From ford@jps.net Sun Apr 23 16:55:23 2000 Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 03:00:51 -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 15 April 23, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Points Re^2visited" by t - Proposal 3993 adopted 4/18 Points are no longer a Currency. "Ratification fix" by Taral - Proposal 3995 adopted 4/18 Reports may be ratified by instruments other than adopted Proposals. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Clean the Queue Faster" by Wes - Proposal 3992 rejected 4/18 Following a Batch distribution, each Proposal still in the Queue has its Priority reduced by a minimum of 5. "Simplify Power" by harvel - Proposal 3994 rejected 4/17 Rule 1688 (Power) is reworded in a simpler fashion. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Auction fix" by Taral - Proposal 3997 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 Rule 1888 (Private Auctions) is repealed. "Compensations" by harvel The New Player Award, Judicial Salary, and Distributor's Gratuity are made part of the Budget. "Consistent Batch Sizes" by Steve Amend Rule 1839 (The Promotor Can Change the Batch Size) to require the Batch Size to be from 1 to 4, inclusive. (Currently, one clause requires it to be from 2 to 6, and another requires it to be from 1 to 3.) "Free Oligarchy Votes" by Steve Votes on Ordinary Proposals have no VT cost. "Nomic Entity Reform" by harvel The term "Nomic Entity" is removed from all Rules. "Please, Be Nice to the Payroll Clerk" by lee - Proposal 3996 Repeal Trade Fellowships, which are inadvertently required by be paid out of Player funds (impossible and unintended). "Score fix" by Taral A Player gaining the Patent Title of Distributor does not receive Points for it. "Speaker Delegation" by Taral The Speaker may delegate any Office e holds, even if e is not Electee. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Distributor Salary" by Taral The Distributor Salary is made part of the Budget. "Extreme Measures take 5" by Taral A Legislator may, Without Objection, and with the support of two Senators (other than emself) within four days, cause a Proposal to be adopted. "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. "New Terminology" by Wes "Fees" are defined. "Public message" is defined as "message sent to the Public Forum". "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. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1206 "Peekee did not gain 2 Blots due to Tardiness, because of Oerjan's [FALSE] Probate." 4/1 Called by Peekee 4/2-7 Assigned to Sherlock, who Judges TRUE 4/9 Appealed by Steve, Wes, and lee 4/10-14 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Blob, and Murphy, who unanimously move to overturn and reassign 4/14-15 Reassigned to Anthony, who becomes a Zombie 4/16-18 Reassigned to else...if, who Judges TRUE 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 Tardiness is sufficient to Blot the Notary. Peekee transferred a total of 94 VTs from Oerjan, but Oerjan had 124 VTs per the Accountor's Report of 3/25, so Peekee was indeed Tardy; and this is a cause of eir being Blotted, albeit possibly an indirect cause. 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. CFJ 1207 "An Official Report ratified according to Rule 1791 (Ratification [FALSE] Without Objection) is ratified by an Officer, not by Rule 1791 itself. Rule 1791 is an Instrument, but Officers are not Instruments, so Rule 1550 (Ratification) does not attempt to prohibit this method of ratification." 4/13 Called by Murphy 4/13-14 Assigned to Wes, who Judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): Rule 1791 attempts to allow the Speaker to Ratify Reports, possibly without holding any Office, so the first sentence is not always true. CFJ 1208 "The Herald's Report was last ratified after 01Feb2000" [TRUE] 4/14 Called by Elysion 4/16-19 Assigned to Blob, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Elysion allegedly ratified the Herald's Report, Without Objection, on 2/14. Kelly and Wes argue that Rule 1552 (Requirements for Ratification), by declaring a document legal to ratify "at the time the Proposal which would ratify it is Proposed", implies that no document is legal to ratify when no such Proposal exists. Judge's opinion (summary): When no such Proposal exists, Rule 1552 is void, and Rule 101 then makes any document legal to ratify. CFJ 1209 "The change to the minimum wage on March 30, 2000 was invalid and the subsequent minimum wage PO's were incorrect." 4/17 Called by lee 4/17 Assigned to Chuck Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1893 (The Treasuror's Budget) requires the Minimum Income to be an integer multiple of 0.1 times the Basic Officer Salary, but the attempted change on 3/30 was to 0.25 times the Basic Officer Salary. OFFICES ------- 4/14 Blob is elected Justiciar and Notary. 4/16 Crito is elected Accountor. Taral is elected Promotor. Referenda to Impeach Peekee as Accountor and Promotor both fail. OTHER ----- 4/6 Blob becomes High Priest of the Order of the Evil Eye. 4/14 else...if registers. 4/15 The Agoran Carnival destroys the Currency Denaria. (Denaria has recently been redefined as a non-Currency.) Anthony has been Active and Quiet for over two weeks. Registrar Michael makes em a Zombie, and initiates an Auction with a Starting Bid of 3 Indulgences. The Harlequin Zombie is auctioned to Elysion for 7.5 Indulgences. Registrar Michael makes Steve the new Distributor. 4/16 elJefe deregisters. 4/17 Treasuror lee announces eir intent to decrease the Minimum Income from 0.25 to 0.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. Taral gives Support, but lee does not make the change. Treasuror lee announces eir intent to decrease the Basic Officer Salary from 75 to 38 Stems, and double all figures (Officer Salaries, Minimum Income, Speaker's Gratuity) expressed in terms of the BOS. Taral gives Support, and lee makes the change. (The Minimum Income is changed to 0.5 times the BOS. This is based on its alleged previous value of 0.25 times the BOS, which may not have been valid; see CFJ 1209.) Treasuror lee announces eir intent to increase the Basic Officer Salary from 38 to 40 Stems. Taral and Steve give Support, and lee makes the change. Assessor t announces eir intent to change the Voting Mode on Proposals to Public. Taral and harvel give Support, and t makes the change. Promotor Taral changes Batch Size to 3. E later attempts to change it back to 2, but Rule 1839 (The Promotor Can Change the Batch Size) prevents em from making a second change within the same week. 4/22 Palnatoke comes Off Hold, and makes emself ineligible to Judge or otherwise oversee a CFJ until 5/1./Justice till 5/1 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 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 ERRATA ------ 4/13 Taral is not the Speaker. lee is. [Kelly] -- 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."