On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > I submit the following proposal, Tap the Brakes, AI-2 please: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > coauthor: ais523 > > [Proposals cost something from 2000-2007, were free since then. > It affected the speed of play and the care people took in proto-ing > proposals. Free makes sense when there are fewer players, but > with multiple players, care and coordination through support is > better.] > > Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) by replacing: > The Promotor CAN and MAY distribute a proposal in the Proposal > Pool at any time. The Promotor's weekly duties include the > distribution of each proposal that has been in the Proposal Pool > since the beginning of that week. > with: > Distributability is a proposal switch tracked by the Promotor, > with values Undistributable (default) and Distributable. > > In a given Agoran week, the Promotor CAN and SHALL, as part > of eir weekly duties, distribute any proposal that is in the > Proposal Pool and was Distributable at the beginning of that > Agoran week. The Promotor CAN but SHALL NOT, in a given > Agoran week, distribute a any proposal that is in the Pool > but was Undistributable at the beginning of that Agoran week. > > A player CAN flip a specified proposal to Distributable > with 3 Support, or by spending 1 Note. > > A player CAN flip a specified proposal to Undistributable > by spending 3 Notes. > > All proposals in the proposal pool when this proposal takes > effect are hereby flipped to Distributable (free first round). > > [Note: progressive costs for each flip don't work very well, > as one can just start over with another identical proposal, > promoting proposal-carpet-bombing as a strategy. For now, > this makes undistributable-making a pay-for option only, we > can revisit the balance with the new economic system. The > 'with support' option might be temporary as well.] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
This means that i set up a cron job to make my controversial proposals distributable just before the week begins.
