Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal From: Ed Murphy Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:42:01 -0700 To: Agora Business X-Account-Key: account3 X-UIDL: 203254-1049287342 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Return-path: Received: from ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com (ms-mta-02-smtp.socal.rr.com [10.10.4.126]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.10 (built Dec 26 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JL9005CWENXYT@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orngca-mx-10.mgw.rr.com (orngca-mx-10.mgw.rr.com [66.75.160.144]) by ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.10 (built Dec 26 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JL900H3FENR9X@ms-mta-02.socal.rr.com> for emurphy42@socal.rr.com (ORCPT emurphy42@socal.rr.com); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yzma.clarkk.net ([66.219.50.42]) by orngca-mx-10.mgw.rr.com with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:43:09 -0400 Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7479806C1; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:43:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ms-smtp-04.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.136]) by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F8F80667 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:42:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.0.13] (cpe-76-87-191-13.socal.res.rr.com [76.87.191.13]) by ms-smtp-04.socal.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6G6g64o009107 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Sender: agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org Errors-to: agora-business-admin@agoranomic.org Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org Message-ID: <469B1339.30203@socal.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk X-BeenThere: agora-business@agoranomic.org Delivered-to: agora-business@yzma.clarkk.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070604 Thunderbird/2.0.0.4 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 X-MID: 1130821874 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 THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 51, BACK ISSUE 2 Friday, June 30, 2006 ONE YEAR GONE ------------- Andre - Old CFJs http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Blob - Thesis library ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/ nomic/articles/agora-theses/library.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/ AWJ archive http://zenith.homelinux.net/awj/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Chamber Fix" by Goethe - Proposal 4857 failed quorum 5/21 - Proposal 4863 adopted 5/30 Knowingly distributing a stalled proposal is a crime. Any player can make a stalled proposal democratic without objection. The Speaker can do so with support. "Chip Fix" by root - Proposal 4859 adopted 5/21 Chip transfers are defined, thus making them possible. "Streamlined hand reductions" by Goethe - Proposal 4858 adopted 5/21 Hand reduction is independent of draws, and occurs quarterly or when draws exceed available cards. Create the card "I Fold". "The Speaker is Proclaimed by The People" by Goethe - Proposal 4861 adopted 5/30 Any non-pope cardinal may install the pope as Speaker. The ADoP is not excluded from being a cardinal. "Update 'Everybody Gets One'" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4862 adopted 5/30 Amend the card Everybody Gets One to convert draws to chips. "Winning rearranged" by Goethe - Proposal 4856 adopted 5/21 Wins must be announced while a non-site gambler holds a winning hand. If true, all Blueprint scoring instructions are automatically repealed. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Fixing Your Turn" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4855 failed quorum 4/3 - Proposal 4860 rejected 5/21 "Your Turn" has no effect if a player with no cards is indicated. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "A Little Pay to Play" by OscarMeyr If exactly one of "Fixing Your Turn" and "Multi Independent Targeted Fixes" was adopted, then make the Speaker's veto cost one chip per player who already voted on the vetoed proposal. "Chip Repair" by Murphy Convert remaining mentions of "pending draws" to chips. "Fix Rubberstamps" by root Allow the Speaker's rubberstamp to change the adoption index of a decision in its voting period, similar to the veto. "Generalize Substitute Actions" by Murphy Allow any player to perform a duty of a vacant or ambiguous position. "Let the ADoP Do Eir Job" by Murphy The Associate Director of Personnel initiates elections for eir own office. "Multi Independent Targeted Fixes" by OscarMeyr If "Fixing Your Turn" was rejected, then create a one-chip penalty for playing Your Turn on a player with no cards. Otherwise, remove a joke reference to Goethe from Rule 1664. "Pope Drew I" by Murphy The Associate Director of Personnel is not disqualified as a cardinal. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Civil Service Layoffs" by Goethe Agoran Consent does not require specifying the levels of support and lack-of-objection in advance. Officers may be installed with Agoran Consent. Repeal May Day, reports, Claims of Error, resignation, delegation, impeachment, the Associate Director of Personnel, salaries, budgets, and Rebellion. "Common sense" by Goethe Repeal Tangles, Executors, Epochs, Authority of Non-Rule Entities, mentorship, silence, bonus for repeal, Assessor's Boon duties, limited number of rules, Distributor, Patronage, and registered e-mail addresses. Streamline the definition of "random". "Contracts" by Goethe Binding agreements are defined independently of the rules. The rules are a binding agreement between all players. Contracts and applications are merged into binding agreements. "rules, rules" by Goethe Repeal Agora's name, Ought Implies Can, First Speaker, activity, ASAP, holidays, rule titles and annotations, Card-Carrying Contracts, conclaves, referenda, proposal attributes, patronage, cards, unique Patent Titles, ephemera, degrees, plus everything that "Civil Service Layoffs" and "Common sense" would repeal. "The Island" by root The Island is a toroidally-connected grid of acres, tracked by the Office of Real Estate Agent, whose budget includes the size of the island (initially 6x6). Acres may possess Situated cards. When the Island shrinks, the number of card-owning acres removed is minimized, and their cards are transferred to their owners. Income cards give chips if possessed by an acre for a full month. Create some cards affecting the Island. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- Ineligibility by request (expires after one month): 4/9 OscarMeyr, until CFJ 1585 is judged CFJ 1585 "The Deckmastor may legally deal a card to Goethe, thus [FALSE] satisfying a pending draw, but e may not legally deal a card to Quazie." 3/20 Called by Goethe 4/3-7 Assigned to Sherlock, who makes emself ineligible 5/2-17 Assigned to Michael, who is recused 6/5-18 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Proposal 4851 repealed the explicit definition of "pending draw", but not its overall usage in the rules, so its ordinary-language meaning should apply. Judge's refutation (summary): Card transfers are regulated (they affect the card holdings maintained by the Deckmastor), but no mechanism for dealing cards exists, so they cannot be dealt. CFJ 1586 "The text in the most recent Proposal Pool Report, purporting to be Proposal 06-017 ('Fixing Your Turn'), is a Proposal." Linked to CFJ 1587 4/5 Called by Goethe 5/3-17 Assigned to arkestra, who is recused 6/5-16 Assigned to Manu, who goes on hold 6/18 Assigned to Sherlock Caller's argument (summary): The original proposal failed quorum. Rule 2019 requires the Assessor to place a copy in the pool, but this was not published by the submitter as required by Rule 1483. CFJ 1587 "If, as part of eir duties with respect to the Speaker's Veto, the Assessor publishes a copy of a vetoed proposal with clear indication that it become a proposal, then the Assessor is the Proposer of that new Proposal." Linked to CFJ 1586 4/5 Called by Goethe 5/3-17 Assigned to arkestra, who is recused 6/5-16 Assigned to Manu, who goes on hold 6/18 Assigned to Sherlock Caller's argument (summary): The original proposal failed quorum. Rule 2019 requires the Assessor to place a copy in the pool. CFJ 1588 "An Appeal may not be initiated twice for the same trial judgement." 5/7 Called by Goethe 6/5 Assigned to root Caller's argument (summary): Further calls for appeal beyond the minimum do not initiate a new appeal, but add redundantly to the prerequisites for the existing appeal. OFFICES ------- 5/9 Goethe resigns as Deckmastor. 5/22 Deckmastor Goethe goes on hold, leaving the office vacant (Goethe is also Speaker). 5/28 OscarMeyr delegates Herald and Registrar to Sherlock from May 30 to June 7. Sherlock accepts. 6/5 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Deckmastor, and Rulekeepor. Mode is Selfless. Murphy nominates Michael for Rulekeepor. 6/6 OscarMeyr nominates Eris, Michael, Manu, root, and Sherlock for Clerk of the Courts and Deckmastor. 6/8 Sherlock declines eir nominations for Deckmastor and Clerk of the Courts. 6/18 Voting opens for Clerk of the Courts. Candidates are Eris, Michael, and root. (Manu went on hold.) Voting opens for Deckmastor. Candidates are Eris, Michael, and root. Michael is elected Rulekeepor. Nominations open for Herald, Promotor, Registrar, and Justiciar. Mode is Selfless. 6/22 OscarMeyr nominates Goethe, Murphy, and Sherlock for Herald, Promotor, and Registrar. root stands down in the Deckmastor election. root nominates OscarMeyr for Herald, Registrar, and Justiciar. OscarMeyr nominates root for Promotor. SHAREHOLDERS ------------ 5/3 Murphy's Three Shares and Two Shares are discarded. CARDS ----- 4/3 Deckmastor Goethe amends eir budget as specified on March 27. 4/11 root announces intent to delete scoring instruction 1000 from the Blueprints Cardbook: 1000. A Handed [X] card adds (X * usual contribution) to hand score. 5/3 root announces intent to delete scoring instruction 1000. Eris supports it. 5/7 OscarMeyr supports the deletion of scoring instruction 1000. root deletes it. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 4/3 Quazie goes on hold. 5/21 OscarMeyr offers eir Power of Attorney (repealed last June) to root from May 24 to June 7. 5/22 Speaker Goethe goes on hold. A conclave convenes. 5/26 OscarMeyr offers eir Power of Attorney to Sherlock from May 30 to June 7. Sherlock consents. 6/8 Sherlock announces eir intent to make emself a pope. OscarMeyr supports it. 6/14 Sherlock makes emself a pope. 6/16 Manu goes on hold. 6/18 ADoP Murphy installs Pope Sherlock as Speaker. 6/22 Goethe comes off hold.