From ford@jps.net Mon Jul 3 16:31:52 2000 Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 18:04:54 -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 Editor's note: Evidence pertaining to CFJ 1232 would *still* be much appreciated, as it would allow the Journal's description of same to be considerably more informative. THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 46, ISSUE 21 July 2, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Speaker Delegation" by Taral - Proposal 4022 adopted 6/25 The Speaker may delegate any Office e holds, even if e is not its Electee. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Conversion fix fixed" by Taral - Proposal 4021 failed quorum 6/25 Stem conversions are rounded down to an integer multiple of the MUQ of the Currency being converted to. [Curmudgeon's Review - summary: Useless unless the MUQ of Stems is changed from 1, or a Basic Currency has a MUQ not in the form 1/X where X is an integer - both unlikely.] "Regain Sanity" by Steve - Proposal 4020 failed quorum 6/25 Only Rules with Power >= 2 may prevent Players from Voting on Democratic Proposals. Rule 1723 (Sanity) has its Power increased to 2. [Curmudgeon's Review - summary: Has no effect if Proposal 4018 is adopted first. Otherwise, could be implemented more simply by removing Rule 206's exception clause, increasing Rule 1723's Power to 2, and making Rule 1723 claim precedence over Rules preventing Players from Voting on Sane Proposals. (However, this method would have the undesired effect of allowing, say, Players Denied due to Blots to still Vote on Sane Proposals.)] PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "72 Hours" by t Auctions end after 72 (not 24) hours with no new winning Bids. "Agoran Time" by t - Proposal 4024 Agora uses GMT (no daylight savings time). Weeks, months, quarters, years, relative times, and periodic requirements are defined. "Remove Leftover Baggage" by Elysion Repeal the now-unused definition of Maximum Votes. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Cleanup of Dismissals" by Murphy A Judgement of DISMISSED may be delivered at any time, but should only be delivered for certain reasons. (If no such reasons apply, then such a Judgement should be overturned on Appeal.) "Lacks standing" is reserved for CFJs which should be dismissed for some reason other than being irrelevant or undecidable. Such reasons include Excess CFJs, Double Jeopardy CFJs, CFJs alleging Judge wrongdoing (one should Appeal instead), and CFJs alleging the violation of a private agreement not involving the Caller. "Innocent until proven guilty, redux" by Murphy Judging FALSE a CFJ declaring a Player innocent of a Rule violation or Crime is subject to the same restrictions as Judging TRUE a CFJ declaring a Player guilty of same. "More Fully Baked Oligarchy" by Kelly The Speaker Auctions all Oligarch vacancies. If a vacancy occurs during an Auction, it is Auctioned separately, after the current Auction ends. All winners become Low Oligarchs. When there are six Oligarchs, but not the usual 1H/2M/3L split: * New High is chosen by Middles (or, if no Middles, Lows). * New Middle(s) are chosen by High. * Choices must occur within three days, or else fall to the Speaker. * Speaker's choices must occur within seven days, or else e becomes Tainted. If the Speakership changes hands, this duty transfers. * Failing to choose on time is the Class 2 Infraction of Oligardiness. "The Medici" by harvel The Medici keeps track of Offices and Oligarchs. E controls Elections, announces Speaker Transitions, and detects Dereliction of Duty. "Whitespace in Rules" by Kelly The Rulekeepor may adjust whitespace for formatting reasons (this is not a Rule Change), provided that e does not alter the meaning of a Rule, split or join words or paragraphs, or alter a Rule written in verse. Paragraphs added to a Rule are bounded by at least one blank line, and smaller texts added to a Rule are bounded by at least one blank space, unless the Rule Change clearly indicates otherwise. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- 6/26 Wes states that a CFJ ought to be overturned and reassigned when: 1) The Judge made an error on a point of law, such as failing to take a relevant Rule into account, missing crucial evidence, or other such omissions which could substantially alter Judgement. 2) The Judge made a Judgement call which the Justice feels is unreasonable. This is not to say that the call could have gone either way and the Judge chose one or the other, but rather the Justice feels strongly that the call should have gone one way due to clear and motivating reasons. E also states that a CFJ ought to be overturned and reassigned when all three Judges agree strongly on what the Judgement should have been, and there is some noticeable disadvantage to reassigning (such as an unresolved game state for a protracted period of time, or a high probability of repeat Appeals). CFJ 1229 "Taral distributed at least one Proposal during the Nomic Week beginning May 29, 2000." 6/14 Called by Taral 6/14-17 Assigned to Elysion, who Judges FALSE 6/17-22 Appealed by Murphy, Taral, and lee 6/22 Appeal assigned to Wes, lee, and Murphy 6/26 Wes moves to sustain 6/28 Murphy moves to overturn and reassign 6/29 lee moves to overturn and reassign 6/29 Reassigned to Chuck Caller's argument (summary): E sent it, but its delivery was delayed due to a mail server crash. Judge's refutation (summary): Late delivery does not cause earlier sending. Counterargument: Earlier sending is just that. Receipt is a separate event. OFFICES/OLIGARCHS ----------------- 6/30 t and Blob both select Kelly to become High Oligarch. 7/1 Speaker-Elect Chuck becomes Speaker. Promotor Taral is temporary Speaker-Elect. Elections begin for Speaker-Elect, Treasuror, Scorekeepor, and Registrar. Taral and Kelly Nominate for Treasuror. 7/2 Peekee Nominates for Scorekeepor. Budget Current Taral Kelly ---------------------------------------- BOS 40 40 undeclared Accountor 1.4 1.3 Assessor 1.2 1.0 CotC 1.2 1.3 Herald 1.2 1.0 Justiciar 0.2 0.3 Notary 0.6 0.5 Payroll Clerk 2.2 2.4 Priest 1.2 1.5 Promotor 1.5 1.8 Registrar 1.1 0.6 Rulekeepor 1.3 1.5 Scorekeepor 0.7 0.3 Speaker-Elect 0.0 0.0 Treasuror 0.2 0.5 Speaker 1.0 1.0 Judicial 0.5 0.5 Minimum 0.5 0.5 Distributor 0.3 0.3 New Players 2.7 2.7 OTHER ----- 6/25 Notary Taral announces eir intent to transfer all P-Notes from Kolja A., Morendil, and Oerjan to the Bank. 6/28 Elysion makes emself ineligible to Judge any CFJs assigned in the next seven days. 6/29 20 Voting Entitlements are Auctioned for 181 VTs each, as follows: 8 to t; 3 to lee; 2 each to Wes and harvel; 1 each to Steve, Taral, Palnatoke, Kelly, and Michael. harvel goes On Hold. 6/30 Agora is 7. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 6/19 Vote on Ordinary Highest bidder; minimum 10 of any Proposals Basic Currency, or equivalent 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 per 30 days Recent one-time offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelly 7/1 1 VE Negotiable Murphy 5/6 VTs, P-Notes IATs; one-to-one basis Taral 7/1 P-Notes VTs -- 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."