Ardchoille wrote:... Actually, I can now see a glaring imprecision in that, too, so I'll throw it over to you, fellow quibblers. Is there a way to preserve the wanted functions of a committee without HoCing, duplicating or exceeding your word limit?
We could just do what we usually do. In other words, "the committee shall [new duty]." I see the problems with the first phrasing you talked about, but I'm also sure that those terms have been used before.
As far as HoC or duplication: I can't see how either apply to committees. Committees in and of themselves are
extensions of resolutions. As extensions, they can further be extended upon by other resolutions. The only problem that arises is when you try and change the original mandate of a committee, seeing as how that would contradict the resolutions that created it.
Duplication, I suppose, could make sense, but only if you're actually writing a proposal telling the committee to do what it already does. Duplication, however, is rare and the problem would be duplicating the resolution itself, not the committee. (An interesting question here would be if you have two committees doing practically identical things: is this duplication? But I think that would also be rare and likely a problem with duplicating a resolution, rather than a committee.)
House of Cards is not a problem, either. If Resolution A created Committee 1, and Resolution B assigns duties to Committee 1, but Resolution A is repealed, there is no problem, despite a natural inclination to think there is. The new duties do
not depend upon the duties Resolution A established. The committee itself
does not rely on the clauses establishing it within Resolution A, since Resolution B mandates the committee's existence anyways. The only problem I can foresee is if Resolution B's new duties actually depend on the duties assigned within Resolution A, but I have yet to see this happen.