[Spoon-business] Two, two, two proposals in one!

["David E. Smith" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

{{ Less Is More: Voting

Replace the text of Rule 15 with the following:

{{ __Voting__

A. Voter Eligibility

Players may vote. Other game entities may vote only if explicitly
permitted to do so by a rule which takes precedence over this rule.

Exceptions: A player may not vote if e joined the game less than one nday
prior to the beginning of voting. A player may not vote if e is On Leave.
A Player may not vote if e is Dead.

B. Voting Period

Voting begins at the start of the 8th nday of each nweek, and ends at the
end of the 10th nday of each nweek. Votes cast prior to the beginning of
voting, or after the end of voting, shall not be counted. (Preemptive
Voting, addressed below, is an exception to this rule.)

C. The Ballot

At least 48 hours prior to the close of voting each nweek, The
Administrator shall distribute, via a public forum, the Ballot for that
nweek. The Ballot shall list all proposals legally recognized between the
start of the previous nweek's voting period and the start of the current
nweek's voting period.

At the time the Ballot is distributed, all proposals on that Ballot, and
the identities of their authors, must be displayed for public review. This
display shall remain available for public review for the remainder of the
Voting Period.

If, 48 hours prior to the close of voting in an nweek, the Ballot has not
been distributed, or the proposals due to appear on said Ballot have not
been displayed for public review, the Clock is turned to Off. Following
~this, the Clock is turned On once the Ballot has been distributed and all
proposals on the Ballot have been displayed for public review.


D. Casting Votes

To cast a vote, a Player must submit eir vote either privately to the
Administrator, or to a public forum. Votes cast privately shall not be
disclosed publicly until the end of the voting period, at which point they
must be disclosed.

If a player goes On Leave before Voting begins in an nweek, e has the
option to Preemptively Vote, or PV, on any proposals which have been
recognized before the player goes On Leave. PVs must be sent privately to
the Administrator. Should a proposal be revised after a PV is cast, the PV
for that proposal is automatically changed to 'Abstain'. Any proposals
recognized after the player goes On Leave receive 'Abstain' votes from the
PVing Player. If the Player returns from Leave before the end of Voting,
eir PVs are erased, and that Player must vote in the normal manner.


E. Legal Votes

The only legal votes for a proposal are 'Yes', 'No', 'Shelve', and
'Abstain'. Votes may be Rectified to one of the above forms by the
Administrator at eir discretion, if e believes the intent is clear and
unambiguous. Such Rectification is subject to the standard rules for
objecting to the Administrator's interpretation.

[[ Thus players can still vote while wielding the Sushi, speaking in a
drunken slur, prevented from using big words like "Abstain" by entropy
limits, etc.  This is what I've been doing all along anyway. :) ]]

E.1. Affirmative Votes
'Yes' votes are votes in favor of a proposal.

E.2. Negative Votes
'No' votes are votes against a proposal.

E.3. Abstentions
'Abstain' votes are treated as though no vote was cast on the present
proposal. [[ They count towards quorum, if we ever have such a thing... ]]

E.4. Shelving
'Shelve' votes count as negative votes. If the proposal fails, and at
least half of the votes cast for that proposal are either affirmative
votes or 'Shelve' votes, the proposal is deemed neither to have passed nor
failed. At the beginning of the next nweek, a new proposal is created,
with a revision number of 0, otherwise identical to the shelved proposal.
Such a proposal counts as only half a proposal against a player's
Bandwidth limit. This paragraph supercedes subsection F of this rule.

[[ Note that I left out the part about a veto overriding this rule -- if
it's gonna get shelved and probably revised anyway, no point in my vetoing
it. ]]

F. Vote Counting

At the end of each voting period, The Clock turns Off. After all votes are
processed, and The Administrator posts said results to a Public Forum, the
Clock turns On.

If and only if a proposal receives more affirmative votes than negative
votes, the proposal is considered to have passed. Otherwise, the proposal
is considered to have failed.

Proposals are processed in increasing integral order of serial number with
respect to each other, but are otherwise considered to occur
simultaneously, in the "instant" between the end of one nweek and the
beginning of the next nweek.

[[ I'm trying to avoid things like: if p857 passes, having to count its
effects for PART of a ballot, but otherwise allow proposals to do things
like "if X passes, do this too". Suggestions on the wording are especially
welcome. ]]

G. Passed Proposals

When a proposal passes, the following effects occur in order.

* The author of the proposal gains 3d6 points.
* Other effects specifically related to proposal passage, such as Charm and
  Entropy adjustments, occur.
* The effects specified in the proposal occur in the order listed in the
  proposal.


H. Failed Proposals

When a proposal fails, the following effects occur in order.
* The author of the proposal loses 1d6 points.
* Other effects specifically related to proposal failure, such as Charm
  and Entropy adjustments, occur.

[[ should I try to specify an order for the adjustments? I can't presently
think of a circumstance where it'd be relevant whether Entropy is adjusted
before or after Charm, for example, but you never know... ]]

I. Administrative Veto

If the Administrator is not also a player, e may Veto any proposal. If
more than 75% of the votes cast for a proposal are affirmative votes, the
Veto has no effect. Otherwise, the proposal is considered to have passed,
but none of the effects specified in the proposal shall occur. [[ You'll
still get the charm, entropy, points from passage, just not the effects
themselves. ]]

Regardless of whether The Administrator is also a Player, The
Administrator may Veto a proposal which, in eir sole judgment, is
technically infeasible to implement or which would cause grievous and
irreparable damage to the game as a whole. Such a veto is not subject to
the 75% override condition above, but is subject to the Call For Inquiry
process.

}}



Repeal Rules [[ 15, ]] 20, 23, 30, 32, 124, 294, 403, 580, 629, 902.

[[ above is a list of rules which are combined or otherwise relevant to
this. ]]

[[ 403 is the "opposed props" rule that's never been used. ]]
[[ 629 is the "boring" rule -- it's never come up. ]]

Remove the last paragraph from Rule 3 [[ killing the clock at the end of
an nweek ]]

Remove the second paragraph from rule 547.

}}

and ...

{{ The Bank

[[ The main thing this does, aside from cleaning up a bit of language, is
to uncap the economy. I don't really wish to track each of a large, but
finite, number of notes. And I don't like the idea of the bank going
bankrupt. Also, there's a Ministry of the Bank (i.e. The Banker) ]]

Replace the text of Rule 897 with the following:

{{ __The Bank__

A. B Nomic Shillings

There exist an effectively infinite number of B Nomic Shilling notes. A
number of these Notes may be referred to as "s" or "BNS". [[ 123 B Nomic
Shilling Notes may be referred to as 123s or 123BNS. The latter form is
encouraged, to reduce ambiguity. ]]

B Nomic Shillings may only be manipulated as specified in the rules.

B Nomic Shillings are considered to be possessed by a player unless
otherwise specified, but may not be removed from a player's possession
except in ways specified by the rules.

Players may choose to give B Nomic Shillings to another player by making a
Gift Offer (as defined in Rule 814). If there is a cost for making an
Offer, that cost is waived if the Offer consists only of a one-way
transfer of B Nomic Shillings, and both players are in Limbo, or within
two squares of one another on the Grid.

[[ No, you can't mug other players on The Grid, loot 'em when they're
Toaded, or whatever. ]]

B. The Bank

There exists an entity known as The Bank. When the rules dictate that an
entity gains or is given some B Nomic Shillings without specifying the
source, those Shillings come from The Bank. When the rules dictate that an
entity loses, pays, or sacrifices Shillings without specifying where they
go, they go to The Bank.

C. Exchange Rates

An entity may turn 1 score point into 9 shillings, or 11 shillings into 1
score point, by announcing they are doing so on a Public Forum. This
process is known as Exchanging.

If the rules specify, as a condition or partial condition of earning a
Win, a positive integer number of B Nomic Shillings, no more than 10% of
that number may be acquired by Exchanging in any given nweek.

If the rules specify, as a condition or partial condition of earning a
Win, a positive integer number of score points, no more than 10% of that
number may be acquired by Exchanging in any given nweek.

D. The Banker

There exists a Ministry of the Bank. The Minister holding that position
may also be referred to as The Banker.

The Banker has the authority and responsibility to recognize any action
involving B Nomic Shillings, or the adjustment of any player's ownership
of B Nomic Shillings. In the event an Exchange is taking place, The Banker
should ensure the Administrator is aware of the Exchange (so e can update
the score of the player performing the exchange in a timely manner).

}}

}}

...dave


---- David E. Smith, POB 515045, St. Louis, MO 63151
http://www.technopagan.org/     http://metadave.net/
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