From ford@jps.net Tue Jan 30 15:17:11 2001 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 02:07:53 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 47, ISSUE 18 January 29, 2001 "This space for rent" ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Adjust Elections" by Murphy - Proposal 4103 adopted 1/14 Terms of Service expire on the 15th of the month, not the 1st. Elections must be initiated as soon as possible after an Office comes to be without an Electee. "Billing winning bidders" by Steve - Proposal 4094 adopted 1/14 Rather than creating "liabilities" by announcing winning Bids, the Auctioneer simply bills for them. "Fixing Rule 1840" by Elysion - Proposal 4096 adopted 1/14 If an Inciting to Riot penalty is postponed due to a Revolt whose results remain undetermined, and the Revolt succeeds, the penalty is cancelled. "Making Stems Transferrable" by Blob - Proposal 4095 adopted 1/14 Stems may be freely transferred. "More Ways to Win" by Murphy - Proposal 4102 adopted 1/14 Not being Immaculate is a Win-Preventing Condition. Being the only Immaculate Player is a Win Condition. Upon such a Win, the Herald shall expunge N Blots per Player, where N is just enough to make at least one other Player Immaculate. An Insane Proposal distributed but receiving no FOR Votes is a Win Condition. "Spelling Fixes, Part 1 of 2" by Murphy - Proposal 4099 adopted 1/14 Fix typos in the following Rules: Rule 1926 (The Official Secrets Act) Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) Rule 1948 (Zombie Transfer Tax) Rule 1789 (Cantus Cygneus) Rule 1755 (No Non-Player Responsibilities) Rule 1431 (Claims of Error) Rule 1764 (Modes of Voting) Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting) Rule 1810 (Noncompliance with Orders) Rule 1812 (Notices of Infraction) Rule 1369 (Theses) Rule 1370 (How to Get a Degree) Rule 1579 (Mintors) Rule 1917 (General Currency Taxation) Rule 1598 (Property Transfers) Rule 1887 (Default Procedure for Auctions) Rule 1924 (Living Twice Shall Have Its Price) Rule 1446 (Contests) "Spelling Fixes, Part 2 of 2" by Murphy - Proposal 4098 adopted 1/14 Fix spelling errors in Rules 1664 (Rebellion) and 1937 (Filling Vacancies in the Oligarchy). REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Compensate for Complacent Oligarchy" by Murphy - Proposal 4101 rejected 1/14 If an Ordinary Proposal fails Quorum, then it becomes Democratic and goes through another week of Voting. "Scores" by t - Proposal 4097 failed quorum 1/14 Winning a contested Election is worth 15 Points, not 10. Losing a contested Election is worth 7 Points if you receive at least many Votes as there were Candidates. However, for the purpose of both of these awards, Candidates receiving no Votes are omitted. No penalty from resigning from an Office. Adoption of one's Proposal is worth 9 Points minimum, plus 29 if you have never had a Proposal adopted before. 1 Point for a Proposal that attains Quorum but receives exactly X times as many FOR as AGAINST Votes, where X is the Proposal's Adoption Index. Being the only Player to Vote FOR or AGAINST a Proposal is worth 4 Points, not 10. "The Dole" by Murphy - Proposal 4100 rejected 1/14 Players may go On The Dole, forfeiting eir Minimum Income to automatically expunge a Blot per month. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Alternate Adoption System" by Elysion - Proposal 4104 Voting Period ended 1/12 - see CFJ 1261 All Proposals have an Adoption Index of 1, but (if adopted) a Power equal to their Voting Index. For instance, if a Proposal attempts to amend both a Power=1 Rule and a Power=2 Rule, and it is adopted 7 FOR to 6 AGAINST (thus a Voting Index of 7/6), then the first amendment succeeds but the second fails. "Longer Holidays" by Steve - Proposal 01-003 The Christmas holiday begins on December 24 (not December 25) and lasts until the first Nomic Week beginning after January 2 (not until January 1). Holidays may last up to 17 days. "Oerjan's Fix Roles" by Elysion - Proposal 535 Organizations may transfer eir Stems to Players within seven days of receiving them. Debts invalidated by the adoption of "Roles" are reinstated in Stems. Rule 1936 (Auctioning Positions in the Oligarchy) has the typo "On Politicians" corrected. "Pragmatic Oligarchy" by Steve - Proposal 01-005 An Oligarch loses eir position due to Inactivity, Zombiehood, Blots, Speakership, or rotation only when the Grand Warden of the Oligarchy announces it. Oligarchy Auction is moved out of Rule 1937 and into a separate Rule. Winning bids in an Oligarchy Auction become debts. Rule 1961 (a Rule with one-time application only) is repealed. "The CotC's Budget" by Blob The CotC's Budget includes the Class of each Crime and Infraction. The Electee to CotC may amend eir Budget with 2 Support, at most once per 30 days, and not changing any Class by more than 1. The Class of Crimes is from 0 to 15. The Class of Infractions is from 0 to 5, except Dereliction of Duty whose Class may be set as if it were a Crime. All current Classes are repealed and put into the initial CotC's Budget. "Well fix it, dear Henry!" by Blob - Proposal 01-002 Notary is an Office. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Undo Proposal 4104" by Elysion Proposal 4104 (if adopted; see CFJ 1261) causes all Proposals to have an Adoption Index of 1, but a Power equal to their Voting Index. A side effect is that all Proposals are Ordinary by default. This proto undoes that change, and increases Rule 594's (Proposals and Rule Changes) Power to 2. An Oligarch may resign by announcing that e does so. Rule 1933 (Ordinary and Democratic Proposals) is amended to avoid the problematic "operation of" text. The Speaker may make a Proposal Democratic without Objection from an Oligarch. (Previously, the requirement was With 3 Supporters.) An Ordinary Proposal that fails quorum becomes Democratic, and its Voting Period is extended accordingly. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1254 "Peekee possesses at least one Voting Token." [TRUE] 11/20 Called by Murphy Appealed 1/6-14 Assigned to David, who defaults 1/14-15 Assigned to pTang, who Judges TRUE 1/15-17 Appealed by harvel, Blob, and Oerjan 1/17 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes 1/18 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 1/21 Wes moves to overturn and reassign 1/24 Chuck moves to overturn and dismiss 1/24 Reassigned to Ziggy Caller's argument (summary): Murphy attempted to create a Voting Token and transfer it to Peekee. Justice Steve's refutation (summary): Bank Currency of VTs destroyed earlier. Player-minted Currency invalid because Murphy did not specify a Recordkeepor or MUQ. Player-created Property invalid because Property may only be created by methods defined by the Rules. Extra-Ruleset entities invalid because Murphy did not physically create anything. Justice Wes's refutation (summary): Even if Murphy created an imaginary VT by announcing such, no one knows what happened to it after that. CFJ 1258 "Peekee is the Notary." [TRUE] 12/18 Called by Murphy Appealed 1/8-14 Assigned to lee, who Judges TRUE 1/14 Appealed by Crito, Palnatoke, Elysion, and Blob 1/15-16 Blob and Steve sign Dissenting Opinion 1/16 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes 1/16 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 1/21 Wes moves to overturn and reassign 1/22 Chuck moves to overturn and reassign 1/22 Reassigned to loh Caller's argument (summary): Notary ceased to be an Office on 5/8, at which time Blob held it. Had it remained an Office, a subsequent Election would have transferred it to Peekee. Can that alleged Election be interpreted as effective anyway? Judge's argument (summary): Yes, the Rules don't say otherwise. Justice Steve's refutation (summary): No, Rule 1586 caused the position of Notary to cease to exist when its definition was repealed. Justice Wes's refutation (summary): "Notary" may remain usefully defined by natural language. Counterargument: No, Rule 1586 causes Blob to remain the Notary until the Rules change. CFJ 1259 "If this statement is true, Peekee is owed 100 Stems." 1/18 Called by Peekee 1/18 Assigned to Murphy Caller's argument (summary): FALSE would be self-contradictory. Counterargument: TRUE would falsely imply that Peekee was owed 100 Stems, so dismissal is appropriate. CFJ 1260 "Elysion committed the Crime of Misrepresentation in eir message dated Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:54:47 -0500." 1/21 Called by Elysion 1/22-27 Assigned to Steve, who proto-Judges TRUE Commentary: Elysion and Assessor t established a private code equating AGAINT with FOR. Elysion then claimed to Vote 3xAGAINT Proposal 4104. Elysion's clear and admitted intent was to be perceived by most Players as Voting 3xAGAINST. If this counts as presenting that information as correct, then the Statement is TRUE; if the listener is solely responsible for incorrect interpretation based on incomplete information, then the Statement is FALSE. CFJ 1261 "Proposal 4104 passed." 1/23 Called by Elysion 1/23 Assigned to harvel Commentary: Elysion and Assessor t established a private code equating AGAINT with FOR. Elysion then claimed to Vote 3xAGAINT Proposal 4104. If AGAINT is an obvious synonym of FOR, then the Statement is TRUE; otherwise, whether Elysion Voted 3xAGAINST or did not Vote at all, the Statement is FALSE. OFFICES/OLIGARCHS ----------------- 1/21 t is Elected Assessor. Elysion is Elected Herald. Elysion is Elected Promotor. No Nominees for Speaker-Elect; new Election begins. Blob is Elected Treasuror. harvel and Blob win the Oligarch Auction, bidding 1 Stem each. harvel and Blob pay eir bids and become Low Oligarchs. Murphy resigns as Scorekeepor; Election begins. Ziggy Nominates for Scorekeepor. 1/22 David Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 1/23 lee Nominates for Speaker-Elect. Bids for 2 Oligarch vacancies ---------- 1 harvel 1 Blob OTHER ----- 1/15 Auction begins for 1 Voting Entitlement. Crito and Wes pay eir quarterly Zombie tax. 1/19 harvel makes emself eligible to Judge CFJs. 1/20 Papyrus Auction ends. Kelly wins 4, Elysion 3, and t 1, for 101 Stems each. Kelly and Elysion pay eir bids. 1/21 Voting Entitlement Auction ends. Taral wins with a bid of 160 Stems, and pays eir bid. t pays eir Papyrus Auction bid. 1/22 New Player Awards are paid out to Ziggy and loh. 1/23 Auction begins for 1 Voting Entitlement. 1/24 Novalis becomes a Politician. Bids for 1 VE beginning 1/23 ---------- 260 Anthony 220 Taral 210 Taral 200 Novalis 150 Anthony 21 harvel 20 Taral 11 harvel 10 Taral 1 Taral 1 harvel Bids for 1 VE beginning 1/15 ---------- 160 Taral 150 Anthony Bids for 8 Papyri ---------- 401 Kelly 400 Elysion 201 Kelly 200 Elysion 134 Kelly 133 Elysion 102 Kelly 101 t 101 t 101 t 101 t 101 t 101 t 101 t 101 t 100 Elysion 81 Kelly 80 Elysion 67 Kelly 66 Elysion 58 Kelly 57 Elysion 51 Kelly 50 Elysion TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 6/19/00 Votes as Oligarch Highest bidder; minimum 10 Stems Elysion 7/23/00 Herald's Privilege Negotiable Carnival 9/16/99 1 Stem 100 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 Elysion 9/7/00 Proposal Votes Denaria; during first four days of Voting Period; unaccepted bribes returned within five days OotEE 9/13/99 1 Iris 1 VT; non-members subject to 9% Tariff Peekee 12/17/00 Oligarch Votes Highest bidder 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 1/23/01 1 Indulgence 1 Papyrus Kelly 7/1/00 1 VE Negotiable Kelly 10/4/00 9 BTs Negotiable Kelly 1/24/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Kelly 1/24/01 3 Papyri 5 Indulgences t 1/24/01 1 Papyrus 3 Indulgences t 1/24/01 2 Papyri 5 Indulgences Taral 10/4/00 5 Stems 1 BT Wes 10/19/00 16 Stems 1 Indulgence ERRATA ------ t lost eir Oligarch position on 12/14/00 due to Blots, so High Oligarch Elysion did not lose eir position on 12/15/00. Nevertheless, the announcement on 01/14/01 of an Oligarch Auction was effective - the vacancies were left by Blob and t, rather than Blob and Elysion, but the number of them was correct. -- 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."