THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 5 Friday, May 2, 2003 WONDER TWIN POWERS, ACTIVATE! ----------------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Eris - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ root - Proposal Pool www.cs.earlham.edu/~kellyia/agora/pool.php t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Streamline complacency" by root - Proposal 4487 adopted 4/27 If there are too few Oligarchs to meet quorum, then the Assessor may publish a Notice of Complacency before the end of the Voting Period. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "ANF bugfixes" by Steve Significance (Historical, Hysterical, Ephemeral) is a Patent Title switch. Only Historical Patent Titles can gain points. Property of dissolute entities may be transferred to its Mintor or Recordkeepor, rather than to the Bank. If a type of Property ceases to exist, then debts in it cease to exist, and the former recordkeepor shall publish a closing report. Destroying a type of Property that you owe is the Crime of Writing Bad Checks. "Fix Dereliction of Duty" by root - Proposal 4481 failed quorum 4/22 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4489 Officers cited for Dereliction of Duty are removed, not retired. Blob is mauve. "Fix PWIN V2" by Peekee - Proposal 4485 failed quorum 4/23 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4492 PWIN is set to 100. This repairs part of Rule 1990 (Points Contests) that was accidentally broken when Teams were introduced. "More Useful Stem Weather" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4482 failed quorum 4/22 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4490 The destruction phase of Weather remains limited to the Bank's holdings, but the creation phase is no longer proportionally limited. "Repeal Ohm's Law" by RedKnight Ohm's Law is repealed. "Sink Arcadia" by Sherlock Repeal Rule 1999 (Entity Location), which "A New Front" missed repealing. "Team Scores" by Peekee Team Points: +10 all vote on a democratic proposal -20 none vote on a democratic proposal +10 all vote unanimously FOR/AGAINST a democratic proposal +10 all vote in an election -20 none vote in an election +10 all vote for same candidate in an election +30 all rebellious and a revolt succeeds -30 all rebellious and a revolt fails + 5 all immaculate "Team Shuffling" by Peekee - Proposal 4483 failed quorum 4/22 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4491 Upon a Team Win, the highest-Scoring Player in the highest-Scoring Team is assigned to the lowest-Scoring Team, and the lowest-Scoring Player in the lowest-Scoring Team is assigned to even out Team sizes. Ties are broken by the Scorekeepor's choice. "Teams clean up" by Peekee - Proposal 4488 Repeal Rule 112 (Ways to Win and Preclusions Thereof), since Player Wins have been replaced by Team Wins. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Generalize Ratification" by Murphy Restrictions on which documents may be ratified are no longer tied to ratification by proposal. Ratification by proposal is effective only if the document is valid when the proposal takes effect. "Progressive Voting Potential" by Murphy Voting Potential may be increased from one value to another (within a month), rather than having to pay full cost to set it each time. "Scorekeepor's Budget" by Peekee The Scorekeepor's Budget includes the Team Points Goal, PLIMIT, PPP, and Scoring Events. Initial Budget matches the current Rule 1930 (Scoring). Includes the effect of "Team Scores". "Variable Terms of Service" by Murphy Terms of Service randomly vary in length from 2 to 4 months. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** CFJ 1446 "The Proposal 'Try Again, Part 1 of 3' is distributable." [FALSE] Linked to CFJ 1447 3/2 Called by Murphy 3/9-23 Assigned to Cecilius, who is recused 3/31-4/14 Assigned to Blob, who is recused 4/25-29 Assigned to Peekee, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Murphy claimed to rubberstamp, without specifying a method. Later, e claimed that e had done it by paying a Fee of 0 Papyri. During the week in which e claimed to rubberstamp, e had not previously rubberstamped anything. Judge's argument (summary): A previous judgment indicates that Fees of zero cannot be paid. CFJ 1447 "The Proposal 'Try Again, Part 2 of 3' is distributable." [FALSE] Linked to CFJ 1446 3/2 Called by Murphy 3/9-23 Assigned to Cecilius, who is recused 3/31-4/14 Assigned to Blob, who is recused 4/25-29 Assigned to Peekee, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Murphy claimed to rubberstamp by paying a Fee of 0 Papyri. During the week in which e made this claim, e had not previously rubberstamped anything. Judge's argument (summary): A previous judgment indicates that Fees of zero cannot be paid. CFJ 1449 "The Proposal entitled 'Full Discretion Fix' would have been [TRUE] Rubberstamped by the message sent by Cecilius today under the Appealed subject line 'Rubberstamping, Take Two,' if that Proposal had not already been Rubberstamped." Linked to CFJ 1448 3/3 Called by Cecilius 3/9-17 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE 3/20 Appealed by Steve, Sir Toby, and Pakaran 3/20 Appeal assigned to Steve, Eris, and Pakaran 3/24 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 3/31 Eris moves to overturn and remand Judge Steve's refutation (summary): Transfers (even of 0) require a valid Notice of Transfer, and a Notice of Transfer for 0 cannot be valid. Commentary: A Rubberstamped Proposal may be Rubberstamped again. CFJ 1460 "The public message sent by Goethe on April 1st created a requirement [FALSE] for at least one Officer to act as soon as possible [after the message]." 4/4 Called by Goethe 4/24-30 Assigned to Maud Judge's argument (summary): Messages fail to communicate if they require excessive effort to interpret. All Officers at the time failed to understand the message. Commentary: The message in question was written in Turkish. OFFICES ------- 4/25 Manu is Elected Registrar. 4/27 Voting closes for Speaker-Elect. Quorum is not met. 4/29 Cecilius resigns as Herald. Speaker Michael becomes Herald. Nominations open for Herald. Mode is Selfish. Murphy nominates (emself) for Herald. 4/30 root nominates (emself) for Herald. 5/2 Nominations open for Speaker-Elect. Mode is Selfish. OLIGARCHS --------- 4/29 Steve joins the Oligarchy. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 4/29 Cecilius goes On Hold. Steve becomes a Politician. 5/1 root becomes Abiding. 5/2 Sherlock alleges Blob of having Abandoned the Game. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OscarMeyr 09/22/02 Oligarch Votes Rubberstamp eir Proposals Peekee 11/28/02 Game help Currency / Game help Peekee 11/28/02 Rubberstamping Currency / Game help Peekee 11/28/02 Votes Currency / Game help root 04/23/03 Vote for S-Elect Kudos / Bouncy Balls * Peekee's offers are non-binding