Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Society Tweaking again!

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 17 June 2003 11:51 am, SkArcher wrote:
> >>> No - players must be able to leave a society *period*. Use some other
> >>> mechanism for returning items.
> >>
> >> Perhaps societal possessions aren't exactly possessed by its members
> >> as much as members have an "account" with a society, and societal
> >> possessions are either free to be used as needed or assigned to
> >> members' accounts.  That way, if a member leaves a society, e forfeits
> >> eir account.  It's not as much a question of giving back items as it
> >> is not possessing them in the first place.
> >>
> >> Or this could be a *gasp* standard method.
> >
> >The restrictions on quitting are not merely intended as a mechanism for
> >returning borrowed goods; if that were the case, a better method could
> >easily be devised. There are a number of reasons why a society might
> >not want to let a member go immediately. Restrictions could include
> >returning items, leaving certain Grid regions, setting up some sort of
> >Offer to ensure that a given proposal is voted for, giving at least
> >three ndays notice before quitting...
> >
> >If you fear being trapped by a society, remember that you can choose
> >not to join any society with restrictions you don't want to meet.
> >Remember also that Dave can veto any attempt to establish harsher
> >restrictions while you're a member, and that anything too absurd is
> >likely to be CFI'd down.
>
> How about making it so the changing of a societies charter is *allways* a
> valid reason to quit a society? That way charter changes that institute too
> harsh lock in mechanisms will simply be ineffective.

I know - mandate that all charter changes need to be announced 3 ndays early, 
and any members can leave at any time during that.
- -- 
bd


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