[This file lists all proposals submitted in 2006 and later (pool
numbers 06-001 onwards, sequence numbers 4847 onwards), including
proposals never distributed and proposals not yet resolved. It should
contain complete information, subject only to data that are not yet
determined.  It is maintained by the Promotor.]

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-01-12
dist_mid: <20060112145624.9677.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-01-21
fate_mid: <43D29C69.607@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-001
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4847
submit_date: 2006-01-03
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601031228010.24698@homer21.u.washington.edu>
title: Finite Library

Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read:

      A player (hereafter the Borrower) may check out a specified card
      from the Library by announcement, which must satisfy a number of
      satisfiable pending draws that e, in fact, possesses.  The
      number is 2 pending draws for Students and 1 pending draw for
      Faculty Members.  Whenever a card is checked out from the
      Library, it is transferred to the Borrower, and the Library
      gains a pending draw.

      The President of the University may discard any card in the
      possession of the Library and replace it with a pending draw,
      without two objections.  If the Library has no cards and no
      pending draws, the President may grant the Library 5 pending
      draws, by announcement.


The Library is hereby deemed to have exactly 5 pending draws.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-02-16
dist_mid: <20060216171108.17246.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-14
fate_mid: <fa0147d90603131515p3873d79bxf48e3fcb1ed0739b@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-002
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4848
submit_date: 2006-02-09
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602081848330.5075@homer24.u.washington.edu>
title: Remove Some Cards

Amend the Onepower Cardbook as follows:

   Change the Limited Exploit to read:
      * Limited [X a type of entity] [Y a positive integer]: If you
        are not an X, treat this card as if it were Costly[Y].

   Change the Costly Exploit to read:
      * Costly [ Y a positive integer]: You must discard Y cards to
        play this card.  For each of these discards, you
        may substitute one of your existing pending draws which
        is then considered satisfied.

   Remove the descriptions of the following cards:
     Not Your Turn
     Two for One
     Chaos Reborn
     Greedy Bastard
     Charity Brings Happiness
     Thieves in the Night
     Instant Gratification
     Instant Punishment
     Instant Millionaire

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: discarded
fate_date: 2006-03-16
fate_mid: <44199AF6.3050907@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-003
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-02-13
submit_mid: <43F04543.3040204@socal.rr.com>
title: Chips

Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing this text:

      plus one for each free pending draw for that gambler.

with this text:

      plus one for each of eir red chips.

and by replacing this text:

      the sum of the number of pending draws for each gambler is
      greater than the number of cards in the deck, or that there are
      no cards in the deck

with this text:

      there are no cards in the deck

Amend Rule 2074 (Hand Flux) by replacing this text:

      nor may the Deckmastor satisfy pending draws for that hand.

with this text:

      nor may chips be transferred from that hand.

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text:

      all heavy pending draws shall be deemed satisfied.

with this text:

      all white chips shall be forfeited to the Pot.

Amend Rule 2080 (Basic Draws) to read:

      A player's maximum hand size is the maximum hand size in the
      Deckmastor's Budget plus the number of offices (counting the
      Speakership as an office) that the player holds.

      At the beginning of each month, each player receives three white
      chips and one red chip.

      Upon the adoption of a proposal, the author receives one white
      chip.

      A player who gains a Boon receives a red chip.  A player who
      gains an Albatross loses a chip.

Amend Rule 2120 (Satisfying Draws) to read:

      A player may transfer one or more of eir chips to the Pot.  As
      soon as possible after e does so, the Deckmastor shall deal em a
      card for each non-forfeited chip.

      While a player's hand size equals or exceeds eir maximum hand
      size, any white chips e transfers to the Pot are forfeited.

      If the rules say that a player loses a chip:

        (a) If e has at least one red chip, then one of eir red chips
            is forfeited to the Pot.

        (b) Otherwise, if e has at least one white chip, then one of
            eir white chips is forfeited to the Pot.

        (c) Otherwise, if e has at least one card, then the Deckmastor
            shall discard one of that player's cards at random.

        (d) Otherwise, the next chip e gains is immediately forfeited
            to the Pot.

Amend Rule 2049 (Ephemera) by removing this text:

      A Player who gains a Boon is considered to have drawn a free
      card for that boon.  A Player who gains an Albatross loses a
      pending draw.

Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read:

      Whenever the Library's hand size is less than five, it receives
      a red chip.

      A player (the Borrower) may check out a specified card currently
      in the Library's hand by transferring chips to the Pot (2 for
      Students, 1 for Faculty Members).  These chips are forfeited,
      and the card is transferred to the Borrower.

      The President of the University may discard any card in the
      possession of the Library without two objections.

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text:

      If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game,
      and is awarded the boon of Pokerface and the defined regular
      Patent Title Champion.

with this text:

      If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game,
      and is awarded the boon of Pokerface, the defined regular Patent
      Title Champion, and a blue chip (non-transferrable, and marked
      with the number of red and white chips in the Pot, after which
      the Pot is emptied).

Create a rule titled "Fees" with this text:

      A player plays a fee of X by transferring X chips to the Pot.
      These chips are forfeited.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-02-20
fate_mid: <43FA24A8.404@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-004
proposer: root
submit_date: 2006-02-16
submit_mid: <20060216210743.GA17830@zeus.periware.org>
title: Fees, Please 1.1

Changes from version 1.0:

* A refund is given if the action fails for any reason, not just
 insufficient cards.

* Intentionally failing actions to replace bad cards or to dodge
 hand reduction is a crime.


Create a Rule titled "Fees", reading:

      A fee-based action is an action with which the rules associate a
      fee, which must be a natural number.  If the rules describe a
      fee-based action but do not indicate the fee for that action,
      then that fee is zero.


      A player (the Actor) attempts to perform a fee-based action by
      announcing that e performs it; specifying the action to be
      performed; if the fee is nonzero, noting that there is a fee for
      the action; and optionally indicating a set of cards (the Down
      Payment) in eir collection to be applied to the fee.  If the
      Down Payment is not indicated, then it is the empty set.  The
      Actor has sufficient cards to perform the action if the number
      of cards in the Down Payment plus the number of pending draws e
      has meets or exceeds the fee.


      Upon eir announcement, if the Actor had sufficient cards to
      perform the action, then the following events occur in order:

      1) Each card in the Down Payment is discarded, and the Fieri
         Etiam Emptum (FEE) is set to the amount of the fee less the
         number of cards so discarded, with a minimum of zero.

      2) The Actor loses a number of pending draws equal to the
         minimum of the FEE and the number of pending draws e has.

      3) The Actor performs the action.


      If the success of the Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based
      action is publicly challenged within a week of the time the
      action was attempted, then the Deckmastor shall, as soon as
      possible, determine whether the Actor had sufficient cards when
      e attempted to perform the action, and announce eir
      determination.


      If the Deckmastor announces that the Actor did not have
      sufficient cards to perform a fee-based action at the time of
      eir attempt, and eir announcement was published within a
      fortnight from the time the action was attempted, then the
      action shall be deemed not to have been performed.


      If the success of an Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based
      action is not publicly challenged within a week of the time the
      action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed to have
      been performed.


      If for any reason the action is deemed not to have been
      performed, then the Actor shall gain a number of pending draws
      equal to the number of cards discarded in 1) plus the number of
      pending draws e lost in 2).


      Attempting to perform a fee-based action with the knowledge that
      the attempt will fail is the Class N Crime of Card Swapping,
      where N is equal to twice the size of the Down Payment.


      Nothing in this rule shall act to prevent a person from
      performing a fee-based action by another mechanism for
      performing that action provided by the rules.


Amend Rule 2106 by replacing the text "noting any fees" with the text
"paying any fees".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: Goethe
dist_date: 2006-02-26
dist_mid: <20060228050343.23521.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-03-13
fate_mid: <fa0147d90603131229m5b042d6avc77d2ccfd012f93c@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-005
proposer: root
seq_number: 4849
submit_date: 2006-02-20
submit_mid: <43FA24A8.404@udel.edu>
title: Fees, Please 1.3

Changes from version 1.2:

* Players can be refunded for overpayment as well as for failure.

Changes from version 1.1:

* The fee is pragmatically paid regardless of whether the Actor had
  "sufficient cards".

* Removed the crime of Card Swapping.  The Deckmastor will now
  preferentially return the cards discarded to pay the fee.

Changes from version 1.0:

* A refund is given if the action fails for any reason, not just
  insufficient cards.

* Intentionally failing actions to replace bad cards or to dodge hand
  reduction is a crime.


Goethe is a coauthor of this proposal.


Create a Rule titled "Fees", reading:

      A fee-based action is an action with which the rules associate a
      fee, which must be a natural number.  If the rules describe a
      fee-based action but do not indicate the fee for that action,
      then that fee is zero.

      A player (the Actor) attempts to perform a fee-based action by
      announcing that e performs it; specifying the action to be
      performed; if the fee is nonzero, noting that there is a fee for
      the action; and optionally indicating an ordered set of cards
      (the Down Payment) in eir collection to be applied to the fee.
      If the Down Payment is not indicated, then it is the empty set.
      The Actor has sufficient cards to perform the action if the
      number of cards in the Down Payment plus the number of pending
      draws e has meets or exceeds the fee.

      Upon the Actor's announcement, the following events occur in
      order:

      1) The Effective Fee for the attempt is set equal to the fee,
         and the Payment for the attempt is set equal to zero.  The
         Balance for the attempt is defined to be equal to the
         Effective Fee less the Payment.

      2) Each card in the Down Payment is discarded, and the Payment
         is increased by the number of cards so discarded.

      3) The Actor loses a number of pending draws equal to the
         minimum of zero, the Balance, and the number of pending draws
         e has; and the Payment is increased by the same number.

      4) The Actor performs the action.

      If the success of the Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based
      action is publicly challenged within a week of the time the
      action was attempted, then the Deckmastor shall, as soon as
      possible, determine whether the Actor had sufficient cards when
      e attempted to perform the action, and announce eir
      determination.

      If the Deckmastor announces that the Actor did not have
      sufficient cards to perform a fee-based action at the time of
      eir attempt, and eir announcement was published within a
      fortnight from the time the action was attempted, then the
      action shall be deemed not to have been performed.

      If the success of an Actor's attempt to perform a fee-based
      action is not publicly challenged within a week of the time the
      action was attempted, then the action shall be deemed to have
      been performed.

      If for any reason the action is deemed not to have been
      performed, then the Effective Fee shall be set to zero.

      If the Balance of a fee-based action is negative, and the Actor
      submits a request for refund to the Deckmastor within one week
      of performing the action or within one week of the action being
      deemed not to have been performed, then the Deckmastor shall
      perform the following actions as soon as possible:

      1) As long as the Balance remains negative and the Down Payment
         remains non-empty, decrement the Payment, remove the last
         card from the Down Payment, and:

         a) Transfer to the Actor a copy of the same class of card
            from the discard pile, if one exists; otherwise

         b) Transfer to the Actor a copy of the same class of card
            from the deck, if one exists; otherwise

         c) Award the Actor a pending draw.

      2) As long as the Balance remains negative, decrement the
         Payment and award the Actor a pending draw.

      Nothing in this rule shall act to prevent a person from
      performing a fee-based action by another mechanism for
      performing that action provided by the rules.


Amend Rule 2106 by replacing the text "noting any fees" with the text
"paying any fees".

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ai: 3
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-02-26
dist_mid: <20060228050343.23521.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-13
fate_mid: <fa0147d90603131523i33a66529na010b953f836e836@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-006
proposer: root
seq_number: 4850
submit_date: 2006-02-21
submit_mid: <43FA472A.2030207@udel.edu>
title: Quick Conclave Fix

Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) by replacing the text:

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on a referendum or an
      election is always one and cannot be changed.

with:

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on a referendum, election,
      or conclave is always one and cannot be changed.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-03-06
dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-18
fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-007
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4854
submit_date: 2006-02-27
submit_mid: <4402CB7D.8080309@socal.rr.com>
title: Third Vatican Council

Amend Rule 681 (Conditions for Conclavity) to read:

      A conclave must be convened if any of the following events have
      occurred since the last time a player became a pope, and no
      competing conclave is currently convened:

      (a) the Speaker has resigned the Speakership;

      (b) the Speaker has become inactive;

      (c) the Herald has confirmed an allegation that the Speaker is
          lawless;

      (d) a valid notice of deregistration naming the Speaker has been
          published;

      (e) the success of a Call for Revolt has been announced, and the
          Speaker was abiding at the time of the Call for Revolt, in
          which case the cardinals who were abiding at the time of the
          Call for Revolt are disqualified;

      (f) two or more cardinals have simultaneously won the game, in
          which case all other cardinals are disqualified;

      (g) no pope has become Speaker in the past six months; or

      (h) a pope has ceased to be pope without becoming Speaker.

      So there's always hope
      that you can be pope.

Amend Rule 786 (Default Procedure for Conclaves) by appending, after
this text:

      A cardinal is qualified for a conclave unless the rules specify
      otherwise.

this text:

      However, if a conclave would otherwise have no qualified
      cardinals, then all cardinals are qualified for the duration of
      that conclave.

and by removing the text "quorum is zero,".

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-03-06
dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-18
fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-008
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4851
submit_date: 2006-02-27
submit_mid: <4402D524.3030304@socal.rr.com>
title: Chips

Amend Rule 2068 (The Deckmastor) to read:

      The Deckmastor is an office; its holder is responsible for fair
      play, shuffling, and dealing, and is the recordkeepor for cards
      and chips.

      The Deckmastor's weekly report shall contain a record of all
      cards and chips in existence, recent card and chip actions, and
      what entity holds each card and chip.  The Deckmastor need not
      record or report transfers of cards to the table.

Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing this text:

      the sum of the number of pending draws for each gambler is
      greater than the number of cards in the deck, or that there are
      no cards in the deck

with this text:

      there are no cards in the deck

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text:

      all heavy pending draws shall be deemed satisfied.

with this text:

      all white chips shall be forfeited to the Pot.

Create a rule titled "Gaining and Losing Chips" with this text:

      If the rules say that a player gains a chip, it is created in
      eir possession.  Rumor and superstition have it that these chips
      come from a mystical place referred to in legend as The House,
      which is to be greatly feared by all gamblers.

      If the rules say that a player loses a chip, without specifying
      which chip e loses:

        (a) If e has at least one red chip, then one of eir red chips
            is forfeited to the Pot.

        (b) Otherwise, if e has at least one white chip, then one of
            eir white chips is forfeited to the Pot.

        (c) Otherwise, if e has at least one card, then the Deckmastor
            shall discard one of that player's cards at random.

        (d) Otherwise, the next chip e gains is immediately forfeited
            to the Pot.

Change the name of Rule 2080 (Basic Draws) to "Chip Sources", and
amend it to read:

      At the beginning of each month, each player gains three white
      chips and one red chip.

      Upon the adoption of a proposal, the author gains one white
      chip.

      A player who gains a Boon gains a red chip.  A player who gains
      an Albatross loses a chip.

Amend Rule 2049 (Ephemera) by removing this text:

      A Player who gains a Boon is considered to have drawn a free
      card for that boon.  A Player who gains an Albatross loses a
      pending draw.

Change the name of Rule 2120 (Satisfying Draws) to "Cashing In One's
Chips", and amend it to read:

      The Pot is a site.

      A player may cash in one or more of eir chips by transferring
      them to the Pot.  As soon as possible after e does so, the
      Deckmastor shall deal em a card for each non-forfeited chip.

Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read:

      Whenever the Library's hand size plus number of chips is less
      than five, it receives a red chip.

      A player (the Borrower) may check out a specified card currently
      in the Library's hand for a fee (2 for Students, 1 for Faculty
      Members), upon which the card is transferred to the Borrower.

      The President of the University may discard any card in the
      possession of the Library without two objections.

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) by replacing this text:

      If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game,
      and is awarded the boon of Pokerface and the defined regular
      Patent Title Champion.

with this text:

      If the announcement is true, the holding Gambler Wins the Game,
      and is awarded the boon of Pokerface, the defined regular Patent
      Title Champion, and a blue chip (non-transferrable) marked with
      the number of red and white chips in the Pot (after which the
      Pot is emptied).

Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) by replacing this text:

        (i) Satisfy all satisfiable pending draws for that gambler and
            announce a pending hand reduction;

       (ii) Wait at least four days, during which e may not satisfy
            pending draws for that gambler;

with this text:

        (i) Satisfy all requirements to deal cards to that gambler for
            cashed-in chips and announce a pending hand reduction;

       (ii) Wait at least four days, during which the gambler may not
            cash in any chips;

Create a rule titled "Fees" with this text:

      A player plays a fee of X by cashing in X chips.  These chips
      are forfeited.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-03-06
dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-18
fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-009
proposer: root
seq_number: 4852
submit_date: 2006-03-01
submit_mid: <4405E0AF.8010501@udel.edu>
title: The Black and Yellow Repeals

* This proposal:
*   - Modifies the Library to use fees for checking out cards
*   - Fixes the Library's infinite draw bug
*   - Fixes the Library Renewal card bug
*   - Separates the Library and Card Labs from the University (and
*     shifts maintenance duties from the Speaker to the Deckmastor)
*   - Demolishes the rest of the University (apart from theses)

Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library) to read:

      The Library is a site.  The Deckmastor is a limited executor of
      the Library.

      As soon as possible after the beginning of each quarter, the
      Deckmastor shall discard all cards in the possession of the
      Library.  The Library then gains five pending draws.

      A player (hereafter the Borrower) may check out a specified card
      from the Library by paying a fee.  The amount of the fee is 2
      for Students and 1 for Faculty Members.

      Whenever a card is checked out from the Library, it is
      transferred to the Borrower.


Amend the Onepower Cardbook by replacing the text reading:

       * Caption:   Library Renewal
         Frequency: Rare
         Exploit:   Indicate a positive integer less than 6.  As soon
                    as possible, the President of the University must
                    randomly discard the indicated number of cards from
                    the Library's hand, or all cards from the Library's
                    hand, whichever is greater.

with:

       * Caption:   Library Renewal
         Frequency: Rare
         Exploit:   Indicate a non-empty set of at most 5 cards in the
                    possession of the Library.  As soon as possible, the
                    Deckmastor must discard the indicated cards from the
                    Library's hand.  The Library gains a number of
                    pending draws equal to the number of indicated
                    cards.


The Library is hereby deemed to have exactly five pending draws.


Amend Rule 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) by deleting the text "The
University encourages Card experimentation."


Amend Rule 2086 (The University of Agora) by renaming it "Education"
and changing it to read:

      Education is a stuck player switch with values Student and
      Faculty Member.  The Herald is the recordkeepor of education.
      As soon as possible after a player is awarded a degree, the
      Herald shall flip the education of that player to Faculty
      Member.


Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) by appending the text:

       (iv)  Each player's Education.


Repeal Rule 2091 (The Office of Secretary of the University).
Repeal Rule 2087 (Research Grants).
Repeal Rule 2088 (The University Book Club).

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-03-06
dist_mid: <20060306053018.28897.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-03-18
fate_mid: <441C78CE.8080108@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-010
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4853
submit_date: 2006-03-02
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603011058570.29645@homer22.u.washington.edu>
title: Alternate Conclaves

[V1.0 Changes from first version: Should be no different in effects,
 tightened language (for example, realized reasons for Speaker
 deregistering (e.g. lawlessness) could be generalized. Also, found
 that it could be written as two rules and not 3. Bonus: if we ever
 repeal the rule "Conclaves", "Church and State" on its own will put
 us back to Ur-Agora, where you became speaker by winning. ]

[V0.1 Adds mechanism of Agoran consent for quick decisions, rewrites
 Conclaves with that mechanism, and fixes Conclave bugs that have
 turned up].

Create the following Rule, entitled "Agoran Consent"

      If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with
      Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action with M
      supporters and without N objections, as long as M is greater
      than N.


Amend Rule 2104 (Contreras Card Labs) by replacing:

      Any Player may add, delete, or amend a Scoring Instruction in
      the Blueprints Cardbook, with M support and without N
      Objections, where M is greater than or equal to N at the time
      the change is performed, and N is at least 1.

with:

      Any Player may add, delete, or amend a Scoring Instruction in
      the Blueprints Cardbook, with Agoran Consent.


Amend Rule 681 (Conditions for Conclavity) by changing its title to
"Conclaves" and amending it to read:

      Agora exits from Conclave whenever a player becomes a pope.

      Agora enters into Conclave whenever there is no pope and one of
      the following triggering events occurs:

      (a) the Speaker resigns the Speakership, becomes inactive, or
          otherwise ceases to be Speaker without another player being
          installed as Speaker;

      (b) the success of a Call for Revolt is announced, and the
          Speaker was abiding at the time of the Call for Revolt, in
          which case the rebellious cardinals are the only qualified
          cardinals;

      (c) two or more cardinals simultaneously win the game, in which
          case these cardinals are the only qualified cardinals;

      (d) no pope has become Speaker for the past six months; or

      (e) a pope ceases to be pope without becoming Speaker.

      As soon as possible after Agora enters into conclave, the
      Associate Director of Personnel must announce the fact and
      publish a list of qualified cardinals.  All cardinals are
      considered qualified unless specifically restricted by the
      particular triggering event.  If Agora is already in conclave
      when a triggering event occurs, Agora remains in conclave, but
      the qualification of each cardinal is modified to reflect the
      more recent event.

      While Agora is in conclave, any player may make a qualified
      Cardinal into a pope, with Agoran consent.  If the legality of
      this action is not challenged within seven days of it being
      attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even if is
      subsequently found to be illegal.

      So there's always hope
      that you can be pope.


Repeal Rule 786 (Default Procedure for Conclaves).


Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read:

      A cardinal is an active, ready player who is neither the current
      Speaker nor the Associate Director of Personnel.

      For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other
      players simultaneously winning, that cardinal may announce that
      e becomes a pope.  Upon this announcement, that player becomes a
      pope, so please treat em right good forever.

      When a cardinal becomes a pope, any previous pope immediately
      ceases being a pope.  Whenever a pope is not a cardinal, e
      immediately ceases being a pope.

      As soon as possible after a cardinal becomes a pope, the
      Associate Director of Personnel shall install that pope as
      Speaker, by announcement.  Upon this announcement, if the player
      is still a pope, then the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker,
      and the pope is installed as the new Speaker and ceases to be a
      pope.

      This installation cannot be performed if there are unresolved
      challenges regarding the pope-ness of the player.  If the
      legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days
      of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even
      if is subsequently found to be illegal.

      If the office of ADoP is ever vacant, or the identity of its
      holder cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, then
      installation may be performed by any player by announcement.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-05-03
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031849330.10139@homer24.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-011
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-03-02
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603020947300.5157@homer22.u.washington.edu>
title: Chamber fix

[Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to
 unstall with support.  In terms of crime, I don't generally like to
 add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the
 rules, so it didn't happen").  For good reasons, distributing a
 stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth
 having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something
 against the rules just cause e can.]

Amend Rule 1933 to read:

      Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and
      democratic.

      An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is
      stalled.  Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled
      proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed
      that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall
      immediately and automatically be set to democratic.  If the
      Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the
      class 4 crime of Improper Debate.

      Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to
      democratic without objection.  The Speaker can flip the Chamber
      of a stalled proposal to democratic with support.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-03-27
dist_mid: <20060327174620.9525.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-04-03
fate_mid: <44316F77.1070300@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-012
proposer: OscarMeyr
seq_number: 4855
submit_date: 2006-03-24
submit_mid: <44234028.4DC1CA@earthlink.net>
title: Fixing Your Turn

Amend the Onepower Cardbook by appending the following text to the
exploit of Your Turn:

If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then this
card has no effect.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-21
fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-013
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-04-03
submit_mid: <4430D5C6.6090905@socal.rr.com>
title: Chip Repair

Upon the adoption of this proposal, each gambler receives
  one white chip for each heavy pending draw
  and one red chip for each free pending draw
  that e had immediately before the adoption of Proposal 4851 (Chips).

Amend Rule 1677 (Honoring the New)
  by replacing "free pending draws" with "red chips".

Amend Rule 2074 (Flux)
  by replacing "nor may the Deckmastor satisfy pending draws for that
  hand"
  with "nor may e cash in chips".

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands)
  by replacing "pending draws" with "white chips":

Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions)
  by removing "or pending draws".

Amend Rule 2021 (Cards for Ex-Cards)
  by replacing "pending draw" with "white chip".

Amend Rule 2089 (Gardner Library)
  by replacing "pending draws" with "white chips".

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-21
fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-014
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-04-03
submit_mid: <4430D5E6.4060008@socal.rr.com>
title: Generalize Substitute Actors

Create a rule titled "Substitute Actors" with this text:

      If an action is required to be performed as soon as possible,
      and any of the following is true, then any player may perform
      the action by announcement, unless a player has already done so.

        (1) The player required to perform the action has failed to
            perform it as soon as possible.

        (2) The requirement is attached to a position that is vacant,
            or whose holder cannot be determined via reasonable
            effort.

Amend Rule 790 (Filling Vacant Offices) by removing this text:

      If a player required to initiate an election fails to do so as
      soon as possible, then any player may announce that the election
      has failed.  Provided that this assertion is indeed correct,
      then upon this announcement the election fails.

Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) by removing this text:

      If the office of ADoP is ever vacant, or the identity of its
      holder cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, then
      installation may be performed by any player by announcement.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-21
fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-015
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-04-03
submit_mid: <4430D60C.1060409@socal.rr.com>
title: Let the ADoP Do Eir Job

(We don't need to prevent the ADoP from conducting eir own
election.  If e refuses to announce the results, then someone
else may announce em.)

Amend Rule 1558 (Defaults for Elections for Offices) by replacing
this text:

      (a) If the election would be held to fill the office of
          Associate Director of Personnel, then the election shall be
          initiated by the Speaker; otherwise, it shall be initiated
          by the Associate Director of Personnel.

with this text:

      (a) The election shall be initiated by the Associate Director of
          Personnel.

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ai: 1
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-09-06
dist_mid: <C826EED6-6707-4541-8CCD-7017C39C2502@earthlink.net>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-09-20
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609201615310.26294@homer21.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-016
proposer: Murphy
seq_number: 4869
submit_date: 2006-04-03
submit_mid: <4430D636.6080503@socal.rr.com>
title: Pope Drew I

(We don't need to prevent the ADoP from being a cardinal.  If e
attempts to install emself as Speaker while e is not actually a
pope, then the installation is platonically unsuccessful.)

Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) by replacing this text:

       A cardinal is an active, ready player who is neither the current
       Speaker nor the Associate Director of Personnel.

with this text:

       A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the Speaker.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-10
dist_mid: <20060510022358.308.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44711021.8060407@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-017
proposer: OscarMeyr
seq_number: 4860
submit_date: 2006-04-03
submit_mid: <44316F77.1070300@udel.edu>
title: Fixing Your Turn

Amend the Onepower Cardbook by appending the following text to the
exploit of Your Turn:

If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then this
card has no effect.

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-07-21
fate_mid: <DB6884E5-3CEE-4D85-A982-D0D7020CFBA6@earthlink.net>
pool_number: 06-018
proposer: OscarMeyr
submit_date: 2006-04-09
submit_mid: <4439512F.E5E5B710@earthlink.net>
title: Multi Independently Targeted Fixes

If the proposal titled "Fixing Your Turn" was rejected, then amend the
Onepower Cardbook by appending the following sentence to the exploit
of Your Turn:

  If that player has no cards at the time you play this card, then
forfeit a chip.

But if "Fixing Your Turn" passed, then remove the following text from
R1664:

  set the initiative of each abiding player to Goethe, and

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ai: 2
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-07-21
fate_mid: <DB6884E5-3CEE-4D85-A982-D0D7020CFBA6@earthlink.net>
pool_number: 06-019
proposer: OscarMeyr
submit_date: 2006-04-09
submit_mid: <4439512F.E5E5B710@earthlink.net>
title: A Little Pay To Play

If either "Fixing Your Turn" or "Multi Independently Targeted Fixes"
was adopted -- but not both -- then amend R2019 by replacing the text
reading:

      The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period
      by announcement

With text reading:

      The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period
      by paying a fee of X chips, where X is the number of players who
      have already cast votes on that Proposal.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-08
dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-020
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4856
submit_date: 2006-05-03
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0605031633010.4457@hymn05.u.washington.edu>
title: Winning rearranged

[Cleans up the sillyness with 72 hours and "any particular moment" of
winning.  Makes repealing scoring instructions automatic on a win].

Amend Rule 2075 (Winning Hands) to read:

      The Scoring Instructions contained in cardbooks, interpreted
      collectively, may define a nonsite gambler as holding a winning
      hand.  Any Player may allege that a nonsite gambler holds a
      winning hand.  The allegation is considered true if any nonsite
      gambler holds a winning hand at the time of the allegation.

      If the allegation is true, the following events occur in order,
      immediately upon the allegation being made:

        (i) All nonsite gamblers holding winning hands are deemed to
            win the game simultaneously, and are awarded the defined
            regular Patent Title Champion, five white chips, and a
            blue chip (non-transferrable) marked with the number of
            red and white chips in the Pot.

       (ii) The pot is emptied.

      (iii) All Scoring Instructions in the Blueprints Cardbook are
            repealed.

       (iv) All Players' hands become subject to a Hand Reduction to
            the Minimum Hand Size.

      If the allegation is false, the Deckmastor shall, as soon as
      possible, discard 1 card at random from the hand of the Gambler
      who made the allegation.

      If no true allegation of a winning hand or a Skunk has been made
      in the last six months, then any Gambler may allege a Skunk,
      which, if true, triggers the effects of (iii) and (iv) above.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-05-04
fate_mid: <445A5F75.4090904@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-021
proposer: root
submit_date: 2006-05-03
submit_mid: <44593DBB.7090008@udel.edu>
title: Emergency Chip Fix

Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing the text:

          When a card is otherwise transferred from one gambler to
          another, the former gambler shall cease to hold the card and
          the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold the
          card.

with:

          When a card or chip is otherwise transferred from one gambler
          to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold it and the
          latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold it.

and by replacing:

          A gambler may transfer a card e holds to another gambler by
          announcement, specifying the card to transfer and, if not
          discarding it, the gambler to receive the card.

with:

          A gambler may transfer a card or chip e holds to another
          gambler by announcement, specifying the card or color of chip
          to transfer and, if not discarding it, the gambler to receive
          it.


Amend Rule 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts) by replacing the text reading:

      2.  Transfer or discard cards.

with:

      2.  Transfer or discard cards or chips.


Upon adoption of this proposal, proposal 06-011 "Chamber Fix" becomes
Democratic.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-08
dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-022
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4857
submit_date: 2006-05-03
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031849330.10139@homer24.u.washington.edu>
title: Chamber fix

[Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to
 unstall with support.  In terms of crime, I don't generally like to
 add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the
 rules, so it didn't happen").  For good reasons, distributing a
 stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth
 having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something
 against the rules just cause e can.]

Amend Rule 1933 to read:

      Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and
      democratic.

      An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is
      stalled.  Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled
      proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed
      that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall
      immediately and automatically be set to democratic.  If the
      Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the
      class 4 crime of Improper Debate.

      Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to
      democratic without objection.  The Speaker can flip the Chamber
      of a stalled proposal to democratic with support.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-08
dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-023
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4858
submit_date: 2006-05-04
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031846520.9933@homer24.u.washington.edu>
title: Streamlined hand reductions

[Takes out requirements that draws be satisfied before reduction
announced, and also the restriction against drawing.  Also lengthens
time between reductions but allows deckmastor to deal with shortages].

Amend Rule 2083 (Hand Reductions) to read:

      The Rules may declare that a nonsite Gambler's hand is subject
      to a Hand Reduction.  A particular hand reduction must have a
      maximum hand size associated with it; if none is defined, the
      Maximum Hand Size in the Deckmastor's budget is used.

      As soon as possible after a requirement for a reduction arises,
      the Deckmastor shall:

        (i) Announce the pending hand reduction;

       (ii) Wait at least four days after the announcement;

      (iii) Discard cards at random from that Gambler's hand until eir
            hand size is equal to or less than maximum associated with
            the reduction.

       (iv) If a gambler loses no cards during a reduction, and has
            neither played nor transferred a card since the last
            reduction, the Deckmastor shall discard one card at random
            from the gambler's hand (if it has any cards).

      If a dispute on the gambler's hand size or pending draws is
      raised and not resolved prior to (iii), above, the Deckmastor
      shall not perform (iii) for that hand until the dispute is
      resolved.  If no dispute is raised prior to (iii) being
      performed, then the reduction shall stand regardless of
      subsequent disputes.  However, a Judge in such a dispute may
      Order the Deckmastor to perform further card transfers to
      resolve such disputes.

      If the Deckmastor knowingly reduces a hand incorrectly, e
      commits the Class 4 Crime of Card Thievery.

      If more than one hand reduction is pending for the same hand,
      then the Deckmastor need only perform the reduction for the
      reduction with the lowest associated maximum; this shall satisfy
      all pending reductions.

      At the beginning of each Quarter, every Player's hand becomes
      subject to a hand reduction to the maximum hand size in the
      Deckmastor's Budget plus the number of Offices (including the
      Speakership) that e holds.  If at any time there are more
      unsatisfied pending draws then cards in the Deck and Discard
      Pile put together, the Deckmastor may announce a Shortage, with
      subjects every Player's hand to such a hand reduction.


Add the following Card to the Onepower Cardbook:

    * Caption:   I Fold
      Frequency: Rare
      Elements:  Asleep[30], Costly[3]
      Exploit:   Reduce your hand size to N by discarding one or more
                 cards.  Every Player becomes subject to a Hand
                 Reduction to a maximum of N.


The Quota for I Fold is hereby set to 2.


Amend the Costly exploit in the Onepower cardbook to read:

       * Costly [ Y a nonnegative integer]: There is a fee of Y to
         play this card.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-08
dist_mid: <20060508020125.13289.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-024
proposer: root
seq_number: 4859
submit_date: 2006-05-04
submit_mid: <445A5F75.4090904@udel.edu>
title: Chip Fix 1.1

// This version fixes cashing in chips by defining chip transfers
// and creating a mechanism for cashing in chips.  Arbitrary chip
// transfers are still not permissible due to lack of a mechanism
// for doing so.  This sentence is here to even up the paragraph.

Amend Rule 2120 (Cashing in One's Chips) to read:

      The Pot is a site.

      Cashing in one or more chips is synonymous with transferring
      them to the Pot.  A player may cash in one or more of eir chips
      by announcement.  As soon as possible after e does so, the
      Deckmastor shall deal em a card for each non-forfeited chip
      cashed in.


Amend Rule 2069 (Card Actions) by replacing the text:

          When a card is otherwise transferred from one gambler to
          another, the former gambler shall cease to hold the card and
          the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold the
          card.

with:

          When a card or chip is otherwise transferred from one
          gambler to another, the former gambler shall cease to hold
          it and the latter gambler shall simultaneously come to hold
          it.


Amend Rule 2123 (Fees) to read:

      A player plays a fee of X by cashing in X chips and indicating
      the fee to be paid.  These chips are forfeited.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-22
dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-30
fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-025
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4861
submit_date: 2006-05-11
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605111417460.2527@homer21.u.washington.edu>
title: The Speaker is Proclaimed by The People

[Conflict of interest between ADoP and Speaker removed.  For
 separation of powers, automatic retirement of ADoP and CotC upon
 becoming speaker is unchanged for now].

[Differs from Murphy's Pope Drew I.  Pope Drew I protects against an
 ADOP who tries to make a pope illegally, but does not protect against
 an ADOP who refuses to announce a pope.]

Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read:

      A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the current
      Speaker.

      For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other
      players simultaneously winning, that cardinal may announce that
      e becomes a pope.  Upon this announcement, that player becomes a
      pope, so please treat em right good forever.

      When a cardinal becomes a pope, any previous pope immediately
      ceases being a pope.  Whenever a pope is not a cardinal, e
      immediately ceases being a pope.

      Any Player who is not a pope may install the pope as Speaker, by
      announcement.  Upon this announcement, if the announced player
      is still a pope, then the current Speaker ceases to be Speaker,
      and the pope is installed as the new Speaker and ceases to be a
      pope.

      This installation cannot be performed if there are unresolved
      challenges regarding the pope-ness of the player.  If the
      legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days
      of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even
      if is subsequently found to be illegal.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-22
dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-30
fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-026
proposer: OscarMeyr
seq_number: 4862
submit_date: 2006-05-16
submit_mid: <446A624D.6F93D2DA@earthlink.net>
title: Update "Everybody Gets One"

Amend the Exploit of the card Everybody Gets One in the Blueprint
Cardbook by replacing the sentence:

   Gain one draw for each card you give away, plus one draw for
playing this card.

With the sentence:

   Gain one white chip for each card you give away, plus one white
chip for playing this card.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-05-22
fate_mid: <44713003.6090409@udel.edu>
pool_number: 06-027
proposer: root
submit_date: 2006-05-21
submit_mid: <44710EBA.10404@udel.edu>
title: Fix Rubberstamps

Amend Rule 2045 (Adoption Indices) by replacing the sentence:

      Once the voting period for a decision has begun, the adoption
      index of that decision can only be changed by the Speaker's
      veto.

with:

      Once the voting period for a decision has begun, the adoption
      index of that decision can only be changed by the Speaker's veto
      or rubberstamp.

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ai: 2
chamber: Democratic
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-05-22
dist_mid: <20060522011856.18791.qmail@periware.org>
fate: adopted by voting
fate_date: 2006-05-30
fate_mid: <3fc761710605300627q4064bc70o708c0e10e7af19ca@mail.gmail.com>
pool_number: 06-028
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4863
submit_date: 2006-05-22
submit_mid: <44710EEC.9040205@udel.edu>
title: Chamber fix

[Changes in v1.0: Put in Maud's wording, added Speaker ability to
 unstall with support.  In terms of crime, I don't generally like to
 add them for things that we can undo (e.g., "that's against the
 rules, so it didn't happen").  For good reasons, distributing a
 stalled proposal still happens, so that's a case where it's worth
 having something to prevent the Promoter from distributing something
 against the rules just cause e can.]

Amend Rule 1933 to read:

      Chamber is a stuck proposal switch with values ordinary and
      democratic.

      An ordinary proposal with an adoption index of two or greater is
      stalled.  Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a stalled
      proposal is undistributable, and if a proposal is distributed
      that was stalled at the time of distribution, its chamber shall
      immediately and automatically be set to democratic.  If the
      Promotor knowingly distributes a stalled proposal, e commits the
      class 4 crime of Improper Debate.

      Any player can flip the Chamber of a stalled proposal to
      democratic without objection.  The Speaker can flip the Chamber
      of a stalled proposal to democratic with support.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-21
fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-029
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-07-24
submit_mid: <44C32710.9010509@socal.rr.com>
title: Fifty-Two Card Pick-Up

Repeal the following rules:
   2068 (The Deckmastor)
   2112 (Deckmastor's Budget)
   2113 (Card Constraints)
   2114 (Card Definitions)
   2115 (Cards of Power)
   2116 (Onepower Cardbook)
   2069 (Card Actions)
   2106 (Playing Cards)
   2074 (Hand Flux)
   2075 (Winning Hands)
   2083 (Hand Reductions)
   2080 (Chip Sources)
   2120 (Cashing In One's Chips)
   2121 (Cards for Ex-Cards)
   2122 (Gaining and Losing Chips)
   2123 (Fees)
   1932 (Shareholders and the Corporation)
   2089 (Gardner Library)
   2104 (Contreras Card Labs)
   2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts)

Amend Rule 1664 (Rebellion) by replacing this text:

          (4) set the initiative of each abiding player to Goethe, and
              return all stock cards held by abiding players to the
              Deck;

          (5) retire each abiding electee from office; and

          (6) flip each rebellious player's orthodoxy to abiding;

with this text:

          (4) retire each abiding electee from office; and

          (5) flip each rebellious player's orthodoxy to abiding;

Repeal Rule 1933 (A Proposal's Chamber).

Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) by replacing this text:

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on a non-ordinary proposal
      is one.

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal is
      the sum of:

      (a) one;

      (b) eir Share Holdings; and

      (c) the minimum of three and the number of Share cards in the
          Deck, if e is the Deckmastor.

with this text:

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on a proposal is one, but
      this may be modified by other rules.

Rename Rule 2019 (The Speaker's Veto) to "The Speaker's Rubberstamp",
and amend it to read:

      The Speaker may Rubberstamp a Proposal in its voting period by
      announcement.  Quorum for a rubberstamped proposal is three,
      other rules governing quorum nonwithstanding.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-21
fate_mid: <44E90CD8.3040709@socal.rr.com>
pool_number: 06-030
proposer: Murphy
submit_date: 2006-07-24
submit_mid: <44C450F8.9000501@socal.rr.com>
title: Clarify Multiple Appeals

Amend Rule 1564 (Initiating Appeals) by replacing this text:

      A subject is Appealed when any of the following occurs:

with this text:

      A subject that is not currently Appealed becomes Appealed when
      any of the following occurs.

and by appending this text:

      If the subject has been previously Appealed, then it only
      becomes Appealed if one of these things occurs after the last
      time it was Appealed.  Players should only re-Appeal a subject
      with good reason, e.g. a new line of argument, or a previous
      line of argument that was not addressed.

Amend Rule 2026 (Appellate Determinations) by replacing this text:

      If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the
      subject of the Appeal is sustained.  Otherwise, it is
      overturned.  The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever
      Appelate Orders are necessary to enforce its determination.

with this text:

      If a majority of the Appellate Judges Judge SUSTAIN, then the
      subject of the Appeal is sustained.  Otherwise, it is
      overturned.  In either case, the subject ceases to be Appealed.

      The Board of Appeals shall execute whatever Appelate Orders are
      necessary to enforce its determination.

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ai: 1
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
dist_date: 2006-08-03
dist_mid: <20060803193650.24339.qmail@periware.org>
fate: rejected by inquoracy
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608141140160.328@homer23.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-031
proposer: Goethe
seq_number: 4864
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250903150.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
title: The Argent Tincture Repeals

[Greatly simplifies patent titles and especially degrees, no more
university]

The Rule Category 'Patent Titles and Degrees' is hereby created.  All
Rules amended by this Proposal are placed in this new category.

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Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) to read:

      A Patent Title is a legal item of recognition of a person's
      distinction.

      When a Patent Title is awarded to a person, that person is said
      to Bear that Patent Title.  When a Patent Title is revoked from
      a person, that person ceases to Bear that Patent Title.  The
      status of Bearing a Patent Title can only be changed as
      explicitly set out in the Rules.

      As soon as possible after the Rules state that a Patent title
      shall be awarded or revoked, the Herald shall publicly award or
      revoke that Patent Title.

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Amend Rule 1922 (Defined Regular Patent Titles) to read:

      The following are Patent Titles:

      (a)  Scamster, which may be awarded to any Player who has shown
           great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating
           of scams.  This title may not be declined, retracted, or
           revoked.

      (b)  A Patent Title (non-unique) now will
           Be known as "Bard", and granted those with wit.
           In order for one Title to be filled,
           A level of Support must call for it.

           Three players to a fourth may grant this name
           If these three write as 1, with 2 Support.
           A current Bard may also grant the same,
           Provided that a second Bard's a sport.

           And so we don't the name of Bard debase,
           A Player with 3 Supporters can conspire
           To (from a Bard), this Title to erase:
           Or Bard (plus 2 Bards) make a Bard retire.

           But lest we ruin some poor minstrel's fun
           No bard will be dis-bard for eir bad pun.

      (c)  Three Months Long Service, Six Months Long Service, Nine
           Months Long Service, Twelve Months Long Service, to be
           awarded to any player who has held a particular Office
           continuously for the specified duration.  Each of these
           titles shall be awarded only once per player.

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Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) to read:

      A Patent Title is only a Degree if it is specifically made such
      by a Rule.  Persons may come to Bear Degrees only as specified
      in the Rules. Once a person Bears a Degree, e shall keep that
      Degree forever.

      This Rule takes precedence over any Rule specifying default
      properties of Patent Titles.

      The following Degrees are hereby made legal:

         - Associate of Nomic                 (A.N.)
         - Bachelor of Nomic                  (B.N.)
         - Master of Nomic                    (M.N.)
         - Doctor of Nomic History            (D.N. Hist)
         - Doctor of Nomic Science            (D.N. Sci)
         - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy         (D.N.Phil)

      Degrees shall be ranked in the order they appear in this Rule,
      with Degrees listed latest in the Rule being ranked higher.

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Amend Rule 1370 (How to Get a Degree) to read:

     A person becomes a Candidate for a Degree when e publishes a
     Thesis along with a statement explicitly indicating that the
     Thesis is being submitted with the intent to qualify for a
     particular degree.  A Thesis (plural: Theses) is an essay
     whose topic is any facet of Agora Nomic, or Nomic in general.

     The Candidate shall choose a Player other tham emself to be
     the first member of eir Thesis Committee, called eir Chair,
     with the Chair's consent.

     If the Speaker is neither the Chair nor the Candidate, the
     Speaker shall appoint a Player who is neither the Chair nor the
     Candidate to be the second Committee member.  Otherwise, the
     the Clerk of the Courts shall so appoint.  The two Committee
     members shall then select, by mutual consent, a third person
     who is not the Candidate to be the third Committee member.

     The Committee shall examine the Candidate and eir Thesis to
     determine eir qualifications for the Degree.  The Chair of the
     Thesis Committee may award that Degree to the Candidate if and
     only if:

      * the Candidate has satisfied all prerequisites in the Rules for
        the award of that Degree;

      * a majority of members of the Thesis Committee agree that the
        Thesis is worthy of the Degree to be granted.  Attention
        should be paid to the originality and strength of the work, as
        well as the extent of the work with regard to the expectations
        of the particular degree.  The committee may award a lesser
        degree if appropriate; and

      * fewer than seven years have passed since that Committee was
        formed.

      Each Committee Member may publish a Commentary for the Thesis.
      The Rulekeepor shall retain a copy of each Thesis that has
      resulted in a degree, along with all such Commentaries.

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Repeal Rule 1044 (Unique Patent Titles)
Repeal Rule 2049 (Ephemera)
Repeal Rule 2086 (Education)
Repeal Rule 2089 (Gardner Library)
Repeal Rule 1368 (The Legal Degrees)
Repeal Rule 2092 (Honorary Degrees)
Repeal Rule 1369 (Theses)
Repeal Rule 2044 (Awardable Degrees)

Any and all empty Rule Categories are hereby deleted.

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141157200.25193@hymn06.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-032
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250926000.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
title: The Red Tape Repeals

[Cut bureaucracy to 5:  Speaker, Herald, Promotor, Rulekeepor, CotC.
(assumes cards are killed elsewhere).  Turns elections into actions
of Agoran Consent.  Simplifies some wording in Proposals section,
eliminates chambers, makes Speaker the vote collector in place of
the Assessor]

The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules
in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated
in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories,
moving of rules, or the deletion of categories.  Some rules are
included for reference and indication of new placement without being
actually amended.

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Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read:

      If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with
      Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action by
      announcement if all of the following are true:

      (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action,
          unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at
          least four days and no more than fourteen days before
          attempting to perform the action;

      (b) at least one other player has announced (and not
          withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent
          was published; and

      (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support
          than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the
          action since the intent was published.

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Offices
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Rule 103/1 (Power=3)
The Speaker May Not Deregister

      At any time, there is exactly one Player who is the Speaker. The
      Speaker may not deregister or be deregistered for any reason,
      any other Rule to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Amend Rule 402 (Church and State) to read:

      A cardinal is an active, ready player who is not the current
      Speaker.

      For seven days after a cardinal wins the game with no other
      players simultaneously winning, then any player may announce that
      the winning cardinal becomes a pope.  Upon this announcement,
      that player becomes a pope, so please treat em right good forever.
      Also upon this announcement, the current Speaker ceases to be
      Speaker, and the new pope is installed as the new Speaker.

      If the
      legality of an installation is not challenged within seven days
      of it being attempted, then it shall be allowed to stand, even
      if is subsequently found to be illegal.

      Rules to the contrary nonwithstanding, if a Player becomes
      Speaker via this method, e may not be removed from the
      Speakership for 90 days without eir own consent.

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Amend Rule 1006 (Offices) to read:

      The Rules may designate positions to be offices.  No office may
      be held by more than one player.  Each office that would
      otherwise not be held by any player shall be held by the
      Speaker, unless it is not possible for the Speaker to hold that
      office.

      The holder of an office may be referred to by the name of the
      office.  The Herald shall list the holder of each office, and
      the date upon which each holder last came to hold that office.

      Any Player may make an active Player the holder of an office,
      thus removing any previous holder from the office, with
      Agoran Consent, provided:
      (a) that office has not changed hands with this method
          in the previous 30 days, and
      (b) the potential officer consents to hold the office
          after the announcement of intent is made.

      If no attempt to acheive Agoran Consent for changing the holder
      of particular office is announced in a given quarter, then the
      Speaker shall make at least one such attempt to change the
      officeholder in the following quarter, and make the change if
      consent is acheived.

      If the duty of an office is to maintain certain information,
      than the officer shall publish that information once a month,
      or as soon as possible after a substantial change occurs in
      the information or the officer receives a request for the
      information.  A weekly report shall be sufficient to satisfy
      these last two requirements.

      If an Officer or the Speaker fails to satisfy a Timing Order
      to perform a certain offical duty, than the player who executed
      the order may perform the duty as if e were the officer.

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AMEND Rule 1551 (Ratification) to read:

      An officer is permitted to ratify, without
      objection, an official report e produced and was required to
      maintain by virtue of holding that office.  The Speaker is
      permitted to ratify, without objection, any official report.

      When a document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that
      the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the
      time it was published.  Nevertheless, the ratification of a
      document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel any
      messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or overlooked,
      or change the legality of any attempted action.

      A document's maintainer shall
      annotate all publications of that document with the
      date of its most recent ratification.

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Amend Rule 1377 (The Herald) to read:

      The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping
      track of the History of Agora and its players.

      The Herald's Weekly Report shall include the following:

         (i)  A list of each Patent Title and Degree that at least
              one person Bears, with a list of which persons Bear it.

         (i) a list of all registered players, with their nicknames,
             if any, and listed email addresses;

        (iv) the most recent date on which each registered player
             registered;

         (v) the current Officers and their dates of service.

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Rule 1051/17 (Power=1)
The Rulekeepor

      The Rulekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for
      maintaining the text of the rules of Agora.

      The Rulekeepor's Weekly Report shall include the Short Logical
      Ruleset.  The Rulekeepor's Monthly Report shall include the Full
      Logical Ruleset.

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Amend Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets) to read:

      There is a format of the ruleset known as the Short Logical
      Ruleset (SLR).  In this format, each rule is assigned to a
      category, and the rules are grouped according to their category.

      Rules are assigned to, ordered within, or moved between categories,
      and categories are added, changed, or empty categories removed,
      as the Rulekeepor sees fit.

      The listing of each rule in the SLR must include the rule's
      number, revision number, power, title, and text, and must also
      include any annotations to the rule required by order.

      The Rulekeepor is strongly encouraged not to include any
      additional information in the SLR, except that which increases
      the readability of the SLR.

      There is a format of the ruleset known as the Full Logical
      Ruleset (FLR).  In this format, rules are assigned to the same
      category and presented in the same order as in the SLR.  The FLR
      must contain all the information required to be in the SLR, and
      any historical annotations which the Rulekeepor is required to
      record.

      The Rulekeepor is also free to include any other information
      which e feels may be helpful in the use of the ruleset in the
      FLR.

      Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeeper shall
      record a historical annotation to the rule indicating
      the type of change, the date on which the change took effect,
      the mechanism which specified the change, and if the rule was
      changed due to a proposal, a reference to that proposal, its
      proposer, and any coauthors explicitly named in that proposal.


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Rule 889/13 (Power=1)
The Clerk of the Courts

      The Clerk of the Courts (CotC) is an office; its holder is
      responsible for receiving and distributing Calls for Judgement
      (CFJs) and Appeals.

      The CotC's Bi-Weekly Report shall include the following:
         (i) Each Player's Orientation.

      The CotC's Monthly Report shall include the Stare Decisis, which
      is a list of past CFJs.  The following information shall be
      included for each CFJ:

        (i) its statement;
       (ii) the date on which it was called;
      (iii) its outcome (if any) on Judgement; and
       (iv) its outcome (if any) on Appeal.

      Whenever a CFJ is made, the CotC shall add it to the list.  E
      may, at eir discretion, add earlier CFJs.  E may Without
      Objection remove any CFJ e deems no longer relevant from the
      list.

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Amend Rule 1607 (The Promotor) to read:

      The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for
      receiving and distributing proposals.

      The Promotor is permitted to distribute a proposal in the
      Proposal Pool at any time.  During each week, the  Promotor
      must distribute each proposal in the proposal pool which
      was in the Proposal Pool at the beginning of the week.

      The Promotor legally distributes a proposal by publishing it
      accompanied by an explicit indication that it is being
      distributed.  When a proposal is distributed, it is removed
      from the Proposal Pool.  The distribution of a proposal
      initiates the Agoran decision of whether to adopt the
      proposal, as described elsewhere.

      The Promotor shall include with the distribution of each
      proposal the identity of its proposer, the proposal's
      coauthors, if any, its chamber, and its adoption index.
      However, the failure of the Promotor to include any of these
      with a proposal does not deprive the distribution of the
      proposal of any legal effect.

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Amend Rule 1450 (Judicial Separation) by renaming it 'Separation
of Powers', increasing its power to 2, and amending it to read:

      The Speaker, Clerk of the Courts, and Promotor are mutually
      exclusive offices.  A Player holding one of these offices may
      not come to simultaneously hold another of them, unless there
      are no other Players in the game eligible.  This Rule takes
      precedence over any other Rule that governs offices.

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Repeal Rule 910 (The Justiciar)
Repeal Rule 2023 (Submitting a CFJ to the Justiciar)
Repeal Rule 2098 (Power=1)  May Day
Repeal Rule 1686 (Power=1) Official Reports
Repeal Rule 1431 (Power=1) Claims of Error
Repeal Rule 559 (The Registrar).
Repeal Rule 1919 (Power=2) Installing Officers through Proposal
Repeal Rule 1555 (Power=1) Electees and Removal from Office
Repeal Rule 1556 (Power=1) Terms of Service for Offices
Repeal Rule 1758 (Power=1) Holding an Office in Perpetuity
Repeal Rule 880  (Power=1) Resignation Repeal Rule 1764 (Modes of Nomination)
Repeal Rule 1645 (Power=1) Temporary Delegation of Office
Repeal Rule 790  (Power=1) Filling Vacant Offices
Repeal Rule 1486 (Power=1) Procedure for an Orderly Witch Hunt
Repeal Rule 1665 (Power=1) Abuse of Responsibility
Repeal Rule 1585 (Power=2) Official Duties upon Officer Change
Repeal Rule 1553 (Power=1) Officer Transition
Repeal Rule 1664 (Power=2) Rebellion
Repeal Rule 1988 (Power=2) Bastille Day
Repeal Rule 1840 (Power=2) Political Status
Repeal Rule 1975 (Power=1) The Associate Director of Personnel
Repeal Rule 1940 (Power=1) Periodic Compensations
Repeal Rule 1932 (Power=2) Shareholders and the Corporation
Repeal Rule 947  (Power=1) Bonus for Repeal
Repeal Rule 2095 (Power=1) The Assessor's Boon Duties
Repeal Rule 2111 (Power=1) Hard Ruleset Limits
Repeal Rule 2118 (Power=1) Nominations for Election
Repeal Rule 1445 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections
Repeal Rule 1558 (Power=1) Defaults for Elections for Offices
Repeal Rule 1957 (Power=1) Budgets
Repeal Rule 1958 (Power=1) Nominating with Budgets
Repeal Rule 1659 (Power=1) The Right to Call Elections
Repeal Rule 1485 (Titles for Rules)
Repeal Rule 1430 (Mandatory Rule Annotations)
Repeal Rule 514  (Keep the Registrar Informed of Your Address)
Repeal Rule 1670 (The Distributor)
Repeal Rule 2073 (Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?)
Repeal Rule 2097 (Card-Carrying Contracts)
Repeal Rule 681  (Conclaves)

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Agoran Decisions
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Amend Rule 693 (Power=3) Agoran Decisions to read:

      When the rules calls for an Agoran decision to be made, the
      decisionmaking process takes place in the following three
      stages, each described elsewhere:

          (a) Initiation of the decision.
          (b) Voting of the people.
          (c) Resolution of the decision.

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Amend Rule 107 (Initiating Agoran Decisions) to read:

      An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to
      initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent
      to initiate the decision.  To be valid, this notice must contain
      the following information:

      (a) The matter to be decided (for example, "the adoption of
          proposal 4781").

      (b) A description of the class of eligible voters sufficient to
          enable public agreement on which persons are eligible.  In
          particular, an explicit list of the eligible voters is
          always sufficient for this purpose.

      (c) The identity of the vote collector.

      (d) Any additional information required by the rules for this
          announcement.

      The publication of such a valid notice initiates the voting
      period for the decision.  By default, the voting period lasts
      for seven days.  This rule takes precedence over any rule which
      would require a voting period for some decision to be shorter
      than seven days.

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Rule 683/12 (Power=3)
Voting on Agoran Decisions

      An eligible voter on a particular Agoran decision submits a
      ballot to the vote collector by publishing a valid notice
      indicating which one of the available options e selects.  To be
      valid, the ballot must satisfy the following conditions:

      (a) The ballot is submitted by an eligible voter during the
          voting period for the decision.

      (b) The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided.

      (c) The ballot clearly identifies the option selected by the
          voter.

      (d) The voter has not publicly retracted the ballot during the
          voting period.

      The strength of an option is the number of valid ballots
      selecting that option.

      Other rules may place further constraints on the validity of
      ballots.  This rule takes precedence over any rule that would
      loosen the constraints specified by this rule.

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Rule 2117/0 (Power=3)
Replacing the Vote Collector

      If the rules indicate that an office is to be responsible for
      collecting votes on a particular Agoran decision, then the
      holder of that office is the default vote collector for that
      decision.

      The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is tardy if
      and only if the voting collector has continuously held that role
      for at least seven days following the end of the voting period
      and the decision has not yet been resolved.  If a vote collector
      is tardy, then the first player to announce that e takes up the
      role of vote collector becomes the vote collector for that
      decision.

      This rule takes precedence over any rule that would allow the
      vote collector for an Agoran decision to be changed.

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Amend Rule 1950 (Voting Limits) to read:

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on a democratic proposal
      is always one and cannot be changed.

      The voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary proposal
      is one, if not explicitly modified by other rules.

      After the voting period for an Agoran decision has ended, the
      vote collector shall permit the first valid ballots submitted by
      an eligible voter to remain valid, up to a number equal to that
      person's voting limit on that decision as determined when the
      voting period for that decision began, and shall invalidate all
      subsequent ballots submitted by that voter on that decision.

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Rule 208/3 (Power=3)
Resolving Agoran decisions

      The vote collector for a particular Agoran decision is
      authorized to resolve that decision, and does so by publishing a
      valid notice which states that the matter has been resolved,
      indicating the option selected by Agora.  To be valid, this
      notice must satisfy the following conditions:

      (a) It is published after the voting period has ended.

      (b) It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.

      (c) It clearly identifies the options available.

      (d) It specifies which option was selected by Agora, as
          described elsewhere, and provides a tally of the voters'
          valid ballots on the various options.

      Each Agoran decision shall have at most one vote collector at a
      time.  The identity of the vote collector is set by the message
      initiating the decision, and can only be changed as specified by
      other rules with power at least as great as that of this rule.

      This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide
      another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved.

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Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) to read:

      To determine which option on a particular Agoran decision was
      selected by Agora, the vote collector shall perform the
      following steps in order after the voting period has ended.

      (a) E shall invalidate any ballots which the rules require em to
          invalidate, and no others.

      (b) E shall count the number of distinct voters who submitted
          ballots which remain valid.  If this number is less than the
          quorum and there is more than one available option, then the
          option selected by Agora is FAILED QUORUM.  Otherwise, the
          decision achieved quorum.

      (c) If the decision is whether to adopt a proposal, e shall
          determine the voting index as follows:

          (1) if the strength of FOR is positive and the strength of
              AGAINST is zero, then the voting index is Unanimity; but

          (2) if the strength of FOR is zero, then the voting index is
              zero; otherwise,

          (3) the voting index is the ratio of the strength of FOR to
              the strength of AGAINST.

          If the voting index exceeds one and meets or exceeds the
          adoption index of the decision, and if further quorum was
          achieved, then the option selected by Agora is ADOPTED.
          Otherwise, the option selected by Agora is REJECTED.

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Rule 879/22 (Power=2)
Quorum

      The quorum for an Agoran decision is one third the number of
      eligible voters, rounded up, with a minimum of five (unless
      there are fewer than five eligible voters, in which case the
      quorum level is the number of eligible voters).

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Rule 2034/2 (Power=3)
Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges

      Any proposal that, as all or part of its effect, would change
      the validity of one or more of a voter's ballots on an Agoran
      decision whose voting period has begun but which has not yet
      been resolved shall be wholly without effect, any rule to the
      contrary notwithstanding.

      Once an Agoran decision has been resolved, no ballots on that
      decision may be validly submitted or retracted, and the outcome
      of the decision may not be changed in any way, any rule to the
      contrary notwithstanding.  Nothing in this rule shall be
      construed as preventing the correction of errors in reporting
      the resolution of an Agoran decision.

      If the success of the resolution of an Agoran decision is not
      challenged within one week from the time the vote collector
      announces it, then the announced result is the true result of
      that decision, even if it would otherwise be in error.

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Repeal Rule 1434 (Default Procedure for Referendum Voting)

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Proposals
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Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) to read:

      A proposal is a document outlining changes to be made to Agora,
      including enacting, repealing, or amending rules, or making
      other explicit changes to the gamestate.

      A player submits a proposal by publishing it with a clear
      indication that it is intended to become a proposal, which
      places the proposal in the Proposal Pool.  The proposer of a
      proposal may remove it from the Pool by announcement.

      Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision.
      For this decision, the available options are FOR, AGAINST, and
      PRESENT, and by default, the eligible voters are the active
      players, the adoption index is the adoption index of the
      proposal, and the vote collector is the Speaker.

      The default adoption index of a proposal is one.  Before the
      Promotor distributes a proposal, its proposer may modify
      its adoption index by announcement.  A Proposal with an Adoption
      Index of 1 is Ordinary.  All other Proposals are Democratic.

      If the option selected by Agora on this decision is ADOPTED,
      then the proposal is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it
      from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and
      its adoption index, and then it takes effect.  It does not
      otherwise take effect.  This rule takes precedence over any rule
      which would permit a proposal to take effect.

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Rule 1698/0 (Power=3)
The Proposal System Is Protected

      It must always be possible to adopt Proposals within a 4 week
      period. Any change to the game state which would result in
      this condition becoming false is cancelled and does not take
      place, any Rule to the contrary notwithstanding.

      No enactment, repeal, or amendment of the text or substantive
      properties of a Rule may have retroactive application.

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Amend Rule 105  (What Is a Rule Change?) to be called "Rule Changes"
and amend it to read as follows:

      A proposal generally can, as part of its effect:

      (a)  Enact a rule.  When a rule is enacted, the Rulekeepor shall
      assign it a number, which must be greater than any number previously
      assigned.  If the enacting proposal does not specify the power, the
      rule shall have power equal to one.  If the proposal specifies the
      power, then the rule shall have power equal to the minimum of four,
      the power of the proposal, and the power specified by the proposal.
      If the title is not specified, the Rulekeepor may select any
      title e sees fit.

      (b) Modify the power, title, or text of a rule.  A Proposal can
      modify the power, title, or text of a rule with power no greater
      than its own.  However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have
      power greater than its own.  Any ambiguity in a modification
      specified by a proposal causes that modification to be void and
      without effect.  A variation in whitespace or capitalization in
      the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity for
      the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does.

      (c) Repeal a rule.  When a proposal repeals a rule, it ceases to
      be a rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record
      of it.

      This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can
      be enacted, modified, or repealed.

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Rule 1891/0 (Power=1)
Legislative Orders

      (a) A Proposal may contain one or more Orders.

      (b) The effect of adopting a Proposal which contains Orders is
          to execute those Orders.  Such Orders are known as
          Legislative Orders, are deemed to have been executed by that
          Proposal, and are deemed to have been executed as of the
          date of the proclamation of the Proposal's adoption.

      (c) Legislative Orders may not be stayed, vacated, or amended
          except:
        (1) by a subsequent Legislative Order;
        (2) by a Judicial Order issued only after a judicial finding
            that the Proposal containing the Legislative Order was not
            adopted, was barred from taking effect, or was invalid; or
        (3) by the Clerk of the Courts, but only for the purpose of
            staying such an Order during the pendency of a dispute
            which might reasonably lead to a judicial finding of the
            sort mentioned in subdivision (c)(2) of this Rule.

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Rule 2019/5 (Power=2)
The Speaker's Veto

      The Speaker may veto an Ordinary Proposal in its voting period
      by announcement.  Whenever a proposal is vetoed, its quorum is
      set to the current number of eligible voters on that proposal
      plus one, other rules governing quorum notwithstanding.

      As soon as possible after a vetoed proposal fails quorum, the
      Assessor shall place a copy of that proposal to the Proposal
      Pool.  When e does so, that copy shall become distributable and
      democratic, and its adoption index shall be increased by one.

      The Speaker may Rubberstamp an Ordinary Proposal in its voting
      period by announcement.  Quorum for a rubberstamped ordinary
      proposal is three, other rules governing quorum nonwithstanding.

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Repeal Rule 594  (Enactment of Rules)
Repeal Rule 1322 (Modification of Rules)
Repeal Rule 2119 (Repeal of Rules)
Repeal Rule 1483 (Definition of Proposals)
Repeal Rule 1003 (No Coercive Proposals)
Repeal Rule 108  (When May Rule Changes Take Effect?)
Repeal Rule 1770 (Distributing Proposals)
Repeal Rule 1774 (Discarding Proposals from the Pool)
Repeal Rule 1449 (The Assessor)
Repeal Rule 1933 (A Proposal's Chamber)
Repeal Rule 2045 (Adoption Indices)
Repeal Rule 1952 (Making Proposals Distributable)
Repeal Rule 1690 (Power of New Rules)

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chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141211300.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-033
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607250932001.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
title: The Constitutional Repeals

[Changes some basic definitions of Who We Are and How Things Work.
Some shortening, more reorganizing, not a huge amount].

The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules
in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated
in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving
of rules, or the deletion of categories.  Some rules are included for
reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended.

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The Game of Agora
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Rule 2105/1 (Power=1)
The Map of Agora

                               ____  _        /|
                    DARWIN ->  \_  |/ |      / \
                              __/    /      |  |
            <- DSV          /      /        |  \
                        _   \      \_       |   \
                  MORNINGTON CRESCENT ->    /    |  <- GOETHE BARRIER REEF
                 _ _/       |         \_/\_/     \
                / \\ <- SHARK BAY      |         |
               /            |          |          \ <- TOWNSVILLE
            ___/            |          |           \_
         __/                |          |             |
        /                   |          |             \
       /           O <- SHERLOCK NESS  |             |/\
      |                     |          |               |_
      |                     |          |  EMERALD ->     \
      \                     |__________=_____,             \
       /                    |                |             | <- BRISBANE
       \      O <- LT. ANNE MOORE            |        __  _\
        \                   |                |_______/  \/ |
         |                __/\      <- TARCOOLA           /   LORD HOWE ->
         \             __/    \_             /           /
 PERTH -> |      _  __/         |   /| IVANHOE ->       | <- WOLLONGONG
          /    _/ \/             \ / /       |         /
         |_   /     <- ESPERANTO  v /__     |_        / <- CANBERRA
           \_/                         \    | \_    _|
               __   __                 |    |   \__/
              __ \ / __                 \___=_  ___|
             /  \ | /  \        MANUBOURNE -> \/
                 \|/
            _,.---v---._                    /\__
   /\__/\  /            \                   |   |
   \_  _/ /              \                   |  /
     \ \_|           @ __|                   \_/ <- HOBART
      \                \_
       \     ,__/       /
     ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~

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Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read:

      The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights
      or privileges.  Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement
      or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or
      remove a person's defined rights.  A person's defined privileges
      are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding
      agreement to the contrary.  This rule takes precedence over
      any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or
      privileges.

       i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt.

      ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not
          regulated.

     iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a
          judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or
          judicial order binding em.

      iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to
          a binding agreement.  The absense of a person's explicit,
          willful consent shall be considered a refusal.

       v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by
          an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has
          not had the reasonable opportunity to view.

      vi. Every person has the right of participation in the fora.

     vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once
          for any single action or inaction.

    viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister
          rather than continue to play.

    Please treat Agora right good forever.

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Enact a rule entitled 'Regulation Regulations', with a power of 3 and
the following text:

      An action is regulated if:

      (a) the action is prohibited;

      (b) the rules indicate that if certain conditions are satisfied,
          then some player is permitted to perform the action;

      (c) the action would, as part of its effect, modify information
          for which some player is required to be a recordkeepor;

      (d) the action would, as part of its effect, make it impossible
          to make arbitrary modifications to the rules by any
          combinations of actions by players; or

      (e) the courts have held that the action is regulated, and this
          finding has not been overturned.

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Rule 1688/2 (Power=3)
Power

      The power of an entity is a natural number, which is zero unless
      otherwise defined or modified according to procedures defined by
      the rules.  An instrument is an entity with positive power.

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Rule 1482/1 (Power=3)
Precedence between Rules with Unequal Power

      In a conflict between Rules with different Power, the Rule with
      the higher Power takes precedence over the Rule with the lower
      Power.

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Rule 1030/4 (Power=3)
Precedence between Rules with Equal Power

      If two or more Rules with the same Power conflict with one
      another, then the Rule with the lower 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 supercede the numerical method for determining
      precedence.

      If all of the Rules in conflict explicitly say that their
      precedence relations are determined by some other Rule for
      determining precedence relations, then the determinations of
      the precedence determining Rule shall supercede 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.

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Rule 2110/0 (Power=3)
Win by Paradox

      If the legality of an action cannot be determined with finality,
      or if by a Judge's best reasoning, not appealed within a week of
      eir Judgement, an action appears equally legal and illegal, then
      the Speaker shall award the Patent Title of Champion to the
      first Player to publicly note that condition.  The Herald shall
      record that this Title was achieved "by paradox" in eir report.

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Amend Rule 1727 (Happy Birthday) to read:

      WHEREAS, in June 1993, the world's only MUD-based nomic, Nomic
      World, had recently collapsed; yet, many of its players enjoyed
      nomic and did not wish to forego such a noble pursuit;

      And WHEREAS, Originator Chuck Carroll therefore composed an
      Initial Ruleset for an email nomic, based on the Initial
      Rulesets of Peter Suber, inventor of Nomic, and on the Rulesets
      of Nomic World and other nomics,

      And WHEREAS, a nomic thus rose like a phoenix from the ashes of
      Nomic World, played on the mailing list originally set up for
      discussion of Nomic World, and coming into existence at June
      30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200, with a message sent by FIRST
      SPEAKER Michael Norrish, which read, in part,

          "I see no reason to let this get bogged down; there are no
          precedents or rules that cover this situation, so I think
          we may as well begin directly.... Proposals for new rules
          are invited. In accordance with the rules, these will be
          published, numbered and distributed by me at my earliest
          convenience."

      And WHEREAS, this nomic began as a humble and nameless nomic,
      known unofficially as yoyo, after the mailing list it was
      played on, until its Players, much later, gave it its OFFICAL
      NAME of Agora,

      And WHEREAS, Agora has now become the wisest, noblest, eldest,
      and most interesting of all active email nomics, due to the
      hard work and diligence of Agorans as well as the frequent
      advice of Agoraphobes,

      And WHEREAS, Agorans desire to joyously commemorate Agora's
      founding,

      BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be
      the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year, and as soon
      as possible after the end of Agora's Birthday, the Herald shall
      award the boon of celebration to each Player who, during Agora's
      Birthday, publicly recognizes this Grand Event.

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Repeal Rule 1020 (Name Is Agora)
Repeal Rule 2039 (Ought implies can)
Repeal Rule 1513 (Authority of Non-Rule Entities)
Repeal Rule 104  (First Speaker)
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Players and Entities
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Rule 1586/2 (Power=2)
Definition and Continuity of Entities

      No two Rule-defined entities shall have the same name or
      nickname.

      If the Rules defining some entity are repealed or amended
      such that they no longer define that entity, then that
      entity along with all its properties shall cease to exist.

      If the Rules defining an entity are amended such that they
      still define that entity but with different properties,
      that entity and its properties shall continue to exist to
      whatever extent is possible under the new definitions.

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Rule 869/17 (Power=1)
How to Join and Leave Agora

      A person who is not currently registered as a player and is not
      prohibited from registering is permitted to register.

      A person registers or deregisters by announcement.

      Whenever a person registers, e becomes a player.

      Whenever a player deregisters or is deregistered, e ceases to be
      a player and is prohibited from registering for the next thirty
      days.


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Rule 1789/3 (Power=1)
Cantus Cygneus

      Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously
      by the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part
      of it, e may submit a document to the Clerk of the Courts,
      clearly labeled a Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and
      expressing eir reproach for those who e feels have treated em so
      badly.

      As soon as possible after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the Clerk
      of the Courts shall publish this document along with a Writ of
      Fugere Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the Player
      to be deregistered and instructing the Herald to note the
      method of deregistration for that Player in subsequent Herald
      Reports, as long as the Player remains deregistered.

      The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and
      the notation in the Herald's Report will ensure that,
      henceforth, all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of
      FAGE.

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Repeal Rule 1677 (Honoring the New)
Repeal Rule 1976 (Honoring the Old)
Repeal Rule 1016 (Activity Levels)
Repeal Rule 2036 (The Silent Treatment)

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Definitions
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Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by setting its power to 3, and amending it
to read:

      Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of
      any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that No Player
      shall be prohibited from participating in the Fora.

      A Forum's Publicity may be either null, Discussion, or Public
      (default null).  A forum's publicity may not be changed except
      as described in this rule.

      The Herald may change the publicity of a forum without
      objection as long as:

      (a) e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and

      (b) if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which
          the Herald makes that forum public is sent to all
          existing public fora.

      Each active player should ensure e can receive messages via each
      public forum.

      The Herald's report shall include a list of all public or
      discussion fora and sufficient data regarding each to allow
      players to receive messages via that medium.  The Herald need
      not keep track of null fora.

      A message is public if and only if it is sent via a public forum
      or is sent to all players and contains a clear designation of
      intent to be public.  A player "publishes" or "announces"
      something by sending a public message.

      A player performs an action "by announcement" by announcing that
      e performs it.  A player performs an action "by private message"
      to some player by sending an appropriate private message to the
      specified player.  Any action performed by sending a message is
      performed at the time date-stamped on that message.


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AMEND Rule 754 (Freedom of Communication) by renaming it
"Definition Definitions", setting its power to 3, and amending
it to read:

      Regularity of communication being essential for the healthy
      function of any nomic, it is hereby resolved:

      (1) A difference in spelling, grammar, or dialect, or the use of
          a synonym or abbreviation in place of a word or phrase, is
          inconsequential in all forms of communication, as long as
          the difference does not create an ambiguity in meaning.

      (2) A term explicitly defined by the Rules shall be interpreted
          as having that meaning, as shall its ordinary-language
          synonyms not explicitly defined by the rules.

      (3) Any term primarily used in mathematical or legal contexts,
          and not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule, shall
          be interpreted as having the meaning it has in those
          contexts.

      (4) Any term not addressed by previous provisions of this Rule
          shall be interpreted as having its ordinary-language
          meaning.

      This rule takes precedence over any other rules which dictate
      terminology or grammar.

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Amend Rule 1023 (Definition of "As Soon As Possible") by renaming
it "Common Definitions" and amending it to read:

      The following terms are defined:

      - Agoran days begin at midnight GMT.  Agoran weeks begin at
        midnight GMT on Monday.  Agoran months begin at midnight GMT on
        the first day of each Gregorian month.  Agoran quarters begin
        when the Agoran months of January, April, July, and October
        begin.  Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January
        begins.

      - A requirement to perform an action "as soon as possible" is a
        requirement to perform the action within seven days.

      - The term "number" shall be interpreted as "real number".

      - The term "random" shall mean a choice drawn with a
        process whose probability distribution among the possible
        outcomes is reasonably close to that required by the Rules,
        using a uniform distribution if not otherwise specified.

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Rule 1728/11 (Power=2)
Dependent Actions

      An action is dependent, or may be performed dependently, if and
      only if it is an Action Without N Objections or an Action With N
      Supporters, where N is a nonnegative integer.  The phrase
      "Without Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection",
      and the phrase "With Support" is synonymous with "With 1
      Supporter".

      A player may publicly announce eir intent to perform an
      unambiguously described dependent action.  A player may perform
      a previously unambiguously described dependent action if and
      only if:

      (a)  no more than fourteen days have passed since the
           announcement of intent to perform the action;

      (b)  if the action to be performed is an Action Without N
           Objections, at least four days have passed since the
           announcement made under (a) of this rule;

      (c)  either the player who attempts to perform the action is the
           player who made the announcement under (a) of this rule, or

           (1)  the player who made the announcement under (a) of this
                rule did so by a privilege or duty granted em by
                virtue of holding a rules-defined position; and

           (2)  the player who attempts to perform the action is the
                holder of that position when e attempts to perform the
                action;

      (d)  the rules explicitly authorise the player to perform the
           action dependently;

      (e)  during the time between the announcement made under (a) of
           this rule and the attempt to perform the action,

           (1)  if the action is to be performed Without N Objections,
                fewer than N players have publicly posted objections
                to the performance of the action; or

           (2)  if the action is to be performed With N Supporters, at
                least N players other than the player who made the
                announcement under (a) of this rule have publicly
                posted support for the performance of the action;

      (f)  the announcement made under (a) of this rule specifies
           whether the action is to be performed Without N Objections
           or With N Supporters, unless the rules either do not permit
           the action to be performed Without N Objections or do not
           permit the action to be performed With N Supporters; and

      (g)  e announces that e performs the described action.

      A dependent action is not performed until announced as in (g).

      A player who posts an objection to the performance of an action
      may publicly retract eir objection.  If e does so, e shall be
      deemed not have posted an objection to the performance of that
      action for the purposes of (e)(1) of this rule.

      The specification in the rules that an action may be performed
      dependently does not prohibit performing that action
      independently if doing so would otherwise be permissible.

      A rule authorising the performance of a dependent action may
      restrict the eligibility of players to support or object to that
      specific action.

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Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Consent) to read:

      If the Rules specify that an entity may perform an action with
      Agoran Consent, then the entity may perform the action by
      announcement if all of the following are true:

      (a) e has published eir intent to perform the action,
          unambiguously describing the action to be performed, at
          least four days and no more than fourteen days before
          attempting to perform the action;

      (b) at least one other player has announced (and not
          withdrawn) support for the intended action since intent
          was published; and

      (c) more players have announced (and not withdrawn) support
          than have announced (and not withdrawn) objections to the
          action since the intent was published.

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Amend Rule 1769 (Holidays) to read:

      A Holiday is a period of time designated as such by the Rules.

      During a Holiday, no Proposal may be distributed by the
      Promotor, nor may any Call for Judgement, Judgement, notice of
      Appeal, Decision of Appeals Boards, or Opinion be published by
      the Clerk of the Courts; however, if any of the above do take
      place during the Holiday in violation of this Rule, this Rule
      does not deprive them of their usual effects.

      If some Rule requires that an action be done prior to a given
      time, and that given time falls during a Holiday, or within the
      72-hour period immediately following that Holiday, then that
      action need not be done until 72 hours after that Holiday ends.

      If some Rule bases the time of a future event upon the time of
      another event, or requires that a Player perform some action
      within some time of another event, and that other event occurs
      during a Holiday, the time at which the Holiday ends shall be
      used instead for the purpose of determining the time of the
      future event or of the time by which the Player must perform the
      specified action.

      This Rule takes precedence over all Rules pertaining to the
      timing of events, and over all Rules which require Players to
      perform events before a specified time.

      The period each year from midnight GMT on the morning of 24
      December to the beginning of the first Agoran week to begin
      after 2 January is a Holiday.

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Rule 1750/1 (Power=1)
Read the Ruleset Week

      The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February
      is Read the Ruleset Week.  Agorans are encouraged to read the
      ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week.

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Repeal Rule 459  (Agoran Epochs)
Repeal Rule 2040 (Switches)
Repeal Rule 1527 (Unsnarling Tangles)
Repeal Rule 1478 (Executors and Limited Executors)
Repeal Rule 1079 (Definition of "Random")
Repeal Rule 1787 (April Fool's Day)
Repeal Rule 1870 (Merry Christmas, Agora, And A Happy New Year!)

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ai: 3
chamber: Ordinary
coauthors: <none>
fate: withdrawn
fate_date: 2006-08-14
fate_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0608141201390.3892@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
pool_number: 06-034
proposer: Goethe
submit_date: 2006-07-25
submit_mid: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0607251041200.17829@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
title: Judicial Reform

[Major philosophical change:  Crimes and Infractions become
a matter of Contract Law.  Not much shorter (a little)].

The Rulekeepor is hereby requested and required to place Rules
in categories as indicated by this Proposal, in the order indicated
in this Proposal, which may involve the creation of new categories, moving
of rules, or the deletion of categories.  Some rules are included for
reference and indication of new placement without being actually amended.


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Rename Rule 101 to "Agoran Rights and Privileges" and amend it to read:

      The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights
      or privileges.  Be it hereby proclaimed that no binding agreement
      or interpretation of Agoran law may abridge, reduce, limit, or
      remove a person's defined rights.  A person's defined privileges
      are assumed to exist in the absense of an explicit, binding
      agreement to the contrary.  This rule takes precedence over
      any rule which would allow restrictions of a person's rights or
      privileges.

       i. Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt.

      ii. Every player has the right to perform an action which is not
          regulated.

     iii. Every person has the right to invoke judgement, appeal a
          judgement, and to initiate an appeal on a sentencing or
          judicial order binding em.

      iv. Every person has the right to refuse to become party to
          a binding agreement.  The absense of a person's explicit,
          willful consent shall be considered a refusal.

       v. Every person has the right to not be considered bound by
          an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has
          not had the reasonable opportunity to review.

      vi. Every person has the right of participation in the fora.

     vii. Every person has the right to not be penalized more than once
          for any single action or inaction.

    viii. Every player besides the Speaker has the right to deregister
          rather than continue to play.

    Please treat Agora right good forever.

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Contract Law
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Amend Rule 1742 (Agreements between Players) to read:

      Players may make agreements among themselves with the intention
      that such agreements will be binding; i.e. that they become
      parties to the agreement and agree to be bound by the agreement.

      A CFJ that alleges that a specific person (the Defendant) has
      broken an agreement is a Civil CFJ, for which the Caller is the
      Plaintiff.  A CFJ that is not a Civil CFJ is a General CFJ.

      If the judge of a Civil CFJ finds that the agreement was entered
      into with the intention that the agreement be binding, and that
      the agreement has in fact been broken, then e may do any or all
      of the following:

         (i) order the defendant to perform according to the
             agreement or perform substitute acts that would fairly
             serve the interests of the agreement;
        (ii) order the other parties of the agreement to perform such
             acts as may be necessary to preserve fairness and justice;
       (iii) order that additional ("punitive") penalties or actions
             be applied to the defendant, if and only if the
             agreement in question explicitly specifies punitive
             penalties for the type of breach.

      If a Civil CFJ is called by anyone who is not party to that
      agreement, then it lacks standing and shall be dismissed.
      A Civil CFJ that specifies multiple defendants, or multiple
      independent breaches of contract, is improperly made and shall
      be dismissed.

      Nothing in this rule shall be construed so as to impair the
      enforcement of an agreement which requires a Player to violate
      another agreement.

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Amend Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions) by naming it
"Rules Violations", setting its Power to 3, and amending it to read:

      In general, the Rules shall be adjudicated as if the
      Rules were a binding agreement between all Players, entered
      into by every player as a part of becoming a Player.  An
      actual or alleged Rule violation shall be treated as the
      violation of a binding agreement to be bound by the Rule or
      Rules in question.

      The proposal, fora, and registration processes shall, prima
      facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights and
      privileges with respect to making and changing the agreement
      to be bound by the rules.

      Other rules may further differentiate the treatment of rules
      violations from the treatment of violations of other types
      of agreements.

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Increase the power of Rule 2109 (Agoran Contracts) to 2 and amend
it to read:

      There exists a type of binding agreement known as Agoran Contract.
      An Agoran Contract may only be created or amended by a Proposal
      and becomes effective when the Proposal takes effect.

      Unless otherwise specified in the Rules, all Players are
      bound by Agoran Contracts and no Player may leave an Agoran
      Contract while remaining a Player.  The Proposal process shall,
      prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights
      and privileges with respect to agreements.

      All Rules regulating Contracts that are inconsistent with this
      Rule are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

      The CotC is required to keep track of all Agoran Contracts.

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Amend Rule 1626 (Applications) to read:

      An Application is any document, which has been submitted as an
      Application by some person, to a Player designed by the Rules
      to receive Applications of that particular type.  The submittor
      is known as the Application's Sponsor.

      The Sponsor of an Application may attach the signatures of other
      persons, or signatories, to the Application at the time e
      submits it.  The Sponsor may not attach any signature to an
      Application without first having obtained the explicit consent
      of the signatory.  A signatory may revoke eir consent, once
      granted, by informing the Sponsor before submission.

      Signatures are presumed to have been attached with the consent
      of the signatory.  This presumption shall be rebutted only by a
      declaration from the alleged signatory, made within 60 days of
      the submission of the Application, stating that the signatory
      did not consent or that e consented and then subsequently
      revoked eir consent.  The Sponsor bears the burden of proof to
      show that such a declaration, once made, is false.

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Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts)
Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance)

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Rule Violations
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Amend Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders) to read:

      Upon a finding in a Civil CFJ that the defendant has broken
      one or more Rules, the Trial Judge must execute exactly one of
      the following types of sentencing orders as punitive damages:

      (1) Without Objection and with 1 Support, an order the
          defendant to make a formal apology;
      (2) Without 2 Objections and with 2 Supporters, an order for
          the defendant to perform a specified service for the
          benefit of the Agoran community proportinate to the
          seriousness of the breach;
      (3) An order for the Herald to place the defendant in the
          Chokey for a number of months equal to the power of
          the highest powered Rule that was broken;
      (4) If and only if the trial judge finds the defendant to
          to have acted willfully in breaking the rules, an order
          for the Herald to place the defendant in the
          Chokey for twice number of months equal to the power of
          the highest-powered Rule that was broken;
      (5) If and only if the judge finds the defendant to have
          acted egregiously, maliciously, or with a consistent
          pattern of abuse, with Agoran Consent, an order for the
          Registrar to deregister the defendant in disgrace (make
          em lawless).  An order to be made lawless is automatically
          appealed upon its initial execution.

      These punishments are considered ranked with "worse" punishments
      being later in the list.

      If an attempted sentencing order does not receive the proper
      support or receives too many objections, the trial judge
      must execute another type of sentencing order.

      No other punitive damages may be assessed for Rules violations.

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Amend Rule 908 (Formal Apologies) to read:

      A sentencing order may require a defendant (hereafter the Ninny)
      to publish a Formal Apology.

      A Formal Apology must be at least 200 words, and must explain
      the Ninny's error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for
      self-improvement.  Furthermore, the Order to Apologize may
      include up to ten Prescribed Words of the Judge's choice, all of
      which must appear in the Formal Apology.

      A defendant must obey an Order to Apologize within 72 hours of
      its execution.

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Amend Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions) to
be called "Dishonor Rolls" and amend it to read:

      When the Herald is ordered to place someone in the Chokey,
      e shall publically award em the patent title "In the Chokey".

      This title shall be automatically revoked after a length
      of time indicated by the sentencing order, and the Herald
      shall announce the revokation.  If a sentencing order is
      executed against a defendant who already holds this title,
      the length of time of the new sentencing order shall be
      added to the time left on any previous ones.

      A person is considered to be In Disgrace while in the
      Chokey, between the execution and satisfaction of any
      sentencing orders binding em, or if deregistered for
      lawlessness.  A person who leaves the game in disgrace shall
      be awarded the Patent Title Fugitive by the Herald.
      A Player may revoke the title Fugitive from emself as long
      as e is no longer in Disgrace.  A non-player may have
      this title revoked by Agoran Consent.

      The rules may further specify actions prohibited to persons
      in particular types of disgrace.

      The Herald is encouraged to publish lists of those in
      disgrace separate from patent titles of honor, to indicate
      the disgrace.

When this Proposal takes effect, all persons who were fugitives
when this proposal was adopted are hereby awarded the patent title
Fugitive.

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Repeal Rule 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes)
Repeal Rule 1812 (Notices of Infraction)
Repeal Rule 1814 (Timing of Penalties for Crimes and Infractions)
Repeal Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions)
Repeal Rule 2017 (Blots)
Repeal Rule 1714 (Lawlessness)

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Calling for Judgement
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Amend Rule 991 (Invoking Judgement) to read:

      Any person may request formal resolution of a dispute pertaining
      to this Nomic by submitting a Call for Judgement (CFJ) to the
      Clerk of the Courts.  The submission of a CFJ constitutes proof
      of the existence of such a dispute.

      A CFJ should be a single clearly-labeled Statement whose truth
      or falsity can be determined using logical reasoning, assuming
      perfect knowledge.  A CFJ may be accompanied by Arguments,
      Evidence, or other related material; the Judge is encouraged,
      but not required, to take notice of these things.

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Amend Rule 897 (Barring Players from Judgement) to be called
"Court Procedure" and amend it to read:

      The Clerk of the Courts shall publish the text of a CFJ, along
      with any additional material submitted by the Caller and the
      Defendant if any (including but not limited to Arguments and
      Evidence), no later than the time e announces the identity of the
      first Judge assigned to that CFJ.

      When a Civil CFJ is submitted, the Clerk of the Courts shall
      publish the text of the CFJ and send a copy of the CFJ to
      the Defendant's registered e-mail address, if any, and inform
      the Defendant that e has one week to publish a defense and/or
      bar a Player from judging as described below.

      The CotC will not assign a Civil CFJ to a judge until one week
      has passed since after a publication.  During this time, any
      evidence or arguments, published or submitted to the CotC by
      the Defendant with the clear intent of being part of a defense,
      will become part of the material of that CFJ.

      A Player Barred from Judging a CFJ is ineligible to Judge that
      CFJ.

      When submitting a general CFJ, the Caller may Bar up to
      three Players from Judging that CFJ.

      The defe