THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL
VOLUME 52, BACK ISSUE 4
Friday, August 31, 2007
8/1 Wooble becomes active.
Zefram protoes "Judicial Self-Recusal and Case Transfer".
Adopted proposals include:
5110 (formal ID numbers)
5111 (re-enact switches)
5112 (higher salaries for offices with weekly vs. monthly
reports)
5113 (merge dependent actions into Agoran decisions)
8/2 Zefram protoes "statute of limitations" (add OVERLOOKED as a
criminal judgement) and "pragmatify officeholding" (allow
offices to become vacant).
CFJ 1684a determines that partnerships were valid all along.
8/3 Peekee registers.
8/4 Distributed proposals include:
5131 (Judicial Self-Recusal and Case Transfer)
5132 (statute of limitations)
8/6 root proposes "Deadlock avoidance" (panels can act via two
members and the Clerk of the Courts).
Wooble proposes "right to a speedy trial" (defendant can end
the pre-trial phase early).
Peekee advertises scripts allowing anyone to send messages
attributed to em. Messages sent via these scripts turn out
to be recognizable (from the Subject, From, and User-Agent
headers), but who triggered the script is not evident.
8/7 Distributed proposals include:
5134 (Deadlock avoidance)
5135 (right to a speedy trial)
5138 (repeal obsolete veto), leaving Support Democracy to
fill a similar role)
8/8 "make chokey reduce voting power" fails quorum.
Murphy proposes "Truthiness, or the Island of Knights and
Knaves" (make Eris a Knave and encourage em not to tell
the truth).
Zefram protoes "head of state" (defining the purpose of the
Speaker) and re-proposes "make chokey reduce voting power".
Peekee proposes "Support Ordinary" (counterpart to Support
Democracy).
8/9 Zefram proposes "head of state".
8/10 Pavitra registers.
8/11 Distributed proposals include:
5140 (Truthiness)
5141 (make chokey reduce voting power)
5143 (Support Ordinary)
5144 (head of state)
Someone uses Peekee's scripts to send "I DEREGISTER!" to
agora-business. root promptly initiates CFJ 1719 to
determine whether it counted as being sent by Peekee.
8/12 Peekee states that e did not use eir own script to deregister.
Adopted proposals include:
5131 (Judicial Self-Recusal and Case Transfer)
5132 (statute of limitations)
8/13 Murphy protoes:
Return of Zeitgeist (Zinnwaldite VC)
Identity Crises (judgement that a message lied about its
sender creates legal fiction that it was sent by the FSM)
and proposes:
The Republic of Agora (mostly converting voting limits to a
Congressional district metaphor)
BobTHJ becomes inactive.
Zefram proposes "regularise speakership" (installation procedure
same as other offices).
root protoes "Judicial Reform 2.0" (repeal appeals, leaving new
CFJs to fill a similar role).
8/14 Distributed proposals:
5145 (regularise speakership)
5146 (The Republic of Agora)
comex proposes "more knaves" (spies are neither knights nor
knaves, fools are both; knaves SHALL NOT tell the truth).
8/15 Zefram judges CFJ 1719 false, finding that Peekee delegated eir
message-sending to others (as opposed to providing an alternate
route for others to send eir own messages) because e did not
provide a dedicated method for them to identify themselves.
comex admits to using Peekee's script to deregister em, and
proposes restoring eir playerhood (temporarily suspending the
usual 30-day limit), as well as "Judicial Reform 3000" (based
on root's "Judicial Reform 2.0").
root protoes "Second-class registration" (allow players to
semi-register quickly after deregistration, making em players
but not first-class until the usual time limit expires).
comex submits a proposal admittedly identical to one of Zefram's
minor fix proposals. This and other similar instances are
consistently rejected.
8/16 eekeeP (allegedly), hedgehogcull, and Peekee (ineffective due to
the 30-day limit) register. Peekee promptly initiates CFJs
1724-25 to determine the success of the first two attempts.
Pavitra and OscarMeyr proto awards during Agora's Birthday.
Murphy submits two protoes allowing more implicitness in Agoran
decisions on dependent actions, and proposes "Separate rule
from act in criminal cases" (requiring them to be specified
separately) and "Simplify quorum" (maximum 5).
Adopted proposals include:
5134 (Deadlock avoidance)
5135 (right to a speedy trial)
5138 (repeal obsolete veto)
root proposes "The right to a speedier trial" (defendant can end
pre-trial phase before being informed).
8/17 Zefram protoes Black VCs for sentencing on time, Cyan VCs for
deputising, and White VCs for new players, and proposes "Agora
is (nearly) a republic" (repeal the Speaker's last prerogative
of Rubber Stamp).
comex proposes "voluntary reduction of VVLOP" (presumably to
allow keeping it in lieu of Win by Clout).
Murphy protoes a revised "The Republic of Agora", along with
some separate tweaks to proposal chambers, and "Generalize
power-based allowance" (defining "permissively regulated").
8/18 Zefram proposes "win by palette" (by spending one of each color
of VC, provided at least 6 colors exist), as well as multiple
new colors:
Orange for unanimous proposal adoption
Black, Cyan, White as previously protoed
Magenta for celebrating Agora's Birthday
Ultraviolet for winning
Distributed proposals include:
5147 (more knaves)
5148 (make Peekee a player)
5149 (Judicial Reform 3000)
5153 (Separate rule from act in criminal cases)
5154 (Simplify quorum)
5155 (The right to a speedier trial)
5158 (Agora is (nearly) a republic)
5159 (voluntary reduction of VVLOP)
5160 (Agora is (nearly) a republic)
5163 (win by palette)
5165-70 (new VC colors)
Pavitra proposes "earned citizenship" (reduce base voting power
on ordinary proposals from 4 to 0; on a win, each player can
only keep 4 VCs of eir choice).
BobTHJ becomes active.
Adopted proposals include:
5140 (Truthiness)
5141 (make chokey reduce voting power)
5144 (head of state)
Rejected proposals include:
5143 (Support Ordinary)
Murphy proposes "Refactor regulation" (specify which regulated
actions are impossible vs. illegal), "Assets" (generalize
VCs and points), and "Interest Index" (expand disinterested /
interested to a 0-3 scale).
8/19 Murphy proposes "Generalize security" (a renamed "Generalize
power-based allowance", with "permissively regulated" renamed
to "secured").
8/20 BobTHJ protoes "Digits Again", a rule-based version of what
eventually becomes the Agoran Agricultural Association contest.
Levi and Murphy create and register the partnership "The Host",
attempting to give Levi a win by high score using multiple
contests. Zefram promptly initiates CFJ 1729 to determine
whether the weekly point award limit is per-contest or
per-contestmaster.
8/21 Zefram proposes "partially regularise speakership" (same as
"regularise speakership" but retaining the provision for
keeping it non-vacant).
Distributed proposals include:
5173 (Assets)
5176 (Interest Index)
5177 (earned citizenship/1)
5178 (Generalize security)
5181 (Refactor regulation)
5182 (partially regularise speakership)
Rejected proposals:
5145 (regularise speakership)
5146 (The Republic of Agora)
Murphy protoes "Ministers Without Portfolio" (re-enact Speaker
privileges, most of which Zefram had repealed, but distribute
them randomly each month among the last few winners).
Levi proposes "Lack of Interest" (make a proposal disinterested
with 2 support).
8/22 CFJs 1724-25 are judged UNDETERMINED. Peekee then admits that
eekeeP is eir sock puppet (thus eir claimed registration was
unsuccessful) and states that hedgehogcull is one of eir
co-workers.
Zefram protoes "empty throne" (permanently vacant Speakership)
and "truthfulness in registration" (prohibit persons unable
to register from claiming to do so).
Pavitra initiates CFJ 1730 to determine whether Knave Eris can
act by announcement without explicitly stating that e is
ignoring the rules' "knaves SHOULD NOT tell the truth".
Murphy protoes "VCs for voting" (Pink VC for being the only
player to cast a valid vote for a given option on a proposal)
and "Refactor ratification" (define self-ratification, applying
it to voting results and claims of identity).
8/23 Zefram protoes "equity court" (equity cases), "triplication"
(Amber VC for getting the exact same FOR/AGAINST/PRESENT totals
on three of your proposals in a row, lost if the next of your
proposals also gets the same totals), and "spending multiple
VCs on VVLOP" (more efficiently).
8/24 Zefram protoes "stronger definition of paradox" (based on a
relevant judgement of UNDECIDABLE), "distributor as an office"
(taking over the portion of the Registrar's report covering
fora), and "allow non-player wins" (without defining any
specific ways for it to actually happen).
Distributed proposals include 5187 (Lack of Interest) and three
proposals that missed being distributed in 2006.
8/25 comex proposes "infrared VCs" (for voting for that proposal).
8/27 root proposes "Voting period extensions" (failing quorum instead
doubles the voting period, unless that already happened).
CFJ 1729 is judged in favor of Levi's scam win. Judge root
proposes "Fix Contests" (contestmaster of one contest must
give up eir position and wait 7 days before awarding points
as contestmaster of any other).
root makes bd_ inactive.
8/28 Distributed proposals include:
5190 (infrared VCs)
5191 (Voting period extensions)
5192 (Fix Contests)
5194 (equity court)
5195 (stronger definition of paradox)
5196 (empty throne)
5197 (spending multiple VCs on VVLOP)
5198 (make agora-discussion a Public Forum)
Adopted proposals include:
5147 (more knaves)
5153 (Separate rule from act in criminal cases
5155 (The right to a speedier trial)
5163 (win by palette)
5165-70 (new VC colors)
5173 (Assets)
5176 (Interest Index)
5182 (partially regularise speakership)
Rejected proposals include:
5148 (make Peekee a player)
5149 (Judicial Reform 3000)
5154 (Simplify quorum)
5158 (Agora is (nearly) a republic)
5159 (voluntary reduction of VVLOP)
5177 (earned citizenship/1)
5178 (Generalize security)
5181 (Refactor regulation)
Murphy protoes "A different sort of Infrared VC" (for co-authors).
8/29 Murphy proposes "Trust-Busting" (dissolve the largely abandoned
Primo Corporation, distributing its VVLOP to the shareholders
unless Levi's scam win succeeded and reset everyone's VLOP).
Zefram proposes "no indefinite deputisation notice" (must
deputise within 14 days of announcing intent) and protoes
"patent title award" (Violet VCs for patent titles, Indigo VCs
for degrees).
Zefram initiates CFJ 1738 to determine whether prohibiting knaves
from telling the truth would violate eir right of participation
in the fora; it is promptly judged in the knaves' favor. In
between, comex protoes "Neigh" (allow Truthiness to remove this
right).
Levi protoes "Get your Brooms" (call shenanigans on a contest with
Agoran consent, destroying points awarded by it and preventing
it from awarding more) and "Contests open to all" (contests must
allow all first-class players to join).
8/30 Murphy proposes "Easier chromatic wins" (by spending any 6 colors
of VC).
CFJ 1730 is judged in favor of Eris having acted by announcement
in the usual fashion.
Zefram proposes "truthfulness in registration" and "allow
non-player wins".
root deregisters The Host, which terminated when Levi won.
Murphy proposes:
I feel, therefore I act (knaves can act by announcement, but
are prohibited from telling the truth otherwise; repeal
spies and fools)
Refactor elections
Identity Crises
Support democracy without raising AI
and protoes:
More types of judges (leaning and hawkishness, with
Fence-Sitting as the default for the latter)
Appellate VCs (Teal for having one's judgement affirmed, Aqua
for being on a panel that judges on time)
Uncommon Wins (by spending any 6 colors other than Red, Green,
or Blue).
8/31 BobTHJ proposes "Scrub the Watcher's List".
Murphy proposes "Refactor ratification" and protoes "Color
groups" (formalize the use of similar colors of VC for similar
types of activity) and "Zen Knaves" (act by announcement that
they don't act; repeal spies and fools).
