NOTE: This is a proto-proposal. This is not an attempt to submit an
actual proposal. This one probably needs some work.
Chambers
AI: 3
{
Create a new rule titled "Chambers" with Power=3 and the text:
{{
A player who is a member of an existing public contract CAN make the
contract into a chamber without three objections.A chamber requires no
parties. The authority index of a chamber is an rational number
from 0 to 4, and is by default 0. A player CAN set the authority index
of any chamber to any valid value without three objections. The
authority index CANNOT be changed by any
other means. A chamber CAN increase or decrease the power of any
proposal by an amount less than or equal to its authority index as a
result of an Agoran Decision regarding the acceptance of that proposal
in that chamber.
Any player CAN cause a chamber to cease to be a chamber without three
objections.
}}
Repeal R2196 ("Standard Classes of Agoran Decisions")
Amend R106 ("Adopting Proposals") by replacing:
{{
Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision.
For this decision, the adoption index is the adoption index of
the proposal, and the vote collector is the Assessor.
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.
}}
with:
{{
If the power of a proposal ever is equal to or exceeds its adoption
index then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it
from taking effect, its power is set to
the the minimum of four and its adoption index, and it then is removed
from the Proposal Pool and takes effect. A proposal does not otherwise
take effect.
}}
Amend R1607 ("The Promotor") by replacing:
{{
The Promotor MAY distribute a proposal in the Proposal Pool at
any time. The Promotor's weekly duties include the distribution
of 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.
For an Agoran decision of whether to adopt a proposal, the
following are essential parameters:
a) Its author (and co-authors, if any).
b) Its interest index.
}}
with:
{{
The author of a proposal in the Proposal Pool CAN request it be
distributed to a specific chamber by announcement. The Promotor SHALL
distribute each such requested proposal to
the specified chamber in a timely fashion.
The Promotor CAN remove any proposal from the proposal pool which the
author has not requested to be distributed within the past two weeks
or which has a negitive power. The
Promotor SHALL remove any such propoal from the pool in a timely fashion.
The Promotor distributes a proposal by publishing it with the clear
intent of distributing it. Distributing a proposal initiates an Agoran
decision for the acceptance of the
proposal in the specified chamber. An agoran decision for the
acceptance of a proposal in a specific chamber may also be known as a
chamber decision (generic) or an "XXX Decision" (where XXX is the name
of the chamber). For an agoran decision regarding the acceptance of a
proposal the following are essential parameters:
a) Its author (and co-authors, if any).
b) Its interest index.
c) The specified chamber.
The eligible voters on a chamber decision are the list of eligible
voters defined in that chamber, or in the case there is no such list
all parties to that chamber. The voting limit of each eligible voter
on chamber decision is equal to the voting limit(s) defined by that
chamber, or in the case there is none defined the voting limit is 1.
}}
Amend R2142 ("Support Democracy") by replacing its text with:
{{
A player CAN, with 2 support, set the power of any proposal in the
proposal pool which has not yet been distributed to the democratic
chamber to 0 and mark it as a democratic
proposal. The Promotor CAN and SHALL distribute any democratic
proposal in the pool to the democratic chamber in a timely fashion.
Amend R2019 ("Prerogitives") by replacing:
{{
c) Wielder of Veto. The Wielder of Veto CAN veto an ordinary
decision 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 decision in its voting period by
announcement; this decreases its quorum to 3, rules to the
contrary notwithstanding.
}}
with:
{{
c) Wielder of Veto. The Wielder of Veto CAN veto any proposal in the
proposal pool by announcement; this increases its Adoption Index by 1.
d) Wielder of Rubberstamp. The Wielder of Rubberstamp CAN (once per
proposal) rubberstamp any proposal in the proposal pool by
announcement; this increases its Power by 0.5.
}}
Amend R2177 ("The Senate") by replacing:
{{
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.
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.
}}
with:
{{
During emergency session, any Senator CAN declare a filibuster on a
proposal in the proposal pool, 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.
A chamber decision that ends its voting period in filibuster has a
quorum of the number of eligible voters plus 1, rules to the contrary
notwithstanding.
}}
Create the following contract and cause it to become a chamber with an
authority index of 4:
{{
1. The name of this contract is the Democratic Chamber. This is a
public contract.
2. This chamber defers to the rules of agora to determine the eligible
voters on its chamber decisions and eir voting limits.
3. The vote collector for democratic decisions is the Agoran Assessor.
4. As soon as possible after a democratic decision is ADOPTED the
Assessor shall increase its Power by the minimum of its voting index
or the authority index of this chamber. As soon as possible after a
democratic decision is REJECTED the Assessor shall decrease its Power
by the authority index of this chamber.
}}
Create the following contract and cause it to become a chamber with an
authority index of 1:
{{
1. The name of this contract is the Ordinary Chamber. This is a public contract.
2. This chamber defers to the rules of agora to determine the eligible
voters on its chamber decisions and eir voting limits.
3. The vote collector for democratic decisions is the Agoran Assessor.
4. As soon as possible after an ordinary decision is ADOPTED the
Assessor shall increase its Power by 1. As soon as possible after an
ordinary decision is rejected the Assessor shall decrease its power by
1.
}}
}
