THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 11 Saturday, August 9, 2003 SHARED BLOTS ARE LESSENED; SHARED KUDOS, INCREASED -------------------------------------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ Murphy - CotC Web zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/ root - Proposal Pool www.cs.earlham.edu/~kellyia/agora/pool.php t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Default noteworthiness" by Goethe - Proposal 4520 adopted 7/29 Entities that would otherwise have undefined Kudos default to 1 Kudo. New Players get Kudos equal to half the Tabla Rasa (rounded up), unless they are subject to a Grace Period (why?) or have already been through at least one Turning of a New Parchment since registering. Goethe has 1 Kudo. "Generalize Ratification" by Murphy - Proposal 4517 adopted 7/17 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 adopted 7/17 Fix "emphemeral" in Rule 1664. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "A Certain Lack" by Goethe - Contested Proposal 4522 "Bolshevik Revolution of 2003, with Glasnost" by Murphy Property, Currency, Debt, Wills, Taxes, and Auctions are repealed. "Clarify Rule 1458" by Murphy - Proposal 4521 The Notary's monthly report includes the charter of each organization (in case some of them also have other SLCs). "Fix Proposal 4514" by root - Proposal 4519 failed quorum 7/29 (due to Goethe's failure to become an Oligarch) - Complacent Oligarchy The Duty to Vote may be satisfied by declaring presence. "Mornington Crescent" by Murphy - Proposal 4518 failed quorum 7/29 (due to Goethe's failure to become an Oligarch) - Complacent Oligarchy Intentional duplicate of Proposal 4500. Each Player may effectively vote separately on each section. (All sections were effective.) Convert Activity, Noisiness, Role, Readiness, Orthodoxy (Abiding/Rebellious), and Orientation (Turning Around and Around) into player switches. Convert Depth (Distributable/Undistributable) and Interest into proposal switches. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Fi Fo Fum Fees" by Goethe Fee-based actions are performed (even if the actor has insufficient Kudos) unless a correct challenge is made. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** CFJ ???? "Murphy is the vote collector in the election for Registrar." 6/7 Called by Murphy 8/9 Withdrawn 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 ------- 7/14 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Notary, Promotor, and Scorekeepor. Mode is Open. root nominates (emself) for Promotor. Murphy nominates (emself) for Clerk of the Courts. 7/18 Sherlock nominates (emself) for Notary. 7/21 Nominations open for Registrar and Speaker-Elect. Mode is Open. root nominates Murphy and Sherlock for Registrar. 7/23 Murphy is elected Clerk of the Courts. Sherlock is elected Notary. root is elected Promotor. Scorekeepor election ends with no nominees. Nominations open in a new election. Mode is Open. 7/24 OscarMeyr nominates for Scorekeepor. 8/1 Voting begins for Registrar. Candidates are Murphy and Sherlock. Speaker-Elect election ends with no nominees. Nominations open in a new election. Mode is Open. OscarMeyr is elected Scorekeepor. 8/8 Speaker-Elect election ends with no nominees. Nominations open in a new election. Mode is Open. Sherlock is elected Registrar. 8/9 Eris nominates for Speaker-Elect. OLIGARCHS --------- 7/16 Goethe attempts to become an Oligarch, but is ineligible due to Blots. 7/24 Murphy's Oligarchic term of service ends. 7/29 GWotO RedKnight attempts to remove Murphy from the Oligarch, but is prevented by a Rules bug. (Rule 1936 requires the removal, but does not explicitly permit it; Rule 1963 improperly prohibits it.) 8/3 Murphy pays 6 Kudos to become an Oligarch. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 6/30 Manu becomes silent. 7/13 Murphy publishes a Notice of Abandonment for Manu. Registrar Michael confirms and publishes a Notice of Intent to Deregister. 7/14 Goethe registers, rebels, hums a subversive tune, and Calls for Revolt. 7/15 Eris makes root quiet. Revolt fails. 7/19 Goethe gains the Patent Title of Pugachev. Goethe is assigned to Team Bleethan. 7/21 root becomes noisy. 7/27 Blob is deregistered. 7/28 Goethe attempts to set eir Voting Potential to 1,000,000, but has insufficient Kudos. And how. 8/2 The Scribes' Collegium dissolves. 8/8 RedKnight makes t quiet. 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