Re: [spoon-discuss] A proposal for next nweek?

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >Okay, here's an idea I've been thinking about... It would allow things
> >such
> >as vSOI, WBE, etc. to be created by anyone fairly easily, and create the
> >grounds for actual competition between various corporate entities.
> >
> >Once this was in place we could, for example, change the WBE speeder
> >upgrades to things which any corporation could produce, if it had the
> >resources.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >{{
> >__Corporate B-Nomic__
> >
> >Create:
> >{{
> >__Corporations__
> >
> >There exist entities called Corporations. Corporations are a type of
> >Society. In order to be a Corporation, a society must meet the following
> >restrictions:
> >
> >*It must have at least three members
>
> Your socialism is showing.  I didn't see the reason for this at first, but 
> it does mean that if the rich are gonna get richer, it's probably going to 
> involve making some of the poor richer too.

-And some of the poor richer, if they show some entreprenurial (is that even 
close to spelled right?) spirit.-
> >*It must not be able to make proposals
>
> This I don't see.  Yes, three people who can get together for the purpose 
> of manufacturing can form a separate club for the purpose of block voting 
> and profit sharing, but...why?

-Sounds to me like it's partly because that's not what a Corporation is 
going to do in his vision, partly that vSOI and WBE already can't make 
proposals and never will, but are natural choices for Corportionhood, and 
maybe partly because M-Tek can, but that's just a guess.-
> >*It must have resource pools of BNS, Points, and Units
>
> And provisions for distributing same to members.

-Why all three, Wonko? vSOI works with points, WBE with BNS, what if M-Tek 
took Units and we didn't need to all have everything?-
> >*It must have a Minister associated with it who keeps track of its
> >attributes
>
> This'll be a pain in the butt, unless you're thinking of a Minister of 
> Societies.  Otherwise, if I form a club out of the blue, and add a couple 
> members, I can't go corporate unless I somehow find a minister first?

-Ditto. Wonko, this will suck. Unless you expand that: a Corporation must 
have a Minister defined by the Charter who also holds more power in the 
company and is not paid a salary. It's still not great, but it's a little  
better.-
> >*It must have a method for adding new members
>
> A good idea, along with provision for losing members, but why make it 
> mandatory?

-Why not make it mandatory?-
> >If a society is otherwise qualified to be a Corporation, the Minister
> >associated with that society may turn that society into a Corporation by
> >declaring that e does so in a public forum, unless that society's charter
> >forbids this.
> >
> >If a Corporation ever changes in any way such that it no longer meets the
> >requirements for being a Corporation, it ceases to be a Corporation.
> >
> >}}
> >}}
>
> Interesting.  I myself had actually been considering the flip side.  Let's 
> see what I can do about that...
>
> 						Glotmorf
-What's the flip side?-

                                                  [[BvS]]


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