From owner-agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au Wed Mar 04 05:16:06 1998 Received: by windowsnt from localhost (router,SLMail V2.6); Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:16:06 -0500 Received: by windowsnt from gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au (144.110.168.141::mail daemon; unverified,SLMail V2.6); Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:16:05 -0500 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA32369 for agora-business-list; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:18:03 +1100 Received: from windowsnt ([38.179.24.2]) by gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA32353 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:17:10 +1100 Received: by windowsnt from localhost (router,SLMail V2.6); Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:14:45 -0500 Received: by windowsnt from friend-computer (199.107.161.236::mail daemon; unverified,SLMail V2.6); Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:14:41 -0500 From: "Ed Murphy" To: "Agora Business" Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal (March 4, 1998) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 02:17:19 -0800 Message-ID: <01bd4756$b69acdc0$eca16bc7@friend-computer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_07E6_01BD4713.A8778DC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-agora-business@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au Precedence: bulk Reply-To: agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_07E6_01BD4713.A8778DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------=_NextPart_000_07E6_01BD4713.A8778DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; name="awj.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="awj.txt" THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 42, ISSUE 22 Wednesday edition March 4, 1998 PROPOSALS --------- 2/23 Proposals are distributed: =A0=A0 3703 [Steve]=A0=A0=A0=A0 Speaker Transition Reform =A0 3705 [Crito]=A0=A0=A0=A0 Cantus Cygneus =A0=A0 3706 [Harlequin] Fix Proposal Numbering =A0=A0 3707 [Steve]=A0=A0=A0=A0 Delegation, Revolt & Perpetuity Oerjan protoes "Office of Historian". Swann protoes "The General Fund". The Repeal-O-Matic Proposes the repeal of Rule 795 (Accurate Quoting Shall Not Be Penalized). 2/24 Crito protoes "Meaningful Zeitgeist" and "Indulgence Scarcity". Steve protoes "No Free Voting". 2/25 Blob protoes "Standing Down". Steve protoes "Groups can vote in Referenda". 2/26 Voting on Proposals 3692-3694 has ended. The following are adopted: 3693 [Steve] Split the Assessor's functions 3694 [Time Agent] (Proposal Passed By the Narrowest of = Margins) 2/27 The Repeal-O-Matic (via its Executor, Promotor Crito) pays 6 P-Notes to raise the priority of Proposals 3698, 3700-3702, 3704, and 3708. Steve Proposes "Groups can vote in Referenda". 2/28 General Chaos protoes and re-protoes "The Industrial Revolution". 3/3 The Repeal-O-Matic Proposes the repeal of Rules 1644 (Dereliction of Duty) and 1665 (Abuse of Responsibility). Swann protoes "Inciting to Riot". Blob Proposes "Risky Rebellion". Voting on Proposals 3695-3697 and 3699 has ended. The following are adopted: 3695 [Steve] A Foolish Holiday 3696 [Kolja A.] Points Cosmetics 3697 [Kolja A.] Points for IN Participation 3699 [Kolja A.] Unemployment benefits Sherlock protoes and re-protoes "The Miscreant". CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1081 [Chuck] Judgement: FALSE 1/23 Assigned to Time Agent, who Judges TRUE 1/28-2/5 Injunction Appealed and unanimously overturned 1/30-2/8 Judgement Appealed and unanimously overturned for reassignment 2/8-2/17 Assigned to Morendil, who Judges FALSE 2/23 Appealed by Chuck =A0 "Harlequin did not win the Game upon the conclusion of the voting period of Proposal 3640." CFJ 1084 [Chuck] Judgement: TRUE 2/23-27 Assigned to Sherlock, who Judges TRUE 2/27 Injunction Appealed by Oerjan and General Chaos "Chuck did not commit the Infraction of Failure to Report at the end of the Nomic Week of Feb. 9, 1998." CFJ 1085 [Steve] Judgement: TRUE 2/23-25 Assigned to elJefe, who Judges TRUE "Speaker Steve is not Tainted." CFJ 1086 [Morendil] 2/23 Assigned to Harlequin "The Proposal submitted by Crito with title Cantus Cygneus, claimed to be a Silly Proposal, is not, in fact, a Silly Proposal." PROBATE ------- OFFICES ------- All times are in GMT. Recent Election winners: Accountor - Crito, General Chaos; nominations close 3/6 Archivist - Steve (tie broken by Speaker Steve) Assessor - General Chaos (re-Elected by Acclamation) Chancellor - General Chaos (tie broken by Speaker Steve) Clerk of the Courts - elJefe (re-Elected) Commander-in-Chief - Steve Justiciar - Morendil Notary - Murphy (re-Elected) Promotor - Blob Registrar - Michael leads Swann (5 to 1); voting ends 3/6 Scorekeepor - General Chaos (tie broken by Speaker Steve) Wizard - Steve It is notable that all but two of the contested Elections were won by the Threat Nominee. 3/3 Sherlock calls for the Impeachment of ten Offices (plus the Speakership, which isn't an Office). This begins a Referendum for each Office. However, the Ruleset does not define any effect of being Impeached. INTERNOMIC ---------- 2/24 INP 360 is adopted. Agora will vote for INP 363. 3/2 INPs 361 and 362 are rejected. OTHER ----- 2/23 Time Agent Rebels. 2/27 Jester COEs the Ruleset twice, on the grounds that two Proposals of the form "the following Rule changes do not occur" were rejected, therefore the Rule changes in question occur. Both COEs are denied, on the grounds that rejected Proposals have Power=3D0 and thus cannot cause Rule changes. 3/3 Kolja A. and Harlequin Rebel. Unless more Players register or a Rebel becomes Abiding, this will trigger another Revolt on March 13. ERRATA ------ ------=_NextPart_000_07E6_01BD4713.A8778DC0--