THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 46, ISSUE 1 Saturday edition November 6, 1999 PROPOSALS --------- Author Title Date --------------------------------------------------- Blob Bookkeeping Reduction 11/4 Elysion Indulgence Reform [Prop 3936 adopted 10/31] harvel Perstemify Bonus for Repeal 11/3 Murphy Fix Rule 1886 11/3 Peekee Decimalize MUQs 11/5 Peekee Get rid of (P-Notes)^2 11/5 Peekee Voters and Legislators 11/6 Wes Cleaning Up the Queue 11/4 Wes Legislative Status [Prop 3937 adopted 10/31]] Wes Legislative Status Fix 11/1 Summary of Proposals -------------------- "Bookkeping Reduction" by Blob Basic Officer Salary set by Treasuror, not Chancellor. Officeholders tracked by Payroll Clerk, not Registrar. Bank debts are paid by Currency Recordkeepors, not Chancellor. "Cleaning Up the Queue" by Wes Zero-Priority Proposals may be removed after two weeks, not a month. "Decimalize MUQs" by Peekee Require all MUQs to be an integral power of ten. "Fix Rule 1886" by Murphy Rule 1886 is "Returning to Life". Replace "pay" with "pay out to", which was clearly intended. "Get rid of (P-Notes)^2" by Peekee Change Proposal Costs from amounts of P-Notes to simple numbers, which was clearly intended. "Indulgence Reform" by Elysion Gain 1 Indulgence for being Immaculate all quarter. Receive 1 Indulgence per Zombie you own. Players with 5+ Blots may not Nominate in an Election. Players with 10+ Blots may not Propose. Players with 15+ Blots may not Vote. List of Rebels is no longer required to be called the Red Pages. "Legislative Status" by Wes Entities may have one or more Legislative Statuses (Voter, Proposer, Barred). Denial of Voting privileges is accidentally broken: Entities with a Status of Barred are not prevented from Voting. "Legislative Status Fix" by Wes Fix denial of Voting privileges. "Perstemify Bonus for Repeal" by harvel In Rule 947 (Bonus for Repeal), replace the remaining "1 P-Note" with "30 Stems", which was clearly intended. "Voters and Legislators" by Peekee Groups with at least three members may Propose. Fix denial of Voting privileges. Add Legislative Status of Mute, which prevents one from Proposing. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- Author Title Date(s) ------------------------------------------------------ harvel Issues 11/6 Peekee Cheap Group Proposals 10/26, 11/3 Peekee Decimalize MUQs 11/3 Peekee Get rid of (P-Notes)^2 11/3 Peekee Voters and Legislators 11/3, 11/4, 11/5 (aka Simplify Group Votes) Summary of Proto-Proposals -------------------------- "Cheap Group Proposals" by Peekee A Proposal submitted by a Group has its Priority Cost reduced by 0.5. "Issues" by harvel "Issue" is a term for "Proposal, Election, or Referendum". Rule 879 (Quorum) explicitly allows other Rules to define ways by which Players may count toward Quorum. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1172 "The Private Orders issued by Murphy in the message with subject 'BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal' dated Sun, 31 Oct 1999 were improperly executed." 11/1 Called by Crito 11/4 Assigned to Chuck Caller's argument (summary): "improperly" is undefined by the Rules, but there was no good reason for these Orders. CFJ 1173 "Any TO which is successfully received by the Recordkeepor for the Currency being transfered is properly executed, even if it was redistributed by means of the agora-discussion mailing list." 11/5 Called by Wes 11/5 Assigned to Crito CFJ 1174 "The PO's issued by Payroll Clerk Lee in the email sent to agora-official time/date stamped Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:36:15 -0600 were improperly executed, due to the fact that e had already executed PO's for the same purpose in the email sent to agora-discussion time/date stamped Fri, 05 Nov 1999 12:15:27 -0500." 11/5 Called by Wes 11/5 Assigned to Elysion CFJ 1175 "Peekee changed his ABC to P-Notes, in a message with, Message-Id: <199911051747.RAA18759@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> sent on Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:47:29 +0000." 11/6 Called by Peekee Caller's argument (summary): Peekee set eir ABC on August 29, and attempted to change it on November 5. Rule 1911 (Basic Currencies) requires a three-month wait. Rule 459 (The Nomic Week) says that monthly events occur on the first of the month, so "three months" have in fact elapsed. OFFICES ------- 11/3 Nominations open for Registrar. 11/4 Michael and Peekee Nominate for Registrar. OTHER ----- 11/1 Elysion makes elJefe Quiet. 11/5 elJefe goes On Hold (and, ironically, becomes Noisy again by doing so). Wes attempts (unsuccessfully) to leave The Magical Sheltor and thus dissolve it. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Carnival 9/16 +0.01 VT 1 Denaria Carnival 9/16 10 Denaria On a Player's birthday, sing "Happy Birthday" to em in a key with at least four sharps Elysion ? FOR Vote VT cost + 5 Denaria; individual refusal OotEE 9/13 1 Iris 1 VT; non-members subject to 9% Tariff Murphy 9/11 1 +VT 1 Indulgence; individual refusal Murphy 9/11 1 +VT 25 IATs; individual refusal 9/18 The Agoran Carnival accepts deposits of VTs, P-Notes, Indulgences or IATs. Weekly interest is 3 Denaria per unit (30 for Indulgences). The Agoran Carnival will loan its VTs, P-Notes, Indulgences or IATs. Weekly interest is 5 Denaria per unit (45 for Indulgences). The Agoran Carnival will pay N of any Basic Currency in exchange for (N of any other Basic Currency plus N Denaria). One-time offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 11/1 10 +VTs 1 Indulgence Chuck 9/1 IATs Up to 50 +VTs, negotiable harvel 11/1 4 +VTs 1.2 Indulgences (directed to Palnatoke) lee 11/1 5 +VTs 1.1 Indulgences (directed to Palnatoke) Palnatoke 9/19 2 -VTs 1.99 +VTs Palnatoke 11/1 IATs or 4 +VTs or so Indulgences