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On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:43 AM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I award myself a Red Ribbon
> for 7969 and an Orange Ribbon for 7970
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
> <p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I resolve the decision(s) to adopt proposal(s) 7965-7972 below.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> [This notice resolves the Agoran decisions of whether to adopt the
>> following proposals. For each decision, the options available to
>> Agora are ADOPTED (*), REJECTED (x), and FAILED QUORUM (!). If a
>> decision's voting period is still ongoing, I end it immediately
>> before resolving it and after resolving the previous decision.]
>> ID Author(s) AI Title Pender Pend fee
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 7965* Trigon 3.0 One pronoun fix Trigon 1 AP
>> 7966x ATMunn 1.0 But I already live there! o 1 AP
>> 7967x 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.
>> 7971x V.J. Rada, [4] 3.0 Cleanup Time V.J. Rada 2 sh.
>> 7972* G. 2.0 Silly Tweaks G. 1 AP
>>
>> | | 7965 | 7966 | 7967 | 7968 | 7969 | 7970 | 7971 | 7972 |
>> |---------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
>> |Alexis | FF | P | AA | P | FF | FF | FF | FF |
>> |ATMunn | F | F | A | F | F | P | P | F |
>> |G. | F | A | A | A | P | F | F | F |
>> |o | F | F | F | F | F | F | A | F |
>> |PSS | F | A | A | F | A | F | A | F |
>> |Telnaior | F | A | F | F | F | F | A | A |
>> |VJ Rada | F | A | F | F | F | F | F | F |
>> |---------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
>> |F/A | 8/0 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5/1 | 6/1 | 7/0 | 4/3 | 7/1 |
>> |AI | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
>> |V | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
>> |Q | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
>> |P | T | F | F | T | T | T | F | T |
>>
>> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> 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: 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: 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].
>>
>>
>> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>
>> --
>> ----
>> Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
>>
>>
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