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

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 30 September 2002 12:56 pm, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > >*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?-

The pools may be empty.

> > >*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.-

Make it "Player" instead, so the CEO or CFO can take care of it.

> > >*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?-

EVIL
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bd
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