On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Ed Murphy wrote: > G. wrote: > >> Look, I can't tell what you're arguing here. Whether or not it's a good >> thing to have, ratification doesn't have precedence over the proposal >> mechanism, and can't cause incorrect voting reports to make proposals >> be adopted. It's a straightforward conflict with R208, and R208 wins. >> How exactly does ratification get around a rule that directly contradicts >> it? > > Ratification changes whether the R208 announcement was valid.
No it doesn't. R208 defines what makes an announcement valid. Another rule affecting validity would conflict with R208. Unless ratification explicitly claims precedence over R208 for validity (which it doesn't), it doesn't work. -G.
