From ford@jps.net Sun Jan 23 21:51:18 2000 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:00:28 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 46, ISSUE 8 January 22, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Important Proposals" by t - Proposal 3960 rejected 1/11 Proposals in the Queue may be made Important with 2 Supporters. Failing to Vote on an Important Proposal is an Infraction, unless you were unable to Vote on it, or were On Hold when the Voting Period began. The Infraction is larger if the Proposal fails Quorum. "Voters and Legislators" by Peekee - Proposal 3961 failed quorum 1/11 Fix denial of Voting Privileges. Add a Legislative Status of Mute which prevents one from Proposing. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Assortment of Minor Changes" by harvel Nomic Entities are any non-Player entities declared to exist by the Rules, even if they would exist in the absence of that declaration. Public Forum announcements sent directly to each Player need not be sent to oneself. Rule 1688 (Power) is made more terse. "CFJ Streamlining" by Wes - Proposal 3962 A CFJ's Deliberation Period explicitly begins with the CotC's announcement of a Judge. A Player fined for Judging Late becomes ineligible to Judge further CFJs, till e requests otherwise in the PF. A Player is fined for Judging a Bit Late even if e Judges or dismisses the CFJ before the CotC can apply the fine. A Judge ceases to be assigned to a CFJ if e becomes ineligible for any reason. Failing to grant or deny a Motion within a week is grounds for the CotC to Recuse and assign a new Judge. A Motion for a closed case whose Judge is no longer an Active Player is assigned to a new Judge. "Cleanup with Quantifier Changes" by harvel Minor wording cleanup in these Rules: 206 (Voting Entities and Votes) 591 (Legal Judgements) 649 (Patent Titles) 683 (Voting on Proposals) 693 (Prescribed Voting Period) 766 (Groups) 955 (Votes Required to Adopt a Proposal) 1446 (Contests) 1478 (Executors) 1485 (Titles for Rules) 1575 (Standards of Proof) 1614 (Organizations' Names) 1623 (Disinterested Proposals) Rule 879 (Quorum) specifies that the Promotor shall make the calculation. "Dependent Actions" by harvel - Proposal 3965 Combine Rules 1728 (Actions Without N Objections) and 1874 (Actions With N Supporters). "Group Votes and Proposals" by Peekee Groups with at least three members are Voters and Legislators. "Legislative Fix" by Wes Amend Rule 206 (Voting Entities and Votes) to use Legislative Status. Amend Rule 1925 (Legislative Status) to assign a Status of Barred to Players with at least 15 Blots. "Repeal Senate" by t Repeal Rules 1762 (presumably a typo for Rule 1726, "The Guillotine") and Rule 1717 (The Senate). "Return of the Unsigned VT" by Steve - Proposal 3963 +VTs and -VTs are re-combined into a single Currency. "Secret, Unknown and Hidden Proposals" by Peekee Secret Proposals have eir Priority secret while Queued. Unknown Proposals have eir text secret while Queued. Hidden Proposals have eir existence secret while Queued. Each of these increases Priority Cost by 1. "Stare Decisis" by Blob The Clerk of the Courts' Report includes the statement and outcome of all CFJs from January 2000 onward, and optionally earlier CFJs. E may (Without Objection) remove CFJs e deems no longer relevant. "Stem Conversion Rates" by t Each Basic Currency has an Exchange Rate (adjustable weekly by the Payroll Clerk, by up to 10% of the original value) that determines how much of that Currency one receives in exchange for a given amount of Stems. "Too Small" by Wes - Proposal 3964 +VTs, -VTs, and P-Notes have eir MUQs changed from 0.01 to 1. All current holdings are rounded up. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Alternate Exchange Rates" by Harlequin Each Bank Currency possesses an Exchange Rate (an Index). The Payroll Clerk may change the Exchange Convertor or Exchange Divisor (both Indices) to any positive Integer, Without 3 Objections. Initially, EC=80 and ED=35. A Currency's ER = [ EC - (% of Players whose ABC is this Currency) ] divided by ED, rounded to MUQ "Fix Holidays" by Murphy Any time period intersecting a Holiday is lengthened by the amount of intersection. Precedence clauses in Rules 1769 (Holidays) and 1023 (Definition of "As Soon As Possible") are clarified. "Pragmatize Wins" by Harlequin Wins occur only when correctly announced. "Quorum Value" by harvel The term "Quorum Value" is defined as a Proposal's number of Votes required to meet Quorum. The Promotor's distribution must include it. "The Oligarchy" by Steve There is one High Oligarch, two Middle, and three Low. Oligarchs are disqualified for Speakerhood, non-Playerhood, Zombiehood, or Inactivity. Only Oligarchs vote on Ordinary Proposals. Everyone may vote on Democratic Proposals. Normally, Proposals with AI<2 are Ordinary, and Proposals with AI>=2 are Democratic. Prior to the end of an Ordinary Proposal's Voting Period, the Speaker may make it a Democratic Proposal with three Supporters. All votes on it are cancelled. Quorum for an Ordinary Proposal is three Oligarchs. The High Oligarch casts 3 votes, the Middle cast 2, and the Low cast 1. An Oligarch's votes are either all FOR, or all AGAINST; no ABSTAIN or Presence. A Player who becomes an Oligarch during the Voting Period does not vote; a Player who changes rank casts votes according to the lower rank. Positions in the Oligarchy are auctioned with VTs. The Speaker, Speaker-Elect, and current Oligarchs may not bid. A Player's bids are cancelled if e goes On Hold. A Player assumes a position when e pays eir winning bid for that position. Vacancies in the High or Middle Oligarchy are generally filled from the next lower rank, selected by the third rank. Vacancies in the Low Oligarchy are Auctioned off by the High Oligarch. The High Oligarch becomes vacant at the beginning of each month. The Speaker shall conduct an Auction four to ten days in advance. Upon a successful Rebellion, all positions in the Oligarchy become vacant. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1190 "The Private Payment Order executed in this message is [TRUE] executed for the purpose of paying for votes, within the meaning given to that phrase by the Judgement (sustained on Appeal) in CFJ 1183." 12/25 Called by Steve 12/26-1/9 Assigned to Michael, who defaults 1/9-12 Assigned to elJefe, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Steve intends to continue executing such Private Payment Orders until Wes pays for eir vote on Proposal 3857. This can be interpreted (in at least a couple of ways) as having the indirect purpose of making Wes pay for that Vote, and CFJ 1183 sets precedent that Rule 1824 recognizes indirect purposes. CFJ 1191 "Wes is under no obligation to pay the above quoted PO and [TRUE] Steve's Private Order is therefore improperly executed." 12/25 Called by Wes, who Moves to 1) vacate the PO, 2) vacate any similar POs and Order Steve not to issue any more 12/26-1/9 Assigned to Murphy, who defaults 1/9-12 Assigned to Elysion, who Judges TRUE and grants both Motions Caller's argument (summary): Precedent of CFJ 1181. Judge's commentary (summary): Precedent of CFJ 1172. CFJ 1192 "Clerk of the Courts Wes violated Rule 1769 when he [TRUE] distributed the Official Judgement of CFJ 1183 on December 26, 1999, during the Christmas Holiday designated by Rule 1870." 12/26 Called by Kelly, who Moves for a Formal Apology 12/27-30 Assigned to Palnatoke, who Judges TRUE 1/2 Judgement Appealed by Wes, t, and lee 1/2 Judicial Order appealed by Wes 1/2 Appeal of Judicial Order assigned to Blob, Elysion, and Wes 1/6 Wes appoints harvel to replace em in Appeal of Judgement; harvel consents 1/13 Motion sustained 1/14 Judgement sustained Judge's commentary (summary): ASAP means "within 7 days", and a Holiday is never longer than 7 days, so it is always possible to do something according to the usual definition of ASAP without doing it during a Holiday. Reporter's commentary: Wes had approximately a 29.5-hour window - between the submission of the Judgement of CFJ 1183 and the beginning of the Christmas holiday - during which e could legally have published the Judgement. What would Lindrum say about this? Murphy has protoed a fix. OFFICES ------- 1/9 lee is Elected Payroll Clerk. Wes is Elected Accountor. t is Elected Assessor. Elysion is Elected Priest. Elysion is Elected Herald. 1/10 Registrar Michael announces Speaker Transition. Speaker-Elect Murphy becomes Speaker. 1/12 Steve consents to delegation of Justiciar. Blob delegates Justiciar to Steve for two weeks. OTHER ----- 1/9 Harlequin registers. elJefe becomes Noisy (ceasing to be a Zombie) and comes Off Hold. 1/10 Chuck's Second Savings and Loan Contest dissolves. Palnatoke submits a Will: 10% to Player who registered earliest, 10% to Group (if any), rest to Player who registered latest. Michael makes emself ineligible to Judge anything. 1/12 "The Club" dissolves. 1/17 The Agoran Carnival/Bank returns all deposits, and ceases to accept new deposits. Chuck creates "The Curmudgeon's -VT Supply Contest". 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 9/18 The Agoran Carnival will loan its VTs, P-Notes, or IATs, at weekly interest of 5 Denaria per unit. 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 Carnival 11/12 Denaria 2 blocks of 50 -VTs Carnival 11/12 2 blocks of Denaria 50 P-Notes Chuck 9/1 IATs Up to 50 +VTs, negotiable Elysion 1/17 1.05 VT 1 P-Note, up to 175 P-Notes total or IAT Harlequin 1/17 up to 50 P-Notes, negotiable +VTs -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "Don't tell me what I already know." -Richard Feng