It's worth noting that petitions don't necessarily have to call themselves petitions. I did rule in https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3806 <https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3806> that petitions have to, at minimum, clearly be a "formal request," and it's probably pretty clear that this was a petition, but anything in between is subject to judicial discretion at the moment.
Gaelan > On Apr 10, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 4/10/2020 1:20 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: >> That's entirely fair. TBH, I've been meaning to send out a reminder to all >> the officers involved, and just haven't ever gotten to it. I was going to >> do that today, after sending out my call for nominations, and then give >> everyone another few days at least before pointing any fingers. Maybe this >> represents an inherent weakness of the petition model though. > > It also may just take a little practice to remember that "petition" is a > term of art now - I didn't particularly notice the word itself in your > proclamation, I read the "I hereby charge and petition..." as part of the > overall flavor and didn't remember it had a new meaning. > > -G. >
