On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 1:27 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:02 PM Aris Merchant via agora-business > <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > I submit the following proposals. > > > > -Aris > > --- > > Title: Order-Independent Resolutions > > Adoption index: 1.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: > > > > Amend the rule entitled "Popular Proposal Proposer Privilege" > > by changing it to read in full: > > > > The player who proposed the proposal with the greatest F/A, as > > defined in rule 955, among all proposals assessed in the last 7 > > days CAN once earn one Legislative Card by announcement, provided that > > no decision on whether to adopt any proposal distributed in the same > > message remains open. If there is a tie, all authors of the tied > proposals > > may do so once each. > > > > --- > > Title: Why Track Pendency? > > Adoption index: 1.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: > > > > [Currently, Sets would make me track proposals forever. The simplest > > fix is just to make the Pended switch untracked. It'll end up getting > > effectively tracked anyway, since it determines whether a proposal must > > be distributed.] > > > > Amend the rule entitled "Pending Proposals" by changing the text "Pended > is a > > negative boolean proposal switch tracked by the Promotor." to read > > "Pended is an untracked negative boolean proposal switch." > > --- > > Title: Ministerial Reshuffling > > Adoption index: 2.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: > > > > > > Amend Rule 2605, "Ministries", by changing the lettered list to read: > > > > A. Ministry of Economy: regulate the economy > > B. Ministry of Efficiency: maximize official efficiency > > C. Ministry of Justice: serve justice > > D. Ministry of Legislation: effectuate legislation > > E. Ministry of Participation: encourage participation > > > > --- > > Title: Proposal Recycling Initiative > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: > > > > > > [This helps for any proposals that either were distributed before the new > > regime and failed quorum, or any proposals that are accidentally > distributed > > and failed quorum. While I'm at it, there's no reason this needs to be at > > power 3.0.] > > > > Amend Rule 2350, "Proposals", by deleting the text: > > If a decision of whether to adopt a proposal was resolved as > > FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days, the Promotor CAN once add > > the proposal back to the Proposal Pool by announcement. > > > > Enact a new rule entitled "Proposal Recycling", with the following text: > > > > Would you like to specify the power of this rule? Default 1.0 seemed fine? > > > > > If a decision of whether to adopt a proposal was resolved as > > FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days, the Promotor CAN once recycle > > the proposal by announcement, adding it to the Proposal Pool and > causing > > it to become pended. > > > > --- > > Title: Referenda > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: > > > > > > Amend Rule 1607, "Distribution", by replacing: > > > > Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For > > this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the adoption > > index is initially the adoption index of the proposal, or 1.0 if > > the proposal does not have one, and the text, author, coauthors, > > class and (if applicable) chamber of the proposal are essential > > parameters. Initiating such a decision is known as distribution, > > and removes the proposal from the Proposal Pool. > > > > with: > > > > A referendum is the Agoran decision to determine whether to adopt a > proposal. > > For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the adoption > index is > > initially the adoption index of the proposal, or 1.0 if the proposal > does not > > have one, and the text, author, coauthors, class and (if applicable) > chamber > > of the proposal are essential parameters. Initiating a referendum is > known > > as distribution, and removes the proposal from the Proposal Pool. > > > > > > Amend Rule 2350, "Proposals", by changing the text "If a decision of > whether to > > adopt a proposal was resolved as FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days" > > to read "If a referendum on a proposal was resolved as FAILED QUORUM in > the > > last seven days". > > > > Amend Rule 2606, "Proposal Classes", by changing the text "Agoran > decision on > > its adoption" to read "referendum on it". > > > > Amend Rule 2607, "Proposal Chambers", by changing the text "Agoran > decision on > > its adoption" to read "referendum on it". > > > > Amend Rule 106, "Adopting Proposals", by changing the text "a decision > about > > whether to adopt a proposal" to read "a referendum on a proposal". > > > > Amend Rule 879, "Quorum", by changing the text "the Agoran decision on > whether > > to adopt a proposal" to read "the referendum". > > > > Amend Rule 2168, "Extending the voting period", by changing the text > > "whether to adopt a proposal" to read "a referendum on a proposal". > > Why does this need to specify "on a proposal"? Because there's text later on that refers to "the proposal". I considered defining the proposal that was up for vote in a referendum as "the measure", but I decided that I wasn't sure whether I liked that, so I decided to think about it and maybe propose it separately later. > > > > > Amend Rule 2496, Rewards, by changing the text "FOR the decision" to read > > "FOR the referendum" and replacing: > > Resolving an Agoran Decision on whether to adopt a proposal, > > provided that no other Agoran Decision on whether to adopt that > > or any other proposal had been resolved earlier in that Agoran > > week: 5 coins (ADoP). > > with: > > Resolving a referendum, provided that no other referendum had been > resolved > > earlier in that Agoran week: 5 coins (ADoP). > > > > Amend Rule 2438, "Ribbons", by changing the text "an Agoran Decision" to > > read "a referendum". > > Do we necessarily want to do this? I think that we could in the future > propose alternatives to referenda that we may still want to award > Orange ribbons for. Without this change, the text would still function > and would be just as readable. > Other types of Agoran decision for proposals? I don't see why we'd want that, and if we did we could change this later. > > > Amend the rule entitled "Popular Proposal Proposer Privilege" by changing > > the text "provided that no decision on whether to adopt any proposal > distributed > > in the same message remains open." to read "provided that > > no referendum initiated in the same message remains open." > > > > Amend the rule entitled "Proposal Recycling" by changing "If a > > decision of whether > > to adopt a proposal was resolved as FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days" > > to read "If a referendum on a proposal was resolved as FAILED QUORUM in > the > > last seven days". > > I think this should include an equivalent text for if Proposal > Recycling doesn't exist. It does, it's the R2350 amendment. It's just a bit up from here. -Aris
