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On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 4:03 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks telnaior. ttttpf.
>
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:49 AM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I vote
>>
>> ID Author(s) AI Title Pender Pend
>> fee
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>> 7965* Trigon 3.0 One pronoun fix Trigon 1 AP
>> FOR: Obviously nobody could conceivably object to this
>> 7966* ATMunn 1.0 But I already live there! o 1 AP
>> AGAINST: people associate Green Cards with the United States, not
>> Brazil. I'm sure a majority of us are American (although some are
>> not), but this just makes it a strange joke that nobody will get
>> (admittedly, not an alient concept in this game)
>> 7967* V.J. Rada 1.0 Rhyming sux tbh V.J. Rada 1 AP
>> FOR
>> 7968* Alexis, [3] 2.0 Backed Out the Door Alexis OP
>> [1][2]
>> FOR (I promised Telnaior I would)
>> 7969* V.J. Rada, [4] 3.0 Obvious fix V.J. Rada 2 sh.
>> FOR
>> 7970* V.J. Rada 2.0 Referee Minor Fix V.J. Rada 2 sh.
>> FOR
>> 7971* V.J. Rada, [4] 3.0 Cleanup Time V.J. Rada 2 sh.
>> FOR (Remember your pledge, Alexis)
>> 7972* G. 2.0 Silly Tweaks G. 1 AP
>> FOR (hope it gets repealed)
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Aris Merchant
>> <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
>> > Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
>> > pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
>> > quorum is 7.0, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid
>> > options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as
>> > are conditional votes).
>> >
>> > ID Author(s) AI Title Pender
>> Pend fee
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>> > 7965* Trigon 3.0 One pronoun fix Trigon 1 AP
>> > 7966* ATMunn 1.0 But I already live there! o 1 AP
>> > 7967* V.J. Rada 1.0 Rhyming sux tbh V.J. Rada 1 AP
>> > 7968* Alexis, [3] 2.0 Backed Out the Door Alexis OP
>> [1][2]
>> > 7969* V.J. Rada, [4] 3.0 Obvious fix V.J. Rada 2
>> sh.
>> > 7970* V.J. Rada 2.0 Referee Minor Fix V.J. Rada 2
>> sh.
>> > 7971* V.J. Rada, [4] 3.0 Cleanup Time V.J. Rada 2
>> sh.
>> > 7972* G. 2.0 Silly Tweaks G. 1 AP
>> >
>> > The proposal pool currently contains the following proposals:
>> >
>> > ID Author(s) AI Title
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>> > pp1 Alexis 1.7 A Most Ingenious Paradox
>> > pp2 ATMunn, [4] 1.0 [5]
>> >
>> >
>> > Legend: <ID>* : Proposal is pending.
>> >
>> > [1] Official Proposal, inherently pending
>> > [2] The official status of this proposal is disputed. If it is not
>> official,
>> > it has been pended by Aris for 1 AP
>> > [3] Telnaior, ais523, Aris, G.
>> > [4] Alexis
>> > [5] No title
>> >
>> >
>> > A proposal may be pended for 1 AP, or for 1/20th the Floating Value
>> > in shines (see the Treasuror's report).
>> >
>> > The full text of the aforementioned proposals is included below.
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7965
>> > Title: One pronoun fix
>> > Adoption index: 3.0
>> > Author: Trigon
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Replace the word "his" in the second paragraph of Rule 2438 ("Ribbons")
>> with
>> > "eir".
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7966
>> > Title: But I already live there
>> > Adoption index: 1.0
>> > Author: Trigon
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Amend rule 2474 "Green Cards" by replacing the text "the United States"
>> with
>> > "Brazil".
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7967
>> > Title: Rhyming sux tbh
>> > Adoption index: 1.0
>> > Author: V.J. Rada
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Repeal rule 1650, "Silliness"
>> > Repeal the rule called "Poetry Duel Challenge Writ
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7968
>> > Title: Backed Out the Door
>> > Adoption index: 2.0
>> > Author: Alexis
>> > Co-authors: Telnaior, ais523, Aris, G.
>> >
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Parties", reading as
>> > follows:
>> >
>> > There are 5 Parties, in order:
>> >
>> > - Platonic Isolationists
>> > - New Punchbowl Reformers
>> > - Costume Conservatives
>> > - Substance Use Liberals
>> > - Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>> >
>> > Politicians are entities; each Politician has a name and an
>> > associated Party. Politicians exist only as specified by the
>> > rules. Creating, altering, or destroying Politicians is secured.
>> >
>> > If there are ever fewer than 20 Politicians, then the Clork CAN
>> > and SHALL, by announcement, create a new Politician, specifying
>> > eir Party and name. The Party must be selected at random from:
>> >
>> > - If any Party has fewer than 3 Politicans, the Party or Parties
>> > with the fewest.
>> > - Otherwise, the Parties with fewer than 5 Politicians.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Clork", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > The Clork (pronounced "clark") is an office. The Clork's weekly
>> > report includes:
>> > - a list of all Politicans with their names and Parties.
>> > - the assignment of Policies to Parties.
>> >
>> > The portion of a document purporting to be a Clork's report
>> > containing the above information is self-ratifying.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Echelon Forms", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > A Post is a position which can be held by at most one Politician.
>> > Each Politican can hold at most one Post at a time. Each Post is
>> > in an Echelon, which has an associated Rank. The Echelons, and
>> > their Posts and Ranks, are as follows:
>> >
>> > Chamber of Power (Rank 5):
>> > - Host
>> > Upper Echelon (Rank 3):
>> > - Planner
>> > - Enforcer
>> > - Organizer
>> > - Creep
>> > Row Echelon (Rank 1):
>> > - Schmoozer
>> > - Decorator
>> > - Loner
>> > - Drunk
>> > - Mystery
>> > - Wild One
>> > - Hat Rack
>> >
>> > Each Politician who holds a Post is in the Echelon of that post;
>> > other Politicians are in the Row-Reduced Echelon, which has Rank
>> > 0. Likewise, the Rank of a Post or Politician is the Rank of their
>> > Echelon.
>> >
>> > If a rule provides that a Post can take an action, then the
>> > Advisor of the holder of that Post CAN take that action. If there
>> > is no such player, and the Post is required to take that action,
>> > then the Clork CAN do it prior to any deadline for its
>> > performance. After a deadline for a Post to perform an action, any
>> > player CAN take it.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Taken Under Advisement", reading as
>> > follows:
>> >
>> > Advisor is a Politician switch, tracked by the Clork, with
>> > possible values all players and none (default). For each
>> > Politician, Influence over <Politician> is a natural player
>> > switch, tracked by the Clork.
>> >
>> > A player CAN, by announcement, spend Favours in a Party to gain
>> > Influence over that Politican, depending on the Politician's
>> > Echelon:
>> > - Chamber of Power: 3 Favours for 2 Influence
>> > - Upper Echelon: 1 Favour for 1 Influence
>> > - Row Echelon: 2 Favours for 3 Influence
>> > - Row-Reduced Echelon: 1 Favour for 2 Influence
>> >
>> > If a player has more Influence over a given Politician than any
>> > other player, e can Advise that Politican by announcement. When e
>> > does so, if no other player Advises the same Politician later in
>> > the same Agoran week, then at the start of the next Agoran week,
>> > that player becomes that Politician's Advisor.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Balloons", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > Balloons are a fixed currency, tracked by the Clork, with
>> > ownership restricted to players. Creation or destruction of
>> > balloons is secured.
>> >
>> > At the start of each Agoran week, after Advisors are flipped:
>> > - For each player, if e owns more Balloons than e was awarded by
>> > this procedure at the start of the previous week, any excess
>> > Balloons are destroyed.
>> > - Each player is awarded Balloons equal to the sum of the Ranks of
>> > the Politicians for which e is Advisor.
>> > - The Decorator's Advisor, if any is awarded one additional
>> > Balloon.
>> >
>> > A player CAN, by announcement, spend a Balloon e owns to increase
>> > eir voting strength on a specified Agoran Decision, other than one
>> > with an adoption index of 3 or higher, by 1.
>> >
>> > A player CAN, by announcement, spend Balloons equal to the sum of
>> > the Ranks of all Posts in order to win the game. Upon doing so,
>> > all eir Influence switches are set to 0.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Party Favours", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > For each Party, there is a currency called Favours in that Party.
>> > Ownership of Favours is tracked by the Clork. Ownership of Favours
>> > is restricted to players.
>> >
>> > A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
>> > to award another player 2 Favours in that Party.
>> >
>> > A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
>> > to gain a Favour in another specified Party.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Retirement", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > Stress Level is a natural Politician switch, tracked by the Clork.
>> > At the start of each Agoran week, each Politician's Stress Level
>> > is increased by eir Rank. If, after this procedure, a Politician's
>> > Stress Level is 20 or greater, the Politician announces retirement
>> > and is destroyed at the beginning of the following Agoran week.
>> > The Clork SHALL announce this fact in a timely fashion.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Elections", reading as
>> > follows:
>> >
>> > For each Post, Vote for <Post> is a secured Politician switch
>> > tracked by the Clork, with possible values all Politicians and
>> > undecided (default).
>> >
>> > The voting strength of a Politician for a Post is defined as
>> > follows:
>> > - For an election for Host, Politicians have strength equal to
>> > their Rank.
>> > - For an election for an Upper Echelon Post, the Host has strength
>> > 4, and Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2.
>> > - For an election for a Row Echelon Post, the Host has strength 3,
>> > Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2, and Row Echelon
>> > politicians have strength 1.
>> > - The Organizer has voting strength 1 greater than e would have
>> > based on the above.
>> >
>> > The eligible Politicians in an election for a Post are all
>> > Politicians in the highest non-empty Echelon below that of the
>> > Post up for election. The number of votes cast for an eligible
>> > Politician in an election is the sum of voting strengths for that
>> > Post of all Politician voting for em; the number of votes cast for
>> > an ineligible Politician is 0.
>> >
>> > An election for a Post is resolvable if that Post is vacant, there
>> > is a single Politician with the most votes in that election, and
>> > either at least four days have passed since either the vacancy or
>> > since its previous occupant Announced Retirement, whichever was
>> > first, or if the leader has more votes than the Policitian with
>> > the second-most, plus the total voting strength of all undecided
>> > Politicians in that election. When an election for a Post is
>> > resolvable, any player CAN, by announcement, end the election and
>> > install the winning Politician (which must be specified or else
>> > the announcement is INEFFECTIVE) into the Post.
>> >
>> > If a Post is vacant and either has been so for seven days or more
>> > than eleven days have passed since its previous holder Announced
>> > Retirement, then the Host CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, by
>> > announcement end the election and install one of the Politicians
>> > with the most votes into the Post.
>> >
>> > When an election for a Post ends, all Vote switches for that Post
>> > are set to undecided.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Party Policy", reading as follows:
>> >
>> > There are 5 Policies, in order:
>> >
>> > - Justice: interested in seeing justice served
>> > - Efficiency: interested in seeing official duties performed
>> > - Legislation: interested in seeing proposals passed
>> > - Participation: interested in seeing votes cast
>> > - Economy: interested in economic activity
>> >
>> > At any time, each Policy is held by exactly one Party. The
>> > assignments must be in cyclic order of their definitions, wrapping
>> > from bottom to top. For example, if the Platonic Isolationists
>> > hold Participation as their Policy, then the New Punchbowl Reformers
>> > hold Economy, the Costume Conservatives hold Justice, and so on.
>> >
>> > At the start of each Agoran month, the Planner CAN and SHALL, in a
>> > timely fashion, by announcement, select a new assignment of
>> > Policies to Parties (specifying the Policy of one Party is
>> > sufficient, since it implies the remainder). E CANNOT specify
>> > either of the assignments used in the previous two months.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Favour Awards":
>> >
>> > The following officers CAN by announcement award Favours in the
>> > listed Parties, but SHALL NOT do so except as required by rule.
>> >
>> > - Arbitor and Referee: the Party holding Justice.
>> > - ADoP: the Party holding Efficiency.
>> > - Assessor: the Parties holding Legislation and Participation.
>> > - Clork: all Parties.
>> >
>> > When a player judges a CFJ, the Arbitor SHALL, in a timely
>> > fashion, award that player 3 Favours in the Party holding Justice.
>> > When a player's Finger-Pointing leads to a Card award, or when the
>> > Referee issues Summary Judgement, the Referee shall award a Favour
>> > in the Party holding Justice to the responsible player.
>> >
>> > Complexity is an office switch, tracked by the ADoP, with values 1
>> > (default), 2, and 3. The ADoP CAN, without 2 Objections, set the
>> > Complexity of an office. As part of eir weekly duties, the ADoP
>> > SHALL award to each officeholder a number of Favours in the Party
>> > holding Efficiency equal to the Complexity of that Office.
>> >
>> > Whenever the Assessor resolves an Agoran decision:
>> > - If the decision was to adopt a proposal, and it was ADOPTED, e
>> > SHALL immediately award the proposal's author a number of
>> > Favours in the Party holding Legislation equal to the proposal's
>> > AI, rounded up.
>> > - For each voter who has not voted on an Agoran decision resolved
>> > earlier in the same Agoran week, e SHALL award that player 2
>> > Favours in the Party holding Participaiton.
>> >
>> > Any player CAN spend shinies equal to the Favour Value to gain a
>> > Favour in the Party holding Economy.
>> >
>> > As part of eir weekly duties, the Clork SHALL award, to the
>> > Advisor of a Politician holding one of the below offices, 3
>> > Favours in the corresponding Party:
>> > - Loner: Platonic Isolationists
>> > - Drunk: New Punchbowl Reformers
>> > - Mystery: Costume Conservatives
>> > - Wild One: Substance Use Liberals
>> > - Hat Rack: Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Post Powers":
>> >
>> > The Creep CAN by announcement, but no more than once per Agoran
>> > week, increase eir own Stress Level by 1 in order to increase the
>> > Stress Level of another specified Politician by 2.
>> >
>> > The Schmoozer CAN by announcement, but no more than once per
>> > Agoran week, change the Party of a specified other Politician to
>> > the next Party in order, wrapping around.
>> >
>> > The Enforcer CAN, no more than once per week, with Support from at
>> > least one other Politician not in the Row-Reduced Echelon, remove
>> > a specified Row Echelon Politician from eir Post. E must specify
>> > the supporting Politician when doing so, or it is INEFFECTIVE.
>> > Upon doing so, both the Enforcer and supporting Politician's
>> > Stress Levels are increased by 1.
>> >
>> > Set the Complexities of the offices as follows:
>> > - ADoP: 2
>> > - Agronomist: 1
>> > - Arbitor: 2
>> > - Assessor: 3
>> > - Clork: 2
>> > - Fearmongor: 1
>> > - Herald: 1
>> > - Notary: 2
>> > - Prime Minister: 1
>> > - Promotor: 2
>> > - Referee: 2
>> > - Registrar: 2
>> > - Regkeepor: 1
>> > - Reportor: 1
>> > - Rulekeepor: 3
>> > - Speaker: 1
>> > - Surveyor: 1
>> > - Tailor: 1
>> > - Treasuror: 3
>> >
>> > Amend rule 2497, Floating Value, by appending "- Favour Value: 1/10th of
>> > the Floating Value, rounded up." to the list of Derived Floating Values.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Get This Party Started", reading as
>> > follows:
>> > The Clork CAN, by announcement, and SHALL, in a timely fashion
>> > after this rule is enacted:
>> > - Create 20 Politicians, 4 in each Party, specifying their names;
>> > - Increase each Politician's Stress Level by twice eir Rank;
>> > - Assign one Politician to each Post, chosen at random;
>> > - Randomly assign Policies to Parties (obeying the cyclic order
>> > restriction); then
>> > - Cause this rule to repeal itself.
>> >
>> > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, while this rule is in
>> > effect, it provides the only mechanism by which Politicians can be
>> > created, Posts or Policies assigned, Stress Levels changed.
>> > Moreover, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, Favour cannot be
>> > created.
>> >
>> > Install Telnaior as Clork.
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7969
>> > Title: Obvious fix
>> > Adoption index: 3.0
>> > Author: V.J. Rada
>> > Co-authors: Alexis
>> >
>> >
>> > In rule 105 (Rule Changes), add the text "repeal a rule" at the front
>> > of bullet point 2.
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7970
>> > Title: Referee Minor Fix
>> > Adoption index: 2.0
>> > Author: V.J. Rada
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Amend rule 2426 "Cards" by removing the text " A person SHALL
>> > NOT issue a Card unless:
>> >
>> > - the reason is appropriate for the type of Card being issued;
>> > - there has not already been a Card issued for that reason; and"
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7971
>> > Title: Cleanup Time
>> > Adoption index: 3.0
>> > Author: V.J. Rada
>> > Co-authors: Alexis
>> >
>> >
>> > Amend rule 2430 "Cleanup Time" by removing the list and
>> > replacing it with the text
>> >
>> > {1. Changing the capitalization of a word, except to or from all caps,
>> and/or
>> > 2. Changing visual formatting (such as the layout and bulleting of a
>> > list), and/or
>> > 3. Correcting formatting inconsistencies (such as doubled or skipped
>> > items in a list), and/or
>> > 4. Correcting the spelling of any word, as long as the spelling
>> > mistake is clear and the mistaken word is not also an English word or
>> > Agoran term, and/or
>> > 5. Changing any pronoun and/or
>> > 6. Adding and removing periods, commas, colons and semicolons, where
>> > omission or inclusion of such is gramatically incorrect.}
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: 7972
>> > Title: Silly Tweaks
>> > Adoption index: 2.0
>> > Author: G.
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Amend Rule 1650 (Silliness) by replacing:
>> > ii) A rhymed poem no longer than fourteen lines. (No free verse!)
>> > with:
>> > ii) A poem with a rhyme scheme and/or strict metrical
>> > structure no longer than 14 lines (No free verse!)
>> >
>> > and by replacing:
>> > iii) A joke of no more than a hundred words.
>> > iv) A truly hideous pun.
>> > with:
>> > iii) A joke or truly hideous pun of no more than a two
>> > hundred words.
>> >
>> > [Loosens the restrictions of the poem while keeping some restrictions
>> > (Haiku now allowed). Allows jokes to be a bit longer, but puts puns
>> > under the same length restrictions so you can't call an arbitrary
>> > long proposal 'silly' just by throwing in a minor pun somewhere].
>> >
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: pp1
>> > Title: A Most Ingenious Paradox
>> > Adoption index: 1.7
>> > Author: Alexis
>> > Co-authors:
>> >
>> >
>> > Text in square brackets is not a part of this proposal and has no
>> > effect.
>> >
>> > Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Win by Paradox":
>> >
>> > If a CFJ has been assigned a judgment of PARADOXICAL continuously
>> > for at least 7 days, and e has not done so already in respect of
>> > that CFJ, then that case's initiator CAN, by announcement, win the
>> > game.
>> >
>> > A player who wins in this fashion SHOULD submit a proposal to
>> > prevent the paradox from arising again.
>> >
>> > Amend rule 591 by replacing:
>> >
>> > The valid judgements for an inquiry case are as follows, based on
>> > the truth or falsity of the statement at the time the inquiry case
>> > was initiated (if its truth value changed at that time, then its
>> > initial truth value is used):
>> >
>> > with:
>> >
>> > The valid judgements for an inquiry case are as follows, based on
>> > the facts and legal situation at the time the inquiry case was
>> > initiated, not taking into account any events since that time:
>> >
>> > [This is to prevent changing facts not related to truth or falsity, e.g.
>> > availability of information, from affecting outcomes.]
>> >
>> > and by replacing:
>> >
>> > * DISMISS, appropriate if the statement is malformed, undecidable,
>> > if insufficient information exists to make a judgement with
>> > reasonable effort, or the statement is otherwise not able to be
>> > answered with another valid judgement.
>> >
>> > with:
>> >
>> > * DISMISS, appropriate if the statement is malformed, undecidable,
>> > if insufficient information exists to make a judgement with
>> > reasonable effort, or the statement is otherwise not able to be
>> > answered with another valid judgement. DISMISS is not
>> > appropriate if PARADOXICAL is appropriate.
>> >
>> > and by appending to the end:
>> >
>> > * PARADOXICAL, appropriate if the statement is logically
>> > undecidable as a result of a paradox or or other irresovable
>> > logical situation. PARADOXICAL is not appropriate if IRRELEVANT
>> > is appropriate, nor is it appropriate if the undecidability
>> > arises from the case itself.
>> >
>> > [The reference to IRRELEVANT is to prevent multiple wins from the same
>> > paradox.]
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > ID: pp2
>> > Title:
>> > Adoption index: 1.0
>> > Author: ATMunn
>> > Co-authors: Alexis
>> >
>> >
>> > Amend rule 2496 "Rewards" by replacing the text "24 hours" with "7 days"
>> >
>> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>
>>
>>
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>> From V.J. Rada
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