[s-b] Proposal: Duties as Obligations

["Roger Hicks" <pidgepot@xxxxxxxxx>]

I submit the following proposal:

Duties as Obligations
{
In the rule titled "NTime", replace the paragraph that begins with:
{{
If there are no vacant Ministries,
}}
with the text:
{{
If the Clock is Off, there are no Vacant Ministries, and there are no
outstanding ministerial obligations (other than the one described in
this paragraph) the MoM is obligated to turn the Clock On. When the
Clock is turned On, the ndelay is set to zero.
}}

If a rule titled "MInisterial Obligations" exists amend it to read as
follows. If no such rule exists, create a new one with this text:
{{
A rule or passed proposal can create an obligation for a Ministry to
take some action within its powers. A Minister shall fulfill any
obligations on his Ministry in a Jiffy.

Any Ministry which fails to perform an obligation within the allotted
time is vacated.

Whenever a new Minister takes over a Ministry, the time limit for any
obligations on that Ministry are reset. Therefore a new Minister shall
always have a Jiffy to fulfill any obligations on the Ministry he has
taken over.
}}

In the rule titled "Official Quantities" and the term rdays is defined
in the ruleset add the following to the list:
{{
A Jiffy = 4 rdays
}}
Otherwise add the following to the list:
{{
A Jiffy = a period of 4 consecutive ndays and/or ndelays.
}}

In the rule titled "Proposals" replace:
{{
The Chairman must then assign it a new Proposal Number that is greater
than all previously used Proposal Numbers as soon as he can.
}}
with:
{{
The Chairman is obligated to assign a new Proposal Number that is
greater than all previously used Proposal Numbers to each proposal
with a number of null.
}}

In the rule titled "Proposals" under the section "The Ministry of
Change" append the following:
{{
At the end of the nday prior to the beginning of a voting period, the
Minister of Change is obligated to publish a Game Document known as a
ballot. Such a document should list all items to be voted upon during
that voting period.

At the end of a voting period, the Minister of Change is obligated to
publish the results of the voting, including each vote received, the
final outcome for each item being voted upon, and the changes to any
scoring as a result of voting.
}}

In the rule titled "Consultations" in the section "ZOTTING" append the
following:
{{
Whenever there exists a Consultation which has no priest assigned, the
Oracle is obligated to either assign a priest to that Consultation or
ZOT it.
}}
Also, re-write the section "Automatic Reassignment" to read:
{{
Any Priest which has not answered a consultation he has been assigned
to within a Jiffy ceases to be the Priest for that Consultation.
}}

In the rule titled "Public Displays" append the text:
{{
If the rules require a Ministry to maintain a public display, then
that Ministry is obligated to update that public display to reflect
the current gamestate whenever the data related to is is modified.
However, this obligation is fulfilled even if there are accidental
errors and/or omissions in the updated data of the public display.

Any player may challenge a public display that is maintained by a
Ministry as a Game Action by listing any errors he believes to be
present in that public display. The Minister who maintains that
display is obligated to address those errors by either correcting them
or indicating why he believes them to be already correct.
}}
}

BobTHJ
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