RESOLUTION OF PROPOSALS 8459-8472 ================================= THIS IS AN AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED REPORT. SOME INFORMATION MAY DIFFER FROM THE HISTORICAL REPORT. THE ASSESSMENT SENT TO THE PUBLIC FORUM IS THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION. The official historical report is located at https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2020-July/013921.html ID Title Result -------------------------------------------------------- 8459 Talismans ADOPTED 8460 UV-G Sunblock ADOPTED 8461 Redoing Adopted Proposals ADOPTED 8462 Fee-based methods ADOPTED 8463 Future-proofing black ribbons ADOPTED 8464 You can certify, but you can't win ever! REJECTED 8465 Public defense ADOPTED 8466 the simple option ADOPTED 8467 Talismans auction patch ADOPTED 8468 Decision resolution patch ADOPTED 8469 Bureaucratic Reengineering ADOPTED 8470 Sponsored Proposals ADOPTED 8471 Only the PM can be arbitrary! REJECTED 8472 Welcoming Back Outlaws, etc. ADOPTED I hereby resolve the Agoran decisions to adopt the below proposals. The quorum for all below decisions was 8. VOTING STRENGTHS ================ Strength is 3 unless otherwise noted. ~: player has voting strength 0 $: player has voting strength 4 %: player has voting strength 5 ^: player has voting strength 6 &: player has voting strength 7 *: player has voting strength 8 PROPOSALS ========= PROPOSAL 8459 (Talismans) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: DEMOCRATIC FOR (13): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.$, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix, omd AGAINST (0): PRESENT (0): BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 37/0 (AI=3.0) POPULARITY: 1.000 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of Janet Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8460 (UV-G Sunblock) AUTHOR: G. CLASS: DEMOCRATIC FOR (11): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.$, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon AGAINST (0): PRESENT (2): nix, omd BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 31/0 (AI=3.0) POPULARITY: 0.846 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of G. Janet: Endorsement of G. Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee Trigon: Endorsement of G. ] PROPOSAL 8461 (Redoing Adopted Proposals) AUTHOR: R. Lee CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: LEGISLATION FOR (9): ATMunn, Falsifian, Janet&, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon AGAINST (1): omd PRESENT (3): G.^, Kate, nix% BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 28/3 (AI=2.0) POPULARITY: 0.615 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of R. Lee G.: Endorsement of non-voter Aris: Inextricable Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8462 (Fee-based methods) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: DEMOCRATIC FOR (12): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.$, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix AGAINST (1): omd PRESENT (0): BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 34/3 (AI=3.0) POPULARITY: 0.846 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of Janet Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8463 (Future-proofing black ribbons) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: DEMOCRATIC FOR (8): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.$, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus AGAINST (2): R. Lee~, Tcbapo PRESENT (3): Trigon, nix, omd BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 25/3 (AI=3.0) POPULARITY: 0.462 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of Janet Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8464 (You can certify, but you can't win ever!) AUTHOR: R. Lee CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: JUSTICE FOR (5): G.*, Kate, Madrid, R. Lee~, Tcbapo AGAINST (7): ATMunn, Falsifian, Janet, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus%, Trigon, omd PRESENT (1): nix% BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 17/23 (AI=1.0) POPULARITY: -0.154 OUTCOME: REJECTED [ Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8465 (Public defense) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: JUSTICE FOR (12): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.*, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus%, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix% AGAINST (1): omd PRESENT (0): BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 42/3 (AI=1.0) POPULARITY: 0.846 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of Janet Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8466 (the simple option) AUTHOR: ATMunn CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: LEGISLATION FOR (7): G.^, Kate, Madrid, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix% AGAINST (4): Janet&, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, omd PRESENT (2): ATMunn, Falsifian BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 23/16 (AI=1.0) POPULARITY: 0.231 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8467 (Talismans auction patch) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: ECONOMY FOR (12): ATMunn%, Falsifian, G.^, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon&, omd AGAINST (0): PRESENT (1): nix% BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 42/0 (AI=2.0) POPULARITY: 0.923 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of Janet Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8468 (Decision resolution patch) AUTHOR: Janet CLASS: DEMOCRATIC FOR (9): ATMunn, G.$, Janet, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, nix, omd AGAINST (2): R. Lee~, Tcbapo PRESENT (2): Falsifian, Trigon BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 28/3 (AI=3.0) POPULARITY: 0.538 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8469 (Bureaucratic Reengineering) AUTHOR: Aris CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: EFFICIENCY FOR (13): ATMunn, Falsifian%, G.^, Janet%, Kate, Madrid, Murphy%, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix%, omd AGAINST (0): PRESENT (0): BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 47/0 (AI=2.0) POPULARITY: 1.000 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Conditional resolved: Aris not against Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8470 (Sponsored Proposals) AUTHOR: nix CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: LEGISLATION FOR (8): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.^, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Trigon, nix% AGAINST (4): Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, omd PRESENT (1): Janet& BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 29/9 (AI=1.0) POPULARITY: 0.308 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Endorsement of nix Kate: Endorsement of G. R. Lee: Conditional resolved: P8466 was adopted Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8471 (Only the PM can be arbitrary!) AUTHOR: R. Lee CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: JUSTICE FOR (6): ATMunn, G.*, Kate, Madrid, R. Lee~, Tcbapo AGAINST (5): Falsifian, Janet, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus%, omd PRESENT (2): Trigon, nix% BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 20/17 (AI=1.7) POPULARITY: 0.077 OUTCOME: REJECTED [ Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] PROPOSAL 8472 (Welcoming Back Outlaws, etc.) AUTHOR: Aris CLASS: ORDINARY CHAMBER: PARTICIPATION FOR (13): ATMunn, Falsifian, G.^, Janet%, Kate, Madrid, Murphy, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus&, R. Lee~, Tcbapo, Trigon, nix&, omd% AGAINST (0): PRESENT (0): BALLOTS: 13 AI (F/A): 51/0 (AI=2.0) POPULARITY: 1.000 OUTCOME: ADOPTED [ Falsifian: Conditional resolved: Aris not against Kate: Endorsement of G. Tcbapo: Endorsement of R. Lee ] The full text of each ADOPTED proposal is included below: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8459 Title: Talismans Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: nix, Falsifian, G. For the purposes of this proposal, a player's prior master is eir master before this proposal applies any effects. Amend Rule 2532 to read, in whole: { A talisman is an indestructible asset, tracked by the Registrar, and with ownership wholly restricted to players and Agora. There exists exactly one talisman for each player, and no other talismans; if one does not exist for a certain player, it is created in eir posession. Talismans CAN only be transferred as explicitly specified by the rules. The creation, destruction, and transfer of talismans is secured. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CAN, by announcement, transfer the talisman for em to emself. The master of a player is the entity that possesses the talisman for em. A player who is eir own master is active; any other player is a zombie (syn. inactive). The master of a zombie CAN act on behalf of em, except a master CANNOT act on behalf of a zombie to: - initiate, support, object to, or perform a dependent action; - act on behalf of that zombie's zombies; - bid in a zombie auction; - enter a contract, pledge, or other type of agreement; - initiate a Call for Judgement; - create blots; - deregister. If a master causes a zombie to perform an ILLEGAL action, the master commits the Class 4+N Crime of Masterminding (where N is the class of the illegal action). If an active player who was a zombie has not received a Welcome Package since e most recently ceased being a zombie, and if eir resale value was less than 2 at any point during eir most recent time as a zombie, then any player CAN cause em to receive a Welcome Package by announcement. } Amend Rule 2574 to read, in whole: { Any player CAN, with notice, transfer the talisman for an active player who has not made a public announcement in the past 60 days to Agora. Resale value is a secured natural switch for zombies, tracked by the Registrar, with a default value of 2. Whenever the talisman for a zombie is transferred to a player, that zombie's resale value is decreased by 1. At the end of a zombie auction, the resale value of every zombie that is an excess lot in that auction decreases by 1. The talisman for a zombie with zero resale value CANNOT be transferred to any player other than that zombie. Any player CAN, with notice: - If a zombie has been a zombie for the past 90 days and not had Agora for a master during any of that time, transfer the talisman for em to Agora; - If a player possesses more than one talisman, specify and transfer one of those talismans to Agora; - Deregister a zombie whose resale value is zero and whose master is Agora. The Registrar SHALL track the date for each zombie on which Agora was most recently eir master. The Registrar SHALL perform all POSSIBLE actions in the preceding paragraph in a timely fashion after first reporting their possibility via the facts in eir weekly report. } Amend Rule 1885 to read, in whole: { Whenever a zombie has Agora for a master and has a resale value greater than 0, and when eir talisman is not currently a lot in an auction and has not been won as an auction lot in the past 14 days, then the Registrar CAN put that zombie's talisman (along with any other talismans that fulfill the same conditions) up for auction. In a timely fashion after the beginning of each month, the Registrar SHALL either initiate such an auction or, if no talismans meeting these conditions existed at the beginning of the month, announce that no such auction is necessary. For such an auction, each lot consists of the talisman for one zombie, ordered at the discretion of the Registrar. The Registrar is the auctioneer, and the minimum bid is 1. The method to be used for this auction is the zombie auction method if such a method exists, or otherwise the default auction method. } Amend Rule 2575 by replacing the final sentence with "Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the talisman for the Distributor is possessed by emself (and is transferred to em if it ever is not), and e CANNOT deregister or be deregistered." For each player who is not eir own prior master, transfer the talisman for em to eir prior master. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8460 Title: UV-G Sunblock Adoption index: 3.0 Author: G. Co-authors: ais523 Amend Rule 2438 (Ribbons) by replacing: Ultraviolet (U): When a person is awarded the Patent Title Champion, that person earns an Ultraviolet Ribbon. with: Ultraviolet (U): When a person is awarded the Patent Title Champion, that person earns an Ultraviolet Ribbon, unless the Champion title was awarded as the result of winning the game via this rule. Ultraviolet is hereby removed from G.'s Ribbon Ownership. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8461 Title: Redoing Adopted Proposals Adoption index: 2.0 Author: R. Lee Co-authors: Aris Amend rule 2450 "Pledges" by inserting the following sentence after the words "where N is 2 unless the pledge explicitly states otherwise": {It is also Oathbreaking for a player to let a pledge expire without taking an action e pledged to do in that pledge. } Amend rule 2531 "Defendant's Rights" by renumbering the list items so that each item is preceded by a number one above the previous item, except the first item which is preceded by the number 1. Amend rule 2557 "Sentencing Guidelines" by replacing "where P is the minimum of the value of the fine and 3" with "where P is the value of the fine" ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8462 Title: Fee-based methods Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: Falsifian Amend Rule 2579 by replacing the first three paragraphs with the following: { If the Rules associate payment of a set of assets (hereafter the fee for the action; syns: cost, price, charge) with performing an action, that method for performing that action is a fee-based method. If the fee is a non-integer quantity of a fungible asset, the actual fee is the next highest integer amount of that asset. To use a fee-based method, an entity (the Actor) who is otherwise permitted to perform the action must announce that e is performing the action; the announcement must specify the correct set of assets for the fee and indicate intent to pay that fee for the sole purpose of using that method to perform that action. } and replacing the final paragraph with the following: { If a fee-based method to perform an action has a fee of no assets, that action CAN be performed by announcement, but the actor SHOULD announce that there was a 0 or empty fee. } [Inspired by Falsifian pointing out that winning the game is/was a fee-based action, which might have meant that all attempts to win the game required a fee. This removes actions being fee-based and instead makes methods fee-based. This change is also designed to keep all protections and (hopefully) protect existing precedent for fee-based actions.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8463 Title: Future-proofing black ribbons Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: Amend Rule 2438 (Ribbons) by replacing the text "An Instrument CAN, as part of its effect" with the text "A statute CAN, as part of its effect". [Legislative intent is that black ribbons are to be awarded for a dictatorship of any power. The current wording does not reflect this - it instead permits black ribbons to be awarded for controlling a body of law. Since part of the idea of bodies of law was to expand them to regulations and contracts, this is a ticking time-bomb that could result in giving black ribbons to anybody capable of forming a contract.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8465 Title: Public defense Adoption index: 1.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: Publius Scribonius Scholasticus Amend Rule 2617 (Defense Against the Dark Arts) by replacing "Attempting a forbidden action" with "Publicly attempting a forbidden action". [This makes joke attempts to a-d or attempts outside of Agora not punishable.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8466 Title: the simple option Adoption index: 1.0 Author: ATMunn Co-authors: Repeal Rule 2626 "Certifiable Patches". ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8467 Title: Talismans auction patch Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: Trigon Amend Rule 1885 by deleting the sentence beginning "The method to be used for this auction". [This fixes a specification bug in the talismans proposal, since auctions are now supposed to have their method determined by the auctioneer, rather than a rule. If talismans has not been adopted, then this will have no effect.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8468 Title: Decision resolution patch Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Janet Co-authors: nix, G. Amend Rule 208 by replacing the text "To be valid, this announcement must satisfy the following conditions" with the text "To be EFFECTIVE, such an attempt must satisfy the following conditions". [This resolves a potential bug that *may* permit the vote collector of a decision to resolve it without adhering to the conditions in the numbered list of Rule 208 based on the precise wording of how the conditions are enforced. The argument that they don't work is that the sentence doesn't sufficiently override R208's earlier statement that "The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve it by announcement, indicating the outcome.", because it describes the announcement, rather than the attempt itself. Even if that interpretation is wrong, there is enough of an ambiguity that it should be resolved. The new wording makes this clearer by describing the /attempt/ as INEFFECTIVE (clearly overriding the earlier CAN) rather than the "announcement".] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8469 Title: Bureaucratic Reengineering Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: Alexis, Falsifian, nix, G. If there is a rule entitled "The Administrative State" amend it to have the text labelled "NEW TEXT" below. Otherwise, enact a new power 2.0 rule entitled "The Administrative State", with the text labelled "NEW TEXT" below. NEW TEXT: { Each officer CAN, with 1.5 Agoran consent, enact, amend, or repeal eir own office's Administrative Regulations. If e has won an election for the office in the last 7 days, e CAN repeal them by announcement. Administrative Regulations have the following properties: 1. An officer SHALL NOT violate eir office's administrative regulations in the discharge of eir office. 2. Any player CAN act on behalf of an officer to exercise eir official powers as authorized by eir office's administrative regulations. 3. All players SHOULD abide by an officer's administrative regulations in matters relating to eir area of responsibility. } ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8470 Title: Sponsored Proposals Adoption index: 1.0 Author: nix Co-authors: G., Trigon Amend R2622, "Pending Proposals", to read in full: Pended is an untracked negative boolean proposal switch. Any player CAN pay 1 Pendant to flip the Pended switch of a specified proposal to True. If the player did not create the proposal and is not listed in the list of co-authors of the proposal, e is added to the list of co-authors. When e does so, the proposal becomes sponsored. The Promotor CAN, with 2+X support, flip the Pended switch of a proposal in the Proposal Pool to true. For this, X is equal to the number of times e has done so in the past 7 days. Any player CAN, without objection, flip the Pended switch of a proposal in the Proposal Pool to true. A proposal with a Pended switch set to True is 'pending'. Repeal R2626 "Certifiable Patches". Amend R2623, "Popular Proposal Proposer Privilege", by replacing: The player who proposed the adopted proposal whose referendum had the greatest popularity among all referenda assessed in the last 7 days CAN once earn one Legislative Card by announcement, provided that no referendum initiated in the same message as it remains unresolved. If there is a tie, all authors of the tied proposals can do so once each. with: The author of the most popular sponsored proposal adopted in the last 7 days CAN once earn one Legislative Card by announcement, provided that no referenda initiated in the same message as it remain unresolved. If there is a tie, all authors of the tied proposals can do so once each. Amend R2496, "Rewards", by replacing "an adopted proposal" with "an adopted sponsored proposal". ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID: 8472 Title: Welcoming Back Outlaws, etc. Adoption index: 2.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: Amend Rule 2499, "Welcome Packages", by replacing: A player CANNOT receive a Welcome Package via this method if e was deregistered on account of having excessive blots. with: A player CANNOT receive a Welcome Package via this method if e has been deregistered on account of having excessive blots within the last 30 days. Amend Rule 2124, "Agoran Satisfaction", by replacing: The above notwithstanding, if an action depends on objections, and an objection to an intent to perform it has been withdrawn within the past 24 hours, then Agora is not Satisfied with that intent. with: The above notwithstanding, if an action is to be performed without N objections or with N Agoran consent, and an objection to an intent to perform it has been withdrawn within the past 24 hours, then Agora is not Satisfied with that intent. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////