From: owner-agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au on behalf of Ed Murphy [ford@jps.net] Sent: Sun 16 May 99 1:35 PM To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 45, ISSUE 3 Sunday edition May 16, 1999 PROPOSALS --------- Author Title Date ----------------------------------------------- Blob An Alternative to Summary 5/12 Adoption Blob Another alternative [Prop 3864] G. Chaos Evidentiary Status of [Prop 3865] Officer Reports G. Chaos Unlimited voting [Prop 3861 rejected 5/11] harvel Consistent Speling 5/10 Murphy The Spiraling Cost of Voting [Prop 3858 adopted 5/11] Peekee Amend rule 649 [Prop 3860 adopted 5/11] Peekee Lighten Assessor's Load [Prop 3862] Peekee The Treasuror [Prop 3863] Peekee The Scam? What Scam? [Prop 3859 failed quorum 5/11] PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- Author Title Date(s) ----------------------------------------------------------- Blob A Duty to Propose, revisited 5/7 Blob Antisocial Acts 5/12 Blob Extended Deliberation 5/8 harvel Speling Check / Consistent Speling 5/9, 5/10 harvel Lighten Assessor's Load 5/4, 5/5 harvel Patch Rule 107 5/9 harvel Reformat 1528, 1531, 1551, and 1614 5/9 Vlad What You See Is What You Get 5/11 CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1125 "Rule 1883 has not been repealed." [TRUE] 4/24 Called by Blob 4/26-30 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE 4/30-5/12 Appealed by Steve and elJefe Caller's argument (summary): "An Object Lesson" was embedded in a spam message, so did not give a "clear indication" of being a Proposal as required by Rule 1483. CFJ 1126 "In posting a message to agora-business with the subject [FALSE] 'Maximize your website's traffic!', Steve committed the Appealed Crime of Misrepresentation by listing 'janet9981@yahoo.com' as the 'From:' address." 4/30 Called by Chuck 4/30-5/2 Assigned to harvel, who Judges FALSE 5/6-7 Appealed by Blob, Chuck, Michael, and Crito 5/7 Appeal assigned to Crito, Blob, and Morendil Caller's argument (summary): Steve believed the information in question to be incorrect, the criterion of Rule 1497. Judge's refutation (summary): It is unclear that Rule 1497 applies to message headers. It is unclear that Steve sent the message in question. CFJ 1127 "In posting a message to agora-business with the subject [FALSE] 'Maximize your website's traffic!', Steve committed the Crime of Misrepresentation by stating, on or around lines 12-13 of the body of the message, 'If your website isn't located in the top-30 listings of these engines, chances are your site will never be seen.'" 4/30 Called by Chuck 4/30 Assigned to David Caller's argument (summary): See CFJ 1126. Judge's refutation (summary): Steve did not present this information as correct. CFJ 1131 "The message sent to the Public Forum with headers which read in part: Message-Id:<3.0.1.32.19990406101136.009bcec-@proxy.pn.beam.com.au> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:11:36 +1000 To: agora-busines-@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au From: janet998-@yahoo.com Subject: Maximize your website's traffic! was sent by Steve." 5/3 Called by Steve 5/6 Assigned to Murphy Caller's argument (summary): A preponderance of evidence (the criterion of Rule 1575) supports the statement. CFJ 1132? "Chuck has violated Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting) by failing to perform his duties as Vote Collector." 5/12 Called by Steve Caller's argument (summary): Chuck's Referendum to Impeach Steve as Clerk of the Courts failed automatically, because no results were announced within a week after the Voting Period ended. Steve equates this with violation of Rule 1434's requirement to announc results. OFFICES ------- 5/12 Nominations begin for Accountor, Assessor, and Herald. OTHER ----- 5/3 Peekee becomes a Legislator. 5/5 Blob becomes a Legislator. 5/6 Vlad posts the proposed Charter of a new Group (The Legislator's Club). Morendil becomes Abiding, then Rebellious again. E is then penalized for Inciting to Riot, and becomes Abiding again. 5/7 Michael makes Kolja A. Quiet. harvel becomes a Legislator, and expresses interest in The Legislator's Club. 5/8 Murphy Rebels. Kolja A. becomes Noisy. Morendil calls for a Revolt, but it is ineffective because e is Abiding. 5/10 Oerjan goes On Hold. Morendil becomes Rebellious, then calls for a Revolt. 5/11 Elysion becomes Rebellious. Morendil's Revolt fails. 5/12 elJefe becomes a Legislator. ERRATA ------ harvel's attempted Proposal "Patch Rule 107" was not a Proposal, because harvel was not a Legislator at the time. (P-Note Report of 5/10) -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "I see," said Arthur, who didn't.