[This file lists all proposals submitted in 2006 and later (pool numbers 06-001 onwards, sequence numbers 4847 onwards), including proposals never distributed and proposals not yet resolved. It should contain complete information, subject only to data that are not yet determined. It is maintained by the Promotor.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-01-12 dist_mid: <20060112145624.9677.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2006-01-21 fate_mid: <43D29C69.607@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-001 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4847 submit_date: 2006-01-03 submit_mid: title: Finite Library Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read: A player (hereafter the Borrower) may check out a specified card from the Library by announcement, which must satisfy a number of satisfiable pending draws that e, in fact, possesses. The number is 2 pending draws for Students and 1 pending draw for Faculty Members. Whenever a card is checked out from the Library, it is transferred to the Borrower, and the Library gains a pending draw. The President of the University may discard any card in the possession of the Library and replace it with a pending draw, without two objections. If the Library has no cards and no pending draws, the President may grant the Library 5 pending draws, by announcement. The Library is hereby deemed to have exactly 5 pending draws. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-02-16 dist_mid: <20060216171108.17246.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-03-14 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-002 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4848 submit_date: 2006-02-09 submit_mid: title: Remove Some Cards Amend the Onepower Cardbook as follows: Change the Limited Exploit to read: * Limited [X a type of entity] [Y a positive integer]: If you are not an X, treat this card as if it were Costly[Y]. Change the Costly Exploit to read: * Costly [ Y a positive integer]: You must discard Y cards to play this card. For each of these discards, you may substitute one of your existing pending draws which is then considered satisfied. Remove the descriptions of the following cards: Not Your Turn Two for One Chaos Reborn Greedy Bastard Charity Brings Happiness Thieves in the Night Instant Gratification Instant Punishment Instant Millionaire }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: discarded fate_date: 2006-03-16 fate_mid: <44199AF6.3050907@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-003 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-02-13 submit_mid: <43F04543.3040204@socal.rr.com> title: Chips Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing this text: plus one for each free pending draw for that gambler. with this text: plus one for each of eir red chips. and by replacing this text: the sum of the number of pending draws for each gambler is greater than the number of cards in the deck, or that there are no cards in the deck with this text: there are no cards in the deck Amend Rule 2074 (Hand Flux) by replacing this text: nor may the Deckmastor satisfy pending draws for that hand. with this text: nor may chips be transferred from that hand. Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text: all heavy pending draws shall be deemed satisfied. with this text: all white chips shall be forfeited to the Pot. Amend Rule 2080 (Basic Draws) to read: A player's maximum hand size is the maximum hand size in the Deckmastor's Budget plus the number of offices (counting the Speakership as an office) that the player holds. At the beginning of each month, each player receives three white chips and one red chip. Upon the adoption of a proposal, the author receives one white chip. A player who gains a Boon receives a red chip. A player who gains an Albatross loses a chip. Amend Rule 2120 (Satisfying Draws) to read: A player may transfer one or more of eir chips to the Pot. As soon as possible after e does so, the Deckmastor shall deal em a card for each non-forfeited chip. While a player's hand size equals or exceeds eir maximum hand size, any white chips e transfers to the Pot are forfeited. If the rules say that a player loses a chip: (a) If e has at least one red chip, then one of eir red chips is forfeited to the Pot. (b) Otherwise, if e has at least one white chip, then one of eir white chips is forfeited to the Pot. (c) Otherwise, if e has at least one card, then the Deckmastor shall discard one of that player's cards at random. (d) Otherwise, the next chip e gains is immediately forfeited to the Pot. Amend Rule 2049 (Ephemera) by removing this text: A Player who gains a Boon is considered to have drawn a free card for that boon. A Player who gains an Albatross loses a pending draw. Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read: Whenever the Library's hand size is less than five, it receives a red chip. A player (the Borrower) may check out a specified card currently in the Library's hand by transferring chips to the Pot (2 for Students, 1 for Faculty Members). These chips are forfeited, and the card is transferred to the Borrower. The President of the University may discard any card in the possession of the Library without two objections. Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text: If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game, and is awarded the boon of Pokerface and the defined regular Patent Title Champion. with this text: If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game, and is awarded the boon of Pokerface, the defined regular Patent Title Champion, and a blue chip (non-transferrable, and marked with the number of red and white chips in the Pot, after which the Pot is emptied). Create a rule titled "Fees" with this text: A player plays a fee of X by transferring X chips to the Pot. These chips are forfeited. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-02-20 fate_mid: <43FA24A8.404@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-004 proposer: root submit_date: 2006-02-16 submit_mid: <20060216210743.GA17830@zeus.periware.org> title: Fees, Please 1.1 Changes from version 1.0: * A refund is given if the action fails for any reason, not just insufficient cards. * Intentionally failing actions to replace bad cards or to dodge hand reduction is a crime. Create a Rule titled "Fees", reading: A fee-based action is an action with which the rules associate a fee, which must be a natural number. If the rules describe a fee-based action but do not indicate the fee for that action, then that fee is zero. A player (the Actor) attempts to perform a fee-based action by announcing that e performs it; specifying the action to be performed; if the fee is nonzero, noting that there is a fee for the action; and optionally indicating a set of cards (the Down Payment) in eir collection to be applied to the fee. If the Down Payment is not indicated, then it is the empty set. The Actor has sufficient cards to perform the action if the number of cards in the Down Payment plus the number of pending draws e has meets or exceeds the fee. Upon eir announcement, if the Actor had sufficient cards to perform the action, then the following events occur in order: 1) Each card in the Down Payment is discarded, and the Fieri Etiam Emptum (FEE) is set to the amount of the fee less the number of cards so discarded, with a minimum of zero. 2) The Actor loses a number of pending draws equal to the minimum of the FEE and the number of pending draws e has. 3) The Actor performs the action. If the success of the Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based action is publicly challenged within a week of the time the action was attempted, then the Deckmastor shall, as soon as possible, determine whether the Actor had sufficient cards when e attempted to perform the action, and announce eir determination. If the Deckmastor announces that the Actor did not have sufficient cards to perform a fee-based action at the time of eir attempt, and eir announcement was published within a fortnight from the time the action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed not to have been performed. If the success of an Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based action is not publicly challenged within a week of the time the action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed to have been performed. If for any reason the action is deemed not to have been performed, then the Actor shall gain a number of pending draws equal to the number of cards discarded in 1) plus the number of pending draws e lost in 2). Attempting to perform a fee-based action with the knowledge that the attempt will fail is the Class N Crime of Card Swapping, where N is equal to twice the size of the Down Payment. Nothing in this rule shall act to prevent a person from performing a fee-based action by another mechanism for performing that action provided by the rules. Amend Rule 2106 by replacing the text "noting any fees" with the text "paying any fees". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: Goethe dist_date: 2006-02-26 dist_mid: <20060228050343.23521.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2006-03-13 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-005 proposer: root seq_number: 4849 submit_date: 2006-02-20 submit_mid: <43FA24A8.404@udel.edu> title: Fees, Please 1.3 Changes from version 1.2: * Players can be refunded for overpayment as well as for failure. Changes from version 1.1: * The fee is pragmatically paid regardless of whether the Actor had "sufficient cards". * Removed the crime of Card Swapping. The Deckmastor will now preferentially return the cards discarded to pay the fee. Changes from version 1.0: * A refund is given if the action fails for any reason, not just insufficient cards. * Intentionally failing actions to replace bad cards or to dodge hand reduction is a crime. Goethe is a coauthor of this proposal. Create a Rule titled "Fees", reading: A fee-based action is an action with which the rules associate a fee, which must be a natural number. If the rules describe a fee-based action but do not indicate the fee for that action, then that fee is zero. A player (the Actor) attempts to perform a fee-based action by announcing that e performs it; specifying the action to be performed; if the fee is nonzero, noting that there is a fee for the action; and optionally indicating an ordered set of cards (the Down Payment) in eir collection to be applied to the fee. If the Down Payment is not indicated, then it is the empty set. The Actor has sufficient cards to perform the action if the number of cards in the Down Payment plus the number of pending draws e has meets or exceeds the fee. Upon the Actor's announcement, the following events occur in order: 1) The Effective Fee for the attempt is set equal to the fee, and the Payment for the attempt is set equal to zero. The Balance for the attempt is defined to be equal to the Effective Fee less the Payment. 2) Each card in the Down Payment is discarded, and the Payment is increased by the number of cards so discarded. 3) The Actor loses a number of pending draws equal to the minimum of zero, the Balance, and the number of pending draws e has; and the Payment is increased by the same number. 4) The Actor performs the action. If the success of the Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based action is publicly challenged within a week of the time the action was attempted, then the Deckmastor shall, as soon as possible, determine whether the Actor had sufficient cards when e attempted to perform the action, and announce eir determination. If the Deckmastor announces that the Actor did not have sufficient cards to perform a fee-based action at the time of eir attempt, and eir announcement was published within a fortnight from the time the action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed not to have been performed. If the success of an Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based action is not publicly challenged within a week of the time the action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed to have been performed. If for any reason the action is deemed not to have been performed, then the Effective Fee shall be set to zero. If the Balance of a fee-based action is negative, and the Actor submits a request for refund to the Deckmastor within one week of performing the action or within one week of the action being deemed not to have been performed, then the Deckmastor shall perform the following actions as soon as possible: 1) As long as the Balance remains negative and the Down Payment remains non-empty, decrement the Payment, remove the last card from the Down Payment, and: a) Transfer to the Actor a copy of the same class of card from the discard pile, if one exists; otherwise b) Transfer to the Actor a copy of the same class of card from the deck, if one exists; otherwise c) Award the Actor a pending draw. 2) As long as the Balance remains negative, decrement the Payment and award the Actor a pending draw. Nothing in this rule shall act to prevent a person from performing a fee-based action by another mechanism for performing that action provided by the rules. Amend Rule 2106 by replacing the text "noting any fees" with the text "paying any fees". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-02-26 dist_mid: <20060228050343.23521.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-03-13 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-006 proposer: root seq_number: 4850 submit_date: 2006-02-21 submit_mid: <43FA472A.2030207@udel.edu> title: Quick Conclave Fix Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) by replacing the text: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a referendum or an election is always one and cannot be changed. with: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a referendum, election, or conclave is always one and cannot be changed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-03-06 dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-03-18 fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-007 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4854 submit_date: 2006-02-27 submit_mid: <4402CB7D.8080309@socal.rr.com> title: Third Vatican Council Amend Rule 681 (Conditions for Conclavity) to read: A conclave must be convened if any of the following events have occurred since the last time a player became a pope, and no competing conclave is currently convened: (a) the Speaker has resigned the Speakership; (b) the Speaker has become inactive; (c) the Herald has confirmed an allegation that the Speaker is lawless; (d) a valid notice of deregistration naming the Speaker has been published; (e) the success of a Call for Revolt has been announced, and the Speaker was abiding at the time of the Call for Revolt, in which case the cardinals who were abiding at the time of the Call for Revolt are disqualified; (f) two or more cardinals have simultaneously won the game, in which case all other cardinals are disqualified; (g) no pope has become Speaker in the past six months; or (h) a pope has ceased to be pope without becoming Speaker. So there's always hope that you can be pope. Amend Rule 786 (Default Procedure for Conclaves) by appending, after this text: A cardinal is qualified for a conclave unless the rules specify otherwise. this text: However, if a conclave would otherwise have no qualified cardinals, then all cardinals are qualified for the duration of that conclave. and by removing the text "quorum is zero,". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-03-06 dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-03-18 fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-008 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4851 submit_date: 2006-02-27 submit_mid: <4402D524.3030304@socal.rr.com> title: Chips Amend Rule 2068 (The Deckmastor) to read: The Deckmastor is an office; its holder is responsible for fair play, shuffling, and dealing, and is the recordkeepor for cards and chips. The Deckmastor's weekly report shall contain a record of all cards and chips in existence, recent card and chip actions, and what entity holds each card and chip. The Deckmastor need not record or report transfers of cards to the table. Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing this text: the sum of the number of pending draws for each gambler is greater than the number of cards in the deck, or that there are no cards in the deck with this text: there are no cards in the deck Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text: all heavy pending draws shall be deemed satisfied. with this text: all white chips shall be forfeited to the Pot. Create a rule titled "Gaining and Losing Chips" with this text: If the rules say that a player gains a chip, it is created in eir possession. Rumor and superstition have it that these chips come from a mystical place referred to in legend as The House, which is to be greatly feared by all gamblers. If the rules say that a player loses a chip, without specifying which chip e loses: (a) If e has at least one red chip, then one of eir red chips is forfeited to the Pot. (b) Otherwise, if e has at least one white chip, then one of eir white chips is forfeited to the Pot. (c) Otherwise, if e has at least one card, then the Deckmastor shall discard one of that player's cards at random. (d) Otherwise, the next chip e gains is immediately forfeited to the Pot. Change the name of Rule 2080 (Basic Draws) to "Chip Sources", and amend it to read: At the beginning of each month, each player gains three white chips and one red chip. Upon the adoption of a proposal, the author gains one white chip. A player who gains a Boon gains a red chip. A player who gains an Albatross loses a chip. Amend Rule 2049 (Ephemera) by removing this text: A Player who gains a Boon is considered to have drawn a free card for that boon. A Player who gains an Albatross loses a pending draw. Change the name of Rule 2120 (Satisfying Draws) to "Cashing In One's Chips", and amend it to read: The Pot is a site. A player may cash in one or more of eir chips by transferring them to the Pot. As soon as possible after e does so, the Deckmastor shall deal em a card for each non-forfeited chip. Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read: Whenever the Library's hand size plus number of chips is less than five, it receives a red chip. A player (the Borrower) may check out a specified card currently in the Library's hand for a fee (2 for Students, 1 for Faculty Members), upon which the card is transferred to the Borrower. The President of the University may discard any card in the possession of the Library without two objections. Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text: If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game, and is awarded the boon of Pokerface and the defined regular Patent Title Champion. with this text: If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game, and is awarded the boon of Pokerface, the defined regular Patent Title Champion, and a blue chip (non-transferrable) marked with the number of red and white chips in the Pot (after which the Pot is emptied). Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) by replacing this text: (i) Satisfy all satisfiable pending draws for that gambler and announce a pending hand reduction; (ii) Wait at least four days, during which e may not satisfy pending draws for that gambler; with this text: (i) Satisfy all requirements to deal cards to that gambler for cashed-in chips and announce a pending hand reduction; (ii) Wait at least four days, during which the gambler may not cash in any chips; Create a rule titled "Fees" with this text: A player plays a fee of X by cashing in X chips. These chips are forfeited. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-03-06 dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-03-18 fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-009 proposer: root seq_number: 4852 submit_date: 2006-03-01 submit_mid: <4405E0AF.8010501@udel.edu> title: The Black and Yellow Repeals * This proposal: * - Modifies the Library to use fees for checking out cards * - Fixes the Library's infinite draw bug * - Fixes the Library Renewal card bug * - Separates the Library and Card Labs from the University (and * shifts maintenance duties from the Speaker to the Deckmastor) * - Demolishes the rest of the University (apart from theses) Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read: The Library is a site. The Deckmastor is a limited executor of the Library. As soon as possible after the beginning of each quarter, the Deckmastor shall discard all cards in the possession of the Library. The Library then gains five pending draws. A player (hereafter the Borrower) may check out a specified card from the Library by paying a fee. The amount of the fee is 2 for Students and 1 for Faculty Members. Whenever a card is checked out from the Library, it is transferred to the Borrower. Amend the Onepower Cardbook by replacing the text reading: * Caption: Library Renewal Frequency: Rare Exploit: Indicate a positive integer less than 6. As soon as possible, the President of the University must randomly discard the indicated number of cards from the Library's hand, or all cards from the Library's hand, whichever is greater. with: * Caption: Library Renewal Frequency: Rare Exploit: Indicate a non-empty set of at most 5 cards in the possession of the Library. As soon as possible, the Deckmastor must discard the indicated cards from the Library's hand. The Library gains a number of pending draws equal to the number of indicated cards. The Library is hereby deemed to have exactly five pending draws. Amend Rule 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) by deleting the text "The University encourages Card experimentation." Amend Rule 2086 (The University of Agora) by renaming it "Education" and changing it to read: Education is a stuck player switch with values Student and Faculty Member. The Herald is the recordkeepor of education. As soon as possible after a player is awarded a degree, the Herald shall flip the education of that player to Faculty Member. Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) by appending the text: (iv) Each player's Education. Repeal Rule 2091 (The Office of Secretary of the University). Repeal Rule 2087 (Research Grants). Repeal Rule 2088 (The University Book Club). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-03-06 dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-03-18 fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-010 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4853 submit_date: 2006-03-02 submit_mid: title: Alternate Conclaves [V1.0 Changes from first version: Should be no different in effects, tightened language (for example, realized reasons for Speaker deregistering (e.g. lawlessness) could be generalized. Also, found that it could be written as two rules and not 3. Bonus: if we ever repeal the rule "Conclaves", "Church and State" on its own will put us back to Ur-Agora, where you became speaker by winning. ] [V0.1 Adds mechanism of Agoran consent for quick decisions, rewrites Conclaves with that mechanism, and fixes Conclave bugs that have turned up]. Create the following Rule, entitled "Agoran Consent" If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action with M supporters and without N objections, as long as M is greater than N. Amend Rule 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) by replacing: Any Player may add, delete, or amend a Scoring Instruction in the Blueprints Cardbook, with M support and without N Objections, where M is greater than or equal to N at the time the change is performed, and N is at least 1. with: Any Player may add, delete, or amend a Scoring Instruction in the Blueprints Cardbook, with Agoran Consent. Amend Rule 681 (Conditions for Conclavity) by changing its title to "Conclaves" and amending it to read: Agora exits from Conclave whenever a player becomes a pope. Agora enters into Conclave whenever there is no pope and one of the following triggering events occurs: (a) the Speaker resigns the Speakership, becomes inactive, or otherwise ceases to be Speaker without another player being installed as Speaker; (b) the success of a Call for Revolt is announced, and the Speaker was abiding at the time of the Call for Revolt, in which case the rebellious cardinals are the only qualified cardinals; (c) two or more cardinals simultaneously win the game, in which case these cardinals are the only qualified cardinals; (d) no pope has become Speaker for the past six months; or (e) a pope ceases to be pope without becoming Speaker. As soon as possible after Agora enters into conclave, the Associate Director of Personnel must announce the fact and publish a list of qualified cardinals. All cardinals are considered qualified unless specifically restricted by the particular triggering event. If Agora is already in conclave when a triggering event occurs, Agora remains in conclave, but the qualification of each cardinal is modified to reflect the more recent event. While Agora is in conclave, any player may make a qualified Cardinal into a pope, with Agoran consent. If the legality of this action is not challenged within seven days of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is subsequently found to be illegal. So there's always hope that you can be pope. Repeal Rule 786 (Default Procedure for Conclaves). Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is neither the current Speaker nor the Associate Director of Personnel. For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other players simultaneously winning, that cardinal may announce that e becomes a pope. Upon this announcement, that player becomes a pope, so please treat em right good forever. When a cardinal becomes a pope, any previous pope immediately ceases being a pope. Whenever a pope is not a cardinal, e immediately ceases being a pope. As soon as possible after a cardinal becomes a pope, the Associate Director of Personnel shall install that pope as Speaker, by announcement. Upon this announcement, if the player is still a pope, then the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker, and the pope is installed as the new Speaker and ceases to be a pope. This installation cannot be performed if there are unresolved challenges regarding the pope-ness of the player. If the legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is subsequently found to be illegal. If the office of ADoP is ever vacant, or the identity of its holder cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, then installation may be performed by any player by announcement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-05-03 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-011 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2006-03-02 submit_mid: title: Chamber fix [Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to unstall with support. In terms of crime, I don't generally like to add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the rules, so it didn't happen"). For good reasons, distributing a stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something against the rules just cause e can.] Amend Rule 1933 to read: Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and democratic. An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is stalled. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall immediately and automatically be set to democratic. If the Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the class 4 crime of Improper Debate. Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic without objection. The Speaker can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic with support. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-03-27 dist_mid: <20060327174620.9525.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2006-04-03 fate_mid: <44316F77.1070300@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-012 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4855 submit_date: 2006-03-24 submit_mid: <44234028.4DC1CA@earthlink.net> title: Fixing Your Turn Amend the Onepower Cardbook by appending the following text to the exploit of Your Turn: If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then this card has no effect. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-21 fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-013 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-04-03 submit_mid: <4430D5C6.6090905@socal.rr.com> title: Chip Repair Upon the adoption of this proposal, each gambler receives one white chip for each heavy pending draw and one red chip for each free pending draw that e had immediately before the adoption of Proposal 4851 (Chips). Amend Rule 1677 (Honoring the New) by replacing "free pending draws" with "red chips". Amend Rule 2074 (Flux) by replacing "nor may the Deckmastor satisfy pending draws for that hand" with "nor may e cash in chips". Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing "pending draws" with "white chips": Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) by removing "or pending draws". Amend Rule 2021 (Cards for Ex-Cards) by replacing "pending draw" with "white chip". Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) by replacing "pending draws" with "white chips". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-21 fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-014 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-04-03 submit_mid: <4430D5E6.4060008@socal.rr.com> title: Generalize Substitute Actors Create a rule titled "Substitute Actors" with this text: If an action is required to be performed as soon as possible, and any of the following is true, then any player may perform the action by announcement, unless a player has already done so. (1) The player required to perform the action has failed to perform it as soon as possible. (2) The requirement is attached to a position that is vacant, or whose holder cannot be determined via reasonable effort. Amend Rule 790 (Filling Vacant Offices) by removing this text: If a player required to initiate an election fails to do so as soon as possible, then any player may announce that the election has failed. Provided that this assertion is indeed correct, then upon this announcement the election fails. Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) by removing this text: If the office of ADoP is ever vacant, or the identity of its holder cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, then installation may be performed by any player by announcement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-21 fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-015 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-04-03 submit_mid: <4430D60C.1060409@socal.rr.com> title: Let the ADoP Do Eir Job (We don't need to prevent the ADoP from conducting eir own election. If e refuses to announce the results, then someone else may announce em.) Amend Rule 1558 (Defaults for Elections for Offices) by replacing this text: (a) If the election would be held to fill the office of Associate Director of Personnel, then the election shall be initiated by the Speaker; otherwise, it shall be initiated by the Associate Director of Personnel. with this text: (a) The election shall be initiated by the Associate Director of Personnel. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-09-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-09-20 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-016 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4869 submit_date: 2006-04-03 submit_mid: <4430D636.6080503@socal.rr.com> title: Pope Drew I (We don't need to prevent the ADoP from being a cardinal. If e attempts to install emself as Speaker while e is not actually a pope, then the installation is platonically unsuccessful.) Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) by replacing this text: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is neither the current Speaker nor the Associate Director of Personnel. with this text: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the Speaker. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-10 dist_mid: <20060510022358.308.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44711021.8060407@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-017 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4860 submit_date: 2006-04-03 submit_mid: <44316F77.1070300@udel.edu> title: Fixing Your Turn Amend the Onepower Cardbook by appending the following text to the exploit of Your Turn: If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then this card has no effect. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-07-21 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-018 proposer: OscarMeyr submit_date: 2006-04-09 submit_mid: <4439512F.E5E5B710@earthlink.net> title: Multi Independently Targeted Fixes If the proposal titled "Fixing Your Turn" was rejected, then amend the Onepower Cardbook by appending the following sentence to the exploit of Your Turn: If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then forfeit a chip. But if "Fixing Your Turn" passed, then remove the following text from R1664: set the initiative of each abiding player to Goethe, and }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-07-21 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-019 proposer: OscarMeyr submit_date: 2006-04-09 submit_mid: <4439512F.E5E5B710@earthlink.net> title: A Little Pay To Play If either "Fixing Your Turn" or "Multi Independently Targeted Fixes" was adopted -- but not both -- then amend R2019 by replacing the text reading: The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement With text reading: The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by paying a fee of X chips, where X is the number of players who have already cast votes on that Proposal. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-08 dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-020 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4856 submit_date: 2006-05-03 submit_mid: title: Winning rearranged [Cleans up the sillyness with 72 hours and "any particular moment" of winning. Makes repealing scoring instructions automatic on a win]. Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) to read: The Scoring Instructions contained in cardbooks, interpreted collectively, may define a nonsite gambler as holding a winning hand. Any Player may allege that a nonsite gambler holds a winning hand. The allegation is considered true if any nonsite gambler holds a winning hand at the time of the allegation. If the allegation is true, the following events occur in order, immediately upon the allegation being made: (i) All nonsite gamblers holding winning hands are deemed to win the game simultaneously, and are awarded the defined regular Patent Title Champion, five white chips, and a blue chip (non-transferrable) marked with the number of red and white chips in the Pot. (ii) The pot is emptied. (iii) All Scoring Instructions in the Blueprints Cardbook are repealed. (iv) All Players' hands become subject to a Hand Reduction to the Minimum Hand Size. If the allegation is false, the Deckmastor shall, as soon as possible, discard 1 card at random from the hand of the Gambler who made the allegation. If no true allegation of a winning hand or a Skunk has been made in the last six months, then any Gambler may allege a Skunk, which, if true, triggers the effects of (iii) and (iv) above. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-05-04 fate_mid: <445A5F75.4090904@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-021 proposer: root submit_date: 2006-05-03 submit_mid: <44593DBB.7090008@udel.edu> title: Emergency Chip Fix Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing the text: When a card is otherwise transferred from one gambler to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold the card and the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold the card. with: When a card or chip is otherwise transferred from one gambler to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold it and the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold it. and by replacing: A gambler may transfer a card e holds to another gambler by announcement, specifying the card to transfer and, if not discarding it, the gambler to receive the card. with: A gambler may transfer a card or chip e holds to another gambler by announcement, specifying the card or color of chip to transfer and, if not discarding it, the gambler to receive it. Amend Rule 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts) by replacing the text reading: 2. Transfer or discard cards. with: 2. Transfer or discard cards or chips. Upon adoption of this proposal, proposal 06-011 "Chamber Fix" becomes Democratic. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-08 dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-022 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4857 submit_date: 2006-05-03 submit_mid: title: Chamber fix [Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to unstall with support. In terms of crime, I don't generally like to add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the rules, so it didn't happen"). For good reasons, distributing a stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something against the rules just cause e can.] Amend Rule 1933 to read: Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and democratic. An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is stalled. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall immediately and automatically be set to democratic. If the Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the class 4 crime of Improper Debate. Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic without objection. The Speaker can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic with support. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-08 dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-023 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4858 submit_date: 2006-05-04 submit_mid: title: Streamlined hand reductions [Takes out requirements that draws be satisfied before reduction announced, and also the restriction against drawing. Also lengthens time between reductions but allows deckmastor to deal with shortages]. Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) to read: The Rules may declare that a nonsite Gambler's hand is subject to a Hand Reduction. A particular hand reduction must have a maximum hand size associated with it; if none is defined, the Maximum Hand Size in the Deckmastor's budget is used. As soon as possible after a requirement for a reduction arises, the Deckmastor shall: (i) Announce the pending hand reduction; (ii) Wait at least four days after the announcement; (iii) Discard cards at random from that Gambler's hand until eir hand size is equal to or less than maximum associated with the reduction. (iv) If a gambler loses no cards during a reduction, and has neither played nor transferred a card since the last reduction, the Deckmastor shall discard one card at random from the gambler's hand (if it has any cards). If a dispute on the gambler's hand size or pending draws is raised and not resolved prior to (iii), above, the Deckmastor shall not perform (iii) for that hand until the dispute is resolved. If no dispute is raised prior to (iii) being performed, then the reduction shall stand regardless of subsequent disputes. However, a Judge in such a dispute may Order the Deckmastor to perform further card transfers to resolve such disputes. If the Deckmastor knowingly reduces a hand incorrectly, e commits the Class 4 Crime of Card Thievery. If more than one hand reduction is pending for the same hand, then the Deckmastor need only perform the reduction for the reduction with the lowest associated maximum; this shall satisfy all pending reductions. At the beginning of each Quarter, every Player's hand becomes subject to a hand reduction to the maximum hand size in the Deckmastor's Budget plus the number of Offices (including the Speakership) that e holds. If at any time there are more unsatisfied pending draws then cards in the Deck and Discard Pile put together, the Deckmastor may announce a Shortage, with subjects every Player's hand to such a hand reduction. Add the following Card to the Onepower Cardbook: * Caption: I Fold Frequency: Rare Elements: Asleep[30], Costly[3] Exploit: Reduce your hand size to N by discarding one or more cards. Every Player becomes subject to a Hand Reduction to a maximum of N. The Quota for I Fold is hereby set to 2. Amend the Costly exploit in the Onepower cardbook to read: * Costly [ Y a nonnegative integer]: There is a fee of Y to play this card. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-08 dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-024 proposer: root seq_number: 4859 submit_date: 2006-05-04 submit_mid: <445A5F75.4090904@udel.edu> title: Chip Fix 1.1 // This version fixes cashing in chips by defining chip transfers // and creating a mechanism for cashing in chips. Arbitrary chip // transfers are still not permissible due to lack of a mechanism // for doing so. This sentence is here to even up the paragraph. Amend Rule 2120 (Cashing in One's Chips) to read: The Pot is a site. Cashing in one or more chips is synonymous with transferring them to the Pot. A player may cash in one or more of eir chips by announcement. As soon as possible after e does so, the Deckmastor shall deal em a card for each non-forfeited chip cashed in. Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing the text: When a card is otherwise transferred from one gambler to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold the card and the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold the card. with: When a card or chip is otherwise transferred from one gambler to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold it and the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold it. Amend Rule 2123 (Fees) to read: A player plays a fee of X by cashing in X chips and indicating the fee to be paid. These chips are forfeited. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-22 dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-30 fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com> pool_number: 06-025 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4861 submit_date: 2006-05-11 submit_mid: title: The Speaker is Proclaimed by The People [Conflict of interest between ADoP and Speaker removed. For separation of powers, automatic retirement of ADoP and CotC upon becoming speaker is unchanged for now]. [Differs from Murphy's Pope Drew I. Pope Drew I protects against an ADOP who tries to make a pope illegally, but does not protect against an ADOP who refuses to announce a pope.] Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the current Speaker. For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other players simultaneously winning, that cardinal may announce that e becomes a pope. Upon this announcement, that player becomes a pope, so please treat em right good forever. When a cardinal becomes a pope, any previous pope immediately ceases being a pope. Whenever a pope is not a cardinal, e immediately ceases being a pope. Any Player who is not a pope may install the pope as Speaker, by announcement. Upon this announcement, if the announced player is still a pope, then the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker, and the pope is installed as the new Speaker and ceases to be a pope. This installation cannot be performed if there are unresolved challenges regarding the pope-ness of the player. If the legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is subsequently found to be illegal. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-22 dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-30 fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com> pool_number: 06-026 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4862 submit_date: 2006-05-16 submit_mid: <446A624D.6F93D2DA@earthlink.net> title: Update "Everybody Gets One" Amend the Exploit of the card Everybody Gets One in the Blueprint Cardbook by replacing the sentence: Gain one draw for each card you give away, plus one draw for playing this card. With the sentence: Gain one white chip for each card you give away, plus one white chip for playing this card. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-05-22 fate_mid: <44713003.6090409@udel.edu> pool_number: 06-027 proposer: root submit_date: 2006-05-21 submit_mid: <44710EBA.10404@udel.edu> title: Fix Rubberstamps Amend Rule 2045 (Adoption Indices) by replacing the sentence: Once the voting period for a decision has begun, the adoption index of that decision can only be changed by the Speaker's veto. with: Once the voting period for a decision has begun, the adoption index of that decision can only be changed by the Speaker's veto or rubberstamp. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-05-22 dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-05-30 fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com> pool_number: 06-028 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4863 submit_date: 2006-05-22 submit_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu> title: Chamber fix [Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to unstall with support. In terms of crime, I don't generally like to add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the rules, so it didn't happen"). For good reasons, distributing a stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something against the rules just cause e can.] Amend Rule 1933 to read: Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and democratic. An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is stalled. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall immediately and automatically be set to democratic. If the Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the class 4 crime of Improper Debate. Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic without objection. The Speaker can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to democratic with support. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-21 fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-029 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-07-24 submit_mid: <44C32710.9010509@socal.rr.com> title: Fifty-Two Card Pick-Up Repeal the following rules: 2068 (The Deckmastor) 2112 (Deckmastor's Budget) 2113 (Card Constraints) 2114 (Card Definitions) 2115 (Cards of Power) 2116 (Onepower Cardbook) 2069 (Card Actions) 2106 (Playing Cards) 2074 (Hand Flux) 2075 (Winning Hands) 2083 (Hand Reductions) 2080 (Chip Sources) 2120 (Cashing In One's Chips) 2121 (Cards for Ex-Cards) 2122 (Gaining and Losing Chips) 2123 (Fees) 1932 (Shareholders and the Corporation) 2089 (Gardner Library) 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts) Amend Rule 1664 (Rebellion) by replacing this text: (4) set the initiative of each abiding player to Goethe, and return all stock cards held by abiding players to the Deck; (5) retire each abiding electee from office; and (6) flip each rebellious player's orthodoxy to abiding; with this text: (4) retire each abiding electee from office; and (5) flip each rebellious player's orthodoxy to abiding; Repeal Rule 1933 (A Proposal's Chamber). Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) by replacing this text: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a non-ordinary proposal is one. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is the sum of: (a) one; (b) eir Share Holdings; and (c) the minimum of three and the number of Share cards in the Deck, if e is the Deckmastor. with this text: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a proposal is one, but this may be modified by other rules. Rename Rule 2019 (The Speaker's Veto) to "The Speaker's Rubberstamp", and amend it to read: The Speaker may Rubberstamp a Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Quorum for a rubberstamped proposal is three, other rules governing quorum nonwithstanding. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-21 fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-030 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2006-07-24 submit_mid: <44C450F8.9000501@socal.rr.com> title: Clarify Multiple Appeals Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) by replacing this text: A subject is Appealed when any of the following occurs: with this text: A subject that is not currently Appealed becomes Appealed when any of the following occurs. and by appending this text: If the subject has been previously Appealed, then it only becomes Appealed if one of these things occurs after the last time it was Appealed. Players should only re-Appeal a subject with good reason, e.g. a new line of argument, or a previous line of argument that was not addressed. Amend Rule 2026 (Appellate Determinations) by replacing this text: If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the subject of the Appeal is sustained. Otherwise, it is overturned. The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever Appelate Orders are necessary to enforce its determination. with this text: If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the subject of the Appeal is sustained. Otherwise, it is overturned. In either case, the subject ceases to be Appealed. The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever Appelate Orders are necessary to enforce its determination. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-08-03 dist_mid: <20060803193650.24339.qmail@periware.org> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2006-08-14 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-031 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4864 submit_date: 2006-07-25 submit_mid: title: The Argent Tincture Repeals [Greatly simplifies patent titles and especially degrees, no more university] The Rule Category 'Patent Titles and Degrees' is hereby created. All Rules amended by this Proposal are placed in this new category. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) to read: A Patent Title is a legal item of recognition of a person's distinction. When a Patent Title is awarded to a person, that person is said to Bear that Patent Title. When a Patent Title is revoked from a person, that person ceases to Bear that Patent Title. The status of Bearing a Patent Title can only be changed as explicitly set out in the Rules. As soon as possible after the Rules state that a Patent title shall be awarded or revoked, the Herald shall publicly award or revoke that Patent Title. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) to read: The following are Patent Titles: (a) Scamster, which may be awarded to any Player who has shown great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating of scams. This title may not be declined, retracted, or revoked. (b) A Patent Title (non-unique) now will Be known as "Bard", and granted those with wit. In order for one Title to be filled, A level of Support must call for it. Three players to a fourth may grant this name If these three write as 1, with 2 Support. A current Bard may also grant the same, Provided that a second Bard's a sport. And so we don't the name of Bard debase, A Player with 3 Supporters can conspire To (from a Bard), this Title to erase: Or Bard (plus 2 Bards) make a Bard retire. But lest we ruin some poor minstrel's fun No bard will be dis-bard for eir bad pun. (c) Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, Nine Months Long Service, Twelve Months Long Service, to be awarded to any player who has held a particular Office continuously for the specified duration. Each of these titles shall be awarded only once per player. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) to read: A Patent Title is only a Degree if it is specifically made such by a Rule. Persons may come to Bear Degrees only as specified in the Rules. Once a person Bears a Degree, e shall keep that Degree forever. This Rule takes precedence over any Rule specifying default properties of Patent Titles. The following Degrees are hereby made legal: - Associate of Nomic (A.N.) - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.) - Master of Nomic (M.N.) - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N. Hist) - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N. Sci) - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil) Degrees shall be ranked in the order they appear in this Rule, with Degrees listed latest in the Rule being ranked higher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1370 (How to Get a Degree) to read: A person becomes a Candidate for a Degree when e publishes a Thesis along with a statement explicitly indicating that the Thesis is being submitted with the intent to qualify for a particular degree. A Thesis (plural: Theses) is an essay whose topic is any facet of Agora Nomic, or Nomic in general. The Candidate shall choose a Player other tham emself to be the first member of eir Thesis Committee, called eir Chair, with the Chair's consent. If the Speaker is neither the Chair nor the Candidate, the Speaker shall appoint a Player who is neither the Chair nor the Candidate to be the second Committee member. Otherwise, the the Clerk of the Courts shall so appoint. The two Committee members shall then select, by mutual consent, a third person who is not the Candidate to be the third Committee member. The Committee shall examine the Candidate and eir Thesis to determine eir qualifications for the Degree. The Chair of the Thesis Committee may award that Degree to the Candidate if and only if: * the Candidate has satisfied all prerequisites in the Rules for the award of that Degree; * a majority of members of the Thesis Committee agree that the Thesis is worthy of the Degree to be granted. Attention should be paid to the originality and strength of the work, as well as the extent of the work with regard to the expectations of the particular degree. The committee may award a lesser degree if appropriate; and * fewer than seven years have passed since that Committee was formed. Each Committee Member may publish a Commentary for the Thesis. The Rulekeepor shall retain a copy of each Thesis that has resulted in a degree, along with all such Commentaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1044 (Unique Patent Titles) Repeal Rule 2049 (Ephemera) Repeal Rule 2086 (Education) Repeal Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) Repeal Rule 1368 (The Legal Degrees) Repeal Rule 2092 (Honorary Degrees) Repeal Rule 1369 (Theses) Repeal Rule 2044 (Awardable Degrees) Any and all empty Rule Categories are hereby deleted. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-14 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-032 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2006-07-25 submit_mid: title: The Red Tape Repeals [Cut bureaucracy to 5: Speaker, Herald, Promotor, Rulekeepor, CotC. (assumes cards are killed elsewhere). Turns elections into actions of Agoran Consent. Simplifies some wording in Proposals section, eliminates chambers, makes Speaker the vote collector in place of the Assessor] The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read: If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action by announcement if all of the following are true: (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action, unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at least four days and no more than fourteen days before attempting to perform the action; (b) at least one other player has announced (and not withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent was published; and (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the action since the intent was published. ====================================================================== Offices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 103/1 (Power=3) The Speaker May Not Deregister At any time, there is exactly one Player who is the Speaker. The Speaker may not deregister or be deregistered for any reason, any other Rule to the contrary notwithstanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the current Speaker. For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other players simultaneously winning, then any player may announce that the winning cardinal becomes a pope. Upon this announcement, that player becomes a pope, so please treat em right good forever. Also upon this announcement, the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker, and the new pope is installed as the new Speaker. If the legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is subsequently found to be illegal. Rules to the contrary nonwithstanding, if a Player becomes Speaker via this method, e may not be removed from the Speakership for 90 days without eir own consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) to read: The Rules may designate positions to be offices. No office may be held by more than one player. Each office that would otherwise not be held by any player shall be held by the Speaker, unless it is not possible for the Speaker to hold that office. The holder of an office may be referred to by the name of the office. The Herald shall list the holder of each office, and the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office. Any Player may make an active Player the holder of an office, thus removing any previous holder from the office, with Agoran Consent, provided: (a) that office has not changed hands with this method in the previous 30 days, and (b) the potential officer consents to hold the office after the announcement of intent is made. If no attempt to acheive Agoran Consent for changing the holder of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. If the duty of an office is to maintain certain information, than the officer shall publish that information once a month, or as soon as possible after a substantial change occurs in the information or the officer receives a request for the information. A weekly report shall be sufficient to satisfy these last two requirements. If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order to perform a certain offical duty, than the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AMEND Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read: An officer is permitted to ratify, without objection, an official report e produced and was required to maintain by virtue of holding that office. The Speaker is permitted to ratify, without objection, any official report. When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. A document's maintainer shall annotate all publications of that document with the date of its most recent ratification. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) to read: The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of the History of Agora and its players. The Herald's Weekly Report shall include the following: (i) A list of each Patent Title and Degree that at least one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it. (i) a list of all registered players, with their nicknames, if any, and listed email addresses; (iv) the most recent date on which each registered player registered; (v) the current Officers and their dates of service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1051/17 (Power=1) The Rulekeepor The Rulekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for maintaining the text of the rules of Agora. The Rulekeepor's Weekly Report shall include the Short Logical Ruleset. The Rulekeepor's Monthly Report shall include the Full Logical Ruleset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) to read: There is a format of the ruleset known as the Short Logical Ruleset (SLR). In this format, each rule is assigned to a category, and the rules are grouped according to their category. Rules are assigned to, ordered within, or moved between categories, and categories are added, changed, or empty categories removed, as the Rulekeepor sees fit. The listing of each rule in the SLR must include the rule's number, revision number, power, title, and text, and must also include any annotations to the rule required by order. The Rulekeepor is strongly encouraged not to include any additional information in the SLR, except that which increases the readability of the SLR. There is a format of the ruleset known as the Full Logical Ruleset (FLR). In this format, rules are assigned to the same category and presented in the same order as in the SLR. The FLR must contain all the information required to be in the SLR, and any historical annotations which the Rulekeepor is required to record. The Rulekeepor is also free to include any other information which e feels may be helpful in the use of the ruleset in the FLR. Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeeper shall record a historical annotation to the rule indicating the type of change, the date on which the change took effect, the mechanism which specified the change, and if the rule was changed due to a proposal, a reference to that proposal, its proposer, and any coauthors explicitly named in that proposal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 889/13 (Power=1) The Clerk of the Courts The Clerk of the Courts (CotC) is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing Calls for Judgement (CFJs) and Appeals. The CotC's Bi-Weekly Report shall include the following: (i) Each Player's Orientation. The CotC's Monthly Report shall include the Stare Decisis, which is a list of past CFJs. The following information shall be included for each CFJ: (i) its statement; (ii) the date on which it was called; (iii) its outcome (if any) on Judgement; and (iv) its outcome (if any) on Appeal. Whenever a CFJ is made, the CotC shall add it to the list. E may, at eir discretion, add earlier CFJs. E may Without Objection remove any CFJ e deems no longer relevant from the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) to read: The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing proposals. The Promotor is permitted to distribute a proposal in the Proposal Pool at any time. During each week, the Promotor must distribute each proposal in the proposal pool which was in the Proposal Pool at the beginning of the week. The Promotor legally distributes a proposal by publishing it accompanied by an explicit indication that it is being distributed. When a proposal is distributed, it is removed from the Proposal Pool. The distribution of a proposal initiates the Agoran decision of whether to adopt the proposal, as described elsewhere. The Promotor shall include with the distribution of each proposal the identity of its proposer, the proposal's coauthors, if any, its chamber, and its adoption index. However, the failure of the Promotor to include any of these with a proposal does not deprive the distribution of the proposal of any legal effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1450 (Judicial Separation) by renaming it 'Separation of Powers', increasing its power to 2, and amending it to read: The Speaker, Clerk of the Courts, and Promotor are mutually exclusive offices. A Player holding one of these offices may not come to simultaneously hold another of them, unless there are no other Players in the game eligible. This Rule takes precedence over any other Rule that governs offices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 910 (The Justiciar) Repeal Rule 2023 (Submitting a CFJ to the Justiciar) Repeal Rule 2098 (Power=1) May Day Repeal Rule 1686 (Power=1) Official Reports Repeal Rule 1431 (Power=1) Claims of Error Repeal Rule 559 (The Registrar). Repeal Rule 1919 (Power=2) Installing Officers through Proposal Repeal Rule 1555 (Power=1) Electees and Removal from Office Repeal Rule 1556 (Power=1) Terms of Service for Offices Repeal Rule 1758 (Power=1) Holding an Office in Perpetuity Repeal Rule 880 (Power=1) Resignation Repeal Rule 1764 (Modes of Nomination) Repeal Rule 1645 (Power=1) Temporary Delegation of Office Repeal Rule 790 (Power=1) Filling Vacant Offices Repeal Rule 1486 (Power=1) Procedure for an Orderly Witch Hunt Repeal Rule 1665 (Power=1) Abuse of Responsibility Repeal Rule 1585 (Power=2) Official Duties upon Officer Change Repeal Rule 1553 (Power=1) Officer Transition Repeal Rule 1664 (Power=2) Rebellion Repeal Rule 1988 (Power=2) Bastille Day Repeal Rule 1840 (Power=2) Political Status Repeal Rule 1975 (Power=1) The Associate Director of Personnel Repeal Rule 1940 (Power=1) Periodic Compensations Repeal Rule 1932 (Power=2) Shareholders and the Corporation Repeal Rule 947 (Power=1) Bonus for Repeal Repeal Rule 2095 (Power=1) The Assessor's Boon Duties Repeal Rule 2111 (Power=1) Hard Ruleset Limits Repeal Rule 2118 (Power=1) Nominations for Election Repeal Rule 1445 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections Repeal Rule 1558 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections for Offices Repeal Rule 1957 (Power=1) Budgets Repeal Rule 1958 (Power=1) Nominating with Budgets Repeal Rule 1659 (Power=1) The Right to Call Elections Repeal Rule 1485 (Titles for Rules) Repeal Rule 1430 (Mandatory Rule Annotations) Repeal Rule 514 (Keep the Registrar Informed of Your Address) Repeal Rule 1670 (The Distributor) Repeal Rule 2073 (Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?) Repeal Rule 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts) Repeal Rule 681 (Conclaves) ====================================================================== Agoran Decisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 693 (Power=3) Agoran Decisions to read: When the rules calls for an Agoran decision to be made, the decisionmaking process takes place in the following three stages, each described elsewhere: (a) Initiation of the decision. (b) Voting of the people. (c) Resolution of the decision. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) to read: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. To be valid, this notice must contain the following information: (a) The matter to be decided (for example, "the adoption of proposal 4781"). (b) A description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to enable public agreement on which persons are eligible. In particular, an explicit list of the eligible voters is always sufficient for this purpose. (c) The identity of the vote collector. (d) Any additional information required by the rules for this announcement. The publication of such a valid notice initiates the voting period for the decision. By default, the voting period lasts for seven days. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 683/12 (Power=3) Voting on Agoran Decisions An eligible voter on a particular Agoran decision submits a ballot to the vote collector by publishing a valid notice indicating which one of the available options e selects. To be valid, the ballot must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the voting period for the decision. (b) The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided. (c) The ballot clearly identifies the option selected by the voter. (d) The voter has not publicly retracted the ballot during the voting period. The strength of an option is the number of valid ballots selecting that option. Other rules may place further constraints on the validity of ballots. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would loosen the constraints specified by this rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2117/0 (Power=3) Replacing the Vote Collector If the rules indicate that an office is to be responsible for collecting votes on a particular Agoran decision, then the holder of that office is the default vote collector for that decision. The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is tardy if and only if the voting collector has continuously held that role for at least seven days following the end of the voting period and the decision has not yet been resolved. If a vote collector is tardy, then the first player to announce that e takes up the role of vote collector becomes the vote collector for that decision. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would allow the vote collector for an Agoran decision to be changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a democratic proposal is always one and cannot be changed. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is one, if not explicitly modified by other rules. After the voting period for an Agoran decision has ended, the vote collector shall permit the first valid ballots submitted by an eligible voter to remain valid, up to a number equal to that person's voting limit on that decision as determined when the voting period for that decision began, and shall invalidate all subsequent ballots submitted by that voter on that decision. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 208/3 (Power=3) Resolving Agoran decisions The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is authorized to resolve that decision, and does so by publishing a valid notice which states that the matter has been resolved, indicating the option selected by Agora. To be valid, this notice must satisfy the following conditions: (a) It is published after the voting period has ended. (b) It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. (c) It clearly identifies the options available. (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. Each Agoran decision shall have at most one vote collector at a time. The identity of the vote collector is set by the message initiating the decision, and can only be changed as specified by other rules with power at least as great as that of this rule. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) to read: To determine which option on a particular Agoran decision was selected by Agora, the vote collector shall perform the following steps in order after the voting period has ended. (a) E shall invalidate any ballots which the rules require em to invalidate, and no others. (b) E shall count the number of distinct voters who submitted ballots which remain valid. If this number is less than the quorum and there is more than one available option, then the option selected by Agora is FAILED QUORUM. Otherwise, the decision achieved quorum. (c) If the decision is whether to adopt a proposal, e shall determine the voting index as follows: (1) if the strength of FOR is positive and the strength of AGAINST is zero, then the voting index is Unanimity; but (2) if the strength of FOR is zero, then the voting index is zero; otherwise, (3) the voting index is the ratio of the strength of FOR to the strength of AGAINST. If the voting index exceeds one and meets or exceeds the adoption index of the decision, and if further quorum was achieved, then the option selected by Agora is ADOPTED. Otherwise, the option selected by Agora is REJECTED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 879/22 (Power=2) Quorum The quorum for an Agoran decision is one third the number of eligible voters, rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless there are fewer than five eligible voters, in which case the quorum level is the number of eligible voters). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2034/2 (Power=3) Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges Any proposal that, as all or part of its effect, would change the validity of one or more of a voter's ballots on an Agoran decision whose voting period has begun but which has not yet been resolved shall be wholly without effect, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. Once an Agoran decision has been resolved, no ballots on that decision may be validly submitted or retracted, and the outcome of the decision may not be changed in any way, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as preventing the correction of errors in reporting the resolution of an Agoran decision. If the success of the resolution of an Agoran decision is not challenged within one week from the time the vote collector announces it, then the announced result is the true result of that decision, even if it would otherwise be in error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting) ====================================================================== Proposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) to read: A proposal is a document outlining changes to be made to Agora, including enacting, repealing, or amending rules, or making other explicit changes to the gamestate. A player submits a proposal by publishing it with a clear indication that it is intended to become a proposal, which places the proposal in the Proposal Pool. The proposer of a proposal may remove it from the Pool by announcement. Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal, and the vote collector is the Speaker. The default adoption index of a proposal is one. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of 1 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED, then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect. It does not otherwise take effect. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would permit a proposal to take effect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1698/0 (Power=3) The Proposal System Is Protected It must always be possible to adopt Proposals within a 4 week period. Any change to the game state which would result in this condition becoming false is cancelled and does not take place, any Rule to the contrary notwithstanding. No enactment, repeal, or amendment of the text or substantive properties of a Rule may have retroactive application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 105 (What Is a Rule Change?) to be called "Rule Changes" and amend it to read as follows: A proposal generally can, as part of its effect: (a) Enact a rule. When a rule is enacted, the Rulekeepor shall assign it a number, which must be greater than any number previously assigned. If the enacting proposal does not specify the power, the rule shall have power equal to one. If the proposal specifies the power, then the rule shall have power equal to the minimum of four, the power of the proposal, and the power specified by the proposal. If the title is not specified, the Rulekeepor may select any title e sees fit. (b) Modify the power, title, or text of a rule. A Proposal can modify the power, title, or text of a rule with power no greater than its own. However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have power greater than its own. Any ambiguity in a modification specified by a proposal causes that modification to be void and without effect. A variation in whitespace or capitalization in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. (c) Repeal a rule. When a proposal repeals a rule, it ceases to be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record of it. This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be enacted, modified, or repealed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1891/0 (Power=1) Legislative Orders (a) A Proposal may contain one or more Orders. (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, are deemed to have been executed by that Proposal, and are deemed to have been executed as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. (c) Legislative Orders may not be stayed, vacated, or amended except: (1) by a subsequent Legislative Order; (2) by a Judicial Order issued only after a judicial finding that the Proposal containing the Legislative Order was not adopted, was barred from taking effect, or was invalid; or (3) by the Clerk of the Courts, but only for the purpose of staying such an Order during the pendency of a dispute which might reasonably lead to a judicial finding of the sort mentioned in subdivision (c)(2) of this Rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2019/5 (Power=2) The Speaker's Veto The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Whenever a proposal is vetoed, its quorum is set to the current number of eligible voters on that proposal plus one, other rules governing quorum notwithstanding. As soon as possible after a vetoed proposal fails quorum, the Assessor shall place a copy of that proposal to the Proposal Pool. When e does so, that copy shall become distributable and democratic, and its adoption index shall be increased by one. The Speaker may Rubberstamp an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Quorum for a rubberstamped ordinary proposal is three, other rules governing quorum nonwithstanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 594 (Enactment of Rules) Repeal Rule 1322 (Modification of Rules) Repeal Rule 2119 (Repeal of Rules) Repeal Rule 1483 (Definition of Proposals) Repeal Rule 1003 (No Coercive Proposals) Repeal Rule 108 (When May Rule Changes Take Effect?) Repeal Rule 1770 (Distributing Proposals) Repeal Rule 1774 (Discarding Proposals from the Pool) Repeal Rule 1449 (The Assessor) Repeal Rule 1933 (A Proposal's Chamber) Repeal Rule 2045 (Adoption Indices) Repeal Rule 1952 (Making Proposals Distributable) Repeal Rule 1690 (Power of New Rules) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-14 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-033 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2006-07-25 submit_mid: title: The Constitutional Repeals [Changes some basic definitions of Who We Are and How Things Work. Some shortening, more reorganizing, not a huge amount]. The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. ====================================================================== The Game of Agora ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2105/1 (Power=1) The Map of Agora ____ _ /| DARWIN -> \_ |/ | / \ __/ / | | <- DSV / / | \ _ \ \_ | \ MORNINGTON CRESCENT -> / | <- GOETHE BARRIER REEF _ _/ | \_/\_/ \ / \\ <- SHARK BAY | | / | | \ <- TOWNSVILLE ___/ | | \_ __/ | | | / | | \ / O <- SHERLOCK NESS | |/\ | | | |_ | | | EMERALD -> \ \ |__________=_____, \ / | | | <- BRISBANE \ O <- LT. ANNE MOORE | __ _\ \ | |_______/ \/ | | __/\ <- TARCOOLA / LORD HOWE -> \ __/ \_ / / PERTH -> | _ __/ | /| IVANHOE -> | <- WOLLONGONG / _/ \/ \ / / | / |_ / <- ESPERANTO v /__ |_ / <- CANBERRA \_/ \ | \_ _| __ __ | | \__/ __ \ / __ \___=_ ___| / \ | / \ MANUBOURNE -> \/ \|/ _,.---v---._ /\__ /\__/\ / \ | | \_ _/ / \ | / \ \_| @ __| \_/ <- HOBART \ \_ \ ,__/ / ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read: The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights or privileges. Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or remove a person's defined rights. A person's defined privileges are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding agreement to the contrary. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or privileges. i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt. ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not regulated. iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to a binding agreement. The absense of a person's explicit, willful consent shall be considered a refusal. v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has not had the reasonable opportunity to view. vi. Every person has the right of participation in the fora. vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once for any single action or inaction. viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister rather than continue to play. Please treat Agora right good forever. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enact a rule entitled 'Regulation Regulations', with a power of 3 and the following text: An action is regulated if: (a) the action is prohibited; (b) the rules indicate that if certain conditions are satisfied, then some player is permitted to perform the action; (c) the action would, as part of its effect, modify information for which some player is required to be a recordkeepor; (d) the action would, as part of its effect, make it impossible to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players; or (e) the courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1688/2 (Power=3) Power The power of an entity is a natural number, which is zero unless otherwise defined or modified according to procedures defined by the rules. An instrument is an entity with positive power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1482/1 (Power=3) Precedence between Rules with Unequal Power In a conflict between Rules with different Power, the Rule with the higher Power takes precedence over the Rule with the lower Power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1030/4 (Power=3) Precedence between Rules with Equal Power If two or more Rules with the same Power conflict with one another, then the Rule with the lower Number takes precedence. If at least one of the Rules in conflict explicitly says of itself that it defers to another Rule (or type of Rule) or takes precedence over another Rule (or type of Rule), then such provisions shall supercede the numerical method for determining precedence. If all of the Rules in conflict explicitly say that their precedence relations are determined by some other Rule for determining precedence relations, then the determinations of the precedence determining Rule shall supercede the numerical method for determining precedence. If two or more Rules claim to take precedence over one another or defer to one another, then the numerical method again governs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2110/0 (Power=3) Win by Paradox If the legality of an action cannot be determined with finality, or if by a Judge's best reasoning, not appealed within a week of eir Judgement, an action appears equally legal and illegal, then the Speaker shall award the Patent Title of Champion to the first Player to publicly note that condition. The Herald shall record that this Title was achieved "by paradox" in eir report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) to read: WHEREAS, in June 1993, the world's only MUD-based nomic, Nomic World, had recently collapsed; yet, many of its players enjoyed nomic and did not wish to forego such a noble pursuit; And WHEREAS, Originator Chuck Carroll therefore composed an Initial Ruleset for an email nomic, based on the Initial Rulesets of Peter Suber, inventor of Nomic, and on the Rulesets of Nomic World and other nomics, And WHEREAS, a nomic thus rose like a phoenix from the ashes of Nomic World, played on the mailing list originally set up for discussion of Nomic World, and coming into existence at June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200, with a message sent by FIRST SPEAKER Michael Norrish, which read, in part, "I see no reason to let this get bogged down; there are no precedents or rules that cover this situation, so I think we may as well begin directly.... Proposals for new rules are invited. In accordance with the rules, these will be published, numbered and distributed by me at my earliest convenience." And WHEREAS, this nomic began as a humble and nameless nomic, known unofficially as yoyo, after the mailing list it was played on, until its Players, much later, gave it its OFFICAL NAME of Agora, And WHEREAS, Agora has now become the wisest, noblest, eldest, and most interesting of all active email nomics, due to the hard work and diligence of Agorans as well as the frequent advice of Agoraphobes, And WHEREAS, Agorans desire to joyously commemorate Agora's founding, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year, and as soon as possible after the end of Agora's Birthday, the Herald shall award the boon of celebration to each Player who, during Agora's Birthday, publicly recognizes this Grand Event. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1020 (Name Is Agora) Repeal Rule 2039 (Ought implies can) Repeal Rule 1513 (Authority of Non-Rule Entities) Repeal Rule 104 (First Speaker) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== Players and Entities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1586/2 (Power=2) Definition and Continuity of Entities No two Rule-defined entities shall have the same name or nickname. If the Rules defining some entity are repealed or amended such that they no longer define that entity, then that entity along with all its properties shall cease to exist. If the Rules defining an entity are amended such that they still define that entity but with different properties, that entity and its properties shall continue to exist to whatever extent is possible under the new definitions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 869/17 (Power=1) How to Join and Leave Agora A person who is not currently registered as a player and is not prohibited from registering is permitted to register. A person registers or deregisters by announcement. Whenever a person registers, e becomes a player. Whenever a player deregisters or is deregistered, e ceases to be a player and is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1789/3 (Power=1) Cantus Cygneus Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously by the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part of it, e may submit a document to the Clerk of the Courts, clearly labeled a Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and expressing eir reproach for those who e feels have treated em so badly. As soon as possible after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish this document along with a Writ of Fugere Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the Player to be deregistered and instructing the Herald to note the method of deregistration for that Player in subsequent Herald Reports, as long as the Player remains deregistered. The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and the notation in the Herald's Report will ensure that, henceforth, all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of FAGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1677 (Honoring the New) Repeal Rule 1976 (Honoring the Old) Repeal Rule 1016 (Activity Levels) Repeal Rule 2036 (The Silent Treatment) ====================================================================== Definitions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by setting its power to 3, and amending it to read: Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that No Player shall be prohibited from participating in the Fora. A Forum's Publicity may be either null, Discussion, or Public (default null). A forum's publicity may not be changed except as described in this rule. The Herald may change the publicity of a forum without objection as long as: (a) e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and (b) if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which the Herald makes that forum public is sent to all existing public fora. Each active player should ensure e can receive messages via each public forum. The Herald's report shall include a list of all public or discussion fora and sufficient data regarding each to allow players to receive messages via that medium. The Herald need not keep track of null fora. A message is public if and only if it is sent via a public forum or is sent to all players and contains a clear designation of intent to be public. A player "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. A player performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that e performs it. A player performs an action "by private message" to some player by sending an appropriate private message to the specified player. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMEND Rule 754 (Freedom of Communication) by renaming it "Definition Definitions", setting its power to 3, and amending it to read: Regularity of communication being essential for the healthy function of any nomic, it is hereby resolved: (1) A difference in spelling, grammar, or dialect, or the use of a synonym or abbreviation in place of a word or phrase, is inconsequential in all forms of communication, as long as the difference does not create an ambiguity in meaning. (2) A term explicitly defined by the Rules shall be interpreted as having that meaning, as shall its ordinary-language synonyms not explicitly defined by the rules. (3) Any term primarily used in mathematical or legal contexts, and not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule, shall be interpreted as having the meaning it has in those contexts. (4) Any term not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule shall be interpreted as having its ordinary-language meaning. This rule takes precedence over any other rules which dictate terminology or grammar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1023 (Definition of "As Soon As Possible") by renaming it "Common Definitions" and amending it to read: The following terms are defined: - Agoran days begin at midnight GMT. Agoran weeks begin at midnight GMT on Monday. Agoran months begin at midnight GMT on the first day of each Gregorian month. Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January, April, July, and October begin. Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January begins. - A requirement to perform an action "as soon as possible" is a requirement to perform the action within seven days. - The term "number" shall be interpreted as "real number". - The term "random" shall mean a choice drawn with a process whose probability distribution among the possible outcomes is reasonably close to that required by the Rules, using a uniform distribution if not otherwise specified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1728/11 (Power=2) Dependent Actions An action is dependent, or may be performed dependently, if and only if it is an Action Without N Objections or an Action With N Supporters, where N is a nonnegative integer. The phrase "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection", and the phrase "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". A player may publicly announce eir intent to perform an unambiguously described dependent action. A player may perform a previously unambiguously described dependent action if and only if: (a) no more than fourteen days have passed since the announcement of intent to perform the action; (b) if the action to be performed is an Action Without N Objections, at least four days have passed since the announcement made under (a) of this rule; (c) either the player who attempts to perform the action is the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule, or (1) the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule did so by a privilege or duty granted em by virtue of holding a rules-defined position; and (2) the player who attempts to perform the action is the holder of that position when e attempts to perform the action; (d) the rules explicitly authorise the player to perform the action dependently; (e) during the time between the announcement made under (a) of this rule and the attempt to perform the action, (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections to the performance of the action; or (2) if the action is to be performed With N Supporters, at least N players other than the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule have publicly posted support for the performance of the action; (f) the announcement made under (a) of this rule specifies whether the action is to be performed Without N Objections or With N Supporters, unless the rules either do not permit the action to be performed Without N Objections or do not permit the action to be performed With N Supporters; and (g) e announces that e performs the described action. A dependent action is not performed until announced as in (g). A player who posts an objection to the performance of an action may publicly retract eir objection. If e does so, e shall be deemed not have posted an objection to the performance of that action for the purposes of (e)(1) of this rule. The specification in the rules that an action may be performed dependently does not prohibit performing that action independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible. A rule authorising the performance of a dependent action may restrict the eligibility of players to support or object to that specific action. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read: If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action by announcement if all of the following are true: (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action, unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at least four days and no more than fourteen days before attempting to perform the action; (b) at least one other player has announced (and not withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent was published; and (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the action since the intent was published. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1769 (Holidays) to read: A Holiday is a period of time designated as such by the Rules. During a Holiday, no Proposal may be distributed by the Promotor, nor may any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion be published by the Clerk of the Courts; however, if any of the above do take place during the Holiday in violation of this Rule, this Rule does not deprive them of their usual effects. If some Rule requires that an action be done prior to a given time, and that given time falls during a Holiday, or within the 72-hour period immediately following that Holiday, then that action need not be done until 72 hours after that Holiday ends. If some Rule bases the time of a future event upon the time of another event, or requires that a Player perform some action within some time of another event, and that other event occurs during a Holiday, the time at which the Holiday ends shall be used instead for the purpose of determining the time of the future event or of the time by which the Player must perform the specified action. This Rule takes precedence over all Rules pertaining to the timing of events, and over all Rules which require Players to perform events before a specified time. The period each year from midnight GMT on the morning of 24 December to the beginning of the first Agoran week to begin after 2 January is a Holiday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1750/1 (Power=1) Read the Ruleset Week The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February is Read the Ruleset Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 459 (Agoran Epochs) Repeal Rule 2040 (Switches) Repeal Rule 1527 (Unsnarling Tangles) Repeal Rule 1478 (Executors and Limited Executors) Repeal Rule 1079 (Definition of "Random") Repeal Rule 1787 (April Fool's Day) Repeal Rule 1870 (Merry Christmas, Agora, And A Happy New Year!) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-08-14 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-034 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2006-07-25 submit_mid: title: Judicial Reform [Major philosophical change: Crimes and Infractions become a matter of Contract Law. Not much shorter (a little)]. The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. ====================================================================== Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read: The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights or privileges. Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or remove a person's defined rights. A person's defined privileges are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding agreement to the contrary. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or privileges. i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt. ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not regulated. iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to a binding agreement. The absense of a person's explicit, willful consent shall be considered a refusal. v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has not had the reasonable opportunity to review. vi. Every person has the right of participation in the fora. vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once for any single action or inaction. viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister rather than continue to play. Please treat Agora right good forever. ====================================================================== Contract Law ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1742 (Agreements between Players) to read: Players may make agreements among themselves with the intention that such agreements will be binding; i.e. that they become parties to the agreement and agree to be bound by the agreement. A CFJ that alleges that a specific person (the Defendant) has broken an agreement is a Civil CFJ, for which the Caller is the Plaintiff. A CFJ that is not a Civil CFJ is a General CFJ. If the judge of a Civil CFJ finds that the agreement was entered into with the intention that the agreement be binding, and that the agreement has in fact been broken, then e may do any or all of the following: (i) order the defendant to perform according to the agreement or perform substitute acts that would fairly serve the interests of the agreement; (ii) order the other parties of the agreement to perform such acts as may be necessary to preserve fairness and justice; (iii) order that additional ("punitive") penalties or actions be applied to the defendant, if and only if the agreement in question explicitly specifies punitive penalties for the type of breach. If a Civil CFJ is called by anyone who is not party to that agreement, then it lacks standing and shall be dismissed. A Civil CFJ that specifies multiple defendants, or multiple independent breaches of contract, is improperly made and shall be dismissed. Nothing in this rule shall be construed so as to impair the enforcement of an agreement which requires a Player to violate another agreement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions) by naming it "Rules Violations", setting its Power to 3, and amending it to read: In general, the Rules shall be adjudicated as if the Rules were a binding agreement between all Players, entered into by every player as a part of becoming a Player. An actual or alleged Rule violation shall be treated as the violation of a binding agreement to be bound by the Rule or Rules in question. The proposal, fora, and registration processes shall, prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and privileges with respect to making and changing the agreement to be bound by the rules. Other rules may further differentiate the treatment of rules violations from the treatment of violations of other types of agreements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increase the power of Rule 2109 (Agoran Contracts) to 2 and amend it to read: There exists a type of binding agreement known as Agoran Contract. An Agoran Contract may only be created or amended by a Proposal and becomes effective when the Proposal takes effect. Unless otherwise specified in the Rules, all Players are bound by Agoran Contracts and no Player may leave an Agoran Contract while remaining a Player. The Proposal process shall, prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and privileges with respect to agreements. All Rules regulating Contracts that are inconsistent with this Rule are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. The CotC is required to keep track of all Agoran Contracts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1626 (Applications) to read: An Application is any document, which has been submitted as an Application by some person, to a Player designed by the Rules to receive Applications of that particular type. The submittor is known as the Application's Sponsor. The Sponsor of an Application may attach the signatures of other persons, or signatories, to the Application at the time e submits it. The Sponsor may not attach any signature to an Application without first having obtained the explicit consent of the signatory. A signatory may revoke eir consent, once granted, by informing the Sponsor before submission. Signatures are presumed to have been attached with the consent of the signatory. This presumption shall be rebutted only by a declaration from the alleged signatory, made within 60 days of the submission of the Application, stating that the signatory did not consent or that e consented and then subsequently revoked eir consent. The Sponsor bears the burden of proof to show that such a declaration, once made, is false. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts) Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance) ====================================================================== Rule Violations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders) to read: Upon a finding in a Civil CFJ that the defendant has broken one or more Rules, the Trial Judge must execute exactly one of the following types of sentencing orders as punitive damages: (1) Without Objection and with 1 Support, an order the defendant to make a formal apology; (2) Without 2 Objections and with 2 Supporters, an order for the defendant to perform a specified service for the benefit of the Agoran community proportinate to the seriousness of the breach; (3) An order for the Herald to place the defendant in the Chokey for a number of months equal to the power of the highest powered Rule that was broken; (4) If and only if the trial judge finds the defendant to to have acted willfully in breaking the rules, an order for the Herald to place the defendant in the Chokey for twice number of months equal to the power of the highest-powered Rule that was broken; (5) If and only if the judge finds the defendant to have acted egregiously, maliciously, or with a consistent pattern of abuse, with Agoran Consent, an order for the Registrar to deregister the defendant in disgrace (make em lawless). An order to be made lawless is automatically appealed upon its initial execution. These punishments are considered ranked with "worse" punishments being later in the list. If an attempted sentencing order does not receive the proper support or receives too many objections, the trial judge must execute another type of sentencing order. No other punitive damages may be assessed for Rules violations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 908 (Formal Apologies) to read: A sentencing order may require a defendant (hereafter the Ninny) to publish a Formal Apology. A Formal Apology must be at least 200 words, and must explain the Ninny's error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement. Furthermore, the Order to Apologize may include up to ten Prescribed Words of the Judge's choice, all of which must appear in the Formal Apology. A defendant must obey an Order to Apologize within 72 hours of its execution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions) to be called "Dishonor Rolls" and amend it to read: When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey, e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey". This title shall be automatically revoked after a length of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald shall announce the revokation. If a sentencing order is executed against a defendant who already holds this title, the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be added to the time left on any previous ones. A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for lawlessness. A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald. A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long as e is no longer in Disgrace. A non-player may have this title revoked by Agoran Consent. The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons in particular types of disgrace. The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate the disgrace. When this Proposal takes effect, all persons who were fugitives when this proposal was adopted are hereby awarded the patent title Fugitive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes) Repeal Rule 1812 (Notices of Infraction) Repeal Rule 1814 (Timing of Penalties for Crimes and Infractions) Repeal Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions) Repeal Rule 2017 (Blots) Repeal Rule 1714 (Lawlessness) ====================================================================== Calling for Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 991 (Invoking Judgement) to read: Any person may request formal resolution of a dispute pertaining to this Nomic by submitting a Call for Judgement (CFJ) to the Clerk of the Courts. The submission of a CFJ constitutes proof of the existence of such a dispute. A CFJ should be a single clearly-labeled Statement whose truth or falsity can be determined using logical reasoning, assuming perfect knowledge. A CFJ may be accompanied by Arguments, Evidence, or other related material; the Judge is encouraged, but not required, to take notice of these things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 897 (Barring Players from Judgement) to be called "Court Procedure" and amend it to read: The Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of a CFJ, along with any additional material submitted by the Caller and the Defendant if any (including but not limited to Arguments and Evidence), no later than the time e announces the identity of the first Judge assigned to that CFJ. When a Civil CFJ is submitted, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of the CFJ and send a copy of the CFJ to the Defendant's registered e-mail address, if any, and inform the Defendant that e has one week to publish a defense and/or bar a Player from judging as described below. The CotC will not assign a Civil CFJ to a judge until one week has passed since after a publication. During this time, any evidence or arguments, published or submitted to the CotC by the Defendant with the clear intent of being part of a defense, will become part of the material of that CFJ. A Player Barred from Judging a CFJ is ineligible to Judge that CFJ. When submitting a general CFJ, the Caller may Bar up to three Players from Judging that CFJ. The defendant of a Civil CFJ is automatically barred from judging it. The Plantiff may bar one other Player when e submits the CFJ. The Defendant may bar one other Player from judging any time before the CFJ is assigned to a judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) to read as follows: Linked CFJs are multiple Calls for Judgement that are submitted in a single message and clearly labelled as Linked CFJs. The Clerk of the Courts shall assign a Judge to a set of Linked CFJs, as if they were a single CFJ. The Judge must be eligible to Judge each of the Linked CFJs, and is simultaneously assigned as Judge of each of the Linked CFJs. A Judge (the first judge) may transfer a CFJ to a second judge by announcement, thus linking the first and second CFJs and unlinking the first CFJ with any it was previously linked to, with the second judge's consent and provided the second judge has not been barred or recused from the first CFJ. The Judge of a set of Linked CFJs shall submit eir Judgement of each of those CFJs in a single message. If one or more Linked CFJs beyond the first are unrelated in subject matter to the first, then a Trial Judge may remand those CFJs to the Clerk of the Courts; e ceases to be Judge of those CFJs. If a Trial Judge is recused from a Linked CFJ, then it ceases to be Linked to any other CFJ. If a Trial Judge is recused from two or more Linked CFJs in a single message, or if a Trial Judge is simultaneously and automatically recused from two or more Linked CFJs, then those CFJs continue to be Linked to each other, but not to any other CFJs to which the Judge is still assigned. A CFJ made by a person who has previously made five or more CFJs during the same Agoran Week is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts may dismiss any Excess CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1562 (Excess CFJs). Repeal Rule 2025 (Transfer of Jurisdiction). ====================================================================== Selecting a Judge ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1868 (Selecting a Judge) to read: A CFJ is open if it has not been Judged, or if an outstanding judicial motion pertaining to it has been neither granted nor denied. A CFJ is closed if it is not open. As soon as possible after becoming aware that an open CFJ has no Judge assigned to it, the Clerk of the Courts shall choose a Player eligible to Judge it, and announce them as its Trial Judge. That Player remains the Trial Judge of that CFJ until e is recused from it or becomes ineligible to Judge it. Other rules may explicitly delay the timing requirement of making assignments, for example with respect to providing the Defendant with response time in a Civil CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 698 (Always an Eligible Judge) to read: (a) Each active player is eligible to judge a given Call for Judgement (CFJ), unless a rule specifically makes em ineligible. (b) If the Clerk of the Courts is required to select a Judge, but after taking all other rules affecting eligibility into account, no player is eligible to judge that CFJ, then: (1) all non-barred players become eligible to judge that CFJ; then (2) if there is still no player eligible to judge, then all barred players, other than the caller emself, become eligible to judge that increasingly annoying CFJ; then (3) if there is still no player eligible to judge, then don't panic. Somebody's bound to register someday; let em deal with it. (c) This rule takes precedence over other rules concerning who is and is not eligible to judge CFJs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1871 (Turns for All) to read: Whenever a player is selected as Trial Judge of a CFJ, e becomes turned. Turned players are ineligible to be Trial Judge of any future CFJs. When a player registers, e is considered turned. Whenever an open CFJ has no Trial Judge assigned to it, and there are no players eligible to be assigned, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish a Notice of Rotation, specifying at least one such CFJ. Upon such an announcement, all turned players become unturned. The CotC may turn a player e expects to judge CFJs slowly or not at all, without 2 objections. If the Clerk of the Courts errs in good faith by selecting a Player to Judge a CFJ or Appeal who is not eligible to judge that CFJ or Appeal solely because e is turned, then that selection shall stand, unless the Clerk of the Courts points out eir error and makes a new selection before the selected Player returns Judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 2032 (Errors in Judge Selection) Repeal Rule 1567 (Making Oneself Ineligible to Judge a CFJ) Repeal Rule 1568 (Non-active Judges) ====================================================================== Delivering Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 591/18 (Power=1) Legal Judgements The Judge of a CFJ Judges it by submitting eir Judgement to the Clerk of the Courts. "Decision", "Finding", and "Response" are unambiguous synonyms for "Judgement". For a Trial Judge, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: TRUE, FALSE, or DISMISSED. As soon as possible after receiving a Judgement, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish it, along with any arguments, evidence, or other material included with the Judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 408 (Late Judgement) to read: For each Judge assigned to a CFJ, eir Deliberation Period begins when the Clerk of the Courts announces eir assignment, and lasts seven days; eir Overtime Period begins when eir Deliberation Period ends, and lasts seven days. During a Judge's Overtime Period, if e has not yet Judged the CFJ, then the Clerk of the Courts may recuse em by announcement. Upon the end of a Judge's Overtime Period, if e has not yet Judged the CFJ, then the Clerk of the Courts shall recuse em by announcement as soon as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increase the power of Rule 217 (Judgements Must Accord with the Rules) to 3 and amend it to read: All Judgements must be in accordance with the Rules; however, if the Rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the Statement to be Judged, then the Judge shall consider game custom, common sense, past Judgements, and the best interests of the game before applying other standards. When a Judge is considering eir Judgement of a Statement contained in a CFJ, e shall make eir evaluation based on the truth or falsity of the Statement at the time the CFJ was issued. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1575 (Standards of Proof) to read: Unless otherwise specified, all Judgements shall be consistent with the preponderance of the evidence. A defendant may not be assessed punitive damages for Rules Violations any worse than a formal apology, unless a Judge finds that evidence for the violation is beyond a reasonable doubt. The published Report of an Officer constitutes prima facie evidence of the truth of those matters reported therein which that Officer is required by law to report. This presumption may be set aside only by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1565/10 (Power=1) Dismissal of a CFJ A Judgement of DISMISSED should be delivered if and only if one or more of the following is true: i) The CFJ does not contain a single clearly-identified Statement. ii) After a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, the Judge can neither determine the Statement to be true nor determine it to be false. iii) The Statement does not relate to a matter relevant to the Rules. iv) The CFJ lacks standing, as defined elsewhere. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1803/2 (Power=1) Judicial and Sentencing Orders Judicial Orders and Sentencing Orders are executed by being sent to the Clerk of the Courts, but do not take effect until their publication by the Clerk of the Courts. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish each Judicial Order and Sentencing Order as soon as possible after receiving it from the Judge who executed it. Any Player may formally request a Judge issue any Judicial Order by filing a motion requesting that Order. If granted, the Judge shall issue the Order requested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1826 (Motions) to read: A Motion is a formal request made by a Player to the Judge of a CFJ. A Motion is made by submitting it to the Clerk of the Courts, clearly identifying the CFJ to which the Motion applies. The Clerk of the Courts shall forward each properly-filed Motion to the Judge of the CFJ to which the Motion applies as soon as possible after receiving it. A Judge must either grant or deny each Motion so forwarded within five days of receiving it. A Judge grants or denies a Motion by sending eir determination on that Motion to the Clerk of the Courts, along with any reasons e chooses to provide. The effect of granting a Motion depends on its nature, but generally amounts to requiring the Judge to perform as requested by the Motion. Upon receipt of a Judge's determination on a Motion, the Clerk shall note the determination made and the reasons, if any, on the record of the CFJ, and shall notify the Player who made the Motion of that determination. If a Judge fails to Grant or Deny a Motion within five days of when it was forwarded to em by the Clerk of the Courts, the Clerk of the Courts shall Recuse the Judge and assign a new one as usual. If a Motion is made after a case is closed, and the original Judge of that case is not active or is not a player, then a new Judge shall be assigned to the case as usual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1509/4 (Power=1) Orders to Compel Upon a judicial finding that a Player has failed to perform a duty required of em by the Rules, the Judge so finding shall execute an Order, requiring that Player to perform that duty as soon as possible. Such an Order is known as an Order to Compel. If the duty in question arises because the Player in question holds a specific Office or other position of official responsibility, the Order shall be directed to that Office or position. If the Player holding that Office fails to perform the duty in question as ordered, the Judge shall Order that that Player be removed from Office or position. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1830/2 (Power=1) No Compulsion of Judges Any Order to Compel directed to a Judge, or requiring the performance of a duty required of a Player because that Player is a Judge, is invalid, unless that Order is a valid Appellate Order. Any CFJ alleging that a Judgement is incorrect, or that a Judge has failed to perform a judicial duty, lacks standing. Such a claim should instead be pursued via Appeal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 789 (Orders to Annotate Rules) to read: The Judge of any CFJ, the Statement of which alleges that a Rule should be interpreted in a certain way, which is judged TRUE, may, at eir discretion, issue an Order requiring the Rulekeepor to annotate the Rule in question with the Statement of that CFJ. Such an annotation, while it exists, shall guide application of that Rule. The Rulekeepor may remove such an annotation only if that Rule is repealed; if required to do so by a valid Order; or if the original Order to annotate is amended, stayed, or vacated. The Rulekeepor may vacate an Order to annotate a Rule Without Objection. Annotations to a Rule may not be modified in any way except as specified in this Rule. If a Player believes that an annotation is no longer pertinent, e may file, in the original CFJ from which the Order of Annotation arises, a Motion to Vacate the Order of Annotation. If such a Motion is granted, the Judge granting it shall Order the original Order Vacated and shall Order the Rulekeepor to remove the annotation in question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1365 (Concurring and Dissenting Opinions) to read: Two or more players may submit a Concurring or Dissenting Opinion for a given CFJ trial or appeals decision, via a single application to the Clerk of the Courts signed by all submittors. The opinion must include reference to the CFJ and the particular judgement or appeals decision to which it applies and be accompanied by reasons or arugments for the opinion. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish any properly submitted Opinion and append it to the text of the legal judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1768 (Evidentiary Status of Officer Reports) Repeal Rule 451 (Determination of Judgement--Timing) Repeal Rule 502 (Salary for Judges) Repeal Rule 1827 (Granting or Denying Motions) ====================================================================== Overturning Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) to read: The following are subject to Appeal: a) The Judgement of a Trial Judge. b) The grant or denial of a Motion. c) The execution of a Judicial or Sentencing Order. d) A claim that a Trial Judge has failed to perform a required judicial duty. A subject is Appealed when any of the following occurs: i) Three Players Appeal it. ii) A Player Appeals a Judicial or Sentencing Order binding em. iii) A Player Appeals a Trial Judgement convicting em of a Crime. A single subject (e.g. a specific judgement, motion, or order) may only be appealed once. As soon as possible after an Appeal is initiated, or a Player becomes or ceases to be an Appellate judge, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce the event. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 911 (The Board of Appeals) to read: When an Appeal is initiated, a Board of Appeals shall be selected to reach a decision about the subject of the Appeal. A Board of Appeals consists of three Appellate Judges. Any Judge assigned according to this Rule is an Appellate Judge. A Board of Appeals is selected when the Clerk of the Courts correctly announces the identity of all Appellate Judges, determined as follows: a) The Speaker is selected, if eligible. b) The Clerk of the Courts is selected, if eligible. c) Any remaining positions are filled by selection by the Clerk of the Courts from all remaining eligible Players. A Player is ineligible for selection if any of the following is true: i) E has already been selected for that Board. ii) E has been dismissed from that Board. iii) E has been Trial Judge of the subject of the Appeal. iv) E is ineligible to Judge the CFJ at the time of selection. An Appellate Judge may appoint another eligible Player as eir replacement by informing the Clerk of the Courts, provided the Player consents. As soon as possible after an Appellate Judge is recused, the Clerk of the Courts shall randomly select an eligible Player to replace em. The last Appellate Judge selected is the Lead Judge for that Board. If the Lead Judge is replaced, then the replacement becomes Lead Judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1447 (Final Judgement upon Appeal) to read: For an Appelate Judge assigned to the Appeal of a Judgement, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: SUSTAIN, REVERSE, REASSIGN, or REMAND. For the appeal of other matters, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: SUSTAIN or OVERTURN. Other Rules may modify this based on the subject of the Appeal. If a Judgement of TRUE or FALSE is Appealed, the Board of Appeals shall consider the correctness of that Judgement. If a Judgement of DISMISSED is Appealed, the Board shall not consider the truth or falsity of the original CFJ; they shall only consider whether a Judgement of DISMISSED should have been delivered. If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the subject of the Appeal is sustained. Otherwise, it is overturned. The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever Appelate Orders are necessary to enforce its determination. When a Judgement is overturned: a) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REVERSE, then the CFJ shall be treated as if it were Judged normally, with the Judgement being that which a majority of the Appelate Judges agree on. b) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REASSIGN, then the original Judgement is ignored, the original Judge is recused, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to a new Judge in the same fashion as it was originally assigned. The new Judge cannot make the same Judgement as the original Judge for the same reason. c) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REMAND, then the original Judgement shall be ignored, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to the original Judge as if it were being originally assigned. The Judge may not make the same Judgement for the same reason. d) If none of the above is true, then the CFJ shall be reassigned as described above. As soon as possible after all members of a Board of Appeals have submitted eir Judgement, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce that this has happened. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1804 (Appeal of Judicial and Sentencing Orders) to read: As soon as possible after a Judicial Order or Sentencing Order is Appealed, the Clerk of the Courts shall stay it. If the Appeal is sustained, then the Board of Appeals shall vacate this stay as soon as possible. If the Appeal is overturned, then the Board of Appeals shall vacate the stayed Order as soon as possible. In the Appeal of a Judicial Order or Sentencing Order, the Board of Appeals shall consider whether the Order was properly and validly executed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule (Appellate Orders) to read: Appellate Orders are executed by being sent to the Clerk of the Courts by the Lead Judge of a Board of Appeals, but do not take effect until their publication by the Clerk of the Courts. The Lead Judge must certify in the execution that the order is executed by the concurrence of the majority of the Justices comprising that Board of Appeals; failure to do so deprives the Order of effect. Appellate Orders are not subject to appeal. However, upon a judicial finding that the required certification was falsely provided, the Clerk of the Courts shall vacate the Order which was accompanied by that false certification. Appellate Orders are valid only if addressed to: a) The Clerk of the Courts in eir Official capacity; b) an Order issued by the Clerk of the Courts in eir Official Capacity; c) The Judge of the CFJ which that Board of Appeals was convened to consider, or any Order issued by that Judge in that particular CFJ; or d) any combination of the above. All other Appellate Orders are presumptively invalid. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish each Appellate Order as soon as possible after receiving it from the Board of Appeal which executed it. This Rule takes precedence over all Rules pertaining to the validity of Appellate Orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1570 (Announcement of Appeal) Repeal Rule 2026 (Appellate Determinations). Repeal Rule 1693 (Appeal of a Judgement). Repeal Rule 1806 (No Appeal of Appellate Orders) Repeal Rule 1807 (Validity of Appellate Orders) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== Orders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1793 (Orders) to read: An Order is a command, executed by a player and directed to some entity requiring that entity to perform exactly one action, or to refrain from performing one or more actions. An Order may be directed to the holder of an official position in eir capacity in that official position, and if the position changes hands before the Order is satisfied, the duty to abide by the Order automatically attaches to the new holder of that position. An Order may also be directed at a prior order so as to affect the prior order's operation, as the Rules permit. All Orders executed in the manner prescribed by the Rules for their class are presumed valid and enforceable until proven otherwise by CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1794 (Classes of Orders) to read: Each Order is of exactly one of the following classes. If an Order could be of more than one of these classes, then it is of the first class that matches. (a) A Legislative Order is an Order executed as part of the effect of the adoption of a Proposal. (b) An Appellate Order is an Order executed by a Board of Appeals. (c) A Judicial Order is an Order executed by a Judge in the course of performing eir duties or privileges as Judge. (d) A Timing Order is an Order which may be executed by any person and directed at any entity. A timing order is valid if and only if it orders the entity to perform, as soon as possible, a duty specifically required of em by the Rules that does not otherwise have a specified timing requirement, or for which the otherwise specified timing requirement will have been exceeded as soon as possible after the Order is executed. No other types of Orders are valid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1795 (Order Timing) to read: An Order may specify the time limit for the performance of an ordered action. If a time limit is less than 72 hours after the Order takes effect, the time limit shall be 72 hours. If no time limit is specified, time limit shall be as soon as possible after the Order takes effect. If an Order which commands the performance of an action is directed to an Office or other position of authority, and the holder of that position of authority changes after the Order takes effect, but before the Order is satisfied, then the current holder shall have as soon as possible to satisfy that order. The noncompliance of an order with this Rule does not deprive that order of all effect, but instead modifies the timing requirements of the order. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1799 (Stay and Vacation of Orders) to read: The effect of staying an Order is to temporarily prevent the stayed Order from having any effect. A stay may be specified to expire after a fixed time. If no specification is made in the Order to Stay, the stay shall not expire. When the stay expires or is vacated, the previously stayed order again has effect as if it had been originally executed at the moment the stay ceases to be effective. However, if at the time the staying Order expires or otherwise ceases to have effect, the stayed Order has been vacated or is subject to another staying Order, it does not regain effect. The effect of vacating an Order is to permanently deny the vacated Order from having any effect. Vacating an Order to Vacate reinstates the ability of the vacated Order to have effect, as of the moment the Order to Vacate is itself vacated. Any Order may always be stayed or vacated by the Player (or, in the case of Appellate Orders, Board of Appeal) who executed it. Certain classes of Orders may be stayed or vacated in other circumstances as well, but only as the Rules allow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1810 (Satisfying Orders) to read: An Order requiring an entity to perform an action is satisfied when that entity performs that action. Other Rules may define other ways for Orders to be satisfied. Except when otherwise specified, a single action can result in the satisfaction of at most one Order. If an action would satisfy more than one Order, and no other specification is made, the Action satisfies the oldest Order which it would satisfy. Willfully performing contrary to valid orders, either through action or inaction, is a violation of this Rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-09-06 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-09-20 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-035 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4870 submit_date: 2006-08-12 submit_mid: <44DD9AE8.2060704@socal.rr.com> title: Five Is Right Out Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) by replacing each instance of "five" with "three". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2006-08-20 dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-08-28 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-036 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4865 submit_date: 2006-08-14 submit_mid: title: The Lion Rampant Repeals [Same as previous proposal, with numbers in poem spelled out] [Greatly simplifies patent titles and especially degrees, no more university] The Rule Category 'Patent Titles and Degrees' is hereby created. All Rules amended by this Proposal are placed or moved into this new category. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) to read: A Patent Title is a legal item of recognition of a person's distinction. When a Patent Title is awarded to a person, that person is said to Bear that Patent Title. When a Patent Title is revoked from a person, that person ceases to Bear that Patent Title. The status of Bearing a Patent Title can only be changed as explicitly set out in the Rules. As soon as possible after the Rules state that a Patent title shall be awarded or revoked, the Herald shall publicly award or revoke that Patent Title. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) to read: The following are Patent Titles: (a) Scamster, which may be awarded to any Player who has shown great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating of scams. This title may not be declined, retracted, or revoked. (b) A Patent Title (non-unique) now will Be known as "Bard", and granted those with wit. In order for the Title to be filled, A level of Support must call for it. Three players to a fourth may grant this name If these three write as one, with two Support. A current Bard may also grant the same, Provided that a second Bard's a sport. And so we don't the name of Bard debase, A Player with three Supporters can conspire To (from a Bard), this Title to erase: Or Bard (plus two Bards) make a Bard retire. But lest we ruin some poor minstrel's fun No bard will be dis-bard for eir bad pun. (c) Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, Nine Months Long Service, Twelve Months Long Service, to be awarded to any player who has held a particular Office continuously for the specified duration. Each of these titles shall be awarded only once per player. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) to read: A Patent Title is only a Degree if it is specifically made such by a Rule. Persons may come to Bear Degrees only as specified in the Rules. Once a person Bears a Degree, e shall keep that Degree forever. This Rule takes precedence over any Rule specifying default properties of Patent Titles. The following Degrees are hereby made legal: - Associate of Nomic (A.N.) - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.) - Master of Nomic (M.N.) - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N. Hist) - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N. Sci) - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil) Degrees shall be ranked in the order they appear in this Rule, with Degrees listed latest in the Rule being ranked higher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1370 (How to Get a Degree) to read: A person becomes a Candidate for a Degree when e publishes a Thesis along with a statement explicitly indicating that the Thesis is being submitted with the intent to qualify for a particular degree. A Thesis (plural: Theses) is an essay whose topic is any facet of Agora Nomic, or Nomic in general. The Candidate shall choose a Player other tham emself to be the first member of eir Thesis Committee, called eir Chair, with the Chair's consent. If the Speaker is neither the Chair nor the Candidate, the Speaker shall appoint a Player who is neither the Chair nor the Candidate to be the second Committee member. Otherwise, the the Clerk of the Courts shall so appoint. The two Committee members shall then select, by mutual consent, a third person who is not the Candidate to be the third Committee member. The Committee shall examine the Candidate and eir Thesis to determine eir qualifications for the Degree. The Chair of the Thesis Committee may award that Degree to the Candidate if and only if: * the Candidate has satisfied all prerequisites in the Rules for the award of that Degree; * a majority of members of the Thesis Committee agree that the Thesis is worthy of the Degree to be granted. Attention should be paid to the originality and strength of the work, as well as the extent of the work with regard to the expectations of the particular degree. The committee may award a lesser degree if appropriate; and * fewer than seven years have passed since that Committee was formed. Each Committee Member may publish a Commentary for the Thesis. The Rulekeepor shall retain a copy of each Thesis that has resulted in a degree, along with all such Commentaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1044 (Unique Patent Titles) Repeal Rule 2049 (Ephemera) Repeal Rule 2086 (Education) Repeal Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) Repeal Rule 1368 (The Legal Degrees) Repeal Rule 2092 (Honorary Degrees) Repeal Rule 1369 (Theses) Repeal Rule 2044 (Awardable Degrees) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-08-20 dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-08-28 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-037 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4868 submit_date: 2006-08-14 submit_mid: title: Red Tape Repeals 2.0 [Minor Wording changes from Maud from v1.0 to 2.0] [Cut bureaucracy to 5: Speaker, Herald, Promotor, Rulekeepor, CotC. (assumes cards are killed elsewhere). Turns elections into actions of Agoran Consent. Simplifies some wording in Proposals section, eliminates chambers, makes Speaker the vote collector in place of the Assessor] The Rulekeepor is hereby requested to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read: An entity that may perform an action with Agoran Consent can do so by announcement if all of the following are true: (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action, unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at least four days and no more than fourteen days before attempting to perform the action; (b) at least one other player has announced (and not withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent was published; and (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the action since the intent was published. ====================================================================== Offices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 103/1 (Power=3) The Speaker May Not Deregister At any time, there is exactly one Player who is the Speaker. The Speaker may not deregister or be deregistered for any reason, any other Rule to the contrary notwithstanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read: A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the current Speaker. For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other players simultaneously winning, then any player may announce that the winning cardinal becomes a pope. Upon this announcement, that player becomes a pope, so please treat em right good forever. Also upon this announcement, the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker, and the new pope is installed as the new Speaker. If the legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is subsequently found to be illegal. Rules to the contrary nonwithstanding, if a Player becomes Speaker via this method, e may not be removed from the Speakership for 90 days without eir own consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) to read: The Rules may designate positions to be offices. No office may be held by more than one player. Each office that would otherwise not be held by any player shall be held by the Speaker, unless it is not possible for the Speaker to hold that office. The holder of an office may be referred to by the name of the office. The Herald shall list the holder of each office, and the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office. Any Player may make an active Player the holder of an office, thus removing any previous holder from the office, with Agoran Consent, provided: (a) that office has not changed hands with this method in the previous 30 days, and (b) the potential officer consents to hold the office after the announcement of intent is made. If no attempt to acheive Agoran Consent for changing the holder of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. If the duty of an office is to maintain certain information, than the officer shall publish that information once a month, or as soon as possible after a substantial change occurs in the information or the officer receives a request for the information. A weekly report shall be sufficient to satisfy these last two requirements. If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order to perform a certain offical duty, than the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AMEND Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read: An officer is permitted to ratify, without objection, an official report e produced and was required to maintain by virtue of holding that office. The Speaker is permitted to ratify, without objection, any official report. When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. A document's maintainer shall annotate all publications of that document with the date of its most recent ratification. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) to read: The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of the History of Agora and its players. The Herald's Weekly Report shall include the following: (i) A list of each Patent Title and Degree that at least one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it. (ii) a list of all registered players, with their nicknames, if any, and listed email addresses; (iii) the most recent date on which each registered player registered; (iv) the current Officers and their dates of service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1051/17 (Power=1) The Rulekeepor The Rulekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for maintaining the text of the rules of Agora. The Rulekeepor's Weekly Report shall include the Short Logical Ruleset. The Rulekeepor's Monthly Report shall include the Full Logical Ruleset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) to read: There is a format of the ruleset known as the Short Logical Ruleset (SLR). In this format, each rule is assigned to a category, and the rules are grouped according to their category. Rules are assigned to, ordered within, or moved between categories, and categories are added, changed, or empty categories removed, as the Rulekeepor sees fit. The listing of each rule in the SLR must include the rule's number, revision number, power, title, and text, and must also include any annotations to the rule required by order. The Rulekeepor is strongly encouraged not to include any additional information in the SLR, except that which increases the readability of the SLR. There is a format of the ruleset known as the Full Logical Ruleset (FLR). In this format, rules are assigned to the same category and presented in the same order as in the SLR. The FLR must contain all the information required to be in the SLR, and any historical annotations which the Rulekeepor is required to record. The Rulekeepor is also free to include any other information which e feels may be helpful in the use of the ruleset in the FLR. Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeeper shall record a historical annotation to the rule indicating the type of change, the date on which the change took effect, the mechanism which specified the change, and if the rule was changed due to a proposal, a reference to that proposal, its proposer, and any coauthors explicitly named in that proposal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 889/13 (Power=1) The Clerk of the Courts The Clerk of the Courts (CotC) is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing Calls for Judgement (CFJs) and Appeals. The CotC's Bi-Weekly Report shall include the following: (i) Each Player's Orientation. The CotC's Monthly Report shall include the Stare Decisis, which is a list of past CFJs. The following information shall be included for each CFJ: (i) its statement; (ii) the date on which it was called; (iii) its outcome (if any) on Judgement; and (iv) its outcome (if any) on Appeal. Whenever a CFJ is made, the CotC shall add it to the list. E may, at eir discretion, add earlier CFJs. E may Without Objection remove any CFJ e deems no longer relevant from the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) to read: The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing proposals. The Promotor is permitted to distribute a proposal in the Proposal Pool at any time. During each week, the Promotor must distribute each proposal in the proposal pool which was in the Proposal Pool at the beginning of the week. The Promotor legally distributes a proposal by publishing it accompanied by an explicit indication that it is being distributed. When a proposal is distributed, it is removed from the Proposal Pool. The distribution of a proposal initiates the Agoran decision of whether to adopt the proposal, as described elsewhere. The Promotor shall include with the distribution of each proposal the identity of its proposer, the proposal's coauthors, if any, its chamber, and its adoption index. However, the failure of the Promotor to include any of these with a proposal does not deprive the distribution of the proposal of any legal effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1450 (Judicial Separation) by renaming it 'Separation of Powers', increasing its power to 2, and amending it to read: The Speaker, Clerk of the Courts, and Promotor are mutually exclusive offices. A Player holding one of these offices may not come to simultaneously hold another of them, unless there are no other Players in the game eligible. This Rule takes precedence over any other Rule that governs offices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 910 (The Justiciar) Repeal Rule 2023 (Submitting a CFJ to the Justiciar) Repeal Rule 2098 (Power=1) May Day Repeal Rule 1686 (Power=1) Official Reports Repeal Rule 1431 (Power=1) Claims of Error Repeal Rule 559 (The Registrar). Repeal Rule 1919 (Power=2) Installing Officers through Proposal Repeal Rule 1555 (Power=1) Electees and Removal from Office Repeal Rule 1556 (Power=1) Terms of Service for Offices Repeal Rule 1758 (Power=1) Holding an Office in Perpetuity Repeal Rule 880 (Power=1) Resignation Repeal Rule 1764 (Modes of Nomination) Repeal Rule 1645 (Power=1) Temporary Delegation of Office Repeal Rule 790 (Power=1) Filling Vacant Offices Repeal Rule 1486 (Power=1) Procedure for an Orderly Witch Hunt Repeal Rule 1665 (Power=1) Abuse of Responsibility Repeal Rule 1585 (Power=2) Official Duties upon Officer Change Repeal Rule 1553 (Power=1) Officer Transition Repeal Rule 1664 (Power=2) Rebellion Repeal Rule 1988 (Power=2) Bastille Day Repeal Rule 1840 (Power=2) Political Status Repeal Rule 1975 (Power=1) The Associate Director of Personnel Repeal Rule 1940 (Power=1) Periodic Compensations Repeal Rule 1932 (Power=2) Shareholders and the Corporation Repeal Rule 947 (Power=1) Bonus for Repeal Repeal Rule 2095 (Power=1) The Assessor's Boon Duties Repeal Rule 2111 (Power=1) Hard Ruleset Limits Repeal Rule 2118 (Power=1) Nominations for Election Repeal Rule 1445 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections Repeal Rule 1558 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections for Offices Repeal Rule 1957 (Power=1) Budgets Repeal Rule 1958 (Power=1) Nominating with Budgets Repeal Rule 1659 (Power=1) The Right to Call Elections Repeal Rule 1485 (Titles for Rules) Repeal Rule 1430 (Mandatory Rule Annotations) Repeal Rule 514 (Keep the Registrar Informed of Your Address) Repeal Rule 1670 (The Distributor) Repeal Rule 2073 (Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?) Repeal Rule 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts) Repeal Rule 681 (Conclaves) ====================================================================== Agoran Decisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 693 (Power=3) Agoran Decisions to read: When the rules calls for an Agoran decision to be made, the decisionmaking process takes place in the following three stages, each described elsewhere: (a) Initiation of the decision. (b) Voting of the people. (c) Resolution of the decision. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) to read: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. To be valid, this notice must contain the following information: (a) The matter to be decided (for example, "the adoption of proposal 4781"). (b) A description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to enable public agreement on which persons are eligible. In particular, an explicit list of the eligible voters is always sufficient for this purpose. (c) The identity of the vote collector. (d) Any additional information required by the rules for this announcement. The publication of such a valid notice initiates the voting period for the decision. By default, the voting period lasts for seven days. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 683/12 (Power=3) Voting on Agoran Decisions An eligible voter on a particular Agoran decision submits a ballot to the vote collector by publishing a valid notice indicating which one of the available options e selects. To be valid, the ballot must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the voting period for the decision. (b) The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided. (c) The ballot clearly identifies the option selected by the voter. (d) The voter has not publicly retracted the ballot during the voting period. The strength of an option is the number of valid ballots selecting that option. Other rules may place further constraints on the validity of ballots. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would loosen the constraints specified by this rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2117/0 (Power=3) Replacing the Vote Collector If the rules indicate that an office is to be responsible for collecting votes on a particular Agoran decision, then the holder of that office is the default vote collector for that decision. The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is tardy if and only if the voting collector has continuously held that role for at least seven days following the end of the voting period and the decision has not yet been resolved. If a vote collector is tardy, then the first player to announce that e takes up the role of vote collector becomes the vote collector for that decision. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would allow the vote collector for an Agoran decision to be changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a democratic proposal is always one and cannot be changed. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is one, if not explicitly modified by other rules. After the voting period for an Agoran decision has ended, the vote collector shall permit the first valid ballots submitted by an eligible voter to remain valid, up to a number equal to that person's voting limit on that decision as determined when the voting period for that decision began, and shall invalidate all subsequent ballots submitted by that voter on that decision. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 208/3 (Power=3) Resolving Agoran decisions The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is authorized to resolve that decision, and does so by publishing a valid notice which states that the matter has been resolved, indicating the option selected by Agora. To be valid, this notice must satisfy the following conditions: (a) It is published after the voting period has ended. (b) It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. (c) It clearly identifies the options available. (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. Each Agoran decision shall have at most one vote collector at a time. The identity of the vote collector is set by the message initiating the decision, and can only be changed as specified by other rules with power at least as great as that of this rule. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) to read: To determine which option on a particular Agoran decision was selected by Agora, the vote collector shall perform the following steps in order after the voting period has ended. (a) E shall invalidate any ballots which the rules require em to invalidate, and no others. (b) E shall count the number of distinct voters who submitted ballots which remain valid. If this number is less than the quorum and there is more than one available option, then the option selected by Agora is FAILED QUORUM. Otherwise, the decision achieved quorum. (c) If the decision is whether to adopt a proposal, e shall determine the voting index as follows: (1) if the strength of FOR is positive and the strength of AGAINST is zero, then the voting index is Unanimity; but (2) if the strength of FOR is zero, then the voting index is zero; otherwise, (3) the voting index is the ratio of the strength of FOR to the strength of AGAINST. If the voting index exceeds one and meets or exceeds the adoption index of the decision, and if further quorum was achieved, then the option selected by Agora is ADOPTED. Otherwise, the option selected by Agora is REJECTED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 879/22 (Power=2) Quorum The quorum for an Agoran decision is one third the number of eligible voters, rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless there are fewer than five eligible voters, in which case the quorum level is the number of eligible voters). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2034/2 (Power=3) Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges Any proposal that, as all or part of its effect, would change the validity of one or more of a voter's ballots on an Agoran decision whose voting period has begun but which has not yet been resolved shall be wholly without effect, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. Once an Agoran decision has been resolved, no ballots on that decision may be validly submitted or retracted, and the outcome of the decision may not be changed in any way, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as preventing the correction of errors in reporting the resolution of an Agoran decision. If the success of the resolution of an Agoran decision is not challenged within one week from the time the vote collector announces it, then the announced result is the true result of that decision, even if it would otherwise be in error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting) ====================================================================== Proposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) to read: A proposal is a document outlining changes to be made to Agora, including enacting, repealing, or amending rules, or making other explicit changes to the gamestate. A player submits a proposal by publishing it with a clear indication that it is intended to become a proposal, which places the proposal in the Proposal Pool. The proposer of a proposal may remove it from the Pool by announcement. Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal, and the vote collector is the Speaker. The default adoption index of a proposal is one. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of 1 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED, then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect. It does not otherwise take effect. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would permit a proposal to take effect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1698/0 (Power=3) The Proposal System Is Protected It must always be possible to adopt Proposals within a 4 week period. Any change to the game state which would result in this condition becoming false is cancelled and does not take place, any Rule to the contrary notwithstanding. No enactment, repeal, or amendment of the text or substantive properties of a Rule may have retroactive application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 105 (What Is a Rule Change?) to be called "Rule Changes" and amend it to read as follows: A proposal generally can, as part of its effect: (a) Enact a rule. When a rule is enacted, the Rulekeepor shall assign it a number, which must be greater than any number previously assigned. If the enacting proposal does not specify the power, the rule shall have power equal to one. If the proposal specifies the power, then the rule shall have power equal to the minimum of four, the power of the proposal, and the power specified by the proposal. If the title is not specified, the Rulekeepor may select any title e sees fit. (b) Modify the power, title, or text of a rule. A Proposal can modify the power, title, or text of a rule with power no greater than its own. However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have power greater than its own. Any ambiguity in a modification specified by a proposal causes that modification to be void and without effect. A variation in whitespace or capitalization in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. (c) Repeal a rule. When a proposal repeals a rule, it ceases to be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record of it. This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be enacted, modified, or repealed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1891/0 (Power=1) Legislative Orders (a) A Proposal may contain one or more Orders. (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, are deemed to have been executed by that Proposal, and are deemed to have been executed as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. (c) Legislative Orders may not be stayed, vacated, or amended except: (1) by a subsequent Legislative Order; (2) by a Judicial Order issued only after a judicial finding that the Proposal containing the Legislative Order was not adopted, was barred from taking effect, or was invalid; or (3) by the Clerk of the Courts, but only for the purpose of staying such an Order during the pendency of a dispute which might reasonably lead to a judicial finding of the sort mentioned in subdivision (c)(2) of this Rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2019/5 (Power=2) The Speaker's Veto The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Whenever a proposal is vetoed, its quorum is set to the current number of eligible voters on that proposal plus one, other rules governing quorum notwithstanding. As soon as possible after a vetoed proposal fails quorum, the Assessor shall place a copy of that proposal to the Proposal Pool. When e does so, that copy shall become distributable and democratic, and its adoption index shall be increased by one. The Speaker may Rubberstamp an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Quorum for a rubberstamped ordinary proposal is three, other rules governing quorum nonwithstanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 594 (Enactment of Rules) Repeal Rule 1322 (Modification of Rules) Repeal Rule 2119 (Repeal of Rules) Repeal Rule 1483 (Definition of Proposals) Repeal Rule 1003 (No Coercive Proposals) Repeal Rule 108 (When May Rule Changes Take Effect?) Repeal Rule 1770 (Distributing Proposals) Repeal Rule 1774 (Discarding Proposals from the Pool) Repeal Rule 1449 (The Assessor) Repeal Rule 1933 (A Proposal's Chamber) Repeal Rule 2045 (Adoption Indices) Repeal Rule 1952 (Making Proposals Distributable) Repeal Rule 1690 (Power of New Rules) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-08-20 dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-08-28 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-038 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4866 submit_date: 2006-08-14 submit_mid: title: Constitutional Repeals 2.0 [2.0 Kept First Speaker. Edited R101 rights to keep out spammers. Added Oscar's Mire. Added Card Repeal in case Murphy's gets stuck] [Changes some basic definitions of Who We Are and How Things Work. Some shortening, more reorganizing, not a huge amount]. The Rulekeepor is hereby requested to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. ====================================================================== The Game of Agora ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2105 (The Map of Agora) to read: ____ _ /| DARWIN -> \_ |/ | / \ __/ / | | <- DSV / / | \ _ \ \_ | \ MORNINGTON CRESCENT -> / | <- GOETHE BARRIER REEF _ _/ | \_/\_/ \ / \\ <- SHARK BAY | | / | | \ <- TOWNSVILLE ___/ | | \_ __/ | | .___o ) | / | | ~~vv ===~~~ <-OSCAR'S MIRE / O <- SHERLOCK NESS | |/\ | | | |_ | | | EMERALD -> \ \ |__________=_____, \ / | | | <- BRISBANE \ O <- LT. ANNE MOORE | __ _\ \ | |_______/ \/ | | __/\ <- TARCOOLA / LORD HOWE -> \ __/ \_ / / PERTH -> | _ __/ | /| IVANHOE -> | <- WOLLONGONG / _/ \/ \ / / | / |_ / <- ESPERANTO v /__ |_ / <- CANBERRA \_/ \ | \_ _| __ __ | | \__/ __ \ / __ \___=_ ___| / \ | / \ MANUBOURNE -> \/ \|/ _,.---v---._ /\__ /\__/\ / \ | | \_ _/ / \ | / \ \_| @ __| \_/ <- HOBART \ \_ \ ,__/ / ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read: The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights or privileges. Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or remove a person's defined rights. A person's defined privileges are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding agreement to the contrary. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or privileges. i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt. ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not regulated. iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to a binding agreement. The absense of a person's explicit, willful consent shall be considered a refusal. v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has not had the reasonable opportunity to view. vi. Every player has the right of participation in the fora. vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once for any single action or inaction. viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister rather than continue to play. Please treat Agora right good forever. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enact a rule entitled 'Regulation Regulations', with a power of 3 and the following text: An action is regulated if: (a) the action is prohibited; (b) the rules indicate that if certain conditions are satisfied, then some player is permitted to perform the action; (c) the action would, as part of its effect, modify information for which some player is required to be a recordkeepor; (d) the action would, as part of its effect, make it impossible to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players; or (e) the courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1688/2 (Power=3) Power The power of an entity is a natural number, which is zero unless otherwise defined or modified according to procedures defined by the rules. An instrument is an entity with positive power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1482/1 (Power=3) Precedence between Rules with Unequal Power In a conflict between Rules with different Power, the Rule with the higher Power takes precedence over the Rule with the lower Power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1030/4 (Power=3) Precedence between Rules with Equal Power If two or more Rules with the same Power conflict with one another, then the Rule with the lower Number takes precedence. If at least one of the Rules in conflict explicitly says of itself that it defers to another Rule (or type of Rule) or takes precedence over another Rule (or type of Rule), then such provisions shall supercede the numerical method for determining precedence. If all of the Rules in conflict explicitly say that their precedence relations are determined by some other Rule for determining precedence relations, then the determinations of the precedence determining Rule shall supercede the numerical method for determining precedence. If two or more Rules claim to take precedence over one another or defer to one another, then the numerical method again governs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 2110/0 (Power=3) Win by Paradox If the legality of an action cannot be determined with finality, or if by a Judge's best reasoning, not appealed within a week of eir Judgement, an action appears equally legal and illegal, then the Speaker shall award the Patent Title of Champion to the first Player to publicly note that condition. The Herald shall record that this Title was achieved "by paradox" in eir report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) to read: WHEREAS, in June 1993, the world's only MUD-based nomic, Nomic World, had recently collapsed; yet, many of its players enjoyed nomic and did not wish to forego such a noble pursuit; And WHEREAS, Originator Chuck Carroll therefore composed an Initial Ruleset for an email nomic, based on the Initial Rulesets of Peter Suber, inventor of Nomic, and on the Rulesets of Nomic World and other nomics, And WHEREAS, a nomic thus rose like a phoenix from the ashes of Nomic World, played on the mailing list originally set up for discussion of Nomic World, and coming into existence at June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200, with a message sent by FIRST SPEAKER Michael Norrish, which read, in part, "I see no reason to let this get bogged down; there are no precedents or rules that cover this situation, so I think we may as well begin directly.... Proposals for new rules are invited. In accordance with the rules, these will be published, numbered and distributed by me at my earliest convenience." And WHEREAS, this nomic began as a humble and nameless nomic, known unofficially as yoyo, after the mailing list it was played on, until its Players, much later, gave it its OFFICAL NAME of Agora, And WHEREAS, Agora has now become the wisest, noblest, eldest, and most interesting of all active email nomics, due to the hard work and diligence of Agorans as well as the frequent advice of Agoraphobes, And WHEREAS, Agorans desire to joyously commemorate Agora's founding, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year, and as soon as possible after the end of Agora's Birthday, the Herald shall award the boon of celebration to each Player who, during Agora's Birthday, publicly recognizes this Grand Event. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 104/0 (Power=3) First Speaker The Speaker for the first game shall be Michael Norrish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1020 (Name Is Agora) Repeal Rule 2039 (Ought implies can) Repeal Rule 1513 (Authority of Non-Rule Entities) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== Players and Entities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1586/2 (Power=2) Definition and Continuity of Entities No two Rule-defined entities shall have the same name or nickname. If the Rules defining some entity are repealed or amended such that they no longer define that entity, then that entity along with all its properties shall cease to exist. If the Rules defining an entity are amended such that they still define that entity but with different properties, that entity and its properties shall continue to exist to whatever extent is possible under the new definitions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 869/17 (Power=1) How to Join and Leave Agora A person who is not currently registered as a player and is not prohibited from registering is permitted to register. A person registers or deregisters by announcement. Whenever a person registers, e becomes a player. Whenever a player deregisters or is deregistered, e ceases to be a player and is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1789/3 (Power=1) Cantus Cygneus Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously by the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part of it, e may submit a document to the Clerk of the Courts, clearly labeled a Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and expressing eir reproach for those who e feels have treated em so badly. As soon as possible after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish this document along with a Writ of Fugere Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the Player to be deregistered and instructing the Herald to note the method of deregistration for that Player in subsequent Herald Reports, as long as the Player remains deregistered. The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and the notation in the Herald's Report will ensure that, henceforth, all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of FAGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1677 (Honoring the New) Repeal Rule 1976 (Honoring the Old) Repeal Rule 1016 (Activity Levels) Repeal Rule 2036 (The Silent Treatment) ====================================================================== Definitions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by setting its power to 3, and amending it to read: Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that No Player shall be prohibited from participating in the Fora. A Forum's Publicity may be either null, Discussion, or Public (default null). A forum's publicity may not be changed except as described in this rule. The Herald may change the publicity of a forum without objection as long as: (a) e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and (b) if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which the Herald makes that forum public is sent to all existing public fora. Each active player should ensure e can receive messages via each public forum. The Herald's report shall include a list of all public or discussion fora and sufficient data regarding each to allow players to receive messages via that medium. The Herald need not keep track of null fora. A message is public if and only if it is sent via a public forum or is sent to all players and contains a clear designation of intent to be public. A player "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. A player performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that e performs it. A player performs an action "by private message" to some player by sending an appropriate private message to the specified player. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMEND Rule 754 (Freedom of Communication) by renaming it "Definition Definitions", setting its power to 3, and amending it to read: Regularity of communication being essential for the healthy function of any nomic, it is hereby resolved: (1) A difference in spelling, grammar, or dialect, or the use of a synonym or abbreviation in place of a word or phrase, is inconsequential in all forms of communication, as long as the difference does not create an ambiguity in meaning. (2) A term explicitly defined by the Rules shall be interpreted as having that meaning, as shall its ordinary-language synonyms not explicitly defined by the rules. (3) Any term primarily used in mathematical or legal contexts, and not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule, shall be interpreted as having the meaning it has in those contexts. (4) Any term not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule shall be interpreted as having its ordinary-language meaning. This rule takes precedence over any other rules which dictate terminology or grammar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1023 (Definition of "As Soon As Possible") by renaming it "Common Definitions" and amending it to read: The following terms are defined: - Agoran days begin at midnight GMT. Agoran weeks begin at midnight GMT on Monday. Agoran months begin at midnight GMT on the first day of each Gregorian month. Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January, April, July, and October begin. Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January begins. - A requirement to perform an action "as soon as possible" is a requirement to perform the action within seven days. - The term "number" shall be interpreted as "real number". - The term "random" shall mean a choice drawn with a process whose probability distribution among the possible outcomes is reasonably close to that required by the Rules, using a uniform distribution if not otherwise specified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1728/11 (Power=2) Dependent Actions An action is dependent, or may be performed dependently, if and only if it is an Action Without N Objections or an Action With N Supporters, where N is a nonnegative integer. The phrase "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection", and the phrase "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". A player may publicly announce eir intent to perform an unambiguously described dependent action. A player may perform a previously unambiguously described dependent action if and only if: (a) no more than fourteen days have passed since the announcement of intent to perform the action; (b) if the action to be performed is an Action Without N Objections, at least four days have passed since the announcement made under (a) of this rule; (c) either the player who attempts to perform the action is the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule, or (1) the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule did so by a privilege or duty granted em by virtue of holding a rules-defined position; and (2) the player who attempts to perform the action is the holder of that position when e attempts to perform the action; (d) the rules explicitly authorise the player to perform the action dependently; (e) during the time between the announcement made under (a) of this rule and the attempt to perform the action, (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections to the performance of the action; or (2) if the action is to be performed With N Supporters, at least N players other than the player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule have publicly posted support for the performance of the action; (f) the announcement made under (a) of this rule specifies whether the action is to be performed Without N Objections or With N Supporters, unless the rules either do not permit the action to be performed Without N Objections or do not permit the action to be performed With N Supporters; and (g) e announces that e performs the described action. A dependent action is not performed until announced as in (g). A player who posts an objection to the performance of an action may publicly retract eir objection. If e does so, e shall be deemed not have posted an objection to the performance of that action for the purposes of (e)(1) of this rule. The specification in the rules that an action may be performed dependently does not prohibit performing that action independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible. A rule authorising the performance of a dependent action may restrict the eligibility of players to support or object to that specific action. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read: If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action by announcement if all of the following are true: (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action, unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at least four days and no more than fourteen days before attempting to perform the action; (b) at least one other player has announced (and not withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent was published; and (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the action since the intent was published. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1769 (Holidays) to read: A Holiday is a period of time designated as such by the Rules. During a Holiday, no Proposal may be distributed by the Promotor, nor may any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion be published by the Clerk of the Courts; however, if any of the above do take place during the Holiday in violation of this Rule, this Rule does not deprive them of their usual effects. If some Rule requires that an action be done prior to a given time, and that given time falls during a Holiday, or within the 72-hour period immediately following that Holiday, then that action need not be done until 72 hours after that Holiday ends. If some Rule bases the time of a future event upon the time of another event, or requires that a Player perform some action within some time of another event, and that other event occurs during a Holiday, the time at which the Holiday ends shall be used instead for the purpose of determining the time of the future event or of the time by which the Player must perform the specified action. This Rule takes precedence over all Rules pertaining to the timing of events, and over all Rules which require Players to perform events before a specified time. The period each year from midnight GMT on the morning of 24 December to the beginning of the first Agoran week to begin after 2 January is a Holiday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1750/1 (Power=1) Read the Ruleset Week The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February is Read the Ruleset Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 459 (Agoran Epochs) Repeal Rule 2040 (Switches) Repeal Rule 1527 (Unsnarling Tangles) Repeal Rule 1478 (Executors and Limited Executors) Repeal Rule 1079 (Definition of "Random") Repeal Rule 1787 (April Fool's Day) Repeal Rule 1870 (Merry Christmas, Agora, And A Happy New Year!) Repeal Rule 1661 (The Right of Patronage) Repeal Rule 2068 (The Deckmastor) Repeal Rule 2112 (Deckmastor's Budget) Repeal Rule 2113 (Card Constraints) Repeal Rule 2114 (Card Definitions) Repeal Rule 2115 (Cards of Power) Repeal Rule 2116 (Onepower Cardbook) Repeal Rule 2069 (Card Actions) Repeal Rule 2106 (Playing Cards) Repeal Rule 2074 (Hand Flux) Repeal Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) Repeal Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) Repeal Rule 2080 (Chip Sources) Repeal Rule 2120 (Cashing in One's Chips) Repeal Rule 2121 (Cards for Ex-Cards) Repeal Rule 2122 (Gaining and Losing Chips) Repeal Rule 2123 (Fees) Repeal Rule 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-08-20 dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-08-28 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-039 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4867 submit_date: 2006-08-14 submit_mid: title: Judicial Reform 2.0 [Only changed rights (R101).] [Major philosophical change: Crimes and Infractions become a matter of Contract Law. Not much shorter (a little)]. The Rulekeepor is hereby requested to place Rules in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving of rules, or the deletion of categories. Some rules are included for reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended. ====================================================================== Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read: The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights or privileges. Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or remove a person's defined rights. A person's defined privileges are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding agreement to the contrary. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or privileges. i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt. ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not regulated. iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to a binding agreement. The absense of a person's explicit, willful consent shall be considered a refusal. v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has not had the reasonable opportunity to review. vi. Every player has the right of participation in the fora. vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once for any single action or inaction. viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister rather than continue to play. Please treat Agora right good forever. ====================================================================== Contract Law ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1742 (Agreements between Players) to read: Players may make agreements among themselves with the intention that such agreements will be binding; i.e. that they become parties to the agreement and agree to be bound by the agreement. A CFJ that alleges that a specific person (the Defendant) has broken an agreement is a Civil CFJ, for which the Caller is the Plaintiff. A CFJ that is not a Civil CFJ is a General CFJ. If the judge of a Civil CFJ finds that the agreement was entered into with the intention that the agreement be binding, and that the agreement has in fact been broken, then e may do any or all of the following: (i) order the defendant to perform according to the agreement or perform substitute acts that would fairly serve the interests of the agreement; (ii) order the other parties of the agreement to perform such acts as may be necessary to preserve fairness and justice; (iii) order that additional ("punitive") penalties or actions be applied to the defendant, if and only if the agreement in question explicitly specifies punitive penalties for the type of breach. If a Civil CFJ is called by anyone who is not party to that agreement, then it lacks standing and shall be dismissed. A Civil CFJ that specifies multiple defendants, or multiple independent breaches of contract, is improperly made and shall be dismissed. Nothing in this rule shall be construed so as to impair the enforcement of an agreement which requires a Player to violate another agreement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions) by naming it "Rules Violations", setting its Power to 3, and amending it to read: In general, the Rules shall be adjudicated as if the Rules were a binding agreement between all Players, entered into by every player as a part of becoming a Player. An actual or alleged Rule violation shall be treated as the violation of a binding agreement to be bound by the Rule or Rules in question. The proposal, fora, and registration processes shall, prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and privileges with respect to making and changing the agreement to be bound by the rules. Other rules may further differentiate the treatment of rules violations from the treatment of violations of other types of agreements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increase the power of Rule 2109 (Agoran Contracts) to 2 and amend it to read: There exists a type of binding agreement known as Agoran Contract. An Agoran Contract may only be created or amended by a Proposal and becomes effective when the Proposal takes effect. Unless otherwise specified in the Rules, all Players are bound by Agoran Contracts and no Player may leave an Agoran Contract while remaining a Player. The Proposal process shall, prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and privileges with respect to agreements. All Rules regulating Contracts that are inconsistent with this Rule are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. The CotC is required to keep track of all Agoran Contracts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1626 (Applications) to read: An Application is any document, which has been submitted as an Application by some person, to a Player designed by the Rules to receive Applications of that particular type. The submittor is known as the Application's Sponsor. The Sponsor of an Application may attach the signatures of other persons, or signatories, to the Application at the time e submits it. The Sponsor may not attach any signature to an Application without first having obtained the explicit consent of the signatory. A signatory may revoke eir consent, once granted, by informing the Sponsor before submission. Signatures are presumed to have been attached with the consent of the signatory. This presumption shall be rebutted only by a declaration from the alleged signatory, made within 60 days of the submission of the Application, stating that the signatory did not consent or that e consented and then subsequently revoked eir consent. The Sponsor bears the burden of proof to show that such a declaration, once made, is false. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts) Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance) ====================================================================== Rule Violations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders) to read: Upon a finding in a Civil CFJ that the defendant has broken one or more Rules, the Trial Judge must execute exactly one of the following types of sentencing orders as punitive damages: (1) Without Objection and with 1 Support, an order the defendant to make a formal apology; (2) Without 2 Objections and with 2 Supporters, an order for the defendant to perform a specified service for the benefit of the Agoran community proportinate to the seriousness of the breach; (3) An order for the Herald to place the defendant in the Chokey for a number of months equal to the power of the highest powered Rule that was broken; (4) If and only if the trial judge finds the defendant to to have acted willfully in breaking the rules, an order for the Herald to place the defendant in the Chokey for twice number of months equal to the power of the highest-powered Rule that was broken; (5) If and only if the judge finds the defendant to have acted egregiously, maliciously, or with a consistent pattern of abuse, with Agoran Consent, an order for the Registrar to deregister the defendant in disgrace (make em lawless). An order to be made lawless is automatically appealed upon its initial execution. These punishments are considered ranked with "worse" punishments being later in the list. If an attempted sentencing order does not receive the proper support or receives too many objections, the trial judge must execute another type of sentencing order. No other punitive damages may be assessed for Rules violations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 908 (Formal Apologies) to read: A sentencing order may require a defendant (hereafter the Ninny) to publish a Formal Apology. A Formal Apology must be at least 200 words, and must explain the Ninny's error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement. Furthermore, the Order to Apologize may include up to ten Prescribed Words of the Judge's choice, all of which must appear in the Formal Apology. A defendant must obey an Order to Apologize within 72 hours of its execution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions) to be called "Dishonor Rolls" and amend it to read: When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey, e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey". This title shall be automatically revoked after a length of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald shall announce the revokation. If a sentencing order is executed against a defendant who already holds this title, the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be added to the time left on any previous ones. A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for lawlessness. A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald. A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long as e is no longer in Disgrace. A non-player may have this title revoked by Agoran Consent. The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons in particular types of disgrace. The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate the disgrace. When this Proposal takes effect, all persons who were fugitives when this proposal was adopted are hereby awarded the patent title Fugitive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes) Repeal Rule 1812 (Notices of Infraction) Repeal Rule 1814 (Timing of Penalties for Crimes and Infractions) Repeal Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions) Repeal Rule 2017 (Blots) Repeal Rule 1714 (Lawlessness) ====================================================================== Calling for Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 991 (Invoking Judgement) to read: Any person may request formal resolution of a dispute pertaining to this Nomic by submitting a Call for Judgement (CFJ) to the Clerk of the Courts. The submission of a CFJ constitutes proof of the existence of such a dispute. A CFJ should be a single clearly-labeled Statement whose truth or falsity can be determined using logical reasoning, assuming perfect knowledge. A CFJ may be accompanied by Arguments, Evidence, or other related material; the Judge is encouraged, but not required, to take notice of these things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 897 (Barring Players from Judgement) to be called "Court Procedure" and amend it to read: The Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of a CFJ, along with any additional material submitted by the Caller and the Defendant if any (including but not limited to Arguments and Evidence), no later than the time e announces the identity of the first Judge assigned to that CFJ. When a Civil CFJ is submitted, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of the CFJ and send a copy of the CFJ to the Defendant's registered e-mail address, if any, and inform the Defendant that e has one week to publish a defense and/or bar a Player from judging as described below. The CotC will not assign a Civil CFJ to a judge until one week has passed since after a publication. During this time, any evidence or arguments, published or submitted to the CotC by the Defendant with the clear intent of being part of a defense, will become part of the material of that CFJ. A Player Barred from Judging a CFJ is ineligible to Judge that CFJ. When submitting a general CFJ, the Caller may Bar up to three Players from Judging that CFJ. The defendant of a Civil CFJ is automatically barred from judging it. The Plantiff may bar one other Player when e submits the CFJ. The Defendant may bar one other Player from judging any time before the CFJ is assigned to a judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) to read as follows: Linked CFJs are multiple Calls for Judgement that are submitted in a single message and clearly labelled as Linked CFJs. The Clerk of the Courts shall assign a Judge to a set of Linked CFJs, as if they were a single CFJ. The Judge must be eligible to Judge each of the Linked CFJs, and is simultaneously assigned as Judge of each of the Linked CFJs. A Judge (the first judge) may transfer a CFJ to a second judge by announcement, thus linking the first and second CFJs and unlinking the first CFJ with any it was previously linked to, with the second judge's consent and provided the second judge has not been barred or recused from the first CFJ. The Judge of a set of Linked CFJs shall submit eir Judgement of each of those CFJs in a single message. If one or more Linked CFJs beyond the first are unrelated in subject matter to the first, then a Trial Judge may remand those CFJs to the Clerk of the Courts; e ceases to be Judge of those CFJs. If a Trial Judge is recused from a Linked CFJ, then it ceases to be Linked to any other CFJ. If a Trial Judge is recused from two or more Linked CFJs in a single message, or if a Trial Judge is simultaneously and automatically recused from two or more Linked CFJs, then those CFJs continue to be Linked to each other, but not to any other CFJs to which the Judge is still assigned. A CFJ made by a person who has previously made five or more CFJs during the same Agoran Week is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts may dismiss any Excess CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1562 (Excess CFJs). Repeal Rule 2025 (Transfer of Jurisdiction). ====================================================================== Selecting a Judge ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1868 (Selecting a Judge) to read: A CFJ is open if it has not been Judged, or if an outstanding judicial motion pertaining to it has been neither granted nor denied. A CFJ is closed if it is not open. As soon as possible after becoming aware that an open CFJ has no Judge assigned to it, the Clerk of the Courts shall choose a Player eligible to Judge it, and announce them as its Trial Judge. That Player remains the Trial Judge of that CFJ until e is recused from it or becomes ineligible to Judge it. Other rules may explicitly delay the timing requirement of making assignments, for example with respect to providing the Defendant with response time in a Civil CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 698 (Always an Eligible Judge) to read: (a) Each active player is eligible to judge a given Call for Judgement (CFJ), unless a rule specifically makes em ineligible. (b) If the Clerk of the Courts is required to select a Judge, but after taking all other rules affecting eligibility into account, no player is eligible to judge that CFJ, then: (1) all non-barred players become eligible to judge that CFJ; then (2) if there is still no player eligible to judge, then all barred players, other than the caller emself, become eligible to judge that increasingly annoying CFJ; then (3) if there is still no player eligible to judge, then don't panic. Somebody's bound to register someday; let em deal with it. (c) This rule takes precedence over other rules concerning who is and is not eligible to judge CFJs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1871 (Turns for All) to read: Whenever a player is selected as Trial Judge of a CFJ, e becomes turned. Turned players are ineligible to be Trial Judge of any future CFJs. When a player registers, e is considered turned. Whenever an open CFJ has no Trial Judge assigned to it, and there are no players eligible to be assigned, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish a Notice of Rotation, specifying at least one such CFJ. Upon such an announcement, all turned players become unturned. The CotC may turn a player e expects to judge CFJs slowly or not at all, without 2 objections. If the Clerk of the Courts errs in good faith by selecting a Player to Judge a CFJ or Appeal who is not eligible to judge that CFJ or Appeal solely because e is turned, then that selection shall stand, unless the Clerk of the Courts points out eir error and makes a new selection before the selected Player returns Judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 2032 (Errors in Judge Selection) Repeal Rule 1567 (Making Oneself Ineligible to Judge a CFJ) Repeal Rule 1568 (Non-active Judges) ====================================================================== Delivering Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 591/18 (Power=1) Legal Judgements The Judge of a CFJ Judges it by submitting eir Judgement to the Clerk of the Courts. "Decision", "Finding", and "Response" are unambiguous synonyms for "Judgement". For a Trial Judge, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: TRUE, FALSE, or DISMISSED. As soon as possible after receiving a Judgement, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish it, along with any arguments, evidence, or other material included with the Judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 408 (Late Judgement) to read: For each Judge assigned to a CFJ, eir Deliberation Period begins when the Clerk of the Courts announces eir assignment, and lasts seven days; eir Overtime Period begins when eir Deliberation Period ends, and lasts seven days. During a Judge's Overtime Period, if e has not yet Judged the CFJ, then the Clerk of the Courts may recuse em by announcement. Upon the end of a Judge's Overtime Period, if e has not yet Judged the CFJ, then the Clerk of the Courts shall recuse em by announcement as soon as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increase the power of Rule 217 (Judgements Must Accord with the Rules) to 3 and amend it to read: All Judgements must be in accordance with the Rules; however, if the Rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the Statement to be Judged, then the Judge shall consider game custom, common sense, past Judgements, and the best interests of the game before applying other standards. When a Judge is considering eir Judgement of a Statement contained in a CFJ, e shall make eir evaluation based on the truth or falsity of the Statement at the time the CFJ was issued. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1575 (Standards of Proof) to read: Unless otherwise specified, all Judgements shall be consistent with the preponderance of the evidence. A defendant may not be assessed punitive damages for Rules Violations any worse than a formal apology, unless a Judge finds that evidence for the violation is beyond a reasonable doubt. The published Report of an Officer constitutes prima facie evidence of the truth of those matters reported therein which that Officer is required by law to report. This presumption may be set aside only by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1565/10 (Power=1) Dismissal of a CFJ A Judgement of DISMISSED should be delivered if and only if one or more of the following is true: i) The CFJ does not contain a single clearly-identified Statement. ii) After a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, the Judge can neither determine the Statement to be true nor determine it to be false. iii) The Statement does not relate to a matter relevant to the Rules. iv) The CFJ lacks standing, as defined elsewhere. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1803/2 (Power=1) Judicial and Sentencing Orders Judicial Orders and Sentencing Orders are executed by being sent to the Clerk of the Courts, but do not take effect until their publication by the Clerk of the Courts. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish each Judicial Order and Sentencing Order as soon as possible after receiving it from the Judge who executed it. Any Player may formally request a Judge issue any Judicial Order by filing a motion requesting that Order. If granted, the Judge shall issue the Order requested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1826 (Motions) to read: A Motion is a formal request made by a Player to the Judge of a CFJ. A Motion is made by submitting it to the Clerk of the Courts, clearly identifying the CFJ to which the Motion applies. The Clerk of the Courts shall forward each properly-filed Motion to the Judge of the CFJ to which the Motion applies as soon as possible after receiving it. A Judge must either grant or deny each Motion so forwarded within five days of receiving it. A Judge grants or denies a Motion by sending eir determination on that Motion to the Clerk of the Courts, along with any reasons e chooses to provide. The effect of granting a Motion depends on its nature, but generally amounts to requiring the Judge to perform as requested by the Motion. Upon receipt of a Judge's determination on a Motion, the Clerk shall note the determination made and the reasons, if any, on the record of the CFJ, and shall notify the Player who made the Motion of that determination. If a Judge fails to Grant or Deny a Motion within five days of when it was forwarded to em by the Clerk of the Courts, the Clerk of the Courts shall Recuse the Judge and assign a new one as usual. If a Motion is made after a case is closed, and the original Judge of that case is not active or is not a player, then a new Judge shall be assigned to the case as usual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1509/4 (Power=1) Orders to Compel Upon a judicial finding that a Player has failed to perform a duty required of em by the Rules, the Judge so finding shall execute an Order, requiring that Player to perform that duty as soon as possible. Such an Order is known as an Order to Compel. If the duty in question arises because the Player in question holds a specific Office or other position of official responsibility, the Order shall be directed to that Office or position. If the Player holding that Office fails to perform the duty in question as ordered, the Judge shall Order that that Player be removed from Office or position. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 1830/2 (Power=1) No Compulsion of Judges Any Order to Compel directed to a Judge, or requiring the performance of a duty required of a Player because that Player is a Judge, is invalid, unless that Order is a valid Appellate Order. Any CFJ alleging that a Judgement is incorrect, or that a Judge has failed to perform a judicial duty, lacks standing. Such a claim should instead be pursued via Appeal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 789 (Orders to Annotate Rules) to read: The Judge of any CFJ, the Statement of which alleges that a Rule should be interpreted in a certain way, which is judged TRUE, may, at eir discretion, issue an Order requiring the Rulekeepor to annotate the Rule in question with the Statement of that CFJ. Such an annotation, while it exists, shall guide application of that Rule. The Rulekeepor may remove such an annotation only if that Rule is repealed; if required to do so by a valid Order; or if the original Order to annotate is amended, stayed, or vacated. The Rulekeepor may vacate an Order to annotate a Rule Without Objection. Annotations to a Rule may not be modified in any way except as specified in this Rule. If a Player believes that an annotation is no longer pertinent, e may file, in the original CFJ from which the Order of Annotation arises, a Motion to Vacate the Order of Annotation. If such a Motion is granted, the Judge granting it shall Order the original Order Vacated and shall Order the Rulekeepor to remove the annotation in question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1365 (Concurring and Dissenting Opinions) to read: Two or more players may submit a Concurring or Dissenting Opinion for a given CFJ trial or appeals decision, via a single application to the Clerk of the Courts signed by all submittors. The opinion must include reference to the CFJ and the particular judgement or appeals decision to which it applies and be accompanied by reasons or arugments for the opinion. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish any properly submitted Opinion and append it to the text of the legal judgement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1768 (Evidentiary Status of Officer Reports) Repeal Rule 451 (Determination of Judgement--Timing) Repeal Rule 502 (Salary for Judges) Repeal Rule 1827 (Granting or Denying Motions) ====================================================================== Overturning Judgement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) to read: The following are subject to Appeal: a) The Judgement of a Trial Judge. b) The grant or denial of a Motion. c) The execution of a Judicial or Sentencing Order. d) A claim that a Trial Judge has failed to perform a required judicial duty. A subject is Appealed when any of the following occurs: i) Three Players Appeal it. ii) A Player Appeals a Judicial or Sentencing Order binding em. iii) A Player Appeals a Trial Judgement convicting em of a Crime. A single subject (e.g. a specific judgement, motion, or order) may only be appealed once. As soon as possible after an Appeal is initiated, or a Player becomes or ceases to be an Appellate judge, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce the event. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 911 (The Board of Appeals) to read: When an Appeal is initiated, a Board of Appeals shall be selected to reach a decision about the subject of the Appeal. A Board of Appeals consists of three Appellate Judges. Any Judge assigned according to this Rule is an Appellate Judge. A Board of Appeals is selected when the Clerk of the Courts correctly announces the identity of all Appellate Judges, determined as follows: a) The Speaker is selected, if eligible. b) The Clerk of the Courts is selected, if eligible. c) Any remaining positions are filled by selection by the Clerk of the Courts from all remaining eligible Players. A Player is ineligible for selection if any of the following is true: i) E has already been selected for that Board. ii) E has been dismissed from that Board. iii) E has been Trial Judge of the subject of the Appeal. iv) E is ineligible to Judge the CFJ at the time of selection. An Appellate Judge may appoint another eligible Player as eir replacement by informing the Clerk of the Courts, provided the Player consents. As soon as possible after an Appellate Judge is recused, the Clerk of the Courts shall randomly select an eligible Player to replace em. The last Appellate Judge selected is the Lead Judge for that Board. If the Lead Judge is replaced, then the replacement becomes Lead Judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1447 (Final Judgement upon Appeal) to read: For an Appelate Judge assigned to the Appeal of a Judgement, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: SUSTAIN, REVERSE, REASSIGN, or REMAND. For the appeal of other matters, a Judgement is exactly one of the following: SUSTAIN or OVERTURN. Other Rules may modify this based on the subject of the Appeal. If a Judgement of TRUE or FALSE is Appealed, the Board of Appeals shall consider the correctness of that Judgement. If a Judgement of DISMISSED is Appealed, the Board shall not consider the truth or falsity of the original CFJ; they shall only consider whether a Judgement of DISMISSED should have been delivered. If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the subject of the Appeal is sustained. Otherwise, it is overturned. The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever Appelate Orders are necessary to enforce its determination. When a Judgement is overturned: a) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REVERSE, then the CFJ shall be treated as if it were Judged normally, with the Judgement being that which a majority of the Appelate Judges agree on. b) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REASSIGN, then the original Judgement is ignored, the original Judge is recused, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to a new Judge in the same fashion as it was originally assigned. The new Judge cannot make the same Judgement as the original Judge for the same reason. c) If a majority of the Appelate Judges Judge REMAND, then the original Judgement shall be ignored, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to the original Judge as if it were being originally assigned. The Judge may not make the same Judgement for the same reason. d) If none of the above is true, then the CFJ shall be reassigned as described above. As soon as possible after all members of a Board of Appeals have submitted eir Judgement, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce that this has happened. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1804 (Appeal of Judicial and Sentencing Orders) to read: As soon as possible after a Judicial Order or Sentencing Order is Appealed, the Clerk of the Courts shall stay it. If the Appeal is sustained, then the Board of Appeals shall vacate this stay as soon as possible. If the Appeal is overturned, then the Board of Appeals shall vacate the stayed Order as soon as possible. In the Appeal of a Judicial Order or Sentencing Order, the Board of Appeals shall consider whether the Order was properly and validly executed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule (Appellate Orders) to read: Appellate Orders are executed by being sent to the Clerk of the Courts by the Lead Judge of a Board of Appeals, but do not take effect until their publication by the Clerk of the Courts. The Lead Judge must certify in the execution that the order is executed by the concurrence of the majority of the Justices comprising that Board of Appeals; failure to do so deprives the Order of effect. Appellate Orders are not subject to appeal. However, upon a judicial finding that the required certification was falsely provided, the Clerk of the Courts shall vacate the Order which was accompanied by that false certification. Appellate Orders are valid only if addressed to: a) The Clerk of the Courts in eir Official capacity; b) an Order issued by the Clerk of the Courts in eir Official Capacity; c) The Judge of the CFJ which that Board of Appeals was convened to consider, or any Order issued by that Judge in that particular CFJ; or d) any combination of the above. All other Appellate Orders are presumptively invalid. The Clerk of the Courts shall publish each Appellate Order as soon as possible after receiving it from the Board of Appeal which executed it. This Rule takes precedence over all Rules pertaining to the validity of Appellate Orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeal Rule 1570 (Announcement of Appeal) Repeal Rule 2026 (Appellate Determinations). Repeal Rule 1693 (Appeal of a Judgement). Repeal Rule 1806 (No Appeal of Appellate Orders) Repeal Rule 1807 (Validity of Appellate Orders) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== Orders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1793 (Orders) to read: An Order is a command, executed by a player and directed to some entity requiring that entity to perform exactly one action, or to refrain from performing one or more actions. An Order may be directed to the holder of an official position in eir capacity in that official position, and if the position changes hands before the Order is satisfied, the duty to abide by the Order automatically attaches to the new holder of that position. An Order may also be directed at a prior order so as to affect the prior order's operation, as the Rules permit. All Orders executed in the manner prescribed by the Rules for their class are presumed valid and enforceable until proven otherwise by CFJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1794 (Classes of Orders) to read: Each Order is of exactly one of the following classes. If an Order could be of more than one of these classes, then it is of the first class that matches. (a) A Legislative Order is an Order executed as part of the effect of the adoption of a Proposal. (b) An Appellate Order is an Order executed by a Board of Appeals. (c) A Judicial Order is an Order executed by a Judge in the course of performing eir duties or privileges as Judge. (d) A Timing Order is an Order which may be executed by any person and directed at any entity. A timing order is valid if and only if it orders the entity to perform, as soon as possible, a duty specifically required of em by the Rules that does not otherwise have a specified timing requirement, or for which the otherwise specified timing requirement will have been exceeded as soon as possible after the Order is executed. No other types of Orders are valid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1795 (Order Timing) to read: An Order may specify the time limit for the performance of an ordered action. If a time limit is less than 72 hours after the Order takes effect, the time limit shall be 72 hours. If no time limit is specified, time limit shall be as soon as possible after the Order takes effect. If an Order which commands the performance of an action is directed to an Office or other position of authority, and the holder of that position of authority changes after the Order takes effect, but before the Order is satisfied, then the current holder shall have as soon as possible to satisfy that order. The noncompliance of an order with this Rule does not deprive that order of all effect, but instead modifies the timing requirements of the order. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1799 (Stay and Vacation of Orders) to read: The effect of staying an Order is to temporarily prevent the stayed Order from having any effect. A stay may be specified to expire after a fixed time. If no specification is made in the Order to Stay, the stay shall not expire. When the stay expires or is vacated, the previously stayed order again has effect as if it had been originally executed at the moment the stay ceases to be effective. However, if at the time the staying Order expires or otherwise ceases to have effect, the stayed Order has been vacated or is subject to another staying Order, it does not regain effect. The effect of vacating an Order is to permanently deny the vacated Order from having any effect. Vacating an Order to Vacate reinstates the ability of the vacated Order to have effect, as of the moment the Order to Vacate is itself vacated. Any Order may always be stayed or vacated by the Player (or, in the case of Appellate Orders, Board of Appeal) who executed it. Certain classes of Orders may be stayed or vacated in other circumstances as well, but only as the Rules allow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amend Rule 1810 (Satisfying Orders) to read: An Order requiring an entity to perform an action is satisfied when that entity performs that action. Other Rules may define other ways for Orders to be satisfied. Except when otherwise specified, a single action can result in the satisfaction of at most one Order. If an action would satisfy more than one Order, and no other specification is made, the Action satisfies the oldest Order which it would satisfy. Willfully performing contrary to valid orders, either through action or inaction, is a violation of this Rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-10-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-10-26 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-040 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4872 submit_date: 2006-09-08 submit_mid: title: Voting Credits Create a new rule titled "Voting Credits" of Power 3 with the following text, delimited by '---'. --- Voting Credits (VCs) are a measure of each player's ability to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. A player's VC is at all times a non-negative integer. The Promotor is the recordkeepor of VCs. VCs are not any form of property and cannot be traded. VCs can be affected only as described in this rule. When one or more players win the game, all players' voting limits on ordinary proposals are reset to one, subject to modification by other rules. When a player joins Agora, eir VCs are set to zero. When a proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. A player may expend two VCs to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. A player may expend one VC to increase any other player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. A player may expend two VCs to decrease any other player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one, down to a minimum voting limit of zero. Attempts to decrease a player's voting limit on ordinary proposals below this minimum fail. If a player attempts to expend more VCs than e currently has, the action fails, and the VCs are not expended. The Promotor may accept reasonable synonyms for "expend" (such as "pay" or "use") as valid actions under this rule. --- Upon adoption of this proposal, each player's VCs are set to two. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2006-10-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-10-26 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-041 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4871 submit_date: 2006-09-10 submit_mid: <45039900.70708@socal.rr.com> title: High-Power Deference Amend Rule 1482 (Precedence between Rules with Unequal Power) by appending this text: If the Rule with the higher Power explicitly says of itself that it defers to another Rule (or type of Rule), then such provisions shall supercede the Power method for determining precedence. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: overlooked at the time, distributed much later dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 pool_number: proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5183 submit_date: 2006-09-18 submit_mid: <450E41D9.9090707@socal.rr.com> title: Dora the Explorer (who teaches children all over the world to speak REALLY LOUDLY) Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) by replacing "OFFICAL" with "OFFICIAL". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: distribution had AI wrong, was really 4 (and Democratic), need to sort this out dist_date: 2006-11-06 dist_mid: <443ADD91-B8A5-4F2B-BAC6-BAC7E471B9D7@earthlink.net> fate: apparently dropped pool_number: 06-042 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4873 submit_date: 2006-10-27 submit_mid: title: The Final Word Eris is hereby, by legislative order, declared EMPRESS. Amend Rule 2029 to read: Ceci n'est pas une fontaine. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 chamber: Democratic coauthors: db_note: proposal text already distributed, this was a repeat to correct AI and chamber, need to sort this out dist_date: 2006-11-08 dist_mid: <2BE422E7-70E9-467F-A8A3-86111FF8D017@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2006-12-01 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-043 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4874 submit_date: 2006-10-27 submit_mid: title: The Final Word Eris is hereby, by legislative order, declared EMPRESS. Amend Rule 2029 to read: Ceci n'est pas une fontaine. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2006-11-12 fate_mid: pool_number: 06-044 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2006-11-10 submit_mid: title: If Enact the following rule entitiled Conditional Votes: A ballot option (vote) on an Agoran decision may be submitted conditionally, and the truth or falsity of the condition and thus the selected option will be determined as it exists at the end of the voting period. The option selected shall be considered to be clearly identified if and only if the truth or falsity of the specified condition(s) can be reasonably determined, without circularity or paradox, from information published within the 30 days prior to the end of the voting period. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4875 dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 pool_number: 06-045 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5184 submit_date: 2006-11-12 submit_mid: title: If 2.0 [Only change: shorten "30 days" to "in the voting period"] Enact the following rule entitiled Conditional Votes: A ballot option (vote) on an Agoran decision may be submitted conditionally, and the truth or falsity of the condition and thus the selected option will be determined as it exists at the end of the voting period. The option selected shall be considered to be clearly identified if and only if the truth or falsity of the specified condition(s) can be reasonably determined, without circularity or paradox, from information published within the voting period. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: this was a duff distribution, mangling the text of a submitted proposal dist_date: 2006-11-17 dist_mid: <78312A3A-4FC4-495B-A083-EF66174FAE96@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2006-12-01 fate_mid: pool_number: proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4875 submit_date: submit_mid: title: If 2.0 Enact the following rule entitiled Conditional Votes: A ballot option (vote) on an Agoran decision may be submitted conditionally, and the truth or falsity of the condition and thus the selected option will be determined as it exists at the end of the voting period. The option selected shall be considered to be clearly identified if and only if the truth or falsity of the specified condition(s) can be reasonably determined, without circularity or paradox, from information published within the voting period. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4876 dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 pool_number: 06-046 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5185 submit_date: 2006-11-25 submit_mid: <456896AD.7090502@socal.rr.com> title: Dishonor Rolls (Repairing an apparent mistake in Proposal 4867) Create a rule titled "Dishonor Rolls" with this text: When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey, e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey". This title shall be automatically revoked after a length of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald shall announce the revokation. If a sentencing order is executed against a defendant who already holds this title, the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be added to the time left on any previous ones. A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for lawlessness. A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald. A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long as e is no longer in Disgrace. A non-player may have this title revoked by Agoran Consent. The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons in particular types of disgrace. The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate the disgrace. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: db_note: this was a duff distribution, mangling the text of a submitted proposal dist_date: 2006-11-30 dist_mid: <74B8630E-45A5-4D5F-8D14-85514FD5A91C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-01-31 fate_mid: pool_number: proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4876 submit_date: submit_mid: title: Dishonor Rolls Create a rule titled "Dishonor Rolls" with this text: When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey, e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey". This title shall be automatically revoked after a length of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald shall announce the revokation. If a sentencing order is executed against a defendant who already holds this title, the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be added to the time left on any previous ones. A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for lawlessness. A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald. A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long as e is no longer in Disgrace. A non-player may have this title revoked by Agoran Consent. The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons in particular types of disgrace. The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate the disgrace. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-047 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4881 submit_date: 2006-12-01 submit_mid: title: Honor dies hard repeal Rule 2092 }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-048 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4877 submit_date: 2006-12-01 submit_mid: title: Conditional defugitation If Proposal 4876 has been adopted, repeal Rule 1437. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-049 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4878 submit_date: 2006-12-01 submit_mid: title: Win again and again [No defined way to win other than paradox right now. Let's start playing again, most general way: contests]. [This first part is in case Sherlock wants an early out, also adds "inactive Speaker" protection. Not intended to be a dig at Sherlock.] Amend Rule 402 by appending the following text: If no cardinal has become a pope in the past six months, or a judge finds that the current Speaker has been inactive, inattentive, unwilling, or unable to perform eir Agoran duties, then a cardinal may be named a pope (and therefore Speaker as above) by Agoran Consent. This is not considered winning. Create the following Rule, entitled "Winning": The current Speaker may, with two supporters, invite players to enter into a specified agreement (hereafter a Contest) to determine who wins the game. The contest must be open to all players. Winners determined by the procedures of the contest do in fact win the game. When the initiating Speaker ceases to be Speaker, the contest loses the legal authority to determine winners. Amend rule 1922 by appending the following text: (d) Champion, to be awarded to players who win the game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-050 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4883 submit_date: 2006-12-16 submit_mid: <4584868B.5070007@socal.rr.com> title: Revert Quorum Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) by replacing each instance of "five" with "three". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-051 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4879 submit_date: 2006-12-16 submit_mid: <45848699.8070701@socal.rr.com> title: Dishonor Rolls, redux Create a rule titled "Dishonor Rolls" with this text: When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey, e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey". This title shall be automatically revoked after a length of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald shall announce the revokation. If a sentencing order is executed against a defendant who already holds this title, the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be added to the time left on any previous ones. A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for lawlessness. A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald. A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long as e is no longer in Disgrace. A non-player may have this title revoked by Agoran Consent. The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons in particular types of disgrace. The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate the disgrace. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-052 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4884 submit_date: 2006-12-16 submit_mid: <458486B3.6000603@socal.rr.com> title: Credit for Service [YAFI, YGI.] Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by appending, after this text: When a proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. this text: At the end of each quarter, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that quarter gains one VC. A player who submits a judgement during eir Deliberation Period gains one VC. A player whose judgement is overturned loses one VC, if e has any. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-053 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4885 submit_date: 2006-12-16 submit_mid: <458486C6.8040309@socal.rr.com> title: Finish Repealing Assessor Amend Rule 2019 (The Speaker's Veto) by replacing "Assessor shall place" with "Promotor shall add". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-054 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4880 submit_date: 2006-12-18 submit_mid: <45865118.9000309@socal.rr.com> title: Finish Repealing Boons Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) by replacing this text: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year, and as soon as possible after the end of Agora's Birthday, the Herald shall award the boon of celebration to each Player who, during Agora's Birthday, publicly recognizes this Grand Event. with this text: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-055 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4887 submit_date: 2006-12-18 submit_mid: <45865148.4050603@socal.rr.com> title: Periodic Spell Check Amend Rule 101 (Agoran Rights and Privileges) by replacing each instance of "absense" with "absence". Amend Rule 1030 (Precedence between Rules with Equal Power) by replacing "precedence determining" with "precedence-determining". Amend Rules 402 (Church and State) and 2019 (The Speaker's Veto) by replacing "nonwithstanding" with "notwithstanding". Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by replacing "acheive" with "achieve", "acheived" with "achieved", and "offical" with "official". Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) by replacing "OFFICAL" with "OFFICIAL". Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) by replacing "Rulekeeper" with "Rulekeepor". Amend Rule 693 (Agoran Decisions) by replacing "decisionmaking" with "decision-making". Amend Rule 897 (Court Procedure) by replacing "Plantiff" with "Plaintiff". Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) by replacing "labelled" with "labeled". Amend Rule 1365 (Concurring and Dissenting Opinions) by replacing "submittors" with "submitters", and "arugments" with "arguments". Amend Rule 1626 (Applications) by replacing "submittor" with "submitter". Amend Rule 1447 (Final Judgement upon Appeal) by replacing each instance of "Appelate" with "Appellate". Amend Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders) by replacing "proportinate" with "proportionate", and "to to" with "to". Amend Rule 1370 (How to Get a Degree) by replacing "tham" with "than", and "the the" with "the". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-065 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4893 submit_date: 2006-12-19 submit_mid: <458760DA.5070400@socal.rr.com> title: Inactivity Revisited Create a rule titled "Inactivity" with this text: A player may become active or inactive by announcement. A player may, without objection, make another player inactive. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-056 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4886 submit_date: 2006-12-21 submit_mid: <458A1F72.2090401@socal.rr.com> title: A is A Amend Rule 105 (Rule Changes) by replacing this text: A variation in whitespace or capitalization in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. with this text: A variation in whitespace, capitalization, or substitution of section labels with the same ordinal position (e.g. 1 / a / i, 2 / b / ii, etc.) in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-057 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4882 submit_date: 2006-12-22 submit_mid: <458B574E.1010108@socal.rr.com> title: The Lady, or the Tiger? Upon the adoption of this proposal, Goethe is deemed to have been deregistered due to Rule 1789 (Cantus Cygneus) as of the posting of Murphy's message on or about Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:44:10 -0800; unless e announced "Wait! Wait! I've changed my mind!" during the voting period of this proposal, in which case e is deemed not to have been so deregistered. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-059 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4888 submit_date: 2006-12-23 submit_mid: <600C4AE1-8424-49EA-A7A1-36B315FE47A9@earthlink.net> title: Fixing Voting Credits Delete from Rule 2126 the text reading: The Promotor may accept reasonable synonyms for "expend" (such as "pay" or "use") as valid actions under this rule. Append to Rule 2126 the following: Changes to voting limits under this rule take effect at the beginning of the next week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 06-061 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4889 submit_date: 2006-12-31 submit_mid: <45971C7E.3020903@socal.rr.com> title: Two more fixes Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by replacing this text: The Herald shall list the holder of each office, with this text: The Herald's Report shall list the holder of each office, and by replacing this text: than the officer shall publish that information once a month with this text: then the officer shall publish that information at least once a month Amend Rule 1795 (Order Timing) to read: Orders to perform an action shall be satisfied as soon as possible, unless the Order specifies a different time limit. The minimum time limit is 72 hours after the Order takes effect; any time limit that would be shorter is extended to the minimum. If an Order to perform an action is directed to an Office or other position of authority, and the holder of that position changes after the Order takes effect, but before the Order is satisfied, then the time limit is extended (if needed) to one week after the change. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-062 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4890 submit_date: 2007-01-04 submit_mid: <459C69AC.1050000@socal.rr.com> title: Fix Separation of Powers Amend Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers) to read: The positions of Speaker, Clerk of the Courts, and Promotor are mutually exclusive. Whenever a player holds more than one of these positions, e is removed from all of them except Speaker (if he holds it) or the position e came to hold most recently (otherwise). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 chamber: Democratic coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-063 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4891 submit_date: 2007-01-05 submit_mid: <459DE9AB.3050803@socal.rr.com> title: Clarify Win by Paradox Amend Rule 2110 (Win by Paradox) to read: If the legality of an action cannot be determined with finality, or if by a Judge's best reasoning, not appealed within a week of eir Judgement, an action appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player to announce this fact wins the game. Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by appending this text: (d) Champion, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. The Herald's report shall record how the player won. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 chamber: Ordinary coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-01-22 fate_mid: <45B44E63.1000306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-064 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4892 submit_date: 2007-01-07 submit_mid: <45A12BCC.6090108@socal.rr.com> title: Fix Separated Powers (In case Rule 1450 is interpreted as having kept me out of the Speakership. Possibly-ex-Speaker Sherlock is my second nominee for CotC; I considered making em my first nominee, but if R1450 blocked my Speakership, then it would possibly block still-Speaker Sherlock's Clerkship as well.) This proposal has no effect unless Murphy's proposal "Fix Separation of Powers" has been previously adopted. This proposal has no effect unless at least one candidate for Clerk of the Courts votes for it. Upon the adoption of this proposal, Murphy becomes Speaker, and the first candidate for Clerk of the Courts who voted for it becomes Clerk of the Courts. The candidates for Clerk of the Courts are: 1) GreyKnight 2) Sherlock }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-066 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4894 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <45A66D59.50004@socal.rr.com> title: Red Tape Scam Create a rule titled "Fantasy Rule Changes" with this text: A proposal generally can, as part of its effect: (a) Enact a rule. When enacted, rules have Power 1. (b) Assign a number to a rule. (c) Modify the power, title, or text of a rule. (d) Repeal a rule. When a proposal repeals a rule, it ceases to be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record of it. Repeal Rule 105 (Rule Changes). Upon the adoption of this proposal: OscarMeyr is awarded the Patent Title of Fantasy Rule Conspirator. Peter is awarded the Patent Title of Fantasy Rule Catalyst. Murphy is awarded the Patent Title of Fantasy Rule Creator. Zefram is awarded the Patent Title of Fantasy Rule Compulsion. Amend the rule titled "Fantasy Rule Changes" to have number 105, Power 3, title "Rule Changes", and this text: A proposal generally can, as part of its effect: (a) Enact a rule. When a rule is enacted, the Rulekeepor shall assign it a number, which must be greater than any number previously assigned. If the enacting proposal does not specify the power, the rule shall have power equal to one. If the proposal specifies the power, then the rule shall have power equal to the minimum of four, the power of the proposal, and the power specified by the proposal. If the title is not specified, the Rulekeepor may select any title e sees fit. (b) Modify the power, title, or text of a rule. A Proposal can modify the power, title, or text of a rule with power no greater than its own. However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have power greater than its own. Any ambiguity in a modification specified by a proposal causes that modification to be void and without effect. A variation in whitespace or capitalization in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. (c) Repeal a rule. A Proposal can repeal a rule with power no greater than its own. When a proposal repeals a rule, it ceases to be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record of it. This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be enacted, modified, or repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-068 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4895 submit_date: 2007-01-10 submit_mid: <45A563E9.2000906@socal.rr.com> title: Once is funny, twice would just be annoying Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) by appending, after this text: Linked CFJs are multiple Calls for Judgement that are submitted in a single message and clearly labelled as Linked CFJs. this text: When submitting Linked CFJs, the players (if any) barred by the caller from judging the first CFJ are the only players e may bar from judging any of the other CFJs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.000001 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-069 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4896 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111153910.GA6872@fysh.org> title: switch off the fountain WHEREAS the Town Fountain is an ugly triviality of ASCII art, unlike the fine Map of Agora, and whereas the scamming spirit of the game is adequately honoured by the Patent Title of "Scamster" held by each of the erectors of the Town Fountain, be it therefore resolved that Rule 2029 be repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 0.000001 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-070 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4899 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111161240.GA12100@fysh.org> title: hoopy Be it therefore resolved that a Rule be created with title "Sass That Hoopy" and text: When the Clerk of the Courts publishes a Judgement as required by Rule 591, e must accompany the publication with the statement "Zefram is a frood.". Any publication of a Judgement that is not so accompanied does not satisfy the Clerk of the Courts' obligation to publish the Judgement. This Rule takes precedence over Rule 591. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-071 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4897 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111161240.GA12100@fysh.org> title: fix Power and Rule Changes Be it therefore resolved that one second after the adoption of this Proposal Rule 105 "Rule Changes" be modified by replacing the text "Enact a rule" with "Enact a Rule with Power no greater than its own", and by replacing the text "Repeal a rule" with "Repeal a Rule with Power no greater than its own". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-072 proposer: Greyknight seq_number: 4898 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111203416.18852.qmail@web60720.mail.yahoo.com> title: Agoran Arms The coat of arms of Agora is defined by the following blazon: Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable, charged with a quill and an axe in saltire, proper, and in the chief a capital letter A, gules. When any Player requires an image that e may use to represent Agora or the interests thereof, e must use an image which accurately depicts the blazon presented here. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-073 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4900 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111224628.GA7475@fysh.org> title: fix unanimity Be it therefore resolved that Rule 955 "Determining the Will of Agora" be amended by replacing the word "Unanimity" with "aleph-0". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-074 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4901 submit_date: 2007-01-11 submit_mid: <20070111225501.GC7475@fysh.org> title: fix proposal efficiacy Be it therefore resolved that Rule 106 "Adopting Proposals" be amended by replacing the text "and then it takes effect" with "and then if its power is at least 1 then it takes effect". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-075 proposer: Greyknight seq_number: 4902 submit_date: 2007-01-12 submit_mid: <267289.38273.qm@web60724.mail.yahoo.com> title: Yet Another Fine Unanimity Amend Rule 955, "Determining the Will of Agora", by appending the following: A voting index of Unanimity shall be understood to exceed one, and to meet or exceed any adoption index. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: "2 yellow smarties" coauthors: dist_date: 2007-01-31 dist_mid: <1A2184A1-912A-43F9-9371-CE2E29C2F14C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-02-12 fate_mid: <45CFD1E6.8040006@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-076 proposer: Greyknight seq_number: 4903 submit_date: 2007-01-12 submit_mid: <800032.58600.qm@web60723.mail.yahoo.com> title: Egregrious AI Modification Abuse Upon adoption of this proposal, Rule 2127 (Conditional Votes) is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-077 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4905 submit_date: 2007-01-29 submit_mid: <45BD73AC.3030503@socal.rr.com> title: Cleaning up after myself [Anyone who takes issue with this wording should also take issue with the similar wording of Rule 1551 (Ratification).] Upon the adoption of this proposal, the gamestate is modified so that Goethe was deregistered due to Rule 1789 (Cantus Cygneus) as of the posting of Murphy's message on or about Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:44:10 -0800. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-078 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4906 submit_date: 2007-01-30 submit_mid: <45BE8B3D.4@socal.rr.com> title: "Deem" deemed harmful Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) by replacing this text: (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections to the performance of the action; or with this text: (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections (and not publicly retracted eir objections) to the performance of the action; or and by removing this text: A player who posts an objection to the performance of an action may publicly retract eir objection. If e does so, e shall be deemed not have posted an objection to the performance of that action for the purposes of (e)(1) of this rule. Amend Rule 1891 (Legislative Orders) by replacing this text: (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, are deemed to have been executed by that Proposal, and are deemed to have been executed as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. with this text: (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, and are executed by that Proposal as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-079 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4904 submit_date: 2007-01-30 submit_mid: <20070130071220.GA21230@fysh.org> title: some deeming Upon the adoption of this proposal, Goethe is deemed to be a banana. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-080 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4907 submit_date: 2007-02-26 submit_mid: <20070206111318.GA29218@fysh.org> title: Timing without Orders Amend Rule 1006 ("Offices") by deleting the paragraph that starts "If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order". Amend Rule 1794 ("Classes of Orders") by deleting item (d). Create a rule titled "Default Timing" in the category "Definitions" with the text: Where the Rules oblige a person to perform some action but do not otherwise specify a time limit by which the action must be performed, the action must be performed as soon as possible after the first instant when both the person was obliged to perform that action and the action was logically possible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-081 proposer: Greyknight seq_number: 4908 submit_date: 2007-01-31 submit_mid: <519070.22408.qm@web60715.mail.yahoo.com> title: No Silly Orders Amend Rule 1793, "Orders" by appending the following paragraph: Any Order which requires any entity to perform an impossible or illegal action, or to refrain from performing an action which that entity is either legally required to perform or which it is impossible not to perform, is considered an invalid order. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.00000000000000000000000001337 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-02-19 dist_mid: <2C2677C9-6235-402D-99E8-145700BA5C2F@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-03-06 fate_mid: <45EE38C7.9050506@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-082 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4909 submit_date: 2007-01-31 submit_mid: <20070131095752.GB11078@fysh.org> title: broaden annotations Amend rule 789 "Orders to Annotate Rules" by replacing the paragraph that begins "The Judge of any CFJ" with: The Judge of any CFJ, the Statement of which alleges that a Rule should be interpreted in a certain way, which is judged TRUE or FALSE, may, at eir discretion, issue an Order requiring the Rulekeepor to annotate the Rule in question accordingly. If the CFJ was judged TRUE then the annotation shall be the Statement of the CFJ, and if the CFJ was judged FALSE then the annotation shall be the contrary of the Statement of the CFJ. Such an annotation, while it exists, shall guide application of that Rule. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-04 dist_mid: <323DFE8F-231B-4797-93F5-B5B6072ABA62@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-03-11 fate_mid: <45F46FD7.5080102@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-083 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4910 submit_date: 2007-02-22 submit_mid: <45DDC8D5.4020705@socal.rr.com> title: Initialize Activity Upon the adoption of this proposal, all players become active. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-04 dist_mid: <323DFE8F-231B-4797-93F5-B5B6072ABA62@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-03-11 fate_mid: <45F46FD7.5080102@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-084 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4911 submit_date: 2007-02-25 submit_mid: <467CBE6B-0F95-48D3-B353-D475037179E4@earthlink.net> title: An End To Silly Proposal Adoption Indices (sorry Zefram) Amend R106 by replacing the text: The default adoption index of a proposal is one. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of 1 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. With this text: The adoption index of a proposal is a positive integer, with a default value of one. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of 1 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-11 dist_mid: <972564F9-B336-4C10-B767-5AF02085CC0C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-03-21 fate_mid: <4600D9E9.1060403@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-085 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4912 submit_date: 2007-02-26 submit_mid: <45E31911.3030100@socal.rr.com> title: Multiple judicial fixes Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) to read: Linked CFJs are multiple Calls for Judgement deemed to be sufficiently similar that they should have a single judge. Linkage is transitive. When a set of one or more linked CFJs change jurisdiction, they remain linked to each other, but become unlinked from any other CFJs; they may become linked to one or more CFJs within the new jurisdiction. Multiple CFJs, submitted in a single message and clearly labelled as Linked CFJs, become linked. The players (if any) barred by the caller from judging the first CFJ are the only players e may bar from judging the others. The Clerk of the Courts shall not assign judges directly to the members of a set of Linked CFJs, but shall assign a judge to the set, as if it was a single CFJ. The judge must be eligible to judge each member of the set, and is simultaneously assigned as judge of each member of the set. The judge of a set of Linked CFJs shall submit eir judgement of each of those CFJs in a single message. A trial judge may remand one or more linked CFJs to the Clerk of the Courts by announcement. E ceases to be their judge. A trial judge may transfer one or more of eir CFJs to a second trial judge by announcement (identifying one of the second judge's CFJs), provided that the second judge consents, and is eligible to judge all of them. The transferred CFJs become linked to the second judge's CFJ (and any others to which it is already linked). Create a rule titled "Excess CFJs" with this text: A CFJ made by a person who has previously made five or more CFJs during the same Agoran Week as that CFJ is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts may dismiss an Excess CFJ by announcement. Amend Rule 1871 (Turns for All) to read: When a player is selected as Trial Judge of a CFJ, e becomes turned. A player is ineligible to be Trial Judge of a CFJ if e was turned when it was called. When a player registers, e becomes turned. The Clerk of the Courts may (without 2 objections) turn a player. E is encouraged to do this only if e expects the player to judge CFJs slowly or not at all. When the Clerk of the Courts publishes a Notice of Rotation, all players become unturned. The Clerk of the Courts shall only do so when all open CFJs without a Trial Judge have no players eligible to be assigned, and at least one of them has at least one player ineligible solely to being turned; e shall list all CFJs in the first set, and at least one in the second. However, failing to meet these requirements does not deprive the Notice of effect. Create a Rule titled "Pragmatic Judicial Assignments" with this text: If the Clerk of the Courts errs in good faith by assigning an ineligible judge, then the selection stands. However, if the player has not yet delivered judgement, then the Clerk of the Courts may point out eir error and recuse the player. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-11 dist_mid: <972564F9-B336-4C10-B767-5AF02085CC0C@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-03-21 fate_mid: <4600D9E9.1060403@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-086 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4913 submit_date: 2007-02-27 submit_mid: <45E4C46B.9060304@socal.rr.com> title: Paragraphs and pineapples Upon the adoption of this proposal, each natural person who is part of a player that is not a natural person is awarded the Patent Title of Denny Crane. Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player that is not a natural person is deregistered. Amend Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) to read: The following terms are defined: (a) The term "person" shall mean "natural person". (b) The term "number" shall mean "real number". (c) The phrase "as soon as possible" shall mean "within seven days". (d) The term "random" shall mean a choice drawn with a process whose probability distribution among the possible outcomes is reasonably close to that required by the Rules, using a uniform distribution if not otherwise specified. (e) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Units are considered in a tree hierarchy, interpreting the original body of text as a depth-first search. The root is empty, the unbulleted units are its children, and the bulleted units following an unbulleted unit are its descendants (with nested bullets corresponding to nested levels of the tree). (4) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (f) Agoran epochs: (1) Agoran days begin at midnight UTC. (2) Agoran weeks begin at midnight UTC on Monday. (3) Agoran months begin at midnight UTC on the first day of each Gregorian month. (4) Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January, April, July, and October begin. (5) Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January begins. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-11 dist_mid: <972564F9-B336-4C10-B767-5AF02085CC0C@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-03-21 fate_mid: <4600D9E9.1060403@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-087 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4914 submit_date: 2007-03-04 submit_mid: <90821244-FFD5-49D8-841F-0D3EE03AF1B3@earthlink.net> title: Fixing Voting Credits Delete from Rule 2126 the text reading: The Promotor may accept reasonable synonyms for "expend" (such as "pay" or "use") as valid actions under this rule. Append to Rule 2126 the following: Changes to voting limits under this rule take effect at the beginning of the next week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-02 fate_mid: <461162E6.1010701@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-088 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4915 submit_date: 2007-03-06 submit_mid: <45EE3912.6070202@socal.rr.com> title: "Deem" deemed harmful, take two Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) by replacing this text: (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections to the performance of the action; or with this text: (1) if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, fewer than N players have publicly posted objections (and not publicly retracted eir objections) to the performance of the action; or and by removing this text: A player who posts an objection to the performance of an action may publicly retract eir objection. If e does so, e shall be deemed not have posted an objection to the performance of that action for the purposes of (e)(1) of this rule. Amend Rule 1891 (Legislative Orders) by replacing this text: (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, are deemed to have been executed by that Proposal, and are deemed to have been executed as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. with this text: (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is to execute those Orders. Such Orders are known as Legislative Orders, and are executed by that Proposal as of the date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-02 fate_mid: <461162E6.1010701@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-089 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4916 submit_date: 2007-03-07 submit_mid: <20070307091804.GA21012@fysh.org> title: Timing without Orders, take two Amend Rule 1006 ("Offices") by deleting the paragraph that starts "If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order". Amend Rule 1794 ("Classes of Orders") by deleting item (d). Create a rule titled "Default Timing" in the category "Definitions" with the text: Where the Rules oblige a person to perform some action but do not otherwise specify a time limit by which the action must be performed, the action must be performed as soon as possible after the first instant when both the person was obliged to perform that action and the action was logically possible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-02 fate_mid: <461162E6.1010701@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-090 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4917 submit_date: 2007-03-07 submit_mid: <20070307091804.GA21012@fysh.org> title: broaden annotations, take two Amend rule 789 "Orders to Annotate Rules" by replacing the paragraph that begins "The Judge of any CFJ" with: The Judge of any CFJ, the Statement of which alleges that a Rule should be interpreted in a certain way, which is judged TRUE or FALSE, may, at eir discretion, issue an Order requiring the Rulekeepor to annotate the Rule in question accordingly. If the CFJ was judged TRUE then the annotation shall be the Statement of the CFJ, and if the CFJ was judged FALSE then the annotation shall be the contrary of the Statement of the CFJ. Such an annotation, while it exists, shall guide application of that Rule. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-02 fate_mid: <461162E6.1010701@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-091 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4918 submit_date: 2007-03-21 submit_mid: <94EB3930-564C-4B1F-9DD7-97E37FA0E38B@earthlink.net> title: An End To Silly Proposal Adoption Indices, v2 Amend R106 by replacing the text: The default adoption index of a proposal is one. With this text: The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a default and minimum value of 1.0. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-02 fate_mid: <461162E6.1010701@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-092 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4919 submit_date: 2007-03-23 submit_mid: <20070323100351.GA15309@fysh.org> title: reorientation Amend rule 889 ("The Clerk of the Courts") by deleting the text The CotC's Bi-Weekly Report shall include the following: (i) Each Player's Orientation. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-03 fate_mid: <46119BB8.2060409@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-093 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4920 submit_date: 2007-03-23 submit_mid: <20070323101419.GA16049@fysh.org> title: bootstrapped enough Whereas the identity of Agora's first Speaker is a matter of historical record, long since fixed and impervious to the influence of the rules, and whereas Michael Norrish's seminal role is recognised by the Patent Title of "First Speaker", rule 104 is hereby repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-03 fate_mid: <46119BB8.2060409@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-094 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4921 submit_date: 2007-03-23 submit_mid: <20070323103444.GA18161@fysh.org> title: clean off stains Repeal rule 1437 ("Fugitives from Justice"). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-03-26 dist_mid: <6CAEFCFD-6C62-49DE-B572-AB3D4622FADE@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-03 fate_mid: <46119BB8.2060409@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-095 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4922 submit_date: 2007-03-23 submit_mid: <20070323141410.GA13464@fysh.org> title: contracts -> rules Create a rule titled "The Envoy" with the text: The person who is most responsible for advertising Agora and soliciting new Players, in the opinion of the Speaker, shall be known as the Envoy. Any changes in the identity of the Envoy shall take effect when announced publicly by the Speaker. The Envoy shall advertise Agora on a regular basis in any non-Agoran public forums e deems appropriate. Repeal rule 2109 ("Agoran Contracts"). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-096 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4923 submit_date: 2007-03-26 submit_mid: <4607F28D.9040200@socal.rr.com> title: VC Raffle Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by adding, just before this text: A player may expend two VCs to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. the following text: As soon as possible after announcing the results of an Agoran decision, the vote collector shall choose a random integer from 1 to 10 (inclusive); if it is 7, then e shall choose a random player who voted on that decision, and that player gains a number of VCs equal to the number of players who voted on that decision divided by 7 (rounded up). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-04-01 fate_mid: <20070401161944.GA11042@fysh.org> pool_number: proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-03-31 submit_mid: <20070331073359.GA11737@fysh.org> title: give the Rule Changes rule its own number back Create a rule with Power=4, title "Fix Number of Rule Changes Rule", and text Immediately upon the creation of this rule, rule 105 is amended by appending the sentence "This rule takes precedence over all other rules." to its final paragraph. Immediately after a rule has been amended by the preceding paragraph, rule 105's number is changed to 2131. Immediately after a rule has been renumbered by the preceding paragraph, this rule is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-097 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4924 submit_date: 2007-03-31 submit_mid: <20070331134214.GA20159@fysh.org> title: fixing a number, fixed edition Create a rule with Power=4, title "Fix Number of Rule Changes Rule", and text Immediately upon the creation of this rule, rule 105 is amended by appending the sentence "This rule takes precedence over all other rules with Power less than or equal to 3." to its final paragraph. Immediately after a rule has been amended by the preceding paragraph, rule 105's number is changed to 2131. Immediately after a rule has been renumbered by the preceding paragraph, this rule is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-098 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4925 submit_date: 2007-03-31 submit_mid: <20070331205229.GA611@fysh.org> title: avoid precedence paradoxes Amend rule 1482 by appending the text: No change to the Ruleset can occur that would cause a Rule to stipulate any other means of determining precedence between Rules of equal Power. This applies to changes by the enactment or amendment of a Rule, or of any other form. This Rule takes precedence over any Rule that would permit such a change to the Ruleset. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-099 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4926 submit_date: 2007-03-31 submit_mid: <20070331205229.GA611@fysh.org> title: precedence takes precedence Change the Power of rule 1482 to 4. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-100 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4927 submit_date: 2007-03-31 submit_mid: <20070331205229.GA611@fysh.org> title: liberalise rule changes Amend the rule titled "Rule Changes" (which was numbered 2131 when first enacted, and then renumbered to 105) by replacing each instance of "a proposal" or "a Proposal" with "an instrument" and replacing each instance of "A proposal" or "A Proposal" with "An instrument". In performing this amendment, the case of characters is significant, and the casing given in the preceding sentence is to be interpreted strictly; the case of the word "a" is to be preserved in the replacement word "an". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-101 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4928 submit_date: 2007-04-01 submit_mid: <20070401114141.GA11469@fysh.org> title: belatedly repeal rule 2009 Repeal rule 2009. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-08 dist_mid: <21DFF86C-A21F-4AAF-8D2A-20DFCCD12DCA@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-18 fate_mid: <46266158.6090004@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-102 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4929 submit_date: 2007-04-01 submit_mid: <20070401114141.GA11469@fysh.org> title: belatedly repeal rule 2037 Repeal rule 2037. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-103 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4930 submit_date: 2007-04-02 submit_mid: title: simple VC wins Enact the following rule: If a single player has a voting power on ordinary proposals equal to or greater than the total voting power on ordinary proposals of all other players combined, that player wins the game upon any player announcing the fact. [ We need wins. This is simple, uses a mechanism already in play. A player getting to that point could pass a proposal declaring emself the winner. Except (1) quorum and (2) e wouldn't want to, because e'd lose eir votes. This makes em the winner, with the added strategy that you could push someone who wants to keep eir votes over the edge. ] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-104 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4931 submit_date: 2007-04-04 submit_mid: <20070404155521.GA17086@fysh.org> title: Herald to advertise Create a rule with title "Herald to Advertise" and text: Every month the Herald shall update the page about Agora on the NomicWiki at nomic.net, provided that that wiki is operational. This page, when updated, is to include a list of the current players. In updating the page the Herald shall ensure that information that is currently incorrect is either corrected or removed, and that all links on the page point to extant pages that are correctly described. The Herald may add new correct information to the page at eir discretion. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-105 proposer: Levi seq_number: 4932 submit_date: 2007-04-05 submit_mid: <46145A5B.40706@optusnet.com.au> title: Clarifying Excess CFJs Replace the entire text of rule 2132 with the following text: A CFJ submitted by a person who has previously submitted five or more CFJs during the same Agoran Week as that CFJ is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts may Refuse an Excess CFJ by announcement. A Refused CFJ ceases to be a CFJ. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-106 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4933 submit_date: 2007-04-05 submit_mid: <20070405083359.GA30518@fysh.org> title: constrained refusal of excess Amend rule 2132 to read: A CFJ submitted by a person who has previously submitted five or more CFJs during the same Agoran Week as that CFJ is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts can, by announcement, Refuse an Excess CFJ that has not had any judge assigned to it. Refusal of an Excess CFJ causes it to cease to be a CFJ. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-107 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4934 submit_date: 2007-04-03 submit_mid: <20070403081918.GA8394@fysh.org> title: Herald's report defines address listing Amend rule 1377 by deleting the word "listed". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-108 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4935 submit_date: 2007-04-11 submit_mid: <461D75AC.40306@socal.rr.com> title: Return of the Contests Create a rule titled "Contests" with this text: A contest is a contract that identifies itself as such, and identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster; all other parties are its contestants. Points are a measure of a player's contentiousness. The number of points possessed by a player is eir score. When a player registers, eir score is set to zero. A contestmaster may award a total of up to 10 points per month to one or more contestants, unless e was contestmaster of a different contest for at least 15 days of the previous month. A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player's score is set to zero. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-109 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4936 submit_date: 2007-04-11 submit_mid: <461D758F.9050700@socal.rr.com> title: Agoran Chromodynamics Repeal Rule 2126 (Voting Credits). Create a rule titled "Beads" with this text: Beads are a measure of each player's economic power. Players may spend eir own beads (destroying them), or trade them to other players. When a player wins the game, all beads are destroyed. At the end of each quarter, half of each player's supply of each type of bead (rounding up) are destroyed. The Jewelor is an office, and the recordkeepor of each type of bead. Create a rule titled "Earning Beads" with this text: When a proposal is adopted, its author gains Red Beads equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, and each of its co-authors gains one Red Bead. At the end of each month, each player gains Yellow Beads equal to the number of offices e held for at least 15 days during that month, plus one more if e was Speaker for the entire month. When a player judges a CFJ during eir Deliberation Period, e gains a Blue Bead. Create a rule titled "Combining Beads" with this text: A player may spend two Beads to create a third, as follows: a) Red + Yellow = Orange b) Red + Blue = Purple c) Yellow + Blue = Green Create a rule titled "Spending Beads" with this text: A player may spend: * Two Orange Beads to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals (VLOP) by one. * One Orange Bead to increase another player's VLOP by one. * Two Orange Beads to decrease another player's VLOP by one, to a minimum of zero. When a player wins the game, each player's VLOP is reset to one, subject to modification by other rules. * One Purple Bead to increase quorum on an ordinary proposal in its voting period by one. * Two Purple Beads to decrease quorum on such a proposal by one, to a minimum of three. A proposal that fails quorum increased in this fashion is vetoed. * One Green Bead to waive all time limits for attempting to replace an officer. * One Green Bead to bar a player from judging a CFJ. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-110 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4937 submit_date: 2007-04-11 submit_mid: <461D75E1.9050604@socal.rr.com> title: Good form should be suggested by the rules Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) by appending this text: An Appeal may be accompanied by Arguments, Evidence, or other related material; the Board of Appeals is encouraged, but not required, to take notice of these things. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-111 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4938 submit_date: 2007-04-11 submit_mid: <461D7630.5090309@socal.rr.com> title: Paragraphs Amend Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) to read: The following terms are defined: (a) The term "number" shall mean "real number". (b) The phrase "as soon as possible" shall mean "within seven days". (c) The term "random" shall mean a choice drawn with a process whose probability distribution among the possible outcomes is reasonably close to that required by the Rules, using a uniform distribution if not otherwise specified. (d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Units are considered in a tree hierarchy, interpreting the original body of text as a depth-first search. The root is empty, the unbulleted units are its children, and the bulleted units following an unbulleted unit are its descendants (with nested bullets corresponding to nested levels of the tree). (4) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (e) Agoran epochs: (1) Agoran days begin at midnight UTC. (2) Agoran weeks begin at midnight UTC on Monday. (3) Agoran months begin at midnight UTC on the first day of each Gregorian month. (4) Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January, April, July, and October begin. (5) Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January begins. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4939 dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-112 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5019 submit_date: 2007-04-12 submit_mid: <461D777E.60309@socal.rr.com> title: Re-divide some offices [Smaller Offices may be less intimidating to newer players.] Create a rule titled "The Assessor" with this text: The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for collecting votes and keeping track of related properties. The Assessor is the default vote collector for all Agoran decisions that do not specify a different vote collector. The Assessor's report shall include the following: a) Each player's voting limit on ordinary proposals. b) Each player's voting credits. Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal, and the vote collector is the Speaker. with this text: Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, and the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Assessor becomes held by the Speaker. Create a rule titled "The International Associate Director of Personnel" with this text: The International Associate Director of Personnel is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of officers and reports. The Director of Personnel's report shall include the following: a) The holder of each office. b) The date on which each holder last came to hold that office. c) The date of the most recent attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of that office. Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by removing this text: The Herald shall list the holder of each office, and the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office. and by replacing this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is achieved. with this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Director of Personnel shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Director of Personnel becomes held by the Herald. Create a rule titled "The Registrar" with this text: The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of players. The Registrar's report shall include the following: a) Each player's nickname (if any) and listed e-mail address(es). b) The date on which each player most recently registered. c) A list of all public or discussion fora, with sufficient data regarding each forum to players to receive messages there. Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by removing this text: The Herald's report shall include a list of all public or discussion fora and sufficient data regarding each to allow players to receive messages via that medium. The Herald need not keep track of null fora. and by replacing each instance of "Herald" with "Registrar". Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Registrar becomes held by the Herald. Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) to read: The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of the History of Agora and its players. The Herald's report shall include the following: a) A list of each Patent Title and Degree that at least one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it. b) A list of one or more Threats, including Bears. Amend Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers) to read: The following sets of positions are mutually exclusive: a) Promotor and Assessor b) Speaker and Clerk of the Courts A player holding two or more positions within one of these sets is removed from all but one of them. If one of them is the Speakership, then e retains it; otherwise, e retains the position e came to hold most recently. This rule takes precedence over all rules governing offices. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: db_note: this was a duff distribution, mangling the text of a submitted proposal dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4939 submit_date: submit_mid: title: Re-divide some offices [Smaller Offices may be less intimidating to newer players.] Create a rule titled "The Assessor" with this text: The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for collecting votes and keeping track of related properties. The Assessor is the default vote collector for all Agoran decisions that do not specify a different vote collector. The Assessor's report shall include the following: a) Each player's voting limit on ordinary proposals. b) Each player's voting credits. Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal, and the vote collector is the Speaker. with this text: Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active players, and the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Assessor becomes held by the Speaker. Create a rule titled "The International Associate Director of Personnel" with this text: The International Associate Director of Personnel is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of officers and reports. The Director of Personnel's report shall include the following: a) The holder of each office. b) The date on which each holder last came to hold that office. c) The date of the most recent attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of that office. Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by removing this text: The Herald shall list the holder of each office, and the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office. and by replacing this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is achieved. with this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Director of Personnel shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Director of Personnel becomes held by the Herald. Create a rule titled "The Registrar" with this text: The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of players. The Registrar's report shall include the following: a) Each player's nickname (if any) and listed e-mail address (es). b) The date on which each player most recently registered. c) A list of all public or discussion fora, with sufficient data regarding each forum to players to receive messages there. Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by removing this text: The Herald's report shall include a list of all public or discussion fora and sufficient data regarding each to allow players to receive messages via that medium. The Herald need not keep track of null fora. and by replacing each instance of "Herald" with "Registrar". Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of Registrar becomes held by the Herald. Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) to read: The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of the History of Agora and its players. The Herald's report shall include the following: a) A list of each Patent Title and Degree that at least one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it. b) A list of one or more Threats, including Bears. Amend Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers) to read: The following sets of positions are mutually exclusive: a) Promotor and Assessor b) Speaker and Clerk of the Courts A player holding two or more positions within one of these sets is removed from all but one of them. If one of them is the Speakership, then e retains it; otherwise, e retains the position e came to hold most recently. This rule takes precedence over all rules governing offices. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-19 dist_mid: <1E87E57C-B30A-4A33-9EA3-BB46B02F604B@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-04-29 fate_mid: <46350085.8010502@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-113 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4940 submit_date: 2007-04-13 submit_mid: <20070413101539.GA987@fysh.org> title: instrument mechanics Amend rule 1688 to read: The power of an entity is a non-negative rational number. An instrument is an entity with positive power. The power of an entity cannot be set or modified except as stipulated by the rules. All entities have power zero except where specifically allowed by the rules. [The former restriction of power to natural numbers is ineffective, and we have often found some use for non-integer powers.] Enact a rule with title "Power Controls Mutability", Power=3, and text: No entity with power below the power of this rule can (a) cause an entity to have power greater than its own. (b) adjust the power of an instrument with power greater than its own. (c) modify any other substantive aspect of an instrument with power greater than its own. A "substantive" aspect of an instrument is any aspect that affects the instrument's operation. [This is the full generalisation of the power restrictions on rule changes. Expressing it all in fully general form avoids prior scams concerned with instruments other than rules and proposals. The exception for entities with power greater than or equal to this rule is simply admitting what is effectively the case anyway.] Enact a rule with title "Role and Attributes of Rules", Power=3, and text: A rule is a type of instrument with the capacity to govern the game generally. A rule's content takes the form of a text, and is unlimited in scope. In particular, a rule may define in-game entities and regulate their behaviour, make instantaneous changes to the state of in-game entities, prescribe or proscribe certain player behaviour, modify the rules or the application thereof, or do any of these things in a conditional manner. Every rule has power between one and four inclusive. It is not possible for a rule to have a power outside this range. Every rule shall have a number for identification. If a rule ever does not have an identifying number, the Rulekeepor shall assign a number to it by announcement as soon as possible. The number assigned must be a natural number greater than any number previously assigned to a rule. Once properly assigned, a rule's number cannot be changed. Every rule shall have a title to aid in identification. If a rule ever does not have a title, the Rulekeepor shall assign a title to it by announcement as soon as possible. For the purposes of rules governing modification of instruments, the text, power, number, and title of a rule are all substantive aspects of the rule. [Defines the role of rules in the game. Incorporates the restriction on the power of rules. Assignment of numbers and default titles fits nicely here, not dependent on the particular mechanism for enactment. Also makes assignment of titles mandatory, and requires the Rulekeepor to announce assignments.] Amend the rule titled "Rule Changes" to read: Where permitted by other rules, an instrument generally can, as part of its effect, (a) enact a rule. The new rule has power equal to the minimum of the power specified by the enacting instrument, defaulting to one if the enacting instrument does not specify, and the maximum power permitted by other rules. The enacting instrument may specify a title for the new rule, which if present shall prevail. The number of the new rule cannot be specified by the enacting instrument; any attempt to so specify is null and void. (b) repeal a rule. When a rule is repealed, it ceases to be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record of it. (c) amend the text of a rule. (d) retitle a rule. (e) change the power of a rule. A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes. Rule changes always occur sequentially, never simultaneously. Any ambiguity in the specification of a rule change causes that change to be void and without effect. A variation in whitespace or capitalization in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does. This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be created, modified, or destroyed, or by which an entity can become a rule or cease to be a rule. [All generalised. Any instrument can effect a rule change, and the ambiguity clause applies to all forms of rule change rather than just amendments. Power-based restrictions are no longer in this rule; they are handled by the rule created above. Now makes explicit the prior interpretation and game custom that rule changes happen one at a time.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-114 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4942 submit_date: 2007-04-08 submit_mid: <20070408214930.GA16428@fysh.org> title: avoid precedence paradoxes and bugs too Amend rule 1482 by appending the text: No change to the Ruleset can occur that would cause a Rule to stipulate any other means of determining precedence between Rules of unequal Power. This applies to changes by the enactment or amendment of a Rule, or of any other form. This Rule takes precedence over any Rule that would permit such a change to the Ruleset. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-115 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4941 submit_date: 2007-04-11 submit_mid: <20070411112146.GA30175@fysh.org> title: resurrect the Assessor Amend rule 106 by replacing the text "the vote collector is the Speaker." with "the vote collector is the Assessor. The Assessor is an office.". [There's no reason to tie vote collection duties to the Speakership. By making it a separate office, someone can specialise in it.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-116 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4943 submit_date: 2007-04-20 submit_mid: title: Reward and Punishment [It's absurd that people who have punted on multiple CFJs, making more work for officers, have more VCs than said officers.] Amend Rule 2126 by replacing this text: A player who submits a judgement during eir Deliberation Period gains one VC. A player whose judgement is overturned loses one VC, if e has any. with this text: A player who submits a judgement during eir Deliberation Period gains one VC. A player whose judgement is overturned, or who is recused for failing to judge within eir Deliberation Period, loses one VC, if e has any. and by replacing this text: At the end of each quarter, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that quarter gains one VC. with this text: At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two VCs, unless the Speaker publicly announces that the officer has performed poorly in eir duties. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-117 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4944 submit_date: 2007-04-20 submit_mid: <20070420175325.GA12658@fysh.org> title: allow Speaker deregistration Amend rule 101 by deleting the words "besides the Speaker". Retitle rule 103 to "Exactly One Speaker". Amend rule 103 to read: There should always be exactly one player who is the Speaker. No one other than a player can be Speaker, and there can never be more than one Speaker. If there is ever no Speaker then the player whose most recent registration was earliest becomes the Speaker. [A Speaker leaving the game is not the disaster that it used to be. I see no justification for continuing to deny the Speaker eir civil right to leave the game. Speakership passing to the most senior player was something I previously put into R786/6 back in 1997 and which stayed in that rule until 2005.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-118 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 4945 submit_date: 2007-04-20 submit_mid: title: V\! BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED that upon THIS PROPOSAL TAKING EFFECT, OscarMeyr Wins the Game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-25 dist_mid: <37E552EE-1D9E-4AC8-A946-01DC7359A3FB@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-02 fate_mid: <463975F9.2000002@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-119 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4946 submit_date: 2007-04-20 submit_mid: <20070420225723.GA12691@fysh.org> title: slim the map Amend rule 2105 to appear: ____ _ /| DARWIN -> \_ |/ | / \ __/ / | | <- DSV / / | \ _ \ \_ | \ MORNINGTON CRESCENT -> / | <- GOETHE BARRIER _ _/ | \_/\_/ \ REEF / \\ <- SHARK BAY | | / | | \ <- TOWNSVILLE ___/ | | \_ __/ | | .___o ) | / | | ~~vv ===~~~ <-OSCAR'S MIRE / O <- SHERLOCK NESS | |/\ | | | |_ | | | EMERALD -> \ \ |__________=_____, \ BRISBANE / | | | <-' \ O <- LT. ANNE MOORE | __ _\ \ | |_______/ \/ | LORD | __/\ <- TARCOOLA / HOWE -> \ PERTH __/ \_ / / | <-' _ __/ | /| IVANHOE -> | <-. / _/ \/ \ / / | / WOLLONGONG |_ / <- ESPERANTO v /__ |_ / <- CANBERRA \_/ \ | \_ _| __ __ | | \__/ __ \ / __ \___=_ ___| / \ | / \ MANUBOURNE -> \/ \|/ _,.---v---._ /\__ /\__/\ / \ | | \_ _/ / \ | / \ \_| @ __| \_/ <- HOBART \ \_ \ ,__/ / ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~ [This just shifts some labels (and the whale) a bit so that the whole thing fits the standard width for rule text.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-120 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4947 submit_date: 2007-04-23 submit_mid: <20070423210829.GB8812@fysh.org> title: default timing Enact a rule titled "Default Timing" with the text: Where the rules oblige a person to perform some action but do not otherwise specify a time limit by which the action must be performed, the action must be performed as soon as possible after the first instant when both the person was obliged to perform that action and the action was logically possible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-121 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4948 submit_date: 2007-04-26 submit_mid: <20070426154626.GA26084@fysh.org> title: rule restoration Amend rule 105 by appending after the item "(e) change the power of a rule." the item: (f) restore a former rule which is presently not a rule. When restored, the former rule becomes a rule once more. All substantive aspects of the restored rule, other than its power, are identical to what they were at the instant the rule most recently ceased to be a rule. The restored rule has power equal to the minimum of the power specified by the restoring instrument, defaulting to one if the restoring instrument does not specify, and the maximum power permitted by other rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-122 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4949 submit_date: 2007-04-26 submit_mid: <20070426231324.GA14933@fysh.org> title: VC and VLOP decay Amend rule 2126 by inserting immediately after the first paragraph the text: At the end of each month, each player's VC and voting limit on ordinary proposals are each set to 80% of their former value, rounded to the nearest integer. These changes occur before any other changes to VCs and voting limits that occur at the end of a month. [Avoids inflation of VLOPs. This gives new players (or newly-active players) a chance to catch up with the VLOP of established players, by earning VCs over a few months. 20% reduction each month is very close to a 50% reduction each quarter, which Agoran Chromodynamics proposed for its Beads, but compounding monthly is much smoother.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-123 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4950 submit_date: 2007-04-26 submit_mid: <20070426231324.GA14933@fysh.org> title: initialise VLOP properly Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text "eir VCs are set to zero" with "eir VCs are set to zero and eir voting limit on ordinary proposals is set to one". [VLOP isn't explicitly set for new players anywhere. Without this amendment, a former player rejoining probably has eir old VLOP, unaffected by intervening win-induced resets of players' VLOPs.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-124 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4951 submit_date: 2007-04-26 submit_mid: <20070426231324.GA14933@fysh.org> title: protect voting limits Amend rule 1950 by appending after the text "if not explicitly modified by other rules." the sentence "This voting limit cannot be modified by any rule with power less than the power of this rule.". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-125 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4952 submit_date: 2007-04-28 submit_mid: <4632BC1B.3010203@socal.rr.com> title: Protection Racket [We will, of course, relinquish this power and implement a fix, in return for a suitable token. To do otherwise would be Not Fun.] Create a rule with this text: Murphy, OscarMeyr, and Quazie are Oligarchs. An Oligarch may refuse a CFJ by announcement. A refused CFJ ceases to be a CFJ. An Oligarch may refuse a proposal by announcement. A refused proposal ceases to be a proposal. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-126 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4953 submit_date: 2007-05-28 submit_mid: <20070428102254.GE2103@fysh.org> title: repeal the Oligarchs Repeal the rule which defines Oligarchs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-127 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4954 submit_date: 2007-04-29 submit_mid: <20070429213630.GD32519@fysh.org> title: public policy Enact a rule with Power=1.1, title "Public Policy", and text: The Speaker is obliged to veto, as defined by rule 2019, any Ordinary Proposal whose effect if adopted would in eir estimation achieve any of these results: * seriously hinder, or allow any person or group of people to seriously hinder, the adoption of Democratic proposals where the proportion of players expressing an opinion who are in favour is at least than AI/(AI+1) * allow the adoption of Democratic proposals where the proportion of players expressing an opinion who are in favour is less than AI/(AI+1) * impair the effectiveness of this rule For the purposes of this rule, the Speaker's estimation is not required to be accurate. Failing to veto a proposal that would have one of the above effects is a violation of this rule if and only if the Speaker was aware that such an effect was likely. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-128 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4955 submit_date: 2007-04-29 submit_mid: <20070429214351.GE32519@fysh.org> title: support democracy Enact a rule with Power=1.1, title "Support Democracy", and text: Any player may change an Ordinary proposal's Adoption Index to 1.1 during its voting period With 3 Supporters. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-129 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4956 submit_date: 2007-04-29 submit_mid: <46352699.4090209@socal.rr.com> title: Finish re-dividing some offices Amend Rule 2138 (The International Associate Director of Personnel) by replacing "The Director of Personnel's report" with "The IADoP's report". Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by removing this text: The Herald's Report shall list the holder of each office, and the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office. and by replacing this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is achieved. with this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the IADoP shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the office of IADoP becomes held by the Herald. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: db_note: this was purportedly submitted by Murphy on 2007-04-29 in message <46352699.4090209@socal.rr.com> and assigned pool number 07-130 and distributed in the normal manner, but it was later ruled (CFJ 1647) that the submission was invalid and so the proposal had been created by the distribution dist_date: 2007-04-30 dist_mid: <4A7E075E-3060-4998-BB58-65D00F2DE006@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-07 fate_mid: <463EBDF4.2020202@socal.rr.com> pool_number: proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4957 submit_date: submit_mid: title: Protection Racket (2) [We will, of course, relinquish this power and implement a fix, in return for a suitable token. To do otherwise would be Not Fun.] Create a rule with this text: Murphy, OscarMeyr, and Quazie are Oligarchs. An Oligarch may refuse a CFJ by announcement. A refused CFJ ceases to be a CFJ. An Oligarch may refuse a proposal by announcement. A refused proposal ceases to be a proposal. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-131 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4958 submit_date: 2007-04-30 submit_mid: <463533C8.3060106@socal.rr.com> title: Improved Turn Radius Amend Rule 1871 (Turns for All) by replacing "at least one in the second" with "at least one (and at least one such player for it) in the second". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-132 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4959 submit_date: 2007-04-30 submit_mid: <99B18716-0188-4BA3-A931-AC54F02058AF@earthlink.net> title: Bears as Threats Create a rule titled "What colour was the bear?" with the following text: Each player whose Agoran nickname or real name contains the word "bear", as a word unto itself and not contained in any other word, and in any Human language, shall be designated as a Threat of the type Bear. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-133 proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4960 submit_date: 2007-05-01 submit_mid: <75A8173B-D86C-4C02-AA6E-F16230C7C889@earthlink.net> title: Patch of the Return of the Contests Amend R2136, "Contests", by replacing the text: A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. With the text: A player with 100 or more points may announce this fact. If this announcement is correct, then the following events happen: 1. The announcing player wins the game. 2. Each player's score is set to zero. (It's been good practice in the past to qualify such announcements with the condition that the announcement be correct. See previous versions of the Notice of Speaker Rotation a few years ago.) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-05-05 fate_mid: pool_number: proposer: Goddess Eris submit_date: 2007-05-04 submit_mid: title: No free votes Change rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a democratic proposal is one and cannot be changed except by this rule. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is one if not explicitly modified by other rules. The voting limit of an eligible voter is reduced by one if e is not a natural person. After the voting period for an Agoran decision has ended, the vote collector shall permit the first valid ballots submitted by an eligible voter to remain valid, up to a number equal to that person's voting limit on that decision as determined when the voting period for that decision began, and shall invalidate all subsequent ballots submitted by that voter on that decision. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-134 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4961 submit_date: 2007-05-05 submit_mid: <20070505011455.GL22919@fysh.org> title: no VCs for Democratic proposals Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text When a proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. with When an Ordinary proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of twice the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. [VCs are henceforth not earned for Democratic proposals, removing the incentive to vote a Democratic proposal up or down for tactical reasons concerning VCs. Proposer's award is doubled, to compensate for being applicable to fewer proposals.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, its proposer loses the VCs that e was (or is being, or will immediately be) awarded by the rules for its adoption. [Getting an early start on the new regime.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6B1.1020607@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-135 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4962 submit_date: 2007-05-05 submit_mid: <20070505011455.GL22919@fysh.org> title: more mutability for VCs Change the Power of rule 2126 to 2. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4963 dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-136 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5020 submit_date: 2007-05-05 submit_mid: <20070505011455.GL22919@fysh.org> title: mostly-random judicial assignments Enact a rule titled "Policy on Judicial Assignments" with text: When the Clerk of the Courts must choose a Trial Judge, e shall choose randomly. The Clerk of the Courts may, without objection, replace this requirement with some other means of choice for a particular CFJ. This rule does not affect which entities are eligible to judge a particular CFJ. This rule takes precedence over other rules governing the selection between eligible entities for Trial Judge. The Clerk of the Courts can cause this rule to repeal itself, without 4 objections. [This formalises Goethe's announced policy. The second sentence allows for exceptions, such as I have advocated for particularly tricky CFJs, by general consent; this arrangement is flexible enough to allow a completely non-random choice or a random choice among a shortlist. The final paragraph provides an abbreviated procedure to end the policy, when no longer thought necessary; 4 objections is what the would-be Oligarchs can trivially muster.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: db_note: this was a duff distribution, combining the texts of two submitted proposals, and had been alleged to have pool number 07-136 dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6B1.1020607@socal.rr.com> pool_number: proposer: seq_number: 4963 submit_date: submit_mid: title: mostly-random judicial assignments Change the Power of rule 2126 to 2. }}} I hereby submit the following proposal, titled "mostly-random judicial assignments", and set its AI to 1.1: {{{ Enact a rule titled "Policy on Judicial Assignments" with text: When the Clerk of the Courts must choose a Trial Judge, e shall choose randomly. The Clerk of the Courts may, without objection, replace this requirement with some other means of choice for a particular CFJ. This rule does not affect which entities are eligible to judge a particular CFJ. This rule takes precedence over other rules governing the selection between eligible entities for Trial Judge. The Clerk of the Courts can cause this rule to repeal itself, without 4 objections. [This formalises Goethe's announced policy. The second sentence allows for exceptions, such as I have advocated for particularly tricky CFJs, by general consent; this arrangement is flexible enough to allow a completely non-random choice or a random choice among a shortlist. The final paragraph provides an abbreviated procedure to end the policy, when no longer thought necessary; 4 objections is what the would-be Oligarchs can trivially muster.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-137 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4964 submit_date: 2007-05-06 submit_mid: <463DECF7.3000406@socal.rr.com> title: Disambiguate voter eligibility Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. To be valid, this notice must contain the following information: with this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. This notice is invalid if it lacks any of the following information, and the lack is correctly identified within one week after the notice is published: [107(c) has not been explicitly obeyed for some time, either.] Amend Rule 683 (Voting on Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the voting period for the decision. with this text: (a) The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the decision, and the submitter is an eligible voter at the time of submission. Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) by replacing each instance of "voting limit of an eligible voter" with "voting limit of an entity", and by replacing "submitted by an eligible voter" with "submitted by each voter". Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is N/3 (where N is the number of eligible voters at the start of the voting period), rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless this is greater than N, in which quorum is N). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6B1.1020607@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-138 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4965 submit_date: 2007-05-06 submit_mid: <463DEFD5.7040606@socal.rr.com> title: The Standing Court Change the title of Rule 1871 (Turns for All) to "The Standing Court", and amend it to read: Each player is either standing, sitting, or lying down. A player may change emself from sitting to lying down, or vice versa, by announcement. When a player is selected as Trial Judge of a CFJ, e changes to sitting. A player is ineligible to be Trial Judge of a CFJ if e was not standing when it was called. When a player registers, e is lying down. The Clerk of the Courts may (without 2 objections) change a player to lying down. E is encouraged to do this only if e expects the player to judge CFJs slowly or not at all. When the Clerk of the Courts publishes a Notice of Rotation, all sitting players change to standing. The Clerk of the Courts shall only do so when all open CFJs without a Trial Judge have no players eligible to be assigned, and at least one of them has at least one player ineligible solely to not standing; e shall list all CFJs in the first set, and at least one in the second (noting at least one of the relevant players). However, failing to meet these requirements does not deprive the Notice of effect. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Speaker and Clerk of the Courts are changed to standing; all other players are changed to lying down. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-139 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4966 submit_date: 2007-05-07 submit_mid: <20070507022718.GF8857@fysh.org> title: initialise activity Amend rule 2130 by appending the paragraph: Registration as a player causes the new player to become active. All non-players are inactive. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-140 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4967 submit_date: 2007-05-07 submit_mid: <20070507022718.GF8857@fysh.org> title: report activity Amend rule 2130 by appending the paragraph: The Registrar's report shall indicate, for each player, whether the player is active or inactive, and the date on which this status last changed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-03 fate_mid: <20070603195025.GA1747@fysh.org> pool_number: 07-141 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4968 submit_date: 2007-05-07 submit_mid: <20070507121316.GO8857@fysh.org> title: precedence takes precedence Change the Power of rule 1482 to 4. [At Power=3, R1482 doesn't work properly in the Power>=3 region, because a Power=3 rule can take precedence over R1482 to stipulate a different precedence-determining rule. By its nature, R1482 should have the highest Power of all rules.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-09 dist_mid: <6CD0D729-FA80-4CF1-A9ED-1B0670D77996@earthlink.net> fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6B1.1020607@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-142 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4969 submit_date: 2007-05-08 submit_mid: <20070508225720.GA10920@fysh.org> title: fix judicial turns If possible, amend rule 1871 by replacing the text "if e was turned when it was called" with "if e is turned". Otherwise, amend rule 1871 by replacing the text "if e was not standing when it was called" with "if e is not standing". [Turn status matters at the moment of assignment, not when the CFJ is called. Two versions of the amendment to make the same logical change regardless of whether "The Standing Court" passes.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> pool_number: 07-143 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4970 submit_date: 2007-05-11 submit_mid: <20070511002028.GK8857@fysh.org> title: define reports Enact a rule with title "Official Reports" and text: For each office, the rules may designate certain information to be part of the corresponding officer's weekly report or monthly report. Any information designated to be part of the officer's report without specifying which report shall be part of the weekly report. If no information is designated to be part of the weekly (or monthly) report, then that office has no weekly (or, respectively, monthly) report. Each officer's report is an official report. The holder of an office for which there is an officer's report is obliged to maintain all information in the report. E is obliged to publish the weekly report, if there is one, at least once each week, and the monthly report, if there is one, at least once each month. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> proposer: Human Point Two seq_number: 4971 submit_date: 2007-05-13 submit_mid: <4647A570.1020608@socal.rr.com> title: Delete, Delete, Delete! Upon the adoption of this proposal, Human Point Two wins the game. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the following players are deregistered: Human Point Three Human Point Four Human Point Five Human Point Six Human Point Seven Human Point Eight Human Point Nine Human Point Ten Human Point Eleven Human Point Twelve Human Point Thirteen Human Point Fourteen Amend Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) by appending this text: (f) The term "person" shall mean "natural person or partnership of natural persons". Create a rule titled "Limited Partnerships" with this text: If a partnership contains exactly the same members as another registered partnership, then it is prohibited from registering. If a registered partnership's membership changes such that it contains exactly the same members as another registered partnership, then it is deregistered. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 4972 submit_date: 2007-05-14 submit_mid: title: No free votes II Change rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read: The voting limit of an eligible voter on a democratic proposal is one and cannot be changed except by this rule. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is one if not explicitly modified by other rules. The voting limit of an eligible voter who is not a natural person is always one less than it would otherwise be. After the voting period for an Agoran decision has ended, the vote collector shall permit the first valid ballots submitted by an eligible voter to remain valid, up to a number equal to that person's voting limit on that decision as determined when the voting period for that decision began, and shall invalidate all subsequent ballots submitted by that voter on that decision. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4973 submit_date: 2007-05-14 submit_mid: <46489851.4050508@socal.rr.com> title: Registration Prohibits Silent Partners Amend Rule 1742 (Agreements between Players) by appending, after this text: Players may make agreements among themselves with the intention that such agreements will be binding; i.e. that they become parties to the agreement and agree to be bound by the agreement. the following text: If such an agreement is registered, then as soon as possible after its membership changes, it shall announce which players have joined and which have left. This requirement is satisfied if the information is published by a member of the agreement, or a person who was a member immediately before the change. Upon the adoption of this proposal, each registered partnership is ordered to publish a list of all its Partners as soon as possible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4974 submit_date: 2007-05-14 submit_mid: <20070514233843.GV8857@fysh.org> title: transparent partnerships Enact a rule with title "Transparent Personhood" and text: When a non-natural person becomes a player, e is obliged to as soon as possible announce the legal theory by which e is a person. If e is a partnership, e is further obliged to as soon as possible announce the set of eir members (the persons onto whom eir legal rights and obligations fall). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-23 fate_mid: <4653A6EE.5080208@socal.rr.com> proposer: OscarMeyr seq_number: 4975 submit_date: 2007-05-15 submit_mid: title: One Champ To Rule Them All Delete the following text from R1922: (d) Champion, to be awarded to players who win the game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-19 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4976 submit_date: 2007-05-16 submit_mid: <464A355D.6070305@socal.rr.com> title: Do the Agora Shuffle Upon the adoption of this proposal, OscarMeyr becomes Speaker. Upon the adoption of this proposal, Murphy becomes Clerk of the Courts. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4977 submit_date: 2007-05-16 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705152119m553feea3p4dc9de7fd80b7f6d@mail.gmail.com> title: Formalize Partnerships Create a rule "Partnerships" with Power 1 that reads: "A non-natural person that is created by an Agreement between two or more persons is known as a Partnership. A Partnership comes into existence with the initiation of the Agreement that creates it, and it ceases to exist when that Agreement is terminated. The persons who are party to the Agreement may change during the course of that Agreement (if the Agreement allows for it) without disrupting the existence of the Partnership as a person as long as that Agreement remains in effect." }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4978 submit_date: 2007-05-16 submit_mid: <464B4222.2060603@socal.rr.com> title: Tighten Agoran consent Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) by replacing "more players" with "more other players". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Maud dist_date: 2007-05-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4979 submit_date: 2007-05-17 submit_mid: <20070517123614.GE7437@fysh.org> title: reintroduce indices Maud, being the primary author of this proposal but not its submitter, is hereby named as a coauthor of this proposal. Enact a rule, titled "Indices", with Power=2, reading: Indices are elements of the extended real numbers, which is a total order consisting of the real numbers plus a minimum element, called negative infinity, and a maximum element, called positive infinity or unanimity. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4980 submit_date: 2007-05-18 submit_mid: <464D13D5.5060900@socal.rr.com> title: Don't force redundant elections Amend Rule 1006 by replacing this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the Director of Personnel shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is acheived. with this text: If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the IADoP shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is achieved. This requirement is waived if another player changes the officeholder in this way during the following quarter. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4981 submit_date: 2007-05-21 submit_mid: <20070521150335.GA23428@fysh.org> title: no free dependent actions Amend rule 1728 by replacing each instance of "N players" with "N players who are natural persons". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4982 submit_date: 2007-05-22 submit_mid: <20070522132322.GA2881@fysh.org> title: deregister the absent If arkestra is inactive, e is hereby deregistered. If GreyKnight is inactive, e is hereby deregistered. If Peter is inactive, e is hereby deregistered. If sproingie is inactive, e is hereby deregistered. [The long-term inactive players have been screwing up CFJ assignment. As we no longer have a rule on deregistering for absence, it must be done by proposal.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-05-31 fate_mid: <465E3954.5080203@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4983 submit_date: 2007-05-22 submit_mid: <20070522132322.GA2881@fysh.org> title: clean up yin & yang If Yin Corp is a player and not a natural person, e is hereby deregistered. If Yang Corp is a player and not a natural person, e is hereby deregistered. [Only way to clean up that experiment. The conditional clauses ensure that the proposal works regardless of the legality of the partnership shenanigans.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4984 submit_date: 2007-05-23 submit_mid: <20070523085239.GD18772@fysh.org> title: no VCs for Democratic proposals Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text When a proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. with When an Ordinary proposal is adopted, its proposer gains VCs equal to the integer portion of twice the proposal's adoption index, and each co-author of the proposal gains one VC. [VCs are henceforth not earned for Democratic proposals, removing the incentive to vote a Democratic proposal up or down for tactical reasons concerning VCs. Proposer's award is doubled, to compensate for being applicable to fewer proposals.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, its proposer loses the VCs that e was (or is being, or will immediately be) awarded by the rules for its adoption. [Getting an early start on the new regime.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4985 submit_date: 2007-05-23 submit_mid: <20070523085239.GD18772@fysh.org> title: initialise activity Amend rule 2130 by appending the paragraph: Registration as a player causes the new player to become active. All non-players are inactive. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4986 submit_date: 2007-05-23 submit_mid: <20070523085239.GD18772@fysh.org> title: report activity Amend rule 2130 by appending the paragraph: The Registrar's report shall indicate, for each player, whether the player is active or inactive, and the date on which this status last changed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4987 submit_date: 2007-05-23 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705230947p65f7836bl2491aa98e4207b65@mail.gmail.com> title: non-player agreements Rename Rule # 1742 "Agreements Between Players" to "Agreements" Amend Rule # 1742 by replacing the word "Players" in the first paragraph with "Persons". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-05-25 fate_mid: <3fc761710705251349s394a08f3r84e90e835fb418da@mail.gmail.com> proposer: root submit_date: 2007-05-24 submit_mid: <3fc761710705241028h126ae915l9ff0214885cce80@mail.gmail.com> title: More on paragraphs Replace paragraph (d) of Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) with this text: (d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Units are considered in an ordered tree hierarchy. The root is empty, any unbulleted units are its children, and the bulleted units following an unbulleted unit are its descendants (with nested bullets corresponding to nested levels of the tree). If the text consists only of bulleted units, then the top-most level comprise the root's immediate children. (4) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (5) A "paragraph" identified by an ordinal n is determined by the nth unbulleted unit and its descendants. (6) A "paragraph" identified by bulleted section labels is determined by the sub-tree arrived at by traversal from the root, using the specified series of labels. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-05-24 fate_mid: <56732cfd0705241443u65ed5aabxd46a46a354fba8e3@mail.gmail.com> proposer: BobTHJ submit_date: 2007-05-24 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705241252g57ea473bn899320de4de3505b@mail.gmail.com> title: Nomic Protectorates Create a new rule titled "Nomic Protectorates" with Power of 2 and the text: { Whereas Agora, being the superpower of nomics, has an inherent responsibility to lead the nomic world; and whereas Agora desires to encourage growth and promotion of the nomic community, be it hereby known that Agora shall serve as benevolent protector to any nomic which requests such status (hereafter referred to as the Protectorate). In order to become a Protectorate, a nomic must specify in its ruleset that it submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. It also must allow Agora unrestricted access to make changes to its ruleset. A player of said nomic may then cause that nomic to become a Protectorate by announcement to the public forum. A nomic that no longer meets these requirements ceases to be a Protectorate. Agora shall treat a Protectorate in a benevolent fashion, making changes to that nomic's ruleset only for the purpose of assisting that nomic in its growth and enabling its longevity. Agora may only make changes to a Protectorate's ruleset through a Proposal with an Adoption Index of 2 or more, although this does not prohibit changes made to a Protectorate nomic by one or more of its players (or closest equivalent) according to the rules of that Protectorate. The Ambassador is an office; Its holder is Agora's liaison to its Protectorates. The Ambassador's report shall include a listing of Protectorates as well as a list of recent events related to those Protectorates. On a minimum of a monthly basis, the Ambassador shall review each Protectorate to ensure it meets the requirements of a Protectorate. The Ambassador may act on behalf of Agora for an action that is permitted of Agora in the Protectorate's ruleset, with the exception of direct changes to that Protectorate's ruleset as described above. Any Player may, with Agoran consent, require that the Ambassador act or not act in a specified fashion in relation to a Protectorate. } Upon passage of this Proposal, the holder of the Office of Ambassador shall be BobTHJ }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4988 submit_date: 2007-05-24 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705241443u65ed5aabxd46a46a354fba8e3@mail.gmail.com> title: Nomic Protectorates (2) Create a new rule titled "Protectorates" with Power of 2 and the text: { Whereas Agora, being the superpower of nomics, has an inherent responsibility to lead the nomic world; and whereas Agora desires to encourage growth and promotion of the nomic community, be it hereby known that Agora shall serve as benevolent protector to any nomic which requests such status (hereafter referred to as the Protectorate). In order to become a Protectorate, a nomic must specify in its ruleset that it submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. It also must allow Agora unrestricted access to make changes to its ruleset. A player of said nomic may then cause that nomic to become a Protectorate by announcement to the public forum. A nomic that no longer meets these requirements ceases to be a Protectorate. Agora shall treat a Protectorate in a benevolent fashion, making changes to that nomic's ruleset only for the purpose of assisting that nomic in its growth and enabling its longevity. Agora may only make changes to a Protectorate's ruleset through a Proposal with an Adoption Index of 2 or more, although this does not prohibit changes made to a Protectorate nomic by one or more of its players (or closest equivalent) according to the rules of that Protectorate. } Create a new rule titled "Ambassador" with Power of 2 and the text: { The Ambassador is an office; Its holder is Agora's liaison to its Protectorates. The Ambassador's report shall include a listing of Protectorates as well as a list of recent events related to those Protectorates. On a minimum of a monthly basis, the Ambassador shall review each Protectorate to ensure it meets the requirements of a Protectorate. The Ambassador may act on behalf of Agora for an action that is permitted of Agora in the Protectorate's ruleset, with the exception of direct changes to that Protectorate's ruleset as described above. Any Player may, with Agoran consent, require that the Ambassador act or not act in a specified fashion in relation to a Protectorate. } Upon passage of this Proposal, the holder of the Office of Ambassador shall be BobTHJ }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4989 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <20070525092511.GA18335@fysh.org> title: down with non-person players Amend rule 869 by appending the paragraph: A player who is not a person and has never been a natural person can be deregistered by any player by announcement. [We are faced with some players that used to be non-natural legal persons and are no longer persons. Such entities can't actually act as players. This would allow them to be removed from playerhood in these circumstances. The "never been a natural person" provision is paranoia, to prevent a problem with the definition of personhood triggering deregistration of humans.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4990 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <20070525092511.GA18335@fysh.org> title: truthfulness Enact a rule with title "Truthfulness" and text: Players are prohibited from deliberately or recklessly making false statements in any public message. Merely quoting a false statement does not constitute making it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4991 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <4657001F.6000909@socal.rr.com> title: The Standing Court Change the title of Rule 1871 (Turns for All) to "The Standing Court", and amend it to read: Each player is either standing, sitting, or lying down. A player may change emself from sitting to lying down, or vice versa, by announcement. When a player is selected as Trial Judge of a CFJ, e changes to sitting. A player is ineligible to become Trial Judge of a CFJ if e is not standing. When a player registers, e is lying down. The Clerk of the Courts may (without 2 objections) change a player to lying down. E is encouraged to do this only if e expects the player to judge CFJs slowly or not at all. When the Clerk of the Courts publishes a Notice of Rotation, all sitting players change to standing. The Clerk of the Courts shall only do so when all open CFJs without a Trial Judge have no players eligible to be assigned, and at least one of them has at least one player ineligible solely to not standing; e shall list all CFJs in the first set, and at least one in the second (noting at least one of the relevant players). However, failing to meet these requirements does not deprive the Notice of effect. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Speaker and Clerk of the Courts are changed to standing; all other players are changed to lying down. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 4992 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: title: Quorum fix Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 879 (Quorum): Voters whose voting limit is less than one are not considered eligible for the purposes of this rule. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4993 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705251312u56d55ccfn12da79cb61ea063d@mail.gmail.com> title: Property Create a new rule titled "Property" with Power 1 and the text: { A Magnate is a type of entity. An entity is not a Magnate unless specified by the rules. Magnates may own other entities called Properties. All Properties must be owned by a Magnate. If a Property is ever not owned by a Magnate, it becomes owned by the Agoran Treasury. The Magnate that owns a Property has the sole right to use that Property in the manner the rules allow. No Magnate can use a Property that it does not own. Properties can not be created or destroyed except as the rules specify. Specific types of Properties can be either fungible or non-fungible. All Players are Magnates. } Create a new rule titled "Property Transfer" with Power 1 and the text: { Whenever a Property or Properties are transferred, the following occur simultaneously: * The Property or Properties ceasee to be owned by their current owner Magnate. * The Property or Propreties becomee owned by the Magnate identified as receiving the transfer Any Magnate can transfer one or more Properties they own to a different Magnate by making a "Transfer Notice" announcement to the Public Forum, unless otherwise prohibited. This Transfer Notice must clearly identify the following information: * The Magnate who will receive the Property or Properties in question * Each Property to be transferred as part of this notice The Property or Properties in question are transferred upon the posting of a valid Transfer Notice. If a rule states that a Magnate may pay a specified type and amount of property, then that Magnate may do so by Transfer Notice, but is not obligated to. If a rule states that a Magnate is obliged to pay a specified type and amount of property, then that Magnate must do so as soon as possible by Transfer Notice. If a rule states that a Magnate pays a specified type and amount of property, then that property is transferred to the designated receiving Magnate instantly (if possible) upon that requirement taking effect. Property may only be transferred from one Magnate to a different Magnate. Property may not be transferred from a Magnate to itself. } Create a new rule titled "Secretary of the Treasury" with Power 1 and the text: { There exists an Office titled "Secretary of the Treasury". The holder of this office is responsible for tracking Properties and Magnates. The Secretary of the Treasury's report shall include: * A list of each Magnate and the Properties it owns. * A summary of all recent events involving the creation, destruction, or transfer of Property } When this Proposal passes, BobTHJ becomes the holder of the Office of Secretary of the Treasury. Create a new rule titled "Currency" with Power 1 and the text: { Currency is a fungible type of Property. One unit of Currency is known as an Agoran Dollar. Currency may be referenced using the dollar sign ($). } When this Proposal passes, $10,000 shall be created and owned by each registered Player who is a natural person. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4994 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705251312u56d55ccfn12da79cb61ea063d@mail.gmail.com> title: Department of the Treasury Create a rule titled "Department of the Treasury" with Power of 1 and this text: { There shall exist a Magnate known as the Agoran Treasury. The Tax Levy is a percentage. At the beginning of each week, every Player pays a percentage of their Currency equal to the Tax Levy to the Agoran Treasury (rounding down to the nearest Agoran Dollar). This is known as Paying Taxes and the amount paid is known as the Tax. The Secretary of the Treasury may change the Tax Levy to a new amount with Agoran Consent. } When this proposal is passed, the Tax Levy is set to 5%, and $10,000 is created and owned by the Agoran Treasury. Create a rule titled "Salary for Agoran Officials" with Power of 1 and this text: { Each Office of Agora shall have a Salary amount associated with it. The Salary is an amount of Currency, and unless otherwise specified is equal to $500. At the beginning of each week, after taxes are paid, the Agoran Treasury pays the holder of each Agoran Office an amount of Currency equal to the Salary amount of that Office. Salary payments are made in the order that Offices are defined in the ruleset, when ordered by Rule Number. The Secretary of the Treasury may change the Salary of an office with Agoran Consent. } Modify rule 1504 "Sentencing Orders" by adding the following point to the list as item #3, and renumbering all following items: { 3) An order for the defendant to pay a specified amount of Currency up to $1000 to the Agoran Treasury } Create a rule titled "Bankruptcy" with Power of 1 and this text: { If a Magnate other than the Agoran Treasury is unable to pay an amount of a type of Property that they are required to pay, then that Magnate is said to be "Bankrupt". Any Magnate (with the exception of the Agoran Treasury) to whom a Bankrupt Magnate is required to pay Property to is a Creditor. When a Magnate becomes Bankrupt, it must pay each Creditor the amount and type of property owed to it as soon as possible. If it does so, it ceases to be Bankrupt. However, if it fails to do so, the following occurs (in order): 1. All Property owned by Magnate is transferred to the Agoran Treasury. 2. The Agoran Treasury pays to each Creditor one half (rounded down) of the amount and type of fungible property owed to them, as much as is possible, and all non-fungible property owed to them as much as possible. If there are multiple Creditors, then each shall be paid in random order. 3. The Bankrupt Magnate's Voting Limit on Ordinary Proposals is set to 1. 4. The Bankrupt Magnate ceases to be Bankrupt, and is released from any current obligation to pay property to a Creditor. However, this does not prevent the formerly Bankrupt Magnate from being required to pay Property to another Magnate in the future. If the Agoran Treasury is ever unable to pay an amount of a type of Property that it is required to pay to another Magnate, it is released from that requirement to pay until such a time as it is able to pay the specified amount and type of Property. } }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 4995 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <56732cfd0705251312u56d55ccfn12da79cb61ea063d@mail.gmail.com> title: Economy Create a rule called "Certification" with Power 1 that reads: { A Player who performs one of the following actions without being certified for that action has er Voting Limit on Ordinary Proposals reduced by two (to a minimum of 0): * Submitting a ballot for distributed proposals * Supporting or opposing a dependent action * Submitting a proposal for distribution Players become certified for an action by obtaining a Certificate. A Certificate is owned by a player, but is not Property and may not be traded or exchanged. Each Certificate allows a Player to perform one specific type of action. Each certificate has an expiration date. The holder of a Certificate may exercise the action specified in the certificate freely while that Certificate is valid, unless constrained by another rule or binding agreement. When the expiration date of a Certificate is reached, it becomes invalid and ceases to exist. A Player may hold any number of Certificates, and holding a Certificate does not prevent another Player from holding a Certificate of the same type. } Create a rule called "Licenses" with Power 1 that reads: { Certain activities that are regulated under Agoran law require a license. These activities can only be conducted by an Agoran Player who holds a license for that activity. Any Agoran Player may purchase a License for one of the activities regulated by this rule by making an announcement to the Public Forum and paying the cost of that License in Currency to the Agoran Treasury. Each License has an Initial Cost to purchase, and in addition each License requires a monthly Renewal Fee to be paid to the Agoran Treasury. If a Player wishes to renew a Licence, e may pay the renewal fee to the Agoran Treasury as soon as possible after the beginning of a new month. If e doesn't, e loses that License and if e wishes to become re-licensed in that activity again, e shall have to pay the initial license purchase fee. The Secretary of the Treasury may change the Initial Cost and/or the Renewal Fee of any license with Agoran Consent. A License is owned by a Player, but is not Property and may not be transferred. A Player may hold as many Licenses as e wishes, and each License is available to all Agoran Players to purchase, unless otherwise specified in another rule with power equal to or higher than the power of this rule. The following Licenses are available for purchase: Voter Certification License A Player holding this license can (by announcement) issue a Voter's Certificate to any Player. This Certificate must have an expiration date no further than one week beyond the date of issue. The holder of a Voter's Certificate is certified to submit ballots on distributed Proposals. Dependent Action License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) issue a Supporter's Certificate or an Objector's Certificate to any Player. This Certificate must have an expiration date no further than one week beyond the date of issue. The holder of a Supporter's Certificate may support any dependent action and the holder of an Objector's Certificate may object to any dependent action. Proposer Certification License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) issue a Proposer's Certificate to any Player. This Certificate must have an expiration date no further than one week beyond the date of issue. The holder of a Proposer's Certificate may submit proposals for distribution. Contractor's License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) create one Land as described in the rule Land Ownership, as long as e has not done so within the past week. Digit Farming License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) "farm" Digit Ranches e owns, as described in the rule Land Ownership, as long as e has not done so within the past week. Equator's License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) process equations using eir Equation Factories, as described in the rule Land Ownership. Demolitions License A Player holding this License can (by announcement) destroy any one Land owned by any Player, as long as e has not done so within the past week. Broker's License A Player holding this License is known as a Broker. A Player holding this License can (by announcement) validate a Bill of Sale. } The Initial Cost of each License is set to $2,500, and the Renewal Fee for each License is set to $1,000. Create a rule called "Digits" with Power 1 that reads: { Digits are a type of Property that may be owned by Players. There are ten types of Digits, represented by the numbers 0 through 9. All Digits of the same numerical value are fungible. After an Ordinary Proposal is distributed, but before voting ends, any Player may destroy digits e controls corresponding to the digits in the number of that proposal by announcement. This has the effect of increasing eir Voting Limit on that Proposal by two. This action may be performed multiple times by the same Player for the same Proposal. A Player may destroy one digit he controls of each of the ten digit types by announcement. If e does, e gains 1 VC. When a Judge issues a judgment on a CFJ, e may (once per CFJ) destroy digits e controls corresponding to the digits in the number of the CFJ. If e does, the Agoran Treasury pays em $1000. As soon as possible after a new rule is added to the ruleset, a Player may (once per rule) destroy digits e controls corresponding to the digits in the number of that new rule. If e does, e gains 1 VC. Digits destroyed to fulfill one of the above requirements are only valid to fulfill that sole requirement. They may not also be used to fulfill other requirements of the same or different type. } Create a rule called "Land Ownership" with Power 1 that reads: { Land is a type of non-fungible Property. A Magnate may name a specific Land it owns by announcement. Land may not be transferred voluntarily (unless specifically permitted in another rule) except by a Bill of Sale. A Bill of Sale is a type of Transfer Notice that is inherently invalid unless validated by a Broker. A Digit Ranch is a type of Land. Each Digit Ranch produces a single type of Digit, determined at the time the Digit Ranch is created by its creator. A Digit Ranch's digit type may not be changed. When a Magnate owning a Digit Ranch "farms", one digit of the same type as the Digit ranch is created and given to that Magnate. An Equation Factory is a type of Land. An Equation factory consists of a mathematical equation containing three variables (represented by the capital letters X, Y, and Z). An Equation Factory's equation is determined at the time it is created and it may not be changed. At any time, the owner of an Equation Factory, if e holds an Equator's License, may use any three digits e owns to 'Process Equations' by announcement: 1. E substitutes those digits into the equation in place of the Variables. 2. E solves the equation to obtain a result between 0 and 99 inclusive. 3. The original digits are destroyed and e receives two newly created digits, one for each digit in the resulting number (adding a leading zero if needed to obtain a two digit number) If, when solved, an equation produces a number that is not in the range of 0 to 99 that Equation Factory is destroyed. } Create a rule titled "Auctions" with Power of 1 and this text: { A Magnate may declare one or more amounts and types of Property it owns (except for Currency) as "Up for Auction" by announcement. The Property or Properties declared up for auction are collectively known as the Lot. The Magnate putting the Lot up for auction is known as the Seller. The Magnate must designate a Broker, that Broker is known as the Auctioneer. Any Magnate except the Seller may make a Bid on a Lot by announcement. A Bid must include a specific amount of Currency that is less than or equal to the amount of Currency that Magnate owns. The Auctioneer may declare the auction closed at any time by announcement. When e does e may optionally select a winning bid from among those bids received on that Lot. If e does, then the Magnate that made that bid pays the amount of Currency specified in that Bid to the Seller, and the Seller pays the Lot to the Magnate who made the winning Bid. The Secretary of the Treasury may act on behalf of the Agoran Treasury to designate any Property or Properties owned by the Agoran Treasury as Up for Auction, and may specify a Broker to serve as Auctioneer for that auction. If an Auctioneer has not selected a winning bid after one week, that auction is closed without a winning bid. } Create a rule titled "Welfare" with Power of 1 and this text: { The Unemployment Stipend is an amount of Currency. At the beginning of each week, after Officer salaries are paid, the Agoran Treasury pays an amount equal to the Unemployment Stipend to each Magnate that meets the following conditions: 1. The Magnate is a natural person. 2. The Magnate possesses no Licenses 3. The Magnate owns no Land The Secretary of the Treasury may change the Unemployment Stipend to a new amount with Agoran Consent. } The Unemployment Stipend is set to $200. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-05-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 4996 submit_date: 2007-05-25 submit_mid: <3fc761710705251349s394a08f3r84e90e835fb418da@mail.gmail.com> title: More on paragraphs 1.1 Replace paragraph (d) of Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) with this text: (d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted or enumerated (hereafter simply "bulleted") section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Each unit of a document has a level as follows. All unbulleted units have level 1. Each bulleted unit has level n+2, where n is the number of bulleted units it is nested inside. (4) A barrier between two units is a unit appearing between those units which has level no greater than that of the unit appearing first. (5) The units of a document form an ordered tree, with the hierarchy determined as follows. The root is an empty unit with level zero, which nominally appears at the beginning of the document. One unit is a descendant of another unit if it appears after the latter, has strictly greater level, and is not separated from the latter by a barrier. The tree's ordering follows the order of the units in the document. (6) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (7) A "paragraph" identified by an ordinal n is determined by the nth unbulleted unit and its descendants. (8) A "paragraph" identified by enumerated section labels is determined by the sub-tree arrived at by traversal from the root, using the specified series of labels. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Goddess Eris dist_date: 2007-05-30 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <46666700.2010104@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4997 submit_date: 2007-05-29 submit_mid: <20070529133513.GD13230@fysh.org> title: quorum fix (fixed) Goddess Eris is a coauthor of this proposal. Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 879 (Quorum): Voters whose voting limit is less than one are not considered eligible for the purposes of this rule. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-02 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-12 fate_mid: <466E3BF4.2050007@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 4998 submit_date: 2007-05-30 submit_mid: <465DA903.20005@socal.rr.com> title: Public appeals Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) by adding, immediately before this text: A subject is Appealed when any of the following occurs: this text: A player Appeals a subject by announcement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-02 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-12 fate_mid: <466E3BF4.2050007@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 4999 submit_date: 2007-05-31 submit_mid: <20070531162606.GS32061@fysh.org> title: fix dependent actions Amend rule 1728 by replacing the text "action; or" with "action; and". [Before this amendment, an action to be performed Without Objection can actually be performed despite objections, on the grounds that it trivially satisfies (e)(2) which is ORed with (e)(1). To make (e)(1) matter in that case it must be ANDed with (e)(2).] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-06-01 fate_mid: <465F3464.2090106@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-05-31 submit_mid: <465F06F1.8070103@socal.rr.com> title: Disambiguate voter eligibility Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. To be valid, this notice must contain the following information: with this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. This notice is invalid if it lacks any of the following information, and the lack is correctly identified within one week after the notice is published: [107(c) has not been explicitly obeyed for some time, either.] Amend Rule 683 (Voting on Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the voting period for the decision. with this text: (a) The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the decision. Amend Rule 1959 (Voting Limits) to read: An entity's voting limit on an Agoran decision is: (a) If the entity is not an eligible voter, then zero, not subject to modification. (b) Otherwise, if the decision is to resolve an ordinary proposal, then one, subject to modification by the rules. (c) Otherwise, one, subject to modification only by this rule. The voting limit of an entity who is not a natural person is reduced by one. At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit on the decision at the start of the voting period) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is N/3 (where N is the number of eligible voters), rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless this is greater than N, in which quorum is N). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-02 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-12 fate_mid: <466E3BF4.2050007@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5000 submit_date: 2007-06-01 submit_mid: <465F3464.2090106@socal.rr.com> title: Disambiguate voter eligibility Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. To be valid, this notice must contain the following information: with this text: An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent to initiate the decision. This notice is invalid if it lacks any of the following information, and the lack is correctly identified within one week after the notice is published: [107(c) has not been explicitly obeyed for some time, either.] Amend Rule 683 (Voting on Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the voting period for the decision. with this text: (a) The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the decision. Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read: An entity's voting limit on an Agoran decision is: (a) If the entity is not an eligible voter, then zero, not subject to modification. (b) Otherwise, if the decision is to resolve an ordinary proposal, then one, subject to modification by the rules. (c) Otherwise, one, subject to modification only by this rule. The voting limit of an entity who is not a natural person is reduced by one. At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit on the decision at the start of the voting period) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is N/3 (where N is the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision), rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless this is greater than N, in which case quorum is N). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Quazie dist_date: 2007-06-02 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-12 fate_mid: <466E3BF4.2050007@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5001 submit_date: 2007-06-01 submit_mid: <3fc761710705311938t278865a1v4989c55144f69a4a@mail.gmail.com> title: Putting the bar back into barrister Quazie is a co-author of this proposal. Amend R897 by replacing the section reading: A Player Barred from Judging a CFJ is ineligible to Judge that CFJ. with: A player barred from judging a CFJ is ineligible to judge that CFJ. The caller of a CFJ is automatically barred from judging it. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-06 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-13 fate_mid: <466F4532.3070002@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5002 submit_date: 2007-06-03 submit_mid: <20070603191527.GH2843@fysh.org> title: power law quorum Amend rule 879 to read: The quorum for an Agoran decision is NEV^0.55, rounded up, where NEV is the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision. [Smoothly varying quorum proportion, no need for multiple formulae. A power law roughly matches the way attendance levels tend to go in committees.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-06 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-06-13 fate_mid: <466F4532.3070002@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5003 submit_date: 2007-06-03 submit_mid: <20070603191731.GI2843@fysh.org> title: more mutability for VCs Change the Power of rule 2126 to 2. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-13 fate_mid: <466F4532.3070002@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5004 submit_date: 2007-06-04 submit_mid: <20070604091225.GA20090@fysh.org> title: clean up activity duplicates If rule 2130 contains any duplicate paragraphs, amend it by deleting each instance other than the first of each duplicate paragraph. [The unexpected belated passage of proposals 4966-4967 means that it now seems likely that we'll get two instances of each taking effect.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-06-06 fate_mid: <3fc761710706060852x79b0fd1aldcbf5cda0283e599@mail.gmail.com> proposer: root submit_date: 2007-06-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710706060846j7d15ca0dy8485fcab39c49630@mail.gmail.com> title: Power to the Paragraphs Replace paragraph (d) of Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) with this text: (d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Units are considered in an ordered tree hierarchy. The root is empty, any unbulleted units are its children, and the bulleted units following an unbulleted unit are its descendants (with nested bullets corresponding to nested levels of the tree). If the text consists only of bulleted units, then the top-most level comprise the root's immediate children. (4) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (5) A "paragraph" identified by an ordinal n is determined by the nth unbulleted unit and its descendants. (6) A "paragraph" identified by bulleted section labels is determined by the sub-tree arrived at by traversal from the root, using the specified series of labels. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-18 fate_mid: <46760282.1040805@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5005 submit_date: 2007-06-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710706060852x79b0fd1aldcbf5cda0283e599@mail.gmail.com> title: Power to the Paragraphs 1.1 Replace paragraph (d) of Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) with this text: (d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined as follows: (1) Each bulleted or enumerated (hereafter simply "bulleted") section is a unit of text. (2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines. (3) Each unit of a document has a level as follows. All unbulleted units have level 1. Each bulleted unit has level n+2, where n is the number of bulleted units it is nested inside. (4) A barrier between two units is a unit appearing between those units which has level no greater than that of the unit appearing first. (5) The units of a document form an ordered tree, with the hierarchy determined as follows. The root is an empty unit with level zero, which nominally appears at the beginning of the document. One unit is a descendant of another unit if it appears after the latter, has strictly greater level, and is not separated from the latter by a barrier. The tree's ordering follows the order of the units in the document. (6) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the entirety of that quotation. (7) A "paragraph" identified by an ordinal n is determined by the nth unbulleted unit and its descendants. (8) A "paragraph" identified by enumerated section labels is determined by the sub-tree arrived at by traversal from the root, using the specified series of labels. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-18 fate_mid: <46760282.1040805@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5006 submit_date: 2007-06-09 submit_mid: <20070609092752.GB23637@fysh.org> title: discretionary annotations only Vacate all orders requiring the rulekeepor to annotate rules. Repeal rule 789. Amend rule 1681 by deleting the text ", and must also include any annotations to the rule required by order". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-18 fate_mid: <46760282.1040805@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5007 submit_date: 2007-06-09 submit_mid: <20070609092752.GB23637@fysh.org> title: generalise naturalhood Enact a Power=2 rule with title "Personhood" and text: "First-class person" means a person of a biological nature. "First-class player" means a player who is a first-class person. [Logically this rule should first define "person". In the present form it leaves the meaning implicit, as it currently is.] Amend rule 1728 by replacing each instance of the words "players who are natural persons" with "first-class players". Amend rule 1950 by replacing the text "natural person" with "first-class person". Amend rule 869 by replacing the text "never been a natural person" with "never been a first-class person". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-09 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-18 fate_mid: <46760282.1040805@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5008 submit_date: 2007-06-09 submit_mid: <20070609092752.GB23637@fysh.org> title: allow exceptions to definitions Amend rule 754 by adding after item (4) the item: (5) Any term may be granted a different meaning from its standard meaning by means of a qualification or a specific redefinition applying to a particular communication or set of communications. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-18 fate_mid: <46760282.1040805@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5009 submit_date: 2007-06-09 submit_mid: <20070609092752.GB23637@fysh.org> title: enforce agreements Amend rule 1742 by deleting the sentence If a Civil CFJ is called by anyone who is not party to that agreement, then it lacks standing and shall be dismissed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Levi seq_number: 5010 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <466DF4D9.2090204@optusnet.com.au> title: In rule 106 replace the following text A Proposal with an Adoption Index of 1 is Ordinary. with A Proposal with an Adoption Index of less than 2 is Ordinary. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5011 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: define registration Amend rule 869 by replacing the text: A person who is not currently registered as a player and is not prohibited from registering is permitted to register. A person registers or deregisters by announcement. Whenever a person registers, e becomes a player. Whenever a player deregisters or is deregistered, e ceases to be a player and is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. with: Each entity at any time either is or is not a player. The verb "to be registered" means to become a player, and the verb "to be deregistered" means to cease to be a player. Where the verb "to register" or "to deregister" is used without an explicit direct object, the action is implicitly reflexive. The adjective "registered", or its fuller form "registered as a player", describes those who are players. A person is permitted to register or deregister unless specifically prohibited. A person registers or deregisters by announcement. Whenever a player is deregistered, e is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. [We have previously had arguments that one could become a player without being registered, and suchlike. This defines all the terminology to avoid such confusion.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5012 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: execution of timing orders Amend rule 1794 by replacing "executed by any person" with "executed by any person by announcement". [The mechanism to execute timing orders was not specified.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5013 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: no compulsion Repeal rules 1509 and 1830. [Orders to Compel don't actually achieve anything: they impose an obligation that the target already has. The second paragraph of R1830 is on a different subject: it is trivially circumvented, and we don't seem to be suffering as a result, so it too appears to be unnecessary.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5014 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: no private messages Amend rule 478 by deleting the sentence A player performs an action "by private message" to some player by sending an appropriate private message to the specified player. [This definition is not used anywhere.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5015 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: CFJ by announcement Amend rule 991 by replacing "by submitting a Call for Judgement (CFJ) to the Clerk of the Courts" with "by publishing a Call for Judgement (CFJ)". Amend rule 897 by deleting the paragraph that begins "The Clerk of the Courts shall publish". [We are in practice always calling for judgement by announcement. Might as well make that official and remove the CotC's redundant obligation to publish.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5016 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: report Agoran Contracts Amend rule 2109 by replacing the paragraph: The CotC is required to keep track of all Agoran Contracts. with: The CotC's monthly report includes all Agoran Contracts. [Our lone Agoran Contract is presently invisible.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5017 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: simplify Judicial Orders Repeal rule 1803. Amend rule 1794 by appending to item (c) the sentence "A Judicial Oredr is executed by announcement.". [We don't need the complex execution mechanism: announcement will do fine. The second paragraph of rule 1803 is vacuous, as it merely describes a particular application of the Motion mechanism.] Amend rule 1564 by replacing each instance of "Judicial or Sentencing Order" with "Judicial Order". Amend rule 1804 by replacing each instance of "Judicial Order or Sentencing Order" with "Judicial Order". [Sentencing Orders are a subclass of Judicial Orders.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-13 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-24 fate_mid: <467BA6EE.5020608@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5018 submit_date: 2007-06-12 submit_mid: <20070612090212.GC30429@fysh.org> title: simplify legislative orders Repeal rule 1891. [Sections (a) and (b) are implicit in the definition of legislative orders in R1794. Section (c) just seems pointless.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5021 submit_date: 2007-06-13 submit_mid: <466F80F7.1000203@socal.rr.com> title: Mother, May I? Create a rule titled "Mother, May I?" with Power 3 and this text: The following terms are defined. These definitions MUST be used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and SHOULD be used when a rule includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more players in connection with a term, then the term applies only to the specified player(s). 1. CANNOT, IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: Attempts to perform the described action are unsuccessful. 2. MUST NOT, MAY NOT, SHALL NOT, ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED: Performing the described action violates the rule in question. 3. SHOULD NOT, DISCOURAGED, DEPRECATED: Before performing the described action, the full implications of performing it should be understood and carefully weighed. 4. CAN X ONLY IF Y: Equivalent to "CANNOT X unless Y". Similar for (MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD) X ONLY IF Y. 5. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the described action violates the rule in question. 6. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should be understood and carefully weighed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5022 submit_date: 2007-06-13 submit_mid: <466F810E.3010403@socal.rr.com> title: Limited Partnerships, take fifteen Amend Rule 2144 (Limited Partnerships) to read: A partnership's basis is the set containing its natural-person members, plus each member of the basis of each of its non-natural-person members. A partnership is prohibited from registering if its basis is the same as that of another registered partnership. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5023 submit_date: 2007-06-13 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706131147q1048b003q9fe3d6c683092a23@mail.gmail.com> title: Fixing the Ambassador Amend R2148 by replacing the words "as described above" with "as described in R2147 Protectorates". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5024 submit_date: 2007-06-13 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706131153hed16db6j358b084c259490c1@mail.gmail.com> title: No Contracts R2109 Agoran Contracts is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-06-14 fate_mid: <56732cfd0706140930o20cab8edo62fd0325cf9e28ec@mail.gmail.com> proposer: BobTHJ submit_date: 2007-06-13 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706131153hed16db6j358b084c259490c1@mail.gmail.com> title: No Applications R1626 Applications is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5025 submit_date: 2007-06-14 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706140930o20cab8edo62fd0325cf9e28ec@mail.gmail.com> title: No Applications II R1365 is amended to read: { A player may submit a Concurring or Dissenting opinion for a given CFJ trial or appeals decision with 1 Support. The opinion must reference the CFJ in question and clearly indicate that it is an opinion to be appended to that CFJ. The opinion should be accompanied by reasons or arguments. The Clerk of the Courts shall append any properly submitted opinion to the CFJ in question, along with a list of the Player who submitted that opinion and the player(s) who supported it. } Repeal R1626 Applications }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-16 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-25 fate_mid: <467FCAA6.9050306@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5026 submit_date: 2007-06-14 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706140938l3e5af2dsa7e35bac3a8e97dd@mail.gmail.com> title: Power to the Partnerships Amend R1728 Dependant Actions by removing all occurrences of the phrase "who are natural persons" }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5027 submit_date: 2007-06-18 submit_mid: <20070618152329.GN19115@fysh.org> title: revocation of speling errors Amend rule 2129 by replacing the word "revokation" with "revocation". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5028 submit_date: 2007-06-18 submit_mid: <20070618153406.GO19115@fysh.org> title: complete generalisation of agreements Amend rule 1742 by replacing the word "Player" with "person". [Matching P4987's generalisation of the first paragraph.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5029 submit_date: 2007-06-18 submit_mid: <4676CA7B.5050708@socal.rr.com> title: Minor Order fixes Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by replacing "than the player who executed" with "then the player who executed". Amend Rule 1793 (Orders) by replacing "executed by a player" with "executed by an entity". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Rule 1789 dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5030 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <3fc761710706182151x3807f077q59e0ac4a8d24a3ef@mail.gmail.com> title: Recantus Cygneus Dear Agora, I'm writing this Cantus Cygneus because I've had it. I'm fed up. I have all the majesty and grace of a swan, and I'm tired of being treated as the ugly duckling around here. I've been around since 1998 -- 9 years! -- but how often do I get noticed? Twice in my whole life I've been invoked, and one of those times was a full two years before I hatched, so you can't really say that it counts! Let's face it, around here I'm appreciated about as much as one of those plastic things that 6-packs come in. Don't even get me started on my amendment count. There too I've been woefully neglected. In my 9 years, I've been amended a whopping 3 times -- on average, once every three years. The birthday rule has been amended 18 times! That's more than the number of birthdays Agora has had! Sure, everyone loves a good birthday party, but nobody wants to talk about boring legal things with Latin titles. Oh, I know that I've at least got an annotation -- take that, birthday rule! -- but it wasn't even a real case, just some arbitrary hypothetical question that somebody or other wanted an answer to. It's not as though it will ever matter. If you still don't understand what I'm on about, just take a look at my power. I'm Power-1, a mere rookie. I always have been, and apparently I always will be; how can I get promoted when nobody ever notices me? I'm a big, important, and old rule. I should be telling the other rules when to jump. In reality, even the Ambassador has more power than me, and e just started this month. I'm not even allowed to swim in the town fountain! This sort of treatment is just unacceptable. And so I'm leaving. Retired, repealed, gone to the big ruleset in the sky: call it what you will. At the time this proposal is adopted, I will be gone. Perhaps someday, when Agora is finally ready for a rule of my quality, I will be back. Until then, Rule 1789 "Cantus Cygneus" }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5031 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619094053.GB660@fysh.org> title: clean up VC recordkeepor Amend rule 2126 by deleting the sentence "The Promotor is the recordkeepor of VCs.". [The concept of "recordkeepor" is no longer defined in the rules. The Assessor is obliged to keep track of VCs, by virtue of eir reporting requirement in rule 2137.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5032 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619095751.GC660@fysh.org> title: recanting in a huff Award the Patent Title of "Left in a Huff" to Andre, in recognition of eir Cantus Cygneus in 1999. Award the Patent Title of "Left in a Huff" to Kelly, in recognition of eir Cantus Cygneus in 1999. Award the Patent Title of "Left in a Huff" to Kelly, in recognition of eir Cantus Cygneus in 2001. Award the Patent Title of "Left in a Huff" to Goethe, in recognition of eir Cantus Cygneus in 2006. [Converts all uses of Cantus Cygneus to the Patent Title that has already been used for those who left in a huff before rule 1789 was instituted.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5033 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619102259.GE660@fysh.org> title: honorless degrees Repeal rule 2092. [We've had this rule for two years and never awarded an honorary degree. It's deadweight.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5034 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <3fc761710706191313m77c92411ifabf930d9efb4b3a@mail.gmail.com> title: Agoran Protectorate Create a rule titled "Agoran Protectorate", reading: Agora hereby submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5035 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: wider advertising Amend rule 2135 by appending the paragraph The Herald is encouraged to also advertise Agora in other suitable locations. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5036 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: refactor the Herald Amend rule 649 by adding after "set out in the Rules." the sentence The Herald's report shall include a list of each Patent Title that at least one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it. Amend rule 1377 to read The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of marks of honour and shame relating to Agora. [Moves the PT reporting requirement into the PT rule. Incidentally removes the "Threat" item, which we're not using, from rule 1377. Also gives a more accurate overall description of the Herald.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: GreyKnight dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5037 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: Agoran arms in a rule GreyKnight, having devised the blazon contained within this proposal, is a coauthor of this proposal. Enact a rule titled "Agoran Arms" with text The escutcheon of Agora is defined by the following blazon: Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable, charged with a quill and an axe in saltire, proper, and in the chief a capital letter A, gules. [The blazon was given by proposal 4898, but not put in a rule, so that proposal is probably ineffective in creating a lasting definition. This proposal corrects the term "coat of arms" from P4898 to "escutcheon"; the escutcheon (shield) is all that the blazon defines, but a coat of arms would also include a helmet, crest, supporters, and possibly other elements. We don't have a full coat of arms for Agora yet.] [A rendering of the escutcheon defined by this blazon is at .] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5038 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: definitions are defaults Amend rule 754 by replacing each instance of "shall be interpreted as having" with "by default has" and replacing "as shall its" with "as do its". [Allows for local redefinition, so that (for example) Agoran law can interpret B Nomic's rules according to B Nomic norms, if given a suitable mediating document that specifies the interpretational rules to be used. Also rewording to Platonically specify what the meaning of words is, rather than Pragmatically commanding how to interpret documents.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5039 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: pragmatic deregistration of limited partnerships Amend rule 2144 by appending the paragraph If a registered partnership has the same basis as another registered partnership, it can be deregistered by any player by announcement. [Proposal 5022 curiously drops the restriction (present in the original rule 214) on registered partnerships changing basis to match another registered partnership, opening a loophole. This proposal revives the restriction. This version matches the pragmatic procedure of the final paragraph of rule 869 (which applies to players that cease to be persons), avoiding the problems of automatic unnotified deregistration that occur with the original version of rule 2144.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5040 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <20070619201501.GA32114@fysh.org> title: separate Civil CFJ procedure Amend rule 1742 by replacing the text A CFJ that alleges that a specific person (the Defendant) has broken an agreement is a Civil CFJ, for which the Caller is the Plaintiff. A CFJ that is not a Civil CFJ is a General CFJ. with A CFJ that alleges that a specific person (the defendant) has broken an agreement is a Civil CFJ, for which the caller is the plaintiff. The defendant of a Civil CFJ is automatically barred from judging it. The plaintiff may bar one other player when e submits the CFJ, but is not otherwise at that time permitted or able to bar any players from judging the CFJ, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. The defendant may bar one other player from judging, any time before the CFJ is assigned to a judge. Any evidence or arguments, published or submitted to the CotC by the defendant of a Civil CFJ with the clear intent of being part of a defense, any time before the CFJ is assigned to a judge, will become part of the material of that CFJ. When a Civil CFJ is submitted, the Clerk of the Courts shall as soon as possible send a copy of the CFJ to the defendant and inform the defendant that e has one week to publish a defense and/or bar a Player from judging. The CotC is prohibited from assigning a Trial Judge to a Civil CFJ until one week has passed since e notified the defendant of this, and is not obliged to assign a Trial Judge during this time, any rule to the contrary notwithstanding. Starting from one week after the CotC has notified the defendant, the CotC is obliged to assign a Trial Judge as soon as possible, and this assignment shall in all other respects be governed by the usual rules for assignment of judges. Amend rule 897 by deleting the text When a Civil CFJ is submitted, the Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of the CFJ and send a copy of the CFJ to the Defendant's registered e-mail address, if any, and inform the Defendant that e has one week to publish a defense and/or bar a Player from judging as described below. The CotC will not assign a Civil CFJ to a judge until one week has passed since after a publication. During this time, any evidence or arguments, published or submitted to the CotC by the Defendant with the clear intent of being part of a defense, will become part of the material of that CFJ. and deleting the text The defendant of a Civil CFJ is automatically barred from judging it. The Plaintiff may bar one other Player when e submits the CFJ. The Defendant may bar one other Player from judging any time before the CFJ is assigned to a judge. and replacing the text When submitting a general CFJ, the Caller may Bar up to three Players from Judging that CFJ. with When submitting a CFJ, the caller may bar up to three players from judging that CFJ. Retitle rule 897 to "Barring Players from Judgement". Amend rule 1868 by deleting the paragraph Other rules may explicitly delay the timing requirement of making assignments, for example with respect to providing the Defendant with response time in a Civil CFJ. [This moves all of the Civil CFJ procedure out of the rules governing ordinary CFJs. It can then all be segregated into the "Contract Law" category. The term "general CFJ" is abolished, as it is not really useful. Incidentally, all that's left in rule 897 (if proposal 5015 passed first) is barring, which is all that was in that rule originally.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-06-28 fate_mid: <468344E0.8000602@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5041 submit_date: 2007-06-19 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706191513h333d89a2j775ca968b52bddad@mail.gmail.com> title: Preserve the Partnerships Amend R2145 by appending the paragraph: {{ Agora recognizes an agreement that implicitly or explicitly assigns its rights, obligations, and responsibilities onto the parties of that agreement to be a non-natural person. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: comex seq_number: 5042 submit_date: 2007-06-20 submit_mid: <200706201051.06057.comexk@gmail.com> title: Whereas Rule 955 is titled "Determining the Will of Agora", and whereas Agora has decided to adopt this proposal and have it take effect, Agora hereby registers as a player of Agora. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-06-21 fate_mid: <3fc761710706202128n247c55d0n3bf264ef53452146@mail.gmail.com> proposer: root submit_date: 2007-06-20 submit_mid: <3fc761710706201221p1e6aa792u654dedfc75858bdb@mail.gmail.com> title: Fix Support for Democracy Amend Rule 1950 by replacing the text reading: At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit on the decision at the start of the voting period) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. with the text: At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit at the decision's ballot allotment time) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. The ballot allotment time of a proposal of which the chamber changes during the proposal's voting period is the time of the last such change. The ballot allotment time of any other decision is the start of the voting period. ["Support Democracy" changes a proposal's AI and chamber during the voting period, but the voting limits used are from the start of the voting period, when the proposal was still Ordinary.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5043 submit_date: 2007-06-20 submit_mid: <3fc761710706201221p1e6aa792u654dedfc75858bdb@mail.gmail.com> title: Better Support for Democracy Amend Rule 2142 by replacing the phrase "3 Supporters" with "2 Supporters". [Base quorum is 5, and the number of players needed to democratize a proposal should be a simple majority of that.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5044 submit_date: 2007-06-20 submit_mid: <3fc761710706201221p1e6aa792u654dedfc75858bdb@mail.gmail.com> title: Actual Support for Democracy Increase the power of Rule 2142 to 2, and amend it by replacing the text "1.1" with "2". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5045 submit_date: 2007-06-20 submit_mid: <56732cfd0706201355w6f44f8fdgefd21db893cdf3b4@mail.gmail.com> title: Not Without Consent If R2144 contains the following text remove it: {{ If a registered partnership has the same basis as another registered partnership, it can be deregistered by any player by announcement. }} Then append the following text to R2144: {{ If a registered partnership has the same basis as another registered partnership, it can be deregistered by any player with Agoran Consent. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: comex seq_number: 5046 submit_date: 2007-06-21 submit_mid: <200706202254.23690.comexk@gmail.com> title: A Suffusion of Yellow Replace all numbers in the ruleset with the phrase "A Suffusion of Yellow". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: root seq_number: 5047 submit_date: 2007-06-21 submit_mid: <3fc761710706202128n247c55d0n3bf264ef53452146@mail.gmail.com> title: Fix Support for Democracy 1.1 Amend Rule 1950 by replacing the text reading: At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit on the decision at the start of the voting period) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. with the text: At the end of the voting period of an Agoran decision, the first N ballots submitted by each entity on that decision (where N is the entity's voting limit at the decision's ballot allotment time) remain valid; all other ballots submitted on that decision are invalid. The ballot allotment time of a proposal that becomes or ceases to be ordinary during the proposal's voting period is the time of the last such change. The ballot allotment time of any other decision is the start of the voting period. ["Support Democracy" changes a proposal's AI and chamber during the voting period, but the voting limits used are from the start of the voting period, when the proposal was still Ordinary.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5048 submit_date: 2007-06-22 submit_mid: <20070622102011.GA23368@fysh.org> title: renumeration Amend rule 2136 by replacing "is eir score" with "is eir score, and is always a non-negative integer". [It is otherwise unclear what the domain of scores is.] Amend rule 1023 by deleting the item (a) The term "number" shall mean "real number". [Each instance of "number" in the ruleset either is discussing a value that is inherently a natural number or is explicitly qualified as "rational" or some other subset of the real numbers.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-23 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-01 fate_mid: <4687698B.4060906@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5049 submit_date: 2007-06-22 submit_mid: <20070622102011.GA23368@fysh.org> title: simplify veto Amend rule 2019 to read The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Quorum for a vetoed proposal is positive infinity, other rules governing quorum notwithstanding. The Speaker may rubberstamp an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period by announcement. Quorum for a rubberstamped proposal is three, other rules governing quorum notwithstanding. [Makes the veto work in all cases, in the same manner in which rubberstamping works. Removes the provision about vetoed proposals going back into the proposal pool, because under the present system it is easy to repropose with a different AI.] Retitle rule 2019 to "Speaker's Veto and Rubber Stamp". [Describe both halves of the rule.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Levi seq_number: 5050 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <467F1DC4.1050707@optusnet.com.au> title: Still supporting democracy Repeal rule 2142 Modify Rule 106 by replacing the following text: The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a default and minimum value of 1.0. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of less than 2 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. with: The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a default and minimum value of 1.0. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. A Proposal with an Adoption Index of less than 2 at the time it is distributed is initially Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. An Ordinary proposal may be made Democratic by any player during its voting period With 3 Supporters. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5051 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <20070625125807.GF9929@fysh.org> title: discretionary appeal board assignment Amend rule 911 by deleting the word "randomly". [Leaving appellate judge assignments to the CotC's discretion, matching rule 1868 for trial judges.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5052 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <20070625135605.GH9929@fysh.org> title: per-week proposal VCs Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text "When an Ordinary proposal is adopted," with "When an Ordinary proposal is adopted and its proposer is not the proposer of any Ordinary proposal previously adopted in the same week,". [End the multiple rewards for multiple proposals. Matches the way voting power operates.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5053 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <467FCBC2.6060508@socal.rr.com> title: Mother, May I with Power 1? Create a rule titled "Mother, May I?" with this text: The following terms are defined. These definitions are used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and SHOULD be used when a rule includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more players in connection with a term, then the term applies only to the specified player(s). 1. CANNOT, IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: Attempts to perform the described action are unsuccessful. 2. MUST NOT, MAY NOT, SHALL NOT, ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED: Performing the described action violates the rule in question. 3. SHOULD NOT, DISCOURAGED, DEPRECATED: Before performing the described action, the full implications of performing it should be understood and carefully weighed. 4. CAN X ONLY IF Y: Equivalent to "CANNOT X unless Y". Similar for (MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD) X ONLY IF Y. 5. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the described action violates the rule in question. 6. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should be understood and carefully weighed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5054 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <467FCBC2.6060508@socal.rr.com> title: Mother, May I with Power 2? Change the Power of the rule "Mother, May I?" to 2. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5055 submit_date: 2007-06-25 submit_mid: <467FCBC2.6060508@socal.rr.com> title: Mother, May I with Power 3? Change the Power of the rule "Mother, May I?" to 3. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5056 submit_date: 2007-06-26 submit_mid: <4680905C.7050904@socal.rr.com> title: Disinterested Proposals [This was our old solution to racking up bonuses for otherwise uncontroversial fix proposals.] Create a rule titled "Disinterested Proposals" with this text: A proposal is disinterested if it is labeled as such by its author at the time of submission. A proposal should be disinterested if and only if its effects are limited to correcting errors and/or ambiguities. The author and co-author(s) of a disinterested proposal do not receive any rewards for its adoption, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "When an Ordinary proposal is adopted" with "When an Ordinary Interested proposal is adopted". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5057 submit_date: 2007-06-26 submit_mid: <3fc761710706261402h40778710ub578e2fc3ddc8ba0@mail.gmail.com> title: Clarify Final Judgement upon Appeal Amend Rule 1447 by replacing the text reading: When a Judgement is overturned: a) If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge REVERSE, then the CFJ shall be treated as if it were Judged normally, with the Judgement being that which a majority of the Appellate Judges agree on. b) If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge REASSIGN, then the original Judgement is ignored, the original Judge is recused, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to a new Judge in the same fashion as it was originally assigned. The new Judge cannot make the same Judgement as the original Judge for the same reason. c) If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge REMAND, then the original Judgement shall be ignored, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to the original Judge as if it were being originally assigned. The Judge may not make the same Judgement for the same reason. d) If none of the above is true, then the CFJ shall be reassigned as described above. As soon as possible after all members of a Board of Appeals have submitted eir Judgement, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce that this has happened. with: When a Judgement is overturned: a) If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge REVERSE, then the CFJ shall be treated as if it were Judged normally, with the Judgement being that which a majority of the Appellate Judges agree on. b) If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge REMAND, then the original Judgement shall be ignored, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to the original Judge as if it were being originally assigned. The Judge may not make the same Judgement for the same reason. c) Otherwise, the original Judgement is ignored, the original Judge is recused, and the Clerk of the Courts shall reassign the CFJ to a new Judge in the same fashion as it was originally assigned. The new Judge cannot make the same Judgement as the original Judge for the same reason. A Board of Appeals is not considered to have returned a Judgement until all of its members have submitted eir Judgements. As soon as possible after this happened, the Clerk of the Courts shall announce the Board's decision. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-27 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-05 fate_mid: <468C9C10.4010904@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5058 submit_date: 2007-06-27 submit_mid: <20070627000110.GC9675@fysh.org> title: disinterest interaction fix Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text When an Ordinary Interested proposal is adopted and its proposer is not the proposer of any Ordinary proposal previously adopted in the same week, with When an Ordinary Interested proposal is adopted and its proposer is not the proposer of any Ordinary Interested proposal previously adopted in the same week, [This is an essential fix if both "per-week proposal VCs" and "Disinterested Proposals" are adopted. In any other situation it has no effect.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Goethe dist_date: 2007-06-30 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-09 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5059 submit_date: 2007-06-28 submit_mid: <20070628161558.GI21381@fysh.org> title: simple elections for office Goethe, having written the entire text that follows, is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) to read: The Rules may designate positions to be offices. No office may be held by more than one player. Each office that would otherwise not be held by any player shall be held by the Speaker, unless it is not possible for the Speaker to hold that office. The holder of an office may be referred to by the name of the office. If the duty of an office is to maintain certain information, then the officer shall publish that information at least once a month, or as soon as possible after a substantial change occurs in the information or the officer receives a request for the information. A weekly report shall be sufficient to satisfy these last two requirements. If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order to perform a certain official duty, than the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer. Create the following Rule entitled "Replacing Officers", Power 2: Any Player may make an active Player (hereafter the nominee) the holder of an office, thus removing any previous holder from the office, with Agoran Consent, provided: (a) that office has not changed hands with this method in the previous 30 days, and (b) the potential officer consents to hold the office after the announcement of intent is made. If intent to achieve consent for a nominee is announced as above, then any other active player may be nominated for the position with eir own consent by announcement, during the minimum waiting period between intent and action defined for Agoran Consent. If, at the end of this period, there is more than one consenting nominee, then the attempt to achieve Agoran Consent fails, and the IADoP shall initiate an Agoran Decision to determine the new office holder, meanwhile no further attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for the change shall be valid. The valid options for the decision are the nominees, quorum is a minimum of three and the number of active players, eligible voters are the active players, and the vote collector is the IADoP. In the notice resolving the decision, the IADoP will select one nominee from the set of nominees which each received the largest number of votes; this chosen nominee becomes the officeholder upon the posting of the valid notice. If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of a particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the IADoP shall make at least one such attempt to change the officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if consent is achieved. This requirement is waived if another player changes the officeholder in this way during the following quarter. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-30 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-09 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5060 submit_date: 2007-06-29 submit_mid: <20070629141239.GD14122@fysh.org> title: repeal vague winning Repeal rule 2128. [Never used, and now we have rule 2136 providing a better generic winning mechanism.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-06-30 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-09 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5061 submit_date: 2007-06-30 submit_mid: <20070630091445.GA6855@fysh.org> title: explicate personhood Change the power of rule 2145 to 2. Amend rule 2145 to read A binding agreement governed by the rules which devolves its legal obligations onto a subset of its parties, numbering at least two, collectively, is a partnership. The members of a partnership are those parties onto whom the partnership's legal obligations are collectively devolved. A partnership's identity and partnershiphood are not disrupted by changes to its membership provided that it continues to meet the definition of a partnership. A partnership's basis is the set consisting of the union of the set of its non-partnership members with the bases of each of its partnership members. Where circularity occurs in this definition, it is resolved by using the minimum basis sets that provide consistency. A partnership whose basis contains at least two persons is a person. [Explicate how a partnership qualifies as a person. Incorporate (in clarified form) the definition of "basis" from rule 2144, because it fits nicely here and is useful in restricting which partnerships qualify as persons.] Amend rule 2144 by deleting the paragraph which begins "A partnership's basis". ["Basis" is now defined in rule 2145. Rule 2144 is left with only regulation, not definition.] Amend rule 2150 by inserting at the beginning the paragraphs A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. An entity is a person if and only if it is defined to be so by rules with power 2 or greater. Any biological organism that is capable of communicating by email in English is a person. [Explicit definition of natural personhood. Close the door on judicial arguments for novel types of personhood: it's a matter for legislation, now, not jurisprudence. Power restriction puts this rather important matter out of reach of the easier scams and likely accidents.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5062 submit_date: 2007-07-01 submit_mid: <20070701221657.GF6855@fysh.org> title: real scores Amend rule 2136 by replacing the text "is eir score" with "is eir score, which is always a real number, and scores are not categorically prevented from being any particular real number". [This will be overridden if "algebraic scores", "rational scores", or "integer scores" is adopted.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5063 submit_date: 2007-07-01 submit_mid: <20070701221657.GF6855@fysh.org> title: algebraic scores Amend rule 2136 by replacing the text from "is eir score" up to but not including the next "." with "is eir score, which is always an algebraic real number, and scores are not categorically prevented from being any particular algebraic real number". [If this is adopted, it overrides "real scores". It will be overridden if "rational scores" or "integer scores" is adopted.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5064 submit_date: 2007-07-01 submit_mid: <20070701221657.GF6855@fysh.org> title: rational scores Amend rule 2136 by replacing the text from "is eir score" up to but not including the next "." with "is eir score, which is always a rational number, and scores are not categorically prevented from being any particular rational number". [If this is adopted, it overrides "real scores" and "algebraic scores". It will be overridden if "integer scores" is adopted.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5065 submit_date: 2007-07-01 submit_mid: <20070701221657.GF6855@fysh.org> title: integer scores Amend rule 2136 by replacing the text from "is eir score" up to but not including the next "." with "is eir score, which is always an integer". [If this is adopted, it overrides "real scores", "algebraic scores", and "rational scores".] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5066 submit_date: 2007-07-02 submit_mid: <20070702162928.GH842@fysh.org> title: drop Stare Decisis report Amend rule 889 by deleting the text The CotC's Monthly Report shall include the Stare Decisis, which is a list of past CFJs. The following information shall be included for each CFJ: (i) its statement; (ii) the date on which it was called; (iii) its outcome (if any) on Judgement; and (iv) its outcome (if any) on Appeal. Whenever a CFJ is made, the CotC shall add it to the list. E may, at eir discretion, add earlier CFJs. E may Without Objection remove any CFJ e deems no longer relevant from the list. [We're not in practice using the Stare Decisis report, and it was never a really useful form of the information anyway. Its purpose is better served by annotations in the FLR. Dropping the report does not drop the *principle* of stare decisis, of course, which is enshrined in rule 217.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5067 submit_date: 2007-07-03 submit_mid: <20070703101257.GE10897@fysh.org> title: upmutate Agoran Consent Change the power of rule 2124 to 2. [This should match the power of Dependent Actions.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5068 submit_date: 2007-07-03 submit_mid: <20070703221736.GB28085@fysh.org> title: public judicial process Amend rule 591 to read The judge of a CFJ judges it by publishing eir judgement, along with any arguments, evidence, or other material that e considers relevant. For a trial judge, a judgement is exactly one of the following: TRUE, FALSE, or DISMISSED. Amend rule 1826 to read A motion is a formal request made by a player to the judge of a CFJ. A motion is made by announcement, which must clearly identify the CFJ to which the motion applies. The judge of a CFJ must either grant or deny each motion that applies to that CFJ within five days of it being made. If a judge fails to grant or deny an applicable motion within five days of it being made, the Clerk of the Courts shall recuse the judge and assign a new one. If a motion is made after a case has been judged, and the original judge of that case is not active or is not a player, then the Clerk of the Courts shall assign a new judge. A judge grants or denies a motion by publishing eir determination, along with any arguments, evidence, or other material that e considers relevant. The effect of granting a motion depends on its nature, but generally amounts to requiring the judge to perform as requested by the motion. A denied motion has no further effect. Amend rule 1805 by replacing the text Appellate Orders are executed by being sent to the Clerk of the Courts by the Lead Judge of a Board of Appeals, but do not take effect until their publication by the Clerk of the Courts. with Appellate Orders are executed by being published by the Lead Judge of a Board of Appeals. [Makes everything in the judicial process work by announcement, instead of indirectly via the CotC.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5069 submit_date: 2007-07-03 submit_mid: <20070703221736.GB28085@fysh.org> title: simplify judge selection Amend rule 1868 to read Whenever a CFJ that has not been judged has no trial judge assigned, the Clerk of the Courts shall as soon as possible assign an eligible judge to it by announcement. The assigned judge remains its trial judge until recused. Every active player is eligible to be assigned as a trial judge unless made ineligible by the rules. Entities other than active players are always ineligible. If the Clerk of the Courts errs in good faith by assigning an ineligible judge then the assignment stands. In this case, the Clerk of the Courts may recuse the judge by announcement accompanied by a description of eir error. Repeal rules 698 and 2133. [Puts the important bits of the three rules into one shorter rule. Leaves out the crud, in particular R698's elaborate procedure for situations that are much better handled by the new form of R1871.] Amend rule 1871 by replacing the text "all open CFJs without a Trial Judge" with "all CFJs awaiting trial judge assignment". [The definition of "open CFJ" from R1868 was too restrictive. This does better without any special terminology.] Amend rule 1826 by replacing the text "after a case is closed" with "after a case has been judged". [The term "closed CFJ" has also gone away.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-11 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5070 submit_date: 2007-07-03 submit_mid: <20070703221736.GB28085@fysh.org> title: speaker as an office Retitle rule 402 to "Office of Speaker" and amend it to read The speaker is an office. If an active player who is not the speaker has won the game within the past week, e may become the speaker, thus removing any previous speaker from the office, by announcement, unless someone else has become speaker within the preceding 90 days. If the legality of an attempted installation of this type is not challenged within a week, then it is effective even if later found to be illegal. A speaker who became speaker within the preceding 90 days cannot be replaced by Agoran Consent if e is one of those whose objections are counted in the Agoran Consent procedure. [Making the speaker an office means we can make use of officer defaults elsewhere, such as the IADoP reporting the officeholder. Change installation by "any player" to self-installation to prevent someone becoming speaker involuntarily. More explication of the restrictions on replacing a speaker. Drop the "inattentive speaker" bit because the speakership is no longer a critical administrative office.] Amend rule 1006 by replacing the text "an Officer or the Speaker" with "an officer". [With the speaker being an officer, this is now redundant.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-07 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-07-14 fate_mid: <44B7F304.3030505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5071 submit_date: 2007-07-04 submit_mid: <20070704225908.GA11710@fysh.org> title: judicial power realignment Change the power of rule 217 to 2. [R217 is the only judicial rule with a power of 3, which makes no sense. It started out at power=1, and this proposal brings it down to the level of R991 "Invoking Judgement". All other judicial rules have power=1; some upmutation might be appropriate.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-07 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-07-14 fate_mid: <44B7F304.3030505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5072 submit_date: 2007-07-05 submit_mid: <20070705202649.GD3056@fysh.org> title: judicial power realignment 2 Change the power of rule 1503 to 2. [A judicial-related rule with stupidly high power. There's no reason for this to have higher power than the judicial rules.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-07 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-07-14 fate_mid: <44B7F304.3030505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5073 submit_date: 2007-07-07 submit_mid: <20070707100118.GB12108@fysh.org> title: protectorate procedure Enact a power=2 rule titled "Protective Decrees" with text A protective decree is an act of Agora the intended effect of which is to make explicit changes to the state of a protectorate nomic. The changes may include enacting, repealing, or amending rules of the protectorate, changing the set of players of the protectorate, or any other instantaneous changes to the protectorate's gamestate. Where permitted by other rules, an instrument with power 2 or greater generally can, as part of its effect, initiate a protective decree. The initiating instrument must specify the target protectorate and the changes to be made to it. Any ambiguity in the specification of a protective decree causes it to be void and without effect. This is the only mechanism by which a protective decree can be initiated. As soon as possible after a protective decree has been initiated, the ambassador shall proclaim it to the target nomic, in whatever forum is most suitable for this purpose. The decree takes effect upon this proclamation. Protective decrees should be initiated only for the purpose of assisting the protectorate in its growth and enabling its longevity. Protective decrees should always be benevolent. All players are prohibited from falsely claiming, to any nomic, that a document is a protective decree. [A protective decree has features of a proposal (in its effects on a protectorate) and features of a rule change (in the way it is initiated in Agora). The specific procedure removes all the ambiguity about whether a nomic qualifies as a protectorate, and Peekee's issue about not knowing the procedure. It also avoids the need for lots of legislation on the receiving end: a prospective protectorate can easily reference the complete procedure. The final paragraph gives protectorates some assurance that a purported protective decree is the real thing.] [Suggested wording for a protectorate's ruleset: "Any protective decree of Agora that targets this nomic takes effect as specified by the rules of Agora.".] Amend rule 2147 to read Whereas Agora, being the superpower of nomics, has an inherent responsibility to lead the nomic world; and whereas Agora desires to encourage growth and promotion of the nomic community, be it hereby known that Agora shall serve as benevolent protector to any nomic which requests such status (hereafter referred to as the protectorate). In order to become a protectorate, a nomic must specify in its ruleset that it submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. It must also have rules or other gamestate arranged such that any protective decree proclaimed by the ambassador will take full effect upon proclamation. For this purpose, the nomic may specify the forum in which proclamation is to be made, provided that it is reasonably possible for the ambassador to use the specified forum. Any restriction whatsoever on the content of a protective decree disqualifies the nomic from being a protectorate. If the criteria specified in the preceding paragraph are met, the ambassador may make the nomic a protectorate with Agoran Consent. If a protectorate ever does not meet these criteria, it ceases to be a protectorate. The ambassador shall check every month whether each protectorate continues to meet the criteria, and shall announce whenever a protectorate has ceased to be a protectorate. The ambassador's report shall include a list of all protectorates, with contact details for each, and for each the forum in which it is most appropriate to proclaim protective decrees that target that protectorate. [Greater explication and clarity on the criteria for a protectorate. No longer assumes that changes to the protectorate's "ruleset" are sufficient: protective decrees are plenipotent. Does not allow obstructive limitations on the capacity to affect the protectorate. Require consent to gain protectorate status, to avoid abuses. Reporting requirements moved into this rule.] Amend rule 2148 to read The ambassador is an office, responsible for relations with foreign nomics. A foreign nomic may grant certain powers and privileges to Agora's ambassador. If so, the ambassador shall generally exercise such powers in such manner as e sees fit, subject to other rules and orders. All players are prohibited from falsely claiming, to any nomic, to be the ambassador. [All the protectorate stuff has moved into R2147, so this is now concerned only with general foreign relations. Removed the AC procedure to require the ambassador to act a particular way: this can be done by legislative orders instead. The specific exception for direct ruleset changes is now covered by the anti-fraud provisions in the rule on protective decrees.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-07 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-07-14 fate_mid: <44B7F304.3030505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5074 submit_date: 2007-07-07 submit_mid: <20070707100118.GB12108@fysh.org> title: fix judicial rights Amend rule 101 by replacing the text iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. with iii. Every person has the right to initiate a formal process to resolve matters of controversy, in the reasonable expectation that the controversy will thereby be resolved. Every person has the right to cause formal reconsideration of any judicial determination that e should be punished. [More general language avoids tight interaction with any particular form of judicial process. Rights made more explicit and stronger.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-18 fate_mid: <469DCE06.5000101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5075 submit_date: 2007-07-09 submit_mid: <20070709123418.GB10481@fysh.org> title: MMIify truthfulness Amend rule 2149 by replacing the text Players are prohibited from deliberately or recklessly making false statements in any public message. with Players SHALL NOT deliberately or recklessly make false statements in any public message. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-18 fate_mid: <469DCE06.5000101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5076 submit_date: 2007-07-09 submit_mid: title: Three-Tone Economics Change the Power of Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) to 2, and amend it to read: Voting Credits (VCs) are a measure of each player's ability to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except as described in this rule. When a player registers or deregisters, e loses all eir VCs. When one or more players win the game, each player's voting limit on ordinary proposals is reset to its default value. Each VC has a color (Gray if not otherwise specified). If a player loses a color of VC that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). VCs may be gained as follows: a) When an ordinary interested proposal is adopted, its proposer gains Red VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index (unless e gained VCs in this way earlier in the same week), and each co-author of the proposal gains one Red VC (unless e gained VCs in this way earlier in the same week). b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs, unless the Speaker publicly announces within a week after the end of the month that the officer performed eir duties poorly or not at all. c) A player who submits a judgement during eir Deliberation Period gains one Blue VC. VCs may be lost as follows: a) When a proposal's voting index is less than half its adoption index, its proposer loses one Red VC. b) When an officer forfeits eir salary due to announcement by the Speaker, e loses one Green VC. c) A player whose judgement is overturned, or who is recused for failing to judge within eir Deliberation Period, loses one Blue VC. VCs may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified). All changes to voting limits are applied at the end of the week, in the order the VCs were spent, after which any fractional voting limits are rounded to the nearest integer (nearest odd integer if the fractional part is 0.5). a) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to increase another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. b) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. c) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to decrease another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one (to a minimum of zero). d) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to decrease another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by ten percent. Create a rule titled "Parties" with this text: Each player's Party is the color of VC that e possesses the most of. Ties are broken in favor of the color that comes first in alphabetical order. Repeal Rule 2128 (Winning). Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) to read: Points are a measure of a player's contentiousness. The number of points possessed by a player is eir score. When a player registers or deregisters, eir score becomes zero. A contest is an agreement that identifies itself as such, and identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster; all other parties are its contestants. The Scorekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of scores and contests. The Scorekeepor's report includes each player's score. A contestmaster may award a total of up to 10 points per week to one or more contestants as permitted by the contest, unless e was contestmaster of a different contest for at least 3 days of the previous week. A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. If Proposal 5065 (integer scores) was adopted, then amend Rule 2136 by appending this text after the first paragraph: Each player's score is an integer. Points can only be awarded in integer amounts. Otherwise, if Proposal 5064 (rational scores) was adopted, then amend Rule 2136 by appending this text after the first paragraph: Each player's score is a rational number. Points can only be awarded in rational amounts. Otherwise, if Proposal 5063 (algebraic scores) was adopted, then amend Rule 2136 by appending this text after the first paragraph: Each player's score is an algebraic number. Points can only be awarded in algebraic amounts. Otherwise, if Proposal 5062 (real scores) was adopted, then amend Rule 2136 by appending this text after the first paragraph: Each player's score is a real number. Points can only be awarded in real amounts. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-18 fate_mid: <469DCE06.5000101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5077 submit_date: 2007-07-09 submit_mid: title: MMI in practice Amend Rule 1586 (Definition and Continuity of Entities) to read: Two Rule-defined entities CANNOT have the same name or nickname. If the Rules defining an entity are repealed or amended such that they no longer define that entity, then that entity and its properties cease to exist. If the Rules defining an entity are amended such that they still define that entity but with different properties, then that entity and its properties continue to exist to whatever extent is possible under the new definitions. [Would-be violations of the first paragraph are presumably treated as rule conflicts, and resolved accordingly.] Amend Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) by replacing each instance of "shall mean" with "means". Amend Rule 1769 (Holidays) by replacing this text: During a Holiday, no Proposal may be distributed by the Promotor, nor may any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion be published by the Clerk of the Courts; however, if any of the above do take place during the Holiday in violation of this Rule, this Rule does not deprive them of their usual effects. with this text: During a Holiday, the Promotor SHALL NOT distribute any proposals, and the Clerk of the Courts SHALL NOT publish any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion. Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) to read: The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing proposals. The Promotor MAY distribute a proposal in the Proposal Pool at any time. During each week, the Promotor SHALL distribute each proposal that has been in the Proposal Pool since the beginning of that week. The Promotor distributes a proposal by publishing it with the clear intent of distributing it. When a proposal is distributed, it is removed from the Proposal Pool. The distribution of a proposal initiates the Agoran decision of whether to adopt the proposal, as described elsewhere. When distributing a proposal, the Promotor SHALL specify the following: a) Its author (and co-authors, if any). b) Its adoption index. c) Whether it is ordinary or democratic. d) Whether it is interested or disinterested. Amend Rule 1810 (Satisfying Orders) by replacing this text: Willfully performing contrary to valid orders, either through action or inaction, is a violation of this Rule. with this text: A player SHALL NOT willfully perform contrary to a valid unsatisfied order, either through action or inaction. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-18 fate_mid: <469DCE06.5000101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5078 submit_date: 2007-07-10 submit_mid: <20070710151123.GA18278@fysh.org> title: refactor voting limits Amend rule 683 by inserting immediately after the itemised list the paragraph Among the otherwise-valid votes on an Agoran decision, only the first N submitted by each entity are valid, where N is the entity's voting limit on that decision. The voting limit of an entity that is not an eligible voter on an Agoran decision is zero. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an Agoran decision is one, except where rules say otherwise. [The basic voting limit mechanism may as well merge into the other rule on vote validity. Default voting limit governs Agoran decisions that don't specify otherwise. There's nothing specific to proposals here.] Retitle rule 1950 to "Voting on Democratic Proposals" and amend it to read The eligible voters on a democratic proposal are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of each eligible voter on a democratic proposal is one. [VLDP needs to remain at power=3. VLOP is defined below.] Enact a power=2 rule titled "Voting on Ordinary Proposals" with text Each player has a parameter known as eir base voting limit on ordinary proposals (BVLOP). The BVLOP of a first-class player is one, and the BVLOP of any other player is zero. BVLOP cannot be modified. Each player has a parameter known as eir volatile voting limit on ordinary proposals (VVLOP). Whenever a player is registered, eir VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. VVLOP can be modified by the action of an instrument with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule, but not by any other means. Each player has a parameter known as eir effective voting limit on ordinary proposals (EVLOP). Whenever a player is registered, eir EVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. At the end of each week, each player's EVLOP is set to eir VVLOP, rounded to an integer, breaking ties towards odd integers, and eir VVLOP is set to the same rounded value. EVLOP cannot be modified by any other means. The assessor's report includes each player's EVLOP. The eligible voters on an ordinary proposal are those entities that were active players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period. [These provisions, defining the VLOP mechanism, are deliberately at lower power than before, just out of reach of ordinary proposals. This is why this rule needs to be separate from "Voting on Democratic Proposals".] [VVLOP is what we currently implicitly track as what R2126 is going to set VLOP to at the end of the week. Making it explicit makes everything clearer. EVLOP is the current VLOP. BVLOP is the default VLOP, without any "reduced by one" confusion.] [In the absence of chamber changes, voter eligibility and voting limits are determined at the start of the voting period and do not change thereafter. If a proposal changes from ordinary to democratic, its voter eligibility and voting limits are determined as of the start of the voting period, as if it had been democratic all along.] Amend rule 106 by deleting the text "and by default, the eligible voters are the active players,". [Eligibility is now set explicitly in the two rules for separate chambers. We don't want to allow overriding by lower-power rules.] If the recent proposal "Three-Tone Economics" was not adopted, amend rule 2126 by replacing the text When one or more players win the game, all players' voting limits on ordinary proposals are reset to one, subject to modification by other rules. When a player joins Agora, eir VCs are set to zero and eir voting limit on ordinary proposals is set to one. with When a player is registered, e initially has zero VCs. The assessor's report includes the number of VCs possessed by each player. When one or more players win the game, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. and replacing the text A player may expend two VCs to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. A player may expend one VC to increase any other player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. A player may expend two VCs to decrease any other player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one, down to a minimum voting limit of zero. Attempts to decrease a player's voting limit on ordinary proposals below this minimum fail. with A player may expend two VCs to increase eir own VVLOP by one. A player may expend one VC to increase any other player's VVLOP by one. A player may expend two VCs to decrease any other player's VVLOP by one, down to a minimum VVLOP of zero. and deleting the text Changes to voting limits under this rule take effect at the beginning of the next week. If the recent proposal "Three-Tone Economics" was adopted, amend rule 2126 by replacing the text When one or more players win the game, each player's voting limit on ordinary proposals is reset to its default value. with The assessor's report includes the number of VCs of each color possessed by each player. When one or more players win the game, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. and replacing the text VCs may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified). All changes to voting limits are applied at the end of the week, in the order the VCs were spent, after which any fractional voting limits are rounded to the nearest integer (nearest odd integer if the fractional part is 0.5). a) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to increase another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. b) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to increase eir own voting limit on ordinary proposals by one. c) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to decrease another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by one (to a minimum of zero). d) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to decrease another player's voting limit on ordinary proposals by ten percent. with VCs may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified): a) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to increase another player's VVLOP by one. b) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by one. c) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by one (to a minimum of zero). d) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by ten percent. [Now affects VVLOP instantaneously, rather than VLOP in delayed fashion. Two radically different versions of this amendment, because "Three-Tone Economics" proposes to completely restructure this rule.] Amend rule 2137 by deleting the text The Assessor's report shall include the following: a) Each player's voting limit on ordinary proposals. b) Each player's voting credits. [Reporting requirements moved into specific rules above.] Immediately after the above amendments have occurred, the EVLOP of each player is set to exactly what eir VLOP was immediately before the amendments occurred, and the VVLOP of each player is set to what eir VLOP was plus whatever modifications were due to have been made by rule 2126 at the next end of week. [Continuity. Would be tricky to determine what rule 1586 would do without the explicit clause.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-18 fate_mid: <469DCE06.5000101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5079 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: title: Disambiguate CotC Upon the adoption of this proposal, the player known as Zefram throughout June 2007 becomes Clerk of the Courts. [Can't be done with Agoran consent due to the 30-day limit.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5080 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: title: Compensate for vacant offices Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by replacing this text: If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order to perform a certain official duty, then the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer. with this text: If a Timing Order directed at an office is not satisfied on time, or if the office is vacant, then the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e held that office. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5081 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: <20070711121608.GA21126@fysh.org> title: renumeration II.0 Amend rule 1023 by deleting the item that defines "number" and then changing the letters in all the top-level item labels to form a consecutive sequence from "a". [With scores now restricted to integers, each instance of "number" in the ruleset either is discussing a value that is inherently a natural number or is explicitly qualified as "rational" or some other subset of the real numbers. The default restriction of the meaning of "number" rarely had any effect, and is now definitively dead wood.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5082 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: <20070711122352.GA22007@fysh.org> title: better VLOP balance after wins Amend the rule titled "Voting on Ordinary Proposals" by replacing the text "BVLOP of a first-class player is one" with "BVLOP of a first-class player is four". [This prevents the VCs that are held at the time of a win carrying the overwhelming power that they presently do. One player's VVLOP being increased by 20 immediately after a VVLOP reset won't outweigh all the other players as it presently would.] [This proposal assumes the prior adoption of "refactor voting limits". It has no effect otherwise.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5083 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: <20070711161959.GL13182@fysh.org> title: simplify AI setting Amend rule 106 by replacing the text The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a default and minimum value of 1.0. Before the Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify its adoption index by announcement. with The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a minimum value of 1.0. It may be set by the proposer at the time of submission, or otherwise defaults to 1.0. [There's no particular reason to modify the AI after submission, so may as well set it definitively at submission time. Errors can be corrected by withdrawing the proposal entirely.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5084 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: <20070711215559.GA3964@fysh.org> title: platonic patent titles Amend rule 649 by replacing the text As soon as possible after the Rules state that a Patent title shall be awarded or revoked, the Herald shall publicly award or revoke that Patent Title. with As soon as possible after a patent title is awarded or revoked, the herald SHALL announce the award or revocation. [We really don't need the extra step of the herald performing the award or revocation. It was poorly specified anyway.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5085 submit_date: 2007-07-11 submit_mid: <20070711220945.GA4573@fysh.org> title: degrees by proposal Amend rule 1367 to read Certain patent titles are known as degrees. The degrees are - Associate of Nomic (A.N.) - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.) - Master of Nomic (M.N.) - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.) - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N.Sci.) - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.) Degrees are ranked in the order they appear in this rule, with degrees listed later being ranked higher. A degree CANNOT be awarded to any person more than once, and CANNOT be revoked once awarded. A degree CAN be awarded by the action of an instrumennt with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule, but CANNOT be awarded in any other way. A degree SHOULD be awarded ONLY IF its new bearer has published a suitable thesis with explicit intent to qualify for a degree (though not necessarily for the specific degree being awarded). A thesis is an essay whose topic is any facet of Agora Nomic or of nomic in general. A thesis's suitability depends on its originality and quality, with regard to the rank of the degree to be awarded. Change the power of rule 1367 to 1.5. Repeal rule 1370. [We don't award degrees often enough to justify the rather complex process of rule 1370. We can simplify it to a proposal process (which of course was always an option anyway), with advisory rule text on what should qualify. Upmutate so that awarding a degree is more difficult than a normal proposal passage: in fact, this makes it more difficult than it previously was.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5086 submit_date: 2007-07-13 submit_mid: <20070713150837.GA30993@fysh.org> title: judicial reform Whereas Agora has since 1996 laboured under an unnecessarily complex, unclear, poorly-specified, bug-ridden judicial system, and wishes to replace this with a system designed in the light of the greater understanding of nomic that has been achieved in the past ten years, taking advantage of the innovations made in the Agoran ruleset, and conforming to the present taste for a shorter ruleset with simpler mechanisms, it is the will of Agora that the judicial system set out below be adopted. [--------------------------] [Part I: new judicial rules] [--------------------------] Retitle rule 991 to "Judicial Cases Generally", leave its power unchanged at 2, and amend it to read A judicial case, also known as a call for judgement (CFJ), is a procedure to settle a matter of controversy. There are subclasses of judicial case with particular features defined by other rules. Subclasses of judicial case exist only as defined by the rules. The Clerk of the Courts (CotC) is an office, responsible for managing judicial activity. The CotC's report includes the status of all judicial cases that either require a judge or have at least one applicable judicial question that has no judgement. Retitle rule 1868 to "Judge Assignment Generally", change its power to 2, and amend it to read At any time, a judicial case either has no judge assigned to it (default) or has exactly one entity assigned to it as judge; this is a persistent status that changes only according to the rules. To recuse a judge from a case means to deassign em as judge. To assign a judge to a case implicitly recuses any existing judge. At any time, a judicial case either does not require a judge (default) or requires a judge; this is not a persistent status, but is evaluated instantaneously. When a judicial case requires a judge and has no judge assigned, the CotC CAN assign a qualified entity to be its judge by announcement. Whenever this situation arises the CotC SHALL make such an assignment as soon as possible. Except where modified by other rules, the entities qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case are the active first-class players. Being unqualified to be assigned as a judge does not inherently prevent an entity from continuing to be judge if already assigned. Leave rule 1871's title unchanged at "The Standing Court", change its power to 1.5, and amend it to read Each player is either standing, sitting, or supine; this status is known as eir posture. The CotC's report includes each player's posture. When an entity becomes a player, e is initially supine. A player CAN change emself from sitting to supine, or from supine to sitting, by announcement. A supine player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. The CotC SHALL NOT assign a sitting player to be the judge of any judicial case. If the CotC has assigned a sitting player as judge, and that player is still the judge of that case, the CotC CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. When the CotC assigns a standing player as judge of a judicial case, the player becomes sitting, except in the situation discussed in the next sentence. If the CotC assigns a standing player as judge of more than one judicial case consecutively in the same announcement, and states in the announcement that these are linked assignments, the player becomes sitting upon the last of these assignments, but not any of the earlier ones. The CotC SHOULD NOT perform linked assignments unless the cases being linked are closely related in their subject matter. The CotC CAN change all sitting players to standing by announcement. The CotC SHALL NOT do this unless there is a judicial case to which e is obliged to assign a judge, all entities qualified to be so assigned are sitting players, and e immediately afterwards (in the same announcement) assigns a judge to that case. Enact a rule with title "Judicial Panels", power 1.7, and text A judicial panel is a structure whereby a group of two or more persons (its members) act together for the purpose of judging judicial cases. A judicial panel's membership cannot change, and if two panels have the same membership then they are the same panel. Judicial panels exist implicitly, without any specific act of formation. A judicial panel CAN send messages by means of any of its members sending a message identified as being from the panel, with the unanimous agreement of the panel's members. By this mechanism a judicial panel can act, in situations where the rules state that an action is performed by sending a message. A judicial panel can incur obligations. The members of a panel SHALL act collectively to ensure that the panel satisfies all of its obligations. Enact a rule with title "Judicial Questions", power 2, and text Within a judicial case, one or more judicial questions may arise. Each judicial question is either inapplicable (default) or applicable; this is not a persistent status but is evaluated instantaneously. Each judicial question either is open (default), suspended, or has a particular judgement; this is a persistent status that changes only according to the rules. The possible types of judgement for a judicial question vary according to the type of question. When a judicial case has an applicable open judicial question, it requires a judge, and its judge CAN assign a valid judgement to that question by announcement. Whenever there is a judge assigned to a judicial case with an applicable open question, the judge SHALL assign such a judgement to the question as soon as possible. Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past week, the CotC CAN recuse that judge by announcement. Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past two weeks, the CotC SHALL so recuse the judge as soon as possible. Among the possible judgements of a judicial question, some subset of them are appropriate. Judgements are appropriate only where so defined by the rules. A judge SHALL NOT assign an inappropriate judgement. Where more than one appropriate judgement is available, the choice between them is at the judge's discretion. Retitle rule 591 to "Inquiry Cases", change its power to 1.7, and amend it to read There is a subclass of judicial case known as an inquiry case. An inquiry case's purpose is to determine the veracity of a particular statement. An inquiry case CAN be initiated by any person, by announcement which includes the statement to be inquired into. The initiator is unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case, and in the initiating announcement e CAN disqualify one person from assignment as judge of the case. An inquiry case has a judicial question on veracity, which is always applicable. The valid judgements for this question are: * FALSE, appropriate if the statement was factually and logically false at the time the inquiry case was initiated * TRUE, appropriate if the statement was factually and logically true at the time the inquiry case was initiated * UNDECIDABLE, appropriate if the statement was logically undecidable, nonsensical, too vague, or otherwise not capable of being accurately described as either false or true, at the time the inquiry case was initiated * IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the veracity of the statement at the time the inquiry case was initiated is not relevant to the game * UNDETERMINED, appropriate if the information available to the judge is insufficient to determine which of the FALSE, TRUE, and UNDECIDABLE judgements is appropriate; however, uncertainty as to how to interpret or apply the rules cannot constitute insufficiency of information for this purpose The judgement of the question in an inquiry case SHOULD guide future play, including future judgements, but does not directly affect the veracity of the statement. The rulekeepor is ENCOURAGED to annotate rules to draw attention to relevant inquiry case judgements. Retitle rule 1504 to "Criminal Cases", change its power to 1.7, and amend it to read There is a subclass of judicial case known as a criminal case. A criminal case's purpose is to determine the culpability of a particular person, known as the defendant, for an alleged breach of the rules, and to punish the guilty. A criminal case CAN be initiated by any player, by announcement which clearly identifies the defendant and specifies the action (which may be a failure to perform another action) by which the defendant allegedly breached the rules. The initiation of a criminal case begins its pre-trial phase. During the pre-trial phase, the case requires a judge. In the pre-trial phase the judge SHALL as soon as possible inform the defendant of the case and invite em to rebut the argument for eir guilt. The pre-trial phase ends one week after the defendant has been so informed. The initiator and defendant are each unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case. During the pre-trial phase, the defendant CAN disqualify one person from assignment as judge of the case, by announcement. If e disqualifies the judge, then the judge is recused. A criminal case has a judicial question on culpability, which is applicable at all times following the pre-trial phase. The valid judgements for this question are: * ALREADY TRIED, appropriate if judgement has already been reached in another criminal case with the same defendant and substantially the same alleged act * UNIMPUGNED, appropriate if the alleged act was not proscribed by the rules at the time it allegedly occurred * INNOCENT, appropriate if the defendant did not perform the alleged act * SLIPPERY, appropriate if the information available to the judge is insufficient to determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether or not the defendant performed the alleged act * EXCUSED, appropriate if the defendant has good reason why e could not avoid breaching the rules in a manner at least as serious as alleged * GUILTY, appropriate if none of the above judgements is appropriate A criminal case has a judicial question on sentencing, which is applicable if the question on culpability is applicable and has a judgement of GUILTY. If a criminal case has an applicable question on sentencing which has a judgement, the defendant is hereafter known as the ninny, the judgement in the question on sentencing is known as the sentence, and the sentence is in effect. Some types of sentence include a duration known as the tariff. When a sentence with a tariff is in effect, the sentence is thereafter either active or not. The sentence is inactive for the first week after it first takes effect. Thereafter, the sentence is active if and only if it is still in effect and sentences of the same type on the same question on sentencing have been active for a total duration less than the tariff. The CotC's report includes the status of all active judgements. The valid sentences are: * DISCHARGE, appropriate only in extraordinary circumstances, if any available non-null punishment would be manifestly unjust. Has no effect. * APOLOGY with a set of up to ten words (the prescribed words), appropriate for rule breaches of small consequence. When in effect, the ninny SHALL within 72 hours publish a formal apology of at least 200 words, including all the prescribed words, explaining eir error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement. The ninny is only obliged to publish one apology per question on sentencing, even if sentences of this type are assigned more than once or go into effect more than once. * CHOKEY with a duration (the tariff) up to 60 days multiplied by the power of the highest-power rule allegedly broken, appropriate if the severity of the rule breach is reasonably correlated with the length of the tariff, the middle of the tariff range being appropriate for rule breaches of intermediate severity. While a sentence of this type is active, the ninny is in the chokey. No entity is in the chokey except as required by this rule. * EXILE with a duration (the tariff) up to 60 days multiplied by the power of the highest-power rule allegedly broken, appropriate if the severity of the rule breach is reasonably correlated with the length of the tariff, the middle of the tariff range being appropriate for severe rule breaches amounting to a breach of trust. While a sentence of this type is active, the ninny is exiled. No entity is exiled except as required by this rule. If an exiled entity is ever a player, e is deregistered. An exiled entity CANNOT register. An appeal concerning any assignment of judgement in a criminal case within the past week, other than an assignment caused by a judgement in an appeal case, CAN be initiated by the defendant by announcement. Retitle rule 911 to "Appeal Cases", change its power to 1.7, and amend it to read There is a subclass of judicial case known as an appeal case. An appeal case's purpose is to determine the appropriateness of a judgement that has been assigned to a judicial question, and make remedy if the judgement was poorly chosen. The assignment of judgement being questioned (appealed against, or appealed) is referred to as the prior assignment; the word "prior" in this rule is used to refer to the circumstances of the prior assignment. An appeal concerning any assignment of judgement in a non-appeal case within the past two weeks, other than an assignment caused by a judgement in an appeal case, CAN be initiated by any player with 2 support. The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case and none of the members is the prior judge. An appeal case has a judicial question on disposition, which is applicable if and only if the prior question is applicable. The valid judgements for the question on disposition are: * AFFIRM, appropriate if the prior judgement was appropriate for the prior question * REMAND, appropriate if there is serious doubt about the appropriateness of the prior judgement but the judge believes that the judge of the prior case can make a better judgement if given a new opportunity * REASSIGN, appropriate if there is serious doubt about the appropriateness of the of the prior judgement * OVERRULE with a valid replacement judgement for the prior question, appropriate if the prior judgement was inappropriate in the prior question and the replacement judgement is appropriate for the prior question Initiation of an appeal case renders the prior question suspended. It remains suspended as long as the question on disposition in the appeal case has no judgement. When the question on disposition has a judgement, things happen according to that judgement: * if AFFIRM, the prior judgement is assigned to the prior question again * if REMAND, the prior question is rendered open again * if REASSIGN, the judge of the prior case (if any) is recused, and the prior question is rendered open again * if OVERRULE with a replacement judgement, the replacement judgement is assigned to the prior question [----------------] [Part II: repeals] [----------------] Repeal rules 889 ("The Clerk of the Courts"), 897 ("Barring Players from Judgement"), 2024 ("Linked Statements"), 2132 ("Excess CFJs"), 408 ("Late Judgement"), 1575 ("Standards of Proof"), 1565 ("Dismissal of a CFJ"), 1826 ("Motions"), 1365 ("Concurring and Dissenting Opinions"), 1564 ("Initiating Appeals"), 1447 ("Final Judgement upon Appeal"), 1804 ("Appeal of Judicial and Sentencing Orders"), 1805 ("Appellate Orders"), 1503 ("Rules Violations"), 908 ("Formal Apologies"), and 2129 ("Dishonor Rolls"). [The repeal of R1503 can only take place if it was downmutated in advance by P5072; if not, the text of R1503 has very little effect and shouldn't cause any problems.] [----------------------------------] [Part III: consequential amendments] [----------------------------------] Amend rule 869 by replacing the paragraph Whenever a player is deregistered, e is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. with Whenever a player deregisters, e is prohibited from registering for the next thirty days. [This auto-exile is only appropriate for voluntary deregistrations. For exile due to criminal sentence it would create an unretractable minimum tariff, which would be unjust.] If the recent proposal "MMI in practice" was not adopted, amend rule 1769 by replacing the text nor may any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion be published by the Clerk of the Courts with nor may any judge be assigned to any judicial case, nor may any judge assign a judgement to any judicial question If the recent proposal "MMI in practice" was adopted, amend rule 1769 by replacing the text the Clerk of the Courts SHALL NOT publish any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion with judges SHALL NOT be assigned to any judicial case, and judges SHALL NOT assign judgement to any judicial question [CotC publication isn't used for anything any more. Judgement itself is the closest equivalent. Two versions of this amendment because "MMI in practice" proposes to MMIify this part of rule 1769.] Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text c) A player who submits a judgement during eir Deliberation Period gains one Blue VC. with c) A player who assigns a judgement to a judicial question within the time limit when first obliged to gains one Blue VC. and replacing the text c) A player whose judgement is overturned, or who is recused for failing to judge within eir Deliberation Period, loses one Blue VC. with c) A player who is recused from a judicial case because a judicial question has remained applicable, open, and unjudged loses one Blue VC. A player who is the prior judge in an appeal case where a judgement other than AFFIRM is assigned to the question on disposition loses one Blue VC. [Update to match the new internal concepts and terminology. This amendment can only take place if R2126 was downmutated and amended in advance by the proposal "Three-Tone Economics"; if not, the meaning of the old terminology in terms of the new system is reasonably apparent anyway.] Amend rule 1794 by deleting the items labelled "(b)" and "(c)" and then changing the item label "(d)" to "(b)". [The new judicial system doesn't use orders.] Retitle rule 217 to "Interpreting the Rules", leave its power unchanged at 2, and amend it to read When interpreting and applying the rules, the text of the rules takes precedence. Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense, past judgements, and consideration of the best interests of the game. [This rule used to apply itself only to judgements, but actually this part is applicable even when judgement is not invoked. This amendment can only take place if R217 was downmutated in advance by P5071; if not, the unchanged text of R217 is still appropriate.] Retitle rule 1742 to "Contracts", change its power to 1.5, and amend it to read Any group of two or more persons may make an agreement among themselves with the intention that it be binding upon them and be governed by the rules. Such an agreement is known as a contract. A contract may be modified, including changing the set of parties, by agreement between all parties. A contract may also terminate by agreement between all parties. A contract automatically terminates if the number of parties to it falls below two. Parties to a contract governed by the rules SHALL act in accordance with that contract. This obligation is not impaired by contradiction between the contract and any other contract, or between the contract and the rules. [Dropping the attempt at civil enforcement of contracts, because it can't really work. We don't have appropriate remedies to do equity law (it requires a valuable commodity, i.e., money). Turning the agreement into an obligation of the rules makes breach of contract subject to the criminal law. Contract clauses can always specify remedies if there are appropriate ones in a particular case, and those can be applied via inquiry CFJs, with the criminal law as a backup if the respondent reneges on eir remedy obligations. Ultimately the criminal law is always required to back up a specific-performance remedy, of course.] [--------------------------------] [Part IV: transitional provisions] [--------------------------------] Revoke all patent titles of "In the Chokey", "Fugitive", and "Fugitive from Justice". [Punishments no longer use patent titles.] CFJs that existed before the adoption of this proposal shall generally continue to exist. Their continuity across the amendments made by this proposal shall be governed by these provisions: * "Pre-reform" refers to the state in which the rules and other game entities were immediately before the adoption of this proposal. * "Post-reform" refers to the state in which the rules and other game entities will be immediately after this proposal has completed taking effect. * Each pre-reform CFJ continues to exist as a post-reform inquiry case. * Each pre-reform CFJ with a judge assigned has the same judge assigned in its post-reform form. * Each pre-reform CFJ with no judge assigned has no judge assigned in its post-reform form. * For each pre-reform CFJ with an unappealed judgement, the post-reform inquiry case has a judgement assigned to its question on veracity, according to this translation: + Pre-reform FALSE judgement corresponds to post-reform FALSE. + Pre-reform TRUE judgement corresponds to post-reform TRUE. + Any other pre-reform judgement corresponds to post-reform UNDETERMINED. * For each pre-reform CFJ which is dismissed (and not subsequently reopened) without judgement, the post-reform inquiry case has a judgement of UNDETERMINED assigned to its question on veracity. * For each pre-reform CFJ with an incomplete appeal of judgement, the post-reform inquiry case has its question on veracity suspended. * For each pre-reform CFJ neither with an unappealed judgement, nor dismissed (and not subsequently reopened) without judgement, nor with an incomplete appeal of judgement, the post-reform inquiry case has its question on veracity open. * Each pre-reform appeal of anything other than a judgement is a detail of the CFJ (post-reform inquiry case) to which it is attached, and does not continue to exist as a distinct post-reform entity. * Each pre-reform appeal of a judgement continues to exist as a post-reform appeal case regarding the assignment of that judgement to the question on veracity in the inquiry case. * Each pre-reform appeal of a judgement to which exactly three appellate judges are assigned has in its post-reform form a judicial panel assigned as judge, the members of which are the pre-reform appellate judges. * Each pre-reform appeal of a judgement that does not have exactly three appellate judges assigned has in its post-reform form no judge assigned. * For each pre-reform appeal of a judgement in which all three appellate judges have rendered judgement, the post-reform appeal case has a judgement assigned to its question on disposition, according to this translation: + If the pre-reform subject of the appeal was sustained, the post-reform judgement is AFFIRM. + If the pre-reform appeal resulted in reversal of the subject of the appeal, the post-reform judgement is OVERRULE with the appropriate new judgement for the prior question. + If the pre-reform appeal resulted in the overturning of the original judgement and the reassigning of the subject of the appeal to the same judge as it previously had, the post-reform judgement is REMAND. + Otherwise the post-reform judgement is REASSIGN. * For each pre-reform appeal of a judgement in which not all three appellate judges have rendered judgement, the post-reform appeal case has its question on disposition open. * Aspects of continuity not addressed by the above provisions shall be governed by rule 1586. The above provisions shall guide the application of rule 1586. [Rule 1586 theoretically should achieve all of this on its own. As it's a particularly radical redefinition of complex entities, explicit provisions seem helpful.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B01951.1080307@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5087 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <469727A4.3080509@socal.rr.com> title: Spell check Amend Rule 1794 (Classes of Orders) by replacing "Oredr" with "Order". Amend Rule 2024 (Linked Statements) by replacing "labelled" with "labeled". Amend Rule 2129 (Dishonor Rolls) by replacing "publically" with "publicly". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5088 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <44B7F460.2040803@socal.rr.com> title: Compensate for vacant offices and speaker as an office Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by replacing this text: If an officer fails to satisfy a Timing Order to perform a certain official duty, than the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer. with this text: If a Timing Order directed at an office is not satisfied on time, or if the office is vacant, then the player who executed the order may perform the duty as if e held that office. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5089 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714195135.GA12356@fysh.org> title: encourage meeting quorum Amend rule 2126 by inserting at the end of the enumerated list that follows "VCs may be lost as follows:" the item d) If a proposal fails quorum, each eligible voter with a positive voting limit on that proposal who did not submit any ballots on that proposal that counted towards quorum loses one VC of eir Party's color. Each eligible voter on this proposal who did not submit any ballots on this proposal that counted towards quorum is awarded the patent title "Apathetic Wastrel". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5090 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714200424.GA28796@fysh.org> title: fix judicial rights Amend rule 101 by replacing the text iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or judicial order binding em. with iii. Every person has the right to initiate a formal process to resolve matters of controversy, in the reasonable expectation that the controversy will thereby be resolved. Every person has the right to cause formal reconsideration of any judicial determination that e should be punished. [More general language avoids tight interaction with any particular form of judicial process. Rights made more explicit and stronger.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5091 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714200424.GA28796@fysh.org> title: protectorate procedure Enact a power=2 rule titled "Protective Decrees" with text A protective decree is an act of Agora the intended effect of which is to make explicit changes to the state of a protectorate nomic. The changes may include enacting, repealing, or amending rules of the protectorate, changing the set of players of the protectorate, or any other instantaneous changes to the protectorate's gamestate. Where permitted by other rules, an instrument with power 2 or greater generally can, as part of its effect, initiate a protective decree. The initiating instrument must specify the target protectorate and the changes to be made to it. Any ambiguity in the specification of a protective decree causes it to be void and without effect. This is the only mechanism by which a protective decree can be initiated. As soon as possible after a protective decree has been initiated, the ambassador shall proclaim it to the target nomic, in whatever forum is most suitable for this purpose. The decree takes effect upon this proclamation. Protective decrees should be initiated only for the purpose of assisting the protectorate in its growth and enabling its longevity. Protective decrees should always be benevolent. All players are prohibited from falsely claiming, to any nomic, that a document is a protective decree. [A protective decree has features of a proposal (in its effects on a protectorate) and features of a rule change (in the way it is initiated in Agora). The specific procedure removes all the ambiguity about whether a nomic qualifies as a protectorate, and Peekee's issue about not knowing the procedure. It also avoids the need for lots of legislation on the receiving end: a prospective protectorate can easily reference the complete procedure. The final paragraph gives protectorates some assurance that a purported protective decree is the real thing.] [Suggested wording for a protectorate's ruleset: "Any protective decree of Agora that targets this nomic takes effect as specified by the rules of Agora.".] Amend rule 2147 to read Whereas Agora, being the superpower of nomics, has an inherent responsibility to lead the nomic world; and whereas Agora desires to encourage growth and promotion of the nomic community, be it hereby known that Agora shall serve as benevolent protector to any nomic which requests such status (hereafter referred to as the protectorate). In order to become a protectorate, a nomic must specify in its ruleset that it submits to Agora as its benevolent protector. It must also have rules or other gamestate arranged such that any protective decree proclaimed by the ambassador will take full effect upon proclamation. For this purpose, the nomic may specify the forum in which proclamation is to be made, provided that it is reasonably possible for the ambassador to use the specified forum. Any restriction whatsoever on the content of a protective decree disqualifies the nomic from being a protectorate. If the criteria specified in the preceding paragraph are met, the ambassador may make the nomic a protectorate with Agoran Consent. If a protectorate ever does not meet these criteria, it ceases to be a protectorate. The ambassador shall check every month whether each protectorate continues to meet the criteria, and shall announce whenever a protectorate has ceased to be a protectorate. The ambassador's report shall include a list of all protectorates, with contact details for each, and for each the forum in which it is most appropriate to proclaim protective decrees that target that protectorate. [Greater explication and clarity on the criteria for a protectorate. No longer assumes that changes to the protectorate's "ruleset" are sufficient: protective decrees are plenipotent. Does not allow obstructive limitations on the capacity to affect the protectorate. Require consent to gain protectorate status, to avoid abuses. Reporting requirements moved into this rule.] Amend rule 2148 to read The ambassador is an office, responsible for relations with foreign nomics. A foreign nomic may grant certain powers and privileges to Agora's ambassador. If so, the ambassador shall generally exercise such powers in such manner as e sees fit, subject to other rules and orders. All players are prohibited from falsely claiming, to any nomic, to be the ambassador. [All the protectorate stuff has moved into R2147, so this is now concerned only with general foreign relations. Removed the AC procedure to require the ambassador to act a particular way: this can be done by legislative orders instead. The specific exception for direct ruleset changes is now covered by the anti-fraud provisions in the rule on protective decrees.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5092 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714214114.GB19019@fysh.org> title: lower minimum quorum to four Amend rule 879 by replacing the word following "minimum of" with "four". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5093 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714214114.GB19019@fysh.org> title: lower minimum quorum to three Amend rule 879 by replacing the word following "minimum of" with "three". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5094 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714214114.GB19019@fysh.org> title: lower minimum quorum to two Amend rule 879 by replacing the word following "minimum of" with "two". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5095 submit_date: 2007-07-14 submit_mid: <20070714214114.GB19019@fysh.org> title: lower minimum quorum to one Amend rule 879 by replacing the word following "minimum of" with "one". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5096 submit_date: 2007-07-17 submit_mid: <469C9AD3.3020109@socal.rr.com> title: Fix election quorum Amend Rule 2154 (Replacing Officers) by replacing this text: quorum is a minimum of three and the number of active players with this text: quorum is a minimum of three and the number of active players (rules to the contrary notwithstanding) [Otherwise it gets overruled by Rule 879.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <46A7BF34.1010404@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5097 submit_date: 2007-07-17 submit_mid: <20070717130539.GG28068@fysh.org> title: limited VC market Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs may be spent e) A player may spend two VCs of the same color to make another player gain one VC of that color. [If someone only earns VCs in one way, and so of only one color, e can acquire VCs of a second color (in order to spend them in the interesting ways) by cooperation. It's a lot less efficient than earning VCs of a second color oneself, so there's still the incentive to partake of more than one in-game activity.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5098 submit_date: 2007-07-18 submit_mid: <56732cfd0707181152w4f8a9be6ma8def01d98075446@mail.gmail.com> title: Bad Taste Create a rule "Rape the Ruleset Week" with Power 1 and the text: {{ The first agoran week of each agoran year that falls entirely in August is Rape the Ruleset Week. If a player submits a proposal during that week whose sole effect is to repeal one or more rules, and that proposal later passes, that player shall earn one VC of each of the following colors: Red, Blue, Green. These VCs are in addition to any other VCs that player might earn from the passage of said proposal. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5099 submit_date: 2007-07-19 submit_mid: <200707182259.30988.comexk@gmail.com> title: terrible proposal Amend rule 955 by replacing "exceeds one" by "is Unanimity". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5100 submit_date: 2007-07-20 submit_mid: <56732cfd0707200805h658d3681i43dbfa2e31230a4@mail.gmail.com> title: Recognize Foreign Agreements Amend R2145 by removing the following from the first sentance: {{ governed by the rules }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5101 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721002101.GA22523@fysh.org> title: revise ratification Amend rule 1551 to read Any player CAN ratify any purported publication of all or part of an official report, without objection. When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. Where part of an official report has been the subject of a ratification, the date of the most recent such ratification is part of the same official report. [Clarified based on the distinction between an official report (which is a set of information) and a publication intended to reflect that report. Allow ratification of part of a report, to handle situations where a single officer reports on more than one thing, or where reporting obligations are switched between officers. Allow anyone to ratify, not just officer and Speaker, to help in cases where officer identities (including the Speaker, as at present) are in doubt.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5102 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721002101.GA22523@fysh.org> title: determinism Amend rule 1023 by deleting the item that defines "random" and then changing the letters in all the top-level item labels to form a consecutive sequence from "a". [The definition given for "random" doesn't address the difficult aspects of randomness, where a definition would be useful, and on the easy aspects it says very little. As we've abolished all the uses of randomness in the ruleset, it doesn't seem worth fixing the definition, so might as well just repeal it. We can bring in a proper definition if we later find some use for randomness.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5103 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721112904.GA5430@fysh.org> title: simpler deputisation Enact a rule with title "Deputisation" and text Any player (a deputy) CAN perform an action as if e held a particular office (deputise for that office) if: (a) the rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of holding that office, to perform the action (or, if the office is vacant, would so require if the office were filled); and (b) a time limit by which the rules require the action to be performed has expired; and (c) the deputy announced at least two days earlier that e intended to deputise for that office for the purposes of the particular action; and (d) it would be POSSIBLE for the deputy to perform the action, other than by deputisation, if e held the office. [The useful part of timing orders, clarified and without using an order. The order for the officer to perform was always redundant, because a requirement of the procedure is that the officer is obliged to perform the action anyway. The order didn't create any new obligation, so we might as well dispense with it. With orders not being part of the procedure, there's now no problem if the office is vacant or its holder changes. The minimum notice for deputisation is reduced from a week to two days, because a week (apparently intended to let the officer satisfy eir `new' obligation) slows things down too much when this procedure is required.] Amend rule 1006 by deleting the paragraph which contains the words "Timing Order". [The new mechanism replaces the use of Timing Orders.] Repeal rules 1793, 1794, 1795, 1799, and 1810. [The Order system is obsolete. With Timing Orders gone, the only remaining type of Order would be Legislative Orders, but a proposal can do whatever it wants anyway without requiring this bulky mechanism in the ruleset.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5104 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721112904.GA5430@fysh.org> title: repeal obsolete adjudication provision Repeal rule 1503. [R1503 was used to allow the Civil CFJ mechanism to be applied to rule violations. Civil CFJs have been abandoned, and the new criminal CFJ mechanism addresses rule violations directly. Thus rule 1503 is now obsolete.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5105 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721112904.GA5430@fysh.org> title: generalise rule interpretation rule Retitle rule 217 to "Interpreting the Rules" and amend it to read When interpreting and applying the rules, the text of the rules takes precedence. Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense, past judgements, and consideration of the best interests of the game. [This rule used to apply itself only to judgements, but actually this part is applicable even when judgement is not invoked. The second paragraph, on the interpretation of the statement of a CFJ, is obsolete, having been incorporated into the new version of rule 591.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-01 fate_mid: <46B015F7.7040801@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5106 submit_date: 2007-07-21 submit_mid: <20070721112904.GA5430@fysh.org> title: revise separation of powers Amend rule 1450 to read Any change in officeholdings that would result in a single entity holding the offices of promotor and assessor simultaneously is INVALID. This rule takes precedence over all other rules regarding offices. [Restated more simply and more strongly, and using MMI. Dropping Speaker/CotC mutual exclusion, because the Speaker no longer automatically has any judicial role (should have updated that aspect of R1450 in "judicial reform").] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3.1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-07-23 fate_mid: <46A484B6.2050507@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-07-23 submit_mid: <46A42AD2.2060008@socal.rr.com> title: Retroactively colorize VCs Create a rule titled "Retroactively colorize VCs" with this text: One second after the creation of this rule, each of these players loses all eir Gray VCs, and gains an equal number of VCs of the specified colors (in order, repeating until the correct total gain is achieved): bd_ Blue BobTHJ Green, Red, Green Eris Red Murphy Red, Blue, Green, Red, Blue OscarMeyr Green Quazie Blue, Red root Red, Blue Wooble Blue Zefram Red, Red, Green, Red, Blue, Red, Red For instance, if Murphy had 14 Gray VCs, then e would lose them and gain (R,B,G,R,B, R,B,G,R,B, R,B,G,R) for a total of 6 Red, 3 Green, and 5 Blue VCs. Two seconds after the creation of this rule, this rule is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5107 submit_date: 2007-07-23 submit_mid: <46A484B6.2050507@socal.rr.com> title: Retroactively colorize VCs Create a rule titled "Retroactively colorize VCs" with Power = 3.1 and this text: One second after the creation of this rule, each of these players loses all eir Gray VCs, and gains an equal number of VCs of the specified colors (in order, repeating until the correct total gain is achieved): bd_ Blue BobTHJ Green, Red, Green Eris Red Murphy Red, Blue, Green, Red, Blue OscarMeyr Green Quazie Blue, Red root Red, Blue Wooble Blue Zefram Red, Red, Green, Red, Blue, Red, Red For instance, if Murphy had 14 Gray VCs, then e would lose them and gain (R,B,G,R,B, R,B,G,R,B, R,B,G,R) for a total of 6 Red, 3 Green, and 5 Blue VCs. Two seconds after the creation of this rule, this rule is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5108 submit_date: 2007-07-23 submit_mid: <20070723201300.GI1542@fysh.org> title: time limits in elections Amend rule 2154 by replacing the paragraph that begins "If, at the end of this period," with If, at the end of this period, there is more than one consenting nominee, then officeholding cannot be changed by means of this Agoran consent (even if consent was achieved), and the IADoP SHALL as soon as possible initiate an Agoran decision to determine the new officeholder. Until this Agoran decision is resolved, the office cannot change hands by the mechanism of this rule. In the Agoran decision to determine a new officeholder, the valid options are the nominees, quorum is the lesser of three and the number of active players (other rules on quorum notwithstanding), the eligible voters are the active players, and the vote collector is the IADoP. In the notice resolving the decision, the IADoP will select one nominee from the set of nominees which each received the largest number of votes; this chosen nominee becomes the officeholder upon the posting of the valid notice. [Adds a missing asap requirement for the initiation of the Agoran decision. Some other rewording, and a paragraph split, for clarity. Incorporates the quorum fix of proposal 5096.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5109 submit_date: 2007-07-23 submit_mid: <20070723201300.GI1542@fysh.org> title: fix wording in sentencing Amend rule 1504 by replacing the words "active judgements" with "active sentences". [The more specific term should be used in this context.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5110 submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: <46A5A01F.4000004@socal.rr.com> title: Regulate ID numbers Create a rule titled "ID Numbers" with Power 2 and this text: If a rule defines a type of entity as having ID numbers, then: (a) Whenever an instance of that type does not have an ID number, the player held responsible by that rule (or, if there is no such player, the Speaker) SHALL assign an ID number to it by announcement as soon as possible. (b) Such an assignment is INVALID unless the number is a natural number (expressed as a decimal literal with at most 14 digits) distinct from any ID number, and greater than any orderly ID number, previously assigned to an entity of that type. The player SHALL select the smallest number possible, unless e reasonably believes that selecting any smaller number might be invalid or confusing. (c) Each ID number is either orderly (default) or chaotic. Upon a judicial finding that the assignment of an ID number was ILLEGAL, the ID number becomes chaotic. (d) Once assigned, an ID number cannot be changed. (e) If an office is responsible for assigning ID numbers, then that officer's report SHALL include the greatest orderly ID number, and a list of all chaotic ID numbers, previously assigned to the type of entity. Amend Rule 2141 (Role and Attributes of Rules) by replacing the paragraph containing "Every rule shall have a number for identification" with this text: Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor. and by replacing "text, power, number, and title" with "text, power, ID number, and title". Amend Rule 1030 (Precedence between Rules with Equal Power) by replacing "Number" with "ID number". Amend Rule 105 (Rule Changes) by replacing "number" with "ID number". Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) by replacing "number, revision number" with "ID number, revision number". Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) by appending this text: Distributed proposals have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Promotor. Amend Rule 991 (Judicial Cases Generally) by appending this text: Judicial cases other than appeal cases have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Clerk of the Courts. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5111 submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: <46A5A3D9.5020406@socal.rr.com> title: Return of switches Create a rule titled "Switches" with Power 2 and this text: A type of switch is a property that the rules define as a switch, and specify the following: a) The type(s) of entity possessing an instance of that switch. No other entity possesses an instance of that switch. b) One or more possible values for instances of that switch, exactly one of which is designated as the default. No other values are possible for instances of that switch. c) Exactly one officer who tracks instances of that switch. That officer's report includes the value of each instance of that switch whose value is not Null. At any given time, each instance of a switch has exactly one possible value for that type of switch. If an instance of a switch comes to have a value, it ceases to have any other value. If an instance of a switch would otherwise fail to have a possible value, it comes to have its default value. "To flip an instance of a switch" is to make it come to have a given value. "To become X" (where X is a possible value of exactly one of the subject's switches) is to flip that switch to X. Change the title of Rule 2130 to "Activity", and amend it to read: Activity is a player switch with values Active (default) and Inactive, tracked by the Registrar. A player may flip eir activity by announcement. "To go on hold" is to become Inactive; "to come off hold" is to become Active. A player may flip another player's activity to Inactive without objection. Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing this text: A Forum's Publicity may be either null, Discussion, or Public (default null). A forum's publicity may not be changed except as described in this rule. with this text: Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and Null (default), tracked by the Registrar. Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by replacing this text: Each player is either standing, sitting, or supine; this status is known as eir posture. The CotC's report includes each player's posture. When an entity becomes a player, e is initially supine. A player CAN change emself from sitting to supine, or from supine to sitting, by announcement. with this text: Posture is a player switch with values Standing, Sitting, and Supine (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A player may flip eir posture from Sitting to Supine, or vice versa, by announcement. Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) to read: Citizenship is an entity switch with values Null (default) and Registered, tracked by the Registrar. A player is an entity whose citizenship is Registered. "To register" and "to become a player" are synonymous with "to flip one's citizenship to Registered"; "to deregister" and "to be deregistered" are synonymous with "to flip the subject's citizenship to Null". A person may register (unless prevented by the rules) by announcing that e registers, wishes to register, requests registration, or requests permission to register. A player may deregister by announcement. E CANNOT register within thirty days after doing so. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Maud fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-07-24 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: <46A5A841.7010008@socal.rr.com> title: Really Generalize Dependent Actions Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days. with this text: This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days, unless the decision is whether to approve a dependent action. Amend Rule 208 (Resolving Agoran decisions) to read: The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision may resolve it by announcement, indicating the option selected by Agora. E SHALL do so as soon as possible after the end of the voting period. To be valid, this announcement must satisfy the following conditions: (a) It is published after the voting period has ended. (b) It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. (c) It clearly identifies the options available. (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. Each Agoran decision has exactly one vote collector. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved. Repeal Rule 2117 (Replacing the Vote Collector). Amend Rule 2146 (Indices) by appending this text: The ratio of a positive index to zero is positive infinity. The ratio of a negative index to zero is negative infinity. The ratio of zero to any index is zero. Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) to read: The outcome of an Agoran decision is determined as follows. (a) If there is more than one available option, and the number of distinct voters who submitted valid ballots is less than quorum, then the outcome is FAILED QUORUM, regardless of the remainder of this rule. Otherwise, the decision achieved quorum. (b) If the decision is whether to adopt a proposal, then the voting index is the ratio of the strength of FOR to the strength of AGAINST. If the voting index is greater than 1, and greater than or equal to the decision's adoption index, then the outcome is APPROVED; otherwise, the outcome is REJECTED. (d) If the decision is whether to approve a dependent action: (1) If the strength of OBJECT is greater than or equal to the objection index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (2) If the strength of SUPPORT is less than the support index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (3) If the ratio of the strength of SUPPORT to the combined strength of SUPPORT and OBJECT is less than or equal to the majority index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (4) Otherwise, the outcome is REJECTED. Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is N/3 (where N is the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision), rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless this is greater than N, in which case quorum is N, or the decision is whether to approve a dependent action, in which case quorum is zero). Amend rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) to read: An announcement of intent to perform a dependent action, unambiguously describing the action and method of dependent action, initiates the Agoran decision of whether to approve the action. For this decision: (a) The vote collector is the announcer. (b) The available options are SUPPORT and OBJECT. (c) The voting period ends after fourteen days or immediately before it is resolved, whichever comes first. (d) The eligible voters are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of the voting period, except for the vote collector, and any entities disqualified by the rule specifying that the action can be performed dependently. (e) The voting limit of each eligible voter is one. The vote collector of such a decision CANNOT resolve it if it was initiated more than fourteen days ago, or (if it has an objection and/or majority index) less than four days ago. The specification in the rules that an action can be performed dependently does not prohibit performing that action independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible. Change the title of rule 2124 to "Methods of Dependent Actions", and amend it to read: The following methods of dependent actions are defined: (a) With N Supporters. For this method, the support index is N. "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". (b) Without N Objections. For this method, the objection index is N. "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection". (c) With N Agoran Consent. For this method, the majority index is N. "With Agoran Consent" is synonymous with "With 1/2 Agoran Consent". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5112 submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: <46A5A9A0.4080308@socal.rr.com> title: The org chart is not flat Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs, unless the Speaker publicly announces within a week after the end of the month that the officer performed eir duties poorly or not at all. with this text: b) At the end of each month, for each office with a report, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs (if the office has a weekly report) or one Green VC (if it has only a monthly report), unless the Speaker announces within a week after the end of that month that that player performed that office's duties poorly or not at all. Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) by appending this text: The Promotor's report includes a list of all proposals in the Proposal Pool. Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) and Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by replacing "Herald's report" with "Herald's monthly report". Change the title of Rule 2148 to "The Ambassador", and amend it by replacing "Ambassador's report" with "Ambassador's monthly report". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Maud dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5113 submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: title: Really Generalize Dependent Actions Maud is a co-author of this proto-proposal. Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days. with this text: This rule takes precedence over any rule which would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter than seven days, unless the decision is whether to approve a dependent action. Amend Rule 208 (Resolving Agoran decisions) to read: The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision may resolve it by announcement, indicating the option selected by Agora. E SHALL do so as soon as possible after the end of the voting period. To be valid, this announcement must satisfy the following conditions: (a) It is published after the voting period has ended. (b) It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. (c) It clearly identifies the options available. (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. Each Agoran decision has exactly one vote collector. This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved. Repeal Rule 2117 (Replacing the Vote Collector). Amend Rule 2146 (Indices) by appending this text: The ratio of a positive index to zero is positive infinity. The ratio of a negative index to zero is negative infinity. The ratio of zero to any index is zero. Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) to read: The outcome of an Agoran decision is determined as follows. (a) If there is more than one available option, and the number of distinct voters who submitted valid ballots is less than quorum, then the outcome is FAILED QUORUM, regardless of the remainder of this rule. Otherwise, the decision achieved quorum. (b) If the decision is whether to adopt a proposal, then the voting index is the ratio of the strength of FOR to the strength of AGAINST. If the voting index is greater than 1, and greater than or equal to the decision's adoption index, then the outcome is ADOPTED; otherwise, the outcome is REJECTED. (d) If the decision is whether to approve a dependent action: (1) If the strength of OBJECT is greater than or equal to the objection index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (2) If the strength of SUPPORT is less than the support index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (3) If the ratio of the strength of SUPPORT to the combined strength of SUPPORT and OBJECT is less than or equal to the majority index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. (4) Otherwise, the outcome is APPROVED. Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is N/3 (where N is the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision), rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless this is greater than N, in which case quorum is N, or the decision is whether to approve a dependent action, in which case quorum is zero). Amend rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) to read: An announcement of intent to perform a dependent action, unambiguously describing the action and method of dependent action, initiates the Agoran decision of whether to approve the action. For this decision: (a) The vote collector is the announcer. (b) The available options are SUPPORT and OBJECT. (c) The voting period ends after fourteen days or immediately before it is resolved, whichever comes first. (d) The eligible voters are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of the voting period, except for the vote collector, and any entities disqualified by the rule specifying that the action can be performed dependently. (e) The voting limit of each eligible voter is one. (f) The vote collector of such a decision CANNOT resolve it if it was initiated more than fourteen days ago, or (if it has an objection and/or majority index) less than four days ago. (g) If the outcome is APPROVED, then the vote collector performs the action upon resolving the decision. The specification in the rules that an action can be performed dependently does not prohibit performing that action independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible. Change the title of rule 2124 to "Methods of Dependent Actions", and amend it to read: The following methods of dependent actions are defined: (a) With N Supporters. For this method, the support index is N. "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". (b) Without N Objections. For this method, the objection index is N. "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection". (c) With N Agoran Consent. For this method, the majority index is N. "With Agoran Consent" is synonymous with "With 1/2 Agoran Consent". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <46B12D86.7000605@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5114 submit_date: 2007-07-24 submit_mid: <20070724230521.GP1542@fysh.org> title: tighten definition of VCs Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text Voting Credits (VCs) are a measure of each player's ability to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except as described in this rule. When a player registers or deregisters, e loses all eir VCs. The assessor's report includes the number of VCs of each color possessed by each player. When one or more players win the game, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. Each VC has a color (Gray if not otherwise specified). If a player loses a color of VC that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). with Voting Credits (VCs) are items that can be possessed by players and used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except as described by this rule. VCs CANNOT be possessed by any entity other than a player: in any situation that would otherwise violate this condition, the offending VCs are lost or never gained. Each VC has a color. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The assessor's report includes the number of VCs of each color possessed by each player. and inserting immediately after the list of ways to spend VCs the paragraph When one or more players win the game, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. [Tighten up ownership, to make non-player VC ownership impossible. Use the possession terminology in introductory sentence, matching the rest of the rule. In the color substitution provision, don't speak of the impossible loss as actually happening. Some reordering of paragraphs.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-08-08 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5115 submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <20070725102542.GA26853@fysh.org> title: restore enforcement of rule number stability Amend rule 2141 by replacing the paragraph Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor. with Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor. A rule CANNOT have the same ID number as any other rule. Once assigned, a rule's ID number cannot be changed. [This only applies if P5110 "Regulate ID numbers" generalised the assignment of ID numbers. The new rule "ID Numbers" says that ID numbers must be distinct and can't be changed, but that's only at power=2. For rules, especially with ID numbers being used to determine precedence, these things should be enforced at power=3. The detailed procedure for ID number selection and assignment remains separate in the "ID Numbers" rule.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-08 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5116 submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <20070725102542.GA26853@fysh.org> title: restore reporting of activity dates Amend rule 2130 by replacing the paragraph Activity is a player switch with values Active (default) and Inactive, tracked by the Registrar. with Activity is a player switch with values Active (default) and Inactive, tracked by the Registrar. The Registrar's report includes the date on which each player's activity last changed. [This only applies if P5111 "Return of switches" reimplemented activity using a generic switch mechanism. It dropped the reporting of activity change dates, but I think this reporting is useful. It makes abandonment of the game apparent.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-08 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5117 submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <20070725102542.GA26853@fysh.org> title: restore deregistration of non-persons If proposal 5111 was adopted, amend rule 869 by appending the paragraph A player who is not a person and has never been a first-class person can be deregistered by any player by announcement. [This provision was dropped by P5111 in its rewriting of R869.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-07-25 fate_mid: <20070725155029.GA9746@fysh.org> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <20070725122144.GB13764@fysh.org> title: make chokey reduce voting power Amend rule 2156 by replacing the text "is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period." with is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period, or half that (rounded up) if the voter is in the chokey. [Make chokey do something significant. Doesn't affect Democratic proposals, though, because that would be undemocratic.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-08-08 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5118 submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <20070725155029.GA9746@fysh.org> title: make chokey reduce voting power Amend rule 2156 by replacing the text "is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period." with is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period, or half that (rounded up) if the voter is in the chokey at the start of the voting period. [Make chokey do something significant. Doesn't affect Democratic proposals, though, because that would be undemocratic.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3.1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-07-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-08-08 fate_mid: interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5119 submit_date: 2007-07-25 submit_mid: <46A797D3.9080403@socal.rr.com> title: Retroactively colorize partnership VCs Create a rule titled "Retroactively colorize partnership VCs" with Power = 3.1 and this text: One second after the creation of this rule, each of these players loses all eir Gray VCs, and gains an equal number of VCs of the specified colors (in order, repeating until the correct total gain is achieved): Human Point Two Green, Blue, Green Pineapple Partnership Blue Two seconds after the creation of this rule, this rule is repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5120 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <46B019D3.5040706@socal.rr.com> title: Allow implicit resolution Amend Rule 208 (Resolving Agoran decisions) by replacing this text: To be valid, this notice must satisfy the following conditions: with this text: This notice is invalid if it lacks any of the following information, and the lack is correctly identified within one week after the notice is published: }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5121 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <46B0283F.1050008@socal.rr.com> title: No retroactive Green VCs Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs, unless the Speaker publicly announces within a week after the end of the month that the officer performed eir duties poorly or not at all. with this text: b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs. and by replacing this text: b) When an officer forfeits eir salary due to announcement by the Speaker, e loses one Green VC. with this text: b) When the Speaker announces within a week after the end of a month that an officer performed eir duties poorly or not at all during that month, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month loses three Green VCs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <20070802123524.GA11838@fysh.org> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <20070801141944.GD31622@fysh.org> title: objective salary forfeiture Amend rule 2126 by replacing item "b)" of the list of ways that VCs may be gained with b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs, unless another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month. and replacing item "b)" of the list of ways that VCs may be lost with b) When an officer forfeits eir salary due to deputisation, e loses one Green VC. [No need for retroactivity, and everything is handled in one go at the end of the month. Deputisation provides a well-defined way to determine whether an officer is failing in eir duties in a way that the players care about.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5122 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <20070801143103.GE31622@fysh.org> title: ambassador to advertise Retitle rule 2135 to "Advertising", and amend it by replacing each instance of the word "Herald" with "ambassador". [Now that we have an ambassador, advertising seems more like eir thing than the herald's.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5123 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <20070801143634.GF31622@fysh.org> title: put herald in eir place Amend rule 649 by appending to the first paragraph the sentence The herald is an office; its holder is responsible for tracking patent titles. Repeal rule 1377. [Rule 1377 has very little content. As patent title's are the herald's primary responsibility, the office may as well be defined where patent titles are.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5124 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <20070801150837.GH31622@fysh.org> title: fix disinterest Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text "When a proposal's voting index" with "When an interested proposal's voting index". [Disinterest should mean disinterest in both directions.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Murphy fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <20070802124845.GA18839@fysh.org> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <20070801151815.GI31622@fysh.org> title: democratic interest Murphy is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text "When an ordinary interested proposal is adopted" with "When an interested proposal is adopted". [I've got bored of waiting for Murphy to propose this as e protoed.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-02 fate_mid: <200708012120.06284.comexk@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <200708011602.03639.comexk@gmail.com> title: legal Amend Rule 2160 by replacing 'POSSIBLE' with 'LEGAL'. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5125 submit_date: 2007-08-01 submit_mid: <46B0F94A.3070105@socal.rr.com> title: Retroactively colorize first-class VCs Create a rule titled "Retroactively colorize first-class VCs" with Power 2 and this text: One second after the creation of this rule, each of these players loses all eir Gray VCs, and gains an equal number of VCs of the specified colors (in order, repeating until the correct total gain is achieved): bd_ Blue BobTHJ Green, Red, Green Eris Red Murphy Red, Blue, Green, Red, Blue OscarMeyr Green Quazie Blue, Red root Red, Blue Wooble Blue Zefram Red, Red, Green, Red, Blue, Red, Red Two seconds after the creation of this rule, this rule is repealed. This rule takes precedence over all other rules pertaining to VCs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5126 submit_date: 2007-08-02 submit_mid: <20070802123524.GA11838@fysh.org> title: objective salary forfeiture Amend rule 2126 by replacing item "b)" of the list of ways that VCs may be gained with b) At the end of each month, for each office with a report, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs (if the office has a weekly report) or one Green VC (if it has only a monthly report), unless another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month. and replacing item "b)" of the list of ways that VCs may be lost with b) At the end of each month, for each office, for each player who has held that office during that month, if another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month then that player loses one Green VC. [No need for retroactivity, and everything is handled in one go at the end of the month. Deputisation provides a well-defined way to determine whether an officer is failing in eir duties in a way that the players care about.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5127 submit_date: 2007-08-02 submit_mid: <20070802123845.GB11838@fysh.org> title: report protectorates monthly Amend rule 2147 by replacing the words "ambassador's report" with "ambassador's monthly report". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Murphy dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5128 submit_date: 2007-08-02 submit_mid: <20070802124845.GA18839@fysh.org> title: democratic interest Murphy is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend rule 2126 by replacing item "a)" of the list of ways that VCs may be gained with a) When an interested proposal is adopted, its proposer gains a number of Red VCs equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index, minus the number of Red VCs that e has gained in this way earlier in the same week (down to a minimum of zero), and each coauthor named in the proposal gains one Red VC unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same week. [I've got bored of waiting for Murphy to propose VC rewards for democratic proposals as e protoed. This version incorporates my refinement of the one-per-week clause.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5129 submit_date: 2007-08-03 submit_mid: <20070803104534.GG2509@fysh.org> title: clarify truthfulness Amend rule 2149 by replacing the sentence Players SHALL NOT deliberately or recklessly make false statements in any public message. with A player SHALL NOT make a false statement in any public message while knowing that the statement is false or being reckless as to its veracity. [Clarifies what the deliberation or recklessness is meant to apply to.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5130 submit_date: 2007-08-03 submit_mid: <3fc761710708030911t4f73fb82jcf6dcb4ec72b2898@mail.gmail.com> title: Capitalize every word in the rules. Capitalize every word in the rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5131 submit_date: 2007-08-04 submit_mid: <20070804094409.GA22569@fysh.org> title: judicial self-recusal and case transfer Enact a rule with title "Judicial Self-Recusal and Case Transfer", power 1, and text The judge of a judicial case CAN recuse emself from it at any time by announcement. Judicial cases can generally be transferred between judges by this procedure: an entity (the transferee) CAN assign emself as the judge of a judicial case by announcement if: (a) the case has a judge assigned (the transferor); and (b) the transferor and the transferee are different entities; and (c) the transferor has previously publicly consented to the transfer and not publicly withdrawn that consent; and (d) the transferee is qualified to be assigned as judge of the case; and (e) the transferee immediately (in the same announcement) assigns a judgement to a judicial question in the case. [Self-recusal provides a way to handle conflicts of interest that are not adequately covered by disqualifications. Also potentially useful if a judge finds e suddenly lacks time to tackle a case. Case transfer allows cases that should be linked to be handled by the same judge (like the old transfer provision for linked CFJs), and also allows for the swapping of cases that we have recently done via pseudo-judgements, another way to handle conflicts of interest. The provision requiring immediate judgement means that transfer can't be abused to extend judgement deadlines.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5132 submit_date: 2007-08-04 submit_mid: <20070804094409.GA22569@fysh.org> title: statute of limitations Amend rule 1504 by inserting immediately before the item defining "ALREADY TRIED" the new item * OVERLOOKED, appropriate if the alleged act allegedly occurred at least 200 days before the case was initiated [Prevents dragging up misconduct years later, when it would be more difficult to judge and likely unjust to punish.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-04 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-13 fate_mid: <46BFF21C.3090108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5133 submit_date: 2007-08-04 submit_mid: <20070804094409.GA22569@fysh.org> title: pragmatify officeholding Amend rule 2154 by replacing the first paragraph with Any player CAN make an active player (hereafter the nominee) the holder of an office, thus removing any previous holder from the office, with Agoran Consent, provided that the nominee consents to hold the office after the announcement of intent is made. [Remove 30 day time limit. That was a pain recently, when we needed to repair officeholding and we'd used the consent procedure shortly before. Worse, we weren't sure whether the time limit was in play or not. We could prohibit or deprecate rapid reinstallation, instead of invalidating it, but I think players' taste and the election procedure will effectively discourage frivolous nominations.] Change the power of rule 1006 to 2. [Contains pretty basic definitions, should be more difficult to break.] Amend rule 1006 by replacing the first two paragraphs with A role is an office if and only if it is so defined by the rules. Each office at any time either is vacant (default) or is filled (held) by exactly one player. The holder of an office is an officer, and may be referred to by the name of the office. [No default officeholder, because the automatic installation into office spreads confusion if there is any uncertainty about the identity of the default officeholder. Vacant offices are not a problem: we can install someone by Agoran Consent fairly quickly, and while the office remains vacant its duties can be performed by deputisation.] Amend rule 2161 by deleting the parenthetical clause that starts with "(or, if". [Don't need a default assigner of ID numbers. Every rule that mandates ID numbers makes an office responsible, and if the office is vacant then we can assign numbers by deputisation.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C52976.80108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5134 submit_date: 2007-08-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710708060853g2384cbb3v2cdb660b9d321f94@mail.gmail.com> title: Deadlock avoidance Amend Rule 2157 by replacing the text reading: A judicial panel CAN send messages by means of any of its members sending a message identified as being from the panel, with the unanimous agreement of the panel's members. with: A judicial panel CAN send messages by means of any of its members sending a message identified as being from the panel, with the unanimous agreement of the panel's members, or with the majority agreement of the members and the consent of the CotC. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C52976.80108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Wooble seq_number: 5135 submit_date: 2007-08-06 submit_mid: title: In Rule 1504, insert the following text at the end of the second paragraph: {{ At any time during the pre-trial phase after the defendant has been informed, the defendant CAN end the pre-trial phase by announcement. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-08 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C52976.80108@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5136 submit_date: 2007-08-07 submit_mid: <20070807105038.GI6270@fysh.org> title: clarify Mother, May I? Amend rule 2152 to read The following terms are defined for the discussion of the status of events. The key words are spelled in all capitals. Where these words are used in lowercase these definitions do not necessarily apply, but SHOULD be used as a guide to interpretation. Terms concerning the possibility of an event, or capacity of an entity to perform an action: * POSSIBLE, EFFECTIVE, VALID: the event is capable of occurring; attempts to perform the action are successful. * IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: the event is not POSSIBLE; attempts to perform the action are unsuccessful. * EVITABLE: it is POSSIBLE for the event to not occur. * INEVITABLE: it is not POSSIBLE for the event to not occur. * CAN : it is POSSIBLE for to . * CANNOT : it is IMPOSSIBLE for to . Terms concerning obligations of an entity regarding performing an action: * MANDATORY, REQUIRED: there is an obligation to perform the action. * OPTIONAL: it is not MANDATORY to perform the action. * PROHIBITED, ILLEGAL: it is MANDATORY to not perform the action. * PERMITTED, LEGAL: it is not MANDATORY to not perform the action. * MUST , SHALL : it is MANDATORY for to . * MUST NOT , SHALL NOT , MAY NOT : it is PROHIBITED for to . * MAY : it is PERMITTED for to . Terms concerning the wisdom of performing an action: * RECOMMENDED, ENCOURAGED: it is specifically usually wise to perform the action. * UNRECOMMENDED, UNENCOURAGED: it is not RECOMMENDED to perform the action. * DEPRECATED, DISCOURAGED: it is RECOMMENDED to not perform the action. * UNDEPRECATED, UNDISCOURAGED: it is not RECOMMENDED to not perform the action. * SHOULD : it is RECOMMENDED for to . * SHOULD NOT : it is DEPRECATED for to . Possibility, requirement, and encouragement of an action are neither inherently related to each other, nor inherently related to the possibility, requirement, and encouragement (respectively) of the contrary action. The terminology defined in this rule is used to govern each of these independently: anything said about one, using these terms, carries no implication regarding any of the others. For the purposes of the terminology defined by this rule, refraining from performing an action is itself an action, and the non-occurrence of an event is itself an event. [Explicitly distinguishes terminology concerning the three different aspects of an action, and makes clear that these are governed separately. All terms are now defined in antonymous pairs.] Enact a power=2 rule with title "Grammar for Logic" and text The following terms are defined for the discussion of logical relationships between situations, events, and definitions. The key words are spelled in all capitals. Where these words are used in lowercase these definitions do not necessarily apply, but SHOULD be used as a guide to interpretation. * IF : if is true then is necessarily the case; says nothing about situations where is false. * ONLY IF : IF . * IFF : IF and ONLY IF . * UNLESS : IF . * IF THEN : IF . [Explicitly define these terms to have their usual propositional logic meaning. The original MMI attempts to define "ONLY IF", but in a restricted context, and isn't totally clear.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-08 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C52976.80108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5137 submit_date: 2007-08-07 submit_mid: <20070807190626.GA27513@fysh.org> title: rectify possibility of numbering Amend rule 2161 by replacing "SHALL assign an ID number to it by announcement" with "CAN assign an ID number to it by announcement, and SHALL do so", and replacing "cannot be changed" with "CANNOT be changed", and replacing "officer's report SHALL include" with "officer's report includes", and appending to the list the item (f) ID numbers CANNOT be assigned to that type of entity except as specified by this rule. [Make possibility explicit throughout, in MMI terms. Also a fix for the officer's report, to match the semantics used elsewhere in the ruleset.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C52976.80108@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5138 submit_date: 2007-08-07 submit_mid: <20070807200527.GB5211@fysh.org> title: repeal obsolete veto Amend rule 2019 by deleting the paragraph that begins "The Speaker may veto". Retitle rule 2019 to "Rubber Stamp". [The purpose of the veto, to stop ladder scams and other undemocratic measures being adopted by the undemocratic Ordinary Proposal procedure, has been superseded by the "Support Democracy" procedure of rule 2142. R2142's procedure is superior not only because it confers immunity to scams even if they involve the speaker but also because it does not impose the turnaround time of reproposing a wrongly-vetoed proposal.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5139 submit_date: 2007-08-08 submit_mid: title: Retroactively colorize second-class VCs Create a rule titled "Retroactively colorize second-class VCs" with Power 2 and this text: One second after the creation of this rule, each of these players loses all eir Gray VCs, and gains an equal number of VCs of the specified colors (in order, repeating until the correct total gain is achieved): Human Point Two Green, Blue, Green Pineapple Partnership Blue Two seconds after the creation of this rule, this rule is repealed. This rule takes precedence over all other rules pertaining to VCs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5140 submit_date: 2007-08-08 submit_mid: title: [Zefram is trying to repeal the Speaker's traditional role as default officeholder, so what should the Speaker do instead? Keep track of speech, obviously.] Change the title of Rule 2149 to "Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and Knaves", and amend it to read: Truthiness is a player switch with values Knight (default) and Knave, tracked by the Speaker. A knight SHALL NOT publish statements that e believes are false. A knave SHOULD NOT publish statements that e believes are true. Upon the adoption of this proposal, Eris becomes a knave. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5141 submit_date: 2007-08-08 submit_mid: <20070808110640.GA5911@fysh.org> title: make chokey reduce voting power Amend rule 2156 by replacing the text "is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period." with is eir EVLOP at the start of its voting period, or half that (rounded up) if the voter is in the chokey at the start of the voting period. [Make chokey do something significant. Doesn't affect Democratic proposals, though, because that would be undemocratic.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5142 submit_date: 2007-08-08 submit_mid: <20070808110640.GA5911@fysh.org> title: restore enforcement of rule number stability Amend rule 2141 by replacing the paragraph Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor. with Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor. A rule CANNOT have the same ID number as any other rule. Once assigned, a rule's ID number cannot be changed. [This only applies if P5110 "Regulate ID numbers" generalised the assignment of ID numbers. The new rule "ID Numbers" says that ID numbers must be distinct and can't be changed, but that's only at power=2. For rules, especially with ID numbers being used to determine precedence, these things should be enforced at power=3. The detailed procedure for ID number selection and assignment remains separate in the "ID Numbers" rule.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Peekee seq_number: 5143 submit_date: 2007-08-08 submit_mid: title: Support Ordinary Amend Rule 2142 by adding the paragraph: Any player may cause a Democratic proposal with an Adoption Index of 2 to become Ordinary, With 2 Supporters. This rule takes precedence over Rule 106. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-11 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C799C4.3010505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5144 submit_date: 2007-08-09 submit_mid: <20070809202100.GH27513@fysh.org> title: head of state Amend rule 402 by replacing the paragraph The speaker is an office. with The speaker is an office. The speaker is the head of state of this nomic. The speaker embodies the spirit of Agora. Diplomatic missions from this nomic to foreign nomics operate on behalf of the speaker. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-15 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-22 fate_mid: <46CB9441.9020600@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5145 submit_date: 2007-08-13 submit_mid: <20070813152545.GD14439@fysh.org> title: regularise speakership Amend rule 402 by deleting the paragraphs that start "If an active player" and "A speaker who became". Repeal rule 103. [Murphy's proposals turn the speaker into a regular administrative office. With that sort of duties, there's no reason for the special provisions regarding installation into office. R103 goes because we have no greater need for the speaker than for any other office, and the R402 provisions being deleted concern installation of game winners into office and a restriction on replacing the speaker.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-15 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-22 fate_mid: <46CB9441.9020600@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5146 submit_date: 2007-08-14 submit_mid: <46C14135.2000509@socal.rr.com> title: The Republic of Agora Create a rule titled "State Districts" with Power 2 and this text: Each player represents exactly one distinct state with the following attributes: a) A name, which its representative may set by announcement. b) A non-negative integral number of districts, which CANNOT be modified except as specified by this rule. c) A non-negative number of planned districts, which CANNOT be modified except by an instrument with power at least as great as that of this rule. d) A district baseline, which is five if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. e) A district minimum, which is one if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. The Assessor's report includes a list of states and their attributes. When a state's number of districts is set to a value, its number of planned districts is set to the same value. If a state's number of districts would otherwise be undefined, it is set to its district baseline. At the end of each week, each state's number of districts is set to its number of planned districts, rounded to an integer, breaking ties toward odd integers, with a minimum of its district minimum. When one or more players win the game, each state's number of planned districts is set to its district baseline. Change the title of Rule 2156 to "Voting on House Proposals", and amend it to read: The eligible voters on a House proposal are those entities that were active players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of an eligible voter on a House proposal is eir state's number of districts at the start of its voting period, halved (rounding up) if e is in the chokey at that time. Change the title of Rule 1950 to "Voting on Senate Proposals", and amend it to read: The eligible voters on a Senate proposal are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of an eligible voter on a Senate proposal is two. Change the title of Rule 2126 to "In Soviet Russia, the government controls commerce", and amend it to read: Sheqalim (S, sing. sheqel) are a measure of each player's ability to gerrymander the redistricting process. S CANNOT be affected except as described in this rule, and CANNOT be possessed by or transferred to a non-player. Each S has exactly one color (Gray if not otherwise specified). Each player's Party is the color of a plurality of eir S, with ties lost by the color(s) that e gained most recently (Gray if this would fail to specify exactly one color). The Assessor's report includes each player's S of each color. If a player is otherwise specified as losing a color of S that e does not have, then e loses a S of eir Party's color; if e has no S at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). S may be gained as follows: a) When an interested proposal is adopted, its author gains Red S equal to the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index (minus the number of Red S e gained in this way earlier in the same week), and each of its co-authors gains one Red S (unless e gained S in this way earlier in the same week). If the proposal received no AGAINST votes, its author gains one Zinnwaldite S. b) At the end of each month, for each office, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green S if it has a weekly report, or one Green S if it only has a monthly report, unless another player deputized for that office during that month while that player held it. c) When a player submits a judgement on veracity or culpability, e gains one Blue S, unless e violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit. S may be lost as follows: a) When a proposal is rejected with a voting index less than half its adoption index, its author loses one Red S. b) When an officer forfeits eir salary due to deputization as described above, e loses one Green S. c) When a player's judgement is overturned, or e is recused for violating a requirement to submit a judgement within a time limit, e loses one Blue S. S may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified): a) A player may spend two S of different colors to increase another player's state's planned districts by one. b) A player may spend three S of different colors to increase eir own state's planned districts by one. c) A player may spend two S of different colors to decrease another player's state's planned districts by one. d) A player may spend three S of different colors to decrease another player's state's planned districts by ten percent. e) A player may spend two S of the same color to make another player gain one S of that color. Change the title of Rule 2134 to "Win by Districts", and amend it to read: Upon a correct announcement that a state has at least as many districts as all other states combined, that state's representative wins the game. Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing the paragraph containing "The adoption index of a proposal is" with this text: The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a minimum value of 1.0. It may be set by the proposer at the time of submission, or otherwise defaults to the minimum. A proposal is a House proposal if its adoption index is less than 2.0, a Senate proposal otherwise. Change the title of Rule 2142 to "Senate Procedure", and amend it to read: Any player may change a House proposal to a Senate proposal during its voting period with 2 supporters. unless at least one-third of the players who voted on this proposal either voted AGAINST it or objected to the amendment of this rule. Create a rule titled "House Procedure" with Power 2 and this text: Any player may change a Senate proposal to a House proposal during its voting period with 4 supporters. unless at least one-third of the players who voted on this proposal either voted AGAINST it or objected to the creation of this rule. Amend Rule 2019 (Speaker's Veto and Rubber Stamp) by replacing each instance of "Ordinary" with "House". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5147 submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <200708142121.53915.comexk@gmail.com> title: more knaves Amend the rule titled "Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and Knaves" by replacing the entire text of the rule with: Truthiness is a player switch, tracked by the Speaker, with the following possible values: KNIGHT - the player is a knight (default) KNAVE - the player is a knave SPY - the player is neither a knight nor a knave FOOL - the player is both a knight and a knave A knight SHALL NOT publish statements that e believes are false. A knave SHALL NOT publish statements that e believes are true. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5148 submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <200708151341.00737.comexk@gmail.com> title: make Peekee a player Upon the adoption of this proposal, the following actions occur in order: 1. Rule 869 is amended to remove the sentence "E CANNOT register within thirty days after doing so." 2. The person who deregistered in the message to agora-business@agoranomic.org with Message-ID becomes a player. 3. Rule 869 is amended by reverting the change made in 1. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5149 submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <3fc761710708151102u41c8f08eye5b1b85fbdcffb6@mail.gmail.com> title: Judicial Reform 3000 Amend Rule 991 (Judicial Cases Generally) by deleting the phrase "other than appeal cases". Repeal Rule 2157 (Judicial Panels). Amend Rule 2158 (Judicial Questions) by deleting the text ", suspended,". Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by deleting the paragraph starting with "An appeal...". Repeal Rule 911 (Appeal Cases). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5150 submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <3fc761710708151102u41c8f08eye5b1b85fbdcffb6@mail.gmail.com> title: Vote Collector's Implicit Support Amend Rule 955 by replacing the text: (3) If the ratio of the strength of SUPPORT to the combined strength of SUPPORT and OBJECT is less than or equal to the majority index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. with: (3) If the ratio of the strength of SUPPORT to the combined strength of SUPPORT and OBJECT is less than the majority index (if any), then the outcome is REJECTED. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5151 submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <3fc761710708151102u41c8f08eye5b1b85fbdcffb6@mail.gmail.com> title: Judicial Recusal Clean-Up Amend Rule 2126 by replacing the text reading: c) A player who is recused from a judicial case because a judicial question has remained applicable, open, and unjudged with: c) A player who is recused from a judicial case with cause Amend Rule 1868 by appending to the first paragraph this text: A recusal is without cause unless stated otherwise in the rules. Amend Rule 2158 by replacing the text reading: Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past week, the CotC CAN recuse that judge by announcement. with: Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past week, the CotC CAN recuse that judge with cause by announcement. Amend Rule 2164 by replacing the text reading: The judge of a judicial case CAN recuse emself from it at any time by announcement. with: The judge of a judicial case CAN recuse emself from it at any time by announcement. If e has been assigned to the case for at least four days, such a recusal is with cause. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-06-17 fate_mid: <20070817130517.GA15033@fysh.org> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-08-15 submit_mid: <20070815190146.GC30698@fysh.org> title: fix registration definitions (again) Amend rule 869 to read Citizenship is an entity switch with values Null (default) and Registered, tracked by the registrar. A player is an entity whose citizenship is Registered. To become a player means to have one's citizenship flipped to Registered, and to cease to be a player means to have one's citizenship flipped to Null. The verb "to be registered" means to become a player, and the verb "to be deregistered" means to cease to be a player. Where the verb "to register" or "to deregister" is used without an explicit direct object, the action is implicitly reflexive. A person CAN register, unless prevented by the rules, by announcing that e registers, wishes to register, requests registration, or requests permission to register. A player CAN deregister by announcement. E CANNOT register within thirty days after doing so. A player who is not a person and has never been a first-class person CAN be deregistered by any player by announcement. [Restores the clear definitions of "register" and "deregister" that don't assume reflexivity.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5152 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <46C4F046.1080000@optusnet.com.au> title: MMI consistent capatilization In Rule 2152 change: 4. CAN X ONLY IF Y: Equivalent to "CANNOT X unless Y". Similar for (MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD) X ONLY IF Y. to: 4. CAN X ONLY IF Y: Equivalent to "CANNOT X UNLESS Y". Similar for (MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD) X ONLY IF Y. [[[ This is consistent with capatilizing ONLY IF. ]]] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5153 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <46C5308B.7090100@socal.rr.com> title: Separate rule from act in criminal cases Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing this text: A criminal case CAN be initiated by any player, by announcement which clearly identifies the defendant and specifies the action (which may be a failure to perform another action) by which the defendant allegedly breached the rules. with this text: A criminal case CAN be initiated by any player, by announcement which clearly specifies all of the following: a) The identity of the defendant. b) Exactly one rule allegedly breached by the defendant. c) The action (which may be a failure to perform another action) by which the defendant allegedly breached this rule. and by replacing this text: * ALREADY TRIED, appropriate if judgement has already been reached in another criminal case with the same defendant and substantially the same alleged act * UNIMPUGNED, appropriate if the alleged act was not proscribed by the rules at the time it allegedly occurred with this text: * ALREADY TRIED, appropriate if judgement has already been reached in another criminal case with the same defendant, the same rule, and substantially the same alleged act * UNIMPUGNED, appropriate if the alleged act was not proscribed by the specified rule at the time it allegedly occurred }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-17 fate_mid: <46C5379A.4030603@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <46C5370C.5000506@socal.rr.com> title: Simplify quorum Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is 5, or the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision, whichever is less. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5154 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <46C5379A.4030603@socal.rr.com> title: Simplify quorum Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: Quorum for an Agoran decision is 5, unless a) this is larger than the number of eligible voters with a positive voting limit on that decision, in which case quorum is that number; or b) the decision is whether to approve a dependent action, in which case quorum is zero. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5155 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <3fc761710708162329l5625c3ddxb18592622c9d4eaa@mail.gmail.com> title: The right to a speedier trial Amend Rule 1504 by replacing the text reading: At any time during the pre-trial phase after the defendant has been informed, the defendant CAN end the pre-trial phase by announcement. with the text: At any time during the pre-trial phase, the defendant CAN end the pre-trial phase by announcement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5156 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <20070817130517.GA15033@fysh.org> title: fix registration definitions (again) Amend rule 869 to read Citizenship is an entity switch with values Null (default) and Registered, tracked by the registrar. A player is an entity whose citizenship is Registered. The verb "to be registered" means to become a player (i.e., to have one's citizenship changed from Null to Registered), and the verb "to be deregistered" means to cease to be a player (i.e., to have one's citizenship changed from Registered to Null). Where the verb "to register" or "to deregister" is used without an explicit direct object, the action is implicitly reflexive. A person CAN register, unless prevented by the rules, by announcing that e registers, wishes to register, requests registration, or requests permission to register. A player CAN deregister by announcement. E CANNOT register within thirty days after doing so. A player who is not a person and has never been a first-class person CAN be deregistered by any player by announcement. [Restores the clear definitions of "register" and "deregister" that don't assume reflexivity.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5157 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <20070817134022.GA24362@fysh.org> title: fix switch definitions Amend rule 2162 by replacing the paragraph "To flip an instance of a switch" is to make it come to have a given value. "To become X" (where X is a possible value of exactly one of the subject's switches) is to flip that switch to X. with To "flip" an instance of a switch to a particular value is to make that switch come to have that value (regardless of what the switch's value was previously). To "become X", where X is a possible value of exactly one of the subject's switches, is to have that switch change value to X from some other value. ["Become" refers to a change in switch value, not the action of changing it (which is what "flip" is). Explicate for both definitions whether a null change counts.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5158 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <20070817155147.GH24860@fysh.org> title: Agora is (nearly) a republic Whereas Agora has historically been ruled by a monarch with a variety of prerogative powers, and whereas this position of Evil Overlord^W^WSpeaker has lost its former importance as a vital administrative post, and whereas Agora's present democratic inclinations are ill-matched by the embodiment of executive power in an individual player, and whereas player Zefram has in recent months engaged in a programme of systematically stripping the Speaker of eir powers and practical duties, and whereas only one more prerogative power remains to be repealed before Agora will be truly democratic, with its head of state being entirely non-executive in nature, and whereas the Rubber Stamp is a strange power of little legitimate use, rule 2019 is hereby repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5159 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <200708171202.22243.comexk@gmail.com> title: voluntary reduction of VVLOP Amend Rule 2156 by adding the following paragraph to the end: Any player may by announcement decrease eir VVLOP by a positive integer not more than eir current VVLOP (i.e., down to zero). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5160 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <200708171203.13775.comexk@gmail.com> title: Agora is (nearly) a republic Whereas Agora has historically been ruled by a monarch with a variety of prerogative powers, and whereas this position of Evil Overlord^W^WSpeaker has lost its former importance as a vital administrative post, and whereas Agora's present democratic inclinations are ill-matched by the embodiment of executive power in an individual player, and whereas player Zefram has in recent months engaged in a programme of systematically stripping the Speaker of eir powers and practical duties, and whereas only one more prerogative power remains to be repealed before Agora will be truly democratic, with its head of state being entirely non-executive in nature, and whereas the Rubber Stamp is a strange power of little legitimate use, rule 2019 is hereby repealed. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5161 submit_date: 2007-08-17 submit_mid: <20070817200506.GA28664@fysh.org> title: allow VC changes by proposal Amend rule 2126 by replacing the sentence VCs CANNOT be affected except as described by this rule. with VCs CANNOT be affected except by the action of an instrument with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule. [Avoids the need for temporary rules, without actually changing what has the capability to affect VCs.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5162 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <200708172039.20875.comexk@gmail.com> title: allow VC changes by proposal Amend rule 2126 by replacing the sentence VCs CANNOT be affected except as described by this rule. with VCs CANNOT be affected except by the action of an instrument with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule. [Avoids the need for temporary rules, without actually changing what has the capability to affect VCs.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5163 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: win by palette Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs may be spent the new item z) If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for VCs, a player may spend one VC of each such color to win the game. [A tricky target to strive for.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5164 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: list VC behaviour by color For the purposes of this proposal, in rule 2126 the list of ways that VCs may be gained shall be referred to as "list A", and the list of ways that VCs may be lost shall be referred to as "list B". Amend rule 2126 by replacing the two consecutive top-level paragraphs that contain list A and list B with a replacement paragraph that consists of the introductory sentence "VCs are gained and lost as follows:" followed by a list made up of these items in this order: * label "(+R)", body of item "a)" from list A; * label "(-R)", body of item "a)" from list B; * label "(+G)", body of item "b)" from list A; * label "(-G)", body of item "b)" from list B; * label "(+B)", body of item "c)" from list A; * label "(-B)", body of item "c)" from list B. [Meaningful item labels, which are easier to refer to from memory and are easier to maintain because there's no attempt at an alphabetical sequence. Puts rewards and corresponding penalties next to each other, for easier comprehension. List's introductory sentence made less equivocal.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5165 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: zeitgeist and anti-zeitgeist Amend rule 2126 by inserting in the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list), immediately after the last item that mentions red VCs, the new item (+O) When an interested proposal is adopted by voting with no valid votes AGAINST, its proposer gains one orange VC unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same week. and then inserting in the list of ways that VCs can be lost (and gained, if both are in a single list), immediately after the last item that mentions either red VCs or orange VCs, the new item (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR, and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC. [A zeitgeist award and its complement. Orange is chosen as the rainbow color adjacent to red, which is used for the related proposal awards. The award is limited to once per week, like the red proposer and coauthor awards, to avoid problems when one player makes several proposals together.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5166 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: reward for deputisation Amend rule 2126 by inserting in the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list), immediately after the last item that mentions green VCs, the new item (+C) When a player deputises for an office e gains one cyan VC, unless someone previously gained a VC in this manner for the same office in the same month. [The cyan VC would of course usually be gained at the expense of someone else's green VC.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5167 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: black cap Amend rule 2126 by replacing, in the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list), the item that describes gaining blue VCs with (+B) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question other than a question on sentencing, and has not violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit, e gains one blue VC. and then inserting in the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list), immediately after the last item that mentions blue VCs, the new item (+K) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question on sentencing, and has not violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit, e gains one black VC. and then inserting in the list of ways that VCs can be lost (and gained, if both are in a single list), immediately after the last item that mentions either blue VCs or black VCs, the new item (-K) In a criminal case, when a sentence becomes active for the first time the defendant loses one black VC. [A color that's more difficult to get. Random trivia: the traditional black cap worn by judges passing a death sentence is still part of a judge's official regalia in the UK, despite the death penalty having been abolished four decades ago; it is now worn only on ceremonial occasions. The black VC loss here is deliberately not the direct complement of the way to gain a black VC, but occurs in a closely related situation. Losing a VC is an extra, fairly small, penalty in serious criminal cases; the interesting bit is that the threat of losing a rare color, rather than one's party color, should make black VC holders paranoid about being accused of rule violations.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5168 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: newbie award Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list) the new item (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player and has never been a player before, e gains one white VC. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for 100 days and has never been a player before that period, e gains one white VC. [Long ago there was a currency award to new players. This version of the newbie award has a couple of twists to make it interesting. The immediate registration award, being only a single VC, can't be used for anything on its own, even to transfer to another player, so spamming registrations can't be used to inject lots of VCs into the economy. White VCs can't be gained any other way, so they're valuable to a long-term player as a rare color, especially if we add ways to spend (say) six color together in the future, so there's a tension created between using the VC immediately and saving it up. Finally, the 100-day bonus is not only an incentive to keep playing, it also opens up the possibility of transferring a white VC to another player who's collecting color, but only if the new player kept eir first white VC. Incentive to enter into contracts early.] Change the color of all gray VCs to white. [If Murphy's colorising proposal passes and no one transfers gray VCs away from the partnerships first, the only gray VC in the game will be Manu's. Its origin as a gratuitous VC back when VCs were invented makes this an appropriate translation.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: OscarMeyr, Pavitra dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5169 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: birthday presents OscarMeyr and Pavitra are coauthors of this proposal. Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list) the new item (+M) When, during Agora's birthday, a player publicly acknowledges the occasion, e gains one magenta VC, unless e previously gained a VC in this manner during the same birthday. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5170 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818090917.GA4211@fysh.org> title: champion's reward Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs can be gained (and lost, if both are in a single list) the new item (+U) When a player wins the game, e gains two ultraviolet VCs. [This has an interesting interaction with the win-by-palette proposal: it means that someone has to win in some other way first before a win by palette can occur. Adds to the bragging rights of a champion-by-palette.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-18 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50664.7060705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5171 submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <20070818121312.GA20795@fysh.org> title: I can has logic? Enact a power=2 rule with title "Grammar for Logic" and text The following terms are defined for the discussion of logical relationships between situations, events, and definitions. The key words are spelled in all capitals. Where these words are used in lowercase these definitions do not necessarily apply, but SHOULD be used as a guide to interpretation. * IF : if is true then is necessarily the case; says nothing about situations where is false. * ONLY IF : IF . * IFF : IF and ONLY IF . * UNLESS : IF . * IF THEN : IF . [Explicitly define these terms to have their usual propositional logic meaning. Pavitra has reraised the issue of whether we need them. This rule text is from "clarify MMI", and is hopefully less controversial than the rest of that proposal.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: BobTHJ fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <60b8d7230708190918p219fc499t9579ceb7eb5fb097@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: Pavitra submit_date: 2007-08-18 submit_mid: <60b8d7230708180947s46a52941p160fbef4b6a1546a@mail.gmail.com> title: earned citizenship BobTHJ is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend rule 2156 by replacing the text "The BVLOP of a first-class player is four, and the BVLOP of any other player is zero." with "The BVLOP of a player is zero." }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5172 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C7A6E6.2070807@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor glasnost Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by adding, immediately after the paragraph containing "Publicity is a forum switch", this text: The Registrar's report includes, for each forum with non-null publicity, sufficient instructions for players to receive messages there. [Moved from Rule 2139. Allows for additional values of publicity, should we ever wish to define some.] Amend Rule 2139 (The Registrar) to read: The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of players. The Registrar's report includes, for each player: a) Information sufficient to identify and contact em. b) The date on which e most recently became a player. [No longer explicitly relies on nicknames and e-mail addresses. For instance, someone could set up a web bulletin board that mirrors the fora, and some players could play Agora through that web forum.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-21 fate_mid: <46CA4682.8020505@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C7A985.1020002@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor regulation Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if any of the following is true: (a) The action CANNOT be performed, or CAN be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (b) The action MAY NOT be performed, or MAY be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player SHALL record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players, and/or IMPOSSIBLE to adopt proposals within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) The courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. Any such action either CANNOT or MAY NOT be performed, according to the finding. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Merged into Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5173 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C7B092.4080100@socal.rr.com> title: Assets Create a rule titled "Assets" with Power 2 and this text: An asset is an entity defined as such by an instrument (hereafter its backing document). Each asset has exactly one owner. If an asset would otherwise lack an owner, it is owned by the Bank. A currency is a class of asset defined as such by its backing document. Instances of a currency with the same owner are fungible. A fixed asset is one defined as such by its backing document. Any other asset is liquid. The owner of a liquid asset generally CAN transfer it to another entity by announcement. The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity defined as such by its backing document. That entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class and their owners. If this portion of that entity's report is not challenged within a week after its publication, then it becomes correct, even if it would otherwise be incorrect. If an asset's backing document restricts its ownership to a class of entities, then that asset CANNOT be gained by or transferred to an entity outside that class, and is destroyed if it is owned by an entity outside that class. ["Property" is ambiguous between possessions and attributes. Allow agreements to define private assets. Asset reports are auto-ratified similarly to voting results.] Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: Voting Credits (VCs) are items that can be possessed by players and used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except as described by this rule. VCs CANNOT be possessed by any entity other than a player: in any situation that would otherwise violate this condition, the offending VCs are lost or never gained. Each VC has a color. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The assessor's report includes the number of VCs of each color possessed by each player. with this text: with this text: Voting Credits (VCs) are a class of fixed assets that can be used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except as described by this rule. Ownership of VCs is restricted to players. Each VC has a color. Each color of VC is a currency. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The Assessor is the recordkeepor of VCs. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by replacing this text: Points are a measure of a player's contentiousness. The number of points possessed by a player is eir score. Each player's score is an integer. Points can only be awarded in integer amounts. When a player registers or deregisters, eir score becomes zero. with this text: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players. Points are a currency. The number of points owned by a player is eir score. and by replacing this text: The Scorekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of scores and contests. The Scorekeepor's report includes each player's score. with this text: The Scorekeepor is an office, and the recordkeepor of points. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Pavitra seq_number: 5174 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <60b8d7230708181957ycf2c92ai31803642ed62e3c5@mail.gmail.com> title: simplify revoting Amend rule 683 by replacing the text "only the first N" with "only the last N". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-19 fate_mid: <46C863C5.2040101@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C7B1DE.6030009@socal.rr.com> title: Interest Index Change the title of Rule 2153 to "Interest Index", and amend it to read: The interest index of a proposal is an integer from 1 to 3. It CAN be set by the proposer at the time of submission, or otherwise defaults to 1. A proposal's interest index SHOULD be proportional to its complexity. "Disinterested" is a synonym for "interest index 0". A proposal SHOULD be disinterested if and only if its effects are limited to correcting errors and/or ambiguities. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index" with "the proposal's adoption index times its interest index (rounded down to the nearest integer)". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5175 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C7B41A.1060000@socal.rr.com> title: Grandfather Appeals Create a rule titled "Grandfather Appeals" with this text: An appeal concerning any assignment of judgement in a non-appeal case, other than an assignment caused by a judgement in an appeal case, CAN be initiated by any player with 2 support. At midnight UTC on October 1, 2007, this rule repeals itself. [A final grace period for those of us who were tripped up by the new two-week deadline for appealing a judgement. I would like to appeal CFJs 1697 and 1700; root, I'll support yours as well if this passes.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5176 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <46C863C5.2040101@socal.rr.com> title: Interest Index Change the title of Rule 2153 to "Interest Index", and amend it to read: The interest index of a proposal is an integer from 0 to 3. It CAN be set by the proposer at the time of submission, or otherwise defaults to 1. A proposal's interest index SHOULD be proportional to its complexity. "Disinterested" is a synonym for "interest index 0". A proposal SHOULD be disinterested if and only if its effects are limited to correcting errors and/or ambiguities. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "the integer portion of the proposal's adoption index" with "the proposal's adoption index times its interest index (rounded down to the nearest integer)". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: BobTHJ, root dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Pavitra seq_number: 5177 submit_date: 2007-08-19 submit_mid: <60b8d7230708190918p219fc499t9579ceb7eb5fb097@mail.gmail.com> title: earned citizenship/1 BobTHJ and root are coauthors of this proposal. Amend rule 2156 by replacing the text "The BVLOP of a first-class player is four, and the BVLOP of any other player is zero." with "The BVLOP of a player is zero." Amend rule 2126 by replacing the last sentence with: "When one or more players win the game, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP, and each player with more than four VCs loses all but four VCs of their choice. A player who is to lose VCs in this way SHALL indicate eir choice by announcement as soon as possible, and CANNOT spend VCs until e does so. If, after the aforementioned win but before the announcement of eir choice, the player in question would lose VCs by any mechanism other than this paragraph, then the loss is delayed until one second after the VC loss required by this paragraph takes place." }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Pavitra dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5178 submit_date: 2007-08-20 submit_mid: <46C9320D.6080607@socal.rr.com> title: Generalize security Pavitra is a co-author of this proposal. Amend Rule 1688 (Power) by appending this text: A secured attribute CANNOT be modified, and a secured action CANNOT be performed, except by an instrument with power at least as great as that of the rule defining that attribute or action as secured. Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) by replacing the sentence beginning "A degree CAN be awarded" with "The awarding of a degree is secured". Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing the sentence beginning "VCs CANNOT be affected" with "VCs are secured.". Amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Proposals) by replacing the sentence beginning "VVLOP can be modified" with "VVLOP is secured". Amend Rule 2159 (Protective Decrees) by replacing this text: Where permitted by other rules, an instrument with power 2 or greater generally can, as part of its effect, initiate a protective decree. with this text: The initiation of a protective decree is secured. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5179 submit_date: 2007-08-20 submit_mid: <20070820154808.GC13769@fysh.org> title: contextual truthiness Amend rule 2149 by appending the paragraph Merely quoting a statement does not constitute publishing it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5180 submit_date: 2007-08-20 submit_mid: <20070820154808.GC13769@fysh.org> title: reckless truthiness Amend rule 2149 by inserting the words "or which e is reckless regarding the veracity of" at the end of each sentence in the second paragraph. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-21 fate_mid: <46CA4712.8020504@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-08-21 submit_mid: <46CA4682.8020505@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor regulation Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if any of the following is true: (a) The action CANNOT be performed, or CAN be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (b) The action MAY NOT be performed, or MAY be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player SHALL record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players, and/or IMPOSSIBLE to adopt proposals within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) The courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. Any specification by this finding that the action is IMPOSSIBLE and/or ILLEGAL in some or all circumstances remains in effect until the rules are amended to the contrary. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Merged into Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5181 submit_date: 2007-08-21 submit_mid: <46CA4712.8020504@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor regulation Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if any of the following is true: (a) The rules specify that the action CANNOT be performed, or CAN be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (b) The rules specify that the action MAY NOT be performed, or MAY be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player SHALL record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players, and/or IMPOSSIBLE to adopt proposals within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) The courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. Any specification by this finding that the action is IMPOSSIBLE and/or ILLEGAL in some or all circumstances remains in effect until the rules are amended to the contrary. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Merged into Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-08-29 fate_mid: <46D50CD2.6050506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5182 submit_date: 2007-08-21 submit_mid: <20070821162134.GA13609@fysh.org> title: partially regularise speakership Amend rule 402 by deleting the paragraphs that start "If an active player" and "A speaker who became". [Proposal 5145 to fully regularise the speakership is being rejected at AI=3, but at the time of writing has a majority of votes in favour. Reminder of rationale: as the speakership has lost almost all of its executive power, transmuted into a figurehead with (currently) a minor administrative duty, there's no reason for the special provisions regarding installation into office. This proposal simplifies the speakership significantly, at AI=1, omitting (from P5145) only the repeal of rule 103 which provides for the speakership to be magically never vacant. The provisions being deleted concern installation of game winners into office and a restriction on replacing the speaker.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5186 submit_date: 2007-08-22 submit_mid: <46CBA17E.7050905@socal.rr.com> title: Retroactive Long Service awards Upon the adoption of this proposal, Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, and root are awarded the Patent Title of Three Months Long Service. Upon the adoption of this proposal, Goethe is awarded the Patent Titles of Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, and Nine Months Long Service. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-22 fate_mid: <46CCC61F.5090602@optusnet.com.au> interest: 0 proposer: Levi submit_date: 2007-08-22 submit_mid: <46CBAD9C.3090807@optusnet.com.au> title: MMI for Registrar In Rule 2139 replace the following text: The Registrar's report shall include the following: with: The Registrar's report SHOULD include the following: }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5187 submit_date: 2007-08-22 submit_mid: <46CBB003.7040002@optusnet.com.au> title: Lack of Interest Create a rule titled 'Lack of Interest' with the following text: Any player may make a proposal disinterested during its voting period With 2 Supporters. [[[ I don't think it should just be left up to the proposer to decide whether their proposal should receive a VC award. Of course, the proposal in question could just be voted against, but for minor error corrections going through a resubmission process seems a bit over the top. (I think the dis/interested system has been used in the spirit it was intended so far. This is just intended prevent issues) ]]] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5188 submit_date: 2007-08-22 submit_mid: <46CCC61F.5090602@optusnet.com.au> title: Registrar Report Requirements In Rule 2139 replace the following text: The Registrar's report shall include the following: with: The Registrar's report includes: }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-25 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-03 fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5189 submit_date: 2007-08-22 submit_mid: <46CCC6EF.3050403@optusnet.com.au> title: More MMI In Rule 2152 replace the following text: 4. CAN X ONLY IF Y: Equivalent to "CANNOT X unless Y". Similar for (MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD) X ONLY IF Y. 5. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the described action violates the rule in question. 6. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should be understood and carefully weighed. with: 4. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful. 5. MAY: Performing the described action is permitted. 5. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the described action violates the rule in question. 6. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should be understood and carefully weighed. [[[ I think CAN X ONLY IF Y belongs in a proposal similar to 5171, rather than in this rule which concerns itself with word and simple phrase definition. MAY and CAN are useful definitions (MAY is used in rule 1067 already) ]]] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5190 submit_date: 2007-08-25 submit_mid: <6bf32280708251412r3132db5gb98d32a75c26c0a1@mail.gmail.com> title: infrared VCs Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player who made at least one valid unretracted unconditional vote FOR this proposal but did not submit any valid unretracted unconditional votes AGAINST this proposal or any unretracted conditional votes on this proposal gains one Infrared VC. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5191 submit_date: 2007-08-27 submit_mid: <3fc761710708271559k2388b71bre513e5dfc4b24b12@mail.gmail.com> title: Voting period extensions Create a new rule titled "Extending the voting period" that reads: Whenever the voting period of an Agoran decision would end, and the result would be FAILED QUORUM, the length of the voting period for that decision will immediately be doubled, provided this has not already happened for the decision in question. Upon such an occurrence, the vote collector for the decision SHOULD issue a humiliating public reminder to the slackers who have not yet cast any votes on it despite being eligible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5192 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <3fc761710708272002q51d626d5k3cef7088600f6add@mail.gmail.com> title: Fix Contests Amend Rule 2136 by replacing the text reading: A contestmaster may award a total of up to 10 points per week to one or more contestants as permitted by the contest, unless e was contestmaster of a different contest for at least 3 days of the previous week. with: A contestmaster may award a total of up to 10 points per week to one or more contestants as permitted by the contest, unless e is contestmaster of a different contest simultaneously or has been at any time during the preceding span of seven days. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5193 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <20070828092107.GA15949@fysh.org> title: calendar cleanup Enact a power=2 rule titled "Calendar" with text Times of day are by default specified using the hours, minutes, and seconds of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), as maintained by the BIPM and the IERS. "Greenwich Mean Time" ("GMT") is acceptable as a synonym for UTC, but deprecated due to its imprecision. Where timezones are used, they are by default specified in the form of offsets from UTC. Each day begins at 00:00 (midnight). The calendar units of month and year are defined according to the Gregorian calendar, as specified in ISO 8601. In particular, each year begins at the beginning of 1 January. The calendar unit of quarter is defined as a recurring three-month period aligned with the year. Quarters begin when the months of January, April, July, and October begin. The calendar unit of week is defined as a recurring seven-day period, as specified in ISO 8601. In particular, each week begins at the beginning of Monday. [More precise and formal than the current definitions. The references to ISO 8601 (see copy at ) disambiguate some details of the calendars (proleptic usage, year boundaries, and week boundaries) and provide a convenient canonical definition. The additional explication regarding UTC clarifies that we really do mean UTC rather than UT1 or any of the other things that has been commonly known as "GMT".] Amend rule 1023 by deleting the item that contains the text "Agoran epochs:". [Calendar stuff moves to its own rule because it's a completely different topic from the other things in rule 1023. This rule started out defining only "as soon as possible".] Amend rules 1769 and 1750 by replacing "Agoran week" with "week". [The old definitions in R1023 were for terms "Agoran day", "Agoran week", and so on. The prefix wasn't actually doing anything useful, and almost all uses of the definitions just used the plain terms "day", "week", and so on. These two rules are the only places that included the prefix.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5194 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <20070828092107.GA15949@fysh.org> title: equity court Enact a power=1.7 rule with title "Equity Cases" and text There is a subclass of judicial case known as an equity case. An equity case's purpose is to correct a potential injustice in the operation of a particular contract. An equity case CAN be initiated by any party to the contract, by announcement which clearly identifies the contract, the set of parties to the contract, and a state of affairs whereby events have not proceeded as envisioned by the contract (such as, but not limited to, a party acting in contravention of eir contractual obligations). The initiation of an equity case begins its pre-trial phase. During the pre-trial phase, the case requires a judge. In the pre-trial phase the judge SHALL as soon as possible inform all the contracting parties of the case and invite them to submit arguments regarding the equitability of the situation. The pre-trial phase ends one week after the parties have been so informed, or immediately when all parties have announced that they wish to terminate the pre-trial phase. The parties to the contract are all unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case. An equity case has a judicial question on equation, which is applicable at all times following the pre-trial phase. The valid judgements for this question are the possible agreements that the parties could make that would be governed by the rules. A judgement is appropriate if and only if it is a reasonably equitable resolution of the the situation at hand with respect to the matters raised in the initiation of the case and by the parties in the course of the case. When an applicable question on equation in an equity case has a judgement, and has had that judgement continuously for the past week, the judgement is in effect as a binding agreement between the parties. In this role it is subject to modification or termination by the usual processes governing binding agreements. An appeal concerning any assignment of judgement in an equity case within the past week, other than an assignment caused by a judgement in an appeal case, CAN be initiated by any party to the contract in question by announcement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5195 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <20070828092107.GA15949@fysh.org> title: stronger definition of paradox Amend rule 2110 to read If an inquiry case on the possibility of a rule-defined action or the permissibility of an action results in a judgement of UNDECIDABLE, and that judgement is not appealed within a week, then the initiator of the inquiry case wins the game if e is a player. This can only occur once per inquiry case. [The reformed judicial system provides a clear way to indicate a legal paradox, so let's use it. Requiring the use of a CFJ for the win by paradox avoids a lot of woolliness in the first clause of the current R2110, and also makes it easier to establish who should get the win.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5196 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <20070828092107.GA15949@fysh.org> title: empty throne Retitle rule 103 to "Empty Throne" and amend it to read The office of speaker is permanently vacant. There is no obligation to attempt to fill it. [This is the ultimate development of the speaker as non-executive head of state. The speaker's primary role is to embody the spirit of Agora: I can think of nothing that embodies that spirit better than a vacant office which nevertheless can fulfill all of its duties.] Award the patent title "Last Speaker" to the player who was speaker immediately before this proposal was adopted. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5197 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <20070828092107.GA15949@fysh.org> title: spending multiple VCs on VVLOP Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text a) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to increase another player's VVLOP by one. b) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by one. c) A player may spend two VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by one (to a minimum of zero). d) A player may spend three VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by ten percent. with a) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to increase another player's VVLOP by N, where N >= 1. b) A player may spend N+2 VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by N, where N >= 1. c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero). d) A player may spend N+2 VCs of different colors to multiply another player's VVLOP by (10-N)/10, where 1 <= N <= 10. [Generalises all current ways to spend VCs on VVLOP, to produce progressively greater per-VC effect as the number of colors involved rises. With rare colors around, this introduces a tension between the efficiency of spending more colors at once and the desire to collect all colors for the palette win (if that's adopted). In some cases it's even worth transferring VCs (via the one-for-two mechanism) in order to cooperate in a VC spend.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-08-29 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-06 fate_mid: <46DF899D.8000005@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5198 submit_date: 2007-08-28 submit_mid: <56732cfd0708280812v51cc345bo74386cac0459090c@mail.gmail.com> title: Make Bob's messages valid Flip the publicity of agora-discussion@agoranomic.org to "Public" }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5199 submit_date: 2007-08-29 submit_mid: <46D51C0C.4020101@socal.rr.com> title: Trust-Busting Upon the adoption of this proposal, Primo Corporation is deregistered. Upon the adoption of this proposal, if Levi did not win the game on or about August 20, 2007, then the VVLOP of the following players is modified as follows: +3 BobTHJ +2 comex +2 Murphy +2 root +1 OscarMeyr +1 Quazie }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5200 submit_date: 2007-08-29 submit_mid: <20070829113814.GB16670@fysh.org> title: no indefinite deputisation notice Amend rule 2160 by replacing the text "at least two days earlier" with "between two and fourteen days earlier". [It's inconvenient to have to handle old deputisation notices.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Murphy dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5201 submit_date: 2007-08-29 submit_mid: <6bf32280708290800q6afa4724x41d4e838984f0d55@mail.gmail.com> title: Refactor regulation Murphy is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if any of the following is true: (a) The rules specify that the action CANNOT be performed, or CAN be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (b) The rules specify that the action MAY NOT be performed, or MAY be performed ONLY IF certain conditions are satisfied. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player SHALL record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players, and/or IMPOSSIBLE to adopt proposals within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) The courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. Any specification by this finding that the action is IMPOSSIBLE and/or ILLEGAL in some or all circumstances remains in effect until the rules are amended to the contrary. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Merged into Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5202 submit_date: 2007-08-30 submit_mid: <46D661CB.6060708@socal.rr.com> title: Asset repair Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: Voting Credits (VCs) are items that can be possessed by players and used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except by the action of an instrument with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule. VCs CANNOT be possessed by any entity other than a player: in any situation that would otherwise violate this condition, the offending VCs are lost or never gained. Each VC has a color. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The assessor's report includes the number of VCs of each color possessed by each player. with this text: Voting Credits (VCs) are a class of fixed assets that can be used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. VCs CANNOT be affected except by the action of an instrument with power greater than or equal to the power of this rule. Ownership of VCs is restricted to players. Each VC has a color. Each color of VC is a currency. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The Assessor is the recordkeepor of VCs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5203 submit_date: 2007-08-30 submit_mid: <46D677E6.4000907@socal.rr.com> title: Easier chromatic wins Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: z) If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for VCs, a player may spend one VC of each such color to win the game. with this text: w) A player may spend six VCs of different colors to win the game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5204 submit_date: 2007-08-30 submit_mid: <20070830163801.GH16670@fysh.org> title: truthfulness in registration Amend rule 869 by appending to the paragraph that describes how to register the sentence Any entity that CANNOT register MUST NOT make such an announcement. [This adds a R2149-like requirement for truthfulness in purported registrations. Should discourage shenanigans such as Peekee's recent fake registration, though obviously it has no practical power over the truly malicious.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5205 submit_date: 2007-08-30 submit_mid: <20070830164228.GI16670@fysh.org> title: allow non-player wins Amend rule 2126 by replacing the text "When one or more players win the game" with "When a game win occurs". Amend rule 1922 by replacing the text "any player who wins the game" with "any person who wins the game". [This doesn't actually allow a non-player to win, because each win method is still restricted to players. This just sets things up for non-player wins to have the usual effect, once we allow them. We're generally allowing non-players to take more game actions, such as calling for judgement (since CFJ 888) and entering into contracts and partnerships. The NomicWiki has a new category "ExtendedStatus" for nomics that do this sort of thing. There's no particular reason to restrict winning.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5206 submit_date: 2007-08-30 submit_mid: <46D70209.2000702@socal.rr.com> title: I feel, therefore I act Amend Rule 2149 (Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and Knaves) to read: Truthiness is a player switch, tracked by the Speaker, with values Knight (default) and Knave. A knight SHALL NOT publish statements e thinks are false. A knave SHALL NOT publish statements that e thinks are true; however, if the rules otherwise permit a knave to perform an action by announcement, then the knave is considered to /feel/ the announcement to be true, and this rule prohibits neither the announcement nor the action. A player SHALL NOT publish a statement whose veracity e believes will be generally misinterpreted by other players. Merely quoting a statement does not constitute publishing it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5207 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D7BB54.7040004@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor elections Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) by inserting, between sections (b) and (d), this text: (c) If the decision is an election, then the outcome is the candidate that received the most votes, with ties broken by the vote collector. This candidate becomes holder of the office in question. and by replacing "the decision's adoption index" with "the proposal's adoption index". Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: the adoption index is the adoption index of the proposal. with this text: the vote collector is the Assessor. Amend Rule 2137 (The Assessor) to read: The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for collecting votes on proposals and keeping track of related properties. Amend Rule 2154 (Replacing Officers) to read: Any player may make an active player (hereafter the nominee) the holder of an office, thus removing any previous holder from the office, with Agoran consent, provided that the nominee consents to hold the office after the announcement of intent is made. If, at the end of the minimum waiting period between intent and action defined for Agoran consent, there are any other consenting nominees for the same office, then the IADoP SHALL initiate an Agoran decision to elect a holder for that office (hereafter an election). For this decision: (a) The valid options are the consenting nominees. (b) Quorum is three (or the number of active players, if that number is less), rules to the contrary notwithstanding. (c) The eligible voters are the active players. (d) The vote collector is the IADoP. Until this election is resolved, no decision to fill that office by Agoran consent may be resolved. If no attempt to change the holder of a given office with Agoran consent is made in a given quarter, then the IADoP SHALL attempt to do so during the following quarter, and make the change if POSSIBLE. This requirement is waived if another player makes such a change, or the IADoP initiates an election for that office, during the following quarter. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5208 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D7BF23.9070402@socal.rr.com> title: Identity Crises Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing this text: A message is public if and only if it is sent via a public forum or is sent to all players and contains a clear designation of intent to be public. A player "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. A player performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. with this text: A message is public if and only if a) it is sent via a public forum, or b) it is sent to all players and contains a clear designation of intent to be public. A person "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. Each public message is considered to be sent by the person it identifies as its sender, unless an inquiry case to determine the veracity of this identification has a judgement other than TRUE, in which case it has no effect (rules to the contrary notwithstanding). A person performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5209 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D7BFCB.2070602@socal.rr.com> title: Re-switchify chamber Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing the paragraph containing "The adoption index of a proposal is" with this text: The adoption index of a proposal is an integral multiple of 0.1, with a minimum value of 1.0. It may be set by the proposer at the time of submission, or otherwise defaults to the minimum. Chamber is a proposal switch with values null, Ordinary (default for proposals with adoption index less than 2.0), and Democratic (default for all other proposals). Immediately after the Agoran decision of whether to adopt a proposal is resolved, that proposal's chamber is flipped to null. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5210 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D7C06C.2010004@socal.rr.com> title: Support democracy without raising AI Amend Rule 2142 (Support Democracy) to read: A player CAN, with 2 support, flip a proposal's chamber from ordinary to democratic. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5211 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <56732cfd0708310735r20bcdb7dg4c3b0e50599a7379@mail.gmail.com> title: Scrub the Watcher's List Upon passage of this proposal the Registrar shall as soon as possible notify each person listed on the Watcher's List (as detailed in the Registrar's report) by announcement. The notification shall request that the watcher respond to the public forum with their intent to remain a watcher or their intent to register. One month after this proposal passes any person listed on the Watcher's List which has not sent a message to the public forum since this proposal passed is removed from said list. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-08-31 fate_mid: <46D84576.9050709@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D84306.7080301@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor ratification Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read: For the purpose of this rule, a document is part or all of a public message, and an official document is part or all of a public message labeled as an official report. Any player CAN, without objection, ratify part or all of an official document. The date of the most recent such ratification becomes part of the official report in question. Any document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified one week after its publication, unless explicitly challenged during that period. When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. Amend Rule 2034 (Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges) by replacing the paragraph containing "If the success of the resolution" with this text: The resolution of an Agoran decision is self-ratifying. Create a rule titled "Who Am I?" with Power 3 and this text: A public message's claim as to who published it is self-ratifying, unless the claim is self-contradictory, or a challenge of identity pertaining to the claimed publisher has been issued within one month before its publication. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5212 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D84576.9050709@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor ratification Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read: For the purpose of this rule: a) A document is part (possibly all) of a public message. b) An official document is a document labeled as part (possibly all) of an official report. The scope of an official document is the part of the official report that the official document is labeled as being. Any player CAN, without objection, ratify part or all of an official document. The date of this ratification and the scope of the ratified document become part of the official report in question, until the same scope is ratified at a later date. Any document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified one week after its publication, unless explicitly challenged during that period. When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. Amend Rule 2034 (Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges) by replacing the paragraph containing "If the success of the resolution" with this text: The resolution of an Agoran decision is self-ratifying. Create a rule titled "Who Am I?" with Power 3 and this text: A public message's claim as to who published it is self-ratifying, unless the claim is self-contradictory, or a challenge of identity pertaining to the claimed publisher has been issued within one month before its publication. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-08 fate_mid: <46E2B6C9.8000705@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5213 submit_date: 2007-08-31 submit_mid: <46D8468C.2000807@socal.rr.com> title: Disambiguate color Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: Each VC has a color. with this text: Each VC has exactly one color. Colors with different names are distinct, regardless of spectral proximity. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: comex dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5214 submit_date: 2007-09-01 submit_mid: <3fc761710709010859n7af9648dk85431a17bd36e3d@mail.gmail.com> title: Secured wins comex is a coauthor of this proposal. Upmutate Rule 2134 (Win by Voting Power) to power 2. Upmutate Rule 2136 (Contests) to power 2, and amend it by replacing the text reading: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players. with: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players and cannot be modified except by an instrument with power at least as great as this rule. Create a new rule titled "Secured wins" with power 2, reading: It is IMPOSSIBLE to win the game except as specified by an instrument with power at least as great as this rule. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5215 submit_date: 2007-09-02 submit_mid: <46D8974A.2010000@socal.rr.com> title: Tweak parties Amend Rule 2155 (Parties) to read: Each player's Party is the color of VC that e possesses the most of, or Gray if e possesses none. Ties are lost by the color(s) that e gained most recently; ties not resolved by this method are won by the color that comes first in alphabetical order. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5216 submit_date: 2007-09-02 submit_mid: <46D8A34F.1010906@socal.rr.com> title: More asset repair Amend Rule 2166 (Assets) to read: An asset is an entity defined as such by an instrument or contract (hereafter its backing document). Each asset has exactly one owner. If an asset would otherwise lack an owner, it is owned by the Bank. If an asset's backing document restricts its ownership to a class of entities, then that asset CANNOT be gained by or transferred to an entity outside that class, and is destroyed if it is owned by an entity outside that class. The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity defined as such by its backing document. That entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class and their owners. This portion of that entity's report is self-ratifying. An asset generally CAN be created by its recordkeepor by announcement, subject to modification by its backing document. To "gain" an asset is to have it created in one's possession; to "award" an asset to an entity is to create it in that entity's possession. An asset generally CAN be destroyed by its owner by announcement, and an asset owned by the Bank generally CAN be destroyed by its recordkeepor by announcement, subject to modification by its backing document. To "lose" an asset is to have it destroyed from one's possession; to "revoke" an asset from an entity is to destroy it from that entity's possession. A asset generally CAN be transferred by its owner to another entity by announcement, subject to modification by its backing document. A fixed asset is one defined as such by its backing document, and CANNOT be transferred; any other asset is liquid. A currency is a class of asset defined as such by its backing document. Instances of a currency with the same owner are fungible. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5217 submit_date: 2007-09-02 submit_mid: <46D8A369.6050102@socal.rr.com> title: No double negatives Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by replacing this text: A recusal is without cause unless stated otherwise in the rules. with this text: A recusal is with cause if and only if stated as such by the rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Murphy dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5218 submit_date: 2007-09-03 submit_mid: <20070903091947.GA24782@fysh.org> title: distributor as an office Murphy is a coauthor of this proposal. Amend rule 478 by replacing the paragraphs Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and Null (default), tracked by the Registrar. The Registrar's report includes, for each forum with non-null publicity, sufficient instructions for players to receive messages there. with The distributor is an office. Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and Null (default), tracked by the distributor in eir monthly report. The distributor's monthly report includes, for each forum with non-null publicity, sufficient instructions for players to receive messages there. The distributor SHALL send eir monthly report to each forum with non-null publicity at least once each quarter. and then replacing each remaining instance of "Registrar" with "distributor". [Tracking fora is a pretty distinct job from tracking players, and the registrar has it only for historical reasons. We've often formally tracked a distributor, and it may as well be an office with the obvious responsibility for fora. The new bit about reporting to all fora provides a regular test of the backup fora and ensures that someone with out-of-date contact details will at least find out where we really are.] Install Goddess Eris as holder of the office of distributor. [E in fact has this role currently.] Amend rule 2162 by replacing "That officer's report" with "That officer's report (weekly unless otherwise specified)". [Additional option used by the new R478.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5219 submit_date: 2007-09-03 submit_mid: <20070903092121.GB24782@fysh.org> title: patent title cleanup Revoke every instance of the patent title "Zeitgeist" from every bearer of it. [As I recall, the Zeitgeist title was defined to be revoked from the previous bearer each time it was awarded. It's not defined now, and it's not obvious whether it was revoked from the last bearer. The herald's report indicates uncertainty about whether the title was revoked from *any* bearer. This plenary revocation means that the herald can stop listing the historical awards of Zeitgeist, just like any other revoked title.] Revoke the patent title "Distributor" from Steve. [This was meant to identify the person responsible for the mailing lists. Steve hasn't had that role for a long time. The patent title was superseded in this identifying role longer ago than that, as the herald's note about CFJ 1298 indicates.] Revoke the patent title "Boor" from each bearer of it. [This title was part of the Wizard system. It was held by anyone with negative Style. Everyone's Style got reset to zero every quarter, so the title was never intended to be borne indefinitely.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5220 submit_date: 2007-09-03 submit_mid: <20070903092344.GC24782@fysh.org> title: patent title award Amend rule 2126 by appending to the list of ways that VCs can be gained and lost the new items (+V) When a person is awarded a patent title, e gains one violet VC, unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same month. (-V) When a person has a patent title revoked from em, and the instrument that authorises the revocation does not describe the revocation as administrative, e loses one violet VC. (+I) When a person is awarded a patent title that is a degree, e gains a number of indigo VCs. The number depends on the rank of the degree: it is two for the lowest rank, four for the next, and so on increasing by two per rank, up to a maximum of twelve for the sixth and higher ranks. If the rank of the degree is not adequately defined to apply this rule then the number is two. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-13 fate_mid: <46E8A7B5.3080808@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5221 submit_date: 2007-09-03 submit_mid: <46DB7220.4020603@socal.rr.com> title: No redundant identity patching If Proposals 5208 (Identity Crises) and 5212 (Refactor ratification) were both adopted, then amend Rule 478 (Fora) by removing the sentence beginning with "Each public message is considered to be sent". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-30 fate_mid: <46FFFFB9.4070306@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5222 submit_date: 2007-09-05 submit_mid: <3fc761710709041838i73b8a629mbbd86e722e66c124@mail.gmail.com> title: Consistent terminology, please Retitle Rule 2134 (Win by Voting Power) to "Voting Limits are Limited", and amend it by replacing each instance of the word "power" with the word "limit". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-30 fate_mid: <46FFFFB9.4070306@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5223 submit_date: 2007-09-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710709061043l38db60c6refc888ee126fc421@mail.gmail.com> title: Trial Simplification Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing the text reading: The initiation of a criminal case begins its pre-trial phase. During the pre-trial phase, the case requires a judge. In the pre-trial phase the judge SHALL as soon as possible inform the defendant of the case and invite em to rebut the argument for eir guilt. with: The initiation of a criminal case begins its pre-trial phase. In the pre-trial phase the CotC SHALL as soon as possible inform the defendant of the case and invite em to rebut the argument for eir guilt. [The CotC can't recuse a judge in the pre-trial phase, so let's just not require one. There is no particular advantage to having a judge perform the pre-trial notification rather than the CotC, so the KiSS principle applies.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-09-07 fate_mid: <3fc761710709071811n7915bbdbneec15042cdccad39@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: root submit_date: 2007-09-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710709061052g7c281e9i55d2d495f94cc0ec@mail.gmail.com> title: Differentiation of Powers Amend Rule 2140 (Power Controls Mutability) by replacing all occurrences of the phrase "greater than" with "not equal to". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-23 fate_mid: <46F75B65.3070304@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5224 submit_date: 2007-09-08 submit_mid: <46E2471B.50801@socal.rr.com> title: Re-enact perpetuity Amend Rule 2154 (Replacing Officers) by replacing the paragraph containing "If no attempt to achieve Agoran Consent" with this text: Stability is an office switch, tracked by the IADoP, with values Temporal (default) and Perpetual. Any player CAN flip an office's stability without 2 objections. A Perpetual office becomes Temporal when its holder leaves office. If an office is Temporal at the end of a quarter, and no attempt to change the holder of that office with Agoran consent was made during that quarter, then the IADoP SHALL make at least one such attempt in the following quarter, and SHALL make the change if consent is achieved. These requirements are waived if another player makes such a change during the following quarter. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-27 fate_mid: <46FB5037.5050508@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 5225 submit_date: 2007-09-16 submit_mid: title: Lying down on the job III Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 1871 (The Standing Court): When the CotC recuses a judge with cause, e SHALL flip that player's posture to supine by announcement within one week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-09-17 fate_mid: <200709161842.09829.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-09-17 submit_mid: <200709161826.44458.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Rule 2130 shall be amended, such that the last sentence states: A player whose activity has been flipped to Inactive by another player may declare this flip to be invalid, if the declaration comes within a single Agoran week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-09-17 fate_mid: <200709161842.09829.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-09-17 submit_mid: <200709161826.44458.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Rule 1922 shall be amended, such that the following shall be a Patent Title: (e) Unscamster, which may be awarded to any Player who has shown great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in devising a scam, yet makes an effort to fix the scam, rather than abuse it. This title may not be declined, retracted, or revoked. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-19 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-27 fate_mid: <46FB5037.5050508@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5226 submit_date: 2007-09-17 submit_mid: <56732cfd0709162313g291d6cd2if38ac087fc8e930a@mail.gmail.com> title: Lie Down BobTHJ's posture is flipped to Supine. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-19 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-27 fate_mid: <46FB5037.5050508@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Peekee seq_number: 5227 submit_date: 2007-09-17 submit_mid: <20070917092537.f70vqeawo448w0wk@orchardhostings6.co.uk> title: Get some colors. Amend Rule 2126 by appending the a clause after e) to read as follows: f) A player may spend all of eir VCs provided e owns at least 6 of different colors to gain a VC of any color defined by the rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-19 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-09-27 fate_mid: <46FB5037.5050508@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5228 submit_date: 2007-09-18 submit_mid: <3fc761710709171804p52cb8409h1f9b1f8ef1e2aaf5@mail.gmail.com> title: Citizenship cleansing If eekeeP is a player distinct from Peekee, e is deregistered. If hedgehogcull is a player distinct from Peekee, e is deregistered. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-19 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-09-27 fate_mid: <46FB5037.5050508@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5229 submit_date: 2007-09-18 submit_mid: <3fc761710709180937se5cd19lec6e55a505edd4df@mail.gmail.com> title: Early announcement of voting options Amend Rule 208 (Resolving Agoran Decisions) by replacing the text reading: (c) It clearly identifies the options available. (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. with: (c) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters' valid ballots on the various options. Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing the text reading: (c) The identity of the vote collector. (d) Any additional information required by the rules for this announcement. with: (c) A clear indication of the options available. (d) The identity of the vote collector. (e) Any additional information required by the rules for this announcement. [Moves the requirement to announce the available options from the resolution to the initiation, where it makes more sense.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5230 submit_date: 2007-09-18 submit_mid: <200709181620.26257.comexk@gmail.com> title: reintroduce "players must follow the rules", albeit at lower power Enact the following rule at Power=1: In general, the Rules shall be adjudicated as if the Rules were a binding agreement between all Players, entered into by every player as a part of becoming a Player. An actual or alleged Rule violation shall be treated as the violation of a binding agreement to be bound by the Rule or Rules in question. The proposal, fora, and registration processes shall, prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and privileges with respect to making and changing the agreement to be bound by the rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-09-21 fate_mid: <46F3228B.8070408@optusnet.com.au> interest: 1 proposer: Levi submit_date: 2007-09-20 submit_mid: <46F219CF.7090102@optusnet.com.au> title: Contests open to all In Rule 2136 replace the following text: A contest is an agreement that identifies itself as such, and identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster; all other parties are its contestants. with: A contest is an agreement that (a) identifies itself as a contest, (b) identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster, (c) allows any First-class player to become a party, (d) is published before any contestants become a party to it, and (d) is fair to all contestants. All parties to the agreement who are not the contestmaster are its contestants. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5231 submit_date: 2007-09-20 submit_mid: <46F27256.8090000@socal.rr.com> title: No pointless dependent-action votes Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) by replacing this text: (b) The available options are SUPPORT and OBJECT. with this text: (b) The available options are SUPPORT and OBJECT, subject to further restriction based on the method of dependent action. Amend Rule 2124 (Methods of Dependent Actions) by replacing this text: (a) With N Supporters. For this method, the support index is N. "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". (b) Without N Objections. For this method, the objection index is N. "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection". with this text: (a) With N Supporters. For this method, the support index is N, and the only available option is SUPPORT. "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". (b) Without N Objections. For this method, the objection index is N, and the only available option is OBJECT. "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5232 submit_date: 2007-09-20 submit_mid: <200709201523.41128.comexk@gmail.com> title: OPPOSE is a nice word. In Rules 1728 and 955, replace each instance of the word OBJECT (when in all caps) with the word OPPOSE. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5233 submit_date: 2007-09-20 submit_mid: <46F30057.9060606@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor regulation Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if and only if any of the following is true: (a) The rules specify that the action CANNOT be performed, or place conditions on whether it CAN or CANNOT be performed. (a) The rules specify that the action MAY NOT be performed, or place conditions on whether it MAY or MAY NOT be performed. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player is REQUIRED to record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combinations of actions by players, and/or IMPOSSIBLE to adopt proposals within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) The courts have held that the action is regulated, and this finding has not been overturned. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Merged into Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Zefram dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5234 submit_date: 2007-09-21 submit_mid: <46F3228B.8070408@optusnet.com.au> title: Contests open to all Zefram is a coauthor of this proposal. In Rule 2136 replace the following text: A contest is an agreement that identifies itself as such, and identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster; all other parties are its contestants. with: A contest is an agreement that (a) identifies itself as a contest, (b) identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster, (c) allows any First-class player to become a party, (d) is published before any contestants become a party to it, and (e) is fair to all contestants. All parties to the agreement who are not the contestmaster are its contestants. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EB32.5060206@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 5235 submit_date: 2007-09-21 submit_mid: title: No enshrinement of the courts Amend Rule 2125 by removing item (e), replacing the preceding "; or" with ".", and appending "or" to item (c). [If the courts say it's regulated, then it's because the Rules said so. I don't like 2125(e) because it seems to create a circularity in the determination of regulated-ness.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5236 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <46F76666.8040907@socal.rr.com> title: Ministers Without Portfolio Change the title of Rule 2149 to "Truthiness", and amend it to read: A player SHALL NOT publish a statement unless e believes it is true. Merely quoting a statement does not constitute publishing it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. [The concept of knavery has failed to produce anything workable.] Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by appending this text: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. If the number of players bearing this title is greater than the number of Prerogatives defined by the rules, then this title is revoked from the Speaker. Change the title of Rule 402 to "The Speaker", and amend it to read: The Speaker is the player who has borne the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio the longest, with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the longest. The Speaker is the figurehead of Agora, embodying its spirit. Diplomatic missions from Agora to foreign nomics operate on the Speaker's behalf. Change the title of Rule 2019 to "Prerogatives", and amend it to read: As soon as possible after the beginning of the month, the Speaker SHALL randomly assign each Minister Without Portfolio a different Prerogative for the remainder of that month. If there are more members in one set than the other, then e SHALL randomly choose which members of the larger set take part in the assignment. The following Prerogatives are defined: a) Default Officeholder. The Default Officeholder CAN become holder of a vacant office by announcement, unless e is prevented from holding that office on an ongoing basis. b) Default Justice. Whenever the Clerk of the Courts assigns a judicial panel, e SHALL assign one with the Default Justice as a member, unless no such panel is eligible to be so assigned. c) Wielder of Veto. The Wielder of Veto CAN veto an ordinary proposal in its voting period by announcement; this increases its Adoption Index by 1. d) Wielder of Rubberstamp. The Wielder of Rubberstamp CAN rubberstamp an ordinary proposal in its voting period by announcement; this decreases its quorum to 3, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the four players who won most recently are awarded the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio, with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the longest. [Levi, Human Point Two, root, Eris] Repeal Rule 103 (Always a Speaker). Repeal Rule 2019 (Rubber Stamp). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5237 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <46F76705.1050100@socal.rr.com> title: Comprehensive objective reporting Amend the following rules by replacing each instance of "report shall include" (case-insensitive) with "report includes": Rule 1051 (The Rulekeepor) Rule 2161 (ID Numbers) Rule 2138 (The International Associate Director of Personnel) Rule 649 (Patent Titles) Rule 2147 (Protectorates) Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by replacing "report shall record" with "report includes". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5238 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <46F768DD.3070101@socal.rr.com> title: More types of judges Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by replacing the first three paragraphs with this text: Posture is a player switch with values Standing, Sitting, Leaning, and Supine (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A non-standing player CAN flip eir posture to any non-standing value by announcement. Hawkishness is a player switch with values Hanging, Hugging, and Hemming-and-Hawing (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A player CAN flip eir hawkishness by announcement. A supine player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. A sitting or leaning player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. A hanging player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any inquiry case. A hugging player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any criminal case, and poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of any equity case. When a player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case, the Clerk of the Courts SHALL not assign em to be the judge of that case; if e has done so, and that player is still the judge of that case, then e CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. [Leaning players are candidates for judicial panels, but not for non-appeal cases, hence they are not part of the sitting-to-standing process. "Poorly qualified" is generalized.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5239 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <46F7698F.1050703@socal.rr.com> title: Official frequencies Amend Rule 2143 (Official Reports) to read: For each office: a) If any information is defined by the rules as part of that office's weekly report, then the holder of that office SHALL maintain all such information, and SHALL publish it at least once each week. Otherwise, that office has no weekly report. b) If any information is defined by the rules as part of that office's monthly report, then the holder of that office SHALL maintain all such information, and SHALL publish it at least once each month. Otherwise, that office has no monthly report. Any information defined by the rules as part of an office's report, without specifying which one, is part of its weekly report (unless the office is defined by the rules as low-priority, in which case it is part of its monthly report). [Eliminate content-free "The rules may X" construction. Allow offices to be tagged as monthly-report-by-default, rather than having to remember to do so for every element of their reports.] Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) by removing the paragraph beginning "If the duty of an office is to maintain certain information". [Redundant with Rule 2143. Doesn't really need Power=2 protection.] Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by replacing "The herald is an office" with "The herald is a low-priority office", and by replacing "The Herald's monthly report" with "The Herald's report". Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by replacing "The Herald's monthly report" with "The Herald's report". Amend Rule 2148 (The Ambassador) by replacing "The ambassador is an office" with "The ambassador is a low-priority office". Amend Rule 2147 (Protectorates) by replacing "The ambassador's monthly report" with "The ambassador's report". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5240 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <46F76A7E.2020601@socal.rr.com> title: Implicit Switches Amend Rule 2162 (Switches) by replacing this text: b) One or more possible values for instances of that switch, exactly one of which is designated as the default. No other values are possible for instances of that switch. c) Exactly one officer who tracks instances of that switch. That officer's report includes the value of each instance of that switch whose value is not Null. with this text: b) One or more possible values for instances of that switch, exactly one of which is designated as the default. No other values are possible for instances of that switch. Up to one of these values may be designated as implicit. c) Exactly one officer who tracks instances of that switch. That officer's report includes the value of each instance of that switch whose value is not implicit. Amend Rule 2149 (Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and Knaves) by replacing "knight (default)" with "knight (default) (implicit)". [No effect if "Ministers Without Portfolio" is adopted.] Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by replacing "Null (default)" with "Unregistered (default) (implicit)", and by replacing every other instance of "Null" with "Unregistered". Amend Rule 2130 (Activity) by replacing this text: Activity is a player switch with values Active (default) and Inactive, tracked by the Registrar. The Registrar's report includes the date on which each player's activity last changed. with this text: Activity is a player switch with values Active (default) (implicit) and Inactive, tracked by the Registrar. The Registrar's report includes the date on which each non-Active player's activity last changed. [Knowing how long the active players have been continuously active is less interesting than knowing how long the inactive players have been continuously inactive; the latter is grounds for an occasional deregister-the-long-inactive proposal.] Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing "Null (default)" with "Foreign (default) (implicit)", and by replacing "non-null" with "non-Foreign". Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by replacing "Supine (default)" with "Supine (default) (implicit)". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Peekee seq_number: 5241 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <20070924160607.ycr6h6ncgokog8cw@orchardhostings6.co.uk> title: Loser: Amend rule 1922 appending a clause to read as follows: (e) Loser, to be awarded to any person who loses the game. The Herald's monthly report shall record how the player lost. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-26 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-03 fate_mid: <4702EBEF.7030001@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: comex seq_number: 5242 submit_date: 2007-09-24 submit_mid: <200709241524.32909.comexk@gmail.com> title: FireRed Amend Rule 2126 by amending the paragraph starting with (-R) to read: (-R) When a proposal's voting index is less than half its adoption index, its proposer loses one Red VC, if e has any. [Prevents Party VC loss for making unpopular proposals.. Scamsters' proposals will often have such voting indices, but scamsters are the ones who need VCs most! And, for that matter, legitimate radicals, or anyone trying to modify a Power=3 rule...] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-29 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-07 fate_mid: <4707B048.9080809@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5243 submit_date: 2007-09-26 submit_mid: <3fc761710709261105u19f892ebh53a9fb3bb36cf80e@mail.gmail.com> title: Spelling fix Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) by replacing the text "instrumennt" with "instrument". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-09-29 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-07 fate_mid: <4707B048.9080809@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Peekee seq_number: 5244 submit_date: 2007-09-28 submit_mid: <20070928102921.f9bo43bbwg0w00wc@orchardhostings6.co.uk> title: Water and oil Create a Power 3 rule titled "Water and Oil" to read as follows: Fluid is a switch with values water, oil and emulsion (default). Players and rules are the only entities that are fluid. Players are only regulated by rules that are the same fluid as them or emulsion. Fluid for players is tracked by the Registrar and by the Rulekeepor for rules. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-03 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-11 fate_mid: <470DDF6D.8000305@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5245 submit_date: 2007-09-30 submit_mid: <200709301957.56136.comexk@gmail.com> title: Repeal rule 1482. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5246 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4702F075.8050404@optusnet.com.au> title: Create a new rule with the following text: A player MAY perform an action on behalf of Agora with Agoran Consent. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5247 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4702F0CF.10305@optusnet.com.au> title: Change Rule 2152 to have Power=3 }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5248 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4703C5EA.1070204@socal.rr.com> title: Generalize poor qualification Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by appending this text: When a player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case, the Clerk of the Courts SHALL not assign em to be the judge of that case; if e has done so, and that player is still the judge of that case, then e CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by replacing this text: The CotC SHALL NOT assign a sitting player to be the judge of any judicial case. If the CotC has assigned a sitting player as judge, and that player is still the judge of that case, the CotC CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. with this text: A sitting player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5249 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4703C5FE.6000501@socal.rr.com> title: Leaning judges Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by replacing all text before the paragraph beginning "When the CotC assigns a standing player" with this text, if "Generalize poor qualification" was adopted: Posture is a player switch with values Standing, Sitting, Leaning, and Supine (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A non-standing player CAN flip eir posture to any non-standing value by announcement. A supine player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. A sitting or leaning player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. or this text, otherwise: Posture is a player switch with values Standing, Sitting, Leaning, and Supine (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A non-standing player CAN flip eir posture to any non-standing value by announcement. A supine player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any judicial case. The CotC SHALL NOT assign a sitting or leaning player to be the judge of any judicial case. If the CotC has assigned a sitting or leaning player as judge, and that player is still the judge of that case, the CotC CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. [Leaning players are candidates for judicial panels, but not for non-appeal cases, hence they are not part of the sitting-to-standing process.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5250 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4703C60B.40802@socal.rr.com> title: Hawkishness This proposal has no effect unless "Generalize poor qualification" was adopted. Amend Rule 1871 (The Standing Court) by inserting this text before the paragraph beginning "When the CotC assigns a standing player": Hawkishness is a player switch with values Hanging, Hugging, and Hemming-and-Hawing (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts. A player CAN flip eir hawkishness by announcement. A hanging player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any inquiry case. A hugging player is unqualified to be assigned as judge of any criminal case, and poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of any equity case. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 5251 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: title: Sleeping on the job Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 1871 (The Standing Court): When the CotC recuses a judge with cause, e SHALL flip that player's posture to supine by announcement within one week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5252 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4703E607.9030709@socal.rr.com> title: Class expansion Amend Rule 2145 (Partnerships) by appending this text: A partnership's extended basis is the set consisting of the union of the set of its member persons with the extended bases of each of its partnership members. A partnership is second-class if its extended basis contains only non-players, third-class if its extended basis contains both players and non-players, or fourth-class if its extended basis contains only players. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-06 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-14 fate_mid: <4711722B.2010506@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5253 submit_date: 2007-10-03 submit_mid: <4703E61C.4090905@socal.rr.com> title: Let the AFO judge This proposal has no effect unless "Class expansion" was adopted. Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by replacing "first-class" with "first-class, second-class, and third-class". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-18 fate_mid: <4716EDAF.40207@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5254 submit_date: 2007-10-07 submit_mid: <470927DF.3@socal.rr.com> title: Resurrect the Notary Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) by appending this text: A public contract is a contract that identifies itself as such. Any other contract is private. Create a rule titled "The Notary" with this text: The Notary is a low-priority office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of contracts. The parties to a public contract SHALL keep the Notary informed of its text and set of parties. The Notary's report includes this information for each public contract. The parties to a private contract SHOULD keep the Notary informed of its text and set of parties. The Notary SHALL disclose this information (to the extent that e has been informed of it) to the judge of an equity case pertaining to that contract. The Notary SHALL NOT disclose it otherwise, except as explicitly allowed by the contract, or with the explicit consent of all parties. [A private contract not filed in advance with the Notary may be more difficult to enforce via the courts. The ability of the parties to disclose a private contract is not limited by this rule, but may be limited by the contract. The ability of an equity judge to disclose a private contract is not limited by this rule, and cannot be limited by the contract because Rule 2169 disqualifies all parties from judging the case.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-27 fate_mid: <4723876E.1030906@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5255 submit_date: 2007-10-07 submit_mid: <470927DF.3@socal.rr.com> title: Encourage contests Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by appending the following to the list of ways to gain and lose VCs: (+Y) At the end of each month, for each contest that awarded points to at least three different contestants during that month, the contestmaster gains one Yellow VC. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-27 fate_mid: <4722B3C8.8080700@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5256 submit_date: 2007-10-07 submit_mid: <470927DF.3@socal.rr.com> title: Use it or lose it Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by appending the following to the list of ways to gain and lose VCs: (-*) One second before the end of each month, each entity loses 1/5 of eir holdings of each color of VC, rounded down to the nearest integer. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-27 fate_mid: <4722B3C8.8080700@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5257 submit_date: 2007-10-07 submit_mid: <470927DF.3@socal.rr.com> title: Ministers Without Portfolio Amend Rule 2149 (Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and Knaves) by replacing "Speaker" with "Registrar". Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by appending this text: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. If the number of players bearing this title is greater than the number of Prerogatives defined by the rules, then this title is revoked from the Speaker. Change the title of Rule 103 to "Role of the Speaker", and amend it to read: The Speaker is the figurehead of Agora, embodying its spirit. Diplomatic missions from Agora to foreign nomics operate on the Speaker's behalf. Change the title of Rule 402 to "Identity of the Speaker", and amend it to read: The Speaker is the player who has borne the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio the longest, with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the longest. Change the title of Rule 2019 to "Prerogatives", and amend it to read: As soon as possible after the beginning of the month, the Speaker SHALL randomly assign each Minister Without Portfolio a different Prerogative for the remainder of that month. If there are more members in one set than the other, then e SHALL randomly choose which members of the larger set take part in the assignment. The following Prerogatives are defined: a) Default Officeholder. The Default Officeholder CAN become holder of a vacant office by announcement, unless e is prevented from holding that office on an ongoing basis. b) Default Justice. Whenever the Clerk of the Courts assigns a judicial panel, e SHALL assign one with the Default Justice as a member, unless no such panel is eligible to be so assigned. c) Wielder of Veto. The Wielder of Veto CAN veto an ordinary proposal in its voting period by announcement; this increases its Adoption Index by 1. d) Wielder of Rubberstamp. The Wielder of Rubberstamp CAN rubberstamp an ordinary proposal in its voting period by announcement; this decreases its quorum to 3, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the four players who won most recently are awarded the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio, with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the longest. [Levi, Human Point Two, root, Eris] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-18 fate_mid: <4716EDAF.40207@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5258 submit_date: 2007-10-07 submit_mid: <470927DF.3@socal.rr.com> title: Deregistering the absent Amend Rule 2130 (Activity) by replacing each instance of "may" with "CAN", and by appending this text: A player who has been continuously Inactive for at least three months CAN be deregistered by any other player without objection. [Does not trigger Rule 869's 30-day limit. Interestingly, neither does Rule 1789.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, any player who has been continuously Inactive for at least three months is deregistered, unless at least one player objected to eir deregistration during the voting period of this proposal. [Get a head start on the new policy.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-17 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-27 fate_mid: <4722B3C8.8080700@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5259 submit_date: 2007-10-16 submit_mid: <20071016115423.GJ553@fysh.org> title: finish generalising poor qualification Amend rule 1871 by replacing the phrase "all entities qualified to be so assigned are sitting players" with "all entities qualified to be so assigned are poorly qualified". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-20 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282D74.6010007@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: AFO seq_number: 5260 submit_date: 2007-10-18 submit_mid: <4716F30E.6060407@socal.rr.com> title: Trust-busting, again Upon the adoption of this proposal, Primo Corporation is deregistered. [Nothing's happened with it for almost three months. The CEO deregistered earlier this month.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5261 submit_date: 2007-10-21 submit_mid: <3fc761710710202221n704711cfjfdf8cc4a3affa9dd@mail.gmail.com> title: Falling Down Amend Rule 1871 by removing the first occurrence of "non-standing". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5262 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <20071022162037.GE5702@fysh.org> title: famous last words Award comex the patent title "Sorceror's Apprentice". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-10-22 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: title: CFJ 1711 cleanup The Rules are modified to the state that would hold if proposals 5081-5087 were adopted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:25:41 -0700. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <4731340C.4010207@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5263 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221543.31909.comexk@gmail.com> title: 2158 changes. Amend Rule 2158 by replacing: Within a judicial case, one or more judicial questions may arise. Each judicial question is either inapplicable (default) or applicable; this is not a persistent status but is evaluated instantaneously. Each judicial question either is open (default), suspended, or has a particular judgement; this is a persistent status that changes only according to the rules. The possible types of judgement for a judicial question vary according to the type of question. When a judicial case has an applicable open judicial question, it requires a judge, and its judge CAN assign a valid judgement to that question by announcement. Whenever there is a judge assigned to a judicial case with an applicable open question, the judge SHALL assign such a judgement to the question as soon as possible. Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past week, the CotC CAN recuse that judge with cause by announcement. Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past two weeks, the CotC SHALL so recuse the judge as soon as possible. with: Within a judicial case, one or more judicial questions may arise. Each judicial question is either inapplicable (default) or applicable, as defined by the rules. Suspension is a judicial question switch, tracked by the CotC, with values of Null (default) and Suspended. A judicial question is open if it does not have a judgement. The possible types of judgement for a judicial question vary according to the type of question. When a judicial case has an applicable open judicial question, it requires a judge, and its judge SHALL as soon as possible assign a valid judgement to that question by announcement. Whenever a judicial case has a judicial question that has remained applicable and open, while the same judge has been assigned to the case, continuously for the past week, the CotC SHALL within two weeks recuse that judge with cause by announcement. [[Switchifies status, thereby removing the annoying evaluated clauses. Takes advantage of the fact that specifying a method implies CAN to add brevity.]] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5264 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221543.31909.comexk@gmail.com> title: Stare Decisis Create a new rule, at power=1, titled "Stare Decisis": The CotC's Monthly Report shall include the Stare Decisis, which is a list of past CFJs. The following information shall be included for each CFJ: (i) its statement; (ii) the date on which it was called; (iii) the status of each of its judicial questions. Whenever a CFJ is made, the CotC shall add it to the list. E may, at eir discretion, add earlier CFJs. E may Without Objection remove any CFJ e deems no longer relevant from the list. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5265 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221600.15059.comexk@gmail.com> title: Change the power of Rule 101 to 0. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5266 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221600.15059.comexk@gmail.com> title: Change the power of Rules 754 and 2152 to 2. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-10-31 fate_mid: <47282EDD.3000608@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5267 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221600.15059.comexk@gmail.com> title: Change the power of Rule 2105 to 3. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-24 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <4731340C.4010207@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5268 submit_date: 2007-10-22 submit_mid: <200710221600.15059.comexk@gmail.com> title: Change the power of Rule 2029 to 5. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 5269 fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-10-28 fate_mid: <200710281540.47215.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-10-27 submit_mid: <200710262333.21197.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Amend rule 1922 by adding the following text to the end: (e) Lazy, to be awarded to the holder of an office who does not make reports for two or more months. Provide the current herald with the title "Lazy". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: db_note: this was a duff distribution, mangling the text of a submitted proposal dist_date: 2007-10-27 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-03 fate_mid: <472CB144.70103@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: seq_number: 5269 submit_date: submit_mid: title: I make the following proposal: Amend rule 1922 by adding the following text to the end: (e) Lazy, to be awarded to the holder of an office who does not make reports for two or more months. Provide the current herald with the title "Lazy". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5270 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4723EF40.2090605@socal.rr.com> title: Require MWP reporting Amend Rule 402 (Identity of the Speaker) by appending this text: The Herald's report includes the date on which each Minister Without Portfolio most recently won the game. [This information is needed when the current Speaker is removed per Rule 1922 (e), to determine who the new Speaker is. Tie-breaks can be determined from the Registrar's report.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5271 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4724326A.6070200@socal.rr.com> title: Implicit Switches v1.1 Amend Rule 2162 (Switches) by replacing this text: c) Exactly one officer who tracks instances of that switch. That officer's report includes the value of each instance of that switch whose value is not Null. with this text: c) Exactly one officer who tracks instances of that switch. That officer's report includes the value of each instance of that switch whose value is not its default value. Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by replacing each instance of "Null" with "Unregistered". Amend Rule 2130 (Activity) by replacing "each player's activity" with "each non-Active player's activity". [Knowing how long a player has been continuously inactive is needed to determine whether e can be deregistered for inactivity. Knowing how long a player has been continuously inactive is less important.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5272 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4724326A.6070200@socal.rr.com> title: Implicit Forum Switches This proposal has no effect unless "Implicit Switches v1.1" was adopted. Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing "Null" with "Foreign", and by replacing "non-null" with "non-Foreign". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5273 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <47243281.3060002@socal.rr.com> title: Exit clauses Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) to read: A contract (syn. "binding agreement") is an agreement made by a group of two or more persons with the intention that it be binding upon them and be governed by the rules. A contract CAN be modified, including terminating it or changing the set of its parties, by agreement between all parties. A contract automatically terminates if the number of its parties falls below two. Parties to a contract SHALL act in accordance with it. This obligation is not impaired by contradiction between the contract and any other contract, or between the contract and the rules. When a player deregisters, e ceases to be a party to all contracts, unless e specifies otherwise at the time, or the contract specifies otherwise. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by appending to this text: A contest is an agreement that identifies itself as such, and identifies exactly one party as its contestmaster; all other parties are its contestants. this text: The contestmaster of a contest CAN cease to be a party to it by announcement, in which case the contest terminates if it fails to identify a different party as the new contestmaster. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5274 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <472432E0.2090900@socal.rr.com> title: Aliens Create a rule titled "Aliens" with this text: An alien is a non-player who is a member of the basis of one or more contracts (hereafter eir visas). A resident alien is an alien with one or more registered visas. [Reporting is already covered by the Notary's report.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5275 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <472432F2.2090902@socal.rr.com> title: Clarify ratification Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read: A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message. An official document is a public document purported to be part (possibly all) of an official report; this part is the document's scope. Any player CAN, without objection, ratify an official document, specifying its scope. The date of this ratification and the scope of the ratified document become part of the official report in question, until the same scope is ratified at a later date. Any public document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified one week after its publication, unless explicitly challenged during that period. When a public document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a public document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action. Amend Rule 2034 (Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges) to read: Any proposal that would otherwise change the validity of any existing vote on any specific unresolved Agoran decision is wholly without effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. This does not prevent amendment of the rules governing the validity of votes on Agoran decisions in general. Once an Agoran decision has been resolved, votes on it CANNOT be validly submitted or retracted, and its outcome CANNOT be changed in any way, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. This does not prevent correcting errors in reporting its resolution. A public document purporting to resolve an Agoran decision is self-ratifying. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Pavitra, Zefram dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5276 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4724335B.6050301@socal.rr.com> title: Generalize security Pavitra and Zefram are co-authors of this proposal. Amend Rule 1688 (Power) by appending this text: A rule that secures a change (hereafter the securing rule) thereby makes it IMPOSSIBLE to perform that change except as allowed by an instrument with power greater than or equal to the change's power threshold. This threshold defaults to the securing rule's power, but CAN be lowered as allowed by that rule. Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) by replacing the sentence beginning "A degree CAN be awarded" with "The awarding of a degree is a secured change". Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing the sentence beginning "VCs CANNOT be affected" with "Changes to VC holdings are secured.". Amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Proposals) by replacing the sentence beginning "VVLOP can be modified" with "Changes to VVLOP are secured". Amend Rule 2159 (Protective Decrees) by replacing this text: Where permitted by other rules, an instrument with power 2 or greater generally can, as part of its effect, initiate a protective decree. with this text: The initiation of a protective decree is a secured change. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: Zefram dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5277 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4724335B.6050301@socal.rr.com> title: Secure judicial qualification Zefram is a co-author of this proposal. Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by appending this text, if "Generalize Security" was adopted: Making an entity unqualified or poorly qualified to judge is secured, with a power threshold of 1.5. or this text, otherwise: An entity CANNOT be made unqualified or poorly qualified to judge except as allowed by an instrument with power greater than or equal to 1.5. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-10-28 fate_mid: <20071028221625.GM31444@fysh.org> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <20071028194446.GJ31444@fysh.org> title: truthfulness Retitle rule 2149 to "Truthfulness", and amend it to read A person SHALL NOT make a false statement in any public message while knowing that the statement is false or being reckless as to its veracity. Merely quoting a false statement does not constitute making it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. [Truthiness doesn't work and isn't going anywhere. This proposal restores the former truthfulness provision, with an extension: it applies to all persons, not just players. This extension is useful with the present range of game activities that non-players engage in.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5278 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <4725070F.6090505@socal.rr.com> title: Restore definition of public contracts If Rule 1742 (Contracts) does not contain this text, then amend it by appending this text: A public contract is a contract that identifies itself as such. Any other contract is private. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5279 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <200710281804.16569.comexk@gmail.com> title: Amend Rule 2149 by replacing the entire text with: A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e believes e is telling the truth. [Truthiness is going to die; why not reduce useless clutter at the same time?] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Murphy dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5280 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <20071028221625.GM31444@fysh.org> title: truthfulness Murphy is a coauthor of this proposal. Retitle rule 2149 to "Truthfulness", and amend it to read A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e believes that in doing so e is telling the truth. Merely quoting a false statement does not constitute making it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. [Truthiness doesn't work and isn't going anywhere. This proposal restores the former truthfulness provision, with an extension: it applies to all persons, not just players. This extension is useful with the present range of game activities that non-players engage in. Also incorporated Murphy's clearer wording into the first sentence.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-10-28 fate_mid: <47250F71.8040202@optusnet.com.au> interest: 1 proposer: Levi submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <47250D56.6070609@optusnet.com.au> title: Amened Rule 2138 to read: The International Associate Director of Personnel is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of offices and reports. The IADoP's report includes the following: a) The holder of each office. b) The stability of each office. c) The date on which each holder last came to hold that office. d) The date of the most recent attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of that office. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5281 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <200710281632.30603.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Create a rule named "Judicial abuse", with power 1.4, with the following text: A player may not make excessive, frivolous calls for judgement. Should a player be found to break this rule, he shall not be allowed to initiate a case for a week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-10-28 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <200710281702.00612.josiahw@gmail.com> title: The above 10,000 inquiry cases are removed from the game. All changes to game state the above cases may have made are removed from the game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5282 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <200710281702.00612.josiahw@gmail.com> title: comex shall bear the title "Scamster". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5283 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: title: The 10,000 inquiry cases asking whether "This is Sparta", made by comex in Message-Id <200710281809.40881.comexk@gmail.com>, are removed from the game. All changes to the game state caused by these cases are removed from the game. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: pikhq dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5284 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: <3fc761710710281626x4ddbdc82oa3f7c5fafd951956@mail.gmail.com> title: Reinstate Excess CFJs Enact a rule titled "Excess CFJs", reading: A judicial case initiated by a person who has previously initiated five or more cases during the same Agoran Week as that case is an Excess CFJ. The Clerk of the Courts CAN, by announcement, refuse an Excess CFJ that has not had any judge assigned to it. Refusal of an Excess CFJ causes it to cease to be a judicial case. [I tried to merge this into an existing rule, but I couldn't find any place that is approprate in both subject and power.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5285 submit_date: 2007-10-28 submit_mid: title: King of Arms King of Arms Amend Rule 2151 by appending the following paragraph: Agora's adopted motto is "Agora n'est pas une fontaine." [note rule following R2151]. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-07 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <473A65A6.9090901@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5287 submit_date: 2007-10-30 submit_mid: <472666D8.2010707@optusnet.com.au> title: Active MWPs In Rule 2019 replace the following text: As soon as possible after the beginning of the month, the Speaker SHALL randomly assign each Minister Without Portfolio a different Prerogative for the remainder of that month. If there are more members in one set than the other, then e SHALL randomly choose which members of the larger set take part in the assignment. with: As soon as possible after the beginning of the month, the Speaker SHALL randomly assign each active Minister Without Portfolio a different Prerogative for the remainder of that month. If there are more members in one set than the other, then e SHALL randomly choose which members of the larger set take part in the assignment. and Change Rule 402 to read: The Speaker is the active player who has borne the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio the longest, with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the longest. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-10-31 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-07 fate_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5286 submit_date: 2007-10-30 submit_mid: <200710292051.05489.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Upon enactment of this proposal, the following proposal shall be added to the proposal pool (the following proposal shall be co-authored by Agora): The enactment of this proposal does nothing. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-07 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <473A65A6.9090901@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5288 submit_date: 2007-11-03 submit_mid: <472CBFFB.5090905@socal.rr.com> title: Encourage controversy Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: (-R) When a proposal's voting index is less than half its adoption index, its proposer loses one Red VC. with this text: (-R) When a proposal's voting index is less than half its adoption index, its proposer loses one Red VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-07 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <473A65A6.9090901@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5289 submit_date: 2007-11-03 submit_mid: <472CBFFB.5090905@socal.rr.com> title: Encourage more controversy Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR, and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC. with this text: (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR, and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-07 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <473A65A6.9090901@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5290 submit_date: 2007-11-03 submit_mid: <200711031454.48369.comexk@gmail.com> title: Don't penalize winners Amend Rule 1922 by replacing the text: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. If the number of players bearing this title is greater than the number of Prerogatives defined by the rules, then this title is revoked from the Speaker. with: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. If the number of players bearing this title is greater than the number of Prerogatives defined by the rules, then this title is administratively revoked from the Speaker. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-07 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <473A65A6.9090901@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5291 submit_date: 2007-11-05 submit_mid: <3fc761710711051003v70e7892cw339319ad196c5849@mail.gmail.com> title: Clarify Actions Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing the text reading: A player performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. with: Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by announcement", a player performs that action by announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-10 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-17 fate_mid: <473F7E01.9090403@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Proposal 5286 seq_number: 5292 submit_date: 2007-11-07 submit_mid: <47313899.4010002@socal.rr.com> title: The enactment of this proposal does nothing. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-22 fate_mid: <4745305E.8090405@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5293 submit_date: 2007-11-07 submit_mid: title: Public contests Public Contests Amend Rule 2136 by replacing: (d) is published before any contestants become a party to it, and with: (d) is public, and is published before any contestants become a party to it, and }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-10 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-22 fate_mid: <4745305E.8090405@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5294 submit_date: 2007-11-07 submit_mid: <47321641.3020601@socal.rr.com> title: Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me! Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing this text: * EXCUSED, appropriate if the defendant has good reason why e could not avoid breaching the rules in a manner at least as serious as alleged * GUILTY, appropriate if none of the above judgements is appropriate with this text: * EXCUSED, appropriate if the defendant breached the specified rule via the specified act, but has good reason why e could not avoid breaching the rules in a manner at least as serious * GUILTY, appropriate if the defendant breached the specified rule via the specified act and none of the above judgements is appropriate }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-10 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-17 fate_mid: <473F7E01.9090403@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5295 submit_date: 2007-11-10 submit_mid: <20071110102655.GA21342@fysh.org> title: clarify proposal distribution Retitle rule 1607 to "Distribution of Proposals", change its power to 2, and amend it to read The promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing proposals. A proposal CAN be distributed by the promotor at any time, by publishing it with the clear intent of distributing it. A proposal distribution is VALID regardless of whether the proposal existed prior to its distribution. Distributed proposals have ID numbers, to be assigned by the promotor. The distribution of a proposal initiates the Agoran decision of whether to adopt the proposal, as described elsewhere. When distributing a proposal, the promotor SHALL specify its author (and coauthors, if any), its adoption index, and whether it is ordinary or democratic. If a proposal being distributed is identical (in meaning) to a proposal in the proposal pool, then this is a distribution of the proposal from the proposal pool, and the act of distribution removes it from the proposal pool. If a proposal being distributed is not identical (in meaning) to any proposal in the proposal pool, then the distribution creates a new proposal. The promotor SHALL in each week distribute each proposal that was in the proposal pool at the beginning of the week, except for proposals that have been subsequently removed from the pool. The promotor SHALL NOT distribute any proposal that is not in the pool at the time of distribution. [MMI language incorporates judgements regarding distribution of unsubmitted proposals. Add explicit obligation to not make such distributions. Remove the reporting requirement for the pool, because that was only present to give the promtor a weekly report for salary purposes and e now has to report ID numbers. Increase power because this is important machinery.] Amend rule 2153 by appending the paragraph: When distributing a proposal, the promotor SHALL specify its interest index. [Moved from rule 1607. This fixes the reporting requirement (which hadn't been updated for the change to an index), and puts it next to the definition of the index for maintainability.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CBFC1.4030308@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5296 submit_date: 2007-11-10 submit_mid: <3fc761710711101357t629f25cci42f168844bc7c341@mail.gmail.com> title: Decidable Undetermination Amend Rule 591 (Inquiry Cases) by replacing the text reading: * UNDECIDABLE, appropriate if the statement was logically undecidable, nonsensical, too vague, or otherwise not capable of being accurately described as either false or true, at the time the inquiry case was initiated with: * UNDECIDABLE, appropriate if the statement was logically undecidable or otherwise not capable of being accurately described as either false or true, at the time the inquiry case was initiated and the text reading: * UNDETERMINED, appropriate if the information available to the judge is insufficient to determine which of the FALSE, TRUE, and UNDECIDABLE judgements is appropriate; however, uncertainty as to how to interpret or apply the rules cannot constitute insufficiency of information for this purpose with: * UNDETERMINED, appropriate if the statement is nonsensical or too vague, or if the information available to the judge is insufficient to determine which of the FALSE, TRUE, and UNDECIDABLE judgements is appropriate; however, uncertainty as to how to interpret or apply the rules cannot constitute insufficiency of information for this purpose }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-22 fate_mid: <4744F5CA.7080904@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5297 submit_date: 2007-11-10 submit_mid: <47363D49.3040104@socal.rr.com> title: root is a Cretan Amend Rule 2110 (Win by Paradox) to read: If an inquiry case on the possibility of a prior or hypothetical rule-defined action, or the permissibility of a prior or hypothetical action, results in a judgement of UNDECIDABLE, and the judgement is not appealed within a week (or is upheld via an appeal decision of AFFIRM), then the initiator of the inquiry case wins the game by paradox if e is a player. This can only occur once per inquiry case. Upon the adoption of this proposal, root would gain the Patent Title of Scamster, except that e already bears it. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CBFC1.4030308@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5298 submit_date: 2007-11-11 submit_mid: <4736618D.7090407@socal.rr.com> title: More prerogatives Amend Rule 2019 (Prerogatives) by appending this text: e) Wielder of Extra Votes. The Wielder of Extra Votes at the start of an ordinary proposal's voting period has a voting limit on that proposal of 1.4 times what it would be otherwise (rounded using the same method as the weekly update of EVLOP), rules to the contrary notwithstanding. f) Diplomatic Immunity. A sentence of APOLOGY in a criminal case is inappropriate if the defendant had Diplomatic Immunity at the time of the alleged act, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-22 fate_mid: <4744F5CA.7080904@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5299 submit_date: 2007-11-11 submit_mid: <4736617D.9010808@socal.rr.com> title: Micropayments Create a rule titled "Marks" with Power 2 and this text: Marks are a class of assets. Ownership of Marks is restricted to persons. Each Mark has exactly one color. Each color of Mark is a currency. If a player is meant to lose a Mark of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a Mark of eir Party's color instead; if e has no Marks at all, then e loses a VC of the same color as the Mark e is meant to lose, gains 100 Marks of that color, and then loses the Mark. The Assessor is the recordkeepor of Marks. Marks are gained and lost as follows: (+R) At the end of a proposal's voting period, each player who voted on it gains one Red Mark. If at least one of eir votes is FOR or AGAINST, and the ratio of eir FOR to AGAINST votes does not equal the proposal's adoption index, then e gains another Red Mark. If the proposal is adopted, and e was the only player to vote AGAINST it, then e gains another ten Red Marks, and the author gains ten Red Marks. (-R) When a proposal's voting period is extended because it would fail quorum, each eligible voter who has not voted on it loses five Red Marks. When a proposal meets quorum but is rejected, and only one player (other than possibly the author) voted FOR it, then that player loses ten Red Marks, and the author loses ten Red Marks. (+G) At the end of each month, for each office without a report, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains one Green Mark, unless another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month, in which case the deputising player gains one Green Mark. (+B) When a person calls for judgement, e gains one Blue Mark, except as noted below. When a judgement that caused the loss of a Blue Mark as noted below is overturned, the caller gains one Blue Mark. When a judicial panel judges an appeal case, each member gains one Blue Mark. (-B) When a person calls for judgement, and has already done so at least five times in the same week, e loses two Blue Marks. When an inquiry case is judged IRRELEVANT, or a criminal case is judged OVERLOOKED, ALREADY TRIED, or UNIMPUGNED, the caller loses one Blue Mark. When a judicial panel is recused with cause, each member loses one Blue Mark. Only valid, unretracted votes count toward the conditions for gaining and losing Red Marks. Marks may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified): a) A player may spend 100 Marks of the same color to gain one VC of that color. [Not that we have any non-reporting offices. Even if we did, having your non-reporting office deputised would already be dinged by Rule 2126, so I can't think of a good trigger for losing Green Marks.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, for each Red, Green, and Blue VC possessed by a player, that player gains 10 Marks of that color. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CBFC1.4030308@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5300 submit_date: 2007-11-11 submit_mid: <4736624C.7050606@socal.rr.com> title: No multiple MwP's Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by replacing this text: to be awarded to any player who wins the game. with this text: to be awarded to any player who wins the game and does not already bear the title. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CBFC1.4030308@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5301 submit_date: 2007-11-11 submit_mid: <47377A43.3000705@socal.rr.com> title: Allow retraction of CFJs Change the title of Rule 2175 (Excess CFJs) to "Judicial Retraction and Excess", and amend it to read: If a judicial case has not had any judge assigned to it, then: a) Its initiator CAN retract it by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. b) If its initiator previously initiated five or more cases during the same Agoran week as that case, then the Clerk of the Courts CAN refuse it by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-14 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CBFC1.4030308@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5302 submit_date: 2007-11-13 submit_mid: <20071113204229.GO27214@fysh.org> title: tighten up contests Amend rule 2136 by replacing the text A contestmaster may award a total of up to 10 points per week to one or more contestants as permitted by the contest, unless e is contestmaster of a different contest simultaneously or has been at any time during the preceding span of seven days. with For each contest which has been a contest for at least a week, and has as its contestmaster a first-class person who has been contestmaster of that contest for the entire past week and has not been the contestmaster of any other contest during the past week, the contestmaster CAN award a total of up to 10 points per week to one or more contestants as permitted by the contest. [Contestmaster must be first-class, to avoid minting contestmasters. Minimum wait of a week after a contest is formed before it can award points, to give a real chance for contestants to join and become subject to the fairness requirement. Minimum wait of a week after a change of contestmaster (which does not need to disrupt the weekly cycle of point awards) to avoid a hole involving rapid changes of contestmaster. All reformulated as per-contest rather than per-contestmaster, to better capture the intent.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-15 fate_mid: <56732cfd0711151441g485a4252o302c5f6f7ab8c8bb@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ submit_date: 2007-11-14 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711132237r79061c95k9eca4a5bf76b5423@mail.gmail.com> title: Contests Fix Amend R2136 "Contests" by inserting after the the list that begins with "A contests is an agreement that...": {{ Any player MAY form a contests without 2 Objections. A contest MAY NOT be formed by any other means. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-14 fate_mid: <3fc761710711141157s78f76f90m21827f630f8a637b@mail.gmail.com> interest: 0 proposer: root submit_date: 2007-11-14 submit_mid: <3fc761710711140856l5a308169ye97a66c949c2e99c@mail.gmail.com> title: Contracts are a subset of agreements Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by replacing each instance of the word "agreement" with "contest". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5303 submit_date: 2007-11-14 submit_mid: <3fc761710711141045n6f6ee8a0p2df9bbd30d7f82e6@mail.gmail.com> title: Generalized basis sets Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) by appending the text: The basis of a a first-class person is the singleton set consisting of that person. Amend Rule 2145 (Partnerships) by replacing the text reading: A partnership's basis is the set consisting of the union of the set of its non-partnership members with the bases of each of its partnership members. Where circularity occurs in this definition, it is resolved by using the minimum basis sets that provide consistency. with: A partnership's basis is the set consisting of the union of the the bases of each of its members. Where circularity occurs in this definition, it is resolved by using the minimum basis sets that provide consistency. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5304 submit_date: 2007-11-14 submit_mid: <3fc761710711141157s78f76f90m21827f630f8a637b@mail.gmail.com> title: Contracts are a subset of agreements Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by replacing each instance of the word "agreement" with "contract". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Goethe dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5305 submit_date: 2007-11-15 submit_mid: <200711151827.01846.comexk@gmail.com> title: Contests Fix Mk II Geothe is a co-author of this proposal. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by replacing point (e) with: (e) is a dependent contract. Amend Rule 1742 by adding a new paragraph: A contract CAN optionally be formed without two objections. A contract formed in this way is a dependent contract. Any player CAN dissolve a dependent contract without three objections. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-16 fate_mid: <200711152048.34976.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: <200711152044.18691.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Create a rule with the following text: Prevention of Flooding from B Nomic { With 2 SUPPORT, any player may be forcibly deregistered. This support may only come from first-class players that existed November 12, 2007. } }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5306 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: <200711152048.34976.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Create a rule with the following text: Prevention of Flooding from B Nomic { With 2 SUPPORT, any player may be forcibly deregistered. This support may only come from first-class players that existed November 12, 2007. The only players that may be deregistered from this are those that join after November 12, 2007. } This only prevents new players from joining to flood B nomic. All voters should be aware: this rule is meant to be temporary. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-16 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: title: Hang, hang! Enact the following rule: A player MUST NOT provide material support or substantial encouragement to another nomic in taking hostile action against Agora. A judge who finds a player guilty of breaking this Rule SHALL award the guilty party the patent title Traitor. A player is instantly deregistered when e comes to hold the patent title Traitor. A person holding the patent title Traitor CANNOT register. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Goethe dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5307 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: <473D33FC.8080900@optusnet.com.au> title: Goethe is coauthor of this proposal. Create a rule with the following text and Power 1: A player MAY NOT initiate or encourage hostile action against Agora. [[[ Borrow Goethe's proposal idea, but leaves punishment to the courts. ]]] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5308 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: title: Hang, hang! Hang, hang! [What's war without overreaction?] Enact the following rule: A player MUST NOT provide material support or substantial encouragement to another nomic in taking hostile action against Agora. A judge who finds a player guilty of breaking this Rule SHALL award the guilty party the patent title Traitor. A player is instantly deregistered when e comes to hold the patent title Traitor. A person holding the patent title Traitor CANNOT register. Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by appending the following text: If the rules require or allow a player to award (or revoke) a patent title, that player CAN make the described award (or revocation) by announcement. [Used to be in the Rules, I thought it still was]. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-16 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: title: Rubicon Proto: Rubicon Enact a rule entitled "The Senate" with the following text and a power of 2: A Senator is any Player who has been registered continuously for the immediately preceding sixty days. The collection of Senators is the Senate. A Senator CAN call an Emergency Session with 2 Senate supporters, provided no other emergency session existed at any time in the preceding 48 hours. An emergency session lasts for 21 days after being called. During emergency session, any Senator declare a filibuster on a proposal in its voting period, with 2 supporting Senators, provided no filibuster has been declared on that proposal in the past. During emergency session, any Senator may end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. A proposal that ends its voting period in filibuster has a quorum of the number of eligible voters plus 1, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, and its voting period is not extended due to lack of quorum. When an emergency session begins, all non-Senators' postures become supine, and non-Senators CANNOT flip their posture while the session lasts. [Filibuster is on once, off once. Prevents the "race" if its used to kill legitimate proposals. Net result: the invasion has to bribe a quorum of Senators to get its proposals through, and a quorum of Senators can end a coalition of Senators blocking legitimate proposals. Enough protection?] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5309 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: title: Rubicon Rubicon Enact a rule entitled "The Senate" with the following text and a power of 2: A Senator is any Player who has been registered continuously for the immediately preceding sixty days. The collection of Senators is the Senate. A Senator CAN call an Emergency Session with 2 Senate supporters, provided no other emergency session existed at any time in the preceding 48 hours. An emergency session lasts for 21 days after being called. During emergency session, any Senator declare a filibuster on a proposal in its voting period, with 2 supporting Senators, provided no filibuster has been declared on that proposal in the past. During emergency session, any Senator may end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. A proposal that ends its voting period in filibuster has a quorum of the number of eligible voters plus 1, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, and its voting period is not extended due to lack of quorum. When an emergency session begins, all non-Senators' postures become supine, and non-Senators CANNOT flip their posture while the session lasts. [Filibuster is on once, off once. Prevents the "race" if its used to kill legitimate proposals. Net result: the invasion has to bribe a quorum of Senators to get its proposals through, and a quorum of Senators can end a coalition of Senators blocking legitimate proposals. Enough protection?] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-16 fate_mid: <200711161803.31456.comexk@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: <200711161744.43266.comexk@gmail.com> title: Urgent Actions Amend Rule 1728 by replacing item (f) of the list in that rule with: (f) The vote collector of such a decision CANNOT resolve it if it was initiated more than fourteen days ago, or less than its urgency index ago. and appending to the list: (h) The urgency index of such a decision is by default: * four days, if it has an objection and/or majority index; * zero days otherwise. Amend Rule 2172 by replacing the entire text with: A player CAN perform an action on behalf of Agora with Agoran Consent. A player CAN perform an action on behalf of Agora without objection. For the decision of whether to approve this dependent action, the urgency index is 24 hours. This SHOULD only be done when urgent action is required. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5310 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: title: For Your Safety For Your Safety [Same as previous Traitor rule, but instead of permanent punishment, just locks away seditious folks for the Duration of the Emergency]. Enact the following rule, entitled "Sedition": A player MUST NOT provide material support or substantial encouragement to another nomic in taking hostile action against Agora. A judge who finds a player guilty of breaking this Rule SHALL award the guilty party the patent title Traitor. When the Senate enters emergency session, all Traitors are instantly deregistered. A person holding the patent title Traitor CANNOT register while the Senate is in emergency session. Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by appending the following text, if it does not already exist in the Rule: If the rules require or allow a player to award (or revoke) a patent title, that player CAN make the described award (or revocation) by announcement. [Used to be in the Rules, I thought it still was]. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-17 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-24 fate_mid: <47487FFC.2000003@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5311 submit_date: 2007-11-16 submit_mid: <200711161803.31456.comexk@gmail.com> title: Urgent Actions Amend Rule 1728 by replacing item (f) of the list in that rule with: (f) The vote collector of such a decision CANNOT resolve it if it was initiated more than fourteen days ago, or less than its urgency ago. and appending to the list: (h) The urgency of such a decision is by default: * four days, if it has an objection and/or majority index; * zero days otherwise. Amend Rule 2172 by replacing the entire text with: A player CAN perform an action on behalf of Agora with Agoran Consent. A player MAY perform an action on behalf of Agora with Agoran Consent. For the decision of whether to approve this dependent action, the urgency is 24 hours. This SHOULD only be done in cases where urgent action is required. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Wooble seq_number: 5312 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: title: Protective Alliance Whereas Agora faces grave danger from devious external forces, and is in dire need of protection, Agora submits to Nomicapolis as its benevolent protector. Nomicapolis may, at any time, make any changes whatsoever to the rules or gamestate of Agora. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5313 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: <4740A25D.9000802@socal.rr.com> title: The Republic of Agora Create a rule titled "States and Districts" with Power 2 and this text: Each player represents exactly one distinct state with the following attributes: a) A name, which its representative CAN set by announcement. b) A non-negative integral number of districts (ND), which CANNOT be modified except as specified by this rule. c) A non-negative number of planned districts (NPD), which CANNOT be modified except by an instrument with power at least as great as that of this rule. d) A district baseline (DB), which is five if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. e) A district minimum (DM), which is one if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. The Assessor's report includes a list of states and their attributes. When a state's ND is set to a value, its NPD is set to the same value. If a state's ND would otherwise be undefined, it is set to its DB. At the end of each week, each state's ND is set to its NPD, rounded to an integer, breaking ties toward odd integers, with a minimum of its DM. When one or more players win the game, each state's NPD is set to its DB. [Create the republic metaphor. VLOP -> Districts, and increase default from 4 to 5.] Change the title of Rule 2156 to "Voting on District Proposals", and amend it to read: The eligible voters on a District proposal are those entities that were active players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of an eligible voter on a District proposal is eir state's ND at the start of its voting period, halved (rounding up) if e is in the chokey at that time. [Ordinary proposal -> District proposal. The details on districts are now in "States and Districts", allowing this rule to parallel Rule 1950 more closely.] Change the title of Rule 1950 to "Voting on State Proposals", and amend it to read: The eligible voters on a State proposal are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of its voting period. The voting limit of an eligible voter on a State proposal is two. [Democratic proposal -> State proposal, and increase default voting strength from 1 to 2.] Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "voting limits on ordinary proposals" with "the redistricting process", and by replacing each instance of "VVLOP" with "NPD", and by removing this text: When a game win occurs, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. [The reset-on-win clause is now in "States and Districts".] Change the title of Rule 2134 to "Win by Districts", and amend it to read: Upon a correct announcement that a state's ND is greater than or equal to the sum of the ND of all other states, that state's representative wins the game. Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: A Proposal with an Adoption Index of less than 2 is Ordinary. All other Proposals are Democratic. with this text: A Proposal is initially a District proposal if its Adoption Index is less than 2, or a State proposal otherwise. Changing a proposal to a District proposal is secured, with a power threshold of 2. [Allow Rule 2142 to make changes. Allow future rules to make changes in the other direction, within limits.] Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) by replacing this text: c) Whether it is ordinary or democratic. with this text: c) Whether it is a District or State proposal. Change the title of Rule 2142 to "State Procedure", and amend it to read: A player CAN, with 2 support, convert a District proposal into a State proposal. Amend Rule 2019 (Prerogatives) by replacing each instance of "ordinary proposal" with "District proposal". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5314 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: <47408F9D.9060107@socal.rr.com> title: Return of the secret ballot Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by appending this text: A decision is secret if and only if the notice says it is. Votes on a secret decision SHALL NOT be disclosed to anyone other than its vote collector during its voting period. Amend Rule 683 (Voting on Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: An eligible voter on a particular Agoran decision submits a ballot to the vote collector by publishing a valid notice indicating which one of the available options e selects. To be valid, the ballot must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the decision, and the submitter is an eligible voter at the time of submission. (b) The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided. (c) The ballot clearly identifies the option selected by the voter. (d) The voter has not publicly retracted the ballot during the voting period. with this text: An eligible voter on a particular Agoran decision submits a ballot by sending it to the vote collector. To be valid, the ballot must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the decision, and the submitter is an eligible voter at the time of submission. (b) The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided. (c) The ballot clearly identifies the option selected by the voter. (d) The ballot is sent privately (if the decision is secret) or publically (otherwise). The submitter of a ballot can retract it (thus invalidating it) by informing the vote collector that e does so. To be valid, the retraction must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The retraction is submitted during the voting period for the decision. (b) The retraction clearly identifies the ballot to be retracted. (c) The retraction is sent privately (if the decision is secret) or publically (otherwise). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5315 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: <47408FB2.4040404@socal.rr.com> title: Claims of error, redux Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) by replacing this text: Any public document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified one week after its publication, unless explicitly challenged during that period. with this text: Any public document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified one week after its publication, unless explicitly and publicly challenged during that period via one of the following methods, explaining the scope and nature of the perceived error: a) An inquiry case, appropriate for questions of legal interpretation. b) A claim of error, appropriate for matters of fact. The publisher of the original document SHALL respond to a claim of error as soon as possible, either publishing a revision or denying the claim. If e denies the claim, then the original document is ratified one week after the denial, unless it is challenged again (subject to the same requirements) during that period. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5316 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: <47408FC6.1010307@socal.rr.com> title: Voting debits and refraction Create a rule titled "Voting Debits" with Power 2 and this text: Voting Debits (VDs) are a class of fixed assets. VDs CANNOT be affected except as defined by this rule. Ownership of VDs is restricted to players. The Accountor is an office, and the recordkeepor of VDs. A player CAN spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease eir VDs by N. A player CAN spend N VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VDs by N. A player SHALL NOT possess VDs for more than one month. One second after a sentence of CHOKEY for violating this rule becomes active, all of the sentenced player's VCs and VDs are destroyed. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The Assessor is the recordkeepor of VCs. with this text: If a player is meant to lose, or attempts to spend, a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e gains a VD instead, and the recordkeepor of that color of VC SHALL inform the Accountor of it as soon as possible. In the case of spending, the action to be performed is successful if and only if the player reasonably believed that e had enough VCs at the time. The Accountor is the recordkeepor of all colors of VC that would otherwise lack one. The Assessor is the recordkeepor of Red and Orange VCs. The IADoP is the recordkeepor of Green and Cyan VCs. The CotC is the recordkeepor of Blue and Black VCs. The Registrar is the recordkeepor of White VCs. The Herald is the recordkeepor of Violet and Indigo VCs. The Scorekeepor is the recordkeepor of Yellow VCs. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5317 submit_date: 2007-11-18 submit_mid: <47408FD5.1060008@socal.rr.com> title: Judicial fixes Amend Rule 991 (Judicial Cases Generally) by replacing this text: A judicial case, also known as a call for judgement (CFJ), is a procedure to settle a matter of controversy. There are subclasses of judicial case with particular features defined by other rules. Subclasses of judicial case exist only as defined by the rules. with this text: A judicial case, also known as a call for judgement (CFJ), is a procedure to settle a matter of controversy. Each judicial case has exactly one subclass, with particular features as defined by other rules. Subclasses of judicial case exist only as defined by the rules. A judicial case's subclass CAN be specified by its initiator, or otherwise defaults to inquiry. and by replacing this text: Judicial cases other than appeal cases have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Clerk of the Courts. with this text: Judicial cases (other than appeal cases, which have historically been identified by reference to the prior case) have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Clerk of the Courts. [If you fail to meet the requirements for initiating a judicial case of the subclass you claim, then you fail to initiate the case. Explain why appeal cases don't have ID numbers, for the benefit of new players.] Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) to read: At any time, a judicial case either has no judge assigned to it (default) or has exactly one entity assigned to it as judge. This is a persistent status that changes only according to the rules. At any time, a judicial case either does not require a judge (default) or requires a judge. This is not a persistent status, but is evaluated instantaneously. When a judicial case requires a judge and has no judge assigned, the CotC CAN assign a qualified entity to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so as soon as possible. The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case are the active first-class players, subject to modification by other rules. Being unqualified to be assigned as a judge does not inherently prevent an entity from continuing to be judge of a case to which e is already assigned. When a player is poorly qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case, the Clerk of the Courts SHALL not assign em to be the judge of that case; if e has done so, and that player is still the judge of that case, then e CAN recuse that judge from that case by announcement. Making an entity unqualified or poorly qualified to judge is secured, with a power threshold of 1.5. To recuse a judge from a case is to deassign em as its judge. Assigning a judge to a case implicitly recuses its existing judge, if any. A recusal is "with cause" if and only if stated as such by the rules. [Reorganization and minor language cleanup.] Amend Rule 2158 (Judicial Questions) to read: A judicial question is a question that arises within a judicial case. Judicial questions arise only as defined by the rules. At any time, each judicial question is either inapplicable (default) or applicable. This is not a persistent status, but is evaluated instantaneously. At any time, each judicial question is either open (default), suspended, or has exactly one judgement. This is a persistent status that changes only according to the rules. The possible types of judgement for a judicial question depend on the type of question. When a judicial question is applicable and open, its case requires a judge. When a judicial question is applicable and open, and its case has a judge assigned to it, the judge CAN assign a valid judgement to it by announcement, and SHALL assign an appropriate judgement to it as soon as possible. A judgement is valid and/or appropriate only as defined by the rules. If more than one judgement is valid and appropriate, then the choice between them is left to the judge's discretion. When a judicial question is applicable and open, and its case has the same judge assigned to it, continuously for one week, the Clerk of the Courts CAN recuse that judge with cause by announcement. When these conditions have all held continuously for two weeks, the Clerk of the Courts SHALL so recuse that judge as soon as possible. [Reorganization and minor language cleanup.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5318 submit_date: 2007-11-19 submit_mid: <4740E7AC.6020303@optusnet.com.au> title: In Rule 1728 replace the following text: (g) If the outcome is APPROVED, then the vote collector performs the action upon resolving the decision. with: (g) If the outcome is APPROVED, then the vote collector MUST perform the action as soon as possible after resolving the decision. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-21 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <474CCCA1.4020200@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5319 submit_date: 2007-11-20 submit_mid: <474254A1.2010808@socal.rr.com> title: Restore the reasonable unawareness defense Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by inserting this text before the paragraph starting with "GUILTY": * UNAWARE, appropriate if the defendant violated the specified rule via the specified action, but reasonably believed at the time that e was not violating a rule }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-21 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2007-11-21 submit_mid: title: Simple-ish contests Final version: - Went back to contestmaster model; - Contract may change freely (subnomics allowed), but added a requirement of public posting of public contract changes. Allows for speedy changes, but still public review. A quick contest change from a "real contest" to a scam probably results in the scammers getting a week's worth of points, then the non-scammers decertifying the contest. Necessary and hopefully minor evil. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) to read: A member of an existing public contract may make the contract into a Contest, with emself as the sole contestmaster, without 3 objections, provided no part of that contestmaster's basis is currently a contestmaster. Another member may replace the current contestmaster as the sole contestmaster without 3 objections, but only as explicitly described in the contest regulations and subject to the same basis constraints for the new contestmaster. Any player may make a contest cease to be a contest without 3 objections. Players SHOULD decide on whether a contract deserves to be a contest based on its fairness or interest to players as a whole. The total number of points a Contest MAY award in a given week is equal to 5 times the cardinality of the union of the bases of its members, calculated at the beginning of that week. Points up to this total CAN be awarded by the contestmaster to other members by public announcement, and MUST be awarded as explicitly described in the contract. [Does any other paragraph in the rules contain so many categories of MMI specification? Should get an award! :) ] Create the following rule, "Public Contracts": A member of a contract may identify the contract as a public contract by publishing its text with a notice of intent from the contract be a public contract. The notice of intent MUST consist of one or more of: (a) a clause in the contract identifying it as public; (b) a notice indicating unanimous consent of members that the contract be public; (c) a notice published without objection of its members, that the contract be public. If the text of a potential contract is published by a person with a clear indication that the contract will be public when it forms, then it becomes public immediately upon becoming a contract. Changes in the text of a public contract do not become effective until they are published. Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) by deleting the text: A public contract is a contract that identifies itself as such. Any other contract is private. [Isolate points into their own rule] Create a Rule entitled "Points" with the following text: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players. Points are a currency. The number of points owned by a player is eir score. The Scorekeepor is a high-priority office, and the recordkeepor of points. A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-26 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2007-11-21 submit_mid: title: Simple-ish contests Final version: - Went back to contestmaster model; - Contract may change freely (subnomics allowed), but added a requirement of public posting of public contract changes. Allows for speedy changes, but still public review. A quick contest change from a "real contest" to a scam probably results in the scammers getting a week's worth of points, then the non-scammers decertifying the contest. Necessary and hopefully minor evil. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) to read: A member of an existing public contract CAN make the contract into a Contest, with emself as the sole contestmaster, without 3 objections, provided no part of that contestmaster's basis is currently a contestmaster. Another member may replace the current contestmaster as the sole contestmaster without 3 objections, but only as explicitly described in the contest regulations and subject to the same basis constraints for the new contestmaster. Any player may make a contest cease to be a contest without 3 objections. Players SHOULD decide on whether a contract deserves to be a contest based on its fairness or interest to players as a whole. The total number of points a Contest MAY award in a given week is equal to 5 times the cardinality of the union of the bases of its members, calculated at the beginning of that week. Points up to this total CAN be awarded by the contestmaster to other members by public announcement, and MUST be awarded as explicitly described in the contract. [Does any other paragraph in the rules contain so many categories of MMI specification? Should get an award! :) ] Create the following rule, "Public Contracts": A member of a contract CAN identify the contract as a public contract by publishing its text with a notice of intent from the contract be a public contract. The notice of intent MUST consist of one or more of: (a) a clause in the contract identifying it as public; (b) a notice indicating unanimous consent of members that the contract be public; (c) a notice published without objection of its members, that the contract be public. If the text of a potential contract is published by a person with a clear indication that the contract will be public when it forms, then it becomes public immediately upon becoming a contract. Changes in the text of a public contract do not become effective until they are published. [ No longer need to Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) by deleting the text, as its useful to keep the public/private distinction in that generic contract rule. ] [Isolate points into their own rule] Create a Rule entitled "Points" with the following text: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players. Points are a currency. The number of points owned by a player is eir score. The Scorekeepor is a high-priority office, and the recordkeepor of points. A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5320 submit_date: 2007-11-22 submit_mid: <200711212030.23912.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Non-reporting Office Create a rule with the following text: { There exists an office of Governmental Waste. This office shall have no duties, shall make no reports, and shall exist as the sole result of governmental waste. } [ I want to see some green marks in play. ;) ] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5321 submit_date: 2007-11-23 submit_mid: <474739B6.7090906@socal.rr.com> title: Agora abhors a vacuum [May as well propose this, otherwise someone else will] Amend the rule titled "Marks" by replacing this text: and then loses the Mark. with this text: and then loses the Mark; however, if e has no VCs at all, either, then the Mark loss is waived (you still can't get blood from a turnip, not even a thimbleful at a time). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-27 fate_mid: <200711271659.01249.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <200711241145.00735.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Agora's Child may, through its life's course, encur certain obligations, rights, and privileges in other Nomics. On behalf of Agora's Child, the Speaker may make actions in other Nomics, without 4 objections, to satisfy such obligations and to exercise such rights and privileges. On behalf of Agora's Child, any Voter may make actions in other Nomics, without 2 objections, to satisfy such obligations and to exercise such rights and privileges. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-27 fate_mid: <200711271659.01249.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <200711241145.00735.josiahw@gmail.com> title: A player shall be any entity capable of communicating via email. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-27 fate_mid: <200711271659.01249.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: AFO submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <200711241145.00735.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Transmute proposal 1), if it passes. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5322 submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <47488510.3060907@socal.rr.com> title: Fix Orange VC loss Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR, and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. with this text: (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR (other than possibly from its author), and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-26 fate_mid: <3fc761710711260853i4fbe7c9ci290a8b3a6be9f9be@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: root submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <3fc761710711241220l3b46639atd5e11258775305b6@mail.gmail.com> title: Sweeping partnerships under the rug Upon adoption of this proposal, all players who are not first-class are deregistered. Repeal Rule 2144 (Limited Partnerships). Repeal Rule 2145 (Partnerships). Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by deleting the text reading: A player who is not a person and has never been a first-class person CAN be deregistered by any player by announcement. Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) to read: A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. An biological organism that is capable of communicating by email in English is a person. Nothing else is a person. All players are first-class. Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) by deleting the text "first-class". If Proposal 5313 was adopted, then amend the rule titled "States and Districts" by replacing the text: d) A district baseline (DB), which is five if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. e) A district minimum (DM), which is one if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. with: d) A district baseline (DB), which is five. e) A district minimum (DM), which is one. Otherwise, amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Proposals) by replacing this text: Each player has a parameter known as eir base voting limit on ordinary proposals (BVLOP). The BVLOP of a first-class player is four, and the BVLOP of any other player is zero. BVLOP cannot be modified. with: Each player has a parameter known as eir base voting limit on ordinary proposals (BVLOP). The BVLOP of each player is four. BVLOP cannot be modified. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by deleting each instance of the text "first-class". Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by deleting the text "first-class". Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by deleting the text "First-class" and the text "first-class". Amend Rule 2174 (Aliens) by deleting the text "the basis of". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-26 fate_mid: <3fc761710711260853i4fbe7c9ci290a8b3a6be9f9be@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: root submit_date: 2007-11-24 submit_mid: <3fc761710711241220l3b46639atd5e11258775305b6@mail.gmail.com> title: Vacuuming the rug This proposal has no effect unless the proposal titled "Sweeping partnerships under the rug" was adopted. Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) by deleting the text "All players are first-class." Amend Rule 1950 by deleting the text "first-class". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: avpx dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5323 submit_date: 2007-11-25 submit_mid: <200711251158.43459.josiahw@gmail.com> title: No decay! avpx is a coauthor of this proposal. Interest index of 2. Adoption index of 2. Amend rule 2126 to read: Voting Credits (VCs) are a class of fixed assets that can be used to affect voting limits on ordinary proposals. Changes to VC holdings are secured. Ownership of VCs is restricted to players. Each VC has exactly one color. Colors with different names are distinct, regardless of spectral proximity. Each color of VC is a currency. If a player is meant to lose a VC of a color that e does not possess, then e loses a VC of eir Party's color instead; if e has no VCs at all, then the loss is waived (you can't get blood from a turnip). The Assessor is the recordkeepor of VCs. VCs are gained and lost as follows: (+R) When an interested proposal is adopted, its proposer gains a number of Red VCs equal to the proposal's adoption index times its interest index (rounded down to the nearest integer), minus the number of Red VCs that e has gained in this way earlier in the same week (down to a minimum of zero), and each coauthor named in the proposal gains one Red VC unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same week. (-R) When a proposal's voting index is less than half its adoption index, its proposer loses one Red VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. (+O) When an interested proposal is adopted by voting with no valid votes AGAINST, its proposer gains one orange VC unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same week. (-O) When an interested proposal is rejected by voting with no valid votes FOR, and having met quorum, its proposer loses one orange VC, unless e lost a VC in this way earlier in the same week. (+G) At the end of each month, for each office with a report, the player (if any) who held that office for the majority of that month gains two Green VCs (if the office has a weekly report) or one Green VC (if it has only a monthly report), unless another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month. (-G) At the end of each month, for each office, for each player who has held that office during that month, if another person deputised for that office while that player held that office during that month then that player loses one Green VC. (+C) When a player deputises for an office e gains one cyan VC, unless someone previously gained a VC in this manner for the same office in the same month. (+B) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question other than a question on sentencing, and has not violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit, e gains one blue VC. (-B) A player who is recused from a judicial case with cause loses one Blue VC. A player who is the prior judge in an appeal case where a judgement other than AFFIRM is assigned to the question on disposition loses one Blue VC. (+K) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question on sentencing, and has not violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit, e gains one black VC. (-K) In a criminal case, when a sentence becomes active for the first time the defendant loses one black VC. (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player and has never been a player before, e gains one white VC. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for 100 days and has never been a player before that period, e gains one white VC. (+M) When, during Agora's birthday, a player publicly acknowledges the occasion, e gains one magenta VC, unless e previously gained a VC in this manner during the same birthday. (+U) When a player wins the game, e gains two ultraviolet VCs. (+V) When a person is awarded a patent title, e gains one violet VC, unless e gained a VC in this way earlier in the same month. (-V) When a person has a patent title revoked from em, and the instrument that authorises the revocation does not describe the revocation as administrative, e loses one violet VC. (+I) When a person is awarded a patent title that is a degree, e gains a number of indigo VCs. The number depends on the rank of the degree: it is two for the lowest rank, four for the next, and so on increasing by two per rank, up to a maximum of twelve for the sixth and higher ranks. If the rank of the degree is not adequately defined to apply this rule then the number is two. (+Y) At the end of each month, for each contest that awarded points to at least three different contestants during that month, the contestmaster gains one Yellow VC. VCs may be spent as follows, by announcement (INVALID unless the color is specified): a) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to increase another player's VVLOP by N/2, rounded down to the nearest integer. b) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by N/3, rounded down to the nearest integer. c) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N/2 (to a minimum of zero), rounded down to the nearest integer. d) A player may spend N+2 VCs of different colors to multiply another player's VVLOP by (10-N)/10, where 1 <= N <= 10. e) A player may spend two VCs of the same color to make another player gain one VC of that color. z) If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for VCs, a player may spend one VC of each such color to win the game. When a game win occurs, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. [Remove monthly decay. Make changing VVLOPs harder, to prevent the potential hoarding of VCs harder to abuse.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5324 submit_date: 2007-11-25 submit_mid: <474A0491.8060303@socal.rr.com> title: Do we still need this? Repeal Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5325 submit_date: 2007-11-25 submit_mid: <474A05EF.5010707@socal.rr.com> title: White VCs for mentors Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing section (+W) with this text: (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player and has never been a player before, e gains one white VC. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for at least three months and has never been a player before that period, and names another player as eir mentor (and has not named a mentor in this fashion before), e and that player each gain one white VC. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 2 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5326 submit_date: 2007-11-26 submit_mid: <200711251714.10698.josiahw@gmail.com> title: No decay In rule 2126, remove (-*) One second before the end of each month, each entity loses 1/5 of eir holdings of each color of VC, rounded down to the nearest integer. In rule 2126, replace a) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to increase another player's VVLOP by N, where N >= 1. b) A player may spend N+2 VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by N, where N >= 1. c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero). with a) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by floor(N/2). b) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to increase eir own VVLOP by floor(N/3). c) A player may spend N VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by floor(N/2) }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5327 submit_date: 2007-11-26 submit_mid: <474A39A3.30609@socal.rr.com> title: Allow empty contests Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) by replacing this text: A contract automatically terminates if the number of parties to it falls below two. with this text: A contract automatically terminates if the number of parties to it falls below two (or, for contests, one). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5328 submit_date: 2007-11-26 submit_mid: title: First-class contests Final version: - Went back to contestmaster model, first-class players only; - Contract may change freely (subnomics allowed), but added a requirement of public posting of public contract changes. Allows for speedy changes, but still public review. A quick contest change from a "real contest" to a scam probably results in the scammers getting a week's worth of points, then the non-scammers decertifying the contest. Necessary and hopefully minor evil. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) to read: A first-class player who is a member of an existing public contract CAN make the contract into a Contest, with emself as the sole contestmaster, without 3 objections, provided e is not the contestmaster of another contest. Another first-class player who is a member may replace the current contestmaster as the sole contestmaster without 3 objections, but only as explicitly described in the contest regulations and provided e is not the contestmaster of another contest. Any player may make a contest cease to be a contest without 3 objections. Players SHOULD decide on whether a contract deserves to be a contest based on its fairness or interest to players as a whole. The total number of points a Contest MAY award in a given week is equal to 5 times the number of its members that are first- class players. Points up to this total CAN be awarded by the contestmaster to other members by public announcement, and MUST be awarded as explicitly described in the contract. Create the following rule, "Public Contracts": A member of a contract CAN identify the contract as a public contract by publishing its text with a notice of intent from the contract be a public contract. The notice of intent MUST consist of one or more of: (a) a clause in the contract identifying it as public; (b) a notice indicating unanimous consent of members that the contract be public; (c) a notice published without objection of its members, that the contract be public. If the text of a potential contract is published by a person with a clear indication that the contract will be public when it forms, then it becomes public immediately upon becoming a contract. Changes in the text of a public contract do not become effective until they are published. [ No longer need to Amend Rule 1742 (Contracts) by deleting the text, as its useful to keep the public/private distinction in that generic contract rule. ] [Isolate points into their own rule] Create a Rule entitled "Points" with the following text: Points are a class of fixed assets. Ownership of points is restricted to players. Points are a currency. The number of points owned by a player is eir score. The Scorekeepor is a high-priority office, and the recordkeepor of points. A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. All points awarded by contests since November 18, 2007, for which the contestmaster and the awardee were not both first-class players, are hereby revoked, and all wins, patent titles, or other winning privileges resulting from said points are hereby revoked. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5329 submit_date: 2007-11-26 submit_mid: <3fc761710711260853i4fbe7c9ci290a8b3a6be9f9be@mail.gmail.com> title: Sweeping partnerships under the rug Upon adoption of this proposal, all players who are not first-class are deregistered. Repeal Rule 2144 (Limited Partnerships). Repeal Rule 2145 (Partnerships). Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by deleting the text reading: A player who is not a person and has never been a first-class person CAN be deregistered by any player by announcement. Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) to read: A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. Any biological organism that is capable of communicating by email in English is a person. Nothing else is a person. All players are first-class. Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) by deleting the text "first-class". If Proposal 5313 was adopted, then amend the rule titled "States and Districts" by replacing the text: d) A district baseline (DB), which is five if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. e) A district minimum (DM), which is one if the state's representative is a first-class player, zero otherwise. with: d) A district baseline (DB), which is five. e) A district minimum (DM), which is one. Otherwise, amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Proposals) by replacing this text: Each player has a parameter known as eir base voting limit on ordinary proposals (BVLOP). The BVLOP of a first-class player is four, and the BVLOP of any other player is zero. BVLOP cannot be modified. with: Each player has a parameter known as eir base voting limit on ordinary proposals (BVLOP). The BVLOP of each player is four. BVLOP cannot be modified. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by deleting each instance of the text "first-class". Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by deleting the text "first-class". Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by deleting the text "First-class" and the text "first-class". Amend Rule 2174 (Aliens) by deleting the text "the basis of". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5330 submit_date: 2007-11-26 submit_mid: <3fc761710711260853i4fbe7c9ci290a8b3a6be9f9be@mail.gmail.com> title: Vacuuming the rug This proposal has no effect unless the proposal titled "Sweeping partnerships under the rug" was adopted. Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) by deleting the text "All players are first-class." Amend Rule 1950 by deleting the text "first-class". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5331 submit_date: 2007-11-27 submit_mid: <3fc761710711261635h1b30edfdh815daf9d748d6e1e@mail.gmail.com> title: Rubicon Reporting Amend the rule titled "The Senate" by appending to the paragraph reading: A Senator is any Player who has been registered continuously for the immediately preceding sixty days. The collection of Senators is the Senate. this text: The Registrar's report includes a list of all Senators. and by appending to the paragraph reading: A Senator CAN call an Emergency Session with 2 Senate supporters, provided no other emergency session existed at any time in the preceding 48 hours. An emergency session lasts for 21 days after being called. this text: The Assessor's report includes the most recent date on which an emergency session was called. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5332 submit_date: 2007-11-27 submit_mid: <3fc761710711261635h1b30edfdh815daf9d748d6e1e@mail.gmail.com> title: Rubicon Racing Restrictions Amend the rule titled "The Senate" by replacing the sentence: During emergency session, any Senator may end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. with: Any Senator may end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. and by replacing the sentence: A proposal that ends its voting period in filibuster has a quorum of the number of eligible voters plus 1, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, and its voting period is not extended due to lack of quorum. with: A proposal that ends its voting period in filibuster has a quorum of the number of eligible voters plus 1, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. [Fixes two race conditions regarding filibusters. As it stands, a filibuster at the very end of an emergency session or a proposal's voting period can kill that proposal completely, with no opportunity for the proponents of a legitimate proposal to respond. Neither of these changes weakens the rule much; a proposal for which the voting period is extended due to filibuster will remain in filibuster.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5333 submit_date: 2007-11-27 submit_mid: <3fc761710711261635h1b30edfdh815daf9d748d6e1e@mail.gmail.com> title: Regularity Regarding Rubicon Rosters Amend the rule titled "The Senate" by inserting between the second and third paragraphs a new paragraph reading: The roll call of an emergency session is the set of senators at the time the emergency session was called. During emergency session, the previous definition of senator does not apply; instead, any player who is a member of the roll call is a senator. If the proposal titled "Rubicon Reporting" was adopted, further amend the same rule by appending to the paragraph just created the text: The Assessor's report includes the roll call of the most recent emergency session. [A player cannot become a senator during an emergency session.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-11-28 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-05 fate_mid: <4756318C.1090201@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5334 submit_date: 2007-11-27 submit_mid: <474C6639.5000508@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor co-authors Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: A player submits a proposal by publishing it with a clear indication that it is intended to become a proposal, which places the proposal in the Proposal Pool. The proposer of a proposal may remove it from the Pool by announcement. with this text: A player submits a proposal by publishing it with a clear indication that it is intended to become a proposal, which places the proposal in the Proposal Pool. That player is its author (syn. proposer). The author of a proposal may remove it from the Pool by announcement. A person is a co-author of a proposal if and only if e is distinct from its author, and unambiguously identified by its author as being its co-author at the time of submission. Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) by replacing this text: Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeepor shall record a historical annotation to the rule indicating the type of change, the date on which the change took effect, the mechanism which specified the change, and if the rule was changed due to a proposal, a reference to that proposal, its proposer, and any coauthors explicitly named in that proposal. with this text: Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeepor shall record a historical annotation to the rule indicating: a) The type of change. b) The date on which the change took effect. c) The mechanism that specified the change. d) If the rule was changed due to a proposal, then that proposal's ID number, author, and co-author(s) (if any). Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "each coauthor named in the proposal" with "each coauthor of the proposal". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5335 submit_date: 2007-11-28 submit_mid: <474CBBDF.2010806@socal.rr.com> title: Fix timing of Red Mark awards Amend the rule "Marks" by lower-casing all section labels, and by replacing this text in section (+r): At the end of a proposal's voting period, with this text: When the Agoran decision of whether to adopt a proposal is resolved, [Make Red Mark awards happen at the same time as Red VC awards.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5336 submit_date: 2007-11-28 submit_mid: <474CD76A.30305@socal.rr.com> title: Distributed VC and Mark announcement Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by appending this text: VC awards and penalties SHALL be announced, as soon as possible after they occur, by the following officers: Assessor - Red, Orange IADoP - Green, Cyan CotC - Blue, Black Registrar - White Herald - Violet, Indigo Scorekeepor - Yellow Accountor - all others Amend the rule "Marks" by appending this text: Mark awards and penalties SHALL be announced, as soon as possible after they occur, by the officer required to announce VC awards of the same color. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-28 fate_mid: <56732cfd0711280952i58e3dbe8tc2fa9d0accffdf87@mail.gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ submit_date: 2007-11-28 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711280828sb819ed2h149f32f7cc426be@mail.gmail.com> title: Fairer Appeals Amend R911 "Appeal Cases" by replacing the following: {{ The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case and none of the members is the prior judge. }} with: {{ The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case, the player who called for appeal is not a member, and none of the members is the prior judge. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5337 submit_date: 2007-11-28 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711280952i58e3dbe8tc2fa9d0accffdf87@mail.gmail.com> title: Fairer Appeals Amend R911 "Appeal Cases" by replacing the following: {{ The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case and none of the members is the prior judge. }} with: {{ The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case, the player who initiated the appeal is not a member, and none of the members is the prior judge. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5338 submit_date: 2007-11-29 submit_mid: <474E8675.8030105@socal.rr.com> title: Murphy's degree Upon the adoption of this proposal, Murphy is awarded the degree of Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.). [for the recently-published thesis on partnerships] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5339 submit_date: 2007-11-29 submit_mid: <474E8675.8030105@socal.rr.com> title: Andre's degree Upon the adoption of this proposal, Andre is awarded the degree of Associate of Nomic (A.N.). [ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/nomic/articles/agora-theses/lib-andre.html] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-11-29 fate_mid: <56732cfd0711290831r4002f6f6hbc24a86a396e8ca0@mail.gmail.com> interest: 0 proposer: BobTHJ submit_date: 2007-11-29 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711290815o389017fav656827c0fcc0cc91@mail.gmail.com> title: Distinct Colors In R2126 replace each occurrence of the phrase: {{ VCs of different colors }} with: {{ VCs, each of a distinct color, }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5340 submit_date: 2007-11-29 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711290831r4002f6f6hbc24a86a396e8ca0@mail.gmail.com> title: Distinct Colors In R2126 replace each occurrence of the phrase: {{ VCs of different colors }} with: {{ VCs, each of a color distinct from the rest, }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5341 submit_date: 2007-11-30 submit_mid: title: Patent Pragmatism Patent Pragmatism Amend Rule 649 by inserting the following paragraph immediately after the first paragraph: A Patent Title CAN only be awarded by a proposal, or by the announcement of a person specifically authorized by the Rules to make that award. A person so authorized SHALL make the award as soon as possible as the conditions authorizing em to make the award are posted publicly, unless there is an open judicial question contesting the validity of the conditions. Amend Rule 1922 by replacing: (c) Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, Nine Months Long Service, Twelve Months Long Service, to be awarded to any player with: (c) Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, Nine Months Long Service, Twelve Months Long Service, to be awarded by the IADoP to any player and by replacing: (d) Champion, to be awarded to any person who wins the game. The Herald's report includes how the player won. with: (d) Champion, to be awarded by the Herald to any person who wins the game. The Herald's report includes how the player won. and by replacing: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who wins the game. with: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded by the Herald to any player who wins the game. Amend Rule 2126 by replacing: (+U) When a player wins the game, e gains two ultraviolet VCs. with: (+U) When a player is awarded the Patent Title Champion, e gains two ultraviolet VCs. and by replacing: When a game win occurs, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. with: When a player is awarded the Patent Title Champion, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5342 submit_date: 2007-11-30 submit_mid: title: Cold running justice Enact the following Rule, entitled "The Justiciar", power-2: The Justiciar is an office; its holder is responsible for justice and for serving on a Board of Appeals when necessary. The Clerk of the Courts (CotC) CAN NOT be made the Justiciar, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. If the Justiciar ever becomes CotC, e is removed from the office of Justiciar. Whenever the Clerk of the Courts assigns a judicial panel, e SHALL assign one with the Justiciar as a member, unless no such panel is eligible to be so assigned. Enact the following rule, entitled "Submitting a CFJ to the Justiciar", power-2: A CFJ may be submitted to the Justiciar. For such a CFJ, the Justiciar shall perform all duties and fulfill all roles that would otherwise be assigned to the Clerk of the Courts. This takes precedence over Rules that would otherwise assign duties and roles regarding a CFJ to the Clerk of the Courts. All persons SHOULD submit a CFJ to the Justiciar only when there is a good reason not to submit it to the Clerk of the Courts. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5343 submit_date: 2007-12-01 submit_mid: <4750DCEA.5050000@socal.rr.com> title: Clarify win by voting power Amend Rule 2134 (Voting Limits are Limited) to read: Upon a correct announcement that a single player's EVLOP is greater than the combined EVLOP of all other players, that player wins the game. [Clarify which measure of VLOP is used. Also change >= to >, as an ordinary "I win the game" proposal would need >50% support to pass.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-01 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <475AD602.7040002@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: BobTHJ seq_number: 5344 submit_date: 2007-12-01 submit_mid: <56732cfd0711302319p31e92150j1b6ae4f1f984706d@mail.gmail.com> title: Quality Judge Assignment Replace the last three paragraphs of R1868 with: {{ Except where modified by other rules, the entities qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case are the active players. Being unqualified to be assigned as a judge does not inherently prevent an entity from continuing to be judge if already assigned. The CotC SHALL NOT knowingly assign a judge to a case whose Quality for that case is at least 3 less than another eligible judge. }} Rename R1871 to "Judicial Quality" and amend it to read: {{ Elevation is an integer value with a default value of 0. Each natural person has an Elevation value, and a natural person MAY set eir Elevation to 0 by announcement. The CotC's report includes the Elevation of each person whose Elevation value is not 0. Eagerness is an switch with integer values from 0 to 10 (inclusive), and a default value of 0. A first-class player MAY set eir Eagerness to any valid value by announcement. The CotC's report includes the Eagerness of each player. Quality is a number determined for each eligible judge in a judicial case. The Quality of a candidate judge on any given case is equal to that candidate's Elevation, subject to modification by other rules. When the CotC assigns an entity as a judge of a judicial case, that entity's Elevation is reduced by 3, except as described in the next sentence. If the CotC assigns an entity consecutively to more than one judicial case in the same announcements, and indicates in that announcement that these are linked assignments, the entity's Elevation is reduced by 2+N, where N is the number of consecutive cases they have just been assigned to. Whenever an active player with a positive Eagerness has Elevation less than or equal to 0, the Elevation of each active player is increased by eir Eagerness. When the CotC recuses an entity with cause e may reduce eir Elevation by an amount up to 20 by announcement within one week. In addition, if that entity is a Player, the CotC may set eir Eagerness to 0. A Player that has been recused from a case (for any reason) has eir Quality reduced by 15 for that case. }} Create a rule titled "Plural Judges" with the text: {{ An entity comprised of two or more member persons which is an eligible judge is a plural judge. For the purposes of this rule, the parties to a partnership agreement are considered to be its members. The Quality of a plural judge is equal to the average of the Quality of each of its members. If a plural judge would have its Elevation increased or reduced, that increase or reduction is divided equally among each of its members (rounded to the nearest integer). If a plural judge would receive a Quality adjustment in a particular case, that Quality adjustment is divided equally among each of its members. }} Amend R591 by replacing: {{ The initiator is unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case, and in the initiating announcement e CAN disqualify one person from assignment as judge of the case. }} with: {{ The Quality of the initiator of a judicial case is reduced by 15 for that case. In the initiating announcement the initiator CAN specify one person whose Quality is reduced by 10 for that case. }} Amend R1504 by replacing: {{ The initiator and defendant are each unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case. During the pre-trial phase, the defendant CAN disqualify one person from assignment as judge of the case, by announcement. If e disqualifies the judge, then the judge is recused. }} with: {{ The Quality of the initiator of a criminal case is reduced by 10 for that case, and the Quality of the defendant is reduced by 20 for that case. During the pre-trial phase, the Defendant CAN name one person whose Quality is reduced by 10 for that case. }} Amend R2169 by replacing: {{ The parties to the contract are all unqualified to be assigned as judge of the case. }} with: {{ The parties to the contract in an equity case have their Quality reduced by 10 for that case with the exception of the initiator who has eir Quality reduced by 15 for that case. }} In R911 replace the third paragraph with: {{ The entities qualified to be assigned as a judge of an appeal case are the judicial panels consisting of three members, where each of the members is qualified to be assigned as judge of the prior case. For the purposes of determining judge eligibility in appeal cases: * The prior judge of the case has eir Quality reduced by 20 for that case. * The Player who called for appeal has eir Quality reduced by 10 for that case. * Any Player who supported or objected to the call for appeal has eir Quality reduced by 5 for that case. }} }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5345 submit_date: 2007-12-01 submit_mid: <4751A146.1030003@socal.rr.com> title: Deflate Blue Marks Upon the adoption of this proposal: 1) Each player loses Blue Marks equal to eir Blue Mark holdings rounded down to the nearest multiple of 100. 2) Each player who spent Blue Marks to gain Blue VCs since the submission of this proposal loses Blue VCs equal to the number of Blue VCs that e gained in this way. [Simplicity over exactitude.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5346 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <47525C94.50905@socal.rr.com> title: Formalize judicial findings Amend Rule 591 (Inquiry Cases) by replacing this text: The judgement of the question in an inquiry case SHOULD guide future play, including future judgements, but does not directly affect the veracity of the statement. The rulekeepor is ENCOURAGED to annotate rules to draw attention to relevant inquiry case judgements. with this text: A judicial finding is a judgement of a question on veracity for which all time limits for appeal have expired. A judicial findings SHOULD guide future play, including future judgements, but does not directly affect the veracity of the related question. The rulekeepor is ENCOURAGED to annotate rules to draw attention to relevant judicial findings. [Analogous to B Nomic's "pondered consultations". Accounts for the two-tier time limits for appeal in criminal and equity cases.] Amend Rule 2110 (Win by Paradox) to read: Upon a judicial finding that the possibility of a prior or hypothetical rule-defined action, or the permissibility of a prior or hypothetical action, is UNDECIDABLE, the initiator of the related inquiry case wins the game if e is a player. [Implicitly refers to time limits for appeals.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5347 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <47525CA7.2010309@socal.rr.com> title: Don't overload "active" [Reserve "active" for players. Criminal sentences are "in progress" rather than "active".] Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing this text: Some types of sentence include a duration known as the tariff. When a sentence with a tariff is in effect, the sentence is thereafter either active or not. The sentence is inactive for the first week after it first takes effect. Thereafter, the sentence is active if and only if it is still in effect and sentences of the same type on the same question on sentencing have been active for a total duration less than the tariff. The CotC's report includes the status of all active sentences. with this text: Some types of sentence include a duration known as the tariff. When a sentence with a tariff is in effect, the sentence is in progress while all of the following are true: a) The sentence first took effect at least one week earlier, and is still in effect. b) Sentences of the same type on the same question on sentencing have been in progress for a total duration less than the tariff. The CotC's report includes the status of all sentences in progress. and by replacing each other instance of "active" with "in progress". Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "a sentence becomes active" with "a sentence becomes in progress". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5348 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <47525CBB.6040807@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor regulation Amend Rule 2125 (Regulation Regulations) to read: An action is regulated if and only if at least one of the following is true: (a) The rules specify that the action CANNOT be performed in some or all circumstances. (a) The rules specify that the action MAY NOT be performed in some or all circumstances. (c) The action would, as part of its effect, modify information that some player is REQUIRED to record. Any such action CANNOT be performed except as allowed by the rules. (d) The action would, as part of its effect, make it IMPOSSIBLE to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any combination of actions by persons within a four-week period. Any such action CANNOT be performed. (e) A judicial finding states that the action is regulated. [Specify which things are IMPOSSIBLE and which are ILLEGAL. Block Terrible Proposals that would allow proposal adoption within four weeks, but not rule changes. Allow for the possibility of non-players participating in the process of modifying rules.] Repeal Rule 1698 (The Proposal System Is Protected). [Now covered by Rule 2125.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5349 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <47525DFE.8000505@socal.rr.com> title: Token fines Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by appending this text after the section describing APOLOGY: * FINE with an integer from 1 to 100, appropriate for rule breaches of small consequence. When in effect, the ninny SHALL within 72 hours destroy the specified number of Marks, or 1 VC, of the color(s) of eir choice. The ninny is only obliged to perform one destruction per question on sentencing, even if sentences of this type are assigned more than once or go into effect more than once. [Strictly less severe than CHOKEY with a one-second sentence, which auto-dings the ninny 1 Black VC but has no other significant effect.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5350 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <475338AD.4040601@socal.rr.com> title: More prerogatives Amend Rule 2019 (Prerogatives) by appending this text: e) Wielder of Extra Votes. The Wielder of Extra Votes at the start of an ordinary proposal's voting period has a voting limit on that proposal of 1.4 times what it would be otherwise (rounded using the same method as the weekly update of EVLOP), rules to the contrary notwithstanding. f) Diplomatic Immunity. A sentence of APOLOGY in a criminal case is inappropriate if the defendant had Diplomatic Immunity at the time of the alleged act, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. and, if Murphy's proposal "Token Fines" has been adopted, replacing "A sentence of APOLOGY in a criminal case is inappropriate" with "The sentences of APOLOGY and FINE in a criminal case are inappropriate". [Mostly identical to Proposal 5298, except this time with sufficient AI to amend Rule 2019 successfully.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5351 submit_date: 2007-12-02 submit_mid: <475338BE.4000309@socal.rr.com> title: Restore the reasonable unawareness defense Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by inserting this text before the paragraph starting with "GUILTY": * UNAWARE, appropriate if the defendant violated the specified rule via the specified action, but reasonably believed at the time that e was not violating a rule [Identical to Proposal 5319, except this time with sufficient AI to amend Rule 1504 successfully.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-05 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-13 fate_mid: <47617552.3000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5352 submit_date: 2007-12-04 submit_mid: <3fc761710712031851q69b1bc17w52bee5dc6cac7e@mail.gmail.com> title: Clarify voting limit reduction Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing the text: c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero). with: c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N, to a minimum of zero, where N >= 1. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-16 fate_mid: <47651DA9.30409@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5353 submit_date: 2007-12-05 submit_mid: <47564B5C.60405@socal.rr.com> title: Fix MMI bullets Amend Rule 2152 (Mother, May I?) by replacing "6." with "7." and by replacing the second "5." with "6." }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-16 fate_mid: <47651DA9.30409@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5354 submit_date: 2007-12-05 submit_mid: <47564B5C.60405@socal.rr.com> title: MMI parallelism Amend Rule 2152 (Mother, May I?) by replacing this text: 4. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful. 5. MAY: Performing the described action is permitted. with this text: 4. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful. 5. MAY: Performing the described action does not violate the rule in question. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-16 fate_mid: <47651DA9.30409@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5355 submit_date: 2007-12-05 submit_mid: <47564B7F.2060508@socal.rr.com> title: Paris in the the spring Amend Rule 2169 (Equity Cases) by replacing "the the" with "the". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-16 fate_mid: <47651DA9.30409@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5356 submit_date: 2007-12-05 submit_mid: <3fc761710712051028g4c82e41ek78f865767a6c4337@mail.gmail.com> title: Secured proposal effects Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing the text: If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED, then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect. It does not otherwise take effect. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would permit a proposal to take effect. with: If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED, then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect. It does not otherwise take effect. Preventing a proposal from taking effect is a secured change. This rule takes precedence over any rule which would permit a proposal to take effect. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-08 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-16 fate_mid: <47651DA9.30409@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5357 submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: <3fc761710712061002o65de7c12tc420f0e13f3dd8fb@mail.gmail.com> title: Rubicon Rectification Amend Rule 2177 (The Senate) by replacing the text: During emergency session, any Senator declare a filibuster on a proposal in its voting period, with 2 supporting Senators, provided no filibuster has been declared on that proposal in the past. Any Senator may end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. with: During emergency session, any Senator CAN declare a filibuster on a proposal in its voting period, with 2 supporting Senators, provided no filibuster has been declared on that proposal in the past. Any Senator CAN end a filibuster on a proposal with 4 supporting Senators. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5358 submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: <475861C1.6080406@socal.rr.com> title: 1 is 1 Amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Proposals) by replacing each instance of "a parameter" with "an associated number". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5359 submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: <47586549.3020302@socal.rr.com> title: Concurring opinions Amend Rule 911 (Appeal Cases) by appending this text: A panel CAN publish a concurring opinion when judging AFFIRM, and SHALL do so if and only if the reasoning by which the prior judge reached eir judgement was incorrect in whole or part. Each concurring opinion SHALL explain the nature of the error(s) in the prior judge's reasoning. Each concurring opinion has an error rating, an integer from 1 to 99; it CAN be specified by the panel when the concurring opinion is published, or else defaults to 50. and by replacing "of the of the" with "of the". Amend Rule 2176 (Marks) by lower-casing all section labels, and by appending this text to section (-b): When a concurring opinion is published, the prior judge loses a number of Blue Marks equal to its error rating. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5360 submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: <47586A80.1020202@socal.rr.com> title: Clarify judicial precedent Amend Rule 591 (Inquiry Cases) by replacing this text: The judgement of the question in an inquiry case SHOULD guide future play, including future judgements, but does not directly affect the veracity of the statement. with this text: The judgement of the question in an inquiry case, and the reasoning by which it was reached, SHOULD guide future play (including future judgements), but do not directly affect the veracity of the statement. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5361 submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: title: Dissent! Dissent! [I've meant to get around to this for a bit] [Add standard for CotC getting involved] Amend Rule 2157 (Judicial Panels) by inserting this text: The CotC SHOULD consent to a majority action if the panel has made a reasonable effort to achieve consensus. immediately after this text: A judicial panel CAN send messages by means of any of its members sending a message identified as being from the panel, with the unanimous agreement of the panel's members, or with the majority agreement of the members and the consent of the CotC. Amend Rule 911 (Appeal Cases) by appending this text: In the week after the panel publishes a valid judgement, any panel member may publish a formal Dissenting Opinion with Support. This Dissenting Opinion becomes a part of the record of the case, and SHOULD aid in interpreting the decision. [Support doesn't need to come from a panel member. This shouldn't collide with Murphy's consenting opinions. The "dissent" can happen even if the members eventually agreed on a compromise verdict. If consent and dissent are both approved, we can split "consenting and dissenting" into its own rule]. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-07 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goethe submit_date: 2007-12-06 submit_mid: title: decreasing loopholes decreasing loopholes Amend 2126 by replacing: c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero). with c) A player may spend N+1 VCs of different colors to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero), where N >= 1. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5362 submit_date: 2007-12-07 submit_mid: <3fc761710712070931w505aaa4bn8f4a1bd6ab246da4@mail.gmail.com> title: Contracting out locations Create a new rule titled "Locations", reading: A location is a public contract that describes itself as a location. A person who becomes a party to a location is said to move to that location. A person who is a party to a location is said to be in that location. A person who ceases to be a party to a location is said to leave that location. A person cannot be in more than a single location at one time. A person who moves to a location automatically leaves any location e is already in. Whenever a person's location does not permit em to leave it, e CANNOT move to any other location. The minimum number of parties for a location is zero. Amend rule 1742 (Contracts) by replacing the text reading: A contract automatically terminates if the number of parties to it falls below two. with: A contract automatically terminates if the number of parties to it falls below the minimum number of parties defined by the rules for that contract. If not otherwise specified, the minimum number of parties for any contract is two. Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by prepending to the second paragraph the text: The minimum number of parties for a contest is one. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-08 fate_mid: <200712081128.52813.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-12-08 submit_mid: <200712081054.34149.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Definition of the Accountor Create a rule entitled "Accountor", with the following text: The Accountor is an office; its holder is responsible for helping account for currencies. The Accountor is the default recordkeepor for all currencies that do not specify a recordkeepor. If there are any currencies the Accountor is a recordkeepor for, then the records of these currencies is the Accountor's weekly report. Otherwise, the Accountor has no report. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5363 submit_date: 2007-12-08 submit_mid: <475AE035.4000008@socal.rr.com> title: Define the Accountor [This should have been part of Proposal 5336.] Create a Rule titled "The Accountor" with this text: The Accountor is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of assets. The Accountor is the default recordkeepor for all assets that do not specify a different recordkeepor. [The rules allow for non-currency assets.] Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing "Assessor" with "Accountor". Amend Rule 2176 (Marks) by replacing "Assessor" with "Accountor". [These are worth making explicit. Unlike the previous proposal to make the CotC the recordkeepor of Blue VCs, Proposal 5336 was intended to simply require the CotC to report Blue VC changes to the Accountor.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, if the AFO is Assessor, then Murphy is installed as Assessor. [I believe this is mine, carp.] Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Assessor is installed as Accountor. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-09 fate_mid: <200712091106.28205.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-12-08 submit_mid: <200712081210.44393.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Return of Titles Create the following rule: Each player should be referred to by including "Honorable" or "H." Each person with a patent title or office SHOULD be referred to by including at least one of eir patent titles or offices. Each player without a patent title or office SHOULD be referred to by including eir party name. Anything that has never been a player or does not have a patent title SHOULD be referred to by including "Non-Agoran", or any sufficiently insulting term. [For example: H. Ambassador pikhq, H. Andre, H. Hero Peter Suber, H. White avpx, H. Gray Agora's Child Non-Agoran Steve Wallace, Suffusion of Yellow Rishonomic] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-09 fate_mid: <200712091116.20764.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq submit_date: 2007-12-09 submit_mid: <200712082127.49231.josiahw@gmail.com> title: We're All Mad! Coauthor is Murphy. Create the following rule, entitled "Mental Health": Madness is a switch, tracked by the Mental Health Department; its values are Mad or Sane (default). All persons who have ever played Agora SHALL have their Madness set to Mad. The Mental Health Department is a low-priority office. The Mental Health Department's report must include the persons who are Mad that e can reasonably be aware of; due to the inconclusiveness of Early Agoran History, not all persons who have earned Madness need be included. Upon adoption of this proposal, the Mental Health Department shall be filled by pikhq. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5364 submit_date: 2007-12-09 submit_mid: <475B76B8.1050303@socal.rr.com> title: A very merry unbirthday to you Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) by appending this text: BE IT FURTHERMORE RESOLVED that Agora's Unbirthday is defined to be the entire day of December 30, GMT +1200, of each year; but, since that falls within a Holiday, is observed during the entire days of January 12 through 14, GMT +1200, of each year. Amend Rule 2176 (Marks) by appending this text to the list of ways to gain and lose Marks: (+m) When, during the observance of Agora's unbirthday, a player publicly acknowledges the occasion, e gains 2N+1 magenta Marks (where N is Agora's age rounded down to the nearest integer), unless e previously gained Marks in this manner during the same unbirthday. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5365 submit_date: 2007-12-09 submit_mid: <200712091116.20764.josiahw@gmail.com> title: We're All Mad! Coauthor is Murphy. Create the following rule, entitled "Mental Health": Madness is a person switch and a Nomic switch, tracked by the Mental Health Department; its values are Mad or Sane (default). All persons who have ever played Agora SHALL have their Madness set to Mad. The Mental Health Department is a low-priority office. The Mental Health Department's report must include the persons who are Mad that e can reasonably be aware of; due to the inconclusiveness of Early Agoran History, not all persons who have earned Madness need be included. Upon adoption of this proposal, the Mental Health Department shall be filled by pikhq. [ Specify the kind of switch. ] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5366 submit_date: 2007-12-09 submit_mid: <200712091106.28205.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Return of Titles Create the following rule: Each person has one or more Referential Title. Each person ought to be referred to by one of eir Referential Titles. Each Referential Title has "H." or "Honorable" within it for those persons who have been players. The Speaker has a Referential Title of "Right Honorable". Each patent title is part of a Referential Title of anyone who has the patent title in question. Each party is part of a Referential Title of anyone who has the party in question. Each office is part of a Referential Title of anyone who has the office in question. Each person who has never been a player has, as Referential Titles, either "Non-Agoran" or any sufficiently insulting term. Each foreign Nomic which is not a protectorate, and has never been a player, has, as a Referential Title, any sufficiently insulting term. Each foreign Nomic which is a protectorate has, as a Referential Title, "Worthy Protectorate" or "W. Protectorate". The Ambassador MAY recommend a preferred Referential Title for a foreign nomic or any person who has never been a player. Players ought to use this in preference to other suitable Referantial Titles. Such Referential Titles declared by the current Ambassador are part of the Ambassador's report. [Examples: Suffusion of Yellow Rishonomic, Non-Agoran Steve Wallace, W. Protectorate Foo Bar Baz, H. White avpx, H. Gray Agora's Child H. Ambassador Pikhq, Right Honorable Levi ] If the proposal "We're All Mad!" by pikhq is adopted, then replace all references to "has never been a player" to "is Sane", and replace all references to "have been players" with "are Mad". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upon adoption of this proposal, the Ambassador recommends the Referential Title of "Suffusion of Yellow" to our former enemy Rishonomic. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5367 submit_date: 2007-12-09 submit_mid: <475C7050.6000208@optusnet.com.au> title: Modify Rule 2138 to read: The International Associate Director of Personnel is an low-priority office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of officers and reports. The IADoP's report includes the following: a) The holder of each office. b) The date on which each holder last came to hold that office. c) The date of the most recent attempt to achieve Agoran Consent for changing the holder of that office. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5368 submit_date: 2007-12-10 submit_mid: <200712091917.41374.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Elephants Create the following rule: There are 5 elephants. There is an elephant switch, known as Elephant Location; its valid values are North, South, East, West, and Over There (default). It is tracked by the Department of Mental Health. Upon adoption of this proposal: four elephants have their Elephant Location set to the cardinal directions. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5369 submit_date: 2007-12-10 submit_mid: <200712091917.41374.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Hats Create the following rule: There is a person switch, known as Hat-Wearing; its valid values are Wearing and Not Wearing (default). It is tracked by the Department of Mental Health. A person may toggle their Hat-Wearing by announcement; this is "putting on" or "taking off" a hat. Upon adoption of this proposal, Murphy puts on a hat. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5370 submit_date: 2007-12-10 submit_mid: <20071210152925.GA8463@fysh.org> title: first-class dependent actions Amend rule 2124 by replacing "support index is N" with "support index is N+1". Amend rule 1728 by replacing (d) The eligible voters are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of the voting period, except for the vote collector, and any entities disqualified by the rule specifying that the action can be performed dependently. with (d) The eligible voters are those entities that were active first-class players at the start of the voting period, except for any entities disqualified by the rule specifying that the action can be performed dependently. and appending after item (g) the new item (h) The announcer, by virtue of the announcement of intent, implicitly submits a ballot of SUPPORT on the Agoran decision, if e is an eligible voter and does not explicitly repudiate this implication in the announcement. [Long overdue fix for partnerships being able to perform actions with less support than the rules intend. Now the "with N support" really means that N+1 first-class players must be supporting the action; this requirement is the same whether the announcer is first-class or not. There's no advantage in using a second-class announcer. The implicit vote mechanism used to implement this seems neater than the alternative formulations.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Zefram seq_number: 5371 submit_date: 2007-12-10 submit_mid: <20071210171209.GA19221@fysh.org> title: first-class CFJs Amend rule 591 by replacing "any person" with "any first-class person". Amend rule 1504 by replacing "any player" with "any first-class person who is a member of the basis of any player" and replacing "defendant are each unqualified" with "each member of the defendant's basis are unqualified". Amend rule 2169 by replacing "The parties to the contract are all unqualified" with "The members of the bases of the parties to the contract are all unqualified". [No more getting round the disqualification rules by use of partnerships. Automatic disqualifications of subjects (criminal defendant and equity party) affect all members of a person's basis, rather than just the (possibly second-class) person. For inquiry and criminal cases, initiation (with its automatic disqualification) is restricted to first-class persons, rather than similarly broaden the disqualification.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-12 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476A2532.6050009@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 5372 submit_date: 2007-12-11 submit_mid: title: Agoran Spy Upon adoption of this proposal, pikhq is granted the patent title "Agoran Spy". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: Murphy dist_date: 2007-12-15 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2007-12-22 fate_mid: <476D30DB.6040804@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Levi seq_number: 5373 submit_date: 2007-12-13 submit_mid: <4761BAAF.4010103@optusnet.com.au> title: Wagers Murphy is a co-author of this proposal. Create a rule titled 'Making Wagers' with the following text: A Wager is an announcement specifying the following: (a) A statement that is, or will become, true or false, (b) The number and color of Marks being wagered, which MUST be less than or equal to the number of Marks possessed by that player, and (c) The outcome wagered on by the offering player. Any other player with Marks greater than or equal to the amount of the Wager CAN accept it by announcement, unless the Wager has already been accepted. E thereby wagers on the opposite outcome from that wagered on by the offering player. Create a rule titled 'Resolving Wagers' with the following text: A Wager MAY be resolved when the following conditions are met: (a) The Wager has been accepted, and (b) The statement that is the subject of the Wager is either true or false. An accepted Wager CAN be resolved by a correct announcement specifying the truth value of the statement, which must be exactly one of true or false. As soon as possible after a Wager is resolved the player who wagered on the incorrect outcome MUST transfer the agreed number and color of Marks to the player who wagered on the correct outcome. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-19 dist_mid: fate: rejected by inquoracy fate_date: 2008-01-11 fate_mid: <478801E5.2010401@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris seq_number: 5374 submit_date: 2007-12-16 submit_mid: title: Flexible VLOP options Amend Rule 2126 by replacing the text: d) A player may spend N+2 VCs, each of a color distinct from the rest, to multiply another player's VVLOP by (10-N)/10, where 1 <= N <= 10. with the text: d) A player may spend N+2 VCs, each of a color distinct from the rest, to multiply another player's VVLOP by 1-(N/5), where 1 <= N <= 5. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-17 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: Goddess Eris submit_date: 2007-12-17 submit_mid: title: Enhanced Senate Amend rule 2177 by replacing the text: A Senator is any Player who has been registered continuously for the immediately preceding sixty days. with the text: A Senator is any first-class Player who has been registered continuously for the immediately preceding sixty days. and appending to the end the text: Non-Senators CANNOT submit Proposals during emergency session. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-18 fate_mid: <200712181538.46669.comexk@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex submit_date: 2007-12-18 submit_mid: <200712181538.46669.comexk@gmail.com> title: No, I'm Spartacus! }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5375 submit_date: 2007-12-18 submit_mid: <3fc761710712181323p7e036678x34401c96de47fab4@mail.gmail.com> title: Mother, May I Limit Partnerships? Amend Rule 2144 (Limited Partnerships) to read: A partnership SHALL NOT register if its basis is the same as that of any player. Whenever a judgement of GUILTY is assigned in a criminal case alleging that a partnership has violated this rule, the judge SHOULD assign an EXILE judgement to the question on sentencing in that case. If a registered partnership has the same basis as another player, any player CAN deregister it with Agoran Consent. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5376 submit_date: 2007-12-19 submit_mid: <3fc761710712182146l775ce5fagac81c456da987d31@mail.gmail.com> title: Repeal Marks Repeal Rule 2176. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: root dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5377 submit_date: 2007-12-19 submit_mid: <200712182251.53113.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Repeal Marks Upon adoption of this proposal, for every color of mark, for every player, each player with 100 or more of a color of mark spends 100 marks to gain one VC. This process repeats for each player until no more marks can be converted into VCs. Repeal Rule 2176. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: root seq_number: 5378 submit_date: 2007-12-19 submit_mid: <3fc761710712190917i3d11fbfs673366401e2a46e7@mail.gmail.com> title: First-Class Mentors Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player and has never been a player before, e gains one white VC. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for at least three months and has never been a player before that period, and names another player as eir mentor (and has not named a mentor in this fashion before), e and that player each gain one white VC. with: (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player and has never been a player before, e gains one white VC. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for at least three months and has never been a player before that period, and names another first-class player as eir mentor (and has not named a mentor in this fashion before), e and that player each gain one white VC. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: root seq_number: 5379 submit_date: 2007-12-19 submit_mid: <3fc761710712191357u130622afnb2f8eeb327fc18b4@mail.gmail.com> title: Clarify voting limit reduction Mk II Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing the text: c) A player may spend N+1 VCs, each of a color distinct from the rest, to decrease another player's VVLOP by N (to a minimum of zero). with: c) A player may spend N+1 VCs, each of a color distinct from the rest, to decrease another player's VVLOP by N, to a minimum of zero, where N >= 1. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5380 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: title: Public Partnerships I Public Partnerships I Amend Rule 2144 by appending the following paragraph: If a registered partnership is not a public contract, it can be degregistered with Support. Amend Rule 2178 by replacing: Changes in the text of a public contract do not become effective until they are published. with: Changes in the text or membership of a public contract do not become effective until they are published. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5381 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: title: Public Partnerships II Public Partnerships II Amend Rule 2145 by replacing: A partnership whose basis contains at least two persons is a person. with: A partnership that is a public contract and whose basis contains at least two persons is a person. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: 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<200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5382 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <4769CE2A.5050900@socal.rr.com> title: Cap Red Mark inflation Amend Rule 2176 (Marks) by appending, immediately after this text: Only valid, unretracted votes count toward the conditions for gaining and losing Red Marks. this text: Only the first five proposals submitted by each author during a given week count toward the conditions for gaining and losing Red Marks. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: WALRUS seq_number: 5383 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <200712191915.51489.josiahw@gmail.com> title: WALRUS gains the patent title Walrus. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5384 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <476AB2C8.2000100@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor excess CFJs Amend Rule 2175 (Judicial Retraction and Excess) by replacing this text: b) If its initiator previously initiated five or more cases during the same Agoran week as that case, then the Clerk of the Courts CAN refuse it by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. with this text: b) If its initiator previously initiated five or more cases during the same Agoran week as that case, then it is an excess case, and the Clerk of the Courts CAN refuse it by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. Amend Rule 2176 (Marks) by replacing this text: (+b) When a person calls for judgement, e gains one Blue Mark, except as noted below. with this text: (+b) When a person initiates a non-excess judicial case, e gains one Blue Mark. and by replacing this text: (-b) When a person calls for judgement, and has already done so at least five times in the same week, with this text: (-b) When a person initiates an excess judicial case, }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5385 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <476AB606.9080200@socal.rr.com> title: Transfer VC recordkeeping Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: The Assessor is the recordkeepor of VCs. with this text: The Accountor is the recordkeepor of VCs. [This is what Proposal 5363 was intended to do to this rule.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-20 fate_mid: <476AC04F.6080604@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <476AB6A7.4070609@socal.rr.com> title: Restore the reasonable unawareness defense, take three Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by inserting this text before the paragraph containing "GUILTY, appropriate if": * UNAWARE, appropriate if the defendant violated the specified rule via the specified action, but reasonably believed at the time that e was not violating a rule }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: Zefram dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5386 submit_date: 2007-12-20 submit_mid: <476AC04F.6080604@socal.rr.com> title: Revise criminal defenses Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing the paragraph containing "EXCUSED, appropriate if" with this text: * UNAWARE, appropriate if the defendant reasonably believed that the alleged act did not violate the specified rule * EXCUSED, appropriate if the defendant could not reasonably avoid breaching the rules in a manner at least as serious as that alleged }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.7 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5387 submit_date: 2007-12-21 submit_mid: <476B3FF7.1010809@socal.rr.com> title: Expedited equity Amend Rule 2169 (Equity Cases) by replacing this text: When an applicable question on equation in an equity case has a judgement, and has had that judgement continuously for the past week, with this text: When an applicable question on equation in an equity case has a judgement, and has had that judgement continuously for the past week (or all parties to the contract have approved that judgement), }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5388 submit_date: 2007-12-21 submit_mid: <476B559A.5000207@socal.rr.com> title: Only private assets can hyperinflate Amend Rule 2166 (Assets) by replacing "An asset generally CAN be created" with "An asset whose backing document is not a rule generally CAN be created". }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2007-12-22 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779900B.6010204@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Goethe seq_number: 5389 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: title: Ministerial Pragmatism Ministerial Pragmatism Amend R1922 by replacing: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player who with: (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded by the Herald to any player who pikhq is hereby awarded the Patent Title Minister Without Portfolio. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5390 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D4561.2080509@socal.rr.com> title: Foreign communications Create a rule titled "Foreign communications" with this text: When the Ambassador informs a foreign nomic of an event, e SHALL use the forum (if any) specified by that nomic for announcing that type of event. [Omitting the "reasonably possible" clause, which is sufficiently covered by the EXCUSED defense.] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 0 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5391 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D4561.2080509@socal.rr.com> title: Refactor foreign fora This proposal has no effect unless "Foreign communications" has been adopted. Amend Rule 2147 (Protectorates) by removing this text: For this purpose, the nomic may specify the forum in which proclamation is to be made, provided that it is reasonably possible for the ambassador to use the specified forum. Amend Rule 2159 (Protective Decrees) by replacing this text: the ambassador shall proclaim it to the target nomic, in whatever forum is most suitable for this purpose. with this text: the ambassador SHALL proclaim it to the target nomic. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5392 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D4561.2080509@socal.rr.com> title: Expanded foreign relations Create a rule titled "Foreign Relations" with this text: Recognition is a foreign nomic switch, tracked by the Ambassador, with values Unknown (default), Protected, Friendly, Neutral, Sanctioned, Hostile, and Abandoned. When a foreign nomic becomes a Protectorate, its Recognition becomes Protected. When a foreign nomic ceases to be a Protectorate, its Recognition becomes Unknown. A foreign nomic's Recognition CANNOT change to or from Protected in any other way. The Ambassador CAN, without objection, flip a foreign nomic's Recognition to any value (subject to the above restriction). E SHALL inform that nomic of the change as soon as possible. Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Recognition of each of the following is flipped to Neutral: B Nomic [b.nomic.net] BlogNomic [www.blognomic.com] FRC [groups.google.com/group/frc-play] Nomicapolis [nomicapolis.net] Nomicide [community.livejournal.com/nomicide] Nomicron [nomicron.org] PTomic [ptomic.pbwiki.com] ParaNomic XP [groups.google.com/group/paranomic-xp] }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5393 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D4561.2080509@socal.rr.com> title: Foreign trade Create a rule titled "Cimons" with this text: Cimons are a currency, tracked by the Ambassador. Ownership of cimons is restricted to players (from Agora's perspective). The Ambassador SHOULD encourage foreign nomics interested in trade with Agora to adopt rules recognizing the export of cimons, e.g. by converting them to a comparable currency native to that nomic. Create a rule titled "Currency Exchange Office" with Power 2 and this text: A player CAN spend N+1 VCs of different colors to gain N cimons. A player CAN spend N+1 cimons to gain N VCs of a color that e gained within the past week. Create a rule titled "Pier 6" with this text: A player CAN export cimons to a foreign nomic (destroying them, from Agora's perspective) by announcement. E SHALL inform that nomic of the export as soon as possible. When a foreign nomic imports N units (N > 0) of a foreign currency to Agora, specifying exactly one Agoran player as the recipient: a) If the rules do not specify a positive exchange rate for that foreign currency, then the foreign currency is politely accepted and made into bead necklaces. b) Otherwise, the specified player gains floor(N*R) cimons, where R is the exchange rate for that foreign currency (i.e. the number of cimons that one unit of that foreign currency is worth). However, if this would result in more than 10 cimons being gained from imports within a single Agoran week, then the excess is impounded by the customs office (destroyed, from Agora's perspective) to prevent hyperinflation. An announcement claiming that such an import has occurred is self-ratifying. Create a rule titled "Trade Embargo" with this text: A player SHALL NOT export cimons to a foreign nomic unless its Recognition is Protected, Friendly, or Neutral. Create a rule titled "Cimons are not for domestic use" with this text: A player SHALL NOT spend other assets to gain cimons, except for the purpose of exporting those cimons. A player SHALL NOT transfer cimons to another player, except for the purpose of collecting cimons for simultaneous export, or distributing imported cimons as requested by the foreign nomic at the time of import. Create a rule titled "Current Exchange Rates" with this text: The exchange rate for B Nomic's Mackerel is 1/50. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 3 coauthors: Eris, OscarMeyr, Zefram dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5394 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D5085.4090904@socal.rr.com> title: Structured victory Eris, OscarMeyr, and Zefram are co-authors of this proposal. Create a rule titled "Victory" with Power 2 and this text: Winning Conditions and Losing Conditions exist only as defined by rules. Defining these things is secured. A win announcement is a correct announcement explicitly labeled as a win announcement. When one or more persons satisfy at least one Winning Condition and do not satisfy any Losing Conditions, all such persons win the game. This is the only way to win the game, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Each Winning Condition should (if needed) specify a cleanup procedure to prevent an arbitrary number of wins arising from essentially the same conditions. When one or more persons win the game, for each Winning Condition satisfied by at least one of those persons, its cleanup procedure occurs. Amend Rule 2110 (Win by Paradox) to read: Upon a judicial finding that the possibility or legality of a rule-defined action (actual or hypothetical, but not arising from that case itself, and not occurring after the initiation of that case) is UNDECIDABLE, the initiator satisfies the Winning Condition of Paradox. Cleanup procedure: Each winner satisfying this Winning Condition SHALL, as soon as possible, make a reasonable attempt to resolve the paradox. Change the title of Rule 2134 to "Win by Clout", change its Power to 2, and amend it to read: Upon a win announcement that a specified player's voting limit on an ordinary proposal distributed at that time would exceed the combined voting limits of all other players on that proposal, the specified player satisfies the Winning Condition of Clout. Cleanup procedure: Each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP, and no player satisfies this Winning Condition again (the remainder of this rule notwithstanding) until after the next time that each player's EVLOP is set based on eir VVLOP. Amend Rule 2126 (Voting Credits) by replacing this text: z) If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for VCs, a player may spend one VC of each such color to win the game. When a game win occurs, each player's VVLOP is set to eir BVLOP. with this text: z) If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for VCs, then a player may spend one VC of each such color to satisfy the Winning Condition of Renaissance. Amend Rule 2179 (Points) by removing this text: A player with 100 or more points may win the game by announcing this fact. Upon such an announcement, each player's score is set to zero. Create a rule titled "Win by High Score" with Power 2 and this text: Upon a win announcement that one or more players have a score of at least 100 (specifying all such players), all those players satisfy the Winning Condition of High Score. Cleanup procedure: Each player's score is set to 0. Create a rule titled "Win by Proposal" with Power 2 and this text: Upon the adoption of a proposal awarding a win to one or more persons, all those persons satisfy the Winning Condition of Legislation. Create a rule titled "Win by Extortion" with Power 2 and this text: Upon a player acting on behalf of Agora to award a win to one or more persons, all those persons satisfy the Winning Condition of Extortion. Create a rule titled "Crime Doesn't Pay" with Power 2 and this text: Being in exile is a Losing Condition. Being in the chokey is a Losing Condition. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1.5 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5395 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D5092.7040608@socal.rr.com> title: Pledges Create a rule titled "Pledges" with Power 1.5 and this text: A pledge is a contract identifying itself as such. The minimum number of parties for a pledge is one. A pledge CAN be modified or terminated by any party without objection. An equity case regarding a pledge CAN be initiated by a non-party, provided that all other requirements for initiating an equity case are met. The initiator of such a case is considered to be a party to the pledge for the purpose of that case. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5396 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D50A2.3030309@socal.rr.com> title: Frankenstein's Monster Create a rule titled "The Mad Scientist" with this text: The Mad Scientist is an office; its holder is responsible for building the Monster. At least once each week, the Mad Scientist SHALL: a) Randomly select exactly one rule. If the selected rule is either this rule or the rule "The Monster", then the villagers have shown up with torches and pitchforks; skip directly to proposal submission. b) Select one or more contiguous sentences from the selected rule. c) Select exactly one noun from the selected text, and replace each instance of that noun with "Monster" (including grammatical variations, e.g. replacing "'s" with "Monster's"). d) Submit a proposal, with adoption index equal to the Power of the selected rule, and interest index 0, to append the modified text to the rule "The Monster" (or, if the villagers have shown up with torches and pitchforks, to repeal both that rule and this one). Create a rule titled "The Monster" with this text: Raaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 1 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: adopted by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: Murphy seq_number: 5397 submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: <476D50B1.50500@socal.rr.com> title: Allow revocation of points Amend Rule 2136 (Contests) by appending this text: The total number of points a Contest MAY revoke in a given week is equal to 2 times the number of its members that are first- class players. Points up to this total CAN be revoked by the contestmaster from other members by public announcement, and MUST be revoked as explicitly described in the contract. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: pikhq fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-22 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: avpx submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: title: Real Currency Create a rule titled "Real Currency", with power of 2, and the following text: A peso is a kind of fixed asset and a currency. Pesos can only be held by players and the Treasury. The Treasury is an entity which can hold pesos. The Treasuror is an office, who is responsible for the holdings of the Treasury. Any player may spend N pesos to cause another player to gain .75*N pesos. If there are fewer than 100*N pesos at any given time, where N is the number of first-class players, the Treasuror may print money by announcement. This increases the Treasury's holdings such that the total amount of pesos is 100*N. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: pikhq fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2007-12-23 fate_mid: interest: 1 proposer: avpx submit_date: 2007-12-22 submit_mid: title: Real Currency Create a rule titled "Real Currency", with power of 2, and the following text: A peso is a kind of fixed asset and a currency. Pesos can only be held by players and the Treasury. The Treasury is an entity which can hold pesos. The Treasuror is an office, who is responsible for the holdings of the Treasury. Any player may spend N pesos to cause another player to gain .75*N pesos. However, if one of the parties in the transaction is the Treasury, then N pesos may be spent by one party to cause the other party to gain N pesos. If there are fewer than 100*N pesos at any given time, where N is the number of first-class players, the Treasuror may print money by announcement. This increases the Treasury's holdings such that the total amount of pesos is 100*N. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: pikhq seq_number: 5398 submit_date: 2007-12-26 submit_mid: <200712261228.07015.josiahw@gmail.com> title: Bribery Create the following rule (power=2): A vote on a democratic proposal MAY NOT be influenced by any person via the transfer of currency or assets, or via any threat, or via any exchange of useful goods. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 4 coauthors: dist_date: 2008-01-09 dist_mid: fate: rejected by voting fate_date: 2008-01-16 fate_mid: <478D74E9.2000105@socal.rr.com> interest: 1 proposer: comex seq_number: 5399 submit_date: 2007-12-26 submit_mid: <200712261604.01950.comexk@gmail.com> title: Awful Proposals Create the following rule (power=2) titled "Awful Proposals": A proposal SHALL NOT be submitted if it is truly, horrifically awful. Any player may, without two objections, deem a proposal awful. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <4779A8BE.5040908@socal.rr.com> interest: 2 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2008-01-01 submit_mid: <4779996F.1060006@socal.rr.com> title: Synaesthesia Change the title of Rule 2126 to "Ribbons", and amend it to read: Ribbons are a class of fixed assets. Changes to Ribbon holdings are secured. Ownership of Ribbons is restricted to players. Each Ribbon has exactly one color. Colors with different names are distinct, regardless of spectral proximity. Each color of Ribbon is a currency. The Tailor is a low-priority office, and the recordkeepor of Ribbons. Ribbons are gained as follows, unless the player already possesses the color of Ribbon to be gained: (+R) When an interested proposal is adopted and changes at least one rule with Power >= 3, its proposer gains a Red Ribbon. (+O) When an interested proposal is adopted by voting with no valid votes AGAINST, its proposer gains an Orange Ribbon. (+G) At the end of each month, each player who held at least one office continuously during that month gains a Green Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit a report within a time limit. (+C) When a player deputises for an office, e gains a Cyan Ribbon. (+B) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question other than a question on sentencing, e gains a Blue Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit. (+K) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question on sentencing, e gains a Black Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit. (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player for the first time, e gains a White Ribbon. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for at least three months, was never a player before that period, and names another first-class player as eir mentor (and has not named a mentor in this fashion before), that player gains a White Ribbon. (+M) When, during Agora's birthday, a player publicly acknowledges the occasion, e gains a Magenta Ribbon. (+U) When a player is awarded the Patent Title Champion, e gains an Ultraviolet Ribbon. (+V) When a player is awarded a Patent Title, e gains a Violet Ribbon, unless e gains a different Ribbon for the award. (+I) When a player is awarded a degree, e gains an Indigo Ribbon. (+Y) At the end of each month, for each contest that awarded points to at least three different contestants during that month, the contestmaster gains a Yellow Ribbon. If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for Ribbons, then a player CAN destroy one Ribbon of each such color in eir possession to satisfy the Winning Condition of Renaissance. Upon the adoption of this proposal, for each color of Ribbon, each player who owned at least one VC of that color immediately before the adoption of this proposal gains that color of Ribbon. Create a rule titled "Notes" with Power 2 and this text: Notes are a class of assets. Ownership of Notes is restricted to players. Changes to Note holdings are secured. Each Note has exactly one of the standard twelve pitches (ignoring octaves, and treating enharmonics as equivalent). Each pitch of Note is a currency. The Conductor is an office, and the recordkeepor of Notes. Notes are gained as follows: (1) At the end of each week, for each player, let X be the number of eir proposals that were adopted during that week, and let Y be the number of eir interested quorate proposals that were rejected during that week with VI >= AI/2: (F#) If X > Y = 0, then e gains an F# Note. (F) If X > Y > 0, then e gains an F Note. (Ab) If Y > X = 0, then e gains an Ab Note. (A) If Y > X > 0, then e gains an A Note. (2) (E) At the end of each week, each player who published at least one weekly report during that week gains an E Note. (Eb) At the end of each month, each player who published at least one monthly report during that month gains an Eb Note. (3) (D) At the end of each week, each player who published at least one on-time judgement during that week gains a D Note. (4) (C) At the end of each week, each player who gained at least one Point during that week gains a C Note. (C#) At the end of each week, each contestmaster who awarded at least one Point during that week gains a C# Note. Notes CAN be spent (destroyed) as follows: (1) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a major chord to increase another player's VVLOP by 1. (2) A player CAN spend five Notes forming the start of a scale to increase eir own VVLOP by 1. (3) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a minor chord to decrease another player's VVLOP by 1. (4) A player CAN spend two Notes of the same pitch to make another player gain one Note of that pitch. (5) During Agora's Birthday, a player CAN spend Notes forming a standard rendition of "Happy Birthday" to satisfy the Winning Condition of Musicianship, unless another player has already done so during that Birthday. [Future proposals can define ways to gain G, A#, B.] Create a rule titled "Rests" with Power 2 and this text: Rests are a fixed currency. Ownership of Rests is restricted to players. Changes to Rest holdings are secured. Whenever a player possesses a Rest, the Conductor CAN destroy it and award a Note of random pitch to that player, and SHALL do so as soon as possible. Upon a correct announcement by the Conductor that no player possesses a Rest, this rule is repealed. Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player gains a number of Rests equal to the number of VCs e possessed immediately before the adoption of this proposal. [Rests might be re-used later, if someone can think of a good way to add durations to the system.] Repeal Rule 2155 (Parties). Amend Rule 1504 (Fine) by replacing the paragraph containing "FINE" with this text: * FINE, appropriate for rule breaches of small consequence. When in effect, the ninny SHALL within 72 hours destroy one of eir Notes. The ninny is only obliged to perform one destruction per question on sentencing, even if sentences of this type are assigned more than once or go into effect more than once. Repeal Rules 2182 (Making Wagers) and 2183 (Resolving Wagers). }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ai: 2 coauthors: fate: withdrawn fate_date: 2008-01-01 fate_mid: <477A7CB9.1090109@socal.rr.com> interest: 2 proposer: Murphy submit_date: 2008-01-01 submit_mid: <4779A8BE.5040908@socal.rr.com> title: Synaesthesia Change the title of Rule 2126 to "Ribbons", and amend it to read: Ribbons are a class of fixed assets. Changes to Ribbon holdings are secured. Ownership of Ribbons is restricted to players. Each Ribbon has exactly one color. Colors with different names are distinct, regardless of spectral proximity. Each color of Ribbon is a currency. The Tailor is a low-priority office, and the recordkeepor of Ribbons. Ribbons are gained as follows, unless the player already possesses the color of Ribbon to be gained: (+R) When an interested proposal is adopted and changes at least one rule with Power >= 3, its proposer gains a Red Ribbon. (+O) When an interested proposal is adopted by voting with no valid votes AGAINST, its proposer gains an Orange Ribbon. (+G) At the end of each month, each player who held at least one office continuously during that month gains a Green Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit a report within a time limit. (+C) When a player deputises for an office, e gains a Cyan Ribbon. (+B) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question other than a question on sentencing, e gains a Blue Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit. (+K) When a player assigns a judgement to a judicial question on sentencing, e gains a Black Ribbon, unless e violated a requirement to submit that judgement within a time limit. (+W) When a first-class person becomes a player for the first time, e gains a White Ribbon. When a first-class person has been a player continuously for at least three months, was never a player before that period, and names another first-class player as eir mentor (and has not named a mentor in this fashion before), that player gains a White Ribbon. (+M) When, during Agora's birthday, a player publicly acknowledges the occasion, e gains a Magenta Ribbon. (+U) When a player is awarded the Patent Title Champion, e gains an Ultraviolet Ribbon. (+V) When a player is awarded a Patent Title, e gains a Violet Ribbon, unless e gains a different Ribbon for the award. (+I) When a player is awarded a degree, e gains an Indigo Ribbon. (+Y) At the end of each month, for each contest that awarded points to at least three different contestants during that month, the contestmaster gains a Yellow Ribbon. If this rule mentions at least six different specific colors for Ribbons, then a player CAN destroy one Ribbon of each such color in eir possession to satisfy the Winning Condition of Renaissance. If "Structured Victory" has not been adopted, then amend Rule 2126 by replacing "satisfy the Winning Condition of Renaissance" with "win the game". Upon the adoption of this proposal, for each color of Ribbon, each player who owned at least one VC of that color immediately before the adoption of this proposal gains that color of Ribbon. Create a rule titled "Notes" with Power 2 and this text: Notes are a class of assets. Ownership of Notes is restricted to players. Changes to Note holdings are secured. E