Woot.
On 8/21/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Proto-Proposal: Ministers Without Portfolio
> (AI = 3, please)
>
> Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) by appending this text:
>
> (e) Minister Without Portfolio, to be awarded to any player
> who wins the game. If the number of players bearing this
> title is greater than the number of Prerogatives defined
> by the rules, then this title is revoked from the Speaker.
>
> Change the title of Rule 402 to "The Speaker", and amend it to read:
>
> The Speaker is the player who has borne the Patent Title of
> Minister Without Portfolio the longest, with ties broken in
> favor of the player who has been registered the longest.
>
> Change the title of Rule 2019 to "Prerogatives", and amend it to read:
>
> As soon as possible after the beginning of the month, the Speaker
> SHALL randomly assign each Minister Without Portfolio a different
> Prerogative for the remainder of that month. If there are more
> Prerogatives than Ministers Without Portfolio, then the remaining
> Prerogatives remain unassigned for that month.
>
> The following Prerogatives are defined:
>
> a) Default Officeholder. Whenever an office is vacant, it
> becomes held by the Default Officeholder, unless e is
> prevented from holding that office on an ongoing basis.
>
> b) Default Justice. Whenever the Clerk of the Courts assigns
> a judicial panel, e SHALL assign one with the Default
> Justice as a member, unless no such panel is eligible to
> be so assigned.
>
> c) Wielder of Veto. The Wielder of Veto CAN veto an ordinary
> proposal 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 proposal in its voting period by
> announcement; this decreases its quorum to 3, rules to the
> contrary notwithstanding.
>
> Upon the adoption of this proposal, the four players who won most
> recently are awarded the Patent Title of Minister Without Portfolio,
> with ties broken in favor of the player who has been registered the
> longest.
>
> [I believe these were Human Point Two, Murphy, root, and Eris.]
>
> Repeal Rule 103 (Always a Speaker).
>
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