Archive Of Proposals (14th Dec. 2002 to 5th Jan. 2003) "International Blitz *** The player known as Chris Goodwin (Yahoo profile archer1005) shall be in possession of the nation known as Australia. *** The player with the Yahoo profile blue373_2002 shall be in possession of the nation known as Belize. *** The player known as Jamie Johnston (Yahoo profile jamiekjohnston) shall be in possession of the nation known as Japan. *** The player known as Jeff (Yahoo profile punkbass_2000) shall be in possession of the nation known as Panama. *** The player known as Rachel Dugdale (Yahoo profile racheledugdale) shall be in possession of the nation known as Russia. *** The player known as Russ (Yahoo profile not available) shall be in possession of the nation known as Romania. *** The player with the Yahoo profile wandrerstefan shall be in possession of the nation known as Singapore (note: there were no sovereign nations beginning with W, so he gets an S instead) *** The player with the Yahoo profile jmlyle_yg shall be in possession of the nation known as Jamaica." PROPOSED 14th Dec. 2002 by Chris Goodwin. FAILED: 3 for, 1 against. "On The Breaking Of Rules: An official list of players shall be created, listing players in alphabetical order of family name. This list shall be updated whenever a player joins or leaves the game. The list shall be kept in the 'Files' section of the game's yahoogroups page. Also, an official list of the countries still available shall be created, kept in the same section and updated whenever a country becomes unavailable. When any player is found beyond reasonable doubt to have broken a rule, a player from the list of players shall be given possession of a country from the list of countries. The player to receive the country shall be, in the first case, the first on the list, and in the next case the next, continuing until the last and then returning to the first, except that at no time shall it be the player who broke the rule in question. The country given to that player shall be the first on the list of countries." PROPOSED 15th December 2002 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 3 for, 0 against [NB the 3 votes were all cast by one player] Now RULE 20: On The Breaking Of Rules. "Firefly Repellent: Fireflies are hereby extinct. There shall never in the future exist any entity or thing known as a firefly. Any entity or thing previously or currently known as a firefly is hereby eradicated from existence. "Coup d'etat: Equatorial Guinea"" PROPOSED 18th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 1 for, 3 against. "Elephant Party: There will be a maximum of two elephants at any one time." PROPOSED 18th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 2 for, 2 against. "Elephant-olution: J. Martin Lyle is an elephant." PROPOSED 18th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 2 for, 2 against. "All In Favor Rule (aka "Consensus is Confirmation", aka "Blind Patriotism") : If a poll (proposal) is ever in a state where it has been voted on by all players, and there are no votes against the proposal, it is considered passed, the poll will be closed, and the rule entered into the list of rules. "Coup d'etat: Eritrea"" PROPOSED 18th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 1 for, 3 against. "On The Official List Of Players: Pursuant to Rule 20: On The Breaking Of Rules, the official and authoritative list of players shall be that contained in the plain-text file named 'List Of Players', located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pure_Nomic /files/List%20Of% 20Players. No person shall be considered a player unless he or she is on this list. Any person joining the Pure Nomic e-mail list will be entered into this list as soon as possible, and any person leaving the e-mail list or being expelled from the game in the manner proscribed in Rule 9: On The Expulsion Of Players shall be removed as soon as possible." PROPOSED 20th December 2002 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 3 for, 0 against. Now RULE 25: On The Official List Of Players. "On The Official List Of Countries Still Available: Pursuant to Rule 20: On The Breaking Of Rules, the official and authoritative list of countries still available shall be that contained in the plain-text file named 'List Of Countries Still Available', located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pure_Nomic /files/List%20Of%20Countries%20Still% 20Available. No country not contained in this list shall be considered a country in this game. For the purposes of Rule 20: On the Breaking Of Rules, the country to be given to the player in question shall be the first on the list which is not enclosed in square brackets. When there are no such countries left, it shall be the country which has been possessed by its current possessor for longest. When a players acquires possession of a country, the name of that country in the list shall be placed in square brackets as soon as possible. If a country enters a state of being possessed by no one, the square brackets shall be removed from its name in the list as soon as possible." PROPOSED 20th December 2002 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 3 for, 0 against. Now RULE 26: On The Official List Of Countries Still Available. "It's My Ball and I'm Taking it Home: The proposer of a poll can end the poll at any time before the time limit is up. When the poll is closed in this way, if every current player at the time of closing has voted on the proposal, and there are no votes against the proposal, then the proposal is considered passed and will be entered into the list of rules." PROPOSED 20th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "It's My Ball and I'm Taking it Home: The proposer of a poll can conclude the poll at any time before the time limit is up. When the poll is concluded in this way, if every current player at the time of closing has voted on the proposal, and there are no votes against the proposal, then the proposal is considered passed and will be entered into the list of rules." AMENDED 27th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "It's My Ball and I'm Taking it Home: If every potential voter has voted for a poll, and there are no votes against the poll, then the poll creator can conclude the poll before the standard time limit has passed. Thee poll is considered passed and will be entered into the list of rules." AMENDED 7th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "It's My Ball and I'm Taking it Home: If every currently eligible vote has been cast, and there are no votes against the poll, then the poll creator can conclude the poll before the standard time limit has passed. Thee poll is considered passed and will be entered into the list of rules." AMENDED 7th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 0 for, 3 against. "The One Vote DOES Count Rule: If a poll closes without any affirmative votes (i.e. all votes are against passing the proposal) then the proposer of the poll will be awarded the first unowned country from the official list of the countries still available." PROPOSED 27th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "The One Vote DOES Count Rule: If a poll closes without any affirmative votes (i.e. all votes are against passing the proposal), AND there are at least two votes, then the proposer of the poll will be awarded the first unowned country from the official list of the countries still available." AMENDED 2nd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. FAILED: 2 for, 2 against. "Proposal to amend 'Rule 16: Pork-Barrel Rule' to read: When a rule is proposed, the proposer may include the name of a country as an element of the proposal. It must be included after the regular wording of the rule, and it must be exactly in the form of "Coup d'etat: ", where is the name of a country as defined in rule 15: Definition of Countries and Possession. If the proposal is passed and entered into the rules, the proposer is said to be in the possession of . In addition, when the rule is entered into the listing of "The Rules Thus Far," an addendum shall be made following the rule, declaring that " takes possession of on ," where is the proposer's preferred title, is the name of the country in question, and is the date that the rule is passed, in the form of YYYYMMDD." PROPOSED 27th December 2002 by J. Martin Lyle. PROPOSAL AMENDED TO READ: "Proposal to amend 'Rule 16: Pork-Barrel Rule' to read: When a rule is proposed, the proposer may include the name of a country as an element of the proposal. It must be included after the regular wording of the rule, and it must be exactly in the form of "Coup d'etat: ", where is the name of a country as defined in rule 15: Definition of Countries and Possession. If the proposal is passed and entered into the rules, the proposer is said to be in the possession of . In addition, when the rule is entered into the listing of "The Rules Thus Far," an addendum shall be made following the rule, declaring that " takes possession of on ," where is the proposer's preferred title, is the name of the country in question, and is the date that the rule is passed, in the form of DDMMYY." AMENDED 2nd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. PASSED: 3 for, 0 against. THIS PROPOSAL AMENDED Rule 16: Pork-Barrel Rule. "Spivak Pronouns: The use of third person pronouns in Polls and all offical lists shall be governed by the following standards: 1) E - subjective 2) Em - objective 3) Eir - possessive (adjective) 4) Eirs - possessive (noun) 5) Emself - reflexive Examples: E broke a rule. A country was awarded to em. Eir decision was final. The decision was eirs alone. E claimed it for emself." PROPOSED 2nd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Spivak Pronouns: Concrete is generally solid and hard. Cat. Other words." AMENDED 3rd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Spivak Pronouns: Spivak pronouns will not be used." AMENDED 7th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. Now RULE 29: Spivak Pronouns. "The Taking of Monaco, 1, 2, 3: Upon taking possession of Monaco, the player who gains control of Monaco can subsequently chose any one country that is possessed by any player and immediately award possession of that country to any other player besides emself. The power to take this action exists as long as that player holds possession of Monaco, but may only be taken once per possession of Monaco. If another player takes possession of Monaco, and then the original player takes possession of Monaco again, the power is reinstated to the original player, with the one-time use limitation." PROPOSED 2nd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "The Taking of Monaco, 1, 2, 3: At the moment when a player gains control of Monaco, that player receives the Power of Monaco. The Power of Monaco allows the player to chose any one country that is possessed by any player and immediately award possession of that country to any other player besides him or herself. The ability to use the Power of Monaco exists until either a) another player takes possession of Monaco or b) the instant after the player has used the Power of Monaco, whichever comes first." AMENDED 4th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "The Taking of Monaco, 1, 2, 3: At the moment when a player gains control of Monaco (exluding the first time that Monaco becomes Possessed by any player), that player receives the Power of Monaco. The Power of Monaco allows the player to chose any one country that is possessed by any player and immediately award possession of that country to any other player besides him or herself. The ability to use the Power of Monaco exists until either a) another player takes possession of Monaco or b) the instant after the player has used the Power of Monaco, whichever comes first." AMENDED 7th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "The Taking of Monaco, 1, 2, 3: At the moment when a player gains control of Monaco (excluding the first time that Monaco becomes Possessed by any player), that player receives the Power of Monaco. The Power of Monaco allows the player to chose any one country that is possessed by any player and immediately award possession of that country to any other player besides him or herself. The ability to use the Power of Monaco exists until either a) another player takes possession of Monaco or b) the instant after the player has used the Power of Monaco, whichever comes first." AMENDED 10th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. Now RULE 30: The Taking of Monaco, 1, 2, 3. "Monaco and Eir Many Masters: Whenever a Rule is passed which includes the name of an animal anywhere in the text or Name of the Rule (and which has not been mentioned in any other Rule), Monaco immediately becomes un- possessed. Also, any time that there are more than 5 votes for a Proposal to become a Rule, AND EXACTLY 2 of the votes are negative (whether the Proposal passes or not), Monaco immediately becomes un possessed. In both cases, Posession of Monaco is then immediately transferred to the person who made the most recent proposal which was passed and entered into the List of Rules." PROPOSED 2nd January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Monaco and Her Many Masters: Whenever a Rule is passed which includes the name of an animal anywhere in the text or Name of the Rule (and which has not been mentioned in any other Rule), Monaco immediately becomes un- possessed (or "liberated"). Also, any time that there are more than 5 votes for a Proposal to become a Rule, AND EXACTLY 2 of the votes are negative (whether the Proposal passes or not), Monaco immediately becomes un-possessed (or "liberated"). In either case, Posession of Monaco is then immediately transferred to the person who made the most recent proposal which was passed and entered into the List of Rules." AMENDED 3rd January by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Monaco and Her Many Masters: Whenever a Rule is passed which includes the name of an animal anywhere in the text or Name of the Rule (and which has not been mentioned in any other Rule), Monaco immediately becomes un- possessed (or "liberated"). Also, after any poll has closed, if there are more than 5 votes cast, AND EXACTLY 2 of the votes are negative (against the passing of the poll), Monaco immediately becomes un possessed (or "liberated"). In either case, Possession of Monaco is then immediately transferred to the person who made the most recent previous proposal which was passed and entered into the List of Rules." AMENDED 7th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Monaco and Her Many Masters: Whenever a Rule is passed which includes the name of a type of animal anywhere in the text or Name of the Rule (and which has not been mentioned in any other Rule), Monaco immediately becomes un- possessed (or "liberated"). Also, after any poll has closed, if there are more than 5 votes cast, AND EXACTLY 2 of the votes are negative (against the passing of the poll), Monaco immediately becomes un-possessed (or "liberated"). In either case, Possession of Monaco is then immediately transferred to the person who made the most recent previous proposal which was passed and entered into the List of Rules." AMENDED 10th January 2003 by J. Martin Lyle. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. Now RULE 31: Monaco and Her Many Masters. "Proposal to amend Rule 2: Darth Vader to read: 'The poll on each proposal shall be set by its creator at the time of its creation to close on the tenth day after its creation; except that if the proposal is amended before this time the poll shall be set by its amender at the time of its amendment to close close on the tenth day after the amendment. No proposal withdrawn before this time shall be considered passed.'" PROPOSED 2nd January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Proposal to amend Rule 2: Darth Vader to read: 'The poll on each proposal shall be set by its creator at the time of its creation to close on the tenth day after its creation; except that if the proposal is amended before this time the poll shall be set by its amender at the time of its amendment to close on the tenth day after the amendment. No proposal withdrawn before this time shall be considered passed.'" AMENDED 6th January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 3 for, 0 against. THIS PROPOSAL AMENDED Rule 2: Darth Vader. "On Notification: Any player amending a proposal for which the poll is still open shall on the same day send a message to the Pure_Nomic@yahoogroups.com e-mail list announcing the change." PROPOSED 2nd January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. Now RULE 27: On Notification. "On Reasonable Doubt I: Any player may at any time formally point out a suspected rule infringment by sending a message to the Pure_Nomic@yahoogroups.com e-mail list stating which rule seems to have been broken and in what way and by which player it seems to have been broken. The subject line of the message must contain, in this order, the phrase 'Rule Broken', the initials of the player suspected and the number of the rule apparently broken. (Such a message may deal with only one case of suspect rule infringment by only one player. Where more than one player is suspected, or where more than one infringment is suspected, multiple messages may be sent. If multiple messages to be sent would have the same subject line, a letter A should be added to the end of the subject line of the first, B to that of the second, and so on.) Any player may then formally raise doubt about the validity of the suspicion by sending a message to the e- mail list with the same subject line as the original message, except that the phrase 'Rule Broken' should be replaced with the phrase 'Doubt Raised'. The message should set out the grounds on which the suspicion is to be doubted. If on the tenth day after the original 'Rule Broken' message appeared on the Pure_Nomic@yahoogroups.com e mail list no 'Doubt Raised' messages have appeared, it will be considered for the purposes of Rule 20: On The Breaking Of Rules to have been established beyond reasonable doubt that the suspected player has broken a rule." PROPOSED 5th January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. Now RULE 28: On Reasonable Doubt I. "Proposal to amend Rule 9: On The Expulsion Of Players to read: 'A player can be expelled from the game only by the successful passing of a procedural motion stating that the player is expelled. The text of the motion must contain the phrase 'Expulsion of Player' followed by the name or yahoo i.d. of the player to be expelled. The poll on the motion shall be set by its creator to close on the tenth day after its creation, and shall be considered passed if there are no votes against it at the time it closes.'" PROPOSED 5th January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. THIS PROPOSAL WAS AMENDED TO READ: "Proposal to amend Rule 9: On The Expulsion Of Players to read: 'A player can be expelled from the game only by the successful passing of a procedural motion stating that the player is expelled. The text of the motion must contain the phrase 'Expulsion of Player' followed by the name or yahoo i.d. of the player to be expelled. The poll on the motion shall be set by its creator to close on the tenth day after its creation, and shall be considered passed if there are no votes against it at the time it closes. One of the choices offered in the poll must be explicitly negative: any vote for this option shall be considered a vote against the motion.'" AMENDED 5th January 2003 by Jamie Johnston. PASSED: 4 for, 0 against. THIS PROPOSAL AMENDED RULE 9: On The Expulsion Of Players. [Last updated 16th January 2003] [An HTML version of this archive is available at http://nomic.strategikon.org]