On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 15:10 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: > Goethe wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 May 2009, Ed Murphy wrote: > >> I intend, without member objection, to amend FRContest by replacing > >> section 6 with this text: > > > > I join this contest. > > > > I'd object to any new rewards unless we add something to reward and/or > > penalize non-performing judges (I don't think we have such a thing, > > do we?). Something like "the judge of a round shall be rewarded > > Y points for judging, and lose 2Y points when a rule becomes valid > > by timeout". > > There's already a payout for winning a round, which is usually how you > get to judge the next round - a few past judges have gone AWOL before > starting the next round, and been replaced by one-off proposal. The > recent situation (a judge going AWOL after starting the round, but > before judging any rules) does not have much precedent.
It's happened before (ironically, with G. judging); what happens is that the rules all end up valid by timeout, and the round ends after nobody posts for a fortnight. -- ais523