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<p class=MsoPlainText>I have now been through the old decisions to see what has
been left out, and have documented them below. I was going to post to the Wiki,
but formatting anything there is hopeless. I did suggest using MediWiki (used
by Wikipedia) to JEC when it was last revamped, but he was reluctant to change.
As well as better formatting, MediaWiki allows comments against pages, which would
have been useful for this exercise. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>The impact of Phil's changes is
quite far-reaching and I not sure that all of them are intended. Please note
that the comparison was using the original decision text against Phil's first
proposal version. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Graham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Below is a comparison of the new
decisions proposed by Philip Earis and the current decisions, showing deleted
text from the original decisions highlighted in yellow, and the possible
implications in red.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>A.
Conditions required for all peals</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A peal <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>shall start and end with rounds and</span> shall be rung without
interval.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals
may start at a row other than rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>No row shall be struck more than once before the next change is
made.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>While
removal of this clause accommodates the situation that can occur in some
multi-extent blocks, it also allows a band to ring a peal of Minor using one
extent with each row repeated 7 times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Every bell must sound at every row throughout the peal.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Can continue if the clapper
falls out? Can ring a peal on something other than bells?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Each bell must be rung continuously by the same person or persons.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Relay peals are acceptable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=5 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For handbells the bells shall be retained in hand.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>You can put your handbells down
while you have a sandwich?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=6 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For tower bells the bells shall be audible outside the building in
which they are contained.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>You can ring with simulated
sound internally?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=7 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>No assistance <span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>of any kind</span> shall be given to any ringers by
any person not ringing in the peal.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Phil says “unfair assistance”
What then would be considered fair assistance?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=8 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>The use of physical aids to memory in conducting
and ringing is not permitted.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>No error in calling shall be corrected later than during the
change at which the call or change of method would properly take effect.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Presumably left to be covered
by 10 below based upon an interpretation of immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=10 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Any shift or error in ringing shall be corrected
immediately.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>The methods and calls used in all peals shall conform to the
Definitions and Requirements given in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decEA">Part A</a> of the
Decisions on Methods and Calls.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>If the rules in this section
are followed, anything is allowed, including jump changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=12 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Any objection which may be taken to a peal other than one with
respect to the truth of the composition, shall be raised in writing to the
conductor and Society concerned at the earliest date, and in any case
within one month after the publication in <i>The Ringing World</i>.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>The implication of omitting
this rule is unclear. Does it mean that nobody can raise an objection, or that
if the do, they can raise it at any time after the event? The original rule
does not seem to oblige the council to do anything in respect of such
complaints. The new decisions have applied objection just to Record peals and
then by reporting it to the Ringing World in an specified time limit, not the
conductor and society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>B. Particular conditions
required for peals on different numbers of bells</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Peals of Minimus shall be rung on tower bells only.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals of Minimus can be rung on
handbells etc? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals on three, two or one bell
are possible (Because this section defines the allowed stages)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><a name=decDB2></a><span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>Peals of Minimus, Doubles, Minor and Triples shall
be rung on four, five, six and seven bells respectively, or on five, six,
seven and eight bells with the tenor as cover, and shall consist of at
least 5040 changes rung in any combination of the following, each starting
from rounds:-</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals don’t need to be rung on
bells? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals can have multiple cover
bells. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals below Major can have
between 5000 and 5039 rows. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Peals don’t have to start in
Rounds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>The tenor does not need to be
the cover bell. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(a)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Extents, in which each of the
possible rows at that stage occurs once and only once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>One partial extent is
permitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(b)
Round blocks of two or more extents in which each of the possible rows at that
stage occurs the same number of times.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>One partial extent is permitted
in a round block.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Peals
of Major, Caters, Royal, <i>etc.</i> shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, <i>etc.</i>
bells respectively, or on nine, ten, eleven, <i>etc.</i> bells with the tenor
as cover, and shall consist of at least 5000 true changes.<br>
</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>
</span><span style='color:#C00000'>Major and above can be rung in multiple
extents or round blocks including a partial extent.</span><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><a name=decDB4></a><span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>Peals of 'Variable Cover Minimus', 'Variable Cover
Doubles' and 'Variable Cover Minor' shall be rung on five, six and seven
bells respectively and shall consist of at least 5040 changes rung in any
combination of the following each starting from rounds:-</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(a)
Variable cover extents, in which each of the possible rows, treated as being at
the next higher stage, occurs once and only once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(c)
Extents or round blocks with the tenor as cover as permitted in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB2">2</a> above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Peals of 'Variable Cover Triples', 'Variable Cover Major',
'Variable Cover Caters', <i>etc.</i> shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, <i>etc.</i>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>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 changes rung in any combination of the following
each starting from rounds:-<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(a)
Extents or round blocks at the lower stage as permitted in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB4">4</a> above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(b)
Extents or round blocks at the higher stage as permitted in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDB2">2</a> above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=6 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Peals of 'Triples and Major', 'Major and Caters', 'Caters and
Royal', <i>etc.</i> shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, <i>etc.</i> 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', <i>etc.</i> if the cover when ringing
the lower stage is not always the same bell.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Reports of variable cover peals shall state the number of
different cover bells and the number of changes of cover bell.</span><br>
<span style='color:#1F497D'><br>
</span><span style='color:#C00000'>The new decisions are silent on
Variable Cover, but do not specify that the tenor has to be cover either.
Determination of extents and truth etc in respect of variable cover may be
undefined. It is intended to cover this by defining methods included the cover
bell, but then definition of an extent is a problem.</span><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>You don’t
need to state the number of different cover bells or changes of cover bell.</span><span
style='color:#C00000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>C. Peals in more than one method</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Compositions in more than one method in which the change of method
occurs at the lead-head and/or the half-lead shall be called 'Spliced'. In
the case of compositions containing changes of method at both the
half-lead and the lead-head, all the methods shall be symmetrical about
the half-lead with no two of them differing only in the places made at the
half-lead and/or the lead-head.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Any peal
containing more than one method is described as Spliced, with no restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Peals consisting of extents and/or round blocks shall only be
called Spliced if each extent or round block is spliced.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Any peal
containing more than one method is described as Spliced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Doubles variations may be included in an extent or round block
provided that either all the variations and methods have the same call or
calls, and there is at least one plain lead of each, or all the variations
and methods have the same plain course with no calls common to any two or
more, and all the distinctive calls are made for each variation and
method.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Doubles
variations are not covered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'>Peal reports shall state the number and names of
all methods <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>and all
variations</span> separately. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For peals of Spliced the number of changes of method at lead-head
and at half-lead shall be stated separately, and for peals of Triples and
above the number of changes rung in each method shall be stated. In peals
consisting of extents and/or round blocks the methods rung in each extent
and/or round block shall be listed separately</span>.<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Variations
don’t need to be reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>The number
of changes of method doesn’t need to be reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Extents
don’t need to be reported separately<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A peal of
Minor in seven extents, would be 7-Spliced S Minor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>D.
Record length peals</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The
Record Length Peal in a method or group of methods on a given number of bells
shall be the longest length complying with <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA">parts A to D</a>. Tower-bell
and handbell records shall be kept separately. Variable cover records shall be
kept separately.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Record
Length Peals of 10,000 or more changes must comply with the additional
conditions below. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Any such
performance not rung in full compliance with these conditions shall not be
published in <i>The Ringing World</i>. The Editor of <i>The Ringing World</i>
shall refer all peals of 10,000 or more changes to the Peal Records Committee
before publication.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#C00000'>The peal will be published in the Ringing World, before
referral to the Peal Records Committee, even though it may not comply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(a)
Not less than 14 days' notice shall be given in <i>The Ringing World</i>,
stating the place, date and hour at which the attempt is to be made, and
stating the method, number of bells and number of changes proposed to be rung.
A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Peal Records Committee.<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(b)
The ringing to be heard and the figures of the composition to be checked throughout
the peal by a competent umpire or umpires.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(c)
If a record length is rung the peal report and the figures of the composition,
if not previously published, shall be sent immediately to the Chairman of the
Peal Records Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(d)
For handbell peals, <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>every
ringer shall ring at least two bells. Additionally,</span> arrangements shall
be made for interested persons to be able to hear the attempt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#C00000'>Ringers may ring one bell for record handbell peals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>E. Analysis</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The Analysis shall include all
peals published in <i>The Ringing World</i> and shall identify peals not
complying with <a href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA">parts A to
D</a> above.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#C00000'>Not required by the new decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
name=decE><b>(E) METHODS <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>AND
CALLS</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
name=decEA><b>A. Definitions <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>and
requirements</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'>(a) <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>A <i>change</i> is the progress from one</span> <i>row</i>
(permutation) <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>to the
next, effected by the interchange of bells in adjacent positions in the
row.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A change is not defined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Jump changes would be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Repeated rows would be
accepted with the constraints of multiple extents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(b) A <i>method</i> is defined by the places made between
successive rows of its <i>plain course</i>, which shall be a <span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>true</span> round block,
divisible into equal parts <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>which
are called <i>leads</i>. Starting the plain course from a different change does
not give a different method.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A method can be false in the
plain course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A lead is not defined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Starting in a different place
gives a different method?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(b)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The first row in each lead is
known as the <i>lead-head</i>. The last row in each lead is known as the <i>lead-end
row</i>. The change following the lead-end row is known as the <i>lead-end
change</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Not defined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(d) Bells that are in the same position at each lead-head
in a course are known as <i>hunt bells</i>. Bells that are not in the same
position at each lead-head in a course are known as <i>working bells</i>. <span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>There shall be more working
bells than hunt bells.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>There can be more hunt bells
than working bells.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(e)
There are four <i>types</i> of method:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<ol start=1 type=i>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Methods with hunt bells are known as <i>hunters</i> if all the
working bells do the same work in the plain course and the number of
leads is the same as the number of working bells.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Methods with no hunt bells are known as <i>principles</i> if all
the working bells do the same work in the plain course and the number of
leads is the same as the number of bells.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Methods with no hunt bells are known as <i>differentials</i> if
all the working bells do not do the same work in the plain course or the
number of leads is not the same as the number of bells.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Methods with hunt bells are known as <i>differential hunters</i>
if all the working bells do not do the same work in the plain course or
the number of leads is not the same as the number of working bells.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Differentials and differential
hunters no longer exist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(f)
Except for Minimus methods, no bell shall make more than four consecutive blows
in the same position in a plain course.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Bells may make more than four
consecutive blows in one place regardless of stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(g) A
method has <i>palindromic symmetry</i> if it is the same method when rung <i>backwards</i>,
that is when the order of the changes is inverted. A method has <i>double
symmetry</i> if it is the same method when <i>reversed</i>, that is when the
places within each change are inverted. A method has <i>rotational symmetry</i>
if it is the same method when reversed and rung backwards.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Symmetry is not defined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'>A <i>call</i> is a means <span style='background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>of passing from one course of a method to
another.</span> It is effected by altering the places made between two <span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>or more</span> consecutive
rows, without altering the length of a lead. It is not part of the
definition of the method.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A call can move to a different
point in the same course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A call only affects two
adjacent rows (reverting to a previous version of the decisions before it was
changed to accommodate Grandsire Single and Scientific etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>(a) <i>Standard calls</i> are defined for the following plain
Doubles methods.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<ol start=1 type=i>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For methods with palindromic symmetry and one plain hunt bell,
standard calls are those that only affect the places made when the plain
hunt bell is leading.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For methods with no internal places made below two coursing hunt
bells, standard calls are those that only affect the places made while
the first hunt bell hunts down or is leading and that cause the changes
rung to be symmetrical about the first hunt bell's lead.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>For methods with no internal places made above two coursing hunt
bells, standard calls are those that only affect the places made while
the first hunt bell hunts up or is lying behind and that cause the
changes rung to be symmetrical about the first hunt bell's lie behind.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(b)
Where standard calls are defined for a plain Doubles method, a <i>variation</i>
is defined as the use of calls other than the standard calls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(c)
Each variation must by itself be capable of producing a true six-score, and may
be given its own name.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>The decisions have no separate
treatment of Doubles or allowance for variations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>B.
Classification of methods with one hunt bell</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo6'>Definitions<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(a) A <i>well-formed</i> path is one in which the hunt bell
has the same path if it is rung backwards and is symmetrical about two places
made half a lead apart.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(b) In <i>Plain</i> methods the hunt bell has a well-formed
path and strikes two blows in each position of the path within the lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(c) In <i>Treble Dodging</i> methods the hunt bell has a
well-formed path, strikes more than two but the same number of blows in each
position of the path within the lead and makes only two places within the lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(d) A <i>cross
section</i> is a change at which the hunt bell passes from one dodging position
to another.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>cross section is undefined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo6'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Methods with one hunt bell are classified in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decEB2a">paragraphs (a) to (h)</a>,
and are further classified as <i>Little</i> if the path of the hunt bell
is restricted to fewer positions than the number of bells.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Little is undefined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><a name=decEB2a>(a)</a> <i>Place</i> methods are Plain methods
in which the path of each bell consists only of hunting and place-making.<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(b) <i>Bob</i> methods are all other Plain methods.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(c) <i>Treble Bob</i> methods are Treble Dodging methods in
which the hunt bell dodges in only one position, or that have no internal places
made at any cross section.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(d) <i>Surprise</i> methods are Treble Dodging methods in
which at least one internal place is made at every cross section.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(e) <i>Delight</i> methods are all other Treble Dodging
methods.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(f) In <i>Treble Place</i> methods, the hunt bell has a well-formed
path, strikes the same number of blows in each position of the path within the
lead and makes more than two places within the lead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(g) In <i>Alliance</i> methods, the hunt bell has a
well-formed path, but does not strike the same number of blows in each position
of the path.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(h) In <i>Hybrid </i>methods, the hunt bell does not have a
well-formed path.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>C.
Classification of methods with two or more hunt bells<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'>Each hunt bell is either a <i>principal hunt</i>
or a <i>secondary hunt</i>. The properties <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decEC1a">(a) to (e)</a> are
considered in turn and the paths of the hunt bells are examined until a
hunt bell is found whose path has that property. The principal hunts are
all the hunt bells whose paths have that property, unless the paths of
some but not all of these hunt bells are Little, when the principal hunts
are those hunt bells whose paths are not Little.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><a name=decEC1a>(a)</a> Plain hunting;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(b) Treble Dodging;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(c) Treble Place;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(d) Alliance;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(e) Hybrid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'>Methods with two or more hunt bells are
classified using the definitions and classifications for methods with one
hunt bell but with reference to all the principal hunts<span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>, and with the following
exception.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(a) <i>Slow
Course</i> methods are Plain methods with one principal hunt and a secondary
hunt that has a well-formed path and makes second's place when the principal
hunt is leading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Slow Course methods are no
longer an exception.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>D.
Nomenclature and Extensions</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8'>The stage names for different numbers of changing
bells are:-<br>
4 Minimus, 6 Minor, 8 Major, 10 Royal, 12 Maximus, 14 Fourteen, 16
Sixteen, <i>etc.</i><br>
5 Doubles, 7 Triples, 9 Caters, 11 Cinques, 13 Sextuples, 15 Septuples, <i>etc.</i><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8'><a name=decED2>(a)</a> The title of a hunter
shall consist of Name, <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Class
(with the exception of Grandsire, Double Grandsire, Reverse Grandsire,
Little Grandsire, Union, Double Union and Reverse Union)</span> and Stage.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Naming exceptions for Grandsire
etc not noted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(b) The title of a principle shall consist of Name and
Stage.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(c)
The title of a differential shall consist of Name, "Differential" and
Stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Differential is not a
classification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>(c)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The
title of a differential hunter shall consist of Name, "Differential",
Class and Stage.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Differential is not a
classification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(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.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(f)
Where a principle or differential has a distinct reverse, both methods shall
have the same name but one with the prefix "Reverse".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>Reverse not a naming
requirement?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'>(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.<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8'><a name=decED3><span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>(a)</span></a><span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'> Methods at different stages in the same type and
class shall only have the same name if they are related as in the <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decG">Decision on Method
Extension</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(b)
Methods at different stages in the same type and class that are uniquely
related as in <a href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decGA">Parts A to D</a>
of the Decision on Method Extension shall have the same name, and where not
uniquely related one relationship shall have the same name.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>(c)
Methods in the same class that are related as in <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decGE">Part E</a> of the Decision on
Method Extension shall have the same name.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>The formulaic rules for
extension have been removed, as naming an extension is left to the discretion
of the band. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8'><a name=decED4></a>The band that first rings a
peal, complying with <a href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA">Parts
A to D</a> of the Decision on Peal Ringing, of a new method <span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>or an extent in the case of
Doubles or Minor,</span> or includes it in a multi-method peal complying
with <a href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decDA">Parts A to D</a>
of the Decision on Peal Ringing, shall name the method and publish it in <i>The
Ringing World</i>, subject to <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decED2">D.2</a> and <a
href="http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decED3">D.3</a> above, and to
the power of the Council to change the name <span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>or leave it unnamed</span> if it considers it
necessary.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#C00000'>A method can only be named if
it is rung in a peal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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