In this proto, I attempt to average dependent actions and actions with
Agoran consent.
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Protoproposal h0138 (AI=2)
Generalize Dependent Actions
Amend rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) to read:
A notice of intent to perform a dependent action is a document
which sets out the intent to perform an unambiguously described
dependent action. The notice is valid if and only if
(a) the notice is public;
(b) the described action is a dependent action its publisher is
authorised to perform; and
(c) in conjunction, the rules and the notice explicitly state
the support index, objection index, and adoption index for
the action.
An actor can perform a dependent action by announcement. E is
permitted to make such an announcement if and only if
(a) the actor published a valid notice of intent to perform the
action;
(b) no more than fourteen days have passed since the
announcement of intent to perform the action;
(c) either the action is with N supporters or at least four days
have passed since the notice of intent to perform the action
was published;
(d) either
(1) the actor is a player or
(2) the actor is an office, and the office is required or
privileged to perform the action;
(e) either the actor published the notice of intent or the
entity that published the notice of intent was authorised to
perform the action by virtue of holding a rules-defined
position the actor holds at the time of eir announcement;
(f) at the time of the actor's announcement,
(1) the number of players who have published and not
publicly retracted support for the action (the Yays)
meets or exceeds the support index for the action;
(2) the number of players who have published and not public
retracted objections to the action (the Nays) is
strictly less than by the objection index for the
action; and
(3) the ratio of the Yays to the Nays meets or exceeds the
adoption index for the action.
The specification in the rules that an action can be performed
dependently does not prohibit performing that action
independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible.
A rule authorising the performance of a dependent action may
restrict the eligibility of players to support or object to that
specific action.
Change the title of rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to "Classes of
Dependent Actions".
Amend rule 2124 to read:
The following classes of dependent actions are defined:
(a) actions with N supporters, for which the support index is a
nonnegative integer N, the objection index is Unanimity, and
the adoption index is zero;
(b) actions without N objections, for which the support index is
zero, the objection index is a positive integer N, and the
adoption index is zero;
(c) actions with Agoran consent, for which the support index is
one, the objection index is zero, and the adoption index is
one.
An action with support is an action with one supporter, and an
action without objection is an action without one objection.
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--
C. Maud Image (Michael Slone)
(This makes me sad.)
-- Sherlock, in agora-discussion
