Votes inline. An apology in advance to Aris—I’m not a huge fan of your “administrative” proposals. I’ll try and articulate why in the next few days, but I think it’s just a difference in vision. Please don’t take it personally; they’re well-written proposals. I do recognize the need for quicker resolution to “day-one” bugs, but I think there’s a lot of interesting gameplay there and this runs the risk of making things *too* simple. I’ll think more about ways to speed that up while keeping it interesting.
Gaelan > On Jan 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-official > <agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran > Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal > pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the > quorum is 5, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid > options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are > conditional votes). > > ID Author(s) AI Title > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8287 twg 2.0 Blot Stabilisation PRESENT: This means unpopular fugitives have no way to lose blots. Maybe that’s OK? > 8288 omd 1.0 Glitteral ENDORSE Treasuror > 8289 Alexis 1.0 You're Banned from the Theater AGAINST > 8290 G. 3.0 More Headroom FOR, although I might write up my own take on this at some point. > 8291 Bernie, [1] 3.0 Interesting Chambers v3.1 FOR. I am a bit worried about the opening bracket at the beginning of the proposal, given the common usage of that character for comments in proposals. > 8292 Bernie, twg 3.0 Self-Ratification Simplification Act PRESENT, because this seems dangerous and is over my head. > 8293 Bernie, twg 1.0 CFJ Bait ENDORSE the Arbitor, in case e feels CFJ load is too high. > 8294 Bernie, twg 3.0 Authorial Intent AGAINST. Among other things, this benefits authors of proposals who sneak in questionably-functional scams. > 8295 Bernie, twg, Alexis 3.0 Rewards Reform Act FOR > 8296 Aris, G. 1.0 Divergence FOR, although I’m a little sad to see my mechanism go. > 8297 Aris 2.1 Imminent Failure FOR > 8298 Aris, [2] 2.0 Administrative Adjudication v3 AGAINST. Sorry—I just don’t like it for some reason. I’ll think about it over the next few days and see if I can articulate why better. > 8299 Aris, G. 3.0 The Reset Button v2 AGAINST—I’m worried that codifying an “easy way out” like this will remove a lot of the interest in cleaning up situations like this. Maybe it’s just me, but that’s a part of the game that I enjoy. > 8300 Aris 3.0 Patches AGAINST. This scares me—it’s a brand-new, completely untested mechanism for power-3 rule changes. The objection count also seems high to me; RwO, which is less powerful, is without objection. > 8301 Aris, Jason Cobb 3.0 Consolidated Regulatory Recordkeeping v2 FOR > 8302 Aris 1.5 Generic Petitions FOR, but I do feel like “discretionary power” deserves a definition. > 8303 Aris, [3] 3.0 Contract Patency v3 PRESENT pending a final scam-check read, but almost certainly eventually FOR. > 8304 Bernie, twg, Jason Cobb 3.0 Rewards Reform Act - v1.1 Patch FOR > 8305 Alexis 3.0 Keeping Up With the Times CONDITIONAL: AGAINST if G's votes resolves to AGAINST, otherwise PRESENT. Quite frankly, I always thought of the terms as gender-neutral anyway. > 8306 Gaelan 3.0 Deregistration AGAINST > 8307 D. Margaux 3.0 Deregistration AGAINST > > The proposal pool is currently empty. > > [1] Trigon, Aris, Gaelan, G., Jason Cobb, twg > [2] Gaelan, twg, G., Jason Cobb, Alexis > [3] Gaelan, Jason Cobb, Falsifian > > The full text of the aforementioned proposal(s) is included below. > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8287 > Title: Blot Stabilisation > Adoption index: 2.0 > Author: twg > Co-authors: > > > /* Now that people can expunge each others' blots when they feel > * an appropriate sentence has been served, blots don't tend to > * stick around for more than a month or two, so there's not much > * value in the quarterly blot decay. > */ > > Amend Rule 2555, "Blots", by deleting the following paragraph: > > At the beginning of each quarter, half (rounded down) of each > fugitive's blots are destroyed. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8288 > Title: Glitteral > Adoption index: 1.0 > Author: omd > Co-authors: > > Amend Rule 2602 (Glitter) to read: > > Each time a player earns a type of Ribbon while already owning > that type of Ribbon, e CAN, once within the next 7 days, claim a > consolation prize by announcement. Claiming a consolation prize > causes em to earn N+1 coins, where N is the number of players > that do not own the same type of Ribbon. > > [Tried to make it as clear as possible without being excessively > verbose. I split it into two sentences because the change in timing > of the antecedent would otherwise create ambiguity about when "N+1" > should be evaluated.] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8289 > Title: You're Banned from the Theater > Adoption index: 1.0 > Author: Alexis > Co-authors: > > Repeal Rule 2602 (Glitter). > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8290 > Title: More Headroom > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: G. > Co-authors: > > [I went and looked - when we inflated base voting power from 1 to 3, > we kept the range 0-5, so we really deflated the range. Going with > 14, a little less than before]. > > Amend Rule 2422 (Voting Strength) by replacing: > The voting strength of an entity on an Agoran decision is an > integer between 0 and 5 inclusive > with: > The voting strength of an entity on an Agoran decision is an > integer between 0 and 14 inclusive > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8291 > Title: Interesting Chambers v3.1 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: Trigon, Aris, Gaelan, G., Jason Cobb, twg > > [Enact a new Rule of Power 2.0, entitled "Ministries", with the following > text: > > A Ministry is an entity defined as such by this rule. Each > Ministry has a goal. The Ministries of Agora, and their goals, are > as follows: > > A. Ministry of Justice: serve justice to rulebreakers > B. Ministry of Efficiency: see official duties performed swiftly > C. Ministry of Legislation: see votes cast on proposals > D. Ministry of Participation: reward players for achievements > E. Ministry of Economy: encourage economic activity and contracts > > Interest is an office switch, tracked by the ADoP, whose possible > values are lists of ministries, defaulting to the empty list. The > ADoP CAN flip an office's interest without objection. > > For each item of each office's interest, that office's holder's > voting strength is increased by 2 on proposals whose chamber is > set to that ministry. > > > Enact a new Rule of Power 2.0, entitled "Proposal Classes", with the > following text: > > Proposals created since the enactment of this rule have an > untracked Class switch with possible values ordinary (the default) > and democratic. > > When a proposal with an adoption index greater than 2.0 is > created, its class becomes democratic. > > Any player CAN, with 2 Agoran consent, flip an ordinary proposal's > class to democratic, provided that it is in the Proposal Pool or > that there is an Agoran decision on its adoption whose voting > period has not yet ended. > > > Enact a new Rule of Power 2.0, entitled "Proposal Chambers", with the > following text: > > Chamber is an untracked ordinary proposal switch whose possible > values include unset (the default) and each of the ministries of > Agora. > > A proposal's chamber SHOULD only be decided by which ministry's > goals it effects to the greatest degree. > > Any player CAN, with 2 Agoran consent, flip the chamber of an > ordinary proposal to any ministry, provided that it is in the > Proposal Pool or that there is an Agoran decision on its adoption > whose voting period has not yet ended. > > > Amend Rule 1607, "Distribution", by changing "the text, author, and > coauthors of the proposal" to "the text, author, coauthors, class and > (if applicable) chamber of the proposal". > > > Amend Rule 2350, "Proposals", by adding the following to the list: > > * A chamber to which the proposal shall be assigned upon its > creation. > > > Amend Rule 2422, "Voting Strength", by changing "between 0 and 5" to > "between 0 and 15". > > > // Move the PM's casting vote to the Speaker, since the PM already gets > // all ministries: > > Amend Rule 2423, "First Among Equals", by removing the second paragraph. > > Amend Rule 103, "The Speaker", by changing "For an election of the Prime > Minister, the Speaker" to "The Speaker". > > > Set the ADoP's Interest to [Efficiency]. > Set the Arbitor's Interest to [Justice]. > Set the Assessor's Interest to [Efficiency, Legislation]. > Set the Herald's Interest to [Participation]. > Set the Prime Minister's Interest to [Justice, Efficiency, Legislation, > Participation, Economy]. > Set the Promotor's Interest to [Legislation]. > Set the Referee's Interest to [Justice]. > Set the Registrar's Interest to [Efficiency]. > Set the Rulekeepor's Interest to [Legislation, Participation]. > Set the Tailor's Interest to [Participation]. > Set the Treasuror's Interest to [Economy, Economy]. > > // Some of the above have been slightly rejigged given the new > // definition of Participation > > /* Treasuror is given Economy twice for balance reasons: > * - It is a high-complexity office (was given Complexity=3 under > * Politics), like Assessor and Rulekeepor; this makes the power > * commensurate to the importance, and there is no ministry it really > * fits under besides Economy > * - It bumps up the number of voting increases issued for Economy > * proposals; all other ministries have 2-3 excluding the PM. > * Not just trying to give myself votes, I swear :P > */ > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8292 > Title: Self-Ratification Simplification Act > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: twg > > /* I don't recall any instances in modern times where a CFJ has been > * used to explicitly doubt a document, and the behaviour is > * replicable by citations anyway. So let's get rid of it, as it makes > * R2201 significantly longer and also gives it two lists with the > * same numbering scheme (always a headache). > * This also clarifies that non-players are able to issue CoEs - this > * was already possible (and may be useful as a protection against > * accidental deregistrations from incorrect Registrar reports) but > * was a bit non-obvious. > */ > > Amend Rule 2201, "Self-Ratification", by replacing its text from > "A doubt is" to "cites the claim of error:" (inclusive) with the > following: > > Any person CAN by announcement issue a doubt (syn. claim of > error), identifying a document and explaining the scope and nature > of a perceived error in it (or in a statement it attests to). > > When this happens, the publisher of the original document SHALL > (if e was required to publish that document) or SHOULD (otherwise) > do one of the following in a timely fashion, in an announcement > that clearly cites the claim of error: > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8293 > Title: CFJ Bait > Adoption index: 1.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: twg > > I register as a player. > > I receive a Welcome Package. > > I grant myself 9 coins. > > I transfer 2 coins to Agora. > I transfer 2 coins to Proposal 8777. > I transfer 2 coins to Trigon. > I transfer 2 coins to the Lost and Found Department. > > Notice of Honour: > +1 G. (giving twg the inspiration for my creation) > -1 nch (e's vanished, e doesn't need it) > > I vote PRESENT on each Agoran decision whose voting is ongoing. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8294 > Title: Authorial Intent > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: twg > > // Not actually expecting this to pass, at least not on first reading, > // but hopefully it will provoke some discussion. > > Amend Rule 217, "Interpreting the Rules", by inserting "authorial > intent," after "past judgements,". > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8295 > Title: Rewards Reform Act > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: twg, Alexis > > /* 1. Changes rewards to be issued by relevant officers (mostly ADoP, > * Arbitor) in their weekly reports, instead of calculated and > * claimed by individual players themselves. > * 2. Effectively converts Glitter into a reward issued by the Tailor. > * (Players must still claim their Glitter by announcement, but the > * Tailor calculates the coin amounts and awards them all in > * weekly batches.) > * 3. Makes all Ribbons (except White, Gray, Black) eligible for > * Glitter. > */ > > Amend Rule 2496 ("Rewards") as follows: > > Replace its first two paragraphs with the following: > > Each time a player fulfills a reward condition, the officer > associated with the condition CAN once, and SHALL before the end > of the next Agoran week, grant the associated set of assets to the > player. > > Below is a list of reward conditions and their associated assets > and officers. > > Append "(Assessor)" to the first list item. > > Append "(Arbitor)" to the second list item. > > Append "(ADoP)" to the third list item. > > Append "(ADoP)" to the fourth list item. > > Append "(Herald)" to the fifth list item. > > > Amend Rule 2438 ("Ribbons") as follows: > > Replace the paragraph starting "While a person qualifies..." with > the following: > > A person qualifies for a type of Ribbon if e has earned that type > of Ribbon within the preceding 7 days (including earlier in the > same message). > > [Removed the Gray and Transparent rephrasings as they were > unnecessarily confusing and had minimal effect.] > > Move the list item starting "Emerald" so that it falls between the > list items starting "Green" and "Cyan". [This was bothering me.] > > Append the following: > > While a person qualifies for a type of Ribbon: > > - If e has not owned that type of Ribbon within the preceding 7 > days, any player CAN, by announcement, award em that type of > Ribbon. > > - Otherwise, if e has not been awarded that type of Ribbon or > the corresponding type of Glitter since e last earned or > came to qualify for that type of Ribbon, e CAN, by > announcement, award emself that type of Glitter. > > Amend Rule 2602 ("Glitter") to read: > > For each type of Ribbon, there is a type of Glitter with the same > name. An attempt to award Glitter is INEFFECTIVE if the type of > Glitter is not specified. > > Each time a player is awarded a type of Glitter, the Tailor CAN > once, and SHALL before the end of the next Agoran week, grant the > player N+1 coins, where N is the number of players who did not > own the corresponding type of Ribbon at the time of the award. > > [If the mechanics of the change are approved, R2602 could later be > further simplified by merging the first para into 2438 and the > second into R2496] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8296 > Title: Divergence > Adoption index: 1.0 > Author: Aris > Co-author(s): G. > > Amend Rule 2143, "Official Reports and Duties", by removing the paragraph: > > A convergence is any change to the gamestate that has, in > accordance with the rules, been designated as such. A change to > the gamestate SHOULD NOT be designated as a convergence unless it > is designed to resolve gamestate ambiguity. Designating a change > as a convergence is secured; any player CAN do so with 3 Agoran > Consent. When officeholders provide historical information, they > NEED NOT accurately document the changes made by the convergence > or related ambiguities, provided that they instead note that the > convergence occurred. Information about a convergence (but not the > resulting state) is inherently uncertain and is thus excluded from > self-ratification. > > Amend Rule 1681, "The Logical Rulesets", by changing the text > "Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeepor SHALL record > a historical annotation to the rule indicating:" > to read > "Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeepor SHALL record and > thereafter maintain a reasonably accurate historical annotation to the > rule indicating:" > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8297 > Title: Imminent Failure > Adoption index: 2.1 > Author: Aris > Co-author(s): > > [This is no longer effective; a replacement would be complex to implement > and probably not worth it.] > > Amend Rule 2481, "Festival Restrictions", by removing the list item > > "2. Non-Festive players cannot flip the Imminence of any proposal;" > > and renumbering the list accordingly. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8298m > Title: Administrative Adjudication v3 > Adoption index: 2.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: Gaelan, twg, G., Jason Cobb, Alexis > > > Enact a new rule, with power 2.0, entitled "Memoranda", with the following > text: > > Each officer CAN, by announcement, issue a memorandum, consisting of a > specified public document. The memorandum is binding as precedent within > the officer's official domain, broadly construed, and SHOULD be tracked along > with judicial cases. An officer SHALL only issue a memorandum to clear up > a matter of urgent concern creating confusion in eir domain; > officers are ENCOURAGED to exercise discretion in issuing memoranda. > > [Suggested domains of current offices: > ADoP - Officer elections, whether reports were published, who holds what > office > Arbitor - The existence and assignment of CFJs, but not their resolution > Assessor - Votes, resolutions > Comptrollor - Vetos > Distributor - The operation of the lists > Herald - Patent titles, honour, the birthday tournament > Notary (if passed) - Contracts and pledges > Prime Minister - Anything in the jurisdiction of multiple officers > Promotor - Proposals in the pool, distributions > Referee - Fines and criminal law in general > Registrar - Registration & deregistration, zombie auctions, etc. > Rulekeepor - The state of the rules (e.g. whether proposals worked) > Speaker - Head of State stuff (i.e. nothing) > Tailor - Ribbons > Treasuror - Assets > ] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8299 > Title: The Reset Button v2 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: G. > > If no proposal whose title contains the text "Administrative Adjudication" > has passed within the last 30 days, the remainder of this proposal has no > effect. > > Create the following power 3.0 rule entitled "The Reset Button": > > An officer CAN, without 3 objections, pursuant to a memorandum finding it > in the best interests of the game, issue an adjustment, which shall be > a public document. When the adjustment is issued, all changes that are > included in the adjustment take effect. > > This is a RECOMMENDED method for resetting aspects of the game in a > fair and equitable manner following the discovery and/or exploitation > of unintended loopholes within the Rules, whether the exploitation > was accidental or purposeful. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8300 > Title: Patches > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: > > If no proposal whose title contains the text "Administrative Adjudication" > has passed within the last 30 days, the remainder of this proposal has no > effect. > > Create the following power 3.0 rule entitled "Patches": > > An officer CAN, without 3 objections, pursuant to a memorandum finding it > in the best interests of the game, issue a regulation known as a patch. > To the extent the patch is not manifestly abusive, disproportionate, or > unreasonable, the rules are to be interpreted as if they were modified > in the manner stipulated by the patch. > > Enacting and modifying patches are secured. A patch's promulgator CAN amend > it without 3 objections. Any person CAN repeal the patch by announcement > once it has been rendered obsolete. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8301 > Title: Consolidated Regulatory Recordkeeping v2 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: Jason Cobb > > [The Rulekeepor is willing to take on this responsibility, and it > makes considerably more sense than making the officer include a random > section in their report; instead, it keeps all of the rules and regulations > together in one easily accessible place.] > > Amend Rule 2493, Regulations, by changing the text > > "Regulations are tracked in their Promulgator's weekly report." > to read > "Regulations are tracked by the Rulekeepor as part of eir > weekly and monthly reports in a fashion similar to rules." > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8302 > Title: Generic Petitions > Adoption index: 1.5 > Author: Aris > Co-author(s): > > Amend Rule 649, "Patent Titles", by removing the paragraph: > > If a player publicly petitions that the Herald award a patent > title to another player for a specified reason, the Herald SHALL > respond in a timely fashion by either attempting to grant an > appropriate patent title or explaining publicly why no patent > title is warranted. > > Amend Rule 2143, "Official Reports and Duties", by appending as a new > paragraph > at the end: > > If an office has a discretionary power, and a player publicly petitions > the officer to apply that power in a specific case or manner, the officer > SHALL publicly respond in a timely fashion. > > [No reason this should be specific to Herald (yes, I know I added it in the > first place), and it seems like a good convention to have. It could be > applied to regulations and memoranda, for instance.] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8303 > Title: Contract Patency v3 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: Gaelan, Jason Cobb, Falsifian > > > Amend Rule 2519, "Consent", to read in full: > A person is deemed to have consented to an action if and only if, > at the time the action took place: > > 1. e, acting as emself, has publicly stated that e agrees to the action > and not subsequently publicly withdrawn eir statement; > 2. e is party to a contract whose body explicitly and unambiguously > indicates eir consent; or > 3. it is reasonably clear from context that e wanted the > action to take place or assented to it taking place. > > Amend Rule 2124, "Agoran Satisfaction", by removing the text '(syn. > "consent")'. > > Amend Rule 1742, "Contracts", to read in full: > > Any group of one or more consenting persons (the parties) may > publicly make an agreement among themselves with the intention that it be > binding upon them and be governed by the rules. Such an agreement > is known as a contract. A contract may be modified, including > by changing the set of parties, with the consent of all > existing parties. A contract may also be terminated with the > consent of all parties. A contract automatically terminates if the number of > parties to it falls below one. It is IMPOSSIBLE for a person to > become a party to a contract without eir consent. > > Parties to a contract governed by the rules SHALL act in > accordance with that contract. This obligation is not impaired > by contradiction between the contract and any other contract, or > between the contract and the rules. > > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, any change that would cause the full > provisions or parties of a contract to become publicly unavailable is > canceled > and does not take effect. > > The portion of a contract's provisions that can be interpreted > with reference only to information that is either publicly or generally > available are known as its body; the remainder of the provisions are known > as the annex. > > A party to a contract CAN perform any of the following actions as > explicitly and unambiguously permitted by the contract's body: > > * Act on behalf of another party to the contract. > > * By announcement, revoke destructible assets from the contract. > > * By announcement, transfer liquid assets from the contract to a specified > recipient. > > Amend rule 2450, "Pledges", by adding at the end of the first paragraph > "A pledge ceases to exist at the end of its time window." > > Destroy every pledge with an expired time window. > > Enact a new power 2.0 rule, entitled "The Notary", with the following text: > > The Notary is an office. > > The Notary's weekly report contains: > > 1. every pledge, along with its title, creator, time window, time of > creation, and time of expiry; and > 2. every contract, with its title, full provisions, and parties. > > If the Notary is required to report a title, but none has been otherwise > publicly provided, e CAN select one. > > The transitional period lasts for at least 90 days after this rule comes > into force; thereafter, any player CAN end it by announcement. > A pledge or contract is invisible if it was created before this rule came > into force, and has not been publicly posted since this rule came into force; > for a contract, this publication must include its full provisions and list of > parties, along with a certification or adequate proof of their accuracy and > completeness. During the transitional period, the Notary NEED NOT report > any invisible contract or pledge. When the transitional period is ended, > each invisible contract or pledge ceases to exist in the order they were > created, and then this rule amends itself by deleting this paragraph. > > Make Gaelan the Notary. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8304 > Title: Rewards Reform Act - v1.1 Patch > Adoption index: 2.0 > Author: Bernie > Co-authors: twg, Jason Cobb > > If the proposal titled "Rewards Reform Act" has not been adopted, this > proposal has no effect. > > Amend Rule 1023, "Agoran Time", by inserting the following top-level > list item before the one starting "2. Agoran epochs:", and renumbering > the rest of the list as appropriate: > > 2. The phrase "in an officially timely fashion" means "before the > end of the next Agoran week". This time period is set when the > requirement is created (i.e. between 7 and 14 days before the > period ends). > > Amend Rule 2496, "Rewards", by replacing "before the end of the next > Agoran week" with "in an officially timely fashion". > > Amend Rule 2602, "Glitter", by replacing "before the end of the next > Agoran week" with "in an officially timely fashion". > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8305 > Title: Keeping Up With the Times > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Alexis > Co-authors: > > > Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) by replacing "Bachelor" with "Baccalaureate" and > by replacing "Master" with "Magisteriate". > > Rename every instance of the Patent Titles "Bachelor of Nomic" and "Master > of Nomic" accordingly. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8306 > Title: Deregistration > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Gaelan > Co-authors: > > > Flip the Citizenship of the following players to Unregistered: > - D. Margaux > - Baron von Vaderham > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8307 > Title: Deregistration > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: D. Margaux > Co-authors: > > > Flip the Citizenship of the following player to Unregistered: > - Gaelan > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////