Okay, that makes sense now, thanks. On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Alex Smith <ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-09-28 at 14:24 -0400, ATMunn . wrote: > > What exactly is quorum? I read rule 879 stating that it's a thing, > > but it doesn't seem to explain what it is and what it means. > > It's a mechanism that causes votes to end with no result if not enough > people participate in them. This exists in both Agora and in real-life > legislative systems for much the same reason: it prevents a small > minority of people forcing something through while other people aren't > paying attention. > > More specifically, quorum in Agora is a number attached to Agoran > Decisions. See rules 955 and 2168 for the precise effect it has, but at > a rough approximation, it causes voting periods to be first extended, > and then ended with no useful result, if fewer people than quorum have > a valid vote on the decision. > > Quorum's also connected to PRESENT votes; a vote of PRESENT helps to > satisfy the quorum restriction even though it doesn't express an > opinion on the decision itself. So if, e.g., you don't care about > whether a proposal passes or don't want to express an opinion, but > don't think that there's an attempt at foul play on the proposal or to > force it through, you can vote PRESENT to reduce the chance it ends up > inquorate, whilst allowing other players' votes to determine whether it > actually passes. > > -- > ais523 >
