201. Quorum for a proposed rule change is defined to be 20% of Voters at the beginning of the prescribed voting period for that proposal

202. All players begin a new game with 0 points. Points may not be gained, lost, or traded except as explicitly stated in the rules. Amended by 338.

203. The winner is the first Voter to achieve 100 (positive) points. If more than one Voter achieves this condition simultaneously, all such Voters win. When a game ends in this manner:

• If there is only one winner, that Voter becomes the Speaker, and the old Speaker becomes a Voter.
• If there is more than one winner, the Speaker randomly selects one of the winners, who becomes the new Speaker, and the old Speaker becomes a Voter.
• All players' scores are reset to 0. A new game is begun.

All rules and proposed rule changes retain the status they had at the end of the old game.

204. A proposal shall be made by submitting it to the Speaker. Only Voters may make proposals. All Players including Voters and the Speaker may make proposals. As soon as possible after receiving a proposal, the Speaker shall assign the proposal a number and distribute the proposal along with its number to all players. Amended by 310.

205. The prescribed voting period for a proposal shall be one week, beginning at the time the Speaker distributes the proposal to all players.

206. Each Voter has exactly one vote. The Speaker may not vote.

207. Voters may vote either for or against any proposal within its prescribed voting period. In order to be legally cast, the vote must be received by the Speaker by the end of the prescribed voting period. The Speaker may not reveal any votes until the end of the prescribed voting period. Any Voter who does not legally vote within the prescribed voting period shall be deemed to have abstained.

208. At the end of the prescribed voting period on a proposal, the Speaker shall reveal all votes legally cast on that proposal. If the Speaker's consent may be required for a proposal to be adopted, then the Speaker should indicate at that time whether or not e gives eir consent. If the Speaker does not explicitly indicate that e refuses to consent to the proposal, it shall be assumed that e consents.

209. The required votes for a proposal to be adopted is as follows: For a proposal which would directly alter the actions which are required of and/or forbidden to the Speaker: a) a simple majority of all votes legally cast, if the Speaker consents; b) b) a 2/3 majority of all votes legally cast, if the Speaker does not consent; For all other proposals, a simple majority of votes legally cast. This rule defers to rules which set the required number of votes for proposals which propose to transmute a rule.

210. An adopted rule change takes full effect at the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it.

211. Voters who voted against proposals which are adopted receive 10 points apiece. Players whose proposals are adopted shall receive 10 points plus a random number of points in the range 1-10 inclusive. Players whose proposals are not adopted shall lose 10 points. Amended by 315. 4/16/2000.

212. If two or more mutable rules conflict with one another, or if two or more immutable rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the lowest ordinal number takes precedence. If at least one of the rules in conflict explicitly says of itself that it defers to another rule (or type of rule) or takes precedence over another rule (or type of rule), then such provisions shall supersede the numerical method for determining precedence. If two or more rules claim to take precedence over one another or defer to one another, then the numerical method again governs.

213. If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or application of a rule, then a player may invoke judgement by submitting a statement for judgement to the Speaker. Disagreement, for the purposes of this rule, may be created by the insistence of any player. When judgement is invoked, the Speaker must, as soon as possible, select a Judge as described in the Rules. The Speaker must then distribute the statement to be judged, along with the identity of the Judge, to all players.

214. If judgement was invoked by a Voter, then the first Judge to be selected to judge that statement shall be the Speaker. If judgement was invoked by the Speaker, the first Judge to be selected shall be a randomly selected Voter. In all cases, if a Judge beyond the first must be selected to judge a statement, it shall be a randomly selected Voter. The Voter thus selected may not be the player most recently selected as Judge for that statement, nor may e be the player who invoked judgement.

215. After the Speaker has distributed the statement to be judged and the identity of the Judge, the Judge has one week in which to deliver a legal judgement. If the Judge fails to deliver a judgement within this time, e is penalized 10 points and a new Judge is selected. A judgement is delivered by submitting that judgement to the Speaker, who must then distribute that judgement to all players as soon as possible.

216. A legal judgement is either TRUE, FALSE, or UNDECIDED. The judgement may be accompanied by reasons and arguments, but such reasons and arguments form no part of the judgement itself. If a judgement is accompanied by reasons and arguments, the Speaker must distribute the reasons and arguments along with the judgement.

217. All judgements must be in accordance with the rules; however, if the rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the statement to be judged, then the Judge shall consider game custom and the spirit of the game before applying other standards.

218. In addition to duties which may be listed elsewhere in the rules, the Speaker shall have the following duties:

• register new players
• maintain a list of all players and their current scores, and make such a list available to all players
• maintain a complete list of the current rules, and make such a list available to all players
• make a random determination whenever such determination is required by the rules facilitate discussion via the dicussion email list

Amended by 307. 3/14/2000.

219. If a player believes that the rules are such that further play is impossible, or that the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or that a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the player may invoke judgement on a statement to that effect. If the statement is judged TRUE, then the player who invoked judgement shall be declared the winner of that game, and the game ends, with no provision for starting another game. This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner of the game.

Subject	Subject Description	Rules Pertaining To
Game Mechanics	This subject contains rules which govern the interaction between rules.	101, 102, 105, 111, 116, 212, 319, 320, 321.
Game Process	This contains rules governing how the game is played.	106, 107, 109, 110, 114, 204, 205, 321.
Rules concerning Players	This subject contains rules which concern what the players rights and responsiblities are.	103, 104.
Guidelines for Rules	This has rules concerning what is considered a legal rule.	108, 110, 115, 210.
Voting	These are the rules concerning voting.	201, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 303, 314, 315, 332.
Prestige System	This outlines details of the Prestige System and it's dependent structures.	309.
Environment	These rules define the Universe of Our Nomic	301.
Miscellaneous	We couldn't fit these into any other category.	306, 316, 320, 322, 324, 325, 328, 331.
Sub Games	These are rules for fun diversions from The Fun Diversion!	317, 326, 333, 334.
Winning	These outline what it takes to win.	112, 202, 203.
Forfeit	These rules outline what it takes to lose.	113.
The Speaker's office	These rules define what the Speaker's role in the game is.	109, 206, 208, 218, 307, 310.
Historian's Office	These rules define what the Historian's role in the game is.	304, 313.
Judicial System	These outline the how Call For Judgements are made.	213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219.

 

101. All players must always abide by all the rules then in effect, in the form in which they are then in effect. The rules in the Initial Set are in effect at the beginning of the first game. The Initial Set consists of rules 101-116 (immutable) and 201-219 (mutable).

102. Initially rules in the 100's are immutable and rules in the 200's are mutable. Rules subsequently enacted or transmuted (that is, changed from immutable to mutable or vice versa) may be immutable or mutable regardless of their numbers, and rules in the Initial Set may be transmuted regardless of their numbers.

103. At any time, each player shall be either a Voter or the Speaker; no player may simultaneously be a Voter and a Speaker. At any time there shall be exactly one Speaker. The term "player" in the rules shall specifically include both the Voters and the Speaker.

104. The Speaker for the first game shall be Chuck Henry.

105. A rule change is any of the following: (1) the enactment, repeal, or amendment of a mutable rule; or (2) the transmutation of an immutable rule into a mutable rule or vice versa. (Note: This definition implies that, at least initially, all new rules are mutable; immutable rules, as long as they are immutable, may not be amended or repealed; mutable rules, as long as they are mutable, may be amended or repealed; any rule of any status may be transmuted; no rule is absolutely immune to change.)

106. All rule changes proposed in the proper way shall be voted on. They will be adopted if and only if they receive the required number of votes and quorum is achieved.

107. Any proposed rule change must be written down (or otherwise communicated in print media) before it is voted on. If adopted, it must guide play in the form in which it was voted on.

108. No rule change may take effect earlier than the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it, even if its wording explicitly states otherwise. No rule change may have retroactive application.

109. The Speaker shall give each proposed rule change a number for reference. The numbers shall begin with 301, and each rule change proposed in the proper way shall receive the next successive integer, whether or not the proposal is adopted. If a rule is repealed and reenacted, it receives the number of the proposal to reenact it. If a rule is amended or transmuted, it receives the number of the proposal to amend or transmute it.

110. Rule changes that transmute immutable rules into mutable rules may be adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among votes legally cast. Transmutation shall not be implied, but must be stated explicitly in a proposal to take effect.

111. In a conflict between a mutable and an immutable rule, the immutable rule takes precedence and the mutable rule shall be entirely void. For the purposes of this rule a proposal to transmute an immutable rule does not "conflict" with that immutable rule.

112. The state of affairs that constitutes winning may not be altered from achieving n points to any other state of affairs. The magnitude of n and the means of earning points may be changed, and rules that establish a winner when play cannot continue may be enacted and (while they are mutable) be amended or repealed.

113. A player always has the option to forfeit the game rather than continue to play or incur a game penalty. No penalty worse than losing, in the judgment of the player to incur it, may be imposed.

114. There must always be at least one mutable rule. The adoption of rule changes must never become completely inpermissible.

115. Rule changes that affect rules needed to allow or apply rule changes are as permissible as other rule changes. Even rule changes that amend or repeal their own authority are permissible. No rule change or type of move is impermissible solely on account of the self-reference or self-application of a rule.

116. Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by a rule is permitted and unregulated, with the sole exception of changing the rules, which is permitted only when a rule or set of rules explicitly or implicitly permits it.

301. "THE HEAD NEEDS A BODY" It should be recognized that in the infancy of our game, we are governing without having anyone to govern. Therefore, let there be the creation of a city-state, 'Nomicsylvania', by which all future laws and amendments will have influence over, and we, the governing players, shall rule over like kings, damn-hell-ass kings! Adopted March 7th, 2000. In Favor: JH, MK, DJ. Opposed: SM, SC.

303. At any time a proposal may be submitted to all members of the on_discussion mailing list for debate before submission to the speaker for voting. A proposal submitted for the purpose of debate must be e-mailed to all members of the on_discussion mailing list and have the following as the first line of the body of the e-mail:

PROPOSITION ($$$PROP#) FOR DEBATE

where $$$ represents the author's initials and # represents the number of propositions submitted by this author. (e.g. DRJPROP3) A proposition submitted for debate in this manner will be protected in that no player may officially submit for voting the same proposal, or a differently worded proposal that causes the same result as the proposition originally posted for debate for a period of 7 days from the time the original proposition was posted for debate in the appropriate manner. If the proposal is not officially submitted for voting within the 7 day period, no player may repost for debate the same proposition, or a differently worded proposition that causes the same result as the proposition originally posted for a period of 7 days. In either case, the Speaker will be the sole judge of whether any proposal submitted for voting or debate causes the same result as a proposition previously submitted for debate. Adopted March 8th, 2000. In Favor: JH, SC, DJ. Opposed: SM, MK.

304. "CHUCK THE WEB GNOME" Whereas it is of vital importance that there be accurate records available to all players on the current status of the game, and whereas Chuck has been kind enough to provide a web site to provide this information, let there be the creation of the position of Historian. This title shall initially be conferred upon Chuck. As Historian, it will be eis duty to maintain the web site and serve as list moderator for the discussion list serve. Furthermore, all proposals submitted must henceforth be simultaneously submitted to both the designated Speaker and Historian in order to maintain continuity. At any time the current Historian may relinquish eis title and name a successor amongst any willing players. Adopted March 13th, 2000. In Favor: JH, MK, SC, LH. Opposed: SM, DJ. Speaker Consent Withheld. Amended by 313.

306. "PUNISHMENT BY BROWBEATING" If a player violates one of the accepted rules, and it is brought to the attention to the List, the other players may send messages to that player with the phrase "BROWBEAT" in the body. Adopted March 13th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, MK, SC, LH. Opposed: SM, JH.

307. The Speaker shall do no more than facilitate discussion and fulfill duties mentioned in rule 218, with the exception of maintaining player lists, scores, and rules. All sections of rule 218 pertaining to maintenance will be fulfilled by the position of Historian. The Historian for the first game is Chuck Henry. Adopted March 13th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, MK, SC, LH, JH. Opposed: SM.

309. There will be a prestige points system in use to track player participation. Each player in addition to the game points that determine winner, will have a sum of prestige points (PPs) assigned. The points will be awarded to represent participation only and will not aid in winning.

A voter will receive 10 PPs for every proposal submitted to the speaker, regardless of whether or not the proposal is adopted. A voter will receive 5 PPs for voting on any proposals. The Speaker will receive 2 PPs for every voter that votes on a proposal.

Other rules may create circumstances in which PPs are created and awarded. The Speaker can grant PPs to any voter for service “above and beyond” the ruleset. The speaker shall not, however, assign more than 20 PPs to one voter within one month. PPs are non-tradable and non transferable. Adopted March 13th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, SC, JH, SM. Opposed: MK, LH.

310. "THE SPEAKER SPEAKS" Whereas rule 204 states that 'Only Voters may make proposals', this line would be omitted and be replaced by the following: 'All Players including Voters and the Speaker may make proposals' Adopted March 23th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

313. "HISTORIAN REDEFINED" Amend proposal 304 as follows:

• Replace the word "forevermore" with "initially".
• Replace the word "Chuck's" with "eis"
• Add the following sentence: "At any time the current Historian may relinquish eis title and name a successor amongst any willing players."

Adopted March 28th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

314. "THE FLIP-FLOP PROPOSAL" A proponent has the right to withdraw eis proposal anytime within the designated voting period. Furthermore, a voter may change eis vote on any proposal as long as it is within the set voting period. Adopted March 28th, 2000. In Favor: JH, MK, DJ. Opposed: SM.

315. "JUST REWARD" Whereas rule 211 states "Players whose proposals are adopted shall receive a random number of points in the range 1-10 inclusive."

The rule should be reworded to read "Players whose proposals are adopted shall receive 10 points plus a random number of points in the range 1-10 inclusive." Adopted April 16th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

316. "HELLO OPERATOR?" To spawn a more invigorating environment, an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chat room will be active 2 nights per week beginning at 8pm and ending at the moderator's discretion with a minimum time of 2 hours. The moderators for the first game will be Devon Jacobs and _______________________. The current chat days, chat room name and IRCServer location of the chat room will be Posted on the official OUR NOMIC website, initially the chatroom name will be OURNOMIC and the IRCServer will be _____________. The moderator has all powers entitled to em pursuant to the IRC rules governing chat room moderators. Adopted April 16th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, SM. Opposed: MK Suspended October 17th, 2000 by 325.

317. "YOU MAY CALL ME… TIM" Devon Jacobs shall hereby be know to all of Nomicsylvania as 'Devon Jacobs the Grand Silly Kniggit'. Matthew Keppel shall hereby be know to all of Nomicsylvania as 'Matthew Keppel the Lesser Silly Kniggit'. And for eis total lack of cooperation and participation, Steven Colabufo, will be known as 'Steven Colabufo, The Poor Bastard.'

The first player to reach 100 prestige points shall gain the title "Grand Silly Kniggit". The second player to reach 100 prestige points shall gain the title "Lesser Silly Kniggit". At the time of the granting of "Lesser Silly Kniggit," the player with the lowest prestige point total is granted the title "Poor Bastard".

At the time of the granting of the title "Poor Bastard" the first paragraph is automatically replaced by the following sentences: "__Name of recipient #1__ shall hereby be know to all of Nomicsylvania as '__Name of recipient__ the Grand Silly Kniggit'. __Name of recipient #2__ shall hereby be know to all of Nomicsylvania as '__Name of recipient__ the Lesser Silly Kniggit'. And for eis total lack of cooperation and participation, __Name of recipient #3__, will be known as '__Name of recipient #3__, The Poor Bastard.' " At the time of the granting of the title "Poor Bastard" this paragraph is automatically deleted.

These titles are honorific only. They denote nothing beyond bragging rights within our humble nomic. No rules may be created to extend their function beyond the stated purpose. Adopted April 24th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, SM, MK, LH. Opposed: JH. Self Modified on February 4th, 2001.

319. "SCHOOL'S OUT… FOREVER!" Whereas we the members of Our Nomic and the sovereignty of Nomicsylvania are professionals in the real world of varying schedules and lifestyles….

Whereas we the member of Our Nomic live in climates where 10 months of the year the weather forces us to live with our faces pressed against our monitors….

Whereas we love Our Nomic and do not wish to see it fail due to the good weather or our schedules….

It is stated that any player may declare on any open Nomic approved communication forum that "I move for a recess." Then time period of that recess is then stated being any time from 1 week to 3 months. This motion must receive a second and third motion from other players within 24 hours of the declaration or be scrapped. Within one week of this motion, 2/3 of the active registered voters must respond to any open forum either in support or opposition to the motion. If 2/3 of the active registered voters do not respond then the motion is scrapped. If a majority of voters who responded to the motion are in support then Our Nomic is considered in recess.

During this period of recess, the forums of discussion continue to operate upon the discretion of the moderator of that forum. However, no new proposals can be submitted or acted upon until the recess ends. Any proposals in the Hopper shall be acted upon on the date that was assigned to them, by the Speaker, regardless of the recess.

Upon the date stated as the end of the recess, all functions of Our Nomic shall return to pre-recess status. Adopted May 13th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

320. PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT Each nomic player is endowed with the certain rights set forth in the current ruleset of Nomicsylvania, and as an active member thereof has the privilege of amending said ruleset in accordance with current laws. The amendment of the Nomicsylvania ruleset affects all players, and therefore the course of events leading to any change in law or custom is deemed to be the concern of all members of the body, whether or not they choose to actively participate. Therefore any information, discussion, debate, or other communication that takes place in any type of open forum (including nomic run IRC channels as set forth in R-316), public postings, or nomic governed mail list is hereby considered public information and must be made available to all members of Nomicsylvania. Adopted May 13th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

321. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? There shall be an entity known as "voter status". Every player will have a voter status. The possible voter statuses are: active, inactive, excused.

Definitions

Voter status: active means the player has participated by voting in any of the last 5 consecutive proposal votes or has made a call for judgment in the last calendar month. This player counts towards quorum under the definition under rule 201.

Voter status: inactive means that the player has not participated by voting in any of the last 5 consecutive proposal votes or has not particapted in a call for judgment in the last calendar month. This player counts towards quorum under the definition under rule 201.

Voter status: excused means that the player has voluntarily removed himself from the voting and proposal submission.

Changing voter status

All players at the time of the adoption of this proposal will be considered active voters.

Any active player's status that has not voted in the last 5 consecutive proposal votes shall acquire the inactive voter status. In addition, this player will receive a PPs penalty of 10 points.

Any inactive player may contact the Speaker and ask to be switched back to active voter status. The Speaker will comply within 24 hours.

Any player may contact the Speaker and request their status be changed to excused. The Speaker will comply within 24 hours. When a player is excused, no penalties shall be applied to that player due to missed votes or missed calls for judgment.

Any excused player may contct the Speaker and request their status be changed to active. Adopted May 13th, 2000. Passed Unanimously.

322. "BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE..." Our Nomic's survival is dependent upon having players to continue the game. In order to assure that the game continues let a reward stand for any player that can recruit new players.

A recruiter may be any player who has participated in at least 6 consecutive votes. The Speaker may not recruit and be rewarded.

A recruiter that wishes to claim a potential player must submit a formal claim to the Speaker's Office before the potential player contacts the Speaker about membership. The potential player must also announce the recruiter in that initial contact. If these conditions are not met, then the recruiter will not receive points.

The recruiter will receive 20 points as a reward for the recruitment only after the new player has participated in 5 consecutive votes. Participation is defined as voting for or against any proposal as an active player. The new player may change player statuses as normal without affecting the recruiter's points. The Speaker's Office will award the points. If the new player lapses into inactive status, the recruiter will not receive points. If the 5 consecutive votes span the end of one game and the beginning of another, the new Speaker will honor the recruiter's claim as if no change in Speakers had occurred.

To combat recruitment fraud, the Speaker reserves the right to request proof of existence from the new player. The method of determining existence is at the discretion of the Speaker. If the Speaker finds a case of fraud then the recruiter will be fined 20 points. Adopted August 25th, 2000. In Favor: SM, MK, JH. Absent: LH, SC. Excused: DJ

324. "WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?" Understanding that joining Our Nomic and becoming a full functioning and confident player is a difficult task, let us help to make entry into our game as easy as possible. Let stand a reward to any player that supports a new player as a mentor.

After a new player has be admitted and the announcement has been made in the official forums, the Speaker's Office will accept offers for mentoring. Offers must be submitted within 3 calendar days of the admission announcement. If more than one person wishes to mentor the new player, then a player will be randomly selected from the volunteers. If there are no volunteers then the Speaker shall randomly select a player to be the Mentor. The Mentor will be notified by the Speaker's Office upon the selection.

The Mentorship will last for a period of 3 calendar weeks from the announcement of the Mentor. Upon the end of the Mentorship, the new player will be asked if the Mentor was helpful and to what degree. If the response was favorable, in the judgment of the Speaker, then the mentor is awarded 15 points. Adopted August 25th, 2000. In Favor: SM, JH. Opposed: MK. Absent: LH, SC. Excused: DJ

325. SUSPENSION OF NOMIRC This proposal hereby suspends rule 316:the NomIRC system. This temporary suspension is brought about by general lack of interest and / or participants in this particular medium. The suspension will be automatically lifted when Our Nomic Membership exceeds 20 players, at which time rule 316 will return to active status as originally written. Adopted October 17th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, JH, LH. Opposed: SM. Absent: JB, MK, SC.

326. HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTIOCH Let there be an artifact known as the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. This artifact is a sub game of Our Nomic. The grenade has a timer set to 10. Every time the grenade is passed from player to player the timer looses one number. When the number reaches zero, it explodes! When it explodes it subtracts 5 prestige points and 1 score point from the player that has it in ies possession.

The hand grenade is an email that containing the text of this rule and a cheesy ascii drawing of a grenade. This is email is passed from player to player by the last recipient forwarding this email to the next recipient. The timer listed on the email should be reduced by one.

The grenade, due the fact that it is timed by the passing of the grenade, has no calendar or time sensitive timer. This means that a player could hold on to the grenade indefinitely. This would then would halt the sub game. This is of no consequence. However, if a player has the grenade in eis possession then that player must sign any nomic related email with eis name and "The Holder of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch". If the holder does not announce eisself then the grenade instantly self destructs damaging the holder.

After the hand grenade has exploded, this rule is repealed.

The first holder shall be Chuck Henry. Adopted December 19th, 2000. In Favor: DJ, JH, LH, SM, MK. Absent: JB,SC. Excused: JoH.

328. OUR WHAT? WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT? To aid in the recruitment of new members and to increase pride in one's nomic, there should be created a task force to create a new more marketable name for Our Nomic. The Name Task Force (NTF) should have the following 4 goals; first the NTF must create a list of viable names for Our Nomic. These names should be easily remembered and pronounced. These names should be unique in the nomic world. These names should create an image of Our Nomic that is positive. Secondly, NTF should narrow the list of candidates to one name. The NTF may use any method of narrowing the choices that is appropriate. Third, the NTF should write and submit the proposal that would change the name of the nomic officially. The proposal may be submitted by the NTF as a group. Any prestige points or point bonuses or penalties incurred by the NTF will be distributed amongst the members of the NTF in accordance with the NTF regulations. Lastly, the NTF should review the ruleset in total for instances of the old name and write proposal(s) to change the name throughout the ruleset.

The NTF may create whatever regulations and procedures it requires to complete the above stated goals. However, these regulations and procedures affect only the players who are members of the NTF. Further, these regulations and procedures cannot affect the status, prestige points or points of the members outside of the methods stated above under goal three. These regulations and procedures cannot contradict the rules stated in this proposal.

The NTF reports to the Speaker. At any time the Speaker can make requests of the NTF and receive a fulfillment of that request within 3 calendar days. If the request is not fulfilled in the 3 day period, the Speaker then may suspend operations of the NTF until the request is filled.

The NTF is to be made up of at least 3 Our Nomic Voters. Any player that is interested in participating in the NTF should submit a letter of intent to the Speaker within 3 days of the adoption of this proposal. The first respondent will be given the title "Head of Name Task Force". This person will act as the liaison between the Speaker and the NTF. This person will also serve in a leadership role in the task force. If there are no respondents, or not enough respondents, the Speaker will randomly choose a person to be the "Head of Name Task Force". That person then will have the authority to draft players into the NTF to bring the membership to 3. Adding new members and resigning from membership procedures shall be governed by the NTF's regulations and procedures.

The NTF will be in existence until it decides, through its' regulations and procedures, that it is has accomplished all of the above stated goals. If any player feels that the NTF has quit prematurely or has already accomplished its' goals, the player may make a Call For Judgment. This Call will state whether or not the NTF should continue its' work. The NTF must abide by the decision of the judge. If the NTF has been found to quit prematurely then it must continue until the goals have be completed. If the NTF has been found to no longer serving a function then it is disbanded. Upon the dissolution of the NTF, this proposal repeals itself leaving behind any changes made by the NTF. Adopted January 14th, 2001. In Favor: JH,SM. Opposed: MK. Absent: JB, SC, DJ, LH. Excused: JoH, KM.

331. IS IT "NOMM-IC" OR "NOME-IC"? , NEITHER! IT'S NOMIC In an effort to eliminate any confusion, as well as any pansy-ass pronunciation of the title of our game, making it sound like some wacko saying it through a mouth full of tapioca pudding, any future reference to nomic will hereby be pronounced Nomic. That's No, as in NO! you can't say it any other way, and mic, sounding like stick, as in if you don't like it you can stick it where the sun don't shine! Adopted January 28th, 2001. In favor: DJ, Joh, SM. Absent: JH, LH, SC, JB, MK. Excused: KM.

332.SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LOBBYIST Any proposal submitted directly to the speaker for voting (including those of submitted by the speaker) under rule 204 must be accompanied by at least two (2) letters of support written by lobbyists, defined as separate players (including the speaker) other than the author, to qualify for voting. These letters must forwarded in their entirety to the speaker by the author at the same time the text of the proposal is submitted. The e-mail headers of support letters must be maintained as it is passed from the lobbyist, to the author, and finally to the speaker, to ensure that the comments were made from lobbyists and not merely by the author. The lobbyist must include in eis support letter, a copy of the text of the proposal as it was written by the author when e decided to support it. Any proposals not meeting these conditions will be rejected by the speaker. These letters of support must be submitted to the speaker in the same manner as a proposal would be. This support must be gained through direct e-mail communication with other players. The on_discussion mailing list may not be used to lobby for support of a proposal that will be submitted directly to the speaker for voting. When posting the proposal to the web pages for voting, the speaker shall include with the proposal the initials of any and all players (lobbyists) whose letters were submitted in support of said proposal. The speaker shall keep for reference, in electronic or hard copy format, any and all support letters submitted to the speaker regarding any proposal submitted for a period of thirty (30) days after the vote for that proposal. Players submitting letters of support on the behalf of the author of a proposal are in no way obligated to vote in favor of that proposal. Any proposal submitted to all members of the on_discussion mailing list for debate before submission to the speaker for voting under rule 303 is exempt from this rule. Any proposals rejected by the speaker for not meeting the conditions of this rule may be resubmitted in their original text under rule 303. Adopted February 8th, 2001. In favor: DJ, JH, JoH, LH, MK, SO. Absent: SM, SC. Excused: JB, KM. Amended by 337 on 3/14/2001.

333. WHAT'S THE POINT IF YOU CAN'T BLOW THINGS UP? If the possesor of the Holy Hand Grenade should ever become an inactive member, possesion of said hand grenade shall revert back to the previous owner. The timer decrease by one, as it does with all transfers. Adopted February 11th, 2001. In favor: DJ, JH, JoH, LH, MK, SM. Absent: SC, SM. Excused: JB, KM.

334. I AM HALLMARK'S LITTLE PATSY Let there exist, in the land of Nomicsylvania, national holidays equal to the birthdays of each active player. On any given holiday, players may celebrate by sending holiday greetings to the person whose birthday falls on said holiday. For that one day, the birthday person has power to distribute 10PP's to whomever submits the best greeting. Adopted February 11th, 2001. In favor: DJ, JH, JoH, LH, MK, SM. Absent: SC, SM. Excused: JB, KM.

337. The following amendments will be made to rule 332:(ADDITIONS IN BLUE, DELETIONS IN RED)

Any proposal submitted directly to the speaker for voting (including those of submitted by the speaker) under rule 204 must be accompanied by at least two (2) letters of support written by lobbyists, defined as separate players (including the speaker) other than the author, to qualify for voting. These letters must forwarded in their entirety to the speaker by the author at the same time the text of the proposal is submitted. The e-mail headers of support letters must be maintained as it is passed from the lobbyist, to the author, and finally to the speaker, to ensure that the comments were made from lobbyists and not merely by the author. The lobbyist must include in eis support letter, a copy of the text of the proposal as it was written by the author when e decided to support it. Any proposals not meeting these conditions will be rejected by the speaker. These letters of support must be submitted to the speaker in the same manner as a proposal would be. This support must be gained through direct e-mail communication with other players. The on_discussion mailing list may not be used to lobby for support of a proposal that will be submitted directly to the speaker for voting. When posting the proposal to the web pages for voting, the speaker shall include with the proposal the initials of any and all players (lobbyists) whose letters were submitted in support of said proposal. The speaker shall keep for reference, in electronic or hard copy format, any and all support letters submitted to the speaker regarding any proposal submitted for a period of thirty (30) days after the vote for that proposal. Players submitting letters of support on the behalf of the author of a proposal are in no way obligated to vote in favor of that proposal. Any proposal submitted to all members of the on_discussion mailing list for debate before submission to the speaker for voting under rule 303 is exempt from this rule. Any proposals rejected by the speaker for not meeting the conditions of this rule may be resubmitted in their original text under rule 303.

338. SUCKS TO BE YOU! VER. 2.1 Understanding that it is very hard to join a game already in progress, let us offer new players incentive to join Our Nomic. Hence forth, when a new player is admitted the player will receive a number of points equal to five points less than the average of all the current points of all the players rounded to the nearest whole point (minimum 0 points). In addition, new players will receive 10 Prestiege points for taking the challenge of joining our fair nomic. A current player cannot quit and rejoin to receive the point adjustment. If a new game is started, all players in the previous game are not considered new players. This rule also amends rule 202 to read:

202. All players begin a new game with 0 points. Points may not be gained, lost, or traded except as explicitly stated in the rules.

Adopted April 5th, 2001. In Favor: AN, DJ, JH, JoH. Opposed: None. Absent: JB, LH, MK, SM, SC, SO. Excused: AB,JB, KM.

340. BABY PLEASE DON'T GO! If at any time the Speaker leaves the game, a new Speaker must be named using the following process: 1. The position is offered to the Active Voter with the highest Prestige Points. This should be the person most active in the game. 2. If the Voter turns down the position, it is offered to the Active Voter with the next highest Prestige Point Total. 3. If all Active Voters turn down the position of Speaker (or there are no Active Voters) the position will be given to the Voter with the highest Point Total. This person may not turn down the position. 4. When a new speaker is chosen, any Voters that turned down the position, that have a higher Prestige Point total than the new speaker, shall have their Prestige Point total reduced to one (1) point less than the Speakers total.

Adopted May 16th, 2001. In Favor: BL, CH, CAH, FA, JE, JH, LH, MR. Opposed: JoH, SM. Abstain: AN, JB, MK, SO. Excused: AH, JC, JR.

341. DISCUSSION SUBMISSION PATCH. Changes in red:

303. At any time a proposal may be submitted to all members of the on_discussion mailing list for debate before submission to the speaker for voting. A proposal submitted for the purpose of debate must be e-mailed to all members of the on_discussion mailing list and have the following as the first line of the body of the e-mail:

PROPOSITION ($$$PROP#) FOR DEBATE

where $$$ represents the author's initials and # represents the number of propositions submitted by this author. (e.g. DRJPROP3) A proposition submitted for debate in this manner will be protected in that no player may officially submit for voting the same proposal, or a differently worded proposal that causes the same result as the proposition originally posted for debate for a period of 7 days from the time the original proposition was posted for debate in the appropriate manner. The proposal may not be officially submitted to the speaker for voting until the end of the debate period. If the proposal is not officially submitted for voting within 24 hours of the end of the the 7 day period, no player may repost for debate, or submit to the speaker for voting the same proposition, or a differently worded proposition that causes the same result as the proposition originally posted for a period of 7 days. In either case, the Speaker will be the sole judge of whether any proposal submitted for voting or debate causes the same result as a proposition previously submitted for debate.

Adopted May 16th, 2001. In Favor: BL, CH, CAH, FA, JH, LH, SM. Opposed: JE, JoH, MR. Abstain: AN, JB, MK, SO. Excused: AH, JC, JR.