From: owner-agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au on behalf of Ed Murphy [ford@jps.net] Sent: Sun 13 Jun 99 1:36 AM To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 45, ISSUE 5 Sunday edition June 13, 1999 PROPOSALS --------- Author Title Date ----------------------------------------------- Blob Charged VTs [Prop 3875] Blob Transferring Privileges [Prop 3874] harvel Animals [Prop 3873] PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- Author Title Date(s) ----------------------------------------------------------- Blob The Cabinet 6/10 Elysion End Scoring 6/11 harvel Patch Rule 107 6/3 harvel Spelling and Quantification 5/27, 6/3 Peekee Fix Treasuror's Wage 6/10 CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1125 "Rule 1883 has not been repealed." [TRUE] 4/24 Called by Blob Appealed 4/26-30 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE 4/30-5/30 Appealed by Steve, elJefe, and Kolja A. 6/7 Appeal assigned to Blob, Steve, and Michael 6/10 Michael moves to sustain 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 1136 "Wes is currently not in eir grace period." [FALSE] 5/21 Called by Kolja A. 5/30 Assigned to Elysion Caller's argument (summary): It has been suggested that Wes is General Chaos. Judge's refutation (summary): These suggestions are not supported by substantial evidence. Wes's behavior is consistent with that of an entity who has not recently been a Player. 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 6/9 Assigned to Crito Caller's argument: none OFFICES ------- 6/2 Nominations open for Chancellor, Clerk of the Courts, Scorekeepor, and Treasuror. Notes on the apparent status of the Treasuror Election: * It should not have been initiated. Rule 1892 (The Treasuror) claims precedence over Rule 790 (Filling Vacant Offices). * Rules 1445 (Defaults for Elections) and 1558 (Defaults for Elections for Offices) do not necessarily apply to Elections not required by the Rules, but Registrar Michael applies them anyway. 6/3 Kolja A. Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. Michael Nominates for Chancellor. 6/4 Wes Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. Peekee Nominates for Treasuror and issues a Protobudget. 6/8 Peekee issues a new Protobudget. Wes Nominates for Chancellor. Delegation of Rulekeepor from Chuck to Michael ends. 6/10 Scorekeepor Election ends with no Nominees. Nominations open for Scorekeepor. Peekee is Elected Treasuror by Acclamation, and issues eir Budget. Voting begins for Chancellor. Candidates are Michael and Wes. Voting begins for Clerk of the Courts. Candidates are Kolja A. and Wes. 6/11 Lee Nominates for Scorekeepor. Wes Stands Down in the Chancellor Election. OTHER ----- 6/2 Beefurabi becomes Noisy. Chancellor Michael taxes 30% of all VTs, exempting 5 VTs per Player and 1 VT per non-Player. 6/4 Lee registers. 6/8 Elysion submits Regulations for a proposed new Contest, "Agoran Development Organization". ERRATA ------ CFJ 1137 was not properly assigned on 5/30, since the subject and body of the relevant message disagreed on who it was assigned to. -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "I see," said Arthur, who didn't.