THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 13 Wednesday, December 10, 2003 FREE OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES, 100% GUARANTEED ^--------------^--------------^------^-----^ 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 ERRATA ------ 10/21 Goethe did not make emself ineligible to judge all CFJs, but rather any CFJs to which he was / is / will be assigned. (Goethe 11/7) This ineligibility expired before a paradox had time to form. ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "A Little Bribe Never Hurt Anyone" by Murphy - Proposal 4537 adopted 11/16 Advertising is a stuck proposal switch with values none, positive, negative. A player may pay 2 Kudos to flip it from none to another value, or vice versa. If a player votes in line with a proposal's advertising, e gains 5 points. If a team votes unanimously in line with a proposal's advertising, they gain 10 points. (Mixed votes, e.g. F+A from one member, are allowed.) "Boon of Zeitgeist" by Murphy - Proposal 4535 failed quorum 11/16 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4540 adopted 11/23 The Boon of Zeitgeist is given to the author of an Interested Democratic Proposal that is adopted with no AGAINST votes. "Clean Up Oligarchy Removal, take 2" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4534 adopted 11/8 Duplicate of portions of "Clean Up Oligarchy Removal" which were ineffective due to typos in Rule numbers. Rule 1936 and 1963 no longer specify how to remove Oligarchs, which is now covered by Rule 2058; they only specify when to do it. "Pragmatize Scoring" by Murphy - Proposal 4538 failed quorum 11/16 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4542 adopted 11/23 Point awards from the Scorekeepor's Budget are pragmatically validated unless correctly challenged within 7 days. "Remember Remember" by Goethe - Proposal 4539 adopted 11/16 Parliamentary Votes are repealed. Chamber is a proposal switch. Proposals submitted on November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day) become Distributable, Democratic, Urgent, and Sane. If adopted, the Proposer receives the Boon of A Penny. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "The Omnibus Reform Act of 2003" by Murphy - Proposal 4536 failed quorum 11/16 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4541 Sanitized and aborted 11/23, then removed from Proposal Pool Orders cannot pile onto an already-required (in)action. The Scorekeepor's Budget treats Ephemeral Patent Titles differently. The Gamestate is retroactively fixed with respect to Boons of Teamwork in October. Player and Team Scores reset pragmatically only. One Team Win blocks any other concurrent Team Wins. Proto-Budget handling is tied to the end of the nominating period and the end of the election, rather than the voting period (since uncontested elections don't have a voting period). The Gamestate is retroactively repaired as if this bug never prevented a Proto-Budget from taking effect. The Gamestate is retroactively fixed with respect to Oligarchic Terms of Service. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Nondescript Proposal" by OscarMeyr - Contested Proposal 4543 "The Points of Champions" by Goethe Points Contests are repealed. If there is no Champion's Contest, the Scorekeepor or Speaker may (With 2 Support) name one. The Contestmaster ceases to be a team member. If e ceases to be Contestmaster of a Champion's Contest, e is assigned to a team as if e were a new player. The Champion's Contest begins with zero awardable points. This is increased monthly by the Champion's Grant, part of the Scorekeepor's Budget, initially 60. The Champion's Contest may award its awardable points, according to its SLC. When a Team Win occurs, the Champion's Contest ceases to be a Champion's Contest (and loses all awardable points). "Team Captains" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4544 Leadership is a team switch with values null, (the team's members). If a team's Leadership is null, any member may flip it Without Teammate Objection. If a team's Leadership is not null, the Team Captain (and Executor of the team) may flip it at will; any other member may flip it With N Supporters, where N+1 is a majority of the team's members. If the Team Captain leaves a team, its Leadership becomes null. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** 11/11 Blob's ineligibility expires. 11/20 Goethe's ineligibility expires. 12/2 Peekee's ineligibility expires. CFJ 1474 "A Points Contest named Eris' Contest has awarded a positive [FALSE] number of points to some player during the month of October." Linked to CFJs 1472 - 1473 10/7 Called by root 10/12-17 Assigned to RedKnight, who judges TRUE 10/17 Appealed by Murphy, Sir Toby, and root 10/17 Appeal assigned to Eris, Peekee, and Steve 10/19 Steve moves to overturn and remand 10/19 Eris moves to overturn and remand 11/1 Peekee is recused 11/1 Appeal assigned to Sherlock 11/7 Sherlock moves to reassign 11/7-15 Remanded to RedKnight, who judges FALSE Judge's argument (summary): Eris' Contest did not exist until after the beginning of October, so it cannot award points during October. OFFICES ------- 11/10 Nominations open for Assistant Director of Personnel. Mode is Open. root nominates (emself) for Assistant Director of Personnel. 11/16 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Notary, and Promotor. Mode is Open. root nominates (emself) for Promotor. Sherlock nominates (emself) for Notary. 11/17 Murphy nominates (emself) for Clerk of the Courts. 11/18 root is elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 11/30 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Notary, and Promotor. Mode is Open. root nominates (emself) for Promotor. Murphy nominates (emself) for Clerk of the Courts. 12/5 Sherlock nominates (emself) for Notary. 12/9 Murphy is elected Clerk of the Courts. Sherlock is elected Notary. root is elected Promotor. OLIGARCHS --------- 11/16 Murphy extends eir Oligarchic Term by 60 days. 11/23 root extends eir Oligarchic Term by 60 days. Steve resigns from the Oligarchy. 12/9 RedKnight is removed from the Oligarchy. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 11/17 root leaves root's Bouncy Ball Contest, causing it to dissolve. 11/20 Speaker Goethe announces eir intent to Sanitize Proposal 4541. OscarMeyr and Sir Toby give support. 11/21 Speaker Goethe Sanitizes Proposal 4541. 11/23 Steve goes on hold. 11/24 Goethe becomes a Politician. 12/5 Maud comes off hold.