On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > Since the Coda proposal defined a new list, members were only added to > the list at the time the proposal was adopted. As a result here is the > list of succession (in order of most recent champion to least recent):
First, we're a few hours away from self-ratification of the card positions, and whomever is the speaker can redistribute them in any case. Can I convince you to let the positions at least self-ratify? The issue indeed is CFJ-worthy. I wondered this exact question at the time I published the card holder list, and can see arguments both ways, in that the "list of the last 5 champions" certainly arbitrarily existed as a platonic entity (to which people were added and removed when they won) before the card proposal passed. So the question is: does defining that list as the "list of succession" add them to the list at the time the list was given an official name, or were they part of such a list (and added when they won) and we just named the list by proposal? I obviously went for the latter. -G.
