On 9/7/05, Karl <greenley+cam@...> wrote:
>
> By my understanding, a notification makes the ST's aware that something
> notable, but within the rules exists. It requires an approval to note tha=
t
> something with new rules is actually "approved" at any level. By the
> previously quoted rules, the MST is free to approve exceptions to the
> rules, but he still has to process them as an approval, not a notificatio=
n.
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> (This is what I meant when I said that the words were strongly defined =
in
> the context of our ST chain. If the policy say that it requires "approval=
",
> then it needs to use the approval process. If it doesn't actually require
> "approval" than they should be changes such as to not use loaded words or
> to clarify that they're not using the loaded meaning)
I agree that we need to be much more precise in the use of loaded
words than we are currently. And by "we," I mean the club as a whole,
especially with our written documents and official statements.
Currently, "approval" has two meanings - one is the special approval
process where you get nifty stuff on your character sheet (low, mid,
high, top, master approval), and the other is a thumbs up from an
officer (RC approval, MST approval, etc). It's confusing, and likely
results in more than a couple misunderstandings.
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Wes Contreras, US2002022038
US National Coordinator
cam.usnc@...
http://www.camarilla.us/