From ford@jps.net Wed Feb 9 19:05:13 2000 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 02:31:41 -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 9 February 9, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "CFJ Streamlining" by Wes - Proposal 3962 adopted 1/19 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 - Proposal 3968 adopted 2/3 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. "Return of the Unsigned VT" by Steve - Proposal 3963 adopted 1/19 +VTs and -VTs are re-combined into a single Currency. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Assortment of Minor Changes" by harvel - Proposal 3969 rejected 2/3 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. "Fix Holidays" by Murphy - Proposal 3967 rejected 2/3 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. "Legislative Fix" by Wes - Proposal 3970 rejected 2/7 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. "Stem Conversion Rates" by t - Proposal 3971 rejected 2/7 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. "The Oligarchy" by Steve - Proposal 3966 rejected 2/3 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. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Agora Improvement: Fix Auctions NOW" by Elysion Require 72 (not 24) hours to elapse with no Bids before an Auction ends. "Complete the Return" by Steve - Proposal 3976 Remove a leftover reference to charged VTs from Rule 1713. "Dependent Actions" by harvel - Proposal 3965 presumably rejected Proposal 3973 Combine Rules 1728 (Actions Without N Objections) and 1874 (Actions With N Supporters). "Succession Reform" by Elysion - Proposal 3974 "Arbiter of Succession" is no longer mentioned. The Order of Succession remains in effect until there is an Electee to the Office of Speaker-Elect. "The MUQ of IATs Should Be 1, Dammit!" by t - Proposal 3975 IATs have MUQ = 1 (not 0.01). "Voters and Legislators" by Peekee - Proposal 3972 Legislative Status is abandoned. Players with >15 Blots are Denied. Players with >10 Blots are Mute. "Voting Entity" becomes "Voter". PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Better Education Means Better Pay" by Atom Degreed Officeholders receive a (Treasuror-defined) Trade Fellowship in addition to a Salary. "Clarify Destruction of Bank's Currency" by harvel The Executor of a Bank Currency may destroy units of that Currency held by the Bank. (Such Executors can already cause the appropriate Currency Bank to destroy its own holdings.) "Kitu Created" by Wes Each Kitu is a Currency (MUQ=1) possessible only by Players. The possessor of a Sauti Kitu may cause it to cast a Proposal Vote, upon which it is destroyed. At the beginning of the month, all existing Sauti Kitu are destroyed, and one is given to a random Immaculate Player. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1193 "The Payment Orders, designated avt582 through avt593, and issued by t in a message dated Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:51:29 +0200 (EET), are invalid." 2/2 Called by Chuck 2/6 Assigned to Harlequin Caller's argument (summary): TRUE implies Rule 1442/22 can't bill for Votes on the Proposal creating it. FALSE implies Rule 1442's requirement to bill is continuous from 1442/21 to 1442/22, in which case the POs in question are valid. OFFICES ------- 1/20 Nominations begin for Speaker-Elect. harvel Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 2/8 harvel is Elected Speaker-Elect. Voting begins for Treasuror. Candidates are Blob, lee, and t. OTHER ----- 1/20 "The Curmudgeon's -VT Supply Contest" voluntarily dissolves. 1/22 Speaker Murphy announces the Order of Succession. Promotor Wes is currently Speaker-Elect. Promotor Wes declines Speaker-Elect. Assessor t is currently Speaker-Elect. lee attempts (via a-d post) to decline Speaker-Elect. 1/24 Elysion makes emself ineligible to Judge any CFJs relating to "this problem" (apparently the question of whether Votes on "Return of the Unsigned VT" should be billed in charged VTs, uncharged VTs, or not billed at all). Palnatoke goes On Hold. Steve points out that Proposal 3900 didn't amend Rule 1011 after all; either it was AI=2 and failed, or it was AI=1 and didn't have enough Power to amend Rule 1011 (Power=2). 1/31 Sherlock registers. 2/4 Harlequin joins the Order of the Evil Eye. 2/5 Indulgence Auction ends when 24 hours elapse with no Bids. 3 x 30 - Elysion 1 x 21 - lee 3 x 10 - Blob 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/ "That's not my couch! That's the Place Where the Horrifying Incident Occurred!" -Drew Carey