From ford@jps.net Mon Jul 31 15:06:43 2000 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:09:58 -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 47, ISSUE 2 July 30, 2000 ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Excess Baggage II" by Elysion - Proposal 4031 adopted 7/24 An obsolete reference to Blots is removed from Rule 1445 (Defaults for Elections). "Powerfix(2)" by t - Proposal 4032 adopted 7/24 All limits on Voting are implemented via Voting Power. For Democratic Proposals, the maximum Voting Power of Oligarchs is lower than that of non-Oligarchs. Non-Players have zero Voting Power except as specified by the Rules. Groups with at least three Players have a Voting Power of (one plus eir number of VEs), with a maximum of three. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Adjust Terms of Service" by Murphy Officers' Terms expire on the 15th of the month, not the 1st. This is intended to cause Elections to end near the beginning/end of a month, rather than the middle. (If they end near the middle, then a few days' delay can change whether the old or the new holder gets the Salary for that month.) "Cleanup of Dismissals" by Murphy DISMISSED is a Judgement. Reasons for dismissal are Pragmatized and made non-redundant. "COE fix" by Taral The requirement to respond to a COE is suspended while the COE is disputed via CFJ. "Fix Patronage" by Chuck - Proposal 4033 The Speaker pays out Patronage, rather than transferring it directly (which e cannot do). "Fix Rule 1614" by harvel Amend Rule 1614 (Organizations' Names) by removing the word "either", which is left over from a previous version of the Rule. "Minor Speaker Reforms" by Elysion A Tainted Speaker cannot change a Proposal from Ordinary to Democratic. Move the Registrar and Rulekeepor up in the Order of Succession. Move the Justiciar and CotC down, since those Offices are lost when one becomes Speaker. "My Votes Are My Own" by Chuck - Proposal 4035 If a Nominee Stands Down, anyone who Voted for em may Vote again (but, in case e does not do so, is deemed to have declared Presence). "One-shot rule cleanup" by Taral Repeal Rules 1943 and 1949, both of which were one-time-use Rules to maintain consistency of entities through the adoption of Property. "Papyri" by t Papyri are a Bank Currency, tracked by the Promotor, and paid to get Proposals distributed. A Proposal's Distribution Cost is 1; +1 if Urgent, +1 if Sane (each Player may Vote at most once; no non-Player may Vote). While Disinterested, a Proposal is always Distributable. Interested Proposals start as Undistributable. Any Player may pay a Proposal's Distribution Cost in Slotten to make it Distributable, or twice its Distribution Cost in Slotten to make it Undistributable. The Current Batch contains all Distributable Proposals. The Promotor chooses how many Papyri to Auction each month, but must Auction at least one. If there are at least three Winners other than emself, then e may pay out to emself Stems equal to the Winning Bid. New Players get one Papyrus, plus one Papyrus per Interested Proposal adopted during eir Grace Period. Each non-Zombie Player gets one Papyrus when this Proposal is adopted. "Probate Removal" by Peekee Two obsolete references to Probate are removed. "Remove Proposal Number Reference from R1770" by Chuck - Proposal 4034 An obsolete reference to Proposal numbers (now deregulated) is removed from Rule 1770 (Distributing Proposals). "Simplify Organizations" by Oerjan Groups and Contests are replaced with Political and non-Political Organizations. Executor and SLC Maintainer may both be different from Administrator (but are the same by default). To become Political, an Organization must have at least three Members, and none of its Members may belong to another Political Organization. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Bluff Auctions" by Blob Cards are Properties corresponding to a normal 52-card deck. A Player may buy a random Card for 10 Stems. A Player may, with the Support of a Player holding four or more Cards, call for a Redeal. This returns all Cards to the Deck, then gives each entity the same number of (random) Cards as it had before. Bluff Auctions are conducted by the Dealor. Each bid is accompanied by a Hand of one or more Cards, transferred to the Pile. Upon the end of such an auction, all non-winning Bids become payable. "Fix Property" by Murphy Only entities defined as Property are Property. "Let Non-Players Hold Office" by harvel An Office may be held by a non-Player if the Rule defining it explicitly says so. The Distributor is made an Office. "Respect for the dead" by Peekee Wills are re-defined, and the Notary may carry them out as e sees fit when handling Abandoned Property. "Secret, Unknown and Hidden Proposals" by Peekee Secret Proposals have Priority Cost +1, and their Priority is secret till Distribution. (Billing for Priority changes is delayed till the Proposal leaves the Queue. If the Proposal re-enters the Queue, all such debts are forgiven.) Unknown Proposals have Priority Cost +1, and their text may be kept secret till Distribution. Hidden Proposals have Priority Cost +1, and their existence in the Proposal Queue is secret till Distribution. (However, they must still be Proposed publicly, unless also Secret; and have their Priority increased publicly, unless also Unknown.) CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1234 "Kudos are Property." [TRUE] 7/19 Called by Murphy Appealed 7/20-27 Assigned to Kelly, who Judges TRUE 7/27-28 Appealed by Steve, Palnatoke, and Peekee 7/29 Appeal assigned to lee, Taral, and Wes. 7/30 lee and Taral both move to sustain Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1062 says that Players possess Kudos. Rule 1942 defines any entity possessible by another Player as Property. CFJ 1235 "Peekee has not been awarded the Patent Title of Quack." [TRUE] 7/20 Called by Oerjan 7/20-25 Assigned to lee, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1236 "Zombies are not rewarded Indulgences for being Immaculate all [FALSE] Quarter." 7/21 Called by Peekee 7/24-30 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Zombies cannot read, and are thus not covered by the "y'all" in Rule 1924. Judge's refutation (summary): Zombies are (very inactive) Players, and thus can read. The intent of Rule 1924's Zombie Upkeep is to counteract the fact that Zombies usually *are* Immaculate all Quarter, and thus are rewarded Indulgences. CFJ 1237 "The Order issued by Chuck on Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:17:02 -0500 [FALSE] was valid." 7/25 Called by Taral 7/26-27 Assigned to Oerjan, who Judges FALSE 7/30 Taral moves that Chuck be Ordered to pay the Bank 24 P-Notes, the amount that Chuck received as a result of the Order in question. Caller's argument for FALSE (summary): Chuck transferred some P-Notes for the purpose of paying a Fee. The P-Note payment succeeded, but the Fee payment failed. The Rules do not require that Players be reimbursed for failed Fee payments. Rule 1796 permits the validity of Chuck's Order to be proven by CFJ only if its execution is required by the Rules. Counterargument: Rule 1796 also permits the validity of the Order to be proven by CFJ if its execution is "permitted in" the circumstances existing when it was executed. OFFICES/OLIGARCHS ----------------- 7/?? At some point during the period from 7/15 to 7/17, Voting begins for Payroll Clerk. Nominees are lee and Kelly. 7/25 lee is Elected Payroll Clerk. OTHER ----- 7/25 Sherlock deregisters. 7/27 Kelly transfers all eir Kudos to Kelly's Property Holding Contest. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 6/19/00 Vote on Ordinary Highest bidder; minimum 10 of any Proposals Basic Currency, or equivalent Elysion 7/23/00 Herald's Privilege Negotiable Carnival 9/16/99 0.01 VT 1 Denaria Carnival 9/16/99 10 Denaria On a Player's birthday, sing "Happy Birthday" to em in a key with at least four sharps OotEE 9/13/99 1 Iris 1 VT; non-members subject to 9% Tariff Peekee 7/25/00 VTs P-Notes Wes 4/5/00 1 Twig Commenting on and changing a proto Wes 4/5/00 ad space 1 Twig per 30 days Recent one-time offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Crito 7/6 Negotiable IATs Kelly 7/1 1 VE Negotiable Murphy 5/6 VTs, P-Notes IATs; one-to-one basis Taral 7/1 P-Notes VTs Wes 7/7 IATs VTs (directed to Crito) -- 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."