Revising and expanding Murphy's Hats fix proposal from a couple of weeks
ago in a way that also makes the language around tracking less
confusing. Thanks to Janet for correcting some mistakes in an earlier
draft.
Would appreciate a few more eyes, will submit formally in a day or two
if I hear nothing.
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Title: Rationalising Recordkeepors v1.1
Adoption Index: 3.0
Author: Kate
Co-authors: Janet, Murphy, 4st
[The purpose of this proposal is to unify the language around "tracking"
and "recordkeepors", which is currently subtly different for assets and
switches and has caused a lot of confusion in the past. In particular,
the word "recordkeepor" is currently not defined with respect to
switches, only to assets; this is causing bizarre behaviour around
Hats, the intention of which is to be tracked, but not by an officer.]
Create a new Rule of Power 3.0, entitled "Recordkeepors", and reading
as follows:
For some entity or class of entities to be "tracked by" another
entity is for the latter entity to be its recordkeepor.
For an entity to be a recordkeepor for a type of switch is for
that entity to be the recordkeepor for all instances of that
switch.
Where the rules specify a recordkeepor for some set of instances
of a switch, that recordkeepor's (weekly, if not specified
otherwise) report includes the value of each instance in that set
whose value is not its default value; a public document purporting
to be this portion of that recordkeepor's report is
self-ratifying, and implies that other instances in that set are
at their default value.
The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any)
defined as such by, and bound by, its backing document. That
recordkeepor's report includes a list of all instances of that
class and their owners. A public document purporting to be this
portion of that recordkeepor's report is self-ratifying.
Amend Rule 2166 (Assets) by removing the following:
The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any)
defined as such by, and bound by, its backing document. That
entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class and
their owners. A public document purporting to be this portion of
that entity's report is self-ratifying.
For a class of assets to be "tracked by" an entity is for that
entity to be its recordkeepor.
Amend Rule 2162 (Switches) by removing the following:
3. Optionally, exactly one office whose holder tracks instances of
that switch. That officer's (weekly, if not specified
otherwise) report includes the value of each instance of that
switch whose value is not its default value; a public document
purporting to be this portion of that officer's report is
self-ratifying, and implies that other instances are at their
default value.
Amend Rule 2603 (Switch Responsibility) to read in full:
For each type of switch that is not defined as untracked and that
has at least one instance that would otherwise lack a
recordkeepor, there exists an imposed office named "Tracker of
[type name]" whose holder tracks those instances.
Amend Rule 2694 (Hats) by replacing:
Unless otherwise specified by the rules: 1) the recordkeepor for
a player's hat is the player emself, and 2) reporting on hats is
OPTIONAL.
with:
The recordkeepor for a player's hat is the player emself. Rules
to the contrary notwithstanding, reporting on one's own hat is
OPTIONAL.
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~qenya
