From agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org Mon Feb 14 02:36:50 2005 Return-path: Received: from pop-server.socal.rr.com [66.75.160.66] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.0) for emurphy@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:36:50 -0800 (PST) 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 <0IBW0045VCZNCP@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:26:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from austtx-mx-04.mgw.rr.com (austtx-mx-04.mgw.rr.com [24.93.40.211]) by ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IBW007HICZNV0@ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com (ORCPT emurphy42@socal.rr.com); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:26:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (66.219.50.42) by austtx-mx-04.mgw.rr.com with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:26:10 -0500 Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E10233BB3; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:26:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.135]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D88233BA2 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:24:44 -0600 (CST) 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-03-eri0.socal.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j1EAOfuY009145 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:24:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:29:53 -0800 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: <1108376993.26209.0.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-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, BACK ISSUE 18 Thursday, September 30, 2004 SIX DOUBLE-FIVE THREE TWO ONE ----------------------------- Andre - Old CFJs http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Elysion - Thesis archive http://www.msu.edu/~boehmejo/agora.html Goethe - Claustronomic http://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/ Michael - First Speaker http://web.rsise.anu.edu.au/~michaeln/agora/ Murphy - CotC Web http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/ root - Proposal Pool http://www.periware.org/agora/ ERRATA ------ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Discard and Draw" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4604 failed quorum 7/18 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4607 adopted 8/8 New card - Discard and Draw - Discard X cards in your hand (not counting this one), then draw an equal number of cards. Fee is X kudos. "Don't Overcompensate" by Murphy - Proposal 4610 failed quorum 8/28 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4613 adopted 9/9 Allow the Assistant Director of Personnel to nominate for Speaker-Elect (but still separate them from Speaker as before). "Eliminate Redundant Kudos" by Elysion - Proposal 4598 adopted 7/11 Agora-as-a-whole no longer has a number of Kudos. "Fix Chamber-Changing" by root - Proposal 4599 adopted 7/11 The procedure for changing the Chamber of a proposal in its voting period is generalized from the Chamber Fee to all other methods of change. "Fix Team Wins, Mark II" by Murphy - Proposal 4609 failed quorum 8/28 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4612 adopted 9/9 When one Team Wins, no other Team may Win until that Win is announced, and scores are not reset until that Win is announced. "No Point Anymore" by Goethe - Proposal 4614 adopted 9/21 The Deckmastor's Budget includes one to three Winning Hands, each of which exceeds the Maximum Hand Size by at least two. A Gambler with a Winning Hand has 72 hours to announce that e has or had it. If incorrect, e discards a random card. If correct, e Wins the Game, gains the Boon of Pokerface and the Patent Title of Champion, and one week later all Gamblers discard random cards down to the Minimum Hand Size and the Winner draws up to the Maximum Hand Size. If no one has won in six months, any Gambler may announce a Skunk. This acts as a Win, except that no one gets any bonuses. The initial Winning Hands are Three Trios (3 x Distrib-u-Matic, 3 x Absolv-o-Matic, 3 x Debate-o-Matic) and Dead Man's Hand (Dud x 7). The range of the Maximum Hand Size is expanded from (3 to 10) to (2 to 10). The Minimum Hand Size is 2 to (less than the Maximum), initially 2. The leading Team gets a Daffodil, and its captain an Admiralty. The following things are repealed: * Points * Office of Scorekeepor * Teams * Contested Proposals * Champion's Contests * Patent Title of Admiral * Point-related card attributes (Bleed) and cards (Boost-o-Matic, ZOT!, Point Mine, Dud Fusion) "Rebel Rabble" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4608 failed quorum 8/28 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4611 adopted 9/9 New card - pay 1 Kudo per Rebel to increase the effective number of Rebels by 1 for the next 10 days. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Card Theft" by root - Proposal 4601 failed quorum 7/11 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4603 failed quorum 7/18 Robin Hood: Steal a specified card from a non-deck gambler and give it to someone else with a smaller hand size. You must be Immaculate and pay 3 Kudos. Card Vacuum: Discard a specified card from a non-deck gambler for 2 Kudos. Pilfer the Trash: Take a card of your choice from the Deck, provided that a card of that Class has been discarded within the past week. "Enough Already" by Murphy - Proposal 4595 failed quorum 7/3 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4602 failed quorum 7/18 Delinquent penalties for Linked CFJs are reduced. Recent penalties against Sherlock and t are reduced. "Excise the vestigial Monk" by Riail - Proposal 4588 failed quorum 7/3 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4605 failed quorum 7/18 Repeal a remaining reference to Monks. "Fix Unrestricted Voting" by root - Proposal 4600 failed quorum 7/11 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4606 failed quorum 7/18 If the mode of voting is Unrestricted, then votes (or presence) may be sent to the vote collector by any means; it need not be either public or private; in particular, it may be sent to a Discussion Forum that the vote collector receives. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Clean up Monk reporting" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4614 failed quorum 9/21 - Complacent Corporation - Proposal 4616 Repeal a remaining reference to Monks. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" by root Amend a remaining reference to Monks so that it instead refers to Monkeys. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Shady Business" by Elysion New card - if you have no Albatrosses of Shadiness, gain 1 Kudo and 2 Albatrosses of Shadiness. "Team Trading cards" by Goethe New cards - one for each Team, with no Exploits. Upon a Score Reset, the holder of each Team's card gains 60/P points (P is the Team's rank, e.g. 60/2 = 30 for 2nd place), then Team cards are destroyed and new ones added to the Deck. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- Requests for ineligibility: 7/6 Michael (future CFJs) 7/27 Maud (Statements contain the letter "e") 8/19 Kolja (called between August 15 and September 8) 8/23 Kolja (called between August 15 and September 8) 9/24 Sherlock (CFJs 1517 and 1518) CFJ 1511 "Proposal 4588 is Democratic." [FALSE] 6/25 Called by Goethe; part of Linked CFJs 1511 - 1513 6/26-7/10 Assigned to Michael, who is recused 7/11-25 Assigned to Pakaran, who is recused 7/25-8/1 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Is a Debate-o-Matic capable of changing a proposal's chamber? Judge's argument (summary): No. The Debate-o-Matic is the instrument attempting it, but has insufficient Power. Proposal 4588's chamber was not changed to Democratic. CFJ 1512 "Proposal 4588 is in its voting period." [TRUE] 6/25 Called by Goethe; part of Linked CFJs 1511 - 1513 6/26-7/10 Assigned to Michael, who is recused 7/11-25 Assigned to Pakaran, who is recused 7/25-8/1 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): If the Debate-o-Matic changed the chamber of Proposal 4588, then what happened to its voting period? Rule 2021 does not apply, since the chamber was changed by a method other than paying the Chamber Fee. Judge's argument (summary): The Debate-o-Matic did not change the chamber of Proposal 4588, so Proposal 4588 was definitely not aborted. CFJ 1513 "Riall holds a Debate-o-matic card." [TRUE] 6/25 Called by Goethe; part of Linked CFJs 1511 - 1513 6/26-7/10 Assigned to Michael, who is recused 7/11-25 Assigned to Pakaran, who is recused 7/25-8/1 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): If the Debate-o-Matic failed to change the chamber of Proposal 4588, then does Riail still count as having performed the Exploit, thus discarding it? Judge's argument (summary): It did fail, so (by the precedent of CFJ 1510) Riail did not perform the Exploit. CFJ 1514 "Murphy's Voting Potential is 42." [FALSE] 7/4 Called by Murphy; part of Linked CFJs 1514 - 1515 7/5-14 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 7/18-22 Assigned to Elysion, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): The fee for increasing Voting Potential depends on the Political Charge, but the definition of Political Charge has been repealed. If it is zero, then this statement is true. Judge's argument (summary): Political Charge is undefined. Raising one's Voting Potential is not a fee-based action, and is thus permitted but impossible. Neither of Murphy's attempts to raise eir Voting Potential changed eir Honor. CFJ 1515 "Murphy's Voting Potential is 1." [FALSE] 7/4 Called by Murphy; part of Linked CFJs 1514 - 1515 7/5-14 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 7/18-22 Assigned to Elysion, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): The fee for increasing Voting Potential depends on the Political Charge, but the definition of Political Charge has been repealed. If it retains its value prior to the repeal, then this statement is true. Judge's argument (summary): Political Charge is undefined. Raising one's Voting Potential is not a fee-based action, and is thus permitted but impossible. Neither of Murphy's attempts to raise eir Voting Potential changed eir Honor. CFJ 1516 "Murphy's honor, immediately before e attempted to increase eir [FALSE] Voting Potential by 41, can not be determined by reasonable effort." 7/6 Called by Goethe 7/11 Assigned to root 7/11 root attempts to transfer to Sir Toby 7/18-19 root transfers to Elysion, with consent 7/2 Elysion judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Murphy previously attempted to increase eir Voting Potential by 1, an action defined as having a fee, but the amount of the fee is undefined. Judge's argument (summary): Political Charge is undefined. Raising one's Voting Potential is not a fee-based action, and is thus permitted but impossible. Neither of Murphy's attempts to raise eir Voting Potential changed eir Honor. CFJ 1517 "Claustronomic is not currently an Agoran Contest." 7/29 Called by Goethe; part of Linked CFJs 1517 - 1518 7/31-15 Assigned to root, who is recused 8/1 root attempts to transfer to RedKnight, pending consent 8/15-29 Assigned to t, who is recused 9/5-19 Assigned to Sir Toby, who is recused 9/19-24 Assigned to Sherlock, who is recused 9/26 Assigned to Michael Caller's argument (summary): Goethe resigned as Contestmaster, and the Regulations do not specify a replacement. CFJ 1518 "Elysion was awarded 5 points on or about 29-Jul-04." 7/29 Called by Goethe; part of Linked CFJs 1517 - 1518 7/31-15 Assigned to root, who is recused 8/1 root attempts to transfer to RedKnight, pending consent 8/15-29 Assigned to t, who is recused 9/5-19 Assigned to Sir Toby, who is recused 9/19-24 Assigned to Sherlock, who is recused 9/26 Assigned to Michael Caller's argument (summary): Elysion was awarded 5 points in Claustronomic, and the Scorekeepor's Budget awards equal points in Agora without requiring Claustronomic to be a Contest. CFJ 1519 "There is a Contest named Claustronomic, and its Contestmaster is [TRUE] root." 7/29 Called by root; part of Linked CFJs 1519 - 1520 7/31-8/15 Assigned to RedKnight, who is recused 8/15-20 Assigned to Goethe, who judges TRUE Commentary: After Goethe resigned as Contestmaster of the first Claustronomic, root created a new Contest named Claustronomic. CFJ 1520 "Reasonable Doubt achieved a Team Win on Thursday, July 29, 2004." [FALSE] 7/29 Called by root; part of Linked CFJs 1519 - 1520 7/31-8/15 Assigned to RedKnight, who is recused 8/15-20 Assigned to Goethe, who judges FALSE Commentary: After Goethe resigned as Contestmaster of the first Claustronomic, root created a new Contest named Claustronomic, and awarded emself 200 points within it. The Scorekeepor's Budget awards equal points in Agora to players who are awarded points in Claustronomic, but does not specify which instance(s) of Claustronomic are involved. Judge's argument (summary): If the Budget item refers to anything, it's the original Claustronomic. CFJ 1521 "Eris has a beard." [TRUE] 8/15 Called by Murphy 8/15-19 Assigned to Eris, who judges TRUE Commentary: This CFJ was called to allow a Notice of Rotation without waiting for a non-trivial CFJ. OFFICES ------- 7/11 Nominations open for Speaker-Elect. Mode is Open. 7/15 Riail attempts to delegate Herald to root for one month (too long to be effective), then delegates for three weeks. root consents. 7/22 OscarMeyr is elected Speaker-Elect. Nominations open for Assessor and Assistant Director of Personnel. Mode is Open. 7/23 Murphy nominates all active players (Elysion, Eris, Goethe, Kolja, Maud, Michael, emself, OscarMeyr, Pakaran, RedKnight, Riail, root, Sir Toby, t, and Wes) for Assessor. 7/24 Riail declines eir nomination for Assessor. 7/26 Goethe declines eir nomination for Assessor. 8/1 Voting opens for Assessor. Candidates are Elysion, Eris, Kolja, Maud, Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, Pakaran, RedKnight, root, Sir Toby, t, and Wes. Nominations open for Assistant Director of Personnel. Mode is Open. Eris nominates Murphy, Riail, Goethe, and Pakaran for Assistant Director of Personnel. 8/2 Goethe declines eir nomination for Assistant Director of Personnel. 8/5 Goethe resigns as Scorekeepor. Speaker Eris becomes Scorekeepor. 8/11 Voting opens for Assistant Director of Personnel. Candidates are Murphy, Riail, and Pakaran. 8/13 Nominations open for Assessor. Mode is Open. OscarMeyr nominates Murphy for Assessor. 8/18 Nominations open for Scorekeepor. Mode is Open. Riail stands down from Assistant Director of Personnel. 8/25 Murphy is elected Assessor. Riail resigns as Herald. Speaker Eris becomes Herald. 9/1 Deckmastor Wes is removed for Dereliction of Duty. Speaker Eris becomes Deckmastor. Nominations open for Deckmastor, Herald, Scorekeepor, and Assistant Director of Personnel. Mode is Open. Eris nominates Murphy, Riail, and Pakaran as Assistant Director of Personnel. 9/9 Notary Elysion deregisters. Speaker Eris becomes Notary. Nominations open for Notary, Deckmastor, Herald, and Scorekeepor. Mode is Open. root nominates Goethe, Pakaran, RedKnight, Sherlock, Sir Toby, and t for each of Deckmastor, Herald, Notary, and Scorekeepor. 9/14 Voting opens for Assistant Director of Personnel. Candidates are Murphy, Riail, and Pakaran. Riail stands down from Assistant Director of Personnel. 9/21 Voting opens for Deckmastor, Herald, Notary, and Scorekeepor. Candidates for each are Goethe, Pakaran, RedKnight, Sherlock, Sir Toby, and t. Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Promotor, and Registrar. Mode is Open. Murphy nominates (emself) for Clerk of the Courts. Murphy nominates OscarMeyr for Registrar. 9/22 Goethe stands down for Deckmastor, Herald, Notary, and Scorekeepor. Murphy is elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 9/29 Murphy is elected Clerk of the Courts. root is elected Promotor. OscarMeyr is elected Registrar. Nominations open for Deckmastor, Herald, and Notary. Mode is Open. 9/30 Sherlock nominates (emself) for Notary. OscarMeyr nominates RedKnight and Sherlock for Herald. RedKnight declines eir nomination for Herald. SHAREHOLDERS ------------ 7/17 Murphy transfers One Share to Kolja. 9/2 Goethe transfers One Share to Eris. CARDS ----- 7/16 root plays two Boost-o-Matics (for Reasonable Doubt). 7/20 Kolja plays It's a Surprise! 7/21 OscarMeyr plays Absolv-o-Matic (for Goethe). 9/2 Goethe plays Absolv-o-Matic (for root). Goethe plays Distrib-u-Matic (for No Point Anymore). IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 7/11 Elysion announces eir intent to add Scorekeepor Budget items (without Scorekeepor objection, and with support of a member of an opposing team): * Claustronomic point awards and penalties may be duplicated as Agora awards and awards (the latter is a mistake; e corrects it to "penalties" the next day). * 5 points for casting a legal vote on a Claustronomic proposal. 7/15 Sherlock goes on hold. root announces eir intent to ratify the Herald's Report with(out) objection. 7/16 Goethe supports Elysion's Scorekeepor Budget items to duplicate Claustronomic point awards and penalties. 7/18 Turning of a New Parchment occurs. 7/21 root ratifies the Herald's Report. Elysion adds eir Scorekeepor Budget items to duplicate Claustronomic point awards and penalties. Elysion announces eir intent to add Scorekeepor Budget items (without Scorekeepor objection, and with support of a member of an opposing team): Team Captain awards and penalties may be duplicated as Team awards and penalties. 7/29 Goethe resigns as Contestmaster of Claustronomic, causing it to cease being an Agoran contest. root creates a contest "Claustronomic". 7/31 Murphy announces eir intent to ratify the Assessor's Report without objection. 8/8 Murphy ratifies the Assessor's Report. 8/9 Maud goes on hold. 8/15 Murphy announces eir intent to ratify the Clerk of the Courts' Report without objection. 8/18 Sherlock comes off hold. 8/20 Goethe goes on hold. 8/22 Murphy ratifies the Clerk of the Courts' Report. 9/1 David Westbrook requests to be listed as a Watcher. 9/2 Goethe comes off hold. 9/9 Elysion deregisters. 9/22 Eris makes Pakaran quiet.