> On May 5, 2026, at 11:16 AM, Cosmo via agora-official 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> =================
> PROMOTOR'S REPORT
> =================
> 
> 
> I initiate a referendum on each of the following proposals, removing
> them from the proposal pool. For each referendum the vote collector is the
> Assessor, the quorum is 5, the adoption index is that of the associated
> proposal, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid options are FOR
> and AGAINST. (PRESENT and conditional votes are also both valid votes.)
> 
> ID         Author         AI     Name
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 9338*      Galle          3.0    Claim of Error Withdrawal
> 9339~      Nilrem+        2.2    Unbearable Confusion
> 9340*      Galle          3.0    Simultaneous Rule Changes Fix
> 9341*      Murphy         3.0    Alternative simultaneous rule changes v1.1
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> The proposal pool contains the following proposals (self-ratifying):
> Author         AI     Name
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Legend:
> NNNN*: Democratic proposal
> NNNN~: Ordinary proposal
> NAME+: Coauthors listed below
> 
> The full text of all above mentioned proposals is listed below. Where the 
> information shown below differs from the information shown above, the 
> information shown above shall control.
> 
> ==========
> ID 9338
> Claim of Error Withdrawal (AI=3.0)
> author: Galle
> coauthors:
> 
> 
> Amend Rule 2201, "Self-Ratification", by inserting the following paragraph 
> immediately before the final paragraph:
> ---
> As long as the publisher of the original document has not yet responded in 
> any of the above ways, the issuer of a doubt CAN, by announcement, withdraw 
> the doubt, causing it to cease to be a doubt. The above notwithstanding, the 
> publisher of the original document NEED NOT respond to a withdrawn doubt.
> ---
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ==========
> ID 9339
> Unbearable Confusion (AI=2.2)
> author: Nilrem
> coauthors: ais523
> 
> 
> Create a new Rule with power 2.2 Titled "Temporary Helper" with the following 
> text:
> 
>       This rule takes priority over rule 2618.
> 
>       The text of a promise CAN be altered after it was created by
>       proposals with Adoption Index 2.2 or greater.
> 
> For each existing promise, modify its text by replacing all instances of
> the phrase "the bearer" with the phrase "the casher".
> 
> Repeal the Rule titled "Temporary Helper".
> 
> Modify Rule 2618 by replacing the following text:
> 
>       In a promise's text, "the bearer" and "the casher" (or the like)
>       both refer to the player who cashed the promise, and "this
>       promise" (or the like) refers to the promise. The text of the
>       promise can refer to the context of the message in which it is
>       cashed, but the context of the message does not otherwise change
>       the meaning of the promise.
> 
> With this text:
> 
>       In a promise's text, "this promise" (or the like) refers to the
>       promise. The text of the promise can refer to the context of the
>       message in which it is cashed, but the context of the message does
>       not otherwise change the meaning of the promise.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ==========
> ID 9340
> Simultaneous Rule Changes Fix (AI=3.0)
> author: Galle
> coauthors:
> 
> 
> Amend Rule 105 ("Rule Changes") by replacing the following text:
> ---
> A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes. Rule changes 
> always occur sequentially, never simultaneously. If a specification would 
> ever be interpreted as causing multiple changes to happen at once, it is 
> instead interpreted as attempting to cause them to occur separately, in the 
> order they are listed in the specification.
> ---
> 
> With the following text:
> ---
> A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes. Rule changes 
> always occur sequentially, never simultaneously. If a specification would 
> ever be interpreted as causing multiple changes to happen at once, it is 
> instead interpreted as attempting to cause them to occur separately, in the 
> order they are listed in the specification. If no such order can be inferred, 
> then the specified rule changes are void and without effect.
> ---
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ==========
> ID 9341
> Alternative simultaneous rule changes v1.1 (AI=3.0)
> author: Murphy
> coauthors:
> 
> 
> Amend Rule 105 (Rule Changes) by replacing the paragraph containing "A
> rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes." with:
> 
>       A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes.
>       Rule changes always occur sequentially, never simultaneously. If a
>       specification would ever be interpreted as causing multiple
>       changes to happen at once, it is instead interpreted as attempting
>       to cause them to occur separately, in the order they are listed in
>       the specification; or, if no such order is specified, and choosing
>       one order over another would not make a substantive difference to
>       the gamestate, then in order of increasing rule number (ties
>       broken by when the rules were created, earliest to latest).
> 
> [Explicitly allows proposals like "Amend all rules containing X by
>  replacing X with Y" where it would make no substantive difference which
>  order those amendments occurred, as long as they all did occur.
> 
>  A malformed proposal amounting to "Repeal all or most rules" would be
>  pretty much guaranteed to make a substantive difference, in which case
>  this clause would remain silent, and the next paragraph of R105 would
>  still negate it due to ambiguity.]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Cosmo
> Promotor, Illuminator

I vote as follows:

Proposal 9338: FOR
Proposal 9339: FOR
Proposal 9340: FOR
Proposal 9341: FOR

I'm somewhat torn 9340 versus 9341. On the one hand, I think 9341 would make 
things much less fussy. On the other hand, it's a bit clunky compared to the 
relative clean-ness of 9340 and I haven't been unable to convince myself that 
it guarantees every attempt to make multiple rule changes will always have a 
single unambiguous order. Also I would like my proposal to pass, I can't deny 
that that's a factor. I'll be fine if either fix is adopted, though.

- Galle

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