Enact a new ruled entitled "Required Actions" with text as follows:

Actions required to be performed by an agent "as soon as possible" must be performed in the order in which they were assigned, and any outstanding "as soon as possible" actions must be performed before any other actions may be performed by that Agent. Actions required to be performed "as soon as possible" are also assumend to be required "within a reasonable length of time".

The time allowed for actions required to be performed "within a reasonable amout of time" varies depending on what is reasonable for the action, but in no case is it longer than one nweek.

{{Amend Rule 237 with the following text:}}

The Judge shall decide the truth of the Plantiff's statement based on the game state at the time the RFJ was submitted. Judicial Orders presented with the Judgement will be made based on the game state at the time of the judgement. [[so if a problem has worked itself out already, we don't have to fix it twice]]

{{here ends the text of the proposed amendment}}

1. Add as the second paragraph of R121/0:

"Points are indivisible, and thus may not be possessed or transferred in fractional quantities. All Point awards shall be rounded to the nearest integer prior to any transactions involving them."

2. Round all Scores to the nearest integer.

{{add a new rule with the following text:}} When a new player is added to the roster, they will be credited with 100 points. These points are called the 100 initial points.
If it is decided by a judge as judgement on an RFJ that a player or players have not been credited with their 100 initial points, a judicial order shall be made crediting said players each with 100 initial points.

Create a rule entitled 'I Shot The Sheriff' with the following text:

"If the Administraor deems that an Officer has not performed their duties in a reasonable time, then the Administrator may declare emself to be the Deputy of that Officer and perform those duties instead of the Officer concerned.

If a Player deems that the Administrator has not performed eir duties in a reasonable time, then the Player may declare emself to be the Deputy of the Administrator. The Player must specify exactly what duties e thinks that the Administrator should have performed. The Player must then wait 24 hours before e may carry out these duties as Deputy Administrator. If another player objects to the Player's Deputyship or the Administrator performs the duties within those 24 hours then the Player may not perform those duties concerned. Once the duties have been performed by the Deputy, the Administrator is no longer required to perform them.

Special Case:
In the case that the duties the Deputy Administrator wishes to carry out would affect the Ballot Issues for that nweek [[eg. Recognition of Proposal submission or alteration]] and voting starts in less than 24 hours, then the Deputy Administrator need only wait 6 hours to perform the duties. However the duties do not officially happen until the second before voting starts, so players may still object in the mean time.

The following exceptions apply to the Deputy Administrator:
The Deputy Administrator may not recognise es own actions [[eg. Proposal submission or alteration]].
The Deputy Administrator may not assign or recuse Judges for an RFJ in which e is the Plantiff or Defendant.
The Deputy Administrator may not award or credit any Player with a Win."

title: Motion to Remove Players

text: Any Agent qualified as a Player may cease to be one if a Motion to Remove naming em is adopted. Motions to Remove are Privileged Motions. A Motion to Remove is adopted if its passage ratio is at least two-thirds.

The Motive Order corresponding to an adopted Motion to Remove directs the Administrator to remove the named Agent from the Roster.

1. Amend the first sentence of R227/0 to read:

"Quorum is the number of eligible Agents needed to participate in voting in order for the results of the voting to take effect."

2. Create a new rule entitled "Establishing Quorum":

"The Officer charged with maintaining the Roster may, at any time prior the start of a nweek's voting, declare that nweek's voting to be a Quorum Vote. No other Agent may declare Quorum Votes, nor may a Quorum Vote be called during a voting period.

If a Quorum Vote is declared for a voting period, quorum is then set at the number of Agents voting in that period. Establishing quorum precedes the determination of the passage or failure of any Ballot Items. Quorum may be changed only through the results of a Quorum Vote."

I propose that Rule 1/0 : The Game be amended to read

"Aphasia shall refer to the specific instance of Nomic game which possesses the body of rules containing this definition, unless it is made clear, whether explicitly or via the context, that Aphasia refers to something else. To this end, all permutations of letter case of Aphasia shall be considered equivalent."

create a new rule
named:"Players that are [Away]"
that reads: "Any Player may gain or lose the [Away] attribute by sending a message to this effect to a public forum. Players that have not voted in the last three nweeks automatically gain the [Away] attribute. Players that are [Away] may not vote, make proposals, be selected as judges, gain or lose points. Players that are away are not required to make any action if that action was imposed on them while they were [Away].

The Administrator cannot become [Away]."

I propose a new rule named "Officers that are [Away]" that reads: "If for any reason an Officer is [Away] e will cease to hold the office and a random player shall be selected by the Administrator to fulfill that office. The expiration date of the office shall be moved to just before the start of the next voting."

1. Add as the last sentence of the first paragraph of R210:

"Motions to Add Players may be subject to three-day unanimous consent."

2. Replace all instances of "unanimous consent" in R303 with "two-day unanimous consent".

3. Replace the first instance of "Motion" in R230 with "Approvable Motion".

Create a rule entitled 'Market Economy' with the following text:

"Agents within the game may have Objects associated with them such that the Agent is said to own that Object. Agents may only own Objects that are defined within the Ruleset. Agents may only gain ownership or lose ownership of objects in the manner defined in the Ruleset. Agents may own more than one of a specific type of object, unless prohibited elsewhere in the Ruleset. Agents may not own a negative or non-integral number of a specific type of object, unless allowed elsewhere in the Ruleset.

Agents may freely trade in Objects by mutual agreement, unless prohibited elsewhere in the Ruleset. Objects that are not defined in the Ruleset may not be traded. Agents may not trade Objects in return for a Game Action or in return for the promise of a Game Action. [[eg. You can't offer a player some Object in return for them voting 'yes' on your proposal.]]

All Players involved in a trade must submit the terms of the trade, or an agreement to previously submitted terms, to a public forum. The trade is deemed to occur when the Administrator (or other relevant Officer) publicly Recognises the trade. A trade must not occur if the resulting ownership of Objects produces an illegal or invalid game state, or if one of the Players involved in the trade would win the game as a result of the trade.

Non-Player Agents may only participate in trades if it is specifically allowed elsewhere in the Ruleset."

Create a new rule entitled 'The Officer of Supreme Justice' with the following text:
"The Officer of Supreme Justice (OSJ) is an elected position. The OSJ is responsible for recognising RFJ's, selecting Judges and recusing Judges."

Alter Rule 235 so that the words "the Administrator shall" are replaced with "the Officer of Supreme Justice shall".

Alter Rule 238 so that the words "The Administrator shall" are replaced with "The Officer of Supreme Justice shall".

Append the following text to the end of Rule 205:
"During the first seven days of the fifth nweek of an Officer's Term [[ie. before the voting starts]] Players may put themselves forward for election to Office. The current Officer is automatically put up for election unless e publicly specifies otherwise. If no Player other than the current Officer puts themselves forward then the current Officer is automatically elected for another five nweeks and no election is required. In the event that the election is tied, the Administrator shall select one of the tied players to hold the Office, but the Term of Office is reduced to one nweek."

In Rule 227 replace the line "3. all Ballot Item Elections are held again in the next nweek" with the following text:
"3. Ballot Item Elections for non-vacant Offices are held again in the next nweek. The current Officer keeps their Office for another nweek. Candidates must put themselves forward for election again.
4. Ballot Item Elections for vacant Offices shall carry on the majority of votes cast."

I propose modifying the second paragraph of Rule 302/0 to read:

"Anytime before the close of voting on proposals, a Player may make an RFJ accusing a another Player of Heresy by accusing em of being a Humble Disciple, and present the evidence. If the Player is found by the Judge to be Guilty of Heresy, then the Judge shall award the accuser with 30 points. "

[[ As I saw it, the original rule had no provisions for deciding whether a Player had committed Heresy. This proposal should treat Accusations as traditional RFJs; if someone thinks they'd be better handled by some other method, let me know and I'll adjust the proposal accordingly ]]

1. Create a Rule entitled "Elective Offices" with the following text:

"An Office filled through election is an Elective Office. An Office is Elective iff the Rules specify it to be so."

2. Create a Rule entitled "Elections" with the following text:

"At any time prior to the start of voting during a nweek that is either a) the last nweek of an Elective Officer's Term of Office, or b) in which an Elective Office is vacant, any Player may nominate any Player, including emself, as a candidate for that Elective Office.

The list of all candidates for an Office who did not decline nomination become the Ballot Issue for that Office at the start of that nweek's voting. Voters may cast a vote for only one candidate on each list for such Ballot Issues.

Whichever candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast for an Elective Office shall assume that Office upon the expiration of the erstwhile Officeholder's Term."

3. Capitalize every instance of "elected" in R202.

Create a new rule entitled "Conflicting Legislative Orders" with the following text:

"Whenever two outstanding Legislative Orders are in conflict, the Legislative Order the issuance of which was caused by the lower numbered Proposal must be executed first. Legislative Orders are in conflict if their execution would modify the same Rule or other game element."

create a new rule named:"Motion to remove players II" that reads:"Any Agent qualified as a Player may cease to be one if a Motion to Remove naming em is adopted. Motions to Remove are Secondary Approvable Motions. A Motion to Remove is subject to 10days-unanimous consent. [[this way no player can be removed if e checks the mailing list at least once per nweek]]

The Motive Order corresponding to an adopted Motion to Remove directs the Officer in charge of Roaster maintainance to remove the named Agent from the Roster."

Create a new Rule entitled 'Officers and Gentlemen' with the following text:
"If a player is dissatisfied with the conduct of an Elected Officer e may propose a Motion of No Confidence naming that Officer. A Motion of No Confidence is a Secondary Approvable Motion requiring a two-thirds passage-ratio to be adopted.

If a Motion of No Confidence is adopted then the Officer who is named in that Motion is removed from es Office and the Office becomes vacant. An election for the Office is held the nweek following the adopted Motion of No Confidence.

Motions of No Confidence may not be proposed in the last nweek of an Officer's Term."

Append the following text to the end of Rule 205:
"At the end of the Term of Office the current Officer is automatically nominated for election unless e publicly specifies otherwise. If no Player other than the current Officer is nominated for election then the current Officer is automatically elected for another Term and no election is required. In the event that the election is tied, the Administrator shall select one of the tied players to hold the Office, but the Term of Office is reduced to one nweek."

In Rule 227 replace the line "3. all Ballot Item Elections are held again in the next nweek" with the following text:
"3. Ballot Item Elections for non-vacant Offices are held again in the next nweek. The current Officer keeps their Office for another nweek. Candidates must put themselves forward for election again.
4. Ballot Item Elections for vacant Offices shall carry on the majority of votes cast."

Amend R227/2 as follows:

Replace the text "Candidates must put themselves forward for election again." with the text "Candidates must be nominated for election again."

Replace the text "shall carry on the majority of votes cast." with the text "shall be determined as if quorum was met."

Create a rule entitled "Objects":

Objects are indivisible and may be possessed only in nonnegative quantities. Agents may own Objects. No entity may be both an Object and an Agent. Objects may not be created, destroyed, or otherwise altered, transferred, or adulterated except as allowed by the Rules.

Enact a new rule titled "New Transferable Votes" to read as follows:

With the nweekly distribution of the ballot, the Administrator shall create for each ballot item one New Transferable Vote for each player, and recind these to each player so that every player recieves one New Transferable Vote on each ballot item.

New Transferable Votes are entities that may be created by the administrator only when required by the rules, they may be destroyed by their owner at any time. They may be transferred by their owner to any other legal owner by posting to the public forum. Eacn New Transferable Vote is marked with the serial number of the ballot item it represents, and can be used by its owner to cast a vote on that item; this may be done either by posting in the public forum or by privately notifying the Administrator. This use destroys that New Transferable Vote. At the end of the voting period, the Administrator shall order any remaining New Transferable Votes to be destroyed.

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Repeal rule 224

Enact a rule entitled "The Bank" with text as follows:

The Bank is an agent, but it is not a legal voter. The Bank may create Points. The Bank acts only to comply with legally-issued Administrative or Judicial orders.

The Bank may create points by posting to the public forum. These created points are owned by the Bank.
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Enact a rule entitled "The Banker" with text as follows:

The Office of The Banker is an elective office. It is the responsibility of the Banker to post actions to the public forum for the Bank.

If the Bank is required to transfer more points than it owns, the Banker may order it to create more points before the transfer.

Enact a new rule with the titled "Extra Votes" and text as follows:

Extra Votes are objects. The owner of one or more Extra Votes may transfer any or all of those Extra Votes to another legal owner by posting to the public Forum.

The Owner of an Extra Vote may use the Extra Vote to cast one vote on any ballot item, provided that e is a legal voter, by posting to the public forum. This use also transfers ownership of that Extra Vote to the Bank. A voter may not use more than one Extra Vote on a single ballot item.

There are five extra votes. Initially, all Extra Votes are owned by the Bank.

An agent having a score of greater than or equal to 100 points may purchase an Extra Vote by posting to the Public Forum. This transfers 100 points from that player to the Bank, and the Administrator shall then, within a reasonable amount of time, order the transfer of one Extra Vote from the Bank to that player, provided that the Bank owns at least one Extra Vote.

Create a Rule entitled 'The Officer of Bean Counting' with the following text:

"The Officer of Bean Counting (OBC) is an Elected Officer. The OBC is responsible for keeping track of the number of each Object currently owned by each Agent."

Amend rule 121/1 to read as follows:
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Associated with each agent is a scalar quantity known as eir score. An agent's score is a representation of the number of point objects owned by em.

The owner of one or more points may transfer any or all points in eir posession to another legal owner by posting to the public forum.

If the rules call for the Administrator to credit a player with a certain number of points then e shall order the transfer of those points from the Bank to that player.

If the rules call for the Administrator to debit a player a certain number of points then e shall order that player to transfer the required points to the Bank.