THE AGORA WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 42, ISSUE 8 Sunday edition November 23, 1997 PROPOSALS --------- 11/17 Agora will vote FOR InterNomic Proposal 351. Proposal 3601 [Chuck] Read the Ruleset Week (First full week of February) Proposal 3602 [Chuck] The Stars and Stripes Forever (13-VT bonus to creator of Rule 1776) Proposal 3603 [G. Chaos] Innocent Error Defense (No Crime if Player reasonably believed innocence) Proposal 3604 [G. Chaos] Allow Mandated Vacation (Re-execution of required, executed-but-then- vacated Payment Order is not required if the Rules required the Payment Order to be vacated) Proposal 3605 [G. Chaos] No Doubling-Up (Transfer Order can't pay multiple Payment Orders) Proposal 3606 [G. Chaos] Clarify PI Infraction (Currency Recordkeepors can report Persistent Indebtedness only for the Currency of which they are Recordkeepor) Proposal 3607 [G. Chaos] Fix Groups (Allow SLCs other than Ordinances to be associated with Groups) Proposal 3608 [G. Chaos] Fix Vizier Specification (Split Rule 721 into two logical parts) Proposal 3609 [Steve] Left In A Huff! (Patent Title to Waggie, Gecko, Kelly, Swann, KoJen, Zefram and Vlad) Proposal 3610 [Steve] Electioneering and the Public Voting Experiment (Assessor may reveal Votes that were sent to the Public Forum anyway) Proposal 3611 [Andre] Probate and Registration (Non-Players can't be Executors in Probate; Players can't be in Probate) Proposal 3612 [Swann] The Repeal-O-Matic II (Automatically generates semi-random repeal Proposals) Proposal 3613 [Swann] Power of Attorney (Controlled form of making someone else one's temporary Executor) Crito Proposes "Persistent Style": * Style is not reset quarterly. * Bonus only for exceeding one's previous highest Style. Swann Proposes "Objects", a sweeping Currency reform. General Chaos protoes "Synonymity", explicitly making "Active" and "Inactive" synonyms for "On Hold" and "Off Hold", respectively. General Chaos protoes "No Passing the Buck": * Recordkeepors may refuse to record Transfer Orders or Payment Orders not specified as a fixed numeral. * If they accept such Orders, then their determination of the amount is the amount, no matter what. General Chaos protoes "Lowered Quorum" (to 1/3 of Active Players or 1/5 of all Players). 11/19 General Chaos protoes awarding Oerjan the title (not Patent Title) of Exorcist. 11/20 Proposal 3597 [Andre] Blot Amnesty Extension fails quorum (All Fugitive Blots are destroyed) Proposal 3598 [Morendil] Finish Amnesty fails quorum (All Fugitive Blots are destroyed; Herald vacates all due Rule 1473-mandated Payment Orders for Indulgences) Proposal 3599 [elJefe] Clarify Probate for Groups adopted (Prevent Group Wills from inadvertently replacing Ordinances) Proposal 3600 [Swann] More Interesting Proposal Mechanisms fails quorum (Non-Proposing Entities may submit Proposals via their Executor) General Chaos protoes an updated "No Passing the Buck". General Chaos protoes "Pragmatization of Transfer Orders": A Currency Recordkeepor's determination of the success or failure of a Transfer Order is definitive, even if based on wrong information. 11/21 Steve Proposes "Resignation and consent": If a resigning Officer appoints a successor, the successor assumes Office only if e consents. Michael Proposes "Resignation of Offices cleared up": Same general effect as Steve's "Resignation and consent"; shorter, but the successor must give consent prior to being appointed. elJefe Proposes "No nonplayer responsibilities": Non-Players are barred from any role or position to which a Rule assigns duties or powers. 11/22 General Chaos protoes "Probate, Take Two", a Probate reform. 11/23 General Chaos re-protoes "Probate, Take Two". General Chaos protoes "Persistent Judges": Judges are not removed from a CFJ due to delinquency till two Players demand it in the PF. (Other penalties for delinquent Judgement still apply.) General Chaos protoes "Simplify Judicial Salaries", requiring them to be reported within a week (ASAP imposes an ordering requirement). CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1054 [Murphy] Judgement: TRUE (Appealed) ??/?? Judged TRUE by Harlequin 11/17 Appealed by General Chaos "Either Blob is eir own Executor, or Blob has no Executor." CFJ 1062 [Zefram] Judgement: TRUE (Appealed) 10/30-11/06 Assigned to Vlad, who defaults 11/07- 10 Reassigned to Chuck, who declines 11/12- 13 Reassigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE 11/16- 18 Appealed by Steve, Michael, and General Chaos 11/19 Assigned to Morendil, elJefe, and Steve as Justices (General Chaos may have been Justiciar when this Appeal assignment was published, but CotC elJefe assures us that Steve was Justiciar when it was selected) "Plato possesses at least 0.9 VTs." CFJ 1065 [elJefe] Final Judgement: TRUE 11/03 Called 11/06-12 Assigned to Vlad, who Judges FALSE 11/13 Appealed by elJefe, Michael, and General Chaos 11/14 Assigned to Morendil, Steve, and Kolja A. as Justices 11/17 Judged OVERTURN/reverse by Kolja A. 11/20 Judged SUSTAIN by Morendil 11/21 Judged OVERTURN/reverse by Steve "The Office of Speaker-Elect is not now being held in the normal fashion." CFJ 1068 [Antimatter] Final Judgement: FALSE 11/04 Called 11/07 Assigned to elJefe 11/08 Judged FALSE by elJefe 11/09 Appealed by Oerjan, elJefe, and General Chaos 11/12 Assigned to Morendil, Steve, and Kolja A. as Justices 11/12 Judged SUSTAIN by Morendil 11/14 Judged SUSTAIN by Kolja A. 11/17 Judged OVERTURN/reverse by Steve "Chaos Harlequin has violated Rule 1738." CFJ 1070 [Murphy] 11/11 Called 11/12-19 Assigned to Swann, who defaults (by less than 4 hours) 11/19 Reassigned to Calabresi, who will probably also default "Immediately after becoming Speaker, Morendil was registered as a player." CFJ 1071 [Steve] Judgement: TRUE 11/13 Called; assigned to Vlad, who declines 11/14-17 Reassigned to General Chaos, who Judges TRUE 11/18 Judgement published; Injunction announced "Rule 1558 prevents a Player who is the Speaker from nominating in an Election for the Office of Speaker-Elect." CFJ 1072 [Michael] Judgement: TRUE 11/13 Called 11/13-18 Assigned to Chuck, who Judges TRUE "The Rulekeepor does not have an Official Report." OFFICES ------- 11/17 Election begins for Commander-in-Chief. Harlequin Nominates for Commander-in-Chief. 11/19 Elections end for the following Offices: Archivist - Morendil (Acclamation) Cartographor - Morendil (Acclamation) Justiciar - General Chaos Mad Scientist - Oerjan Promotor - Crito (re-Elected) Speaker-Elect - Michael Speaker Morendil is Tainted (see CFJ 1065), so Michael becomes Speaker and Promotor Crito becomes temporary Speaker-Elect. 11/20 Swann has failed to consent to Vlad's appointment of em as Commander-in-Chief. Speaker Michael holds the Office temporarily. OTHER ----- 11/17 Harlequin comes Off Hold. 11/18 Steve attempts (possibly successfully) to terminate Probate for Swann. 11/19 Steve resigns as Swann's Executor in Probate. The Virus fails to Infect a Rule. 11/20 Notary Murphy assigns General Chaos as Swann's Executor in Probate. Steve causes Calabresi and Vanyel to become Quiet. Blob registers. 11/22 Morendil registers, moves to the Beer Hall, and Rebels. Swann Rebels. ERRATA ------ InterNomic Proposal 349 was submitted by Ackanomic, not Agora. [Kolja A.] A prior claim that Kolja A. sent eir Appelate Judgement of CFJ 1068 to a-d may have been incorrect. [elJefe]