[blml] July 2005 minutes of the ACBL Laws Commission

[Guthrie]

[Adam Wildavsky]
> I'm sorry you find the news unpleasant. Let
> me pose a question.  Suppose you were faced
> with a complete rewrite of the laws, with
> all the laws renumbered and reorganized and
> almost every law rewritten.  How would you
> determine whether or not it was an improvement
> over the existing laws?

[nige1]
[A] For players: Is the resultant game more
    enjoyable? Do more players understand and
    agree with the rules? Is the game still
    recognizably Bridge?
[B] For directors: Do more directors understand
    the rules? Are the rules easier to enforce?
    Do the rules result in more consistent
rulings?
[C] [For everybody] Are the rules more complete,
    clearer, simpler, more internally consistent,
    less subjective? Are the laws well laid out,
    indexed, easy to find?