I strongly object to this change. -Goethe
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Roger Hicks wrote:
> Borrowing from ais523's ideas and other discussions, with the majority
> consent of the Vote Market parties I intend to amend the agreement as
> follows:
> {
> Replace section 10 with:
> {{
> A first-class party who has less than 50 VP and whose VP has been less
> than 50 for the majority of the past 30 days is an "indebted" party.
> Any non-indebted party CAN transfer 3VP to an indebted party to act on
> behalf of that party to retract any previous ballots on an Agoran
> decision and cast a number of new ballots on that decision equal to
> the indebted party's voting limit on that decision. The indebted party
> SHALL NOT retract any ballots cast this way.
> }}
>
> In section 8 replace:
> {{
> Upon such an announcement all VP held by that player are destroyed.
> }}
> with:
> {{
> Upon such an announcement 50 VP held by that player are destroyed.
> }}
>
> Create a new section with the text:
> {{
> Casting a vote of SELL (X - Y) on an Agoran decision is equivalent to
> posting a Sell Ticket with a cost of X and casting a number of ballots
> equal to your voting limit on that decision endorsing the filler of
> that ticket, or if no one fills that ticket casting a number of Y
> ballots on that decision equal to your voting limit.
> }}
> }
>
> Without three objections I intend to make the following change to the
> Vote Market agreement:
> {
> Replace section 1 with:
> {{
> The name of this contract is the Vote Market. This is a public
> contract. The parties to this contract shall collectively act to
> ensure it fulfills its obligations. If the Vote Market is not
> currently registered and is able to do so the Broker CAN and SHALL act
> on behalf of the Vote Market to register it as soon as possible. Any
> party may act on behalf of the Vote Market agreement to take any
> action except voting or retracting ballots on an Agoran Decision with
> the majority consent of the parties.
> }}
>
> Create a new section with the text:
> {{
> Whenever the VVLOD of the Vote Market increases by 1 then 5VP are
> created in the possession of the person (if any) who directly caused
> this increase. A party CAN destroy 1VP in eir possession to act on
> behalf of the Vote Market agreement to retract any previous ballots
> cast on an Agoran decision then cast a number of ballots on that
> decision equal to its voting limit.
> }}
> }
>
> BobTHJ
>
