Here's my weekly draft. -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 8, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are conditional votes). ID Author(s) AI Title --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8388f nch 1.0 The Webmastor 8389# G. 2.0 Just Impeach instead 8390* R. Lee 3.0 Registror 8391* R. Lee 3.0 Notory (Vote Labour) 8392# Jason 2.0 Prior violations 8393# Aris 2.0 Elections Aren't Over Till They End 8394# Jason 2.0 8228 retry 8395# G., R. Lee 1.7 Mooting moots 8396* grok, nch 3.0 a Proposed Contract 8397# Jason 1.1 Editorial what? 8398# grok, G. 1.0 Auction End Clarification 8399# P.S.S. 2.0 Referral 8400* Murphy, nch, G. 3.0 More conservative implicit announcements 8401# R. Lee 1.0 E had two months! 8402# R. Lee 1.0 Clinton v City of New York The proposal pool is currently empty. Legend: <ID>* : Democratic proposal. <ID># : Ordinary proposal, unset chamber. <ID>e : Economy ministry proposal. <ID>f : Efficiency ministry proposal. <ID>j : Justice ministry proposal. <ID>l : Legislation ministry proposal. <ID>p : Participation ministry proposal. The full text of the aforementioned proposal(s) is included below. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8388 Title: The Webmastor Adoption index: 1.0 Author: nch Co-authors: Enact a rule titled "The Webmastor" with Power=1 and the following text: The Webmastor is an office. The Webmastor's monthly report includes a Directory, a Changelog, a Warning Log, and an Error Log. The Directory lists notable currently maintained public resources. The Changelog lists notable changes to resources. The Warning Log lists notable potential issues, such as inaccurate or aging resources or unintended issues with a public resource. The Error Log lists notable losses of resources - where a resource has become inaccessible, unmaintained, or unusable. Where 'notable' is used in this rule its meaning is up to the Webmastor's discretion. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8389 Title: Just Impeach instead Adoption index: 2.0 Author: G. Co-authors: Amend Rule 2531 by deleting: If the Referee attempts to levy three or more INEFFECTIVE fines in a week, any player CAN, with two support, issue a writ of Impartial Arbitration Restoration, immediately making the position of Referee vacant. When a writ of Impartial Arbitration Restoration is issued, the ADoP SHALL initiate an election for the Referee in a timely fashion. [context: When this was written, there were very few protections in this rule, and general impeachment didn't exist. Now with the full list of protections the Referee is pretty constrained, and impeachment exists.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8390 Title: Registror Adoption index: 3.0 Author: R. Lee Co-authors: Retitle the rule 2139 "The Registrar" to "The Registror" Amend each rule that contains the text "Registrar" by replacing that text with "Registror" (This informational segment in brackets has no legal effects. A list of those rules as this proposal is written for your information is rules 869, 478, 2139, 1789, 2532, 2574, 1885, 2581) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8391 Title: Notory (Vote Labour) Adoption index: 3.0 Author: R. Lee Co-authors: Retitle rule 2608 "The Notary" to "The Notory" Amend rules 2608 and 2450, and also any other rule that contains the text "Notary", by replacing the word "Notary" with "Notory" ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8392 Title: Prior violations Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Jason Co-authors: Amend Rule 2531 by changing the list item labeled (2) to read, in its entirety: "(2) it attempts to levy a fine for an action or inaction which, at the time the inaction or action occurred, was not prohibited by the rules;" [This ensures that, as long as an action violated the rules when it was committed, it can be punished. For instance, the Assessor could commit a crime immediately before resolving a proposal that changes the definition of the crime. Currently, it's possible the Assessor could not be punished, since the rules at the time of the fine being levied would not prohibit the action, even if it was illegal at the time it occurred.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8393 Title: Elections Aren't Over Till They End Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: [This avoids the weirdness where having two candidates means new candidates can join, but if there are fewer the winner is locked in at the end of the nomination period. This way, new contenders can still join as long as there's still room for them to change the outcome.] Amend Rule 2154, "Election Procedure", by changing the text: "An election is contested if it has two or more candidates at the end of the nomination period, and uncontested otherwise. For a contested election, nominations close at the end of the poll's voting period. For an uncontested election, nominations close at the end of the nomination period." to read: "An election whose nomination period is complete is contested if it has two or more candidates, and uncontested otherwise. Nominations close at the end of the poll's voting period or when the election is ended, whichever comes first." ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8394 Title: 8228 retry Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Jason Co-authors: [This was originally proposed and adopted in Proposal 8228, but it failed due to a specification bug. Zombies holding offices should be banned because it allows people to bypass restrictions on Officers performing actions that benefit themselves.] Amend Rule 2472 ("Office Incompatibilities") by inserting the following paragraph after the paragraph beginning "A player is overpowered if e holds": A zombie is Overpowered if e holds one or more offices. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8395 Title: Mooting moots Adoption index: 1.7 Author: G. Co-authors: R. Lee Amend Rule 911 (Motions and Moots) by deleting all the text from "If a CFJ has a judgement assigned, a player CAN enter that judgement into Moot" to the end of the rule. Amend Rule 911 (Motions and Moots) by appending: If a CFJ: * has a judgement assigned; and * the judgement has been in effect less than 28 days; and * the CFJ has had a Motion to Reconsider group-filed for it while it has been assigned to its current judge; then any player CAN remit the case with 2 Agoran Consent. The case becomes open again, and the current judge is recused. The Arbitor SHALL NOT assign em to the case again unless no other eligible judges have displayed interest in judging. Change the title of R911 to "Judicial Reconsideration". ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8396 Title: a Proposed Contract Adoption index: 1.0 Author: G. Co-authors: When this proposal takes effect, the following contract is created. Voting FOR this proposal is considered contextual agreement to the contract. ------------------------- Contract: Cold Cash Lotto This proposal CAN be terminated with Agoran Consent; non-parties are not eligible to support or object to an intent to do so. A non-party CAN join this contract for a fee (payable to the contract) of 5 coins. A party's Investment is 1 + the number of coins that party has ever transferred to this contract. If this contract has been in existence for 4 or more days, and no coins have been transferred to the contract in the previous 24 hours, then any party (hereafter the iceman) CAN Freeze the Pot by announcement. Within 24 hours of freezing the pot, the iceman SHALL, using a public and readily confirmable method, select a random party to win the pot and announce the choice. If e does not do so within 24 hours, then any party CAN do so. The probabilities for the selection are proportional to each party's investment at the time the pot was frozen. Upon such a selection, this contract transfers all of its coins to the selected winner. After such a transfer, this contract ceases to exist. ------------------------- 100 coins are hereby granted to the Cold Cash Lotto Contract. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8397 Title: Editorial what? Adoption index: 1.1 Author: Jason Co-authors: Repeal rule 2599 (The Editor). ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8398 Title: Auction End Clarification Adoption index: 1.0 Author: grok Co-authors: G. Replace the first paragraph of rule 2551 Auction End with the following: "An Auction ends immediately when any of the following conditions are met: 1. The auction was initiated 7 days ago. 2. The auction was initiated at least 96 hours ago, and it has been 96 hours since the most recent placement or withdrawal of a bid in that auction. 3. The auction was initiated 96 hours ago and no bids have been placed or withdrawn in that auction. 4. The auction is terminated." ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8399 Title: Referral Adoption index: 2.0 Author: P.S.S. Co-authors: Amend Rule 2607, "Proposal Chambers", by appending the following paragraph: To refer a proposal to a ministry is to set the chamber of that proposal to the specified ministry. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8400 Title: More conservative implicit announcements Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Murphy Co-authors: nch, G. Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by appending this text: Stating that a person "CAN and SHALL" perform an action, without stating a method, implies "by announcement". [R1023(1) already covers implicit "in a timely fashion".] Amend Rule 2141 (Role and Attributes of Rules) by replacing this text: the Rulekeepor CAN and SHALL assign a title to it by announcement in a timely fashion. with this text: the Rulekeepor CAN and SHALL assign a title to it. Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) by replacing this text: The vote collector for a decision with less than two options CAN and SHALL end the voting period by announcement, if it has not ended already, and provided that e resolves the decision in the same message. with this text: The vote collector for a decision with less than two options CAN and SHALL end the voting period, if it has not ended already, and provided that e resolves the decision in the same message. Amend Rule 991 (Calls for Judgement) by replacing this text: When a CFJ's judge is unassigned, the Arbitor CAN assign any eligible player to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so in a timely fashion. with this text: When a CFJ's judge is unassigned, the Arbitor CAN and SHALL assign any eligible player to be its judge. Amend Rule 591 (Delivering Judgements) by replacing this text: When a CFJ is open and assigned to a judge, that judge CAN assign a valid judgement to it by announcement, and SHALL do so in a timely fashion after this becomes possible. with this text: When a CFJ is open and assigned to a judge, that judge CAN and SHALL assign a valid judgement to it by announcement. [Rules 2496 and 2602 use "CAN once" and "SHALL in an officially timely fashion", so leaving those out for now.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8401 Title: E had two months! Adoption index: 1.0 Author: R. Lee Co-authors: Repeal rule 2609 "Temporary CFJ setup" ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8402 Title: Clinton v City of New York Adoption index: 1.0 Author: R. Lee Co-authors: Repeal rule 2597, "Line-item Veto" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////