Title: Deputisation rwrite Author: Jason
Coauthors: G. Adoption index: 3.0 { Amend Rule 2160 ("Deputisation") by replacing the sole list with the following: { 1. the rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of holding that office, to perform the action (this requirement is fulfilled by the deputy performing the action); and, it would be POSSIBLE for the deputy to perform the action, other than by deputisation, if e held the office; and, the deputy, when performing the action, announces that e is doing so by deputisation or by temporary deputisation; and, 2. any of the following are true: (A) the office is vacant; (B) a time limit by which the rules require the action to be performed has expired, the office's holder has not changed in the past 7 days, and any of the following are true: (i) the deputy announced between two and fourteen days earlier that e intended to deputise for that office for the purposes of the particular action; (ii) the time limit expired between 14 days ago and 28 days ago; (iii) the time limit expired more than 28 days ago and the deputisation is temporary; } [This simplifies the list significantly, hopefully making it clearer. It also makes the following substantive changes: allows only temporarily deputisation (or deputisation with notice) for old duties, and prohibits deputising for an office whose holder has changed in the past 7 days, to allow a holder time to catch up when they assume a new office, and to prevent rapid-fire changes resulting from deputisation fights.] } -- Jason Cobb Assessor, Rulekeepor, Stonemason