rescind proposal 22 Feb 2001 16:26:36 23 Feb 2001 03:55:37 Poulenc Prties, back by popular demand ---- add proposal 408/0 1 22 Feb 2001 21:52:59 Joel Proposal Dependency: I Need My Fix 1. Retitle R346 to "Motion Dependency" and amend it to read as follows: "The owner of an Approvable Motion may specify a condition for its adoption in addition to the standard conditions required by the Rules. Whenever an Approvable Motion would be adopted in the absence of a condition added by its owner, and it is no longer possible for that condition to be met, the Motion fails by dependence. No scoring may occur due to failure by dependence." 2. Amend the first sentence of R229 to read: "An Approvable Motion is adopted iff it is subject to and receives consent or at the close of voting on it its passage ratio exceeds one-half, and all other adoption conditions applying to it are met." And add as the last sentence of the first paragraph: "An Approvable Motion fails when its adoption becomes impossible." ---- add proposal 409/0 1 22 Feb 2001 22:02:08 Joel Repeal R350 Repeal R350. ---- add proposal 410/0 1 23 Feb 2001 03:55:37 Poulenc Parties: back by popular demand 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Parties", text as follows: A Party is a type of object consisting of a name, a serial number, a set of rules, and a set of member agents. Any agent may create a party at any time by announcing eir intent to the Administrator who shall recognize eir action and assign a serial number, the party creator must also determine an initial set of rules and name for the new party. A newly created party has no members, and a party which is found to have no members continuously for a period of one nweek ceases to exist. 2. Enact a new rule entitled "Party Membership", text as follows: The requirements for membership of a party shall be defined by the rules of that party. No agent may become a member of a party without eir consent. The members of a Party must abide by the rules of that Party, with the proviso that no agent may be required to abide by a set of rules of which e has been uninformed. The rules of this game take precedence over the rules of all Parties, but they do not exempt the members of a party from a punishment for failing to comply with the rules of that party. 3. Enact a new rule entitled "Party Privacy", with text as follows: The rules and membership list shall be maintained by the members of that party. They must be available to all members of that party, but are not required to be available to non-members; all members must be apprised of any change in the rules or party membership. If the otherwise privately kept rules or membership of a party is the subjct of a CFJ, and the judge of that CFJ is not a member of that party, then whomever is responsible for tracking the state of the party rules and any elements defined in the party rules shall make them available available to judge upon the judge's selection, but the Judge shall not further distribute them. 4. Enact a new rule entitled "Party Security", with text as follows: In no case may an agent be bound by a set of rules of which e is uninformed. In no case may an agent become a member of a party without eir express written consent, although said consent does not nescessarily have to be posted to the Public forum. Party rules may not take precedence over the rules of this game, although this does not nescessarily exempt a player from penalties for failing to abide by the rules of a party of which e is a member. Party rules may not redefine terms used in the rules of this game. 5. Enact a new rule entitled "Party Destruction", with text as follows: If a Party ceases to exist the last known state of its rules, membership, and any variables or other objects defined shall be made publicly available. ---- add proposal 411/0 1 23 Feb 2001 05:18:07 PurpleBob Preventing Tyranny of the Majority Create a rule entitled [[you guessed it]] "Preventing Tyranny of the Majority" with the following text: If a proposal names one or more specific players in its text, those players must consent to the passage of the proposal. If a proposal uses one or more terms which indirectly refer to one player, or to a group of players containing less than half of the players in the game, each specified player or group must consent to the passage of the proposal. Names of administrative positions are a special case of the above clause. If the administrative position is not yet filled, no consent is needed. If the posiiton is filled, the player who occupies that position must consent. Consenting to the passage of a proposal means that, if any single player from whom consent is required votes against the proposal, or if the majority of a group from which consent is required votes against the proposal, the proposal fails. ---- add proposal 412/0 1 23 Feb 2001 15:47:11 Joerg The Administrator is an Elected Office that does not expire Amend Rule 208 to read: "The Office of the Administrator is an Elected Office which does not have a Term of Office (i.e. the Officer stays in Office until e resigns or is removed from eir Office by other means). The Administrator is responsible for all game duties not assigned by the Rules to other Officers. The Office is initially held by the Player whose real name is Joel Uckelman." Amend Rule 110 by adding the following paragraph: "If the Administrator resigns, e shall name a Player who will assume his duties until the Office is again filled. If the Administrator has resigned without naming any Player, the first Player who publicly announces that e will assume the Administrator's duties shall do so until the Office is again filled." ----