CFJ 33 (Wes) --- Rule 415 requires the Speaker to distribute Proposals in the order that he receives them. --- The explanation and justifications have been repeated enough that we don't think that they need to be stated yet again... JUDGE Joe Lindsay ====== [Clerk Comments: Uh oh, I think Joe is another 'phantom player'; his score has been zero for a *long* time. It may be a while yet before we get this judged...] { Joe was adjudged to have left the game, and was replaced by Jim Shea on 16/9/93. } > I find this statement to be TRUE. > > While I find it indeed to be the case that no proposal can be > published while an earlier proposal is in the queue, rule 415 > does not by itself imply a strict ordering. Rule 415 requires > that a proposal be distributed as soon as possible after its > receipt. Since the amount of processing required of every > proposal is to all intents and purposes the same, the Speaker > indeed cannot claim that it is possible to publish a proposal > received at a given time while an earlier proposal remains > unpublished. Yet 415 alone leaves open the possibility that e > could *simultaneously* publish all proposals received at or > before a given time. > > However, Rule 415 must be interpreted in light of the following > rule: > > 109. The Speaker shall give each proposed Rule Change a number for > reference. The numbers shall begin with 301, and each Rule Change > proposed in the proper way shall receive the next successive > integer, whether or not the proposal is adopted. > > In other words, if a proposal is properly submitted to the > Speaker and meets all requirements of a valid proposal, its > number must be the next successive integer available at that > time. 415 requires the Speaker to "assign the proposal a number > *and* distribute the proposal" [emphasis mine], which I interpret > to mean that assigning the number and distributing the proposal > are a single atomic act. Since e must assign numbers in the order > of receipt, the Speaker must likewise distribute proposals in > that order.