From: Wes Contreras To: agora-off Subject: OFF: CFJ 1170 Judged TRUE Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 12:40 PM ====================================================================== CFJ 1170 Players that hold official positions can choose to either accept or ignore messages sent to a-d which would require them to note an action or carry out an action themselves in the role of their official position ====================================================================== Called by: Peekee Judge: Crito Judgement: TRUE Judge selection: Eligible: Blob, Chuck, Crito, elJefe, Elysion, harvel, Kolja, Lee, Michael, Murphy, Palnatoke, Wes Not eligible: Caller: Peekee Barred: - Had their turn: Annabel Already served: - Defaulted: - By request: - On Hold: Oerjan, Steve ====================================================================== History: Called by Peekee: 25 Sep 1999 12:55:39 EDT Assigned to Chuck: 30 Sep 1999 00:56:04 -0700 Re-Assigned to Crito: 13 Oct 1999 15:35:47 -0700 Judged TRUE by Crito: 14 Oct 1999 13:44:43 -0400 Judgement Distributed: As of this message ===================================================================== Caller's Arguments: ====================================================================== Evidence attached by the Caller: ====================================================================== Judge's Arguments: After careful consideration of the wording of this CFJ, I find I am forced to return a judgement of TRUE, although not in the sense that I think the caller originally intended. Players that hold official positions can choose to ignore messages sent to a-d simply by not subscribing to the discussion list or any archive of it. They can choose to accept such messages by subscribing to a-d. The Rules place an obligation on Players to be connected to the PF, but not to a-d. Therefore, I hereby judge this statement to be TRUE. However, speaking to my perceived intent of this CFJ, if an Officer receives a message via *any* medium and the Rules define an obligation that attaches to the receipt of such message without specifically requiring the message to be sent to the PF, then R101, IMO, guarantees that the obligation is properly imposed and the Officer may not choose to ignore it. The problem would become one of proving that the Officer did, indeed, receive the message. Phone calls and regular (uncertified) mail would be poor choices, if one is worried about the Officer's integrity. OTOH, if an Officer is subscribed to a-d at the time a message is posted to it, I would consider that adequate proof that the message was received. ======================================================================