Suppose I send the following message, having sent no previous relevant
messages (i.e. no previously published intent).
I hereby fast track the following proposal:
Proposal: Eritivus Regnat
AI: 4
Create a new Power-4 Rule titled "Eritivus Regnat":
Eritivus CAN cause this rule to amend itself by
announcement. Rule changes by this method need not be subject to
any review whatsoever, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
The "self-ratifying" clause seems worrisome, because it is not obvious
to me that it requires the conditions in the first paragraph (AI=1, 7
days notice, etc) to be satisfied. If it were
A message purporting to fast track a proposal constitutes
self-ratifying claims that such a proposal existed and was fast
tracked.
then I'd think it clear that such a message can't skip the requirements
(because the ratified fact is that a proposal was fast tracked, and I
think ratification would fail).
But the current
A message purporting to fast track a proposal constitutes
self-ratifying claims that such a proposal existed, was adopted,
and took effect.
seems to declare that the ratified fact is not that a proposal was fast
tracked (regardless of what the message says), but that it was
adopted. Ratification of this fact seems more likely to succeed.
