Are you resubmitting this?
-Aris On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 2:26 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > Oops, I left a comment in that might not be clearly-delimited. > I withdraw the proposal Patent Diversity from the pool. > > > I submit the following Proposal, Patent Diversity, AI-1, and pend it. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > // MAIN IDEA: Let different officers award specifically-relevant titles. > // Having specific goals may better promote their use than an > // open-ended "the Herald can award anything" (which e still > // would be able to do). > // > // Also, turn the Silver Quill concept into a broader set of > // annual awards. > > // Ideas for awards very welcome! Especially for not-currently included > // offices (Treasuror, Cartographer, PM, Distributor). But also, if > // some of these titles seem like trivial clutter, please critique. > // Titles themselves are a mix of some old, some new. > > > Create the following Rule, Official Patent Titles, power=1: > > The following Patent Titles CAN be awarded by the indicated > Officers with 2 Agoran Consent. In order to balance the history, > dignity, spontaneity, and serendipity of the awards, the Herald, > Speaker, and Prime Minister are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to provide > their support or objections, and reasons for doing so, reasonably > quickly after any such intents are announced. > > - Tapecutter, awardable by the Rulekeepor to the author of an > adopted proposal that significantly reduces, streamlines, or > simplifies the ruleset. > > - Scamster, awardable by the Referee to any player who has shown > great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating of > scams without breaking any Rules. > > - Hard Labor, awardable by the ADoP to any player who holds 2+ > offices for 3+ continous months while performing eir official > duties in a timely and conscientious manner that promotes the > gameplay of the office. > > - MacGyver, awardable by the Assessor to the author of an adopted > proposal that fixes serious bugs in the ruleset, especially if > the fix uses existing rules text in novel and unexpected ways, > or to a judge for similarly using rules text to resolve an > apparent bug without the need for legislative action. > > - Bard, by Speaker the award should given be, to persons who > publish repeated creative wit or poetry. > > - Necromancer, awardable by the Registrar to any player who makes > such sufficient persistent legal use of zombies that rules need > to be amended to prevent such practices. > > - Tycoon, awardable by the Treasuror to any player who executes a > novel economic or contractual enterprise that has a significant > impact on the game, especially if it involves leveraging synergies > for win-win outcomes for the benefit of multiple players. > > - Helping Hand, awardable by any Officer to any person not holding > that office who puts substantial labor into aiding in the duties > of that office, without consideration of any other reward they > might receive. > > The Herald is also ENCOURAGED to proactively recommend or, as > otherwise permitted, award these titles when appropriate, > especially if the potential awardee is the officer emself. > > > Create the following Rule, Annual Awards, power=1: > > April is hereby designated Awards Month. > > The following Patent Titles CAN be awarded by the indicated > Officers with 2 Agoran Consent, provided the intent to make > the awards is announced during awards month, and the award is > made to commemorate acts performed in the previous Agoran year. > The full name of each awarded Patent Title is [Title Below] NNNN, > where NNNN is the year each act was performed. > > Each indicated Officer SHOULD award these titles to 1-2 persons > each year, and SHOULD solicit an open call for nominations and > discussion before making these awards. The Herald SHALL note any > additional information indicated below as part of eir report of > Patent Titles. > > - Silver Quill, awardable by the Promotor to the author of a > proposal of outstanding merit and influence on the game > (additional information: ID Number of the proposal). > > - Wooden Gavel, awardable by the Arbitor to the judge of a CFJ > or series of CFJs with a strong and foundational impact on the > judicial precedents of Agora (additional information: ID Numbers > of the judgements). > > - Golden Glove, awardable by the Tailor to the player who made the > most interesting, successful, and/or competitive series of moves > while attempting to win or get substantially ahead in the game. > > - Employee of the Year, awardable by the ADoP to the persons > who put the most persistent hard labor into keeping the game > going through the performance of Officers' duties (additional > information: offices held by the awardee during that year). > > > Repeal Rule 2444 (Silver Quill). > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > >
