On Mon, 22 May 2017, Owen Jacobson wrote:
> We can address it in two parts:
>
> 1. A non-player can hold an office.
>
> 2. A non-player can judge judgements.
>
> The first is trivially true. Rule 1006 sets out the requirements of an
> Officeholder:
>
> > Officeholder is an office switch traked by the ADoP, with possible values
> > of any person or "vacant”.
>
> As any person can hold an office, it is trivially the case that a non-player
> person can hold an office.
Er, what about this clause in R1006:
If the holder of an office is ever not a player, it becomes vacant.
Since a non-player CANNOT hold office for any positive length of time
(it becomes vacant instantly), a non-player CANNOT actually hold office.
This may hinge on the definition of "hold". The switch CAN, in theory
take on the value of a non-player, but that value isn't held for any
length of time if it does.
