On 2/15/24 19:07, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> So, we've discovered on Discord a potential issue that could have
> wide-ranging effects. Consider the four-day rule as stated in the
> (purported) Rule 105/23:
> {
>
> A rule change is wholly prevented from taking effect unless its
> full text was published, along with an unambiguous and clear
> specification of the method to be used for changing the rule, at
> least 4 days and no more than 60 days before it would otherwise
> take effect.
>
> }
>
> Importantly, this requires "an unambiguous and clear specification of
> the method to be used" to be published before each rule change.
When was this clause added? I'm wondering what was meant by "method" in
it. We use "method" to refer to the mechanism for CAN actions, but we
also use it for other things. For example, the "methods of obtaining
[ribbons]" in 2438 and voting strength increases in 2632 (which says "by
this method" in reference to a continuous occurrence, not something
someone does).
I think it's feasible to interpret "method" in 105 as just the specifics
of the rule change in the proposal itself, meaning the proposal text has
to be clear and unambiguous about what it does. Knowing the context it
was written in might give some clarity.
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nix
