From: owner-agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au on behalf of Ed Murphy [ford@jps.net] Sent: Thu 3 Jun 99 1:59 AM To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 45, ISSUE 4 Thursday edition June 3, 1999 PROPOSALS --------- Author Title Date ----------------------------------------------- Blob An Alternative to Summary [Prop 3867 adopted 5/23] Adoption Blob Another alternative [Prop 3864 adopted 5/16] Blob Transferring Privileges 5/27 Blob Undo P3864 [Prop 3870 adopted 6/2] G. Chaos Co-operation is a good thing [Prop 3868 adopted 5/23] G. Chaos Evidentiary Status of [Prop 3865 failed quorum 5/16] Officer Reports G. Chaos Proposals may order [Prop 3869 adopted 5/23] harvel Animals [Prop 3873] harvel Consistent Speling [Prop 3866 rejected 5/23] harvel Patch Rule 107 5/28 harvel Spelling and Quantification 5/27 Murphy Report the Priority Bar 6/3 Murphy Rubber Checks [Prop 3872 adopted 6/2] Murphy Unlimited Voting, revisited 6/3 Peekee Lighten Assessor's Load [Prop 3862 failed quorum 5/16] Peekee MY INSANE PROPOSAL 5/20 Peekee The Treasuror [Prop 3863 failed quorum 5/16] Peekee The Treasuror (Fixed) [Prop 3871 adopted 6/2] Wes PROPOSAL xxxx 5/29 5/25 Scorekeepor Vlad announces eir intent to amend Rule 1879 (Scoring), as specified by Rule 1878 (The Scorekeepor). PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- Author Title Date(s) ----------------------------------------------------------- Blob Charged Voting 5/27 Blob Extended Deliberation 5/8, 5/16 Blob Transferring Privileges 5/25 harvel Animals 5/27 harvel Borrowed from Our Children 5/28 harvel Spelling and Quantification 5/27 Murphy Bring Back Wins 5/17, 6/3 Murphy Report the Priority Bar 5/17 Murphy Unlimited Voting, revisited 5/17, 5/19, 5/24 Peekee Slaves / Cats 5/19, 5/22 Wes 5/28 Wes Revising Priority a bit 5/22 Wes The Structure of a Rule 5/22 CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1125 "Rule 1883 has not been repealed."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 4/30-5/30 Appealed by Steve, elJefe, and Kolja A. 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 Reversed Crime of Misrepresentation by listing 'janet9981@yahoo.com' to TRUE 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. Board of Appeals overturns (summary): Steve did send the message in question, and thus presented as correct information (the identity of the sender) which e believed to be incorrect. CFJ 1131 "The message sent to the Public Forum with headers which read [TRUE] 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 5/6-21 Assigned to Murphy, who defaults 5/21 Assigned to Vlad, who apparently defaults 5/30 Assigned to Morendil, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): A preponderance of evidence (the criterion of Rule 1575) supports the statement. Judge's agreement (summary): See the Appeal of CFJ 1126. CFJ 1132 "Chuck has violated Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for [TRUE] Referendum Voting) by failing to perform his duties as Vote Collector." 5/12 Called by Steve 5/18 Assigned to Peekee, who Judges TRUE 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. CFJ 1133 "A group is a voting Entity, and so is 'An Active Voter' as [FALSE] described in Rule 1873 'A Duty to Vote'." 5/21 Called by Peekee 5/21-25 Assigned to Kolja A., who Judges FALSE Caller's argument: none Judge's refutation (summary): Groups are not Voters. CFJ 1134 "The Assessor should make determinations whether or not the [TRUE] Vizers of various Groups, as Players have effective control of the Group's Voting Tokens." 5/21 Called by Peekee 5/21-23 Assigned to elJefe, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument: none Judge's agreement (summary): A Group may grant its Vizier effective control of its VTs, and thus the Vizier may be guilty of Failure to Vote on eir own behalf. However, a Group is not a Voter and cannot be guilty of Failure to Vote. CFJ 1135 "The Order of the Evil eye was an Active Voter with effective [FALSE] control of more than three Voting Tokens at the time distribution of the last batch of proposals, it was not denied Voting Privileges at that time, it was Active at the end of the Voting Period of the Proposal in the batch whose Voting Period finished last, and it failed to cast a vote on any Proposal in the batch. Therefore it committed the Infraction of Failure to Vote and the Assessor should of detected and reported this infraction." 5/21 Called by Peekee 5/21-23 Assigned to Michael, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument: none Judge's refutation (summary): Groups are not Voters, and are neither Active nor Inactive. CFJ 1136 "Wes is currently not in eir grace period." 5/21 Called by Kolja A. 5/30 Assigned to Elysion Caller's argument (summary): It has been suggested that Wes is General Chaos. CFJ 1137 "If a CFJ alleging that a Player has committed a Crime is initially Judged FALSE, and that decision is later reversed by a Board of Appeals, it is the duty of the original Judge to issue the Sentencing Orders associated with conviction of that Crime." 5/25 Called by Chuck 5/30 Assigned to Elysion Caller's argument: none CFJ 1138 "Morendil's transfer of one Kudo from Wes to Chuck was invalid due to a lack of a valid justification for doing so." 5/28 Called by Wes 5/30 Assigned to Chuck OFFICES ------- 5/13 Blob Nominates for Assessor. Elysion Nominates for Herald. 5/18 Crito Nominates for Accountor. 5/27 Crito is Elected Accountor by Acclamation. Blob is Elected Assessor by Acclamation. Elysion is Elected Herald by Acclamation. Chuck delegates the Office of Rulekeepor to Michael from May 28 through June 7. Michael consents. 5/30 Morendil resigns as Clerk of the Courts. OTHER ----- 5/13 A new Group, "The Legislator's Club", is formed. Peekee suggests a new Contest, "Peekee's Exchange Bureau". 5/16 Murphy becomes Abiding. 5/18 Wes registers. Elysion becomes Abiding. 5/20 Wes becomes a Legislator. Blob suggests a new Contest, "Repeal Prediction Contest". 5/21 harvel goes On Hold. 5/23 Blob makes Beefurabi Quiet. Referendum to Impeach Steve as Clerk of the Courts: Voting is announced as 3 for, 4 against. 5/25 Speaker Blob grants a Patronage of 1 Indulgence to Wes. Michael makes Steve Quiet. Steve becomes Noisy. 5/26 harvel comes Off Hold. 5/28 Chuck goes On Hold. 6/1 Chancellor Michael announces eir intention to charge a 35% VT tax on Players with at least 10 VTs. Vlad is guilty of Inciting to Riot, and becomes Abiding. -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "I see," said Arthur, who didn't.