I vote as follows: 8837 (Is this a hard decision?): AGAINST 8838 (Kickstarter): AGAINST 8839 (Not so hard decision): AGAINST 8840 (Cleanliness security): PRESENT 8841 (Spivak Standardization Act v2): PRESENT 8842 (Losing Focus): FOR 8843 (Time B Safe): AGAINST 8844 (Fix dreams): FOR 8845 (Onicers): AGAINST 8846 (The Cheepening): FOR 8847 (Bird Powerup): PRESENT 8848 (Goals): AGAINST
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 1:13 AM secretsnail9 via agora-official < agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW > > If you vote on a proposal, please edit this spreadsheet with your votes: > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jzzyipV-YFQwzRC-WxkOrOnjVLee-xH9NWC2ixf5K-8/edit?usp=sharing > > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referendum on it, > and removing it from the proposal pool. For this decision, the vote > collector > is the Assessor, the quorum is 7, 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8837~ 4st 1.0 Is this a hard decision? > 8838~ Murphy 1.0 Kickstarter > 8839* 4st 3.0 Not so hard decision > 8840* Jason 3.0 Cleanliness security > 8841* Jason, Aspen, Gaelan 3.0 Spivak Standardization Act v2 > 8842~ Pilgore . . . [1] 2.0 Losing Focus > 8843* G., Jason, Murphy 4.0 Time B Safe > 8844~ 4st, Jason 2.0 Fix dreams > 8845~ secretsnail 1.0 Onicers > 8846~ secretsnail 1.0 The Cheepening > 8847~ secretsnail, 4st 2.0 Bird Powerup > 8848~ 4st 1.0 Goals > > > > [1] Pilgore, nix, Jason, Madrid > > > > The proposal pool contains the following proposals: > > ID Author(s) AI Title > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Currently empty. > > > > Legend: <ID>* : Democratic proposal. > <ID>~ : Ordinary proposal. > > The full text of the aforementioned proposal(s) is included below. Where > the information shown below differs from the information shown above, > the information shown above shall control. > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8837 > Title: Is this a hard decision? > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: 4st > Co-author(s): > > When this proposal is adopted, each of the following occur in order, > separately, if possible: > 1. All players who voted AGAINST or conditionally on this proposal have > their score set to 0 > 2. All players who voted AGAINST or conditionally on this proposal have > their coins set to 0 > 3. All players who voted AGAINST or conditionally on this proposal have all > stamps they own destroyed. 4. All players who voted AGAINST this proposal > have any stones they own are transferred to Agora. > 5. All players who voted AGAINST or conditionally on this proposal have any > birds they own transferred to Agora. > 6. Grant 4st 200 points. > 7. Enact the following rule, title 'Voter protection' with power=1.0: > { > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, proposals cannot affect players or > their assets based on the way they have voted. > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, rules that affect players or their > assets based on the way a player has voted cannot affect the proposal in > which that rule is enacted. > } > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8838 > Title: Kickstarter > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: Murphy > Co-author(s): > > > Each person who was a player when Rule 2668 (Horses) was enacted gains > 10 dollaries. > > > [Another thing tied to "when the race starts anew", but the enactment of > these rules doesn't clearly qualify. The Registrar's report of August 14 > should be sufficient to identify who gains dollaries, as there were no > registrations or deregistrations in between.] > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8839 > Title: Not so hard decision > Adoption Index: 3.0 > Author: 4st > Co-author(s): > > > Create the following rule if it doesn't exist, with Title "Voter > Protection" and power=3.0 > { > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, proposals cannot affect > players' assets or players' scores based on the way they have voted. > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, rules that affect players' assets or > players' scores based on the way a player has voted cannot affect the > proposal in > which that rule is enacted. > } > If a rule with the title "Voter Protection" already exists, amend it so > that it matches the above rule, and set its power to 3. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8840 > Title: Cleanliness security > Adoption Index: 3.0 > Author: Jason > Co-author(s): > > > Amend Rule 2221 by appending the following paragraph: > > { > > Cleaning rules is secured. Refiling rules is secured. > > } > > > [This is maybe arguably not necessary based on the exact wording of > R2221, but better safe than sorry.] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8841 > Title: Spivak Standardization Act v2 > Adoption Index: 3.0 > Author: Jason > Co-author(s): Aspen, Gaelan > > > Enact a new power-3 rule entitled "Pronoun Prioritization" with the > following text: > > { > > The Spivak pronouns (e/em/eir) are hereby recognized as the standard > third-person singular personal pronouns in Agora. In official contexts, > players SHOULD use them when referring to non-specific persons or, in > the absence of a clear statement of another preference, when referring > to a specific other person. The use of other singular third-person > pronouns when referring to persons is DISCOURAGED in official contexts, > except upon specific request by that person. > > A player CAN, with Agoran consent, cause this rule to amend a specified > other rule of power less than 4, specifying the new text of the rule, > such that the new text rewords and rephrases the existing text in order > to use Spivak pronouns in place of singular they, provided that such > amendment would not result in the meaning or interpretation of that rule > changing in any way. > > } > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8842 > Title: Losing Focus > Adoption Index: 2.0 > Author: Pilgore > Co-authors: nix, Jason, Madrid > > > Repeal R2638 (Player Focuses) > Repeal R2605 (Ministries) > > Amend R2645 (The Stones) to delete the bullet point which reads: > Concentration Stone (monthly, 60%): A specified player (defaulting to the > wielder if not specified) gains the Grant associated with eir Focus. > and replace it with: > Jockey Stone (monthly, 60%): A specified Running horse's Race Position is > increased by 1. > > If at the time this proposal is adopted the Concentration Stone is owned > by a player, that player becomes the owner of the Jockey Stone. Otherwise, > Agora becomes the owner of the Jockey Stone. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8843 > Title: Time B Safe > Adoption Index: 4.0 > Author: G. > Co-authors: Jason, Murphy > > > Amend Rule 1698 (Agora Is A Nomic) by replacing: > adopted within a four-week period. > with: > adopted within a real-world (UTC) four-week period. > > [ > In discord, a Power-5 Rule was suggested: "Rules to the contrary > notwithstanding, this rule CANNOT be changed in January or February of > 2023". > > Up until the time a proposal to change this rule could take effect before > January 2023, Agora would not be ossified. But then you cross a time > boundary and Agora would become ossified. One *possible* interpretation of > > > If any other single change or inseparable group of changes to the > > gamestate would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause > > Agora to cease to exist, it is cancelled and does not occur, rules > > to the contrary notwithstanding. > > is that the "cancelled change" would be time passing! With the conclusion > that time had (as a legal fiction) stopped, with no way of getting it > started again. So this proposal puts an extra protection on time by making > it clear that only "real world" time is relevant. The title a reference B > nomic, an established nomic some years back that was killed when they > accidentally stopped time or at least couldn't get it started again. > ] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8844 > Title: Fix dreams > Adoption Index: 2.0 > Author: 4st > Co-author: Jason > > For Rule 2675 'Dream of Wandering', change its power to 2. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8845 > Title: Onicers > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: secretsnail > Co-author(s): > > > > Enact a new rule with title "Onicers" and the following text: > { > Every player that, for the past 14 days, has not held an office is an > onicer. > > Once per month, each onicer CAN, by announcement, increase the score of a > specified officer by 1 while also decreasing the score of another specified > officer by 1. E SHOULD explain eir reasoning for doing so in the same > message. > } > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8846 > Title: The Cheepening > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: secretsnail > Co-author(s): > > > Amend Rule 2661 (Permits) by replacing "A player CAN buy a beast permit by > paying a fee of 50 boatloads of coins." with "A player CAN buy a beast > permit by paying a fee of 30 boatloads of coins." > > and by replacing "A player CAN renew eir beast permit by paying a fee of 25 > boatloads of coins." with "A player CAN renew eir beast permit by paying a > fee of 15 boatloads of coins." > > > Amend Rule 2663 (Bird Migration) by replacing "A player CAN buy bird food > by paying a fee of 5 boatloads of coins." with "A player CAN buy bird food > by paying a fee of 3 boatloads of coins." > > > Amend Rule 2675 (Dream of Wandering) by replacing > > - Dream of Beasts: E CAN buy bird food by paying a fee of 3 > boatloads of coins. E CAN buy a Beast Permit by paying a fee of > 40 boatloads of coins. E CAN renew a Beast Permit by paying a > fee of 20 boatloads of coins. > > with > > - Dream of Beasts: E CAN buy bird food by paying a fee of 2 > boatloads of coins. E CAN buy a Beast Permit by paying a fee of > 20 boatloads of coins. E CAN renew a Beast Permit by paying a > fee of 10 boatloads of coins. > > > > [An effort to make birds more approachable. They always fly away when you > get too close.] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8847 > Title: Bird Powerup > Adoption Index: 2.0 > Author: secretsnail > Co-authors: 4st > > > Change the power of Rule 2662 (Playing with Birds) to 2. > > Amend Rule 2665 (The Birds) by removing the text "- Jay: The voting > strength of the playmate on a specified referendum is increased by 3." > > Enact a new rule with title "The Big Birds", power 2, and the following > text: > > { > > The following birds are defined, one per paragraph, with the > following format: Bird Name: Scroll. > > - Jay: The voting strength of the playmate on a specified > ordinary referendum is increased by 3. > > > > } > Create the Jay in the possession of the entity that owned the Jay when this > proposal started to take effect. > > [Fixes the Jay and also restricts its power to ordinary proposals.] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ID: 8848 > Title: Goals > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: 4st > Co-author: > > > Enact a new rule titled "Goals" with power=1.0 and the text: > { > Goal is a player switch with possible values of any patent titles (past, > present, or future), with a default of "Champion". A player CAN, by > announcement, change eir Goal. Goals are tracked by the Goalkeepor. > } > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- > secretsnail >
