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[Quinn Wood <wood.quinn.s AT gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:12 AM, subhuman <discipline AT gmx.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 01:53:49 -0500
> Quinn Wood <wood.quinn.s AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > If the motion to table fails, the discussion and potentially voting
>> continue. If the motion to table succeeds, the proposal- potentially
>> temporarily- dies. Does that answer your question?
> No it doesn't. In your flow chart an insufficient proposal gets moved to 
> table. if this motion is not seconded, the proposal shall be voted upon 
> without prior discusion inspite of its incompleteness or other flaws.
>
Ah. I understand you're confusion. Someone can "move" to table the
proposal. They can make a motion, which must be seconded to happen...

> The point is that there is no necessity for this motion at all. If a 
> proposal is found out to be insufficient it gets tabled period. And if the 
> proponent decides to work on it and enhances it and makes it fit for 
> another submittal, the same decision process will be applied. Otherwise it 
> remains collecting dust until finally someone decides to drop it.
>
... which is how the proposal is actually "found out to be
insufficient." Then the proposer has to fix it and re-propose the
fixed version. (Or two people can call foul on the motion to table,
and get it overruled.)

> I think you're mixing formal decisions with those regarding individual 
> contents. Or was it I who got you wrong?
>
I think you read wrong and it should be cleared up now. Let me know if
it's still not.