On 9/8/24 00:38, ais523 via agora-discussion wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-09-08 at 00:32 -0400, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote:
>> On 9/7/24 21:47, ais523 via agora-business wrote:
>>> Create a new power 2 rule, "Megaphones":
>>> {{{
>>> Megaphones are fungible assets. The Assessor is the recordkeepor
>>> of Megaphones. The creation, destruction and transfer of
>>> Megaphones is secured.
>>>
>>> Each player's voting strength on referenda on ordinary proposals
>>> is increased by the number of Megaphones e holds.
>>> }}}
>> .. I admit I would really prefer not to pick up another report,
>> particularly one that might involve tracking a lot of transfers.
> I was hoping that this would reduce Assessor workload rather than
> increasing it (as you would no longer have to check office complexity –
> the Allocator checks that and the total is recorded in the asset
> holdings). Admittedly, I am not sure, and it rather depends on how
> people use the mechanism in practice (I am expecting Megaphone trades
> to be fairly rare, but don't know if that will actually be the case).
Hmm... Currently my workflow is "copy the offices and complexity from
last time, then ensure the holders match the latest ADoP's report"
(since complexity changes happen rarely and I'm likely to notice them).
>>> Create a new power 2 rule, "Pendants":
>>> {{{
>>> Pendants are fungible assets. The Promotor is the recordkeepor of
>>> Pendants.
>>>
>>> Immediately after a player submits a proposal, one Pendant is
>>> revoked from em, if possible. A player SHALL NOT submit a
>>> proposal if e owns no Pendants; violating this requirement has
>>> a Class of 4.
>>>
>>> A player CAN pay a fee of 4 Spendies to grant emself a Pendant.
>>> }}}
>> This seems like a very high cost for proposals and likely to encourage
>> omnibuses, particularly given that we have no way to do it free as we
>> have previously.
> It's high because it's the *backup* mechanism (and if it wasn't high,
> people would just use it as the primary mechanism). There is a much
> more plentiful supply of Pendants from the Allocation.
Ah, yes. I did mistake Pardons and Pendants so I read the default
allocation as 6, so not nearly as dire as I thought. Sorry.
--
Janet Cobb
Assessor, Rulekeepor
