From ford@jps.net Fri Mar 24 11:46:05 2000 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:47:46 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au To: agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 46, ISSUE 12 March 24, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Harsher Blot Penalties" by Elysion - Proposal 3990 (mislabelled) Proposing rights are revoked at 5 (not 10) Blots. Voting rights are revoked at 3 (not 15) Blots. Nominating for Office is revoked at any number of Blots (not 5 or more). Lawlessness occurs after 20 (not 30) Blots. The Crime of Persecution is Class 15 (not 20). The Crime of Speaker Abandonment is Class 15 (not 20). "Oligarchy Auctions 'in progress'" by Steve Oligarchy Auctions are deemed to be in progress until the positions are filled (by way of winning Bids being paid), or one week after all winning Bids were billed, whichever is first. Winning Bids not paid within a week are vacated, a 2-Blot penalty is assessed, and a new Auction is conducted for that position. "Please, Be Nice to the Payroll Clerk" by lee Repeal Trade Fellowships, which are mistakenly required to be paid out of the Payroll Clerk's pocket. (This is not only undesirable, but actually impossible; they're paid in Stems, but Stems can't be transferred between Players.) "Simplify 'ASAP'" by Steve Actions required to be done ASAP must be done within a week, or the Class 1 Infraction of Tardiness applies. This period may be increased for Inactive Players. "Streamline Actions With Support" by Steve - Proposal 3991 (mislabelled) Actions With Support may be performed as soon as the needed Support is given. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Admit, It's a Plutocracy" by t Repeal "Sanity". An entity has at most five Votes on a Democratic Proposal. Players with more than 5 (not 15) Blots cannot Vote on Proposals. Repeal "Maximum Votes". First Vote on a Proposal is free, additional Votes cost 1 Plutoi each. Assessor is Recordkeepor of Plutoi. Plutoi are Auctioned for VTs the same way that Indulgences are Auctioned for IATs. "Currency? Points?" by t Points are no longer a Currency. "No Benefits for Slackers or the Undead" by t Players do not receive Minimum Income after the beginning of the month if they are Zombies at the beginning of the month, or were Inactive at least 17 days of the previous month. "No Honor for the Dishonorable" by t Remove Kudos from the Rules. "No Way" by t Repeal "Honorary Players". Repeal Rule 1673 (presumably a typo'ed reference to Rule 1676 "Grace Period for New Players"), and key "Currency Awards for New Players" to registration rather than the Grace Period. Repeal "Encourage Proposals by New Players". Repeal "Installing Officers through Proposal". Repeal "Holding an Office in Perpetuity". "Presence is for Wimps" by t Repeal declarations of Presence. "Violating the Rules" by Steve Performing an action prohibited by the Rules, or failing to perform an action required by the Rules, is a Class 1 Crime, unless otherwise defined as a Crime or Infraction. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1197 "Wes violated Rule 1809 when he failed to stay the Payment Order [TRUE] denominated as avt583 when Chuck called the CFJ assigned the number 1193." 2/23 Called by Kelly 2/24-26 Assigned to Anthony, who Judges FALSE 2/26 Appealed by harvel, lee, and Steve 2/27 Appeal assigned to Murphy, Blob, and harvel 2/28 Blob moves to overturn and reassign 3/2 harvel moves to overturn and reassign 3/2 Murphy moves to overturn and reassign 3/9-14 Reassigned to Palnatoke, who Judges TRUE 3/19 Steve Moves for a Formal Apology 3/20-22 Motion assigned to Blob, who grants it Judge's argument (summary): Wes was not Clerk of the Courts on February 2, when CFJ 1193 was called. Clerk of the Courts harvel may have made two errors: assigning CFJ 1193 to Harlequin (on February 6) without staying avt583, and reassigning CFJ to Peekee (on February 14) without confirming a stay on avt583. Board's refutation (summary): Wes *was* Clerk of the Courts (despite not being Electee to that Office) on February 2, so Judge Anthony's argument is unsound. CFJ 1201 "The Auction for Middle Oligarchs started on Monday, 06 Mar 2000 [TRUE] at 23:40:31 -0800 has ended." 3/15 Called by Blob 3/16-19 Assigned to Elysion, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): This is FALSE if Wes placed a Bid on 3/11, TRUE otherwise. Judge's counterargument (summary): Although Wes did Bid on 3/11, no Bid within three days before the calling of this CFJ was the highest or second-highest Bid. CFJ 1203 "The Auction for High Oligarch started on Monday, 06 Mar 2000 at [TRUE] 23:40:31 -0800 has ended." Appealed 3/15 Called by Blob 3/15-17 Assigned to Peekee, who Judges TRUE 3/18 Appealed by Oerjan, lee, and Blob 3/18 Appeal assigned to Murphy, Anthony, and harvel 3/22 harvel moves to overturn and reassign Caller's argument (summary): No winning Bids were made since harvel's winning Bid on 3/9, even though harvel retracted that Bid on 3/11. Thus, the auction ended on 3/12. Justice harvel's refutation (summary): Neither of Judge Peekee's stated reasons are sufficient to support eir verdict. Justice Murphy's refutation (summary): Judge Peekee points out the lack of "hard evidence" to prove that Wes sent eir Bid at the time in question. However, the preponderance of the evidence (Rule 1575) indicates that e *did* send eir Bid. OFFICES ------- 3/17 t is Elected Scorekeepor. (This was originally announced on 3/13, but was presumably lost by gecko.) 3/23 Promotor Wes resigns. Nominations begin for Promotor. Peekee Nominates for Promotor. Bids in the Oligarch Election (all times in UTC): [High] 03/07/00 22:26:20 30 Elysion 03/09/00 00:32:31 100 Steve 03/09/00 17:26:46 101 harvel - retracted 03/11/00 13:00:09 03/10/00 13:43:52 1 harvel - retracted 03/11/00 13:00:09 03/10/00 13:43:52 17 harvel - retracted 03/11/00 13:00:09 03/12/00 10:26:30 60 Palnatoke - claimed 03/14 03/13/00 01:11:26 250 Blob - claimed 03/15 - unsuccessful anyway 03/12/00 17:26:46 Auction ends if no one else Bid. No Bid since Winner: harvel's Bid on 03/09 was higher than the Nth Steve highest Bid, where N = 1. [Middle] 03/07/00 22:01:24 104 t 03/07/00 22:26:20 80 Elysion 03/09/00 00:32:31 100 Steve 03/09/00 17:26:46 101 harvel - retracted 03/12/00 18:59:17 03/10/00 13:43:52 1 harvel - retracted 03/12/00 18:59:17 03/10/00 13:43:52 23 harvel - retracted 03/12/00 18:59:17 03/11/00 ??:??:?? 150 Wes - claimed 03/14 03/11/00 23:30:08 125 Elysion - claimed 03/15 03/12/00 10:26:30 30 Palnatoke - claimed 03/14 03/13/00 01:11:26 103 Blob - claimed 03/15 03/15/00 12:12:45 155 Blob 03/17/00 11:38:23 169 t 03/12/00 17:26:46 Auction ends if Wes did not Bid on 03/11, Elysion Winners: did not bid on 3/11, and no one else Bid. No other t, Elysion Bid since harvel's Bid on 03/09 was higher than the Nth highest Bid, where N = 2. Steve wins High, so e does not win here. 03/14/00 ??:??:?? Auction ends if Wes did Bid on 03/11, Elysion did not Winners: Bid on 3/11, and no one else Bid. No Bid since Wes's Wes, t Bid was higher than the Nth highest Bid, where N = 2. 03/14/00 23:30:08 Auction ends if Elysion Bid on 3/11, and no one else Winners: Bid. No other Bids since eir and Wes's Bids (or eir Elysion, and t's Bids, if Wes did not Bid) were higher than (Wes or t) the Nth highest Bid, where N = 2. [Low] 03/07/00 09:55:09 60 Michael 03/09/00 00:32:31 100 Steve 03/09/00 17:26:46 31 harvel 03/10/00 02:34:09 1 Blob - failed (not to the PF) 03/10/00 13:43:52 2 harvel 03/11/00 ??:??:?? 50 Wes - claimed 03/14 03/12/00 10:26:30 10 Palnatoke - claimed 03/14 03/12/00 17:26:46 Auction ends if Wes did not Bid on 03/11, and no one Winners: else (except possibly Palnatoke) Bid. No other Bid Michael, harvel, since harvel's Bid on 03/09 was higher than the Nth (Palnatoke?) highest Bid, where N = 3. Steve wins High, so e does not win here. Palnatoke wins, if e Bid. 03/14/00 ??:??:?? Auction ends if Wes did Bid on 03/11, and no one else Winners: (except possibly Palnatoke) Bid. No other Bid since Michael, harvel, Wes's Bid of 03/11 was higher than the Nth highest (Wes or Palnatoke) Bid, where N = 3. Steve wins High, so e does not win here. Since Wes Bid here, e also Bid for and won Medium, so e does not win here. OTHER ----- 3/17 Speaker Murphy announces eir intent to make Proposals 3987 and 3989 Democratic. lee, harvel, and Steve give eir Support. 3/18 Peekee and Crito give eir Support for making Proposals 3987 and 3989 Democratic. Scorekeepor t announces eir intent to Mint 2000 Points. 3/20 Taral becomes a Watcher. 3/22 Oerjan deregisters. 3/23 Oerjan is placed in Probate. 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 OotEE 9/13 1 Iris 1 VT; non-members subject to 9% Tariff 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 Elysion 3/17 50 IATs Pay back 55 IATs within 4 weeks Harlequin 1/17 up to 50 P-Notes, negotiable +VTs Murphy 3/10 VTs/P-Notes 1 IAT each Steve 3/21 P-Notes, VTs IATs, an Indulgence -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "Most of the time, it seemed sublimely unaware of its limbs, though it was beginning to suspect it had hands."