if they have fatal, fatal bugs in them, rather than the proponent losing
> charm and points, not to menation having to repropose. ]]
> 
> }}
> 

When you say "if the proposal fails", do you mean if it fails but recieved a
SHELVE vote, or if it fails because it got mostly SHELVE votes, or if it
would have passed if the SHELVE vote was yes, or if it got more SHELVE votes
than YES's or NO's, or what?
--Wonko

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide
everything." 
    - Joseph Stalin