Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/7/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Never used within the range of the current mailing list archives (back to 2002-11-03). On 2002-11-26 you proposed its repeal, on the basis that it hadn't been used in recent memory. It was eventually repealed on 2005-05-15. On 18 July 2001, Murphy

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >What about only charging for proposals with AI < 2? That's conceptually interesting. It fits in with my general plan of separating undemocratic Ordinary proposals from a purer democratic system. The charging would still constitute an artificial scarcity, of course, but restricte

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: >On May 7, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Zefram wrote: >>Proposal distribution is not a scarce resource. > >No, but proposal entry and distribution is. Eh? What do you mean by "proposal entry"? I don't see any scarcity around here. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: >Since I started playing, I don't remember the Guillotine having been >used. When was it last used? Never used within the range of the current mailing list archives (back to 2002-11-03). On 2002-11-26 you proposed its repeal, on the basis that it hadn't been used in rec

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 7, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: Zefram wrote: Kerim Aydin wrote: If it costs something "tangible" to get a proposal distributed, Proposal distribution is not a scarce resource. I'm opposed to creating artificial scarcity here. Your support concept wouldn't offend in that wa

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Kerim Aydin wrote: If it costs something "tangible" to get a proposal distributed, Proposal distribution is not a scarce resource. I'm opposed to creating artificial scarcity here. Your support concept wouldn't offend in that way, but it sounds like quite a lot of extra work f

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 7, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Zefram wrote: Kerim Aydin wrote: If it costs something "tangible" to get a proposal distributed, Proposal distribution is not a scarce resource. No, but proposal entry and distribution is. (Why do I think I just got another entry in Maud's rotating quotes file

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 7, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Zefram wrote: Finally, the clause "right to have it voted on" is troubling. Is it "voted on" if a veto or guillotine ends the voting period? With the present Speaker's Veto, an identical (except for AI) proposal will be voted on the next week, and won't be subject

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >If it costs something "tangible" to get a proposal distributed, Proposal distribution is not a scarce resource. I'm opposed to creating artificial scarcity here. Your support concept wouldn't offend in that way, but it sounds like quite a lot of extra work for very little ben

DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > > I personally think we should be more restrictive about free proposing, > > people (in general) have gotten out of the habit of proto-ing. > > I don't see the connection here. If it costs something "tangible" to get a proposal distributed, you don't pay that cost for a first dra

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >I personally think we should be more restrictive about free proposing, >people (in general) have gotten out of the habit of proto-ing. I don't see the connection here. >Finally, the clause "right to have it voted on" is troubling. Is >it "voted on" if a veto or guillotine end

DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > I think it's been unhealthy in places. Short delays (such as the > Speaker's Veto in practice achieves) seem fine, but not the indefinite > delays and dropping of proposals that resulted from P-Notes and > artificially restricted distribution. Well, during the Papyri version of

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Ed Murphy wrote: Should be covered by the "receive judgement" clause. If you apply that to the appeal clause, that implies that a single appeal will have to result in an appeal judgement (where currently three are required). An appeal receives three judgements, yes, but this c

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: > There's been a healthy history of proposal-killing/delaying procedures >that we should keep that this would stop (e.g. vetoes, making undistributable, >distribution costs in general). I think it's been unhealthy in places. Short delays (such as the Speaker's Veto in pract

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >Should be covered by the "receive judgement" clause. If you apply that to the appeal clause, that implies that a single appeal will have to result in an appeal judgement (where currently three are required). Also, possibly, that an appeal judgement can be appealed. -zefram

DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
Murphy wrote: >iv. Every person has the right to invoke a judgement, appeal a >judgement, appeal a sentencing or judicial order binding em, >and receive judgement in a timely fashion. Looks good, for clarity, I'd suggest the "receive" clause right after "invoke" c

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-07 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: iv. Every person has the right to invoke a judgement, appeal a judgement, appeal a sentencing or judicial order binding em, and receive judgement in a timely fashion. Might have to detail what appeal achieves, in the light of the judgement on "invoke"

Re: DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-06 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: > iii. Every player has the right to submit a proposal and have it >voted on in a timely fashion. "... and have it adopted if popular"? Not sure how to phrase the condition, but we definitely need such a clause. >iv. Every person has the right to invoke

DIS: Proto: Agora shall make no law...

2007-05-06 Thread Ed Murphy
Proto-Proposal: Agora shall make no law... (AI = 3, please) Amend Rule 101 (Agoran Rights and Privileges) by changing the labels (iv through viii) to (v through ix) respectively, and by replacing this text: iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a judgeme