Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread David Nicol
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Paul VanKoughnett wrote: > I also agree with David's (username?) thoughts on equity specifically. "Dave" since nomic world. I was once briefly barred after asserting that I was an AI. I am not. -- Is it the time when there isn't time to discuss but there is ti

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread Paul VanKoughnett
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Paul VanKoughnett wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, comex wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kerim Aydin >>> wrote: The thing is, we have to develop an equity issue (or coming-from-the out

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread Paul VanKoughnett
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, comex wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> The thing is, we have to develop an equity issue (or coming-from-the >>> outside issue) that people care about.  I don't think it was the scams >>>

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread Ed Murphy
David Nicol wrote: > some training about mediating to find win/win solutions might be in > order instead of insisting that all disputes are adversarial -- > everyone knows the parable of the orange from Getting To Yes? *looks up* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiation#The_new_creative_approach

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread David Nicol
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > 3.  The important thing is that once the plaintiff and defendant have >    put out their recommendations (i.e. their initial bargaining >    positions) they should be encouraged to reach a settlement on >    their own. > > -G. Independent arb

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, comex wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> The thing is, we have to develop an equity issue (or coming-from-the >> outside issue) that people care about.  I don't think it was the scams >> that killed equity - that's no worse than real life offshor

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread comex
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > The thing is, we have to develop an equity issue (or coming-from-the > outside issue) that people care about.  I don't think it was the scams > that killed equity - that's no worse than real life offshore shell > companies to avoid taxes etc.

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, ais523 wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 00:33 -0500, Paul VanKoughnett wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, David Nicol wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: >>> > That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though. I >>> > believe Davi

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-26 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 00:33 -0500, Paul VanKoughnett wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, David Nicol wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: > > > That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though. I > > > believe David is talking about chartering some Real

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-25 Thread Paul VanKoughnett
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, David Nicol wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: > > That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though.  I > > believe David is talking about chartering some Real Life entity > > legally governed by the game. > > > That's right.  My

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-25 Thread Sean Hunt
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:40 AM, David Nicol wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: >> That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though.  I >> believe David is talking about chartering some Real Life entity >> legally governed by the game. > > > That's right.  My visi

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-25 Thread Ed Murphy
David Nicol wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: >> That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though. Â I >> believe David is talking about chartering some Real Life entity >> legally governed by the game. > > > That's right. My vision for, uh, "Agora Pro" consist

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-25 Thread David Nicol
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM, comex wrote: > That's only for partnerships participating in Agora, though.  I > believe David is talking about chartering some Real Life entity > legally governed by the game. That's right. My vision for, uh, "Agora Pro" consists of a commercial transnational

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Hunt
On 02/25/2010 12:21 AM, David Nicol wrote: On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: The rules for first- versus second-class players are still in place, however, so any new proposals would be welcomed. So if I actually came up with a proposal or suite of proposals involving charterin

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-24 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 01:17 -0600, David Nicol wrote: > Sorry, my lurking on agora-dis has been very minimal for the last > several years. Did the concept get exhausted internally as amusing, or > for lack of external customers wanting to name Agora as the > jurisdiction of disputes in contracts? I

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Hunt
On 02/25/2010 12:17 AM, David Nicol wrote: Sorry, my lurking on agora-dis has been very minimal for the last several years. Did the concept get exhausted internally as amusing, or for lack of external customers wanting to name Agora as the jurisdiction of disputes in contracts? I'm quite willing

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-24 Thread David Nicol
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > The rules for first- versus second-class players are still in place, > however, so any new proposals would be welcomed. So if I actually came up with a proposal or suite of proposals involving chartering some particular entity in Agora (which ha

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-24 Thread David Nicol
Sorry, my lurking on agora-dis has been very minimal for the last several years. Did the concept get exhausted internally as amusing, or for lack of external customers wanting to name Agora as the jurisdiction of disputes in contracts? I'm quite willing to believe that I'm the only individual on Ea

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-23 Thread Sean Hunt
On 02/23/2010 12:39 PM, David Nicol wrote: Question: what support if any do the rules currently have for non-agoran entities? And if support exists, are any agorans in the mood to sponsor a non-agoran entity (like, a corporation) in some way? Please respond with specific proposals off-list, gener

Re: DIS: external entity question

2010-02-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, David Nicol wrote: > Question: what support if any do the rules currently have for > non-agoran entities? And if support exists, are any agorans in the > mood to sponsor a non-agoran entity (like, a corporation) in some way? > Please respond with specific proposals off-list, g

DIS: external entity question

2010-02-23 Thread David Nicol
Question: what support if any do the rules currently have for non-agoran entities? And if support exists, are any agorans in the mood to sponsor a non-agoran entity (like, a corporation) in some way? Please respond with specific proposals off-list, general answers on.