THE AGORA NOMIC CODE OF REGULATIONS These ACORNs are also online at http://agoranomic.org/ruleset/ Date of this ACORN: 3 Nov 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents: Administrative Regulations * Regulation AA0: Obligations on the Arbitor * Regulation AA1: Public exercise of judiciary powers * Regulation AA2: Recommendations for players ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Administrative Regulations This section has regulations enacted by officers, pursuant to Rule 2630. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation AA0/0 Obligations on the Arbitor The Arbitor SHALL NOT assign a case to any person with a clear conflict of interest in its outcome. While there are players interested in judging, the Arbitor SHALL NOT assign cases to any other person. A player is "interested in judging" whenever e has communicated to the Arbitor that e is or will be (syn. "stood up"), provided that, since e last became interested, e has not done any of the following: * Exceeded a time limit to judge a case by more than 7 days. * Been recused from a case for lateness. * Communicated to the contrary (syn. "sat down"). * Become inactive. * Become deregistered. * Been omitted from a list of interested judges published by the Arbitor, if the list has been continuously undoubted for one week after its publication. The above notwithstanding, the Arbitor MAY always assign a case to emself; to the Referee; or to any person who has communicated to em an interest in judging the case (syn. "favoured" the case). If, but for this provision, this regulation would make it ILLEGAL for the Arbitor to assign a particular case at all, all other provisions of this regulation are null and void with respect to that case. When a judgement is issued that has major implications for the interpretation of a rule, and it is highly unlikely that the rule will be changed to alter the interpretation or the case reopened in the near future, the Arbitor SHALL in an officially timely fashion write a brief description of the implication and communicate it to the Rulekeepor with a recommendation for inclusion in the Full Logical Ruleset. (This duty is immediately discharged if the office of Rulekeepor is vacant.) History: Enacted by Kate, 04 Sep 2024 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation AA1/0 Public exercise of judiciary powers This regulation currently does not provide for players to act on behalf of the Arbitor to exercise eir official powers. History: Enacted by Kate, 04 Sep 2024 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation AA2/0 Recommendations for players It is RECOMMENDED to phrase CFJ statements so that they are possible to parse without outside context. For example, refer to a proposal or rule by ID number, or to a message by distinguishing features like its author and approximate timestamp, instead of writing "this proposal" or "that message". (An exception is self-references: "this CFJ", or "this message" meaning "the message in which this CFJ is called", is unambiguous and in fact traditional.) When calling a CFJ, players SHOULD ensure that the word "CFJ" is present in the subject line of the message, ideally near the beginning and ideally distinct from the rest of the line (e.g. "[CFJ]" or "CFJ:"). This helps ensure the CFJ is not missed. Gratuitous arguments to a CFJ need not be explicitly marked, or even submitted to a public forum (though they may be, for disambiguation). Anything seen by the Arbitor, through any forum, that looks like an argument will be accepted and recorded. (Arguments may even be submitted privately, which might be useful if, for example, anonymity is requested.) For other actions related to the office of Arbitor, such as judgements themselves, recusals, retractions, Motions and Moots, it is RECOMMENDED to draw the Arbitor's attention somehow if they are buried in replies to an unrelated thread. Otherwise, tags of the form "attn. Arbitor" or "@Arbitor" are unnecessary and indeed DISCOURAGED as they clutter subject lines. History: Enacted by Kate, 04 Sep 2024 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------