On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Alex Smith wrote:
> Do it via a rule, rather than having the proposal floating around; I
> don't think a proposal can take effect at a time other than when it's
> adopted unless it can take predecence over a power-3 rule.
Er, it's something I've always been meaning to try. Or maybe even scam.
>From R106:
If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED,
then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it
from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and
its adoption index, and then it takes effect.
A couple things here. First, the power is set, but it is never unset.
This means (arguably) old proposals remain powered-up indefinitely (the
scam is if it's ever possible to change the wording on an ancient
proposal, the way comex did on one just before the voting period ended;
that's locked down now but you never know).
Following this, "takes effect" could "start a timer" that causes the
proposal to change the Rule some time in the future, since the proposal
remains powered, that might work. R105 rule changes talk about "part"
of the effect of instruments, there's no saying it has to be
instantaneous (though the power has to remain at the time the change
happens). Again, arguable.
This is all the theory, love to hear why it wouldn't work (and again,
not going to test it on something substantial with all that "arguably"
hanging about).
-G.
