spoon-business: proposal list

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a complete list of Proposals on the Ballot, as promised.

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P306/0, God

I propose that the following rule be added to the ruleset: 

A forum not declared to be a public forum by the Administrator is not a 
public forum. Actions taken in a forum that is not a public forum are not 
recognized.

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P311/1, Joel Uckelman, Rescinding Actions

Create a Rule entitled "Rescinding Actions" with the following text:

"A Agent may rescind any unrecognized action e has taken at any time by 
publicly indicating that e is doing so. The recognition of a rescinded 
action by any Officer is prohibited."

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P312/1, Poulenc, Criminal Code

[[Proposal Summary: This proposal will enact a criminal code which gives us 
the ability to punish people for various actions that disrupt game play. 
Included are laws for dealing with players who try to destroy the game and 
officers who abuse their power.]]

Enact a new rule titled "Criminal Code" with the first available rule 
number and text as follows:

It is recognized that while certain actions technically allowed to a Player 
may not be in the best intrests of this game. If a player believes that any 
agent has been guilty of such a crime then e should submit an RFJ accusing 
that suspect of the crime. The arguments portion of the RFJ should contain 
documentation of whatever evidence has been found to support the accusation.

An RJF submitted for this purpose is handled in the normal manner for an 
RJF except for the following points of difference:

1. The accused is entitled to submit to the Judge a statement explaining 
their position and arguing for their own defense. If they do not submit 
such a statement within a reasonable length of time then they lose this 
right.

2. If the judge rules true e does not issue orders to change the game state 
directly but instead issues an order to the accused to make whatever 
reparations or punishments e decides upon, within the guidelines of the 
criminal code.

3. Neither the submittor nor the accused may be assigned to judge such an 
RFJ.

Here follows the guidelines for judging RFJs on the criminal code. 

To be found guilty of game delay through excessive RFJs, proposals, or 
other means, the accused agent must have submitted at least fifteen RFJs or 
proposals within one nweek, which was found to hinder game play, or must 
have taken other simmilar actions which prevented participation by the 
Players. Punishment for this should be a suspension of the ability to 
submit RFJs or proposals of not more than five times the amount of the 
delay in game play, and may also involve a loss of points at the discresion 
of the judge.

To be found guilty of the crime of dereliction of duty, an agent must have 
been an officer and must have failed to perform some official duty within 
the required amount of time. Punishment for this should be a loss of a 
number of points and possible expulsion from the office at the discresion 
of the judge.

To be found guilty of the crime of murder, an agent must have acted in some 
way as to directly and permanently prevent a player from participating in 
the game. Punishment for this should include loss of any official 
privilidges, loss of points, loss of player status, or permanent expulsion 
from the game at the discresion of the judge.

To be found guilty of the crime of abuse of office, an agent must have been 
an officer and must have used the power granted to eir office to directly 
and unfairly hinder the play of another player, outside the realm of what 
would normally be expected of that office, at the discresion of the judge. 
Punishment for this should be reparations to the hindered player of 
whatever game advantage e lost due to the actions of the accused, made 
directly by the accused, at the discresion of the judge.
      
Judgement and punisment on other crimes are possible at the discresion of 
the judge. However, for crimes not listed here the punishment shall not 
exceed one hundred points, plus reparations for damages directly caused to 
other agents.

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P313/0, XnJester, Pedantics

That a rule be created titled "Pedantics" with this text. 

"The Pedant is the Officer responsible for minor corrections to the rules. 
The Pedant may make changes to the rules consisting of the insertion, 
deletion, or change of no more than three words or alphanumeric characters 
per Rule per nweek. The Pedant makes a rule change by making a Pedantic 
Order ordering the rule change. The Pedantic Order is an Administrative 
Order. The Pedantic Order will take effect at the end of the voting period 
following the making of that Pedantic Order. The Pedantic Order is 
automatically cancelled if a public objection is received before it takes 
effect. At the end of a nweek Pedantic Orders will take effect prior to any 
other Orders. The Pedant will be paid a stipend of 3 points per nweek. The 
Pedant will be paid 1 point per Pedantic Order which takes effect. The 
first Pedant is the Player whose real name is Kieron Jarvis. "

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P314/1, Joel Uckelman, Motion to Amend Trivially

Create a Rule entitled "Motion to Amend Trivially" with the following text:

"Motions to Amend Trivially are Secondary Approvable Motions adoptable only
through unanimous consent, and fail if unanimous consent is not given. A
Rule may be unsubstantially amended if a Motion to Amend Trivially naming
that Rule is adopted. Motions to Amend Trivially may never become Ballot
Issues.

The Motive Order corresponding to an adopted Motion to Amend Trivially
directs the Administrator to make appropriate changes to the Rules."

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P315/1, The Kid, Subliminal Religious Indoctrination

If at any time a Player submits a proposal which will cause the creation or 
alteration of a rule so that the rule would subsequently contain the text 
of one or more verses(*) from a Recognised Religious Text(**), then that 
Player shall secretly become a Humble Disciple.

Anytime before the close of voting on proposals, a Player may make an 
Accusation of Heresy by accusing any other Player of being a Humble 
Disciple, and present the evidence. If the Player is found to be Guilty of 
Heresy then the accuser receives a payment of 30 points.

If the proposal of a Humble Disciple is passed without the Humble Disciple 
being Accused of Heresy, then the Humble Disciple may, within one nweek, 
claim to have Preached to the Unbelievers and offer the proof. If their 
claim is accepted then they have Achieved Enlightenment and are blessed 
with 30 points.

If a player is wrongly Accused of Heresy, or a Humble Disciple's Proposal 
fails, then no further action is taken. A Player who is Accused of Heresy 
may not then claim to have Preached to the Unbelievers and Achieved 
Enlightenment if their Proposal subsequently passes.

(*)In the case that the Recognised Religious Text is not normally divided 
into verses, then one or more complete sentences totaling fifteen or more 
words shall be understood to constitute a verse.

(**)Recognised Religious Texts at this time are: 
Christian Bible, New International Version. 
Christian Bible, King James Version. 
ISO/IEC 14882, Standard for the C++ Programming Language.

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J.

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