On 8/25/23 15:24, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > >> On Aug 25, 2023, at 10:34 AM, Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business >> <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: >> >> I CFJ: "It is generally POSSIBLE to alter the holder of the office of >> Distributor without objection." >> >> This arose in Agoran't, whose ruleset is still similar enough to Agora's >> that the same question is of interest in Agora. Note that this judgement >> will not set precedent (preceden't?) in Agoran't, though. (I leave it to >> someone else to raise the same CFJ there if they think it's worth >> questioning.) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Rule 2575/3 (Power=3) >> The Distributor >> >> The Distributor is an imposed office whose holder is generally >> responsible for the management of the primary Agoran fora. The >> holder CANNOT be changed except without objection or by proposal. >> Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the Distributor CANNOT >> deregister or be deregistered. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Rule 2573 seems to anticipate that players might want to appoint a >> Distributor in one of two different ways: without objection, or by >> proposal. But, at least on a casual reading, it doesn't seem to actually >> define those methods - just prevent anything else. Proposals can already >> take effect as defined in other rules, of course, but there isn't (to my >> knowledge) any other rule purporting to allow the change of an >> officeholder without objection. >> >> So I guess the question is: Is this casual reading correct? Or does a >> statement "X CANNOT be done except by Y" necessarily imply that "X CAN >> be done by Y”? > Grat.: It is, of course, possible to change the distributor through RWO; > although I suspect that’s not the intent, you could read the “except > without objection” as a reference to that. > > Gaelan >
That's not a method for the Distributor to be changed (by a person) without objection. That's a method to cause R1551 to change the Distributor (which R2575 purports to prohibit but cannot due to power). -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Rulekeepor, Stonemason
