From: christer@sue.komunity.se (Christer Romson)
Subject: Event announcements
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 13: 15 MET DST
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 11:31:15 GMT

Tibor:
> There you have it.  A clear instruction that events [in the East] must be
> announced in Pikestaff [the eastern newsletter], and a trail of
> responsibility that starts at the top, and comes all the way down.  To be
> an official event, you must publish in Pikestaff.

I don't think your demonstrations of the trail of responsibilities are
valid , Tibor. Those who aren't interested in interpretation of Corpora and
East Kingdom law can stop reading here.

>Section V (Concerning Kingdom Officers) contains V.B.1.f which gives
>powers to the Kingdom Seneschal, and others, to control their office:
>  "Officers of State have the authority to make policy for the
>  discharge of their offices and their subordinates duties within
>  the limits of their offices. All such rules and regulations shall
>  be printed in Pikestaff at least once per year."

>The duties of the Seneschal are in V.C.1:
>  a. Acts as advisor in the legal and governmental activities of the
>     Sovereign, Consort and citizens of the Kingdom.

>This "governmental" activities places the Seneschal in a position to
>create policy over events.

The laws you quote can hardly place the Seneschal in a position to create
policy over more than giving advice. I think most of the seneschal's
policies aren't within the scope of the seneschal's office and thus without
the force of law.

I guess one could argue that Corpora gives tradition the status of law, and
it is a tradition of the East that the Seneschal have the right to make
this kind of policies. I don't think I'd buy that argument.

>Is the Chronicler allowed to control Pikestaff?  Well, the same section
>that lists the Seneschal as a Great Officer of State (V.A.1) lists
>the Kingdom Chronicler as point V.A.1.e, and the responsibilities
>of the Chronicler are enumerated in V.C.5.b where it says:

>  "Is the editor of, or supervises the editor of, the Kingdom newsletter
>  Pikestaff, and is responsible for publishing all required announcements,
>  notices of official events, Kingdom Law, and the like."

It's hardly the right to make policies on editing which is relevant here,
but the second part. "responsible for publishing all required
announcements, notices of officical events ...". Is it clear if the
Chronicler is responsible for publishing "all required ... notices of
events", "all ... notices of events" or "notices of events"? I don't think
so. 

The kingdom is required by Corpora to publish laws, announcements and
notices of certain events. It makes sense to interpret the law as talking
about publishing announcements as required by Corpora, Law as required by
Corpora and notices of events as required in Corpora. Thus the Chronicler
doesn't have the right to make policies on publishing event announcements in
general.
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