DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-06-30 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW. Here's my draft report. -Aris --- The proposal pool currently contains the following proposal(s): Author(s) AITitle --- G. 1.0 a new rule The

DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] 2021 Birthday Tournament: Survivor

2021-06-27 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:58 AM nix via agora-official wrote: > > As Herald I intend, without 3 objections, to initiate the following > tournament: > > { > > #0 Participation > > The Host is the Herald. Any other player of Agora CAN become a > Contestant by announcement any time before the game

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scroll of Agora

2021-06-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 3:06 PM Ørjan Johansen via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2021, Rebecca Lee via agora-discussion wrote: > > [snip a _whole_ lot] > >>> === END OF REPORT === > >>> > >>> -- > >>> nix > >>> Webmastor,

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-06-14 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My draft report follows. Any checking is appreciated: given the length, I'm sure there are errors somewhere. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW. I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referendum on it, and removing it from the proposal pool. For this decision, the vote

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clearance on Voting Cards [attn. Treasuror]

2021-06-06 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 6:41 PM ais523 via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sun, 2021-06-06 at 16:24 -0700, Aris Merchant via agora-business > wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 1:19 PM Rose Strong via agora-business > > wrote: > > > I grant Aris a promise with the f

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Pending is not Co-authorship

2021-06-06 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 3:21 AM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > On Jun 5, 2021, at 7:15 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > the Promotor > > aren

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Distribution Timing Edict

2021-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:01 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > The proposal pool will close in approximately 3 hours. If you want > your proposal to be in the next distribution, please submit it by > then. > > -Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Pending is not Co-authorship

2021-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:16 PM Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > I submit the following proposal. > > -Aris > --- > Title: Pending is not Co-authorship > Adoption index: 1.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: I retract this proposal (came up with a better tit

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Determinacy is a Good Thing

2021-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 6:13 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On 6/5/2021 4:55 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > Title: Determinacy is a Good Thing > > Adoption index: 1.7 > > Author: Aris > > Want to lodge a bit of a protest

DIS: [Promotor] Distribution Timing Edict

2021-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
The proposal pool will close in approximately 3 hours. If you want your proposal to be in the next distribution, please submit it by then. -Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Officializing Discord

2021-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:29 PM ATMunn via agora-business wrote: > With all that said, I submit (but do not pend) the following proposal. > > Title: Officializing Discord > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: ATMunn > Co-authors: > > { >The Publicity switch of the Discord server having the ID of >

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-06-01 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's my draft report. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 3, the voting method is AI-majority, and the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Election cycle

2021-05-24 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:01 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > On 5/23/2021 2:21 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:12 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-business > > wrote: > >> > >>

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Election cycle

2021-05-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:12 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > > After the nomination period ends, the ADoP (or, if the office is > the ADoP, the Assessor) CAN and, in a timely fashion, SHALL: > > 1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision to >

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal 8558 [attn. Treasuror]

2021-05-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 4:38 PM Jason Cobb via agora-official wrote: > > RESOLUTION OF PROPOSALS 8558 > > > IDTitle Result > > 8558 Silver Quill 2020 ADOPTED > > I hereby resolve the Agoran decisions to adopt the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: @Referee I did a crime!

2021-05-02 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 4:37 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > > On May 2, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Falsifian via agora-business > > wrote: > > > > I Point my Finger at myself for failing to publish a weekly report as > > Editor of the Agoran Press contract for the week of April

DIS: Re: BUS: I register

2021-04-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:21 PM Trigon via agora-business wrote: > > On 4/17/21 5:17 AM, seventeenMachine via agora-business wrote: > > I register as seventeenMachine. > > > > I cause seventeenMachine to recieve a Welcome Package. > > Enjoy your stay! Welcome! Is there a shorter version of

Re: DIS: [Proto] Players, Past and Present

2021-04-11 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:41 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > It's a bit weird that to get a comprehensive list of all current and > former players, one has to consult two different reports. I've fixed > that by add

DIS: [Proto] Players, Past and Present

2021-04-10 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
It's a bit weird that to get a comprehensive list of all current and former players, one has to consult two different reports. I've fixed that by adding information on the registration dates of former players to my Registrar's monthlies informally. This would make that official. -Aris --- Title:

Re: DIS: [Proto] Clearer Regulated Actions

2021-04-10 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 2:35 PM Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > > Aris wrote: > > > Title: Clearer Regulated Actions > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-author(s): > > > > > > [The current regulated actions rule has a few problems with it. > > First, there is the perennial

DIS: Re: BUS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-04-04 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:16 PM Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > Here's my draft. > > -Aris One of the proposals is duplicated in the full text section. Fixed in local copy. -Aris

Re: DIS: [Proto] Ratification Rewrite

2021-04-04 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 3:04 PM Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > > Aris wrote: > > > Title: Ratification Rewrite > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: Jason, G., Murphy > [snip] > > Amend Rule 1551, "Ratification", by changing it to read as follows: > > > >When a

Re: DIS: [Proto] Ratification Rewrite

2021-04-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:14 PM Aris Merchant wrote: > > This reply is likely longer and more rambly than it needs to be. For > that, I apologize in advance. > > > I'm tempted to bring out my "self-ratifying events" proto again. Were > > there any particular obj

Re: DIS: [Proto] Ratification Rewrite

2021-04-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 1:05 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > Wasn't really planning to publish this so soon, as I'm not really done > editing it. On the other hand, Murphy has published eirs, so I'm going > for it. > > -Aris > --- > Title: Ratification

DIS: [Proto] Archimedes' Principle

2021-04-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Title: Archimedes' Principle Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Aris Co-author(s): Trigon, nix [Changes: -The Treasuror sets a target for the Total Buoyancy every week; the most recent target takes effect at the beginning of the month -The Unit of Floatation is now rounded, so people can

Re: DIS: [Proto] Ratification Rewrite

2021-04-01 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
This reply is likely longer and more rambly than it needs to be. For that, I apologize in advance. > I'm tempted to bring out my "self-ratifying events" proto again. Were > there any particular objections you had? > > It wasn't complete, but it is possible to implement in stages. > > Its benefit

DIS: [Proto] Clearer Regulated Actions

2021-03-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Alright, here's another proto for you! And this is one I'm actually ready to publish on list! -Aris --- Title: Clearer Regulated Actions Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-author(s): [The current regulated actions rule has a few problems with it. First, there is the perennial problem where

DIS: [Promotor[ Draft

2021-03-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My draft report follows. It's a short one this week. -Aris --- The proposal pool currently contains the following proposal: Author(s) AITitle --- Jason, nix 1.0 Ministry Normalization

DIS: [Proto] Ratification Rewrite

2021-03-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Wasn't really planning to publish this so soon, as I'm not really done editing it. On the other hand, Murphy has published eirs, so I'm going for it. -Aris --- Title: Ratification Rewrite Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: Jason, G. [Let's face it, the ratification rules are a mess.

Re: DIS: Proto: Clarify ratification

2021-03-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 11:29 AM Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > > Proto-Proposal: Clarify ratification > (AI = 3, co-author = G.) > > Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) by replacing the first paragraph with: > >When a document or statement (hereafter "document") is ratified: > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [thesis] Voting Thesis [attn. Herald]

2021-03-26 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:52 PM Aris Merchant wrote: >> >> I think that this thesis represents significant effort, at least enough >> for a Baccalaureate of Nomic. I do not know if it represents enough for >> a Doctorate, but if it is decided that that is the correct le

DIS: Awards Month is Coming! [attn. ADoP, Arbitor, Tailor]

2021-03-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Awards Month takes place in April, which starts in a little less than two weeks. All the officers I've pinged, plus Promotor, will be responsible for conducting the festivities. I just wanted to remind everyone, since we pretty regularly forget annual events. -Aris

Re: DIS: (no subject)

2021-03-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 6:22 PM Collin Tir via agora-discussion wrote: > > forgot to say this in my joining message but call me "Jumble". Just as a quick note, you should give your messages a title, describing the contents in some way (the exception is replies, which automatically have the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [thesis] Voting Thesis [attn. Herald]

2021-03-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 11:23 AM Reuben Staley via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 3/20/21 8:27 AM, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Saturday, March 20, 2021 9:26:08 AM CDT nix via agora-discussion > wrote: > >> On Friday, March 19, 2021 11:26:16 PM CDT Jason

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-03-19 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's my draft. I'm sorry there hasn't been a report for a while — I've been busy finishing up my quarter, but I'm out of school now. Corrections are, as always, welcome. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referendum on it, and

DIS: (no subject)

2021-03-08 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
nix pointed out that the trick that allows you to cash your own promise is a weird and counter-intuitive hack. This would allow people to reclaim their own promises from the library more cleanly, and make it the default behavior, while still allowing people to override it. -Aris --- Title: I Want

DIS: [Proto] You Can Only Stack Turtles So High

2021-03-08 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's a proposal to fix G.'s promise recursion bug. Just to clarify the authorship, I independently arrived at this idea before Gaelan did and posted it on the discord. G. didn't think it would work, and e convinced me. After Gaelan introduced it on list, I went over it again with G. and we

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-02-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My draft report follows. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 5, the voting method is AI-majority, and the

Re: DIS: [Proto] Uncanny Fixes

2021-02-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 9:43 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On 2/28/2021 9:32 AM, Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > >> Amend Rule 107, "Initiating Agoran Decisions", by replacing: > >> > >>The vote collector for a decision with less than two options > >>CAN and

DIS: [Proto] Uncanny Fixes

2021-02-25 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
When I was going through the rules to find CAN instances without methods that need fixing, I found a bunch of other places where CAN and other MMI terms were just used... weirdly. Not all of them are even obviously incorrect, but all of the instances in this proposal at least felt out of place to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] You CAN, CAN'T You?

2021-02-21 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 3:45 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > On Feb 20, 2021, at 11:13 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business > > wrote: > > > > I submit the following proposal. > > > > -Aris > > --- > > Title: You CA

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Clarify dependent actions (attn Promotor)

2021-02-21 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 10:31 AM Edward Murphy via agora-business wrote: > > I pend the following proposal (identical to proto). > > Proposal: Clarify dependent actions > (AI = 3) Statement from the Promotor: There has been some question as to whether this proposal was validly submitted. After

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-02-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's a draft report! -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 5, the voting method is AI-majority, and the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Draft judgement of CFJ 3899

2021-02-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:59 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 5:50 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at

DIS: Re: BUS: Draft judgement of CFJ 3899

2021-02-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:46 PM Falsifian via agora-business wrote: > > I file a motion to extend CFJ 3899. > > Here is my draft. Could anyone point me to precedent about what it > means for information to be "reasonably available"? My draft includes > my own reasoning, but if it's been covered

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Crime and Punishment

2021-02-06 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 7:59 AM nix via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Saturday, February 6, 2021 3:15:13 AM CST JTAC via agora-official wrote: > > SPECIAL NOTICE: > > It appears that Shelvacu, who became a fugitive on 11/20/20, should have > > had 1 blot destroyed

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] Anti-Simultaniety Act

2021-02-04 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:03 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 2/4/2021 10:57 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > > Amend Rule 478 by replacing "Actions in messages (including > > sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear in the

DIS: Re: OFF: [Emergency] [Proposal Distribution] Dictator Dethronement

2021-02-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 7:17 AM ATMunn via agora-official wrote: > > I intend, with 3 Agoran Consent, to repeal all existing Emergency > Regulations. > > In addition, I issue the Cabinet Order of Manifesto to distribute the > proposal "All Good Things Must Come to an End", initiating a referendum

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3895 Assigned to Aris

2021-02-01 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 12:20 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > > The below CFJ is 3895. I assign it to Aris. > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3895 > > === CFJ 3895 === > > I have now more than

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3893 Assigned to Gaelan

2021-01-31 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 5:04 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > > On Jan 22, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-official > > wrote: > > > > The below CFJ is 3893. I assign it to Gaelan. > > > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3893 > > > >

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-31 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:27 AM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > > I have a new draft! > > Thanks for putting this together, Aris. A few comments and questions > below. Thank you for the feedback. I know it's a lot to dig through. > > Amend Rule 1688, "Power", by, all as part of the

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:03 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > The time has come for us to undo Statutory Instrumentation and return > to the noble design of the past. Comments are, as always, welcome, > even if I can't promise I'll agree with them. :) > > -Ar

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 10:12 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On 1/27/2021 12:02 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > Apply S->I to Rule 1688, "Power". > > Apply S->I to Rule 2438, "Ribbons". > > In the next

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:21 AM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:14 AM Sarah Strange via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 7:58 PM Gaelan Steel

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
2021, at 12:55 AM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jan 27, 2021, at 11:07 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: >

Re: DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-27 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 6:27 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > > On Jan 27, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > > wrote: > > > > The time has come for us to undo Statutory Instrumentation and return > > to

DIS: [Proto] The Great Rollback

2021-01-27 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
The time has come for us to undo Statutory Instrumentation and return to the noble design of the past. Comments are, as always, welcome, even if I can't promise I'll agree with them. :) -Aris --- Title: The Great Rollback Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-author(s): If this proposal has

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Strengthening Extra Votes

2021-01-24 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:15 PM nix via agora-business wrote: > Title: Strengthening Extra Votes v2.0 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: nix > Co-authors: Aris, Jason [...] > > Repeal R2607, "Proposal Chambers". Chambers are referenced in several places; you'll need conforming amendments to Rules

Re: DIS: [Proto] We the People

2021-01-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:25 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 09:01:09PM -0800, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:49 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion > > wrote: > > > Okay, it'

Re: DIS: [Proto] We the People

2021-01-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:49 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > Okay, it's reasonable to take advantage of precedent that way. Does the > precedent actually talk about "free will" in those words? > > If it weren't obvious that the word "willingly" is trying to do > something special in

Re: DIS: [Proto] We the People

2021-01-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 4:09 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 02:34:10PM -0800, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 9:27 AM Falsifian via agora-discussion > > wrote: > > > > > > > T

Re: DIS: [Proto] We the People

2021-01-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 9:27 AM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > > Title: We the People > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: Trigon, nix, G., Gaelan > > > > > > Amend Rule 869, "How to Join and Leave Agora", by replacing: > > > > Any entity that is or ever was an

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Strengthening Extra Votes

2021-01-21 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 5:48 PM nix via agora-business wrote: > > I submit but pendn't the following proposal. As usual, looking for feedback > before pending. > > (Also looking for deals to efficiently liquidate my legislative card.) > > { > Title: Strengthening Extra Votes > Adoption index:

Re: DIS: Re: [Proto] Justice for All

2021-01-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 9:05 AM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > > The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger > > Pointing. When the Referee's Finger is Pointed or the Referee > > is the perp, the Arbitor is the investigator. > > > > The Referee CANNOT Point eir

DIS: Re: [Proto] Justice for All

2021-01-19 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 9:51 PM Aris Merchant wrote: > > Here's a proto to get rid of Summary Judgement and tweak the finger > pointing rules to match. There's a longer comment in the proto itself. > > -Aris > > --- > Title: Justice for All > Adoption index: 1.7

DIS: [Proto] We the People

2021-01-19 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
I have come out with a new draft of a personhood rearrangement. I wanted to precede it with a list G. made me write (thank you, G.) outlining the design goals, which may be of assistance to judges tasked with interpreting this later. Design goals: - Singlets are people - System members are people

DIS: [Proto] Justice for All

2021-01-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's a proto to get rid of Summary Judgement and tweak the finger pointing rules to match. There's a longer comment in the proto itself. -Aris --- Title: Justice for All Adoption index: 1.7 Author: Aris Co-authors: [This is OP and was only used twice in the whole of last year. We could reform

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-01-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My draft report follows. Corrections are, as always, welcome. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 2, the

Re: DIS: proto: dictator fixes

2021-01-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 12:11 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 1/17/2021 8:41 AM, Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > > G. wrote: > > > >> [pretty straightforward, but I think it captures the loopholes we used > or > >> were planning to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Personhood Revisited

2021-01-13 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:01 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > > { > > Title: Personhood > > Adoption index: 3.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-authors: Trigon, nix, G., Jason, ATMunn > > > > > > Amend Rule 869, "How to Join and Leave Agora", by replacing: > > > > Any entity that is or

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Personhood Revisited

2021-01-12 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 5:33 PM nix via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 1/12/21 7:18 PM, nix via agora-business wrote: > > > > I submit, but do not pend, the following proposal: > > > > { > > Title: Personhood Revisited > > Power: 3.0 > > Author: nix > > Co-Authors: Gaelan, Aris > > > > Amend R869

Re: DIS: [Rulekeepor] RTRW Festivities

2021-01-09 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 2:56 PM Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I hereby solicit suggestions for celebrations/contests/whatever to be > held during RTRW. I understand that G. has done a bug finding contest in > eir time as Herald, so we could do

DIS: Re: [Proto] SLR Ratification

2021-01-08 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Just, for clarity, I meant "the 1st of December". Fixed in my local copy. -Aris On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 6:52 PM Aris Merchant wrote: > > Here is a proposal to ratify the SLR, as we do from time to time. I > want to submit this in time for Read the Ruleset week, but am >

DIS: [Proto] SLR Ratification

2021-01-08 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here is a proposal to ratify the SLR, as we do from time to time. I want to submit this in time for Read the Ruleset week, but am publishing a proto so people can review the referenced ruleset for errors. -Aris --- Title: SLR Ratification Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-author(s): Ratify the

DIS: Explaining the Current Dictatorship (attn. JTAC, was BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8527-8529)

2021-01-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 11:22 PM JTAC via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 4/1/2021 7:14 am, Aris Merchant via agora-official wrote: > > PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW > > > > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referen

Re: DIS: (proto) third level Turn Undead

2021-01-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 3:17 PM ais523 via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 15:08 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > Proto: Turn Undead, AI-3: > > > > Any player CAN, with notice, make a player who has not > > made a public announcement in the past 60

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8527-8529

2021-01-03 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 3:28 PM Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 1/3/21 6:26 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > If you're going to vote against this, it's IMO your responsibility to > > make sure this gets cleaned up reasonably soon. Dictatorships are

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2021-01-02 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My mostly weekly draft follows. Comments are, as always, welcome. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 5,

Re: DIS: [Proto-Proposal] planning to flop

2020-12-30 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:01 PM Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote: > > The following is a Proto-Proposal and therefore I do not submit it and > especially do not pend it. Even if I could this is the discussion forum > so it really doesn't matter anyway. > > I think this is a good idea,

Re: DIS: Re: [@Treasuror] Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Stonemason] December Stone Auction Resolution

2020-12-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:32 AM Reuben Staley via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 12/13/20 11:28 PM, Lucidiot via agora-discussion wrote: > > Le 13/12/2020 à 23:28, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion a écrit : > >> > >> On 12/10/20 8:46 AM, ATMunn via

Re: Proto: Specified Crime not Rule Re: DIS: Re: BUS: @Referee Re: OFF: [ADoP] Metareport

2020-12-20 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:57 AM nix via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 12/20/20 9:43 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business > wrote: > > Title: Specified Crime not Rule > > Authors: PSS, nix > > Power: 1.7 > > Text: { > > Amend Rule 2478,

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-12-19 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Here's my weekly draft. I'm sorry this is so late. This week was finals week, and, as always during finals week, I was swamped. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referendum on it, and removing it from the proposal pool. For this

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3890 Assigned to Aris (the ANCS approach)

2020-11-23 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
hereas according to the rules the text is in fact the only > > usable tool as long as it's clear. > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 7:26 PM Aris Merchant via agora-business < > > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-11-21 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
My weekly draft follows. -Aris --- PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 9, the voting method is AI-majority, and the

Re: DIS: [Draft Proposal] Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

2020-11-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 9:17 PM Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:25:40AM -0800, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > wrote: > > Alright! Here's a new proto of my proposal, "Sunlight is the Best > > Disinfectant", from a few mo

DIS: On Rule 217 and the Four Factors: Another Proposal Prospectus

2020-11-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
"When interpreting and applying the rules, the text of the rules takes precedence. Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense, past judgements, and consideration of the best interests of the game." -R217 These words are the core of

Re: DIS: Should We Save Honor?

2020-11-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:45 AM nix via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On 11/16/20 12:41 PM, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > On 11/16/20 12:40 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > >> The honor/karma system seems to have fallen largely out of

DIS: Should We Save Honor?

2020-11-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
The honor/karma system seems to have fallen largely out of use. Should we try to fix it, and if so, what do we need to do? -Aris

DIS: [Draft Proposal] Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

2020-11-16 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Alright! Here's a new proto of my proposal, "Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant", from a few months ago. Major changes from my last version: 1. Break rule 478 into two rules (it's getting really long, especially if you consider the annotations). 2. Remove the unpopular "by notification" phrasing.

DIS: Re: @treasuror Re: BUS: hi [attn. Registrar]

2020-11-08 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 9:33 AM Edward Murphy via agora-business wrote: > > ATMunn wrote: > > > On 11/8/2020 9:48 AM, Lucidiot via agora-business wrote: > >> I register! > >> > >> I am elated to be able to celebrate my Agoran Birthday with all of you! > >> It has been such an amazing 0 years

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] It's not theft if it was offered for free

2020-10-31 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 1:57 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 1:56 PM Falsifian via agora-business > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 08:51:14PM -0400, ATMunn via agora-business wrote: > > > I submit (but do no

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] It's not theft if it was offered for free

2020-10-31 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 1:56 PM Falsifian via agora-business wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 08:51:14PM -0400, ATMunn via agora-business wrote: > > I submit (but do not pend) the following proposal: > > > > Title: I definitely authored this > > Adoption index: 2.0 > > Author: ATMunn > >

DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-10-31 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW 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 9, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid options are FOR and AGAINST

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Rewards for Proposals 8507-8515

2020-10-28 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:31 PM ATMunn via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 10/28/2020 3:29 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-official wrote: > > For the adoption of Proposal 8507, I grant ATMunn 14-0=14 coins. > > For the adoption of Proposal 8508, I grant Falsifian

Re: DIS: The Buoyant Economy: The Actual Draft

2020-10-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:10 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > Here's my proposal that I've told you all so much about. I've left a > few comments, but things should hopefully be pretty straightforward. > It is quite possible things need some wordsmithing or adjustme

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Cuddlebeam Degree Intent

2020-10-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 3:54 PM Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > woohoo Remember to grab your ribbon/glitter! -Aris

DIS: [Proto] Our Heroic Distributor

2020-10-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
Title: Our Heroic Distributor Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: WHEREAS, since 2003, omd has served as Distributor, hosting and maintaining the Agoran lists and website; WHEREAS the period of eir Distributorship comprises the majority of Agoran history; WHEREAS e has been diligent

DIS: Re: BUS: Petition for Patent Title for Jason [attn. Herald]

2020-10-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:23 AM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business wrote: > On 10/8/20 9:33 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > Jason has provided valuable tech support to Agora for a long time. E > > has hosted the MUD, as well as designing and h

DIS: Test

2020-10-18 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
This message contains no game actions. This just a test to see if the fora are working properly again. -Aris

DIS: Second Test

2020-10-17 Thread Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
This message contains no game actions. This is just a second test to see if the fora are working properly again. -Aris

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