Maud wrote:
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Related question: if Agoran decisions have not been properly initiated
on proposals for the past few months, does the last paragraph of R2034
still manage to make the result announcements effective?
Rule 2034 does seem to apply here, an
On 5/5/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow
will every official post I make spark this much controversy? This could be
quite exciting :)
It's possible, but let's hope not. While controversy is fine, there
is also merit in actually playing the game! (Of course, for some
people, the
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Related question: if Agoran decisions have not been properly initiated
on proposals for the past few months, does the last paragraph of R2034
still manage to make the result announcements effective?
Rule 2034 does seem to apply here, and to any other
Wow
will every official post I make spark this much controversy? This could be
quite exciting :)
BobTHJ
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Michael Slone wrote:
>The rules do not vanish when we choose to ignore them.
Quite so, but we have a history of allowing paraphrases and implic
Zefram wrote:
> I don't agree with your adoption of the R991 criterion, at least as
> sole criterion for determining public agreement. You can read R991 such
> that submission of a CFJ (even if the CFJ is later dismissed or refused)
> proves a lack of public agreement, but I think lack of public
Kerim Aydin wrote:
>We now have a lack of agreement for this particular distribution.
R107 doesn't say when the public have to agree on the set of eligible
voters. I think we were all in agreement on who was eligible at the
start of the voting period. If eligibility for a decision can change ove
Kerim Aydin wrote:
>means this distribution (but not prior ones, where there was no
>such disagreement in evidence!) was invald.
Curious argument. I never read "sufficient to enable ..." that way
before. It would mean that the null description, as has previously
been used, would be sufficient if
Maud wrote:
> Since adopting a proposal is an Agoran decision, every notice of
> proposal distribution which omits a description of the class of
> eligible voters is invalid. An Agoran decision is not actually
> initiated except by a valid notice. See rule 107.
We are now splintering into two s
Michael Slone wrote:
>The rules do not vanish when we choose to ignore them.
Quite so, but we have a history of allowing paraphrases and implicitudes.
If you seriously doubt the efficacy of present proposal distributions,
please CFJ on it.
Related question: if Agoran decisions have not been prope
Maud wrote:
> Now, I know we've been following a judicial path lately, but in this
> case we ought to pursue a legislative solution, even if only to make
> the rules clear.
There are many cases where a concise legislative solution is perferrable,
even in a "judicial" game. This is one of them.
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I note, in passing, that we don't in practice require the notice
defined by R107 to be explicit.
The rules do not vanish when we choose to ignore them.
--
C. Maud Image (Michael Slone)
I think someone has a comprehension problem here. I don't think
On 5/4/07, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The "class" of eligible voters may (or may not) be "all current
players and all persons who register during the voting period." There
is nothing in the above clause preventing this interpretation. The
act of registration (which makes a person in
Michael Slone wrote:
>(2) people who join in the middle of the voting period can't vote.
This could be construed as a feature. I thought it was intended as one.
-zefram
Michael Slone wrote:
>By rule 107 (b), the notice initiating an Agoran decision must give a
>``description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to enable
>public agreement on which persons are eligible''. Therefore, the
>class of eligible voters is set when the decision is initiated and
>can
On 5/4/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, then it appears I submitted an invalid ballot. Such is life.
Well, this points up two problems with the current rules:
(1) it's too hard to tell who is eligible to vote; and
(2) people who join in the middle of the voting period can't vo
Maud wrote:
> By rule 107 (b), the notice initiating an Agoran decision must give a
> ``description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to enable
> public agreement on which persons are eligible''. Therefore, the
> class of eligible voters is set when the decision is initiated and
> cannot
Well, then it appears I submitted an invalid ballot. Such is life.
On 5/4/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone fancy another group of massively-linked CFJs?
I don't think that will be necessary.
By rule 107 (b), the notice initiati
On 5/4/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone fancy another group of massively-linked CFJs?
I don't think that will be necessary.
By rule 107 (b), the notice initiating an Agoran decision must give a
``description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to enable
public agreement on w
Roger Hicks wrote:
>I hereby submit the following CFJ:
That's the spirit! By the way, submitting a CFJ is legal even if
you're not a player, which is just as well with your registration
still uncertain. But unfortunately that uncertainty does mean that
your CFJ doesn't only hinge on the eligibil
Roger Hicks wrote:
>1. I understand my registration may be under dispute. However, if the CFJ
>returns in my favor, shouldn't my votes be counted?
Yes, that's the way it works. We often have official reports track
actions of questioned legality, noted as being subject to CFJ.
I said in my previo
1. I understand my registration may be under dispute. However, if the CFJ
returns in my favor, shouldn't my votes be counted?
2. I can't find anything in the rules stating that my votes are invalid
simply because my registration occurred after proposals were distributed. If
I'm missing something
quazie wrote:
>1 - has BobTHJ actually registered yet? (I believe thats in CFJ)
E is definitely registered now. CFJ only concerns time of registration,
the two options differing by about eight hours.
>2 - if BobTHJ did register, didn't registration happen after the
>proposals in question were
Roger Hicks wrote:
BobTHJ votes as follows:
4947 - FOR
4948 - FOR
4949 - FOR
4950 - FOR
4951 - FOR
4952 - AGAINST
4953 - FOR
4954 - AGAINST
4955 - AGAINST
4956 - FOR
4957 - AGAINST
1 - has BobTHJ actually registered yet? (I believe thats in CFJ)
2 - if BobTHJ did register, didn't registratio
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