THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 10 Sunday, July 13, 2003 I'M INVISIBLE! CAN YOU SEE ME? ------------------------------- 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/ Murphy - AWJ Archive zenith.homelinux.net/awj/ root - Proposal Pool www.cs.earlham.edu/~kellyia/agora/pool.php t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "A Duty to Vote" by Murphy - Proposal 4514 adopted 7/10 When an election fails quorum, eligible voters who didn't vote commit the Class 1 Infraction of Apathy. "Invisibilitating" by Steve - Proposal 4513 adopted 7/10 If an adopted proposal requires changes to the gamestate that are not required to be reported in any official report (except the publication of the proposal by the Promotor and Assessor), then the author commits the Class 0 Infraction of Invisibilitating, which any player may report. [Only the "any player may report" clause is part of a rule.] "Non-Preferential Silent Treatment" by Murphy - Proposal 4511 adopted 7/10 Update an obsolete reference to "preferred email address" in Rule 2036. If a player has multiple listed e-mail addresses, then the Registrar shall keep the Distributor informed of all of them. "Publicize Organizations" by Sherlock - Proposal 4510 adopted 7/10 The Notary's monthly report includes the SLC of each Organization. "Vote Collector for Offices Does Not Move" by Murphy - Proposal 4508 failed quorum 6/25 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4509 adopted 7/10 If the office of ADoP changes hands during an election for office, then the position of Vote Collector for that election does not move with it. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Expunge Nomic Properties" by Maud - Proposal 4515 rejected 7/10 Reword Rules 1274 and 594 to remove the phrase "Nomic Property". Repeal Rule 1011 (Definition of Nomic Property). "Shuffle, Stem, Boon, Fix" by Peekee - Proposal 4512 rejected 7/10 Update an obsolete reference to Stems that was accidentally re-added to Rule 2042. [This proposal is obsolete. Proposal 4503 already implemented the fix.] PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Generalize Ratification" by Murphy - Proposal 4517 The definition of "valid to ratify" no longer depends on ratification by proposal. Ratification by proposal is effective if the document is valid when the proposal takes effect. (Validity of the document at any prior moment no longer matters.) "Spelling Fix" by Murphy - Proposal 4516 Fix "emphemeral" in Rule 1664. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** 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 ???? "Murphy is the vote collector in the election for Registrar." 6/7 Called by Murphy Caller's argument (summary): The title of vote collector may have moved with the office of ADoP, which changed hands during the nominating period. OFFICES ------- 6/25 Voting begins for Registrar. Candidates are Murphy and Sherlock. 7/5 Registrar election fails quorum. Nominations open in new election. Mode is Open (actually "Unrestricted"). 7/6 Nominations open for Speaker-Elect. Mode is Open ("Unrestricted"). OscarMeyr nominates Murphy and Sherlock for Registrar. OscarMeyr nominates Maud for Speaker-Elect. OLIGARCHS --------- 6/24 root extends eir Oligarchic Term by 60 days. 6/25 Steve extends eir Oligarchic Term by 60 days. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 6/24 Sherlock publishes a Notice of Abandonment for Pakaran. Pakaran later becomes Noisy and goes On Hold. 6/25 Registrar Michael publishes a Notice of Intent to Deregister for Blob. 6/29 OscarMeyr grants eir Power of Attorney to Sherlock from June 30 through July 7. 6/30 Sherlock consents to Power of Attorney over OscarMeyr. 7/3 Herald Murphy announces the Turning of a New Parchment. The last vestiges of the old currency system (Daffodils granted by "Of what price honor?" as compensation for currency loss) will be used up this quarter. 7/6 GWotO RedKnight announces Speaker Transition. Speaker-Elect Sir Toby becomes Speaker. Promotor root becomes Speaker-Elect. 7/10 Maud goes On Hold. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 * Peekee's offers are non-binding