I create a proposal with adoption index 3, coauthor ehird, title
{DEFENSE FIX Mk III}, and text
{
Create a power-3 rule with title {Voting Chambers} and text
{
Voting Chambers are a class of entity. Open Voting Chambers are a
class of Voting Chambers. Ordinary is an Open Voting Chamber.
Democratic is an Open Voting Chamber. Creating a Voting Chamber or
Open Voting Chamber is Secured with power 2.
}.
Amend Rule 1950 by replacing the text
{
Chamber is a switch possessed by Agoran decisions with adoption
indices and proposals, with values Ordinary (default) and
Democratic.
}
with
{
Chamber is a switch possessed by Agoran decisions with adoption
indices and proposals, with values any Voting Chamber, by default
Ordinary.
}.
If Rule 2350 contains the text
{
* An adoption index and Chamber.
}
replace that text with
{
* Its adoption index.
* Its Chamber, which must be an Open Voting Chamber.
}.
If Rule 2350 contains the text
{
* An adoption index.
* A Chamber.
}
replace that text with
{
* Its adoption index.
* Its Chamber, which must be an Open Voting Chamber.
}.
Amend Rule 2357 by adding after the second paragraph the text
{
Gerontocratic is a Voting Chamber. The voting limit of any non-elder
on a Gerontocratic decision is zero, rules to the contrary
notwithstanding.
}
, adding at the end the text
{
* Any Elder CAN, with 2 Elder Support, set the Chamber of an Agoran
Decision to Gerontocratic
}
, and removing the sentence beginning
{
* Any Elder, with 4 Elder Support, CAN set the Adoption Index
}.
}.
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Elliott Hird
<penguinoftheg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 2 June 2012 21:48, Elliott Hird <penguinoftheg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> You might as well just let the Elders fail a proposal (which seems a bit
>> iffy to me).
>
> To expand on this: We're meant to be something approximating
> democracy. If a majority of players want us to surrender to the
> Aerican Empire, then a few elders shouldn't be able to stop that. I
> would suggest instead that Elders be able to declare proposals
> unvotable-on by new players (for some measure of "new"), to
> counter-act people joining solely to invade. The time of safety that
> this allows can be used to pass a proposal to kick them all out.
