On 9/22/24 16:15, Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > [I had these sitting around from an old RtRW but never got around to > fleshing them out.] > > Proto-Proposal: Track quorum > (AI = 3) > > Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read: > > Each Agoran decision has a quorum, a number set when the decision > is created and fixed thereafter. When a person initiates an Agoran > decision, that person SHALL (in the same message) state the quorum > of that decision. However, incorrectly stating the quorum of a > decision does not invalidate the initiation, nor does it change > the decision's quorum. > > The quorum that an Agoran decision gains as it is created can be > defined by other rules of power 2 or greater. If no other rule > defines the quorum of an Agoran decision, the quorum for that > decision is the Quorum Level. > > The Quorum Level is a singleton switch, tracked by the Assessor, > whose values are the positive integers (default 1). When a person > resolves one or more referenda, that person CAN and SHALL (in the > same message) flip the Quorum Level to 2/3 of the number of voters > on the last one, rounded to the nearest integer. > > The above notwithstanding, the minimum quorum of an Agoran > decision is 2, or 1 if there are fewer than 2 players. If the > rules would attempt to set the quorum of an Agoran decision to > less than the minimum quorum, it is set to the minimum instead.
To what end? Is it really that much more burdensome to look up the last resolution and calculate 2/3 of the voters than to look at a weekly report? Also, missing a method for the CAN. > Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) by replacing the > section defining the outcome of an instant runoff decision with: > > 2. For an instant runoff decision, the outcome is whichever option > wins according to the standard definition of instant runoff. > For this purpose, a ballot of strength N is treated as if it > were N distinct ballots expressing the same preferences. > > If an entity that is part of a valid vote is not a valid option > at the end of the voting period, or disqualified by the rule > providing for the decision, then that entity is eliminated > prior to the first round of counting. > > In case multiple valid options tie for the lowest number of > votes at any stage, the vote collector CAN and must, in the > announcement of the decision's resolution, select one such > option to eliminate; if e is one of those options, then e > CANNOT select another option; if, for M > 1, all eir possible > choices in the next M stages would result in the same set of > options being eliminated, e need not specify the order of > elimination. > Please don't use "the section defining the outcome of an instant runoff decision". (What is a "section"? Is it different from a "list item"?) Just indicate it using the text (e.g. "the list item beginning 'For an instant runoff decision'" or even just "the list item numbered 2". -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Rulekeepor
