From ford@jps.net Thu Apr 13 16:01:25 2000 Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 02:48:01 -0700 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 14 April 12, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Auction fix" by Taral Bids may not be cancelled, but may be replaced with higher Bids. Auctions end after 7 days, regardless of Bid timing. If the highest losing Bid is less than the lowest winning Bid, then the winners are billed the highest losing Bid + 1 MUQ of the Currency. Rule 1888 (Private Auctions) is repealed. "Clean the Queue Faster" by Wes - Proposal 3992 Following a Batch distribution, each Proposal still in the Queue has its Priority reduced by a minimum of 5. "Extreme Measures" by Taral When a Legislator announces eir intent to cause a Proposal to be adopted, then it is adopted if and only if * No Player Objects within four days * At least two Senators Support * The Senator who announced intent announces its adoption "Points Re^2visited" by t - Proposal 3993 Points are no longer a Currency. "Ratification fix" by Taral - Proposal 3995 Reports may be ratified by instruments other than adopted Proposals. "Simplify Power" by harvel - Proposal 3994 Rule 1688 (Power) is reworded in a simpler fashion. "Social Policy" by t Zombies do not receive Minimum Income, nor do Players who were Inactive for at least 17 days in the previous month. "Transfer Orders may not be Vacated" by Taral Repeal Rule 1818 (Vacation of Transfer Orders), which actually defines what a Currency Recordkeepor must do when a Transfer Order is vacated. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Automatic Proxy Bidding" by Chuck Auctions end after 7 days, regardless of Bid timing. If the highest losing Bid is less than the lowest winning Bid, then the winners are billed the highest losing Bid + 1 MUQ of the Currency. Rule 1888 (Private Auctions) is repealed. "Balanced Auctions" by Taral Bids may not be cancelled within 24 hours of the end of the Auction. The Auctioneer may cancel the entire Auction, except within 24 hours of its end. "Balanced Auctions take 2" by Taral Bids may not be cancelled, but may be replaced. "Cleanup avoidable rules" by Taral Repeal Rule 1730 (Delayed Transfer Orders), the idea being that a "timed stay" can accomplish the same effect. "Extreme Measures" by Taral A Legislator may, Without Objection, cause a Proposal to be adopted. "Invalid unless proven valid" by Taral Amend Rule 1796 (Validity of Orders) to discount implicit permission, such as that granted by Rule 101. "Kinder and Gentler" by Blob After four days of Quietness, an Electee may be forced to Delegate via announcement of the Speaker (or, if the Electee is the Speaker, the Speaker-Elect). If the Electee becomes Noisy, the Delegation ends immediately. "Make urgent proposals useful" by Taral Urgent Proposals not only can be distributed immediately, but must be. "Officer Reform" by harvel If an Office's duties include being the Recordkeepor of a Currency, then records for that Currency are part of that Office's Report. Monthly Reports are defined. "Probate Yet Again" by Wes Wills are no longer SLCs. While the Executor of an entity in Probate, the Notary may only act as required by "Automatic Dispensation": 1) Pay debts. 2) Expunge Blots. 3) Implement Will. 4) Transfer Currency to Bank; vacate credits. 5) Declare end of Probate. Rule 1757 (Implementation of Probate Plans) is repealed as redundant. "Property" by Kelly Currency is generalized into Property. (Elements of Property may be uniquely distinguishable.) "Speaker Delegation" by Taral The Speaker may delegate any Office e holds, even if e is not Electee. "Transfer Orders may be Vacated" by Taral (This proto would amend Rule 1818 to claim that a Transfer Order may be vacated by the Player who executed it. However, this would still be trumped by Rule 1799, which restricts vacation of Transfer Orders to delayed Transfer Orders still in their delay period.) "Watch the Watchdogs" by Wes A Payment Order is overdue when it is continuously effective for seven days without being satisfied. The Clerk of the Courts and Justiciar are authorized to detect and report Persistent Indebtedness committed by Currency Recordkeepors. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1203 "The Auction for High Oligarch started on Monday, 06 Mar 2000 at [TRUE] 23:40:31 -0800 has ended." 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 3/24 Murphy moves to overturn and reassign 3/25 Anthony defaults 3/27-4/3 Appeal position reassigned to Chuck, who defaults 4/4 Appeal position reassigned to lee, who moves to overturn and reassign 4/5 Reassigned to Taral, who Judges TRUE 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. CFJ 1205 "Wes committed the Class 1 Crime of Promotor Misrepresentation [TRUE] when he distributed Proposal 3988 (Harsher Blot Penalties), on Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:20:25 -0800" 3/24 Called by Steve 3/24-31 Assigned to elJefe, who Judges TRUE 4/1 Motion for Blob and Apology reassigned to harvel, who grants it Caller's argument (summary): Proposal 3988's Priority was too low for it to be in the Current Batch at the time in question. CFJ 1206 "Peekee did not gain 2 Blots due to Tardiness, because of Oerjan's [TRUE] Probate." Appealed 4/1 Called by Peekee 4/2-7 Assigned to Sherlock, who Judges TRUE 4/9 Appealed by Steve, Wes, and lee 4/10 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Blob, and Murphy Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1908 (Automatic Dispensation) requires the Notary to perform certain actions in order, and Rule 1023 (Definition of ASAP) explicitly allows its timing requirements on Official duties to be changed by other Rules. Furthermore, the Notary cannot perform certain actions required by Rule 1908, because Oerjan is no longer in Probate. Counterarguments: Wes's claim of Infraction is sufficient to Blot the Notary, though Rule 1435 (Definition of Indulgences, Blots, Immaculate) allows the Blots to be expunged if the claim is found invalid. Rule 1908's ordering requirement is in addition to (not instead of) the normal timing requirements of ASAP. The Notary's inability to perform an action does not prevent em from being required to perform it, unless the Rules explicitly say so. OFFICES ------- 4/1 Peekee Nominates for Notary. 4/2 Steve Nominates for Justiciar. 4/3 Blob Nominates for Notary and Justiciar. Steve withdraws eir Nomination for Justiciar, and Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 4/5 t wins the Low Oligarch Election with a bid of 66 VTs. 4/6 t pays eir Bid and becomes a Low Oligarch. 4/8 Voting begins for Notary. Nominees are Blob and Peekee. Voting begins for Justiciar. Nominees are Blob and Wes. Steve is Elected Speaker-Elect. 4/9 Taral announces Referenda to Impeach Peekee in the Offices of Accountor and Promotor. Speaker lee calls Elections for Accountor and Promotor. Taral Nominates for Promotor. 4/11 Citing computer problems (causing lost records and net access), Peekee resigns from all eir Offices and goes On Hold. Speaker lee attempts to delegate the Promotorship to Taral until the end of the Promotor Election, but cannot do so because e is not Electee to Promotor. 4/12 Crito Nominates for Accountor. OTHER ----- 4/1 Auction for 9 Indulgences begins. Wes creates a new Contest, "The Twigster Show". Elysion announces a motion to amend the Regulations of the Agoran Carnival. 4/3 Taral registers. Wes supposedly wins the Auction for the Harlequin Zombie, bidding 5 Indulgences. 4/4 Auction for the Harlequin Zombie actually begins. Harlequin has 4 Blots, so the Starting Bid should have been 4 Indulgences. 4/6 The Regulations of the Agoran Carnival are amended. 4/9 Taral makes Peekee Quiet. Speaker Taral awards Blob a Patronage of 15 Stems. 4/10 Indulgence Auction ends with the following winning Bids. Chuck - 88, 44, 29 Michael - 30, 30 Blob - 25, 25, 25 Wes - 25 4/11 Anthony's Grace Period ends. 3/26 Notary Peekee executes Oerjan's Probate, then transfers a P-Note to em to keep em in Probate. Steve Auctions one of eir Indulgences. 3/27 Sherlock becomes Noisy. Treasuror lee announces eir intent (With Support) to lower the Minimum Income to 0.25 of the Basic Officer Salary. Steve gives Support. 3/30 Treasuror lee lowers the Minimum Income to 0.25 of the Basic Officer Salary. Chuck wins Steve's Indulgence Auction with a Bid of 63 VTs. Elysion and Steve win Chuck's reverse Indulgence Auction, with Bids of 55 and 60 VTs respectively. 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 Wes 4/5 1 Twig Commenting on and changing a proto Wes 4/5 ad space 1 Twig / 30 days 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 Steve 4/6 P-Notes 1 VT each, up to 30; directed to Taral t 4/5 VTs 1 P-Note each, up to 80; directed to Taral Wes 4/11 eir Vote on Negotiable Prop 3993 -- 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."