Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Bandwidth Pooling

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> On 5/23/02 at 9:11 PM Wonko wrote:
> 
>> How's this for Bandwidth Pooling? They're similar to Clubs, but only meant
>> to be use for Bandwidth loans.
>> 
>> {{
>> __Bandwidth Pools__
>> 
>> A. Definition
>> 
>> Bandwidth Collectives, or Pools, are groups of players sharing eir
>> bandwidth. A Pool may be created by a group of three to six players, using
>> the following procedure:
>> 
>> 1) One player issues, in a Public Forum, a Declaration of Intent to Pool,
>> or
>> a DIP. A DIP must include:
>> i) the name of the Pool to be created
>> ii) the names of all other players who are to be members of the Pool.
>> iii) a statement indicating whether the Pool is Open or Closed.
>> 2) Each player named to be part of the Pool affirms, within three ndays of
>> the issuance of the DIP, their willingness to join the Pool. If any named
>> player fails to do this, the DIP is void and the Pool is not created.
>> 
>> B. Admittance and Rejection
>> 
>> All Pools must have one of two leniencies Open or Closed. A Pool is assumed
>> to be Open if it's leniency is unspecified.
>> Any member of a Pool may remove emself from that Pool by declaring their
>> intention to leave the Pool in a Public Forum. Such removals take effect at
>> the beginning of the next Voting Period.
>> 
>> B.1. Open Pools
>> 
>> The following two paragraphs apply only to Open Pools:
>> 
>> Any player who is not a member of a Pool may issue a Request for Admittance
>> (RFA). If a majority of the members of the Pool deny the RFA within four
>> ndays of its issuance, then the RFA is destroyed and has no effect.
>> Otherwise, the player who issued the RFA becomes a member of the Pool.
>> 
>> Any player who is a member of a Pool may issue a Writ of Exclusion (WOE)
>> towards any other member of the same Pool. If a majority of the members of
>> the Pool other than the target of the WOE deny the WOE within four ndays of
>> its issuance, then the WOE is destroyed and has no effect. Otherwise, the
>> player who was targeted by the WOE ceases to be a member of the Pool. Such
>> oustings take effect at the beginning of the next Voting Period.
>> 
>> B.2. Closed Pools
>> 
>> The following two paragraphs apply only to Closed Pools:
>> 
>> Any player who is not a member of a Pool may issue a Request for Admittance
>> (RFA). If any member of the Pool denies the RFA within four ndays of its
>> issuance, then the RFA is destroyed and has no effect. Otherwise, the
>> player
>> who issued the RFA becomes a member of the Pool.
>> 
>> Any player who is a member of a Pool may issue a Writ of Exclusion (WOE)
>> towards any other member of the same Pool. If any member of the Pool other
>> than the target of the WOE denies the WOE within four ndays of its
>> issuance,
>> then the WOE is destroyed and has no effect. Otherwise, the player who was
>> targeted by the WOE ceases to be a member of the Pool. Such evictions take
>> effect at the beginning of the next Voting Period.
>> 
>> C. Pooled Proposals
>> 
>> C.1. Definition
>> 
>> A Pool may submit Pooled Proposals. Pooled proposals are proposals, but
>> with
>> the following properties:
>> 
>> *They count as 1/(number of Players in the Pool) units of bandwidth towards
>> each member's Bandwidth.
>> 
>> *When a Pooled Proposal passes or fails, the dimensions of each member of
>> the Pool shall change by (the amount the eir dimensions would have changed
>> had e issued the proposal emself) / (the number of players in the Pool),
>> rounded up.
>> 
>> *When a Pooled Proposal is Shelved, it is immediately removed from the
>> Ballot and destroyed.
>> [[To deal with possible changes in the size of the Club between nweeks]]
>> 
>> C.2. Issuance
>> 
>> Any player in a Pool may issue a Pooled Proposal on behalf of eir Pool
>> provided that each Pool member has enough Bandwidth that eir Bandwidth will
>> not drop below zero.
>> 
>> Before Voting begins, each Pooled Proposal that would be on the Ballot must
>> be Ratified by its Pool, or it is destroyed. An Open Pool Ratifies a Pooled
>> Proposal when at least half of its members, not counting the member who
>> issued proposal, affirm it in a Public Forum. A Closed Pool Ratifies a
>> Pooled Proposal when all of its members, not counting the member who issued
>> the proposal, affirm it in a Public Forum.
>> 
>> D. Destruction of Pools
>> 
>> If at any time a Pool has fewer than two members, or more than two-thirds
>> of
>> all players are members, the Pool is immediately dissolved, and it and all
>> Pooled Proposals, WOEs, and RFA's associated with it cease to exist.
>> 
>> }}
>> 
>> --
>> Wonko
> 
> Ya know...you can create something like this via a Charter Prop right now...:)
> 
> Glotmorf
> 
> 
Yes, but Charter Props are inherently flawed. I want this to be a rule, not
a Charter.
-- 
Wonko