From ford@jps.net Mon Jun 11 12:06:53 2001 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:00:45 -0700 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 48, ISSUE 5 Sunday, June 10, 2001 STEAL THESE LINKS ----------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt harvel - THE END IS NI tarski.2y.net/~harvel/ Elysion - Field of Dreams www.msu.edu/~boehmejo/agora.html Kelly - The Agora Trader www.pyrzqxgl.org/~kmartin/agoratrader.pl Lindrum - The AgorEx www.panix.com/~lindrum/agorex/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ Murphy - Garden Nomic II groups.yahoo.com/group/garden-nomic/ t - AWJ / Assessor www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html Taral - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net/ Wes - Web Judiciary www.netgecko.com/cotc/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Applications Revisited" by Kelly - Proposal 4159 adopted 5/28 Non-Players may submit Applications. Players do not sign Applications directly, but consent to eir signature being attached by the submitter. "Fix 'Complacent Oligarchy'" by Steve - Proposal 4161 adopted 5/28 When an Ordinary Proposal fails quorum, the Assessor shall publish a Notice of Complacency, which puts a Democratic Distributable copy back into the Pool (so it gets reported as part of a normal Proposal Distribution). Publishing a Notice of Complacency for an Ordinary Proposal that achieved Quorum is the Class 2 Crime of Sending It Back Where It Don't Belong. "Make Rule 1827 Consistent" by root - Proposal 4160 adopted 5/28 Judicial Motions must be granted or denied within five days. The Rule currently uses five days when imposing the requirement, but seven days when specifying the Infraction for failiure. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Poor Man's Agora" by Syllepsis - Proposal 4158 rejected 5/28 A Sanctimonious Player is all of the following: * an Immaculate Senator * neither a Zombie nor a Zombie Master * possesses no VEs, and at most 4 x BOS in Stems * controls no other entity (other than the Bank or Monastery) possessing Zombies, VEs, or Stems A Player Sanctimonious for at least a week may become a Monk. A Monk reported as non-Sanctimonious for at least 48 hours ceases to be a Monk at the beginning of the next week. At the beginning of the month, or while there is no Abbot, the Stem-poorest Monk (ties broken randomly) becomes Abbot, Executor of the Monastery. The Monastery may give away its VEs, as long as it keeps at least five. For Democratic Proposals, the Voting Power of the Monastery is one plus the number of VEs it holds. Any Monk may make a Proposal Democratic, With 3 Monk Supporters. Any Player or set of Players may make a Proposal Democratic by giving 0.3 VEs to the Monastery. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Bonds Revisited" by Blob The Usuror is a Limited Executor of the Bank, able to satisfy Bond debts owed by the Bank. The Usuror's Budget includes the Credit Limit for Bank Currencies other than Stems, between 0 and 10 of the Currency's MUQ. "Calling Bonds" by Kelly - Proposal 4163 The issuer of a Bond may call it (accelerating it immediately) by announcing that e does so. "Choosable Auctions, Vickrey Auctions, and Raffles" by root - Proposal 4167 [Choosable Auctions and Vickrey Auctions originally authored by Elysion] An Auctioneer may choose any Rules-defined Auction procedure; the current one is the default if e does not. In a Vickrey Auction: * The Auction lasts one week. * Bidders may bid privately. * Players with the same Executor as the Auctioneer must bid in public, and during the first three days. * The Auction Price is the highest non-winning bid. In a Raffle: * All tickets cost the same amount. * Winning tickets are randomly selected. * The Riff-Raff may pay out the Ticket Price to emself if there were at least three winners other than emself. (A similar provision is removed from Papyrus Auctions.) "Fix Dereliction of Duty" by Murphy - Proposal 4164 Rule 1644 (Dereliction of Duty) is merged into Rule 1686 (Official Reports) in a consistent fashion. "Fixing Unready Judges" by root A Grace Period no longer makes a Player ineligible to Judge CFJs. "Fix Mentor's Bonus" by root The Mentor Bonus equals the New Player Award for Stems, not for all Currencies. "Fix Rule 1686" by Syllepsis Failure to Report is detectable by the Assistant Director of Personnel (not the Grand Warden of the Oligarchy). "Fix Rule 1868" by Elysion - Proposal 4166 The Clerk of the Courts is required to select and announce a Judge based on a single ASAP requirement, rather than two requirements in succession. "Poor Man's Agora" by Syllepsis Identical to the recently rejected Proposal 4158 (see above), except that it is Sane. (12 Players Voted FOR Proposal 4158; 5 Voted AGAINST.) "Proper Persistent Indebtedness" by Kelly - Proposal 4165 The creditor of a debt may simply demand its satisfaction, rather than Ordering such. Persistent Indebtedness is committed: * By an entity's Executor, or (if none) its Limited Executor. * Only if the Executor (Limited Executor) is authorized to execute a transfer for that entity which would satisfy the debt. * Only if the entity has Property sufficient to satisfy the debt. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Complacent Budgeting" by Murphy An Officer who Nominates without a Proto-Budget is deemed to have submitted one identical to the current Budget. "Consistent Executorship" by Steve An entity (Executee) may have multiple Executors. A Limited Executor is explicitly defined (and still allowed to perform, on the Executee's behalf, only what the Rules explicitly permit). A Player is always eir own Executor, even if e has another Executor (e.g. via Power of Attorney). "Corporations" by t Corporations are Organizations. An entity may become a Shareholder or the Director only as defined by the Rules. Each Corporation mints its Shares as a Currency. All entities possessing at least one Share are Shareholders, except the Bank and the Corporation itself. Share transfers from the Corporation must be explicitly allowed by its Charter. Share transfers to the Corporation may not be restricted by its Charter. Other Share transfers require the payee's consent. A Corporate Conference lasts seven days. Each Shareholder has as many votes as e has Shares. A Corporate Conference may not be called if one is already in progress, unless permitted by the Rules or the Charter. A Shareholder may call a Conference to amend the Charter. A simple majority is required. A Shareholder may call a Conference to remove the Director. A 2/3 majority is required. The Notary shall call a Conference to choose a Director, if there is none; this cancels any Conference in progress for that Corporation. A plurality is required. The Notary breaks ties. If no votes are cast, the Corporation is dissolved. Upon the dissolution of a Corporation, each Shareholder gets part of its Currency in proportion to eir Shares. All other Property is transferred to the Bank. A Corporation cannot submit a Will. "Fix New Player Award" by root Rule 1479 creates a debt when an Order requires a Player to pay out or bill Property. Currently, such a requirement is only effective if it comes from the Rules. While such an Order is stayed or vacated, any Orders to pay the resulting debts shall also be stayed or vacated (respectively). "Generalized Currency Circulation Levels" by Murphy For each Currency: * Ideal Circulation Average is 1. * Ideal Circulation Level is ICA times number of Players. * Actual Circulation Level is Credits (non-Bank holdings, debts owed by Bank, pending Auction bids, Bonds) minus Debits (debts owed to Bank). * Surplus is ACL minus ICL. Defaults for Surplus Auctions are defined. VE Auctions occur when VE Surplus is positive at beginning of month. Indulgence Auctions occur when VE Surplus is positive at beginning of month, with Blots adding to the ICL of Indulgences. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1295 "The Orders issued by Blob in <20010508144200.E5865@cse.unsw.edu.au> [FALSE] http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m3682.html are Appealed improperly or invalidly executed." 5/9 Called by Razl 5/10-17 Assigned to Evantine, who Judges TRUE and vacates Blob's Orders 5/13 Evantine submits and grants a Motion to emself, and Orders Clerk of the Courts Wes to stay Blob's Orders ASAP 5/14 Clerk of the Courts Wes stays Blob's Orders 5/17-18 Appealed by Taral, Kelly, and lee 5/19 Appeal assigned to Steve, Kelly, and Wes 5/19 Wes moves to sustain 5/22 Steve moves to overturn and reassign 5/23 Kelly moves to overturn and reassign 5/23 Lead Justice Steve, with Kelly's assent, executes Appelate Orders vacating Judge Evantine's vacation of Blob's Orders 5/25-30 Reassigned to Lindrum, who Judges FALSE 5/30 Lindrum vacates all previous Orders to stay Blob's Orders 6/3-4 Appealed by Murphy, Evantine, and Goethe 6/4 Clerk of the Courts Taral stays Blob's Orders 6/4 Appeal assigned to Steve, Kelly, and Taral Caller's argument (summary): Orders to satisfy debts are regulated by Rule 1599 and may target only the debtor, not its Executor or Limited Executor. Judge Evantine's argument (summary): The Orders are Administrative Orders (Blob prefaced them with "As Executor of the Bank"), hence they are regulated, hence they are not blanket-permitted by Rule 101; and they are not explicitly permitted by the Rules, hence they are invalid. Justice Steve's argument (summary): Although Blob is Executor of the Bank because e is Treasuror, e was not necessarily carrying out a Treasuror duty. In particular, it doesn't matter what type of Order Blob intended to make, only what type of Order e actually made. Treasuror duties are limited to what the Rules explicitly impose, so the Orders are Private and valid (but may or may not be proper). Justice Kelly's argument (summary): The Orders are Private, for the same reasons given by Steve. They are valid, because no Rule says they are not. They may or may not be proper, and the truth of the Statement depends on their propriety. Judge Lindrum's argument (summary): Blob (Executor of the Bank) is explicitly allowed (Rule 1599) to Order Razl (Executor of the Bank's debtors) to act as if e were the debtors (Rule 1478) and satisfy the debts. Counterarguments: Notary Razl is Limited Executor, not Executor, of the debtors. Rule 1478 does not equate the Executor and Executee except when the Executor acts on behalf of the Executee. It is not a duty of the Notary to satisfy debts owed by abandoned Players. CFJ 1297 "lee cast 5 votes against proposal 4158." [FALSE] 5/23 Called by lee 5/25-29 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE 5/29 Appealed by Taral, Crito, and Goethe 5/29 Appeal assigned to Wes, Steve, and Kelly 6/3 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 6/4 Wes recused due to going On Hold, replaced by Taral 6/4 Kelly moves to overturn and reverse 6/9 Taral moves to overturn and reverse Caller's argument (summary): The Assessor's Report for the week in question correctly reported that lee possessed 2.3 VEs at report time, but 5.3 VEs at beginning of week, hence Voting Power on Democratic Proposals of 5 for that week. Counterargument (summary): lee is a Low Oligarch, so eir Voting Power on Democratic Proposals is at most 3 (Rule 1950). CFJ 1298 "'Distributor' is a Patent Title which may be changed at the opinion of the Registrar." 5/30 Called by Goethe 6/4 Assigned to Razl Caller's argument (summary): 'Distributor' continues to be a Unique Patent Title, because it used to be defined by Rule 1923/5 and has not been explicitly revoked. Rules 1923/6 and 1670/13 now describe 'Distributor' without referring to it as a Patent Title. CFJ 1299 "The Bank has incurred an infinite number of debts to Goethe for each [FALSE] Bank Currency, and each of these debts is a debt for a minimum of 1 MUQ of one of the Bank Currencies." 5/31 Called by Goethe 6/4 Assigned to root, who Judges FALSE 6/4 root vacates Goethe's Orders Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1677 may replace one New Player Award (NPA) debt with four NPA debts (one in each of four Currencies), then replacing each of the four NPA debts with four NPA debts (resulting in sixteen NPA debts), and so on ad infinitum. Judge's refutation (summary): "New Player Award" (without further qualification) means "New Player Award in the total of all Currencies"; it is not the same as "New Player Award in (any one Currency)". CFJ 1300 "A Limited Executor of the Bank may be issued a valid and proper [TRUE] Private Order to satisfy the Bank's debt for a property e has the authority to transfer from the Bank." 6/4 Called by Goethe 6/4-10 Assigned to Hooloovoo, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1470 clause (d) applies. Judge's commentary (summary): Rule 1470 does not regulate the type of Order, so Private Orders are valid. CFJ 1301 "Rule 1479 should be interpreted such that an Order, which requires a Player to pay out one or more Properties to some entity, and which is valid and proper under the Rules, causes the Bank to incur one or more debts to the named entity." 6/7 Called by root 6/9 Assigned to Syllepsis Commentary: Rule 1479 creates a debt from a pay-out only if it is "required by the Rules". For Orders with ASAP timing, Rule 1023 contains a Rule requirement. For Orders with no explicit timing, Rule 1795 assigns implicit ASAP timing. However, for Orders with explicit non-ASAP timing, there is no direct Rule requirement; Rule 1810 Criminalizes non-compliance, but does not actually require compliance. The Rules may be interpreted as indirectly requiring Order-based pay-outs (by stating that the Orders directly require compliance). OFFICES ------- 6/4 Speaker Kelly delegates Clerk of the Courts to Taral. Taral consents. Nominations begin for Clerk of the Courts. Taral Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. OLIGARCHS --------- 6/3 Oligarch Auction ends. root wins with a bid of 125 Stems, and pays eir bid. GWotO Taral announces abnormal distribution of Oligarchy. Low Oligarchs have three days to choose a Middle Oligarch for promotion. 6/4 lee and harvel select Ziggy for promotion to High Oligarch. 6/6 root and Goethe select Ziggy for promotion to High Oligarch. root's selection establishes a majority; Ziggy is promoted. Bidding for one Oligarch position ---------- 125 root 100 Elysion 35 root 1 Lindrum PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 6/4 Auction begins for the Zombie Chuck. 6/5 Auction begins for 6 Indulgences. 6/9 Indulgence Auction ends. Grech and Crito win 3 Indulgences each, at 75 Stems per Indulgence. Bidding for Zombie Chuck starting 6/4 ---------- 12 Goethe - cancelled Bidding for 6 Indulgences starting 6/5 ---------- 160 Crito 150 Grech 110 Crito 100 Grech 80 Crito 75 Grech 50 Grech 38 Grech IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 6/3 Wes goes On Hold. 6/4 Treasuror Murphy announces eir intent to mint 1500 Stems, based on the recent registrations of root, Annabel, and S. Murphy becomes Abiding. 6/5 Murphy mints 1500 Stems with support of lee, Ian, Kelly, and Hooloovoo. solublefish makes S. Quiet. 6/6 Promotor Elysion demands that S. return the 1 Papyrus from eir New Player Award, on the belief that New Player Awards are broken. Promotor Elysion announces eir intent to mint 10 Papyri. Syllepsis destroys the Currency "Zombies". 6/7 S. becomes Noisy. 6/8 The Bank destroys its redeemed Bonds (eight of species Ba02A). Treasuror Murphy announces eir intent to issue and Auction thirty Bonds: ten for 1 Indulgence, ten for 100 Stems, ten for 1 Papyrus, all maturing on July 14. Registrar solublefish announces eir intent to do the following: * agora-official@agoranomic.org becomes a Public Forum * agora-business@agoranomic.org becomes a Public Forum * agora-discussion@agoranomic.org becomes a Discussion Forum * agora-official@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au ceases to be a Public Forum * agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au ceases to be a Public Forum * agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au ceases to be a Discussion Forum Notary Razl announces eir intent to transfer Abandoned Property from Annabel, Stuart, and Palnatoke to the Bank. 6/9 Kelly objects to removing Public/Discussion Forum status from the gecko lists, until the agoranomic.org lists gain that status. 6/10 Steve objects to removing Public Forum status from the gecko lists, until the agoranomic.org lists gain that status. Promotor Elysion mints 10 Papyri. Usuror Kelly announces eir intent to reduce the Basic Bond Issuance Fee from 10 to 0 Stems. Treasuror Murphy issues thirty Bonds, but does not yet Auction them (on the grounds that an arrangement with the AgorEx may result in the Bank collecting more VEs). The Bank destroys 100 of its Indulgences. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgorEx 3/28/01 1 VE mP; see web page AgorEx 3/28/01 1 Papyrus mVE; see web page Peekee 5/3/01 Votes on Proposals Negotiable and Elections Razl 4/17/01 1 Circle 2*pi Slices 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 Blob 3/1/01 Indulgences Papyri Blob 3/1/01 1 VE at least 4 Papyri Chuck 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences harvel 2/9/01 Negotiable 3 Papyri harvel 3/22/01 2.0 VEs Papyri / Negotiable Hooloovoo 3/2/01 1 Papyri 1 VE Kelly 7/1/00 1 VE Negotiable Kelly 10/4/00 9 BTs Negotiable Kelly 1/24/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Lindrum 5/18/01 Negotiable Indulgences solublefish 4/19/01 $5 1 VE Steve 2/5/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Tim 4/19/01 $25 1 VE -- Ed Murphy http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ "Most of the time, it seemed sublimely unaware of its limbs, though it was beginning to suspect it had hands."