On 8/22/20 11:28 PM, Falsifian via agora-official wrote:
> Archived at
> https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries
>
> Below is the report for the week of 2020-08-10..16.
>
>
> # Summary
>
> Welcome, Nathan!
>
> Get paid to write a weekly summary! The Agoran Press now exists, and
> seeks Reportors to share in the telling of our glorious never-ending
> story. Join the contract, claim the Weekly Assignment, and get 5 Coins
> for summarizing a week. (The contract became publicly funded on April
> 21, technically outside the time range covered by this document.)
Minor issue: I don't think that was in April.
>
> This week, a healthy batch of rule-changes was adopted, including the
> gamification of Finger-Pointing. Agorans, don't let crime go unpunished
> --- a missed punishment is a missed opportunity!
>
> Agorans love changing the rules, making contracts, moving assets around,
> and that sort of thing. But one proposal adopted this week gives some
> privileged players a new power to to do only things that are outside of
> that list of run-of-the-mill things. Our first Rulebender, G.,
> demonstrates the first "Rulebending Form", which gives names to the five
> Eastman weeks of each month.
>
> Some of this week's proposals seemed like minor refactors or fixes, but
> were they? Murphy's "simpler ribbon switches" turns out to also get em a
> Transparent Ribbon.
>
> Voting began on a pair of modest new proposals this week, and there is
> some discussion of changing the way glitter works.
>
> CFJ 3873 is judged TRUE: it was Shelvacu's birthday on the day e
> registered. Agorans continue to stir things with new experiments,
> including a self-styled "Annoying Experiment" by Gaelan.
>
> This week, ATMunn became our new speaker, and Birthday Tournament
> participants were awarded the Badge of Diplonomic.
>
>
> # Players old and new
>
> * New player Nathan joins Agora.
>
> * Bayushi makes an appearance in the thread "Somewhat Annoying Experiment".
>
>
> # Voting
>
> * The decisions on adopting Proposals 8478-8487 are resolved.
>
> * Only 8481 is rejected. It would have made non-pending Proposals
> disappear instead of having the Promotor track them. The Promotor
> felt it wasn't needed.
>
> * Adopted:
>
> * Make Finger-Pointing competitive. (8479)
>
> * Make the rewards higher for more "complex" offices. (8482)
>
> * Apply the effects of "THE MYSTERY DOCUMENT", published last week
> by G., which it turns enacts a new rule allowing certain players
> to publish "Rulebending Forms" (8483)
>
> * Clarify Rule 2576, about asset ownership. (In the past, there's been
> confusion about whether assets are destroyed or go to the Lost and
> Found department, when their owner deregisters, for example.) (8484)
>
> * Make it so a person never ceases to be a person. (For one thing,
> this means that keeping correct records doesn't require knowing who
> is still alive.) (8485)
>
> * Simplify how Ribbon ownership is defined. But also, it turns out,
> make people eligible for Transparent Ribbons. (8487)
>
> * Various fixes. (8478, 8480, 8486)
>
> * Voting begins on Proposals 8488 and 8489:
>
> * Proposal 8488 is another tweak related to the fee-based action
> rules.
>
> * Proposal 8489 adds a new mechanic to the officer card-granting
> rules.
>
>
> # Scams, rule questions, etc.
>
> * Can a Rulebending Form escape its limitations by explicitly taking
> precedence over the rule that limits it? ais523 calls CFJ 3874 in the
> thread "Resolution of Proposals 8478-8487".
>
> * Can a player be granted birthday gifts on the same day they register?
> Yes. (CFJ 3873)
>
> * Trigon is annoyed because others agreed this wasn't a problem when e
> came up with the original wording. Thread: "Forbes 485"
>
> * G. points out a zombie owner can bid in a zombie auction. Before a
> recent auction overhaul, this was prohibited. Thread: "August zombie
> auction"
>
> * G. publishes the first "Rulebending Form", which gives names to the
> five Eastman weeks of each month. Thread: "The First Form"
>
> * Are hard-to-compute contract provisions effective? Gaelan tries an
> experiment in the thread "Somewhat Annoying Experiment", calling CFJ
> 3875.
>
> * Can multiple persons in the same body receive ribbons? ATMunn calls
> CFJs in the thread "[Diplonomic 2020] BT3 Intent to Announce Winners,
> Badge, and Clean-up".
>
> * When an officer's report includes a caveat, does the indicated
> information still self-ratify if it's not separately CoE-ed? Thread:
> "[Treasuror] [Weekly Report] Forbes 486"
>
> * Jason sends a message to the backup list that at first seems like it
> might be an objection to an intent to Declare Apathy that nobody saw.
> But it looks like e just manually added "Re:" to the start of the
> subject line. Thread: "Re: BAK: Apathy Intent"
>
> * After
