Re: BUS: Petition to Webmastor and/or Distributor

2020-07-23 Thread omd via agora-business
at 5:30 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-business  
 wrote:


[GitHub Pages has an "Enforce SSL" checkbox that does this, but it looks  
like agoranomic.org is behind CloudFlare, so maybe it needs to be done  
there instead? Not sure.


I'm the one who currently owns the domain and the Cloudflare account, and I  
just went ahead and enabled "Automatic HTTPS Rewrites” on Cloudflare.  So  
this should be working now.


(Incidentally, I wonder if there’s some easy way to escrow the domain in  
case I get hit by a bus…)


Also, GitHub does Let's Encrypt now, so the H. Distributor might want to  
make sure that Cloudflare is talking to GitHub Pages over SSL as well.]


It currently uses SSL but without validating the certificate of the origin  
server, which is necessary since for some reason GitHub doesn’t generate a  
certificate for agoranomic.org and instead just serves a www.github.com  
certificate.


Also, the Enforce SSL checkbox on GitHub is disabled with the error message:

"Unavailable for your site because your domain is not properly configured  
to support HTTPS (agoranomic.org)”


together with a link to a rather unhelpful documentation page.

It would be nice to fix this.  Following the advice of some random Google  
result [1], I switched the origin server to a newer set of IP addresses for  
GitHub Pages.  (Don’t worry, I did check that those IP addresses also  
showed up in GitHub’s official documentation, as opposed to being some  
bizarre hijacking attempt.)  Also, following the advice of the  
documentation, I tried disabling and re-enabling the custom domain in the  
GitHub Pages options.  Neither of those has fixed the issue so far: the  
error next to the checkbox is still there and GitHub is still not serving  
an agoranomic.org certificate.  However, allegedly, it may take some time  
after changing the settings before GitHub actually generates the  
certificate, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see.


[1]  
https://github.community/t/how-to-enable-https-support-on-custom-domains/10351/6


BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] [Weekly Report]

2020-07-23 Thread Reuben Staley via agora-business

On 2020-07-23 18:44, ATMunn via agora-discussion wrote:

On 7/23/2020 5:18 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-official wrote:

+++++++++++
|   Player   | cn | wc | jc | lc | vc | wp | bg | pd | xv |
+++++++++++
|ATMunn  |  39|   0|   0|   0|   2|   0|   0|   1|   0|


Pretty sure I have 2 victory cards, not voting cards. I think this
happened because you have the result of the victory auction listed as
giving a voting card (cuz abbreviations).

Also, I think I still have a voting card - I don't remember doing
anything with it and I can't find the transfer in the logs. Could be
wrong, though.

Apologies for not realizing this stuff sooner.


Looking through the records, it appears you are correct on both points. 
I CoE the most recent Treasuror's weekly report on account of the above 
claims.


In my defense, Voting Cards and Victory Cards are confusingly named.

--
Trigon

I LOVE SPAGHETTI
transfer Jason one coin
nch was here
I hereby
don't... trust... the dragon...
don't... trust... the dragon...
Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this


BUS: Petition to Webmastor and/or Distributor

2020-07-23 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-business
WHEREAS it is the Year of Our Gregorian Calendar Two Thousand Twenty, and

WHEREAS encryption has numerous benefits even in circumstances where one has 
"little nothing to hide,"

WHEREAS the valiant efforts of Let's Encrypt have made HTTPS certificates cheap 
and plentiful, and

WHEREAS in fact, Agora's website is already accessible over HTTPS if you 
explicitly type in an https URL,

I HEREBY PETITION the Webmastor or Distributor to configure the website such 
that all those whose user agents have foolishly defaulted to HTTP are instead 
redirected to HTTPS.

[GitHub Pages has an "Enforce SSL" checkbox that does this, but it looks like 
agoranomic.org is behind CloudFlare, so maybe it needs to be done there 
instead? Not sure. Also, GitHub does Let's Encrypt now, so the H. Distributor 
might want to make sure that Cloudflare is talking to GitHub Pages over SSL as 
well.]

Gaelan

[Pending] Re: BUS: [Proposals] Re: DIS: [Protos] Let's kick the ideas some more

2020-07-23 Thread Reuben Staley via agora-business

On 2020-07-23 15:41, Reuben Staley via agora-business wrote:

On 2020-07-13 16:45, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote:

Here are some revised protos based on suggestions I got last week:

---
Title: If it's not pending we don't care v2
AI: 3
Co-authors: Aris

Amend Rule 1607 "Distribution" by deleting the paragraph:

   The Promotor's report includes a list of all proposals in the
   Proposal Pool, along with their text and attributes. This portion
   of a public document purporting to be a Promotor's report is
   self-ratifying.

then by replacing:

   If a proposal has been in the proposal pool for more than 7 days
   and is not pending, the Promotor CAN and SHOULD remove it from the
   Pool by announcement.

with:

   The Promotor CAN Drain the Pool by announcement. When e does so,
   each proposal in the Proposal Pool that was there for the entirety
   of the previous Agoran month is destroyed. E SHOULD do so once
   each month.

Amend Rule 2496 "Rewards" by adding a bullet point to the list, before
the one beginning "Publishing an office's weekly or monthly report" that
reads:

   * Initiating a referendum, provided that no other referendum had
 been initiated earlier in that Agoran week: 5 coins (ADoP)


I create a proposal with the properties enumerated above.


---
Title: Offices are complex v2
AI: 1
Co-authors: ATMunn

Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Complexity" with the text:

   Complexity is an office switch reflecting how complex it is to
   fulfill the duties of its office. Its possible values are all
   integers from 0 to 3 inclusive, where 1 is the default. It is
   tracked in the ADoP's weekly report. The ADoP CAN, with 2 Agoran
   consent, flip the complexity of an office.

Set the complexity switch of the following offices as such:

ADoP:   1
Arbitor:    2 [comment: if we split CotC this should go down]
Assessor:   3
Coopor: 1
Distributor:    0
Herald: 2
Notary: 2
Prime Minister: 0
Promotor:   3
Referee:    2
Registrar:  1
Rulekeepor: 3
Speaker:    0
Tailor: 2
Treasuror:  3
Webmastor:  1

Amend Rule 2496 "Rewards" by replacing the text "5 coins" in the
following bullet points as such:

- the bullet point beginning "Publishing an office's weekly or monthly
   report": 5 coins times the complexity of the office
- the bullet point beginning "Resolving a referendum": 5 coins times
   the Assessor's complexity.
- the bullet point beginning "Initiating a referendum", if it exists: 5
   coins times the Promotor's complexity.


I create a proposal with the properties enumerated above.



I pend the two heretofore-mentioned proposals. Thank you, P.S.S.

--
Trigon

I LOVE SPAGHETTI
transfer Jason one coin
nch was here
I hereby
don't... trust... the dragon...
don't... trust... the dragon...
Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this


[attn. Notary, Treasuror] Re: BUS: [Promise] Legislative Split

2020-07-23 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business
On 7/23/20 6:17 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-business wrote:
> I grant myself a promise with the text:
> 
> {
> Cashing conditions: P.S.S. has transferred Trigon 2 Legislative Cards in
> the same message as the cashing of this promise.
> 
> Effects: Trigon destroys 4 Legislative Cards in order to grant emself 10
> Pendants. Trigon then transfers 5 Pendants to P.S.S.
> }
> 
> I transfer that promise to P.S.S.
> 

I cash this promise by transferring 2 legislative cards to Trigon,
causing em to destroy them and grant emself 10 Pendants, 5 of which e is
caused to transfer to me.

Thank you, Trigon, it's been nice doing business with you.

-- 

Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate
Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth


BUS: [Promise] Legislative Split

2020-07-23 Thread Reuben Staley via agora-business

I grant myself a promise with the text:

{
Cashing conditions: P.S.S. has transferred Trigon 2 Legislative Cards in 
the same message as the cashing of this promise.


Effects: Trigon destroys 4 Legislative Cards in order to grant emself 10 
Pendants. Trigon then transfers 5 Pendants to P.S.S.

}

I transfer that promise to P.S.S.

--
Trigon

I LOVE SPAGHETTI
transfer Jason one coin
nch was here
I hereby
don't... trust... the dragon...
don't... trust... the dragon...
Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this


Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Second Victory Auction of July 2020

2020-07-23 Thread N. S. via agora-business
I bid 78 coins

On Fri., 24 Jul. 2020, 7:36 am Kerim Aydin via agora-business, <
agora-business@agoranomic.org> wrote:

>
> On 7/23/2020 2:34 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> > On 7/23/20 5:32 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-official wrote:
> >> Having been authorized by Rule 2629/0, I, Trigon, Treasuror of Agora
> >> Nomic, hereby initiate an auction.
> >
> >
> > I bid 1 coin in this auction.
> >
>
> I bid 23 coins.  -G.
>
>


BUS: [Proposals] Re: DIS: [Protos] Let's kick the ideas some more

2020-07-23 Thread Reuben Staley via agora-business

On 2020-07-13 16:45, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote:

Here are some revised protos based on suggestions I got last week:

---
Title: If it's not pending we don't care v2
AI: 3
Co-authors: Aris

Amend Rule 1607 "Distribution" by deleting the paragraph:

   The Promotor's report includes a list of all proposals in the
   Proposal Pool, along with their text and attributes. This portion
   of a public document purporting to be a Promotor's report is
   self-ratifying.

then by replacing:

   If a proposal has been in the proposal pool for more than 7 days
   and is not pending, the Promotor CAN and SHOULD remove it from the
   Pool by announcement.

with:

   The Promotor CAN Drain the Pool by announcement. When e does so,
   each proposal in the Proposal Pool that was there for the entirety
   of the previous Agoran month is destroyed. E SHOULD do so once
   each month.

Amend Rule 2496 "Rewards" by adding a bullet point to the list, before
the one beginning "Publishing an office's weekly or monthly report" that
reads:

   * Initiating a referendum, provided that no other referendum had
     been initiated earlier in that Agoran week: 5 coins (ADoP)


I create a proposal with the properties enumerated above.


---
Title: Offices are complex v2
AI: 1
Co-authors: ATMunn

Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Complexity" with the text:

   Complexity is an office switch reflecting how complex it is to
   fulfill the duties of its office. Its possible values are all
   integers from 0 to 3 inclusive, where 1 is the default. It is
   tracked in the ADoP's weekly report. The ADoP CAN, with 2 Agoran
   consent, flip the complexity of an office.

Set the complexity switch of the following offices as such:

ADoP:   1
Arbitor:    2 [comment: if we split CotC this should go down]
Assessor:   3
Coopor: 1
Distributor:    0
Herald: 2
Notary: 2
Prime Minister: 0
Promotor:   3
Referee:    2
Registrar:  1
Rulekeepor: 3
Speaker:    0
Tailor: 2
Treasuror:  3
Webmastor:  1

Amend Rule 2496 "Rewards" by replacing the text "5 coins" in the
following bullet points as such:

- the bullet point beginning "Publishing an office's weekly or monthly
   report": 5 coins times the complexity of the office
- the bullet point beginning "Resolving a referendum": 5 coins times
   the Assessor's complexity.
- the bullet point beginning "Initiating a referendum", if it exists: 5
   coins times the Promotor's complexity.


I create a proposal with the properties enumerated above.

--
Trigon

I LOVE SPAGHETTI
transfer Jason one coin
nch was here
I hereby
don't... trust... the dragon...
don't... trust... the dragon...
Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this


Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Second Victory Auction of July 2020

2020-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-business


On 7/23/2020 2:34 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> On 7/23/20 5:32 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-official wrote:
>> Having been authorized by Rule 2629/0, I, Trigon, Treasuror of Agora 
>> Nomic, hereby initiate an auction.
> 
> 
> I bid 1 coin in this auction.
> 

I bid 23 coins.  -G.



Re: BUS: [proposal] (another) talismans fix [attn. Promotor]

2020-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-business


On 7/23/2020 2:29 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:> Title: another
talismans fix
I pay a pendant to pend the abovementioned proposal (the most
recently-submitted one with that title).  -G.



BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Second Victory Auction of July 2020

2020-07-23 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-business
On 7/23/20 5:32 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-official wrote:
> Having been authorized by Rule 2629/0, I, Trigon, Treasuror of Agora 
> Nomic, hereby initiate an auction.


I bid 1 coin in this auction.

-- 
Jason Cobb



Re: DIS: [@Promotor] Re: BUS: [Proposal] Eternal Personhood

2020-07-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-business
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:28 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion <
agora-discuss...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

>
> > On Jul 22, 2020, at 12:34 AM, Gaelan Steele via agora-business <
> agora-business@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> >
> > I think we discussed the problem of personhood ceasing upon death
> before, but never did anything about it. Let's fix it.
> >
> > I create the following proposal: {
> > Title: Eternal Personhood
> > AI: 3
> >
> > In rule 869 "How to Join and Leave Agora", replace
> > {Any organism that is generally capable of freely originating and
> communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person.}
> > with
> > {Any entity that is or ever was an organism generally capable of freely
> originating and communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person.}
> > }
> >
> > I pay 1 pendant to pend Eternal Personhood.
> >
> > Gaelan
>
> Oops, this failed—I read G's Treasuror line instead of mine and thought I
> got pendants at some point. I didn't, and I have none.
>
> Gaelan


Note to self: this pend failed.

-Aris

>


Re: BUS: [proposal] (another) talismans fix [attn. Promotor]

2020-07-23 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-business
On 7/20/20 12:35 PM, Jason Cobb wrote:
> On 7/20/20 11:36 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
>> I submit the following proposal and petition the Promotor to attempt to
>> pend it with 2 support:
>>
>> Title: another talismans fix
>>
>> Adoption index: 3.0
>>
>> Author: Jason
>>
>> Coauthors: nch
>>
>>
>> {
>>
>> Amend Rule 2574 by replacing the list item beginning "If a player
>> possesses more than one" with the following:
>>
>> {
>>
>> - If a player possess more than one talisman for persons other than
>> emself, specify and transfer one of those talismans to Agora;
>>
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
> I withdraw the above proposal.
>
> I submit the following proposal:
>
> Title: another talismans fix
>
> Adoption index: 3.0
>
> Author: Jason
>
> Coauthors: nch, G.
>
> {
>
> Amend Rule 2574 by replacing the list item beginning "If a player
> possesses more than one" with the following:
>
> {
>
> - If a player possess more than one talisman for persons other than
> emself, specify and transfer one of those talismans to Agora;
>
> }
>
>
> For each ongoing auction in which a lot is a talisman that no longer
> belongs to Agora: withdraw all bids in it, terminate it, destroy it, and
> revoke all obligations and authorizations associated with it.
>
> }
>

I withdraw the above proposal.

I submit the following proposal (sorry):

Title: another talismans fix

Adoption index: 3.0

Author: Jason

Coauthors: nch, G.

{

Amend Rule 2574 by replacing the list item beginning "If a player
possesses more than one" with the following:

{

- If a player possesses more than one talisman for persons other than
emself, specify and transfer one of those talismans to Agora;

}

}

-- 
Jason Cobb



Re: BUS: [proposal] Generic welcome package fix [attn. Treasuror]

2020-07-23 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-business
On 7/20/20 11:44 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> I submit the following proposal (I'll figure out how to get it pended
> later):
>
> Title: Generic welcome package fix
>
> Adoption index: 1.0
>
> Author: Jason
>
> Coauthors:


Seeing as I apparently have more pendants than I thought I did, I pay a
fee of one pendant to cause the above proposal to become pended.

-- 
Jason Cobb



[@Treasuror, @Referee, @Promotor] Re: BUS: [Proposal][@Notary] Competitive Finger Pointing v2

2020-07-23 Thread nix via agora-business
On 7/20/20 3:26 PM, nix via agora-business wrote:
> I withdraw Competitive Finger Pointing. I forgot that the rules don't
> really support Class 0 Crimes. Here's a version that adds a new thing
> for them: warnings. If someone committed a Class 0 Crime, e can be given
> a Warning.
>
> I pledge to, until the end of this calendar month, either pend or
> withdraw all proposals I submit within 48 hours of submitting them.
>
> I submit the following proposal:

I pay a pendant to pend Competitive Finger Pointing v2. I point a finger 
at myself for breaking the above quoted pledge.

-- 
nix
Prime Minister, Webmastor, Platonic Pirate




Re: BUS: Zombification [attn. Registrar]

2020-07-23 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-business
On 7/19/20 1:03 PM, Jason Cobb wrote:
> On 7/19/20 12:54 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
>> I intend, with notice, to transfer the talisman for D. Margaux to Agora.
>>
>> AFAICT, eir last public message was [0], sent more than 60 days ago.
>>
>> [0]:
>> https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2020-April/042501.html
>>
> I intend, with notice, to transfer the talisman for sukil to Agora. Last
> public message: [0].
>
> I intend, with notice, to transfer the talisman for Baron von Vanderham
> to Agora. Last public message: [1].
>
>
> [0]:
> https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2020-March/042459.html
>
> [1]:
> https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2020-April/042514.html
>

Having given notice, I do so (transfer the talismans for sukil and BvV
to Agora, in that order).

-- 
Jason Cobb



Re: BUS: Zombification [attn. Registrar]

2020-07-23 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-business
On 7/19/20 12:54 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> I intend, with notice, to transfer the talisman for D. Margaux to Agora.
>
> AFAICT, eir last public message was [0], sent more than 60 days ago.
>
> [0]:
> https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2020-April/042501.html
>

Having given notice, I do so.

-- 
Jason Cobb



Re: BUS: [Diplonomic 2020] Resolution of Proposal

2020-07-23 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business
On 7/23/20 8:24 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business
wrote:
> With 6 votes FOR and no votes AGAINST, I enact "Teammate Participation":
> {{
> Amend rule 7 by appending the paragraph:
> {
> A Contestant CAN by announcement grant (or revoke) authorization to a
> teammate to submit or change orders for eir country.  On a contestant’s
> request, the Gamemaster SHALL inform em which orders have been submitted
> for eir country, and by whom.
> }
> Amend rule 22 by replacing “If a player” with “If a country”.
> Amend rule 23 by replacing "As part of eir Fall orders, each player”
> with “As part of its Fall orders, each country”.
> Amend rule 24 by replacing "If a player leaves the game or otherwise
> fail to submit orders” with “If a Contestant leaves the game, or eir
> country otherwise fails to submit orders”.
> }}
> 
> The new text of the rules is as follows:
> {
> 6. The game SHALL be conducted on a map mechanically indistinguishable
> from that appearing at [2]. The Gamemaster SHALL assign Great Powers to
> Contestants according to an equitable and random method.
> 
> 7. Contestants may seek the assistance of non-Contestants. If any do so,
> they SHALL notify the Judge and publicly announce the identities of any
> such non-Contestants and what assistance they will provide. This could
> include negotiating on eir behalf, providing feedback on orders, or
> drafting proposals on eir behalf. Any notifications given under the
> former section 7 of the Birthday Tournament regulations are considered
> to have fulfilled this section of the Diplonomic 2020 rules.
> 
> A contestant CAN, by announcement, cause a person who consents to become
> or cease to be eir teammate, provided the person is not another
> contestant or the teammate of another contestant. Designating someone as
> a teammate is considered a notification that the teammate may assist the
> contestant in any manner. When these rules provide for certain
> contestants to win by a certain method, the Gamemaster CAN include their
> teammates and SHALL do so unless it is eir opinion that extraordinary
> circumstances render it against the best interest of the tournament.
> Teammates are encouraged to lie to and cheat other teams, and SHALL NOT
> engage in any behaviors outside of the tournament intended to influence
> its course; however, they SHALL NOT betray their teams.
> 
> A Contestant CAN by announcement grant (or revoke) authorization to a
> teammate to submit or change orders for eir country.  On a contestant’s
> request, the Gamemaster SHALL inform em which orders have been submitted
> for eir country, and by whom.
> 
> 8. During the negotiation or order-submission periods, any Contestant
> CAN submit a proposal to change these rules privately to the Judge.
> Before the beginning of each turn, the Judge SHALL publish the texts of
> all proposals submitted during the previous turn.  The Judge SHALL NOT
> reveal the identity of the submitter.  Players CAN vote a proposal so
> published, or withdraw/change their votes, by submitting their votes
> privately to the judge, only during the turn immediately following that
> proposal's publication by the judge.
> 
> The judge CAN and SHALL resolve all proposals on which voting closed at
> the end of the previous turn, before the next turn, but only after
> resolving moves and unit adjustments for that turn. As an exception to
> the previous sentence, if the enactment of a proposal would interfere
> with the Judge's ability to ensure the smooth running of the game in
> accordance with these rules, then the judge NEED NOT resolve it, so long
> as e publishes an explanation of the problem. E resolves the proposal by
> publishing the number of votes in favor of it; if the proposal has
> received a number of non-withdrawn votes in favor greater than half the
> number of Contestants, it is enacted, otherwise it fails.  The Judge
> SHALL NOT reveal the votes of specific Contestants.  If the text of the
> rules changes, the Judge SHALL publish the new rules text before the
> start of the next turn.
> 
> 9. If in the past three game-years, no province has changed ownership,
> the Gamemaster CAN declare the game a draw, with 2 days notice,
> concluding the Tournament and announcing all remaining Contestants as
> winners.
> 
> 11. There are two types of units: Armies and Fleets.
> 
> 12. All units have the same strength.
> 
> 13. There can only be one unit in a province at a time.
> 
> 14. At the start of the game, each Great Power controls three supply
> centers, with the exception of Russia, which controls four. These are
> allocated according to the table shown in the official rules.
> 
> 15. At the beginning of each turn, there is a period, lasting from 0:00
> UTC until 24:00 UTC on the same calendar day, in which negotiations
> should occur. Following this, there is a period until 12:00 UTC on the
> following day, during which orders CAN be submitted privately to the
> Gamemaster. The next turn 

BUS: [Diplonomic 2020] Resolution of Proposal

2020-07-23 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business
With 6 votes FOR and no votes AGAINST, I enact "Teammate Participation":
{{
Amend rule 7 by appending the paragraph:
{
A Contestant CAN by announcement grant (or revoke) authorization to a
teammate to submit or change orders for eir country.  On a contestant’s
request, the Gamemaster SHALL inform em which orders have been submitted
for eir country, and by whom.
}
Amend rule 22 by replacing “If a player” with “If a country”.
Amend rule 23 by replacing "As part of eir Fall orders, each player”
with “As part of its Fall orders, each country”.
Amend rule 24 by replacing "If a player leaves the game or otherwise
fail to submit orders” with “If a Contestant leaves the game, or eir
country otherwise fails to submit orders”.
}}

The new text of the rules is as follows:
{
6. The game SHALL be conducted on a map mechanically indistinguishable
from that appearing at [2]. The Gamemaster SHALL assign Great Powers to
Contestants according to an equitable and random method.

7. Contestants may seek the assistance of non-Contestants. If any do so,
they SHALL notify the Judge and publicly announce the identities of any
such non-Contestants and what assistance they will provide. This could
include negotiating on eir behalf, providing feedback on orders, or
drafting proposals on eir behalf. Any notifications given under the
former section 7 of the Birthday Tournament regulations are considered
to have fulfilled this section of the Diplonomic 2020 rules.

A contestant CAN, by announcement, cause a person who consents to become
or cease to be eir teammate, provided the person is not another
contestant or the teammate of another contestant. Designating someone as
a teammate is considered a notification that the teammate may assist the
contestant in any manner. When these rules provide for certain
contestants to win by a certain method, the Gamemaster CAN include their
teammates and SHALL do so unless it is eir opinion that extraordinary
circumstances render it against the best interest of the tournament.
Teammates are encouraged to lie to and cheat other teams, and SHALL NOT
engage in any behaviors outside of the tournament intended to influence
its course; however, they SHALL NOT betray their teams.

A Contestant CAN by announcement grant (or revoke) authorization to a
teammate to submit or change orders for eir country.  On a contestant’s
request, the Gamemaster SHALL inform em which orders have been submitted
for eir country, and by whom.

8. During the negotiation or order-submission periods, any Contestant
CAN submit a proposal to change these rules privately to the Judge.
Before the beginning of each turn, the Judge SHALL publish the texts of
all proposals submitted during the previous turn.  The Judge SHALL NOT
reveal the identity of the submitter.  Players CAN vote a proposal so
published, or withdraw/change their votes, by submitting their votes
privately to the judge, only during the turn immediately following that
proposal's publication by the judge.

The judge CAN and SHALL resolve all proposals on which voting closed at
the end of the previous turn, before the next turn, but only after
resolving moves and unit adjustments for that turn. As an exception to
the previous sentence, if the enactment of a proposal would interfere
with the Judge's ability to ensure the smooth running of the game in
accordance with these rules, then the judge NEED NOT resolve it, so long
as e publishes an explanation of the problem. E resolves the proposal by
publishing the number of votes in favor of it; if the proposal has
received a number of non-withdrawn votes in favor greater than half the
number of Contestants, it is enacted, otherwise it fails.  The Judge
SHALL NOT reveal the votes of specific Contestants.  If the text of the
rules changes, the Judge SHALL publish the new rules text before the
start of the next turn.

9. If in the past three game-years, no province has changed ownership,
the Gamemaster CAN declare the game a draw, with 2 days notice,
concluding the Tournament and announcing all remaining Contestants as
winners.

11. There are two types of units: Armies and Fleets.

12. All units have the same strength.

13. There can only be one unit in a province at a time.

14. At the start of the game, each Great Power controls three supply
centers, with the exception of Russia, which controls four. These are
allocated according to the table shown in the official rules.

15. At the beginning of each turn, there is a period, lasting from 0:00
UTC until 24:00 UTC on the same calendar day, in which negotiations
should occur. Following this, there is a period until 12:00 UTC on the
following day, during which orders CAN be submitted privately to the
Gamemaster. The next turn will begin at 24:00 UTC on that day, by which
time the Gamemaster SHALL have resolved the orders, according to the
rules as they were at the end of the ordering period and announced the
new state of the game. Orders CAN be submitted during the negotiations

BUS: @arbitor

2020-07-23 Thread N. S. via agora-business
I withdraw the most recent cfj i called (answered by strong consensus,
mainly via discord)