[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.]

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601031228010.24698@homer21.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-02-16
dist_mid: <20060216171108.17246.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-14
fate_mid: <fa0147d90603131515p3873d79bxf48e3fcb1ed0739b@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-002
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4848
submit_date: 2006-02-09
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602081848330.5075@homer24.u.washington.edu>
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

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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".

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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: <fa0147d90603131229m5b042d6avc77d2ccfd012f93c@mail.gmail.com>
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".

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-02-26
dist_mid: <20060228050343.23521.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-13
fate_mid: <fa0147d90603131523i33a66529na010b953f836e836@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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,".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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).

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603011058570.29645@homer22.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-05-03
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031849330.10139@homer24.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-011
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-03-02
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603020947300.5157@homer22.u.washington.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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-09-06
dist_mid: <C826EED6-6707-4541-8CCD-7017C39C2502@earthlink.net>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-09-20
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609201615310.26294@homer21.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-07-21
fate_mid: <DB6884E5-3CEE-4D85-A982-D0D7020CFBA6@earthlink.net>
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

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-07-21
fate_mid: <DB6884E5-3CEE-4D85-A982-D0D7020CFBA6@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0605031633010.4457@hymn05.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031849330.10139@homer24.u.washington.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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031846520.9933@homer24.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605111417460.2527@homer21.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-03
dist_mid: <20060803193650.24339.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608141140160.328@homer23.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-031
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4864
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250903150.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141157200.25193@hymn06.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-032
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250926000.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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.

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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.

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Offices
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Agoran Decisions
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Repeal Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting)

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Proposals
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141211300.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-033
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250932001.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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.

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The Game of Agora
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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
      \                \_
       \     ,__/       /
     ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)
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Players and Entities
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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.

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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.


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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.

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Repeal Rule 1677 (Honoring the New)
Repeal Rule 1976 (Honoring the Old)
Repeal Rule 1016 (Activity Levels)
Repeal Rule 2036 (The Silent Treatment)

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Definitions
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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!)

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141201390.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-034
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607251041200.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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.


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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.

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Contract Law
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts)
Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance)

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Rule Violations
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Calling for Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 1562 (Excess CFJs).
Repeal Rule 2025 (Transfer of Jurisdiction).

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Selecting a Judge
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 2032 (Errors in Judge Selection)
Repeal Rule 1567 (Making Oneself Ineligible to Judge a CFJ)
Repeal Rule 1568 (Non-active Judges)

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Delivering Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Overturning Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Orders
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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-09-06
dist_mid: <C826EED6-6707-4541-8CCD-7017C39C2502@earthlink.net>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-09-20
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609201615310.26294@homer21.u.washington.edu>
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".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-20
dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-08-28
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608281004380.2318@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-036
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4865
submit_date: 2006-08-14
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141151240.25193@hymn06.u.washington.edu>
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-20
dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-08-28
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608281605260.29860@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-037
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4868
submit_date: 2006-08-14
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141157200.25193@hymn06.u.washington.edu>
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.

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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.

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Offices
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Agoran Decisions
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Repeal Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting)

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Proposals
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-20
dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-08-28
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608281007381.2318@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-038
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4866
submit_date: 2006-08-14
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141211300.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
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.

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The Game of Agora
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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
      \                \_
       \     ,__/       /
     ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Rule 104/0 (Power=3)
First Speaker

      The Speaker for the first game shall be Michael Norrish.

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Repeal Rule 1020 (Name Is Agora)
Repeal Rule 2039 (Ought implies can)
Repeal Rule 1513 (Authority of Non-Rule Entities)

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Players and Entities
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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.

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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.


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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.

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Repeal Rule 1677 (Honoring the New)
Repeal Rule 1976 (Honoring the Old)
Repeal Rule 1016 (Activity Levels)
Repeal Rule 2036 (The Silent Treatment)

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Definitions
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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-20
dist_mid: <20060820184257.7253.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-08-28
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608281115160.23419@homer21.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-039
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4867
submit_date: 2006-08-14
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141201390.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
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.

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Contract Law
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts)
Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance)

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Rule Violations
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Calling for Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 1562 (Excess CFJs).
Repeal Rule 2025 (Transfer of Jurisdiction).

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Selecting a Judge
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Repeal Rule 2032 (Errors in Judge Selection)
Repeal Rule 1567 (Making Oneself Ineligible to Judge a CFJ)
Repeal Rule 1568 (Non-active Judges)

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Delivering Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Overturning Judgement
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Orders
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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-10-04
dist_mid: <DDEB1D58-C447-4405-BCA8-20E754CC0783@earthlink.net>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-10-26
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0610261257190.5817@hymn01.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-040
proposer: OscarMeyr
seq_number: 4872
submit_date: 2006-09-08
submit_mid: <DE0E28D5-381B-4ABB-9C1D-A8CDEB5BF313@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-10-04
dist_mid: <DDEB1D58-C447-4405-BCA8-20E754CC0783@earthlink.net>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-10-26
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0610261257190.5817@hymn01.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
db_note: overlooked at the time, distributed much later
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2007-09-03
fate_mid: <46DC3FB6.3010608@socal.rr.com>
interest: 1
pool_number: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610261757590.27959@homer22.u.washington.edu>
title: The Final Word

Eris is hereby, by legislative order, declared EMPRESS.


Amend Rule 2029 to read:

                   Ceci n'est pas une fontaine.

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ai: 4
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0612011135200.22993@hymn05.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-043
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4874
submit_date: 2006-10-27
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610261757590.27959@homer22.u.washington.edu>
title: The Final Word

Eris is hereby, by legislative order, declared EMPRESS.


Amend Rule 2029 to read:

                   Ceci n'est pas une fontaine.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-11-12
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611121000580.25315@homer24.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-044
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-11-10
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611091613370.9177@homer23.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4875
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611121000580.25315@homer24.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0612011135200.22993@hymn05.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: <never in pool>
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4875
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4876
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
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: <D7568A29-E24D-4186-AF61-1C3AD347AF1C@earthlink.net>
pool_number: <never in pool>
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4876
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0612010849570.18399@hymn10.u.washington.edu>
title: Honor dies hard

repeal Rule 2092

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0612010912250.18399@hymn10.u.washington.edu>
title: Conditional defugitation

If Proposal 4876 has been adopted, repeal Rule 1437.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0612011039540.12796@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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).

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-01-08
dist_mid: <EBDF235A-85B9-4361-95D2-DE635249BF5B@earthlink.net>
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

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.000001
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 0.000001
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: "2 yellow smarties"
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.00000000000000000000000001337
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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").

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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").

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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).

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-04-01
fate_mid: <20070401161944.GA11042@fysh.org>
pool_number: <none>
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.

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704020800210.28294@hymn10.u.washington.edu>
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.
]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4939
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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: <never in pool>
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4939
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704201047420.7121@hymn01.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704201055420.5662@hymn02.u.washington.edu>
title: V\!

     BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED that upon THIS PROPOSAL TAKING EFFECT,
     OscarMeyr Wins the Game.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <never in pool>
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4957
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.)

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-05-05
fate_mid: <fa0147d90705041653n39d05f50sd94c5965e37ac275@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: <none>
proposer: Goddess Eris
submit_date: 2007-05-04
submit_mid: <fa0147d90705031709m6499b171hf651883269b90e98@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
db_note: there was a purported but incorrect distribution of this proposal as proposal 4963
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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: <never in pool>
proposer: <none>
seq_number: 4963
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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).

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90705131701r72569c9fk312e7f582bceb77a@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-16
dist_mid: <E1Ho7ne-0005Vq-F8@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <F4AEEBF8-7113-4872-BD62-340E046F5E47@earthlink.net>
title: One Champ To Rule Them All

Delete the following text from R1922:

      (d)  Champion, to be awarded to players who win the game.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-19
dist_mid: <E1HpOQg-0003M5-0q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-19
dist_mid: <E1HpOQg-0003M5-0q@bowl.fysh.org>
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."

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-19
dist_mid: <E1HpOQg-0003M5-0q@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: Maud
dist_date: 2007-05-19
dist_mid: <E1HpOQg-0003M5-0q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-19
dist_mid: <E1HpOQg-0003M5-0q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-23
dist_mid: <E1Hqf68-0000NV-0w@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-23
dist_mid: <E1Hqf68-0000NV-0w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-23
dist_mid: <E1Hqf68-0000NV-0w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90705251218v6c25a76cya412f4b8bbd12ba@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-05-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HrvlW-00023i-3W@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: Goddess Eris
dist_date: 2007-05-30
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HtCQx-0002pT-3V@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-02
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HuT6N-0006az-RA@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-02
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HuT6N-0006az-RA@bowl.fysh.org>
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).]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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).

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-02
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HuT6N-0006az-RA@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 1
coauthors: Quazie
dist_date: 2007-06-02
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HuT6N-0006az-RA@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hvjlm-0008Hb-CT@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hvjlm-0008Hb-CT@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hvjlm-0008Hb-CT@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hx0RD-0003Tc-6T@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hx0RD-0003Tc-6T@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hx0RD-0003Tc-6T@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hx0RD-0003Tc-6T@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Hx0RD-0003Tc-6T@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-13
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HyH6d-0006dp-6n@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-16
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1HzXm3-0007Tz-5F@bowl.fysh.org>
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"

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: Rule 1789
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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"

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: GreyKnight
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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
<http://greyfire.org/picture_library/agora.png>.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I0oRS-0008SL-5m@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}}

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}}

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-23
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I256w-0006H6-2h@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I3LmJ-0004Pk-6c@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: Goethe
dist_date: 2007-06-30
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I4cRi-0000d4-7l@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-09
fate_mid: <e711ad7e2426c.2426ce711ad7e@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-30
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I4cRi-0000d4-7l@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-09
fate_mid: <e711ad7e2426c.2426ce711ad7e@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-06-30
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I4cRi-0000d4-7l@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-09
fate_mid: <e711ad7e2426c.2426ce711ad7e@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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".]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I5t79-0002Sf-4Y@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-07-11
fate_mid: <e6cdbbd023f2e.23f2ee6cdbbd0@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I79mZ-0000eE-5H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I79mZ-0000eE-5H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I79mZ-0000eE-5H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I79mZ-0000eE-5H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I8QRz-0007TY-4B@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I8QRz-0007TY-4B@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <f836ed5d22130.22130f836ed5d@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I8QRz-0007TY-4B@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e6cacb8326528.26528e6cacb83@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I8QRz-0007TY-4B@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I8WuX-0003WF-3B@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e6ceb5a520c0e.20c0ee6ceb5a5@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e6eaa18c25983.25983e6eaa18c@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1I9h7O-0003jo-52@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IAxmp-0006YE-4L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}}

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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
}}

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ICESE-0003fa-4R@bowl.fysh.org>
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").]

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ai: 3.1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: Maud
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-07-24
fate_mid: <e72dc3472dcfc.2dcfce72dc347@socal.rr.com>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: Maud
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e72dc3472dcfc.2dcfce72dc347@socal.rr.com>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IDV7j-0007AH-Ht@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IEln4-00060E-2K@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2007-08-08
fate_mid: <e75fdb3b35711.35711e75fdb3b@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IEln4-00060E-2K@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-08-08
fate_mid: <e75fdb3b35711.35711e75fdb3b@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IEln4-00060E-2K@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2007-08-08
fate_mid: <e75fdb3b35711.35711e75fdb3b@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IEln4-00060E-2K@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2007-08-08
fate_mid: <e75fdb3b35711.35711e75fdb3b@socal.rr.com>
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.]

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ai: 3.1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-07-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IEln4-00060E-2K@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2007-08-08
fate_mid: <e75fdb3b35711.35711e75fdb3b@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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:

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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'.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: Murphy
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-04
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IHJ7v-0002kz-43@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IIZnN-0006Jp-Ly@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IIZnN-0006Jp-Ly@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <cf0c2a990708061212k1ca40aabk399ac70cdfd3eadf@mail.gmail.com>
title: <none>

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.
}}

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IIZnN-0006Jp-Ly@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

      * <x> CAN <y>: it is POSSIBLE for <x> to <y>.

      * <x> CANNOT <y>: it is IMPOSSIBLE for <x> to <y>.

      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.

      * <x> MUST <y>, <x> SHALL <y>: it is MANDATORY for <x> to <y>.

      * <x> MUST NOT <y>, <x> SHALL NOT <y>, <x> MAY NOT <y>: it is
        PROHIBITED for <x> to <y>.

      * <x> MAY <y>: it is PERMITTED for <x> to <y>.

      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.

      * <x> SHOULD <y>: it is RECOMMENDED for <x> to <y>.

      * <x> SHOULD NOT <y>: it is DEPRECATED for <x> to <y>.

      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.

      * <x> IF <y>: if <y> is true then <x> is necessarily the case;
        says nothing about situations where <y> is false.

      * <x> ONLY IF <y>: <not-x> IF <not-y>.

      * <x> IFF <y>: <x> IF <y> and <x> ONLY IF <y>.

      * <x> UNLESS <y>: <x> IF <not-y>.

      * IF <x> THEN <y>: <y> IF <x>.

[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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IIZnN-0006Jp-Ly@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IIZnN-0006Jp-Ly@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e710897e3597b.3597be710897e@socal.rr.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <e6c7de45361ca.361cae6c7de45@socal.rr.com>
title: <none>

[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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <E1IIqJz-0003ww-A4@fripp.uk-noc.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-11
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IJqSl-0003uW-5O@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-15
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IL78D-0001TH-4v@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-15
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IL78D-0001TH-4v@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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
<E1IK4F4-00021j-Mr@fripp.uk-noc.com> becomes a player.
3. Rule 869 is amended by reverting the change made in 1.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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. ]]]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: OscarMeyr, Pavitra
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-18
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IMNna-0007gQ-3t@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

      * <x> IF <y>: if <y> is true then <x> is necessarily the case;
        says nothing about situations where <y> is false.

      * <x> ONLY IF <y>: <not-x> IF <not-y>.

      * <x> IFF <y>: <x> IF <y> and <x> ONLY IF <y>.

      * <x> UNLESS <y>: <x> IF <not-y>.

      * IF <x> THEN <y>: <y> IF <x>.

[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.]

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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."

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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)".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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)".

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ai: 2
coauthors: BobTHJ, root
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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."

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ai: 3
coauthors: Pavitra
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1INeT0-00040w-6l@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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:

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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)
]]]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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:

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-25
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IOv8Q-0001DZ-GU@bowl.fysh.org>
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)
]]]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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 <http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~vgent/calendar/
downloads/iso_8601_2004.pdf>) 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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-08-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IQBnt-0000af-V8@bowl.fysh.org>
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"

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: Murphy
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IRSTH-0008T5-5Z@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: comex
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: Murphy
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ISj8k-00069R-Dv@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ITzo7-0007Mq-55@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ITzo7-0007Mq-55@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ITzo7-0007Mq-55@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IXnoY-0000Wn-HU@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90709152336q2876b364h59cacd8c0bc2021c@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IXnoY-0000Wn-HU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IXnoY-0000Wn-HU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IXnoY-0000Wn-HU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IXnoY-0000Wn-HU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: Zefram
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IZ4Tn-00028E-4Q@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90709202223x788b0bd8l27c4cbc124652f6f@mail.gmail.com>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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)".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-26
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IaL9E-0005oC-Ks@bowl.fysh.org>
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...]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ibbod-0000eK-5R@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-09-29
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ibbod-0000eK-5R@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-03
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IcsU4-0005bD-6C@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Repeal rule 1482.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Create a new rule with the following text:

       A player MAY perform an action on behalf of Agora with Agoran Consent.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Change Rule 2152 to have Power=3

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90710031056m10cb9f86m66d35e8362008750@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-06
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ie99T-00019j-5a@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IfPos-00010K-KU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IfPos-00010K-KU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IfPos-00010K-KU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IfPos-00010K-KU@bowl.fysh.org>
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]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IfPos-00010K-KU@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ihx9l-0003KJ-M3@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-20
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IjDp9-0003Ts-5L@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-10-22
fate_mid: <fa0147d90710221252j36154c2bg8972cecfa6fc218b@mail.gmail.com>
interest: 1
proposer: Goddess Eris
submit_date: 2007-10-22
submit_mid: <fa0147d90710221049o38e647f7l2681c31afb406b99@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Change the power of Rule 101 to 0.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Change the power of Rules 754 and 2152 to 2.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Change the power of Rule 2105 to 3.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-24
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IkUUZ-00018k-Bp@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

Change the power of Rule 2029 to 5.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
db_note: this was a duff distribution, mangling the text of a submitted proposal
dist_date: 2007-10-27
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Ill9y-0007aX-LN@bowl.fysh.org>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2007-11-03
fate_mid: <472CB144.70103@socal.rr.com>
interest: 1
proposer: <none>
seq_number: 5269
submit_date: <not submitted>
submit_mid: <not submitted>
title: <none>

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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: Pavitra, Zefram
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: Zefram
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.]

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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?]

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ai: 1
coauthors: Murphy
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-10-28
fate_mid: <a573f8a60710281607s631c178dh938fd08feda283c9@mail.gmail.com>
interest: 1
proposer: pikhq
submit_date: 2007-10-28
submit_mid: <200710281702.00612.josiahw@gmail.com>
title: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

comex shall bear the title "Scamster".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <a573f8a60710281607s631c178dh938fd08feda283c9@mail.gmail.com>
title: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: pikhq
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0710281658280.15943@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
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].

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IpZAG-0005k6-Ru@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-10-31
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1In1pQ-0007e7-Cn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IpZAG-0005k6-Ru@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IpZAG-0005k6-Ru@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IpZAG-0005k6-Ru@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-07
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IpZAG-0005k6-Ru@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iqppf-0003Qa-4x@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

The enactment of this proposal does nothing.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iqppf-0003Qa-4x@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711071055140.10939@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
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

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iqppf-0003Qa-4x@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-10
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iqppf-0003Qa-4x@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-14
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Is6V8-0005cK-Kn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.
}}

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: Goethe
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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.
}

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-11-16
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161252220.31496@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
interest: 1
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2007-11-16
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711152140080.28971@hymn12.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: Goethe
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.
]]]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161252220.31496@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
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].

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-11-16
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161440220.9962@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
interest: 1
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2007-11-16
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161413580.31496@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
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?]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161440220.9962@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
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?]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711161446420.9962@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
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].

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-17
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1ItNAV-0004gg-5U@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <cf0c2a990711180959v672de60cvc860c8e56ec789df@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-21
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1Iudpx-00085Z-Rn@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-11-21
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711211230560.20973@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
interest: 1
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2007-11-21
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711211150080.20538@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-11-26
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711252224410.5935@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
interest: 1
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2007-11-21
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711211230560.20973@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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. ;) ]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

A player shall be any entity capable of communicating via email.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

Transmute proposal 1), if it passes.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: avpx
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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)

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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).

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711252224410.5935@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-11-28
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IxBAk-0003YB-7k@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
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.
}}

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}}

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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,
}}

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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,
}}

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711301103360.26626@hymn13.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0711301541590.5397@hymn33.u.washington.edu>
title: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-01
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IyRqB-0000mm-73@bowl.fysh.org>
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.
}}

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-05
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1IziVf-00087r-80@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J0zB2-0002eG-9E@bowl.fysh.org>
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."

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J0zB2-0002eG-9E@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J0zB2-0002eG-9E@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 3
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J0zB2-0002eG-9E@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-08
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J0zB2-0002eG-9E@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712061423510.24587@hymn11.u.washington.edu>
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].

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-12-07
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712071123210.28550@hymn14.u.washington.edu>
interest: 1
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2007-12-06
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712061500220.9511@hymn12.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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. ]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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".
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Upon adoption of this proposal, the Ambassador recommends the Referential
Title of "Suffusion of Yellow" to our former enemy Rishonomic.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-12
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J2FqR-0002iW-6H@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90712101900x5ffd3557g7d4998f319e412ca@mail.gmail.com>
title: Agoran Spy

Upon adoption of this proposal, pikhq is granted the patent title "Agoran Spy".

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ai: 1
coauthors: Murphy
dist_date: 2007-12-15
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J3WVs-00011o-8E@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-19
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J4nBJ-0000ul-DR@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <fa0147d90712161008n61116b6fk9a49668902ba78f0@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-12-17
fate_mid: <fa0147d90712171421r3ef789c8n793327bc0fc60adb@mail.gmail.com>
interest: 1
proposer: Goddess Eris
submit_date: 2007-12-17
submit_mid: <fa0147d90712171419j7853dbc4nb72d2b559e0490c@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

No, I'm Spartacus!

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: root
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712191749560.12953@hymn34.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712191749560.12953@hymn34.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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submit_mid: <200712191851.48991.josiahw@gmail.com>
title: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

WALRUS gains the patent title of Walrus.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
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: <none>

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <none>

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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,

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
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

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: Zefram
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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

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ai: 1.7
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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),

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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".

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2007-12-22
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1J63qi-0007Pj-8w@bowl.fysh.org>
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: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0712212043270.973@hymn11.u.washington.edu>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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]

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 3
coauthors: Eris, OscarMeyr, Zefram
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1.5
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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
           "<noun>'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!

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ai: 1
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: pikhq
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-12-22
fate_mid: <cbc6282f0712221618y325e8cc5wce99061b1bbf780e@mail.gmail.com>
interest: 1
proposer: avpx
submit_date: 2007-12-22
submit_mid: <cbc6282f0712221525s42231b55xf67ad9f3b5e8c0b1@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: pikhq
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2007-12-23
fate_mid: <cbc6282f0712231540r7e9c904ekd5cbe6733b88306b@mail.gmail.com>
interest: 1
proposer: avpx
submit_date: 2007-12-22
submit_mid: <cbc6282f0712221618y325e8cc5wce99061b1bbf780e@mail.gmail.com>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 4
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2008-01-09
dist_mid: <uRkm8u-1JCPBo-0005CF-Ay@bowl.fysh.org>
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.

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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).

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ai: 2
coauthors: <none>
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