On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: >> There is an office Poet Laureate, >> Which no one but a Bard can occupy. >> So long eir post e doesn't abdicate, >> Eir weekly duties are that e must try >> To make a new Proposal to amend >> A Rule, still writ in prose, to verse and rhyme.
Who shall judge what verse is? Is it blank verse if it has the same text with odd line breaks (not preserved anyway?) Or does it have to be sing-song doggerel, the rhyme's the thing? >> And, if the Vote permits the Rule to mend, >> Eir monthly duty thus is done on time. I don't mind a weekly proposal, but completing eir monthly reports is dependent on voters wanting their rules to rhyme? Not an office I'd personally take. >> But, if eir week's reports are failed four times, >> E shall in timely fashion nominate >> (As full sufficient penance for these crimes) >> Some other Bard for Poet Laureate. >> But, if a year e does not lapse or flee, >> E fits the Win Condition Poetry. No objection, and general approval, to a rule giving a bard a win if e manages weekly displays of wit, poetry, etc. with some approval method for quality (e.g. through proposal). I'm just not sure if "constant proposals to amend rules" is the way to go. -G.
