[r-t] Change Proposal to CC Decisions

[Graham John]

I submit the following detailed change proposal for your consideration and
constructive comment. 
 
Objectives:
 
*	To allow methods to be named and included in the CC method
collections if they are first rung in a quarterpeal 

*	To remove the restrictions on stages below Major which prevent the
popular custom of ringing unusual peal lengths for special occasions   

*	To reduce the minimum peal length to 5000 for all stages as a
logical consequence of allowing peals to contain partial extents  

*	To permit peal lengths of Major longer than 40320 to be recognised 

*	To harmonise the decisions at stages above and below Major
 
I have drafted the following change to the decisions to achieve the above
(the entire sections changed are shown, with additions highlighted in Blue
and deletions in Red). 
 
Graham
B. Particular conditions required for peals on different numbers of bells

1.            Peals of Minimus shall be rung on tower bells only.

2.            Peals of Minimus, Doubles, Minor and, Triples etc shall be
rung on four, five, six and , seven etc bells respectively, or on five, six,
seven,  and eight etc bells with the tenor as cover, and shall consist of at
least 5040 5000 changes rung in any combination of the following, each
starting from rounds:-

(a) Extents, in which each of the possible rows at that stage occurs once
and only once.

(b) Round blocks of two or more extents in which each of the possible rows
at that stage occurs the same number of times.

            (c) One true touch that contains a subset of all the possible
rows at that stage, or one round block of two or more extents in which some
of the rows from one extent only are omitted.

3.1.     Peals of Major, Caters, Royal, etc. shall be rung on eight, nine,
ten, etc. bells respectively, or on nine, ten, eleven, etc. bells with the
tenor as cover, and shall consist of at least 5000 true changes.

43.      Peals of 'Variable Cover Minimus', 'Variable Cover Doubles', and
'Variable Cover Minor' etc shall be rung on five, six and, seven etc bells
respectively and shall consist of at least 5040 5000 changes rung in any
combination of the following, each starting from rounds:-

(a) Variable cover extents, in which each of the possible rows, treated as
being at the next higher stage, occurs once and only once.

(b) Round blocks of two or more variable cover extents in which each of the
possible rows, treated as being at the next higher stage, occurs the same
number of times.

            (c) One true touch that contains a subset of all the possible
rows at the next higher stage, or one round block of two or more extents,
treated as being at the next higher stage, in which some of the rows from
one extent only are omitted.

(cd) Extents or round blocks with the tenor as cover as permitted in
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB2#decDB2> 2 above.

5.1.      Peals of 'Variable Cover Triples', 'Variable Cover Major',
'Variable Cover Caters', etc. shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, etc. bells
respectively, with a cover bell which is not always the tenor, and shall
consist of at least 5000 true changes. The truth is determined by treating
all the rows as being at the next higher stage.

6.4.      Peals of 'Minimus and Doubles', 'Doubles and Minor' and 'Minor and
Triples' shall be rung on five, six and seven bells respectively and shall
consist of at least 5040 5000 changes rung in any combination of the
following each starting from rounds:-

(a) Extents or round blocks at the lower stage as permitted in
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB4#decDB4> 4
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB4#decDB4> 3 above.

(b) Extents or round blocks at the higher stage as permitted in
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB2#decDB2> 2 above.

(c) Mixed stage extents, with a cover bell when ringing the lower stage, in
which each of the rows possible at the higher stage occurs once and only
once.

(d) Round blocks of two or more mixed stage extents, with a cover bell when
ringing the lower stage, in which each of the rows possible at the higher
stage occurs the same number of times.

The peal is described as 'Variable Cover Minimus and Doubles', 'Variable
Cover Doubles and Minor' and 'Variable Cover Minor and Triples' respectively
if the cover when ringing the lower stage is not always the same bell.

7.1.      Peals of 'Triples and Major', 'Major and Caters', 'Caters and
Royal', etc. shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, etc. bells respectively,
with a cover bell when ringing the lower stage, and shall consist of at
least 5000 true changes. The truth is determined by treating all the rows as
being at the higher stage. The peal is described as 'Variable Cover Triples
and Major', 'Variable Cover Major and Caters', 'Variable Cover Caters and
Royal', etc. if the cover when ringing the lower stage is not always the
same bell.

8.5.     Reports of variable cover peals shall state the number of different
cover bells and the number of changes of cover bell.

D. Nomenclature and Extensions

1.            The stage names for different numbers of changing bells are:-
4 Minimus, 6 Minor, 8 Major, 10 Royal, 12 Maximus, 14 Fourteen, 16 Sixteen,
etc.
5 Doubles, 7 Triples, 9 Caters, 11 Cinques, 13 Sextuples, 15 Septuples, etc.

2.            (a) The title of a hunter shall consist of Name, Class (with
the exception of Grandsire, Double Grandsire, Reverse Grandsire, Little
Grandsire, Union, Double Union and Reverse Union) and Stage.

(b) The title of a principle shall consist of Name and Stage.

(c) The title of a differential shall consist of Name, "Differential" and
Stage.

(d) The title of a differential hunter shall consist of Name,
"Differential", Class and Stage.

(e) If a non-Little Plain method with double symmetry and either one plain
hunting hunt bell or two or more principal hunts, all of which are coursing,
has the same number of leads in the plain course as the corresponding method
with no internal places below the hunt bell or principal hunts, they shall
have the same name but with the prefixes "Double" and "Single" respectively.

(f) Where a principle or differential has a distinct reverse, both methods
shall have the same name but one with the prefix "Reverse".

(g) A method may not be given a name if the title excluding the Stage would
be the same as a method in a different type or class.

3.            (a) Methods at different stages in the same type and class
shall only have the same name if they are related as in the
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decG#decG> Decision on Method
Extension.

(b) Methods at different stages in the same type and class that are uniquely
related as in  <http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decGA#decGA> Parts A to
D of the Decision on Method Extension shall have the same name, and where
not uniquely related one relationship shall have the same name.

(c) Methods in the same class that are related as in
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decGE#decGE> Part E of the Decision on
Method Extension shall have the same name.

4.      The band that first rings a new method in aa peal single-method or
multi-method touch of at least 1250 changes, or an extent in the case of
Doubles or Minor, complying  with
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA#decDA> Parts A to D of the
Decision on Peal Ringing, of a new method or an extent in the case of
Doubles or Minor, or includes it in a multi-method peal complying with
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA#decDA> Parts A to D of the
Decision on Peal Ringing, shall name the method and publish it in The
Ringing World, subject to
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decED2#decED2> D.2 and
<http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decED3#decED3> D.3 above, and to the
power of the Council to change the name or leave it unnamed if it considers
it necessary.

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