I'm trying something new with my draft this week. I have attempted
pleading, and begging and the like, and my previous reports have still
had occasional errors. I check all my reports numerous times, and then
do this whole drafting thing. Still occasional errors. So this week, I
decided to threaten my report. I have already impressed upon it the
seriousness of its accuracy. I here further inform it that it is
expected to be entirely and completely correct and complete in every
respect. Or else.
For your amusement,
-Aris
I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
quorum is 2.0 and the valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is
also a valid vote).
ID Author(s) AI Title Pender Pend fee
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7872* o 2.0 Estate Auction Cleanup o 1 AP
7873* o, babelian 2.0 Agoraculture o 1 AP
7874* o 2.0 Shorter Apologies o 3 sh.
The proposal pool currently contains the following proposals:
ID Author(s) AI Title
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pp1 nichdel, o, grok, Aris 3.0 Debts
pp2 nichdel 1.0 Better Accounting
pp3 G. 1.0 The Return of Fear
pp4 G. 1.0 Pay the Arbitor
Legend: <ID>* : Proposal is pending.
The full text of the aforementioned proposals is included below.
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ID: 7872
Title: Estate Auction Cleanup
Adoption index: 2.0
Author: o
Co-authors:
In Rule 2491 ("Estate Auctions"), replace the second paragraph with:
During an auction, any player may bid a number of Shinies on eir
own behalf by announcement, or on behalf of any Organization for
which such a bid is Appropriate by announcement, provided the bid
is higher than any previously-placed bid in the same auction.
If, at the end of the auction, there is a single highest bid, then
that player or Organization wins the auction. The player who
placed the winning bid CAN cause Agora to transfer the auctioned
Estate to the winner by announcement, by paying Agora the amount
of the bid, or by causing the winning Organization to pay Agora
the amount of the bid. E SHALL do so in a timely fashion.
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ID: 7873
Title: Agoraculture
Adoption index: 2.0
Author: o
Co-authors: babelian
Enact a new rule, with power 1.0, titled "Farm Rate", with the following text:
The Farm Rate is a natural singleton switch, tracked by the
Agronomist.
Set the Farm Rate to 20.
Enact a new rule, with power 2.0, titled "Agoraculture", with the following
text:
Each Estate has a Farm switch, tracked by the Agronomist, with
values "farmed" and "unfarmed", defaulting to "unfarmed". Changes
to Farm switches are secured. An Estate whose Farm switch is
"farmed" is a Farm, and its owner is the Farmer of that Estate.
In the first week of an Agoran month, the owner of an unfarmed
Estate MAY flip its Farm switch to "farmed" by announcement, if e
pays Agora a number of shinies equal to the Farm Rate.
In the first week of an Agoran month, the owner of a Farm MAY till
the farm by announcement, if e pays Agora a number of shinies equal
to the Farm Rate. If the Farmer of an Estate does not till it
within the first week of an Agoran month, the Agronomist CAN flip
its Farm switch to "unfarmed" by announcement, and SHALL do so in a
timely fashion.
When an Estate is transferred to Agora or to an Organization, its
Farm switch is set to "unfarmed" immediately afterwards.
Enact a new rule, with power 2.0, titled "Comestibles", with the following text:
A Comestible is a type of liquid asset, which can be owned by
players. Creating Comestibles is secured. The recordkeepor of
Comestibles is the Agronomist.
The Farmer of an Estate may offer Comestibles by announcement,
naming a number of Comestibles offered and a price per Comestible
in Shinies. A player CANNOT offer more Comestibles in a month than
10 times the number of Farms e owns. The Farmer is ENCOURAGED to
name the kind of Comestibles on offer after a plant, vegetable,
grain, livestock, or other farm good.
A player other than the offering Farmer may accept a Comestibles
offer by announcement to create that number of Comestibles in eir
possession, if e pays the offering Farmer the price per Comestible
named in the offer times the number of Comestbiles offered. The
Value of a Comestible created this way is equal to the price per
Comestible offered by the Farmer.
An offer expires at the end of the Agoran month in which it is
made. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an offer CANNOT be
accepted if it has expired.
During an Agoran Decision, a player can increase their voting
strength on that decision by destroying (syn. "eating",
"consuming") Comestibles. Eir voting strength is increased by
one-tenth the total Value of the Comestibles destroyed this way,
rounded down, to a maximum of 5.
A Comestible is an Expired Comestible if it was created by
accepting an offer announced more than three Agoran months ago. An
Expired Comestible CANNOT be consumed to increase voting strength,
and MAY be destroyed by any player, by announcement. The Agronomist
SHALL destroy all Expired Comestibles at the start of each Agoran
month.
Enact a new rule, with power 2.0, titled “The Agronomist”, with the following
text:
The Agronomist is an office.
The Agronomist's weekly report includes:
* A list of Farms and their owners.
* A list of Comestibles offers that have not been accepted and have
not expired.
Make babelian the Agronomist.
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ID: 7874
Title: Shorter Apologies
Adoption index: 2.0
Author: o
Co-authors:
Amend rule 2427 ("Yellow Cards"), replacing the number 200 with the number 150
wherever it appears in the text of the rule.
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ID: pp1
Title: Debts
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: nichdel
Co-authors: o, grok, Aris
Enact a new, power-2 rule titled "Debts"
Debts are a fixed, indestructible currency. The Secretary is the
recordkeepor of debts.
If a rule specifies something can be done by 'accruing x Debt' then a
player CAN do the specified action by increasing eir Debt balance by
x.
A player CAN, by announcement, pay Agora a specified number of
shinies to decrease eir Debts balance by the same number. Any attempt
to decrease any Debts balance past 0 is INEFFECTIVE.
Repeal "Action Points"
Amend R991 "Calls for Judgement" to read, in full:
Any person (the initiator) can initiate a Call for Judgement (CFJ,
syn. Judicial Case), specifying a statement to be inquired into by
either paying the CFJ Fee in shinies or by accruing the same amount
of debt. If neither method is specified, the initiator does the
latter.
The CFJ Fee is N/5 * 1/20th the Floating Value, where N is the number
of CFJs the initiator has already initiated in the same Agoran Week.
If a person is not a player, e can initiate a CFJ without paying
shinies or increasing eir Debts balance.
When a person initiates a Call for Judgement, e may optionally bar
one person from the case.
At any time, each CFJ is either open (default), suspended, or
assigned exactly one judgement.
The Arbitor is an office, responsible for the administration of
justice in a manner that is fair for emself, if not for the rest of
Agora.
When a CFJ has no judge assigned, the Arbitor CAN assign any player
to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so within a week. The
players eligible to be assigned as judge are all players except the
initiator and the person barred (if any). The Arbitor SHALL assign
judges over time such that all interested players have reasonably
equal opportunities to judge. If a CFJ has no judge assigned, then
any player eligible to judge that CFJ CAN assign it to emself Without
3 Objections.
When the Arbitor assigns a CFJ a judge, e SHOULD note the Debts
accrued, if any, when the CFJ was initiated.
Amend "Economic Wins" by replacing:
While a player has Stamps made by at least 10 different players e MAY
destroy 10 stamps made by 10 different players by announcement to win
the game.
with:
While a player has Stamps made by at least 10 different players and
eir Debts balance is 0, e MAY destroy 10 stamps e owns made by 10
different players by announcement to win the game.
and replacing:
Once per month, a player MAY, by announcement, transfer to Agora the
Stamp Value, in shinies, to create a Stamp.
with:
Once per month, any player whose Debts balance is 0 MAY, by
announcement, transfer to Agora the Stamp Value, in shinies, to
create a Stamp.
Amend "Estates Auctions" by replacing:
During an auction, any player or organization may bid any number of
Shinies by announcement.
with:
During an auction, any player whose Debts balance is 0 or any
organization may bid any number of Shinies by announcement.
Amend "Rewards" by replacing:
Below is an exhaustive list of Reward Conditions and eir rewards:
* The following two only apply to proposals that were pended via
spending shinies:
- Being the author of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
Floating Value.
- Being the pender of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
Floating Value.
* Judging a CFJ, that was created via spending shinies, that e was
assigned to: 1/20th the current Floating Value.
* Publishing a duty-fulfilling report: 5 shinies.
* Resolving an Agoran Decision for the first time this week: 5
shinies.
with:
Below is an exhaustive list of Reward Conditions and eir rewards:
* Being the author of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
Floating Value.
* Being the pender of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
Floating Value.
* Judging a CFJ that e was assigned to: 1/20th the current
Floating Value.
* Publishing a duty-fulfilling report: 5 shinies.
* Resolving an Agoran Decision for the first time this week: 5
shinies.
Amend R2445 "How to Pend a Proposal" to read, in full:
Imminence is a switch, tracked by the Promotor, possessed by
proposals in the Proposal Pool, whose value is either "pending" or
"not pending" (default).
Any player CAN flip a specified proposal's imminence to "pending" by
announcement by paying Agora 1/20th the Floating Value or by accruing
the same amount of Debt. If neither method is specified, that player
does the latter.
Amend R1607 "Distribution" by, after the paragraph starting with "In a
given Agoran week", adding:
When the Promotor distributes a proposal, e SHOULD note the Debts
accrued, if any, when the proposal was pended.
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ID: pp2
Title: Better Accounting
Adoption index: 1.0
Author: nichdel
Co-authors:
Amend R2496 "Rewards" by, at the end of the first paragraph, adding:
When a player claims a reward, e SHALL list the number of shinies e
receives, or it is INEFFECTIVE.
Amend R2497 "Floating Value" by, at the end, adding:
When the Secretary flips the Floating Value, e SHOULD note the new
values for rewards and expenses.
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ID: pp3
Title: The Return of Fear
Adoption index: 1.0
Author: nichdel
Co-authors:
Amend Rule 2445 (How to Pend a Proposal) by appending the following
paragraph:
An Official Proposal is a proposal designated as such by the
Rules; generally official proposals that are created as part of
an Officer's duties. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an
Official proposal is always pending. Rules to the contrary
notwithstanding, players CANNOT claim rewards for the adoption
of an Official proposal.
Re-enact Rule 2309 (The Propose-O-Matic), with the following text:
The Fearmongor is an Office. Its holder is responsible for
ensuring the continuous change of the ruleset.
Each month, the Fearmongor SHALL do the following as part of
eir duties:
1) Select two existing rules at random. For each of those
rules, submit an Official proposal with AI equal to that
rules' power. One proposal SHALL specify only to repeal
its rule; the other SHALL specify only to amend its rule.
3) Select a previous rule that was repealed over 1 year
ago, and has not been so selected in the past 6 months.
Submit an Official proposal of the appropriate AI to
re-enact the rule at its previous power, using any
past version of the rule as a basis and making minimal
modifications to that text to allow the rule to function
in the current ruleset.
G. is hereby installed as the Office holder for Fearmongor.
[The old rule was "each week", but I think that's too much. No
salary, because the job is it's own reward :) ].
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ID: pp4
Title: Pay the Arbitor
Adoption index: 1.0
Author: nichdel
Co-authors:
[First, insert a handy abbreviation].
Amend Rule Rule 2500 (Action Points) by replacing:
every player has 2 Action Points.
with:
every player has 2 Action Points (APs).
Amend Rule 2496 (Rewards) by inserting the following line-item after
the line-item that begins "* Judging a CFJ":
* Assigning a CFJ to a judge, if the CFJ (a) was created via
spending shinies or APs, and (b) has never been assigned to
a judge: 1/20th the current Floating Value.
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