I vote as follows, respective to the listed order of the proposals: FOR FOR AGAINST
On November 2, 2025 10:40:39 PM PST, Cosmo via agora-official <[email protected]> wrote: >================= >PROMOTOR'S REPORT >================= > > >I initiate a referendum on each of the following proposals, removing >them from the proposal pool. For each referendum the vote collector is the >Assessor, the quorum is 3, the adoption index is that of the associated >proposal, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid options are FOR >and AGAINST. (PRESENT and conditional votes are also both valid options.) > >ID Author AI Name >----------------------------------------------------------------- >9254* Janet+ 3.0 Administrative Publication Act >9255* Janet 3.0 It's personal >9256~ Murphy 1.0 No more apathetic apathy >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >The proposal pool contains the following proposals (self-ratifying): >Author AI Name >------------------------------------------------------ >4st+ 1.0 Truly Indestructible? >------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Legend: >NNNN*: Democratic proposal >NNNN~: Ordinary proposal >NAME+: Coauthors listed below > >The full text of all above mentioned proposals is listed below. > > >========== >ID 9254 >Administrative Publication Act (AI=3.0) >author: Janet >coauthors: kiako > > >Amend Rule 2651 ("The Election Cycle") by, as a single amendment >(failing as a whole if any step fails): > >* Replacing "the ADoP CAN and SHALL publish a Notice of Election" with >"the ADoP CAN by announcement and SHALL issue a Notice of Election". > >* Replacing "Such a notice initiates" with "Doing so initiates". > >* Replacing "if there are fewer than 2 term-limited offices, the ADoP >MUST instead list all of them" with "or, if there are fewer than 2 such >offices, all of them". > >[The last part is a drive-by fix.] > > >Amend Rule 2555 ("Blots") by replacing "Once a quarter, the Referee CAN >(and SHALL during its first Eastman week) publish a Notice of Clemency" >with "Once per quarter, the Referee CAN by announcement (and SHALL >during its first Eastman week) issue a Notice of Clemency". > >Amend Rule 2656 ("Radiance") by replacing "Once a quarter, the >Illuminator CAN (and SHALL during its first Eastman week) publish a >Notice of Diminution" with "Once per quarter, the Illuminator CAN by >announcement (and SHALL during its first Eastman week) issue a Notice of >Diminution". > >[I have always been annoyed by using "CAN publish" as an attempt to >authorize an action. To "publish" is already defined, and we have a >perfectly method for actions taken by sending a message: "by >announcement". I would argue "This is a Notice of X." continues to work >under this standard, since one no longer has to explicitly announce that >e performs a "by announcement" action in order to take it, and saying >that clearly sets forth intent to take the action of "issuing" the Notice.] > > >If, immediately prior to this proposal taking effect (and under the >ruleset then in effect), the ADoP had published a Notice of Election in >the current quarter, any duty for em to issue a Notice of Election in >the current quarter is discharged. > >If, immediately prior to this proposal taking effect (and under the >ruleset then in effect), the Referee had published a Notice of >Clemency in the current quarter, any duty for em to issue a Notice of >Clemency in the current quarter is discharged. > >If, immediately prior to this proposal taking effect (and under the >ruleset then in effect), the Illuminator had published a Notice of >Diminution in the current quarter, any duty for em to issue a Notice of >Diminution in the current quarter is discharged. > >[Clarify that this proposal does not impose any additional duties in the >current quarter.] > > >Amend Rule 869 ("How to Join and Leave Agora") by replacing the text "by >publishing a message that indicates reasonably clearly" with "by sending >a public message that indicates reasonably clearly". > >[The "message" part of this requirement is already included in the >definition of "publish".] > > >Amend Rule 2463 ("Motion of No Confidence") to read as follows: > >{ > >Any player CAN, with Agoran consent, cause the office of Prime Minister >to become vacant, provided that the message in which e does so contains >the string "MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE" in its subject line. Motions of no >confidence SHOULD be used whenever Agorans want to shake things up, >rather than as a personal judgement of the Prime Minister. > >} > >[Remove the double method ("with Agoran consent" and "by publishing >[...]") by phrasing it as a condition instead. Also, fix a typo >("missing "be" after "SHOULD").] > > > > >========== >ID 9255 >It's personal (AI=3.0) >author: Janet >coauthors: > > >Amend Rule 2556 ("Penalties") by replacing the text "voting strength of >a player" with the text "voting strength of a person". > >[Fix a bug discovered during Agoran't that lets a person dodge a >Blot-based voting strength penalty by deregistering.] > > > > >========== >ID 9256 >No more apathetic apathy (AI=1.0) >author: Murphy >coauthors: > > >Amend Rule 2465 (Victory by Apathy) by appending this text: > > Announcing intent to Declare Apathy is the Class 5 Infraction of > Goldbricking, but this infraction is automatically forgiven if its > sponsor successfully Declares Apathy on the basis of that intent, > and SHOULD be forgiven if its sponsor demonstrates that e > reasonably expected to be able to do so (e.g. by exploiting a bug > in the rules governing tabled actions, or privately bribing > players not specified to win, but not simply by announcing intent > and hoping that no other players checked e-mail for a few days). > >========== >Truly Indestructible? (AI=1.0) >author: 4st >coauthors: kiako, Janet > >Amend Rule 2695 "The Veblen" by appending: >{ >If the Veblen does not exist, any player CAN, >by announcement, Become All Powerful. When e >does so, e wins the game, and the Veblen is >created in eir possession. A player who wins >in this fashion SHOULD submit a proposal to >prevent the destruction from arising again. >} > >-- >Cosmo >Promotor
