Players, Proposals and Votes for *Pure* N_omic

_{Current as of 20 March 2002 at 21:43 GMT -6}

Special note: This information hopefully provided in accordance with the  #6th rule passed . If you find any incorrect information please contact  James .

Current Ruleset

PLAYERS AND POINTS
 

PLAYER	POSITION	POINTS
Craig		+3
David
Josh		+2
James	The Watcher (Gazjatna)	+2
Mark		+1
Hubert		-1
Rich

 

PLAYER	Proposal 2 Repeal of 2	Proposal 3 Players	Proposal 4 Gazjatna	Proposal 5 Mail list	Proposal 6 Rule Order	Proposal 7	Proposal 8	Proposal 9	Proposal 10
Craig	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
David	Support	Support	Support	Support	XXXXX	Support	Support	Support	Support
Josh	Support	Support	Support	Support	XXXXX	Support	Support	Support	Support
James	XXXXX	XXXXX	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
Stefano	Support	Support	Support	Support	XXXXX	Support	Support	xx	Support
Mark	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	No	Support

 

PLAYER	Proposal 11	Proposal 12	Proposal 13	Proposal 14	Proposal 15	Proposal 16	Proposal 17	Proposal 18	Proposal 19
Status--->								Pend Prop	Sugg
Deadline->								27 March
Craig	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
David	No	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
Josh	No	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
James	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
Stefano	Support	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
Mark	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
Hubert	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Support	Support
Rich	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Support	Support

 

	Prop 20	Prop 21	Prop 22	Prop 23	Prop 24	Prop 25	Prop 26	Prop 27	Prop 28
Status---->	Sugg	Pend Prop	Pend Prop	Pend Prop	Sugg	On Hold	Withdrawn	Suggestion	Suggestion
Deadline->		26 March	26 March	26 March
Craig	Support	Support	Support	Support	Block	Support	Support	Rejects
David	Oppose		Support	Support	Support		xx
Josh		Support	Block	Support			xx	Support
James	Support	Support	Support	Support	Block		xx
Mark							xx
Hubert	Support	Support	Support	Support	Block		xx
Rich	Support	Support	Support		Block		xx

 

1. Initial Ruleset
    1. All players must agree to any changes to the game.
    2. Players take turns suggesting a new rule.

2. Proposal for rule 2:
Rule #2  is repealed.

PROPOSED BY: James (redneck_penguin)
STATUS: Passed

3. Proposal for rule 3:
A player is any person subscribed to the Official mailing list, who has announced their intention to be a player and has posted at least one message in the last two weeks.

PROPOSED BY: Josh (Fenrir)
STATUS: Passed

4. Proposal for rule 4:
A new position will be created, that of Watcher. The holder of this position may, at any time, surrender eir Watcher-hood to any other player. The duties of the Watcher include maintaining a list of the current holders of all positions, as well as a list of  all players and how they have voted on any currently pending proposals. Other duties may be conferred upon the Watcher by other rules. Non-players are not eligible for Watcher-hood, nor are those not subscribed to the n_omic@yahoogroups.com mailing list.

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Passed

5. Proposal for rule 5:
The official mailing list for this game is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/n_omic which is accessible by email at n_omic@yahoogroups.com .

PROPOSED BY: James (redneck_penguin)
STATUS: Passed

6. Proposal 6: Putting the rules in order:

The current ruleset shall be ordered as follows:
1. All players must agree to change any changes to the game.
2. A player is any person subscribed to the Official mailing list,  who has announced their intention to be a player and has posted a message in the last two weeks.
3. The official mailing list for this game is  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/n_omic which  is accessible by email at  n_omic@yahoogroups.com

The next proposal which passes shall be added to the list with the next highest integer. Then each succeeding proposal which passes will be numbered with the next succeeding highest integer. The newest rule will have the highest integer.

PROPOSED BY: James (redneck_penguin)
STATUS: Withdrawn

7. Proposal 7

"Players, and only players, are entitled to make proposals to change the game. One possible type of proposal is to add a new rule to the  ruleset. A proposal may only add a new rule if it explictly states that  it will do so. Any proposal that affects the game, but not the ruleset,  is assumed to only have its effects applied one time, unless the proposal explicitly states otherwise."

PROPOSED BY: Josh
STATUS: Passed

8. Proposal 8

"The official logo of this pure nomic shall be the image at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/n_omic/files/purenomic.bmp. This shall be used whenever a graphic connected to this nomic is required."

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Passed

9. Proposal 9

I propose that the text of rule 1 undergo the following change:
replace 'all players' with 'at least two thirds of all players'.

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Pending

10. Proposal 10

A point system is created for Pure n_omic. A player whose proposal passes recieves one point. A player whose proposal fails loses one point.

PROPOSED BY: James
STATUS: Passed

11. Proposal 11

If a player's score is at anytime is equal to or less than 10 negative points every score is reset to zero.

PROPOSED BY: Stefano
STATUS: Failed

12. Proposal 12

Unless the player explicitly states to the contrary all players are assumed to support passage of eir proposals.

PROPOSED BY: James
STATUS: Passed

13. Proposal 13

I would also like to make a proposal to create a rule with the following text:

"Any proposal that has not received enough votes to pass after a period  of ten days from the date the proposal was made, shall be considered  rejected and removed from consideration."

PROPOSED BY: Josh
STATUS: Passed

14. Proposal 14

Add a rule to the ruleset:

 If an active player has not submitted a vote on a pending proposal within a 7 day period of the time that the proposal becomes a  pending proposal, then that players vote is assumed to be in favor of  the pending proposal. If at some point the voting period for a  proposal becomes closed before the status of the proposal is  resolved, then the 7 day period begins at the time the voting period  reopens.

An 'active player' is any player who is eligible to cast votes.

A 'pending proposal' is any proposal for which the voting period is open and the 'time a proposal beomes a pending proposal' is the timestamp given to the message that posts the proposal.

PROPOSED BY: Mark
STATUS: Passed

15. Proposal 15

"Since James has been doing all of the duties of the Watcher, he is hereby officially made Watcher. The rule responsible for the creation of the office shall be ammended with the following addition to the end: 'The title of "Gazjatna" shall be accepted as a synonym for that of "Watcher", as will the shortened form "Jatna".'"

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Passed
DATE: 27 Feb 2002

16. Proposal 16

I propose to add this rule to the ruleset:

                ----
This rule outlines the Order of Play in Pure N_omic.

1) A player, henceforth known as the Proposer, makes a suggestion.

2) The Watcher will assign a unique number to the suggestion which  will identify the suggestion during play. This number will stay with  the suggestion even if it becomes a proposal and cannot be used again  for another suggestion or proposal.

3) The suggestion may be commented on by other players for a period of no less than 24 hours from the timestamp provided by the mailing  list.

4) Only the proposer may make any changes ey wants to the suggestion  and then may submit it as a proposal bearing the same number as the  suggestion. The proposer is under no obligation to make changes to eir proposal. If the proposer ceases to be a player prior to this  step, then another player may begin with step 1 and resubmit the  suggestion whereby the new suggestion will receive a different number  than the earlier one.

5) The players have 10 days in which to vote on the proposal.

6) Legal votes are: support; block; or abstain. Support means to agree to passage of the proposal. To block is to oppose passage of  the proposal. To abstain is neither to support nor to block,  but an  abstain vote will notify other players that the abstainer is still  playing the game. An abstainer is not part of the total population of voters for the purposes of this vote.

7) Active players who do not vote within the 10-day timeframe will be assumed to have voted abstain on the proposal.
 

PROPOSED BY: James
STATUS: Passed
DATE PROPOSED: 24 Feb
DATE VOTE ENDS: 6 March

17. PROPOSAL 17

Add a new rule:

A position of the Rulekeeper, who may also be known as the Jvastegau, will be created, and its holder is required to maintain a copy of the current rules. This must be kept up to date, with any changes to the ruleset being added within 36 hours. It will be the only official version of the ruleset and will supercede all other versions. This ruleset may only be modified from the proposal texts by fixing any misspellings, and must have the rules listed in order of pasage. It must be made availible for viewing by all
players.

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Passed
DATE PROPOSED: 2 March 2002
DATE VOTING ENDS: 12 March 2002

18

Add a new rule (?)

If, at the time of the passage of this proposal, proposal 16 has passed, then rule 10 will be repealed. If proposal 16 has not passed, but is still under consideration, rule 10 will be repealed upon the passage of proposal 16.

PROPOSED BY:  Josh
STATUS: Pending Proposal
DATE: 4 March 10:14
DATE BECAME PENDING PROPOSAL: 17 March 10:28

19

Add a new rule:

A player may give any or all of eir points to any other player, by stating eir intention to do so on the official mailing list. No player may give a negative number of points, and no player may give a number of points that would cause eir own total to be less than zero.

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: suggestion
DATE: 5 March 16:49

20

Change the game:

Rule 1 now reads, "No change to the game may take effect without the consent of all players."

Proposed by: Craig
Status: suggestion
Date: 5 March 18:54

21

Add a rule:

Questions regarding legality and consequence of game actions  and shall be settled by a Call for Judgement (CFJ). Any player may send a message to the mailing list calling for a CFJ; the message must contain a single suggestion identifying a single particular action which has occurred and asserting either (1) that the action is illegal and has no effect or (2) that the action is legal and has certain specified effects. A CFJ may also be issued by an (apparently) former player if the disputed action (apparently) caused that person to cease to be a player. The CFJ shall then be treated like any other suggestion with the following exceptions: (1) if the Proposer does not submit the suggestion as a proposal within 3 days, it shall be regarded as withdrawn and ineligible to be acted upon (2) the voting period shall be 3 days (3) the proposal shall be adopted if it receives a vote of "support" from at least 2/3 of the players active at the end of the voting period.

The disputed legality or disputed effects of an action shall be regarded as unknown whenever any suggested or pending CFJ exists on that action. Resolution of CFJs renders the legality or effects of an action known; it does not alter the actual legality, effects, of timing of the effects of that action.

PROPOSED BY: Rich
Status: Pending Proposal
DATE: 13 March 12:47
DATE BECAME PROPOSAL--- 16 March 06:48
 

22

Add a rule:

Any player with a position will earn a salary, which is set at +2 points per week of 7 days, and will be paid at noon EST every Sunday, except for the first Sunday after this rule passes. If a player holds more than one position, e is only paid once for eir positions.

Proposed by: Hubert
Status: Pending Proposal
Date: 13 March 19:06
DATE BECAME PROPOSAL:--- 16 March 03:50

PROPOSAL 23

Change to the game:

Craig is now the Jvastegau and is charged with fulfilling the provisions of the 12th rule passed.

Proposed by James
Status: Pending Proposal
Date 14 March 21:51

PROPOSAL 24

add a rule:

My proposal, deliminated by ==

The goal is to make voting easy and to reduce the administrative  burden on the game by using the Yahoo! polling system.

 ==
Votes on proposals and other matters requiring votes shall other provisions of these rules notwithstanding, be conducted via the Yahoo! Groups poll function. When the Watcher recieves a proposal, e shall open a poll. The Watcher shall:

1) Assign a number to proposal in accordance with other provisions of this rules.

2) Create a summary of the proposal which shall serve as the "question" for the purpouses of the Yahoo! Groups poll. This summary shall always contain the number of the proposal being polled.

3) Create in the polling function one choice for each possible, valid vote.

4)Set the selection function to "vote for one choice" unless a provision of these rules shall specifically state otherwise.

5) Set the Voter identity function to "Display voter identity with each vote."

6)Set the conclude poll function to end the voting automatically on the date specified by these rules. If no date is specified or if
polling shall not close on a specific date known to the Watcher at the time the poll is created, then the Watcher shall set the poll to conclude manually and shall conclude the poll at the appropriate time.

7) Set the Results distribution function to "Send results to entire group via email."

3) Send a notice to the offical list restating the proposal, notifiying the list of the number assigned to the proposal, and
stating the question as it appears on the Yahoo! Groups poll.

 In the event that a flaw is detected in the Yahoo! Groups polling system or Yahoo! Groups disables polling or the use of the polling system becomes unstable or unpredictable, the Watcher may declare  that players must vote by sending their votes to the offical mailing  list. Such a declaration shall state the reason for the determination and may be reversed by a majority vote of players.

SUGGESTED BY: David
STATUS: Suggestion
DATE: 14 March

25

I hereby propose this. Here is how I do so:

----start proposal----

Any person who causes the gamestate to enter an ambiguous state which will not resolve itself through the interactions of the players and through the rule-driven behavior of the gamestate shall be declared the winner of that round of Pure N_omic. To claim such a victory, a CFJ alleging that such a state (to be referred to as a Paradoxical Gamestate) exists and assigning
responsibility for it to a specific player must be judged TRUE.

In the event of a Paradoxical Gamestate, the current round ends. Twenty-four hours afterwards, a new round shall begin with the same rules, but all features of the gamestate reset (Positions emptied, scores set to zero, and proposals ceasing to have official status). However, no CFJ giving anyone a victory will be valid until a period of fifteen days from the start of the new round has passed. All Paradoxical Gamestates appearing in that period shall be resolved by a simple majority vote of the players. As soon as the fifteen day period ends, two points are given to the winner of the previous round.

-----end proposal-----

[[This proposal shall not be considered (and thus its voting period will not begin) until a judicial proposal has passed.]]

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: on hold until judicial passage
Date of Suggestion: 14 March

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-----start suggestion-----

The following changes to the game WILL NOT be made:

A. Craig is given a point to make up for the one he will lose when this fails.

B. A new rule is added, reading, "Proposals whose passage would not result in any change to the game, or whose failure would directly result in a change to the game, shall be prohibitied.
------end suggestion------

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: Withdrawn
DATE BECAME PROPOSAL:--- 16 March 1451

27.

From:  josh@wmffl.com
              Date:  Mon Mar 18, 2002  12:00 pm
The following suggestion is offered: Amend Rule 1 to be the text enclosed by the ===RULE 1=== delimiter and append to the end of Rule 4 the text enclosed by the ===RULE 4=== delimiter.

              ===RULE 1===
The term 'game' or 'the game' shall refer to all aspects of Pure N_omic, including but not limited to; the ruleset, players, positions, proposals, suggestions and points, as well as any effects that occur as a result of the above.

The game may only be changed in ways allowed by the ruleset.
              ===RULE 1===

              ===RULE 4===
Any proposal to change the game will only take effect upon completion of the Order of Play for that proposal and if the number of supporting votes divided by the number of supporting votes plus blocking votes equals 1.
              ===RULE 4===

SUGGESTED BY: Josh
STATUS: Suggestion
DATE SUGGESTED: 18 March
 

28.
 

Suggestion:

Add as a new rule the following ==rule== delimited text:

              == rule ==
              Whenever a provision of a rule is
              in conflict with a different
              provision of that rule, or with a
              provision of a different rule,
              precedence shall be determined as
              follows:

              1. If, apart from this rule, the
              ruleset consistently and
              unambiguously assigns one
              provision higher or lower precedence
              than the other, the precedence so defined takes effect.

              2. Otherwise, if both provisions are part of the same rule, then
              neither provision shall have any effect.

              3. Otherwise, the provision in the rule that was less recently
              adopted or amended takes precedence.
              == rule ==

SUGGESTED BY: Rich
STATUS: Suggestion

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              I suggest the following new rule:

              Whenever a position exists but is
              unfilled, an approval-voting
              system is
              used. Each player posts a list of
              all players with whether they
              approve of
              each one filling the position or
              not. A player may vote for any
              number of
              people, but may only vote once for
              each player. The player who
              recieves the
              most approvals who has approved
              emself becomes the new
              holder of that position.

              This has the problem of not fulfilling rule one, so I also suggest the
              following:

              By agreeing to the passage of this rule or any rule which mandates a
              vote
              other than a consensus, players agree to whatever changes those
              elections
              make. New players agree to any such change by becoming players, as they
              may
              be assumed to have read the ruleset and know that this rule stands.

              Therefore, 2/3 majority CFJ passages and my vacant position suggestion
              both
              fulfill rule 1, despite making non-consensual changes to the game.

PROPOSED BY: Craig
STATUS: WITHDRAWN

Rules in order of passage. This ruleset has NO official standing.

1) A player, henceforth known as the Proposer, makes a suggestion.

2) The Watcher will assign a unique number to the suggestion which  will identify the suggestion during play. This number will stay with  the suggestion even if it becomes a proposal and cannot be used again  for another suggestion or proposal.

3) The suggestion may be commented on by other players for a period of no less than 24 hours from the timestamp provided by the mailing  list.

4) Only the proposer may make any changes ey wants to the suggestion  and then may submit it as a proposal bearing the same number as the  suggestion. The proposer is under no obligation to make changes to eir proposal. If the proposer ceases to be a player prior to this  step, then another player may begin with step 1 and resubmit the  suggestion whereby the new suggestion will receive a different number  than the earlier one.

5) The players have 10 days in which to vote on the proposal.

6) Legal votes are: support; block; or abstain. Support means to agree to passage of the proposal. To block is to oppose passage of  the proposal. To abstain is neither to support nor to block,  but an  abstain vote will notify other players that the abstainer is still  playing the game. An abstainer is not part of the total population of voters for the purposes of this vote.

7) Active players who do not vote within the 10-day timeframe will be assumed to have voted abstain on the proposal.

12. A position of the Rulekeeper, who may also be known as the Jvastegau, will be created, and its holder is required to maintain a copy of the current rules. This must be kept up to date, with any changes to the ruleset being added within 36 hours. It will be the only official version of the ruleset and will supercede all other versions. This ruleset may only be modified from the proposal texts by fixing any misspellings, and must have the rules listed in order of pasage. It must be made availible for viewing by all players.

13. If, at the time of the passage of this proposal, proposal 16 has passed, then rule 10 will be repealed. If proposal 16 has not passed, but is still under consideration, rule 10 will be repealed upon the passage of proposal 16.

14. A player may give any or all of eir points to any other player, by stating eir intention to do so on the official mailing list. No player may give a negative number of points, and no player may give a number of points that would cause eir own total to be less than zero.