From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Mon Jan 14 16:09:14 2002 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:39:25 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 16 Sunday, January 13, 2002 THIS IS NOT A HEADING --------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Goethe - Land of Arcadia faculty.washington.edu/kerim/agora/map harvel - THE END IS NI tarski.2y.net/~harvel/ 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/ pTang - Bribe Tokens marknau.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$44 t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html Taral - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net:8888/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Fix Discussion Forum" by Murphy - Proposal 4238 A message sent to a Discussion Forum may be public if it is also sent to a Public Forum. "Fix Embezzlement" by Murphy An entity receiving Property from a valid but unauthorized transfer incurs a debt for its return, even if the transfer was unintentional. "Fix the Speaker-Elect bug" by Steve - Proposal 4236 The Speaker cannot be Electee to Speaker-Elect. If e somehow becomes so, e is immediately removed. "Increase VE Circulation" by Murphy - Proposal 4237 Ideal VE Circulation Level is increased from (number of Players) to (1 + New Player Award in VEs) * (number of Players). "Listen Up!" by Murphy - Proposal 4239 Only Noisy Players count toward Quorum of a Democratic Proposal. "MAKE INSANITY MORE FUN" by neil A Player's Votes on an Insane Proposal must be all the same (i.e. all FOR, all AGAINST, or all ABSTAIN). "Omnibus Office Reform" by harvel - Proposal 4241 An "epoch" is a week, month, quarter, or year. If the Speaker is not allowed to hold an Office, and the Office would otherwise be vacant, then the Office is vacant. Resigning Officer's successor has one week to consent. Resigning Oligarch's successor has one week to consent, and must pay 1 VE. The current Cabinet becomes the Inner Cabinet. The Outer Cabinet consists of all Oligarchs who are not part of the Inner Cabinet. The Speaker shall announce when a Player becomes marvy. Members of the Outer Cabinet are marvy. An Officer who commits Failure to Report three weeks in a row may be cited for either Failure to Report or Dereliction of Duty, but not both. Rules defining Offices are conformed to this template: "The _____ is an office; its holder is recordkeepor of/for _____ and is responsible for _____. "The _____'s Weekly/Monthly Report shall include _____. "The _____ shall have a budget containing _____. The _____ may replace eir budget with a proto-budget e publishes when e announces eir intent to do so." "Shut Up!" by neil - Proposal 4242 - opposite of Proposal 4239 Only Quiet Players count toward Quorum of a Democratic Proposal. "Simplify Identity of Auctioneer" by Murphy - Proposal 4240 Auctioneer defaults to Player initiating Auction, rather than Speaker. Clauses made redundant by this change are eliminated. "Streamline Referendum and Election Voting" by Murphy Some clauses are made more terse. Some clauses are moved around. Identity of Vote Collector is fixed at beginning of Referendum. Formal definition of "Voter", "Prospective", and "Nominator". Cutoff for Challenges moved from Election procedure to Referendum procedure (since the Voting portion of an Election is a sub-class of Referendum). Elections may be Selfish (default; Nominate only yourself), Selfless (Nominate anyone but yourself), or Open (Nominate anyone), at the Vote Collector's discretion. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1331 "Steve is the Holder of the Office of Speaker-Elect." [TRUE] 12/3 Called by neil 12/3-12 Assigned to Syllepsis, who is recused 12/21-1/4 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE Judge's argument (summary): Steve held this Office on November 21 (CFJ 1332). Between that time and the calling of this CFJ, nothing occurred that would cause Steve to cease holding this Office. CFJ 1332 "Immediately after neil became Electee to the Office of [FALSE] Speaker-Elect (at approximately 00:23:21 on 21 Nov 2001 GMT), Appealed Steve held the Office of Speaker-Elect." 12/8 Called by neil 12/8-12 Assigned to Crito, who Judges FALSE 12/12-13 Appealed by root, Murphy, and Michael 12/21 Appeal assigned to root, Goethe, and Murphy 1/4 root moves to overturn and reverse 1/4 Goethe moves to overturn and reverse Judge's argument (summary): Steve did not become Speaker-Elect on November 15 or on November 20. Justice root's refutation (summary): Michael and Murphy declined to be Speaker-Elect at appropriate times. Steve became Speaker-Elect on November 15, and continued to hold that Office after November 20. Relevant chronology: 10/1 New quarter begins, triggering Speaker Transition. 10/19 Speaker Transition announced. solublefish becomes Speaker. neil becomes non-Electee Speaker-Elect. 11/12 solublefish gives up Speakership, triggering Speaker Transition. 11/12 neil Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 11/13 Michael declines to be Speaker-Elect. 11/15 Murphy declines to be Speaker-Elect. 11/15 Speaker Transition announced. neil becomes Tainted Speaker. Steve becomes non-Electee Speaker-Elect. (If Michael and/or Murphy had not declined between 11/12 and now, then this announcement would have been incorrect and thus ineffective.) 11/20 neil becomes Electee to Speaker-Elect. Existence of Tainted Speaker, plus existence of Electee to Speaker-Elect, triggers Speaker Transition. Holder of Speaker-Elect is no longer determined by Order of Succession, which applies only when there is no Electee to Speaker-Elect. 11/21 Murphy attempts to decline to be Speaker-Elect. However, there is an Electee to Speaker-Elect, and Rule 786 only considers declinations since there was last an Electee. 11/22 Michael attempts to decline to be Speaker-Elect. However, there is an Electee to Speaker-Elect, and Rule 786 only considers declinations since there was last an Electee. Argument for TRUE: Order of Succession is a one-time effect that causes Steve to hold Speaker-Elect. Steve then continues to hold Speaker-Elect till something else causes someone else to hold it. neil becoming Electee on 11/20 does not cause em to hold it, because Rule 1647 takes precedence over Rule 1555. Steve holds Speaker-Elect at the time mentioned in the Statement. Argument for FALSE: Order of Succession is a continuous effect that causes Steve to hold Speaker-Elect. When Order of Succession ceases to apply, then Steve ceases to hold Speaker-Elect. neil does not hold it, because Rule 1647 takes precedence over Rules 1006 and 1555, and Rule 103 prevents neil from becoming holder of Speaker-Elect and ceasing to be Speaker. No one holds Speaker-Elect at the time mentioned in the Statement. CFJ 1333 "hooloovoo transferred 0.7 VEs, 1.81 Indulgences, and 3.15 Papyri to [FALSE] AgorEx Offshore just before eir most recent Deregistration." 12/11 Called by root 12/18-22 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): Hooloovoo had only 0.6 VEs at the time. CFJ 1334 "Ten Land Auctions began on December 11, 2001 using VEs as the Auction [FALSE] Currencies." 12/11 Called by root 12/18-20 Assigned to Steve, who Judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): root's description of the Depdendent Action e intended to perform was not unambiguous, because e did not specify which Bank Currency e intended to select. CFJ 1335 "The Notice of Speaker Transition issued Sat, 8 Dec 2001 was incorrect [TRUE] in its particulars." 12/12 Called by Crito 12/21-1/4 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE 1/10 Appealed by neil Caller's argument (summary): Michael, not Steve, was Speaker-Elect at the time. See the Judge's argument for CFJ 1332. Counterargument: CFJ 1332 will be reversed on Appeal. Judge's argument (summary): The message containing the Notice was clearly divided into several functional parts, so the Notice is only the two sentences explicitly labelled as such. The reason for the Transition was specified before the Notice, not within it. CFJ 1336 "Murphy declined the Office of Speaker-Elect in the message [TRUE] http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m5768.html" 12/12 Called by Murphy 12/21-1/3 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE Judge's argument (summary): In effect, Taral asked Murphy "Would you like to decline the Office of Speaker-Elect?" and Murphy replied "Yes", and this was effective. CFJ 1337 "hooloovoo transferred 1.81 Indulgences and 3.15 Papyri to AgorEx [TRUE] Offshore just before eir most recent Deregistration." 12/23 Called by root 1/4-7 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE Judge's argument (summary): Hooloovoo explicitly stated these amounts, so CFJ 1307 (holding that "all" by itself is ineffective) does not apply. CFJ 1338 "Two Speaker Transitions have commenced since 18-Nov-01, and neither [TRUE] have concluded." 1/4 Called by Goethe 1/7-11 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): An incomplete Speaker Transition does not prevent an additional Speaker Transition from commencing. Relevant chronology: 11/15 Speaker Transition announced. neil becomes Tainted Speaker. Steve becomes non-Electee Speaker-Elect. 11/20 neil becomes Electee to Speaker-Elect. Existence of Tainted Speaker, plus existence of Electee to Speaker-Elect, triggers Speaker Transition. GWotO has not yet published a correct Notice of Speaker Transition (CFJ 1335). 1/1 Quarterly Speaker Transition commences. GWotO has not yet published a correct Notice of Speaker Transition. CFJ 1339 "At the time of the Speaker Transition occurring at 01:27:48 on 10 January 2002, neil held the Office of Speaker-Elect." 1/10 Called by neil Caller's argument (summary): CFJ 1335 was based on an incorrect determination of the identity of the Speaker. On December 8, a correct Notice of Speaker Transition made Steve Speaker, with neil still Electee to Speaker-Elect and now its holder as well. neil continued to hold this Office until the Speaker Transition on January 10. Counterargument: CFJ 1335 was Judged TRUE on grounds other than the identity of the Speaker. CFJ 1340 "At the time of the Speaker Transition occurring at 01:27:48 on 10 January 2002, neil was Electee to the Office of Speaker-Elect." 1/10 Called by neil Caller's argument (summary): CFJ 1335 was based on an incorrect determination of the identity of the Speaker. On December 8, a correct Notice of Speaker Transition made Steve Speaker, with neil still Electee to Speaker-Elect and now its holder as well. neil continued to be Electee until the Speaker Transition on January 10. Counterargument: CFJ 1335 was Judged TRUE on grounds other than the identity of the Speaker. CFJ 1341 "neil committed the Crime of Misrepresentation in the message with Message-ID <15422.32050.200019.402505@tarski.2y.net>." 1/11 Called by Murphy Caller's argument (summary): neil publically stated "Read the Ruleset Week will be in January this year!" Counterarguments: Determinations of how to apply the Rules are not statements of fact, for the purpose of Misrepresentation. The falsity of neil's statement is not certain until January ends, as "Read the Ruleset Week" could be re-defined before then. OFFICES ------- 1/9 Revolt succeeds. All Abiding Electees (CotC Taral, Notary Goethe, Payroll Clerk Goethe, Rulekeepor Michael, Scorekeepor root, Treasuror Goethe) are retired. Nominations open for these Offices. Nominations also open for Assessor, Herald, Justiciar, and Mapkeepor, whose Terms of Service expired on December 15. neil Nominates for all of the above Offices. Eir proto-Budget for Treasuror sets everything to zero. Taral Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. Steve Nominates for Justiciar. 1/10 Murphy Nominates for Herald and Justiciar. E attempts to Nominate for Promotor and Usuror, but those Offices were held by the Rebel neil and so are not up for Election. E later Nominates for Assessor, Notary, Scorekeepor, Treasuror, and Payroll Clerk. Michael Nominates for Rulekeepor. Crito Nominates for Herald. Goethe Nominates for Treasuror, Payroll Clerk, and Notary. neil retracts eir Nomination for Clerk of the Courts. t Nominates for Assessor and Scorekeepor. 1/11 Murphy submits a proto-Budget for Treasuror, identical to the current Budget. Goethe Nominates for Assessor. root Nominates for Scorekeepor and Mapkeepor. OLIGARCHS --------- 1/9 Revolt succeeds. GWotO neil removes all Abiding Oligarchs (root, harvel, Murphy, Goethe, Michael) from the Oligarchy. 1/10 Auction begins for 3 positions in the Oligarchy. Auction for 3 positions ---------- 1 root 1 harvel PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 12/12 Looting Auction for Peekee ends with no valid bids. 12/21 Vickrey Auction begins for these units of Land: (-2, -3) [Wilderness/Forest] ( 3, 4) [Wilderness/Forest] ( 4, 5) [Wilderness/Forest] (-3, -1) [Wilderness/Hills] (-3, 0) [Wilderness/Desert] (-1, -6) [Farmland] (-3, -8) [Farmland] (-4, -4) [Farmland] (-5, -3) [Farmland] ( 3, 3) [Farmland] 1/4 neil gains 10 Points from the Contest "Arcadia Exploranda". 1/8 Looting Auction begins for Hooloovoo. 1/12 Land Auction ends. Taral wins all ten units of Land, at 0.01 Papyri each. Vickrey Auction begins for these units of Land: ( 1, -1) [Urbana/Aqueduct] (-1, -1) [Urbana/Aqueduct] ( 0, 1) [Wilderness/Desert] (-1, 1) [Wilderness/Forest] ( 2, 1) [Water] ( 1, 2) [Urbana/Aqueduct] ( 0, 2) [Farmland] (-1, 2) [Wilderness/Hills] (-2, 2) [Water] (-3, 1) [Water] Land Auctions begun 12/21 (identical bids in each one) ---------- 0.1 Taral 0.01 Steve Looting Auction for Hooloovoo ---------- 1 Goethe Looting Auction for Peekee ---------- 1 Steve - below minimum bid IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 12/10 Hooloovoo deregisters. 12/18 Goethe makes emself eligible to Judge CFJs. 12/19 Notary Goethe announces eir intent to transfer 568 Stems from Peekee (who is dissolute) to the Bank. 1/8 Notary Goethe announces eir intent to transfer 568 Stems from Peekee (who is dissolute) to the Bank. 1/9 neil becomes Rebellious and calls for Revolt. neil and Syllepsis are Rebellious. Revolt succeeds. * neil gains the Patent Title of Robespierre (Rule 1923) and 5 Points (Rule 1930). * Each Rebel gains 15 Points (Rule 1930). * Registrar neil expunges the Blots of each Rebel. * Registrar neil pays out 40 Stems to each Rebel. * All Rebels become Abiding. * Registrar neil attempts to levy an Indulgence tax, but fails because e does not specify the Rule requiring or authorizing the levy. * A Speaker Transition occurs. 1/10 Registrar neil levies a 75% Indulgence tax. Robespierre neil is exempt. Quing Neil I announces eir intent to replace Offices, Oligarchs, Groups, and VEs with a system of Ministers and Advisors, either elected by all Players or elected by members of the Agora Party or appointed by the Quing. Blaise comes Off Hold and then goes back On Hold. Vizier Steve submits a Will for the Alethiologers Group. GWotO neil correctly announces three Speaker Transitions: * One commenced on November 21 because Speaker was Tainted and Speaker-Elect had an Electee. Speaker-Elect Steve becomes Speaker. neil becomes Speaker-Elect by the Order of Succession. * One commenced on January 1 because a new quarter began. Steve was Speaker-Elect at the time, so e becomes Speaker. * One commenced on January 10 because a Revolt succeeded. Steve was Speaker-Elect at the time, so e becomes Speaker. 1/11 OscarMeyr requests to be listed as a Watcher. 1/12 root announces eir intent to conduct the next Land Auction in Stems. Taral and neil support this. 1/13 harvel becomes a Politician. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgorEx 1/10/02 Papyri Negotiable Hooloovoo 3/2/01 1 Papyri 1 VE neil 8/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE pTang 8/7/01 Votes for Negotiable 2 months Razl 8/12/01 1 BIT 50 mVEs, 900 mP, or 437 mIN Steve 2/5/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences t 8/29/01 Bond, 100 Stems Indulgences Taral 8/14/01 1 BIT Negotiable A Blue Yeek is a Player who generally intends to Vote on Democratic Proposals based on Blubbery Icky Thing holdings, as follows: * AGAINST, if the proposer has transferred a BIT to a non-Player or destroyed a BIT (Novice Rouge) * FOR, if the proposer has four BITs * AGAINST, if the proposer has one to three BITs * At will, if the proposer has no BITs and to return any BITs transferred to em. Syllepsis and Goethe are Blue Yeeks. ERRATA ------ 12/9 Taral won the Looting Auction for S., not Peekee. 12/11 Land Auctions did not begin (CFJ 1334). 12/12 Nominations opened for Assistant Director of Personnel. Steve did not become Speaker on December 8 due to incomplete Notice of Speaker Transition (CFJ 1335), so Speaker neil's announcement was valid. -- Ed Murphy "I'm not sure I can go through http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I mean."