[ogb-discuss] RFC: Emancipation Community

[Nicholas Solter]

John Plocher wrote:
> Nicholas Solter wrote:
>>  If we don't like
>> something in the constitution, let's change the constitution rather than 
>> attempting creative interpretations that are clearly not the original 
>> intent of the wording.
> 
> 
> this seems like:
> 
> 	while (! isOK(constitution) ) {
> 	    constitution = rewrite(constitution)
> 	    waitfor(AnnualMeeting)
> 	    ratify(constitution)
> 	    playtest(constitution)
> 	}
> 
> which, to me, implies attributes like "takes forever", "wordsmithing"
> and "talking and arguing before doing"....
> 
> I see Simon (and those of us on the OGB) using a different algorithm, which
> we articulated in http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2008/002:
> 
>          procedures = constitution
> 	while (! isOK(procedures) ) {
> 	    procedures = rewrite(procedures)
> 	    playtest(procedures)
> 	}
> 	waitfor(AnnualMeeting)
> 	ratify(procedures)
>          constitution = procedures
> 
> This has attributes like "see what works before committing it to stone",
> "results matter" and "try something, anything: failure is easily fixable"...
> 
> In the end, the results are the same - an effective community and a better
> constitution.  The difference is that in the top algorithm, the constitution
> is the most important thing; in the bottom one, it is an effective community.

Fair point. I certainly don't want to be obstructionist. But if we're 
going to ignore the constitution at times, let's not pretend it's just a 
"reinterpretation" when it's clearly not. Otherwise the OGB might start 
to look like the Bush administration...

Thanks,
Nick

> 
>    -John
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