From agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org Sun Apr 18 21:56:34 2004 Return-path: Received: from pop-server.socal.rr.com [66.75.160.67] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.0) for emurphy@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:56:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com ([10.10.4.126]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HWE0059SIDY3K@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:42:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lamx01.mgw.rr.com (lamx01.mgw.rr.com [66.75.160.12]) by ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HWE002MIIDAJ4@ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com (ORCPT emurphy42@socal.rr.com); Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (yzma.clarkk.net [66.219.50.42]) by lamx01.mgw.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i3J4fSa4023100 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:41:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8A533D05; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:41:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.134]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACDFE33D03 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:40:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cpe-24-165-82-21.socal.rr.com (cpe-24-165-82-21.socal.rr.com [24.165.82.21]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.socal.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i3J4eb9A022397 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:42:21 -0700 From: Ed Murphy Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal Sender: agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Errors-to: agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org Reply-to: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org Message-id: <1082349741.27014.41.camel@zenith.homelinux.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Content-type: text/plain Precedence: bulk X-BeenThere: agora-business@agoranomic.org Delivered-to: agora-business@agoranomic.org X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Id: Agora Nomic public communications (PF) Original-recipient: rfc822;emurphy42@socal.rr.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 15 Sunday, April 18, 2004 A MERE REPORTER LIKE MYSELF CAN'T EVER GET TO THE TRUTH ------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "All bits blazing" by Goethe - Contested Proposal 4567 adopted 4/13 "A Plastic Budget" by Goethe - Proposal 4566 adopted 4/13 If all teams are less than halfway to the Team Points Goal, then: * Any player may add a scoring event, without objection from the Scorekeepor, and with support from a member of a different team. * The Scorekeepor may amend eir budget, without 3 objections, and with support from a member of a different team. "Clarify Report Frequencies" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4557 failed quorum 3/21 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4563 adopted 4/5 The Reports of the Registrar, Herald, and Clerk of the Courts (not counting the Stare Decisis) are explicitly defined as weekly. "Ducks! Ducks!" by Goethe - Contested Proposal 4559 adopted 3/21 "Grant typo" by Goethe - Proposal 4560 failed quorum 3/21 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4565 adopted 4/5 Apply a clause from Proposal 4550 that was ineffective due to a typo. "Judges Please Speak Up" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4558 failed quorum 3/21 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4564 adopted 4/5 Silent players become and remain turned. "Minor Fixes" by Elysion - Proposal 4554 adopted 2/27 Repeal obsolete Currency references in Rules 1664 and 1446. "No Ex Post Facto Advertising" by root - Proposal 4562 adopted 3/21 A proposal's advertising switch can only be flipped while it is in the pool. "Note the Captains" by Goethe - Proposal 4553 failed quorum 2/27 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4556 adopted 3/21 The Patent Title of Admiral is awarded to the Captains of Winning Teams. "Role With the Changes" by Sherlock - Proposal 4561 adopted 3/21 New Roles of Patron and Shamus are created. Snitching is a progressive action for Shamuses. The Shamus must report an unreported Crime or Infraction that the target has committed; e takes one Kudo from the target, but the target is immune to further penalty. Donating is a progressive action for Patrons. The target Team gains 3 points. "Vox Populi" by Elysion - Proposal 4555 adopted 3/21 Each player has an associated coalition, possibly empty. Each player belongs to at most one coalition. Players join or leave coalitions by announcement. Each player has a Lobbying Strength, default 1. A player may increase eir Lobbying Strength for (Political Charge) Kudos per unit, halved for Politicians. Lobbying Strengths reset at the beginning of the month. A player's Potency is the sum of the Lobbying Strengths of all members of eir coalition. Membership in the Oligarchy becomes a switch (Class: Plebeian, Oligarch). A Plebeian whose Potency is at least the Potency Threshold may become an Oligarch. An Oligarch whose Potency goes below the Potency Threshold for at least five days may be removed by the Grand Warden of the Oligarchy. The Grand Warden of the Oligarchy's Budget includes the Political Charge and Potency Threshold, both integers less than 10. The initial Potency Threshold is 6. The initial Political Charge is equal to the previous Oligarchy Charge Requirement. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Mare Inanium" by Goethe - Contested Proposal 4552 PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Move Or" by Maud - Proposal 4568 Correct a grammatical error in Rule 1963 due to a previous broken amendment. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Another Team Award" by Goethe Winning team members have their Lobbying Strength increased by the Potency Threshold. "Boon Auctions" by Murphy The Default Auction Procedure is re-enacted and tied to kudos. Each month, the Herald shall auction five lots of five Daffodils each. "Cards" by Wes The Deckmastor tracks Cards and their ownership. The Deckmastor's Budget contains the Maximum Hand Size (an integer from 3 to 10). The Deckmastor is Executor of the Deck, but may only cause it to act as specified by the rules. The Deck may not transfer cards unless required. When required by the rules, the Deckmastor shall create or destroy Cards by announcing the Card and its owner. Players and other rule-specified entities may own Cards. Unowned Cards are automatically transferred to the Deck. An entity's Hand is the set of eir Cards, and eir Hand Size is the number of Cards in eir Hand. Each class of Card has a Caption (name), a Quota, zero or more Elements, and zero or more Exploits. Cards of the same class are fungible. Each class of Card should have exactly (Quota) instances. If not, Cards are created or destroyed as needed. (The Deck's Cards are destroyed first, followed by randomly selected instances.) Each Element has a rule-defined name and description. All cards with an Element behave according to its description. An Exploit is an action that the holder can take, after which the card returns to the Deck (unless a rule says otherwise). "Playing a card" means using one of its Exploits. Cards may be transferred by announcement. "Discarding a card" means transferring it to the Deck. "Drawing a card" means drawing it from the Deck. An entity may draw a card (for a Fee equal to the number of times e has previously done so this month) if it is permitted to hold Cards, and if eir Hand Size (including pending draws that the Deckmastor has not yet processed) would not exceed the Maximum Hand Size. The Deckmastor shall randomly select one of the Deck's cards for each draw. Elements: * Budgeted (Quota is part of Deckmastor's Budget) * Handed X (counts as X cards toward Hand Size) * Restricted X (only entities of type X may use Exploits) * Limited X Y (entities not of type X must pay a Fee of Y to use Exploits) * Persistant (not returned to Deck after it is used) * Bleed X (holder loses X points per week) "Filibustering" by Elysion Ordinary Proposals may have an Adoption Index of 2 or greater, but are then Stalled and cannot be distributed (until it is Debated, thus changing its Chamber). "Fix Nominating with Budgets" by Murphy The announcement and effectiveness of proto-budgets are tied to the nominating period and the end of the election, not the voting period (since some elections don't have one). All such elections in the past are retroactively adjusted so that proto-budgets took effect as intended. "Fix Team Wins" by Murphy After a win, player and team scores are reset pragmatically (upon the Scorekeepor's announcement) rather than platonically (upon the win itself). If multiple teams reach the Team Points Goal before a win is announced, only the first team to reach the Goal wins. "Judicial Separation" by Murphy Restrictions on being more than one of (Speaker, Clerk of the Courts, Justiciar) are collected in one Rule. The Speaker and Clerk of the Courts can nominate others for Justiciar, but cannot be nominated for Justiciar. (Previous language is left over from the old Office rules, when all nominations were Selfish.) The Justiciar cannot be nominated for Clerk of the Courts. The Clerk of the Courts and Justiciar can be nominated for Speaker-Elect. A player nominated for one of (Clerk of the Courts, Justiciar) cannot be nominated for the other. "Judicial Tweaks" by Murphy Replacement Appellate Judges need not be chosen randomly. If a Trial Judge is recused from one or more Linked CFJs, then they are unlinked from all other CFJs (but remain linked to each other, if multiple recusals appear in a single message). Good-faith errors in judge selection no longer stand if the Clerk of the Courts revises the selection before the incorrect judge returns judgement. Unready players are ineligible to judge any CFJ. Quiet and silent players are ineligible to become a judge (but remain eligible to judge any CFJs to which they are already assigned). "Lobbying Strength" by Wes Lobbying Strengths decrease by 1 each month, instead of resetting to 1. "Replacing Roles with Cards" by Wes Classes of Cards: * Distrib-u-Matic (Budgeted; make a proposal distributable) * Absolv-o-Matic (Budgeted; Limited Immaculate 1; expunge a blot from any entity) * Debate-o-Matic (Budgeted; flip the chamber of a non-Sane proposal) * Boost-o-Matic (Budgeted; increase a team's points by 5; increase a team's points by 10 for a Fee of 1) "Some More Cards" by Wes Classes of Cards: * ZOT! (Quota 1; Handed 3; reduce an entity's points by X*10 points for a fee of X; cannot make an entity's points negative) * Oligarch of the Day (Quota 1; Restricted Senators; Oligarch for rest of day) * Albatross Flies Away (Quota 1; Limited Immaculate 3; revoke one of your Albatrosses) "Sweeping it under the rug, take two" by Murphy The gamestate becomes what it would have been if Steve's Voting Power on Democratic Proposals were 2 through October and November 2003. (Proposals 4532, 4533, 4534, 4540, and 4542 would have properly been adopted, regardless of what combination of Steve's attempted votes were valid or invalid, but they have not taken effect because the Assessor mis-reported Steve's pairs-of-votes as valid.) "Team Shuffling" by Murphy After a win, team scores are divided evenly among the members, all players are removed from teams, then each player (from highest to lowest score) is assigned to the team with the lowest combined player score so far. "The Enemies of Agora" by Sherlock Players may create Threats by announcing its Name, Nature, Power, and Target, and paying a fee equal to its Power. Each Threat goes through a one-week Incubation Period. If not Thwarted, it is Hatched. If a Beast Hatches, the target Team loses (Power) points per member. If a Disaster Hatches, its creator has seven days to propose the repeal of the target rule, and is deemed to cast (Power) extra FOR votes on it. If a Villain Hatches, the target Player loses (Power + 1) kudos. A player may Thwart a Threat by paying (Power + 1) kudos, or (Power / 2) kudos with the support of one-third of active players, or with the support of all active members of a Team to which they do not belong. The player receives (Power / 2, rounded up) kudos. Threats are tracked by the Notary. "Wacky Cards" by Wes Classes of Cards: * Point Mine (Quota 1; Persistant; gain 1 point per week) * Dud (Quota 5? Budgeted? Persistant; does nothing) * Dud Fusion (Quota? Bleed 2; discard X Duds to gain X*20 points) * Player Stasis (Quota 1; a player of your choice can't play cards for 88 hours) * Hot Potato (Quota 1; Persistant; transfer to another entity, if they don't announce "Hot Potato" within 48 hours then you can ding them for the Class 1 Infraction of Dropping the Potato) * It's a Surprise! (Quota 1; Handed 2; draw two cards for free) CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** 2/3 Kolja makes emself ineligible to judge CFJs unless the assignment is cc:ed to koljag@yahoo.com 4/5 Maud makes emself ineligible to judge CFJs 4/8 RedKnight makes emself ineligible to judge appeals of CFJ 1497 CFJ 1481 "A Player's score is deemed to change at the time a Scorekeepor [TRUE] is notified of a scoring event, not at the time of the scoring event itself." 1/30 Called by Goethe 2/1-14 Assigned to t, who defaults 2/14-22 Assigned to Blob, who defaults 3/19-27 Assigned to root, who judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Scoring events "cause" score changes, but the changes are not recorded unless the Scorekeepor is notified. Judge's argument (summary): If the scoring event in a notification did not actually occur, then Rule 1929 makes the notification valid anyway if it is not challenged within 7 days. This becomes broken if the timing of score changes is based on the scoring event itself, rather than the notification. CFJ 1482 "Kolja and Kolja A are not eligible for any responsibilities as DISMISS described under R1755 until the following linked CFJ is resoloved." 2/10 Called by Cainech 2/14-19 Assigned to Goethe, who judges DISMISS Judge's commentary (summary): At the time this CFJ was called, the outcome of CFJ 1483 was unknown, and thus the truth of the statement could not be determined. CFJ 1483 "when referring to Kolja in public forum, it is ambiguous as to [FALSE] whether Klaus or Kolja A is referred to, thereby entailing an infraction of R754." 2/10 Called by Cainech; linked to CFJs 1484 - 1487 2/14-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 2/15-20 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): "Kolja A." never deregistered. "Klaus" recently registered, and eir previous request to be listed as a Watcher did not deregister anyone. Commentary: According to the Registrar's Report, "Kolja A." deregistered in 1999. Judge's refutation (summary): When Kolja registered, e stated that e was previously registered as Kolja A. and that eir real name was Klaus. There is no evidence to the contrary. "Klaus", "Kolja", and "Kolja A." unambiguously refer to the same player. CFJ 1484 "OscarMeyer issued an invalid order by requesting that 'Klaus' be [TRUE] globally changed to 'Kolja'." 2/10 Called by Cainech; linked to CFJs 1483 and 1485 - 1487 2/14-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 2/15-20 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges TRUE Judge's argument (summary): OscarMeyr's order was based on the acceptance of a COE, but the acceptance did not state what report e was correcting, nor did it include a correction of the relevant portions of that report. CFJ 1485 "'Kolja' is not entitled to the benefits assosciated with being a [FALSE] completely new player, as the player has been registered under a different name in the past 365 days." 2/10 Called by Cainech; linked to CFJs 1483 - 1484 and 1486 - 1487 2/14-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 2/15-20 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): Kolja was previously registered as Kolja A., but last deregistered in 1999. CFJ 1486 "All references in public forum to 'Kolja' should refer to the DISMISS original bearer of that name, Kolja A. This should be applicable retroactively." 2/10 Called by Cainech; linked to CFJs 1483 - 1485 and 1487 2/14-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 2/15-19 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges DISMISS Judge's commentary (summary): Statements of what "should" be are irrelevant to the rules. CFJ 1487 "A Watcher is still an active Player." DISMISS 2/10 Called by Cainech; linked to CFJs 1483 - 1486 2/14-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 2/15-19 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges DISMISS Judge's commentary (summary): The statement has no single truth value unless it is applied to a particular Watcher. CFJ 1488 "Bringing about a situation other than one explicitily allowed in [FALSE] the rules in which other Players are unable to follow rule n is, in and of itself, breaking rule n." 2/11 Called by Cainech 2/14-20 Assigned to Sherlock, who judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): No rule prohibits or regulates such bringing about, so Rule 101 permits it. CFJ 1489 "Watchers are not a rule-defined elemeent of the game." [TRUE] 2/11 Called by Cainech 2/14-22 Assigned to Peekee, who defaults 3/19-28 Assigned to Maud, who judges TRUE CFJ 1490 "Cainech's statement of 11 Feb 2004 14:10:04, reading 'I lay a [FALSE] COE on OscarMeyerfor accepting a COE that was not made in a public forum, thereby contraveningR1431. ("A Claim of Error is a public message.....")' is NOT a valid COE." 2/11 Called by OscarMeyr 2/14-17 Assigned to Cainech, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Cainech's statement does not claim that OscarMeyr misrepresented the game state, only that e accepted an informal non-public correction. Judge's refutation (summary): Cainech's COE alleged that Registrar OscarMeyr acted outside eir authority, and is thus permitted by Rule 1665 (Abuse of Responsibility) which takes precedence over Rule 1431. CFJ 1491 "CFJ's 1482 to 1487 are not valid CFJ's, as the text was never [FALSE] submitted to the CotC." 2/15 Called by Cainech 2/15-22 Assigned to Pakaran, who defaults 3/19 Assigned to Goethe, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): The text was not sent publically or directly, but only via agora-discussion. Judge's refutation (summary): The statements were clearly labelled as CFJs, and the CotC clearly received them. CFJ 1492 "Cainech, not root, is the Trial Judge of CFJ 1490." [TRUE] 2/17 Called by root 2/17-29 Assigned to Michael, who judges FALSE 2/29 Appealed by root, Michael, and Sir Toby 2/29 Appeal assigned to Sherlock, RedKnight, and Peekee 3/4 root moves to REASSIGN 3/5 Sherlock moves to REMAND 3/14 Peekee defaults 3/14 Appeal assigned to Maud, who moves to REMAND 3/14-19 Remanded to Michael, who judges TRUE Judge's argument (summary): The CotC's records say that root is the Trial Judge. Appelant root's counterargument (summary): The CotC's records are incorrect. Rule 2032 (Errors in Judge Selection) cause the otherwise-invalid assignment of Cainech to be valid. CFJ 1493 "The position of Speaker defined in the regulations of the [TRUE] Contest 'Claustronomic' is currently filled by Goethe." 3/23 Called by Kolja 3/30-4/6 Assigned to RedKnight, who judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Claustronomic does not define how people become [C]players or [C]Speaker. However, Goethe was named in the [A]Application to Create an Organization, so e implicitly became a [C]player, and hence [C]Speaker (Claustronomic states that there is always exactly one [C]Speaker). Commentary: While Goethe was the only [A]member, e informed emself that e was [C]Speaker. [C]Rule 101 permits whatever is not prohibited or regulated. [A]Rule 1528 permits [A]properties to be changed by unanimous agreement of all [A]members. The statement "Goethe has been speaker of Claustronomic since the Agora contest defining Claustronomic has been created" was [C]judged true. CFJ 1494 "Eris is immaculate." [TRUE] 4/1 Called by Eris 4/1-2 Assigned to root, who judges TRUE Commentary: This depends on whether the expunging part of "I pay a fee of 1 kudo to expunge 0.5 blots" runs afoul of integer arithmetic. It doesn't; Rule 754 specifies real numbers. CFJ 1495 "Eris successfully increased eir Lobbying Strength by 3 in eir [TRUE] message dated Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:23:35 -0600." 4/2 Called by Eris 4/2-4 Assigned to Elysion, who judges TRUE Commentary: This depends on whether the fee part of "I pay a fee of 1 kudo to expunge 0.5 blots" runs afoul of integer arithmetic. It doesn't; Rule 754 specifies real numbers. Judge's argument (summary): Even if Eris had insufficient kudos, fee-based actions are successful until challenged, and the action in question has not yet been challenged. CFJ 1496 "CFJ 1495 constitutes a challenge under rule 1941 to Eris's [FALSE] attempt to increase eir Lobbying Strength in eir message dated Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:23:35 -0600." 4/4 Called by Elysion 4/5-11 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): CFJs and challenges are different in several ways, including being directed to different Officers (Clerk of the Courts vs. Herald). Commentary: A judgement of TRUE would have invalidated Judge Elysion's arguments on CFJ 1495, making that CFJ a likely candidate for appeal. CFJ 1497 "If a person who is a player of both Agora and Claustronomic [TRUE] ceases to be a player of Agora, then e also ceases to be a Appealed player of Claustronomic." 4/8 Called by Maud 4/8 Assigned to Murphy, who judges TRUE 4/8 Appealed by Maud, Eris, and Goethe 4/10 Appeal assigned to Sherlock, Eris, and Michael 4/10 Eris moves to REMAND 4/13 Michael moves to REMAND Caller's argument (summary): C-as-a-nomic does not equate "player of C-as-a-nomic" with "member of C-as-an-Agoran-contest", so the statement should not be judged TRUE. Judge's refutation (summary): Regardless of C-as-a-nomic's stance, Agora defines membership based on C-as-an-Agoran-contest. Appelant Maud's argument (summary): But the last clause of the statement asked about "player of C-as-a-nomic", not about "member of C-as-an-Agoran-contest". CFJ 1498 "No two Rules may legally have the same Title." 4/12 Called by Wes 4/18 Assigned to Sir Toby Caller's argument (summary): Rules are Rule-defined entities. Rule Titles are names. Rule 1586 (Definition and Continuity of Entities) applies. OFFICES ------- 1/25 Eris and RedKnight decline eir nominations for Herald. 2/1 Voting opens for Herald. Candidates are Goethe, Magu, Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, Pakaran, root, Sherlock, Sir Toby, and t. Magu is elected Assessor. Justiciar election fails quorum. Nominations open. Mode is Open. OscarMeyr nominates RedKnight for Justiciar. 2/8 RedKnight is elected Justiciar. Herald election fails quorum. Nominations open. Mode is Open. OscarMeyr nominates Kolja, Sherlock, and root for Herald. 2/9 Sherlock declines eir nomination for Herald. 2/10 OscarMeyr nominates Cainech and Elysion for Herald. 2/16 Voting opens for Herald. Candidates are Cainech, Elysion, Kolja, and root. 2/22 Assessor Magu is removed for Dereliction of Duty. Speaker Sherlock becomes Assessor. Nominations open for Assessor. Mode is Open. 2/24 root is elected Herald. OscarMeyr nominates Elysion and Cainech for Assessor. Elysion declines eir nomination for Assessor. 2/27 Murphy nominates (emself) for Assessor. 3/3 Voting opens for Assessor. Candidates are Cainech and Murphy. 3/17 Murphy is elected Assessor. 3/22 Nominations open for Assistant Director of Personnel. Mode is Open. root nominates (emself) for Assistant Director of Personnel. 3/30 root is elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 4/1 Nominations open for Speaker-Elect. Mode is Open. 4/2 Quarterly Speaker Transition occurs. Speaker-Elect Goethe becomes Speaker. Promotor root becomes Speaker-Elect, as usual. 4/9 Speaker-Elect election fails quorum. Nominations open. Mode is Open. 4/10 Eris nominates for Speaker-Elect. 4/18 Eris is elected Speaker-Elect. Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Notary, and Promotor. Mode is Open. Murphy nominates (emself) for Clerk of the Courts. OLIGARCHS --------- 2/11 Cainech becomes an Oligarch. 2/27 Magu and Murphy are removed from the Oligarchy. 3/15 RedKnight becomes an Oligarch. 3/21 Adoption of Proposal 4555 creates coalitions. root joins eir own coalition. 3/22 Elysion joins eir own coalition. Eris joins Elysion's coalition. 3/23 Kolja joins eir own coalition. Elysion becomes an Oligarch. 3/31 Goethe joins Kolja's coalition. Murphy joins root's coalition. 4/1 Maud joins Kolja's coalition. OscarMeyr joins root's coalition. Cainech and RedKnight are removed from the Oligarchy. 4/8 Kolja becomes an Oligarch. 4/15 Grand Warden of the Oligarchy OscarMeyr intends to amend eir budget by reducing the Potency Threshold from 6 to 4. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 1/30 Contestmaster Goethe resigns from Minimus, causing it to dissolve. Notary Sherlock intends to make Minimus a Champion's Contest. Contestmaster Eris resigns from Eris's Contest, causing it to dissolve. 2/3 Kolja registers. root makes Magu quiet. 2/6 Peekee becomes silent. 2/9 Cainech registers. 2/10 Elysion registers. 2/11 Cainech becomes Ready. Cainech becomes a Politician. 2/22 Blob is deregistered. 2/24 Steve becomes silent. 2/26 Team Bleethan wins. Murphy moves to Kinhatis. Elysion moves to Dovesdar. Scores are reset. Teams are renamed: Bleethan -> Bryzzleoc Sliehough -> Wuckleshaw Dovesdar -> Vyregurk Kinhatis -> Duckfield 2/29 Murphy becomes an Acolyte. Elysion becomes Ready. 3/3 Magu becomes silent. 3/4 root makes Cainech quiet. 3/6 Murphy publishes Notices of Abandonment for Peekee and Magu. 3/14 Maud comes off hold. 3/21 Murphy publishes Notices of Abandonment for Oerjan and Steve. 3/22 Goethe creates the Contest Claustronomic (intended to explore the role of Contests as charter nomics), and intends to make it a Champion's Contest. 3/23 Elysion becomes a Politician. 4/1 root becomes a Politician. Eris becomes a Politician. 4/5 Turning of a New Parchment occurs. Kolja becomes a Politician. 4/11 Magu and Peekee are deregistered. 4/12 Wes registers. Maud becomes an Acolyte. 4/15 Herald root intends (without objection) to repeal Rule 2050 (The Garden), which permits the existence of unclassified Boons and Albatrosses (Dandelions and Weeds, respectively). Elysion names Goethe and Maud as eir Mentors. 4/16 Riail becomes a Watcher.