[blml] ACBL LC Detroit minutes

[Herman De Wael]

Alain Gottcheiner wrote:
> Herman De Wael a écrit :
>> Alain Gottcheiner wrote:
>>   
>>> Of course, this made the sequence part of our agreements for the future, 
>>> but it wasn't at the time I made it.
>>>
>>>     
>> And that's where you're wrong Alain. If you both understand it, it's 
>> part of your system, even if you've never talked about it.
>>
>>   
> A system is made of three parts :
> 
> - agreements, including inferences
> - meta-agreements, including default meanings
> - things that can be deduced from pure logic.
> 
> You seem to discard the third part completely. A meaning can be part of 
> our system, while not being part of our agreements. The proof being that 
> people that don't play it understood the bid.
> 

Let's not toy with the words agreement and system.
Are the opponents entitled to know it?
The it forms part of the "partnership agreements" (is that the word in 
the 2007 laws?)
I was using the word "system" as a shorthand synonym.

I believe that the things you describe form part of the "partnership 
agreements".

> Best regards
> 
>   Alain
> 

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Herman DE WAEL
Antwerpen Belgium
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