Proto-Proposal: The Commonwealth of Agora
(AI = 3, please)
[I still think "ordinary" is a non-intuitive name.]
Amend Rule 2196 (Standard Classes of Agoran Decisions) to read:
An Agoran decision with an adoption index is either a House
or a Senate decision. An Agoran decision with an adoption
index greater than or equal to 2 is a Senate decision. Any
other Agoran decision with an adoption index is a House
decision by default.
If an Agoran decision has an adoption index, then the following
are essential parameters:
a) Its adoption index.
b) Whether it is a House or a Senate decision.
For any Agoran decision with an adoption index, the available
options are FOR, AGAINST, and PRESENT.
Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) by replacing this text:
(b) If the decision is ordinary or democratic,
with this text:
(b) If the decision has an adoption index,
[This could be proposed separately.]
Change the title of Rule 1950 to "Voting on Senate Decisions", and
amend it by replacing each instance of "democratic decision" with
"Senate decision", and by prepending this paragraph:
Each first-class player represents a state in the Senate.
Change the title of Rule 2156 to "Voting on House Decisions", and
amend it by replacing each instance of "ordinary decision" with
"House decision", and by prepending this paragraph:
Each player represents a number of districts in the House.
Change the title of Rule 2142 to "Senate Procedure", and amend it
to read:
A player CAN, with 2 support, change a House decision to be
a Senate decision.
Amend Rule 2019 (Prerogatives) by replacing this text:
e) Wielder of Extra Votes. The Wielder of Extra Votes at the
start of an ordinary proposal's voting period has a voting
limit on that proposal of 1.4 times what it would be
otherwise (rounded using the same method as the weekly update
of EVLOD), rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
with this text:
e) Wielder of Extra Votes. The Wielder of Extra Votes at the
start of a House decision's voting period has a voting
limit on that decision of 1.4 times what it would be otherwise
(rounded toward the nearest integer, breaking ties toward odd
integers), rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
and by replacing each other instance of "ordinary decision" with
"House decision".
[Fixing the outdated EVLOD language could be proposed separately.]
Amend Rule 2193 (The Monster) by replacing each instance of "ordinary
decision" with "House decision".
[Rename the previous use of "senator" to avoid collision.]
Change the title of Rule 2177 to "The Board of Aldermen", and amend it
to read:
A player becomes an Alderman when e is registered continuously
for sixty days, and ceases to be one when e is deregistered. The
Board of Aldermen is the set of all Aldermen. The Registrar's
report includes a list of all Aldermen.
An Alderman CAN call an Emergency Session with 2 Alderman
supporters, provided no other emergency session existed at any
time in the preceding 48 hours. An emergency session lasts for
21 days after being called. The Assessor's report includes the
most recent date on which an emergency session was called.
The roll call of an emergency session is the set of Aldermen at
the time the emergency session was called. During an emergency
session, no player becomes an Alderman, the rest of this rule
notwithstanding. The Assessor's report includes the roll call
of the most recent emergency session.
During emergency session, any Alderman CAN declare a filibuster
on a proposal in its voting period with 2 supporting Aldermen,
provided no filibuster has been declared on that proposal in the
past. Any Alderman CAN end a filibuster on a proposal with 4
supporting Aldermen.
A proposal that ends its voting period in filibuster has a quorum
of positive infinity, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
When an emergency session begins, all non-Aldermen's postures
become supine, and non-Aldermen CANNOT flip their posture while
the session lasts.
[Flavor stuff.]
Amend Rule 103 (Role of the Speaker) by replacing the first instance
of "The Speaker" with "The Speaker (syn. Queen, King, Monarch)".
Amend Rule 2211 (The Grand Poobah) by replacing the first instance
of "The Grand Poobah" with "The Grand Poobah (syn. Prime Minister)".
Amend Rule 2148 (The Ambassador) by replacing the first instance of
"The ambassador" with "The ambassador (syn. Governor-General)".
[Bootstrapping.]
Upon the adoption of this proposal, all decisions that were ordinary
(democratic) immediately before the adoption of this proposal become
House (Senate) decisions, and all players that were senators at that
time become Aldermen.
