<div dir="ltr"><div>On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Graham John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:graham@changeringing.co.uk" target="_blank">graham@changeringing.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Philip makes a good point here, and the wording needs to be reviewed<br>
for this in Tim's document too. People are generally happy to accept<br>
peals following mis-calls, provided that amendments to the calling by<br>
the conductor result in a true composition. This includes compositions<br>
that are later confirmed as true when the wrong method has been called<br>
in Spliced.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>The Decisions on correcting calls and errors seem another area where all the options are undesirable in some way.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Have something unrealistic -- "shall be corrected immediately" -- the current approach. It's never good to have rules that are routinely broken.<br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Have something prescriptive -- errors must be corrected within x leads, y blows or z seconds. Probably unworkable and we're trying to get away from prescription.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Say nothing on the correction of errors. A conductor might swap two bells back in the last lead of a peal that had crossed an hour earlier, and those objecting to the peal being published would have nothing to point to to tell the conductor that was inappropriate.<br></div><div><br></div><div>4. Use somewhat vague language, such as "as quickly as possible", to give some sense that errors matter and shouldn't be allowed to persist. Requires interpretation by individual bands / conductors, so standards will vary.</div><div><br></div><div>The rules subgroup went with #4. It wasn't intended that this language would apply to a conductor who is clever enough (or lucky enough) to be able to recompose a true composition on the fly after a miscall, so this would need to be clarified.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>