On Monday 07 January 2008 17:38:39 Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > > Deb & Bob were a player in 1993, which (I believe) predates > > executorship by about 2 years and power of attorney by about 5 years. > > Which means it's less relevant to the present day. We've had a period > where they were not regulated (apparently, I don't know the rules from > back then), and a period where they were strongly regulated. The > current climate may inherent from either period. > > > Partnerships don't have formal executors, but nobody seems to be > > disputing that they function without them. > > I dispute that. Requiring partnerships to explicitly devolve requirements > to act (R2145) formalizes the executorship to some extent. > > > CFJ 1303 doesn't seem relevant to me, as it is concerned with the senders > > of messages rather than the effectiveness of actions. > > Fair enough. > > > Rule 2160 provides a way for players to act in place of offices, not > > persons. > > The fact that it exists implies that without it, a person cannot act for > another person who happens to be an officer. I realize this is an indirect > implication. > > The question is, in the absence of explicit regulation, does a "right" > exist for you to sign away all your rights of refusal to act exist, or is > it better for the game to refuse to recognize such a sign-away as binding > (many bodies of law do not recognize signing yourself into slavery, for > example). > > I also note that standards may differ for a long-time player who publicly > signed away eir rights (e.g. Peekee) versus someone who has never posted > and it is not clear that they "understand" what they have signed away. > Which is why I've requested some direct evidence from Steve Wallace. > > -Goethe
My apologies. Steve Wallace has heard me discussing Agora for quite a while, so he was quite willing to agree to this bit of toying with the rules (and aware of the implications). I shall ask him to send a message to you as soon as he is available (he seems to be in transit at the moment).
