Proposal: Imperial Ceiling

We've got a lot of new people coming in. I think this is excellent, but, as people have said, the number of proposals could quickly get out of hand. Therefore, I propose a limit of sorts on the number of citizens in this great empire, by amending rule 2, Citizens, in the following manner:

Append the sentence "There may at no time be more than 20 citizens total in Blognomic." to the end of the first paragraph.

This seems an altogether fairer method of making the tide of proposals more manageable than further limitation of proposal rights.

Failed by Mat, Tuesday the 26th, -2 from Cayvie

Proposal: Most successful proposals

Enact a new Rule: "PostNum-Contest":

Of all active BlogNomic players, the one who incurs the greatest number of successfully enacted non-trivial proposals in a weeks time from Sunday 00:00:00 to Saturday 23:59:59 shall be awarded an amount of credits equal to one-half of the standard amount (10 credits/prop) obtained from the successful proposals.

Example week:
  Player A successfully enacts 3 non-trivial proposals (3x10cr)=30cr
  Player B successfully enacts 2 non-trivial proposals (2x10cr)=20cr

Player A would thus earn a 15-credit bonus at the end of the week.

If two players pass the same number of proposals, the single bonus amount is split between the two.

Failed by Mat, Tuesday the 26th

Attention Admins!

It looks like the next pending item, Cayvie's Proposal: Coffee has quorum to be passed and the next one, Anthony's (my) Proposal: Pending sidebar has enough votes to be failed (unfortunately). Also, the one after those two, Royce's Proposal: Vent your anger, has quorum to be passed.

Just wanted to give you a heads-up so we can move things along. :)

Promotion Requested

I also ask that I be promoted to a Governmental position to help counter balance the influx of Shalin as a military unit and to help keep the ratio of citizens to civil servants what with the promise of Shalin's friends joining.

Proposal: The Barracks

It is only fair that the Military should have a place to live.
Add to Rule # 21 "Locations": The Barracks (only military units may enter the Barracks)

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: Slow Motion

In rule 3, amend the sentence:

Any Citizen may propose a change to the Ruleset or gamestate, provided that Citizen has fewer than two non-trivial Proposals pending, by posting an entry which begins with the paragraph "Proposal : [Title]" in bold text (where [Title] is a title of their choosing), and describes the changes they wish to make.

so that it reads:

Any Citizen may propose a change to the Ruleset or gamestate, provided that Citizen has no non-trivial Proposals pending, by posting an entry which begins with the paragraph "Proposal : [Title]" in bold text (where [Title] is a title of their choosing), and describes the changes they wish to make.

(With the amount of players ever growing, the number of potential pending proposals is swiftly growing out of control. This proposal is an attempt to keep a check on the pace of the game so citizens don't have to spend all their time reading proposals, voting, and seeing which of the proposals of yesterday were enacted or rejected.)

Failed by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: School Time!

Alter Rule 21, "Locations" to add "The School":

The School. (The Emperor may not enter the School to avoid distracting it's students.

Let's start simple this time and then we can build on certificates and degrees that will make sense for all citizens.

Failed by Mat, Sunday the 24th, -2 credits from Anthony, 2 credits to Mat

Proposal: The Emperor's Party (revised)

Enact a new Rule, "The Party":-

Members of the BlogNomic weblog may, at any time, choose to align themselves within the infrastructure of the party system by stating in a comment that they wish to join The Party. Government citizens will be responsible for acknowledging and changing the status of the citizens to the appropriate party. Any citizens who requests admittance to The Party and is not granted it by a government citizens within 48 hours of request will be awarded 5 credits from each government citizens credit stock and be admitted to The Party by changing their own status. This will keep government citizens on their toes to keeping watch on each proposal's comments.

Active members of The Party exist under a higher law(ruleset) of the Emperor. Such members will be immune from Thoughtcrime relating to their personal weblog, but still exist under thoughtcrime applied in BlogNomic.

To remain an active member in The Party, one must pay a weekly party fee of 10 credits to the Emperor. If such fee is not received once per week, the Emperor may relinquish the member of all duties affiliated with The Party.

New members of The Party will be placed in a class of their choosing (either B or C, unless they're gov't citizens) upon admittance. The hierarchy will be set as follows :

Class A Party members are those who reside in the Imperial Palace (and thusly are employed in the Government Branch). These individuals are in charge of admitting new members into The Party and will earn pay derived from the equal splitting of party membership acquired from members, split between government citizens.

Class B Party members may propose revisions of the current ruleset in which only other individuals of The Party may vote.

Class C Party members are the default member class of the Party. The advantage of being in class C, and thus having less privileges than the other classes, is that for each proposal initialized by a Class B member, and voted on by a Class C member with a vote of FOR or AGAINST (not Imperial), the Class C member earns one (1) credit.

So, as a synopsis: A's are gov't officials who are in charge of admittance and paid w/ split fees; B's are the only Party members who can Propose new rules, edits, and the like; and C's earn 1 credit for each FOR or AGAINST vote. It is likely that an edit would consist of B's getting paid more for successful propositions, but that's not included in this initial proposal.

Failed by Mat, Sunday the 24th

And the streets shall run red with the blood of the nonbelievers

I hereby note that Squirrel invited me to join, and thusly claim 25 credits.

Just so you guys know, I'm inviting several of my friends to join. So, look foward to an influx of new blood very soon.

Proposal: Hooray for bureaucracy! (trivial)

in Rule #20: "Career Options" add:

Government Citizens receive 5 Credits (instead of 2) when a Trivial Proposal of theirs passes.

Failed by Mat, Sunday the 24th

Proposal: Corollary clause (Trivial)

In order to encourage scientists to think of new ideas, rather than updating old ones, in Rule #20: "Career Options" replace the paragraph beginning "Scientists get 25 Credits" with:

Scientists get 25 Credits (instead of 10) when a non-Trivial Proposal of theirs passes. Scientists lose 5 Credits (instead of 2) when any type of Proposal of theirs fails.

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: Getting education off the ground (trivial)

to rule #21: "Locations" add the location "The Academy".

i know that's fairly simple, but it's a start.

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

New player

Say hello to Shalin.

Call For Judgement: Fine for not voting after 48 hours

Trying to be a law-abiding citizen, I appropriately fined Ben 10 credits (from 55 to 45) for failing to vote within 48 hours on pending Proposal: "Teaching the Citizens," as per Rule 7 of the Ruleset.

He responded by altering his score back to 55 (from 45) with this explanation: "You can't fine after the proposal ceases pending. CFJ if you disagree with that, of course, the rule's a bit ambigious."

Yet Rule #7 states:

"If a Proposal has been pending for more than 48 hours, any Citizen who has been a Citizen for 48 hours, who has not yet cast a vote on that Proposal may be fined 10 Credits, by any Citizen, provided that they have not already been fined 10 Credits for not voting on that Proposal."

There is no time limit in which to fine a player who fails to vote, therefore I would like a Call for Judgment on this matter. If you agree that the Rule was followed correctly, please vote in favor. If we can't enforce rules that are already passed, how can we expect the game to progress?

If this passes, I would like to attach, "This fine may be imposed within a week of the pending proposal being enacted or failed." to Rule #7 to prevent anyone from receiving fines months or years down the road.

CFJ failed by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: Cafe Manager

Okay, let's try this again.

Add to rule 20 Career Options:

The Chestnut Tree Cafe Manager:
must remain in the Chestnut Tree Cafe for at least ten hours a day.
provides patrons with a menu of no more than ten items and names their prices. Coffee, however, is a constant and shall always be on the menu.
receives a quarter of the credits made from the sales of his/her items, rounded down
is appointed and removed by a government official each week

Failed by Mat, Sunday the 24th

Proposal (trivial): Literacy

In rule 26 - War:

Change: "...and immediately amend this rule so it states which nomic or nomics Blognomic is at war with. "

to

"...and immediately amend this rule so it states with which nomic or nomics Blognomic is at war."

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: We're watching

Enact a new rule "Telescreen"

Any citizen who does not post an entry to their personal weblog for three (3) consecutive days will be fined 10 credits.

When a day occurs that all active citizens [excluding the Emperor] post an entry to their respective personal weblogs, the Emperor will award each active citizen with a 3 credit stipend from his personal finances for their accordance to CCTV surveillance and proven loyalty to the government.

Vetoed by Kevan, Sunday the 24th (posted by Mat, FYI)

Proposal: Concourse Forum

I propose to amend rule 3, Proposals, by adding the following sentence to the end of the first paragraph:

"A citizen must either be located in the Concourse or the Imperial Palace in order to make a proposal."

It really doesn't make sense to me to allow citizens to propose laws from within the hospital, factory, etc. I figure the concourse could be sort of like ancient forums.

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: Coffee Fixing [Trivial]

As noted by Kevan, my current proposal, Coffee, is useless. If it gets passed, I propose to amend it by changing "32" to "56," so that it actually works as advertised.

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Proposal: Banking

to Rule #21 - Locations, add:

The Bank. For a fee of 5% (rounded up), Citizens may use the Bank to transfer credits from their own account to others. In order to perform a transfer a Citizen must move to the Bank, remove the desired amount plus the 5% fee from their own credit tally, and add the desired amount to the credit tally of the Citizen they wish to receive the transfer. The Citizen may not reduce their credits to a negative value during this process, nor can Citizens with negative credits initiate a transfer.

Failed by Mat, Sunday the 24th, -2 credits from Est, 2 credits to Mat

Proposal: further OH&S amendment (trivial, and hopefully the last)

to rule #22, after "When a Civilian leaves the Factory for a rest period, OH&S regulations state that they are not allowed back onto the premises for another 8 hours" add:

Any Citizen caught returning to the Factory before the regulated 8 hour break period is over shall be returned to their place of residence, and fined 15 credits.

Enacted by Mat, Monday the 25th

Attn Kevan:

Aaron's credits in the GNDT are frozen. It should read 53.

Point of Order:

My proposal, "Teaching the Citizens", was failed by Squirrel with a 3 FOR, 5 AGAINST vote. If quorum is 6, then shouldn't my proposal still be active?

Just a test...

to see if the titles work.

Proposal: Vent your Anger

Enact a new rule, "Two Minutes Hate":

Once per week, at any time during the week, the Emperor create a post entitled 'Two Minutes Hate' with any content he desires. If any Citizen adds a response of at least 30 words within 24 hours of the creation of said post, the Emperor can award them 2 credits for every pending proposal in the proposal queue. In additon, Citizens cannot be punished for thoughtcrimes occuring in their responses to the Two Minutes Hate.

Enacted by Squirrel, Saturday the 23rd

Proposal: Pending sidebar

Based on Est's admin reminder post, I propose that all pending proposals are listed in the sidebar of the weblog with a link to the post by the admins to help everyone keep track of what is still being debated. And then once they are enacted or denied, they should be taken off the list.

Failed by Squirrel, Saturday the 23rd

Proposal: Coffee

If my proposal entitled "Chestnut Tree Cafe Menu" passes, I propose to add the following text:

"Any player present in the Chestnut Tree Cafe may buy the following items for the listed prices: Coffee (4c). These items are assumed to be consumed instantaneously."

Also, I propose to add the following text to Rule 20, Career options:

"A player is immune to the effects of overwork if he/she has consumed Coffee within the past 32 hours"

Players would be able to report their consumption of Coffee (and other future menu items) by removing 4 credits from his/her account with the comment "Coffee." Note that this rule extends the working hours in the factory by 8, not by 32 (it might have been confusing, dunno)

Enacted by Squirrel, Saturday the 23rd

Attention, admins!

my three proposals:

Proposal: Suggested OH&S amendments (trivial)
Proposal: OH&S Extensions -> has been called "trivial" by all but one voter, so is trivial, I guess.
Proposal: Military Wage

have quorum. Can they be enacted so I can start proposing again please? getting itchy fingers here :)


these two proposals by squirrel have quorum too:

Proposal: Coup d'Etat
Proposal: Public thoughtcrimes (trivial)

[Trivial] Proposal: Voting

In order to avoid erroneous voting and provoke more thought and consideration when voting I suggest that the following be added to Rule 4:

Those who vote FOR or AGAINST any proposal must provide a reason for doing so. If a fellow citizen has provided a praise or critique that is eloquent and thorough it is sufficient to merely second that citizen's praise or critique. Voting IMPERIAL is the same thing as seconding the Emperor's praise or critique. Failure to provide a reason for one's vote shall result in a fine of Three(3) credits.

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Pencil Pushers

Because enacted Proposals could be considered "legislation", compensation for hard work seems to be in order

add to rule 20:

Government Citizens receive 25 credits instead of 10, when a non-Trivial Proposal of theirs passes.

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Chestnut Tree Cafe Menu Items

An addendum to Cayvie's proposal as the following:

1) The position of Cafe Manager shall be added to the positions list. To be appointed by a government official.

2) Cafe manager shall receive 5 credits for each person who appears in the Chestnut Tree Cafe, purchases an item and proposes a passing menu item for that week

3) The Chestnut Tree Cafe menu shall not exceed ten items

4) Menu Item proposals shall appear in the form of "customer suggestions" the form includes:

a) the item
b) the price of that item
c) the item that 'a' shall replace if the items on the menu already = 10 (a customer may also request the removal of an item simply by leaving 'a' blank and filling out 'c'

5) Menu Item proposals for the week are collected at the end of the week and then voted on by all those who were customers for that week

6) The Cafe Manager may ignore the vote of the customers and select his own Menu items form those proposed
a) however at the risk of being removed by a majority vote of the week's customers
b) upon successful removal a replacement shall be made by a government official

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Hello, I, Aaron, do claim 25 credits for nominating Cayvie as the sole individual who referred this game to me.

Proposal: Free Ticket Tuesday

Enact a new rule, entitled Chestnut Tree Cafe Menu, with the following text:

"Assuming purchases are possible at the Chestnut Tree Cafe, each subject who purchases anything there on a Tuesday gets 1 free Lottery Ticket in addition to his or her purchase. Any given subject may only acquire 1 such ticket per Tuesday."

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

The Calling of the Lottery

Through a process of coin flips with the equal opportunity of chance, the Imperial Lottery is awarded to Kevan. Congratulations, Emperor.

+16 Credits to Kevan

Proposal : E-Z Vote-o-Matic [Trivial]

[ Quorum's getting high enough to start jamming the proposal queue over disputed proposals. Maybe we should relax the voting rights for silent Civilians a little... (Not Citizens, just Civilians.) ]

To Rule 4, add the sentence:-

If a Civilian has not yet cast an explicit Vote on a Proposal, their Vote is counted as IMPERIAL.

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Everyone say hello to our two newest members Aaron and Cayvie.

You both have 25 credits, and I'm sure Kevan will add you to the GNDT as soon as he can.

Also, Cayvie has been requested that he be made a scientist.

Quorum is now 6.

Attention, Citizens! The Proposal "Back to the Drawing Board" is currently stuck at four votes to three, pending a vote from Mat. Until he casts a deciding vote (5-3 would mean its enactment, 4-4 would mean its failure), it's holding up the Proposal queue. If anyone wants to change their vote, please do so.

Proposal: further OH&S amendment (trivial, and hopefully the last)

NB: "Proposal: Suggested OH&S amendments (trivial)" has a quorum, but has not been enacted. Assuming it does not garner a last-minute veto, I wish to propose the following:

to rule #22, after "When a Civilian leaves the Factory for a rest period, OH&S regulations state that they are not allowed back onto the premises for another 8 hours" add:

Any Citizen caught returning to the Factory before the regulated 8 hour break period is over shall be returned to their place of residence, and fined 15 credits.

Illegal Proposal - Est already has two non-Trivial proposals pending. (Under Rule 2, a Player with two non-Trivials pending cannot make any proposals. Sorry.)

Proposal: Mongering

Enact a new rule, entitled "War" with the following text:

"A nomic is considered hostile if it contains, in its rules, an explicit declaration of war against Blognomic. Upon being alerted to a hostile nomic's existence, the Emperor may, at his or her discretion, declare Blognomic to be in a State of War, and immediately amend this rule so it states which nomic or nomics Blognomic is at war with."

If the proposal "Military Wage" passed, amend the weekly Military wage to be "25 credits, or 50 during a State of War."

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Governmental OH&S Duty

Est posted this earlier, but was denied on the basis of too many pending non-trivial proposals

Add to rule 22 :

During an OH&S inquiry one or more Government Citizens must be present within the site that is being investigated. If the investigator is not the Emperor then for every 8 hours that the Government Citizen spends investigating the site, the Emperor must pay that Citizen a wage of 10 credits.

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Teaching the Citizens

Alter Rule 21, "Locations" to add "The School":

The School. (The Emperor may not enter the School to avoid distracting it's students.

Alter Rule 20, "Career Options" to include a fifth branch of employment, "Academic":

Teachers get 10 credits for each of the Emperor's subjects that are present there for at least six hours, once per day, up to five days per week.

Alter Rule 20, "Career Options" to add:

Any player, except the Emperor, may claim 5 credits, once per day and up to five days per week, if they have been present in the School for the previous six hours.

Failed by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

I nominate Renee as being responsible for my joining, and claim 25 Credits thusly.

New Citizen : Anthony

Citizen Anthony has arrived in the Imperial City with 25 Credits, and reports as a Civilian to Housing Block Alpha. Quorum rises to 5, for the first time in a long while...

Proposal: Governmental OH&S Duty

add to rule 22 :

During an OH&S inquiry one or more Government Citizens must be present within the site that is being investigated. If the investigator is not the Emperor then for every 8 hours that the Government Citizen spends investigating the site, the Emperor must pay that Citizen a wage of 10 credits.

Illegal Proposal - Est already has two non-Trivial proposals pending.

Proposal: Military Wage

add to rule 20 - Career Options:

If a Citizen has been in the Military from the Monday of a given week to the Sunday of that week, they may claim the weekly Military wage of 25 credits.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: OH&S Extensions

add the following to the end of rule #22 to allow for application to other sites, not just the Factory:

The scheduled timeframe for any OH&S inquiry is 48 hours. If no further evidence of malpractice is found within this timeframe it is assumed that the site of inquiry is safe to re-open.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Suggested OH&S amendments (trivial)

alter the wording of rule #22 : "Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) regulations" to:

When a Civilian leaves the Factory for a rest period, OH&S regulations state that they are not allowed back onto the premises for another 8 hours. Constant breaches of this regulation (as determined by the Emperor) are grounds for governmental OH&S inquiry into the running of the Factory, during which the factory must be shut down to avoid tampering of evidence. During a Factory shut-down no-one may work in the Factory, and as such Civilians cannot claim credits for merely being present in the Factory whilst Government officials carry out the OH&S inquiry.

optional, dependent upon the "OH&S extension" proposal failing: "The scheduled timeframe for an OH&S inquiry is 48 hours. If no further evidence of malpractice is found within this timeframe it is assumed the Factory is safe to re-open".

I hope that that clarifies things sufficiently, I have moved the timeframe for the inquiry into a seperate proposal, if that fails then the optional text should be kept, else it becomes redundant.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Coup d'Etat

Create a rule titled "Coup d'Etat" that reads:

If at any time the total credits of the military citizens is greater than the total credits of the government citizens, a new dynasty will begin, and the military citizen possessing the most credits will become the new emperor.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Headlines (trivial)

A title field will be added to the Blognomic "Create New Post" page, and the appropriate html will be added to the template such that titles will appear on Blognomic and will be in bold.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Proposal: Expenses

If a rules titled "CCTV in Operation" and "Thoughtcrime" exist, then add the following text to "CCTV in Operation":

Citizens able to edit their weblog's template, but refusing to place the CCTV icon on it will be fined an extra 20% on all thoughtcrimes comitted on their weblog to pay for the government agents necessary to monitor their weblogs.

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Public thoughtcrimes (trivial)

If there is a rule titled "Thoughtcrime," then add the following text to it:

If a Citizen commits a Thoughtcrime in their personal weblog or in Blognomic, any Government Citizen...

Enacted by Squirrel, Thursday the 21st

Royce Takes a Moment to Comment

Hey, I just wanted everyone to know that I really like the way this game is going. I've been part of another online nomic for about a year now, and I joined BlogNomic at the beginning of the First Dynasty of Lyndse, and I have never seen such good and creative things in a nomic as the ones I have seen this past week. I think we owe it to the leadership of Kevan, and our several new players for this BlogNomic renaissance that we are expieriencing. I hope it continues for a long time to come.

Proposal: The Emperors' Party

Enact a new Rule, "The Party":-

Members of the BlogNomic weblog may, at any time, choose to align themselves within the infrastructure of the party system by stating in a comment that they wish to join The Party.

Active members of The Party exist under a higher law(ruleset) of the Emperor. Such members will be immune from Thoughtcrime[assuming it passes] relating to their personal weblog, but still exist under thoughtcrime applied in BlogNomic.

To remain an active member in The Party, one must pay a daily party fee of 5 credits to the Emperor. If such fee is not received once per day, the Emperor may relinquish the member of all duties affiliated with The Party.

New members of The Party will be placed in a hierarchy-based classification based on their Imperial Favor. The hierarchy will be set as follows :

Class A Party members are those who reside in the Imperial Palace (and thusly are employed in the Government Branch). These individuals are in change of handling proposals, and other admin-related duties.

Class B Party members serve as the administatiors of thoughtcrime. Individuals belonging to this tier of The Party may propose revisions of the current thoughtcrimes in which only other individuals of Class B may vote.

Class C Party members serve as the default level for members of The Party. Those who long for the advantages of The Party and wish not to be prosecuted under Thoughtcrime in their personal weblog or receive additional duties may exist in Class C.

Failed by Kevan, Wednesday the 20th, -2 Credits from Mat, 2 Credits to Kevan

Proposal : Thoughtcrime

Enact a new Rule, "Thoughtcrime":-

The following Thoughtcrimes exist in BlogNomic, with appropriate fines:-

* Criticising the Empire or the Emperor (50c)
* Posting about not having posted recently (20c)
* Swearing (5c)

If a Citizen commits a Thoughtcrime in their personal weblog, any Government Citizen may fine them the relevant number of Credits (or all of their Credits, if the fine would take them below zero). Once a Citizen has been fined for a particular instance of a Thoughtcrime, they may not be fined for it again.

When a Government Citizen fines a Citizen for Thoughtcrime, they may claim half of that fine (rounding down) as a bonus.

Thoughtcrimes are categorised at the fining officer's discretion, and may be challenged by a Call for Judgment. Any Government Citizen responsible for an overturned fine may, at the Emperor's discretion, be demoted to Civilian.

Enacted by Kevan, Wednesday the 20th, 15 Credits to Kevan

Proposal : Official Paperwork [Trivial]

[ In light of the overlooked Branch Transfer Applications, maybe we should require them to be weblog postings. ]

In Rule 20 (Career Options), replace the second paragraph with:-

A Citizen may apply for transfer to a different Branch by posting to the BlogNomic weblog with such a request. Any Government Citizen may, in comments, stamp this application with a FOR or AGAINST stamp (if it has not already been stamped) and, if stamping in favour, reassign the Citizen to their requested Branch.

Enacted by Kevan, Wednesday the 20th, 4 Credits to Kevan

Proposal : Back to the Drawing Board [Trivial]

In Rule 20 (Career Options), replace the paragraph beginning "Scientists get 25 Credits" with:-

Scientists get 25 Credits instead of 10, when a non-Trivial Proposal of theirs passes. However, they lose 10 Credits instead of 2 when a non-Trivial Proposal of theirs fails.

Failed by Kevan, Wednesday the 20th, 0 Credits to Kevan

Proposal: The Sun Never Shines on CCTV [Trivial]

Enact a new Rule, "CCTV in Operation" (if such a rule already exists, overwrite it):-

All Citizens are politely encouraged to place the following HTML in their weblog template, or LiveJournal user profile:-

<A HREF="http://blogspot.blognomic.com"><IMG SRC="http://kevan.org/gndt/cctv.jpg" WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="77" BORDER="0" ALT="This weblog or journal is under surveillance by the Imperial Government of BlogNomic."></A>

Enacted by Kevan, Tuesday the 19th. 4 Credits to Kevan.

Point of Order:

It appears a few career branch transfer applications have been lost in the shuffle of paperwork. In the comments for the proposal "Grey Suits", Royce requested to join the Military, and Mat the Government. In the comments of the proposal "Providing for the common good" Squirrel requested to become a scientist. (I think. Might have gotten some names or branches switched around.) While government citizens certainly aren't required to implement these requests, I doubt they were intentionally unacknowledged.

Proposal: Outlaw Gambling

Repeal rule 17, "The Imperial Lottery."

(It doesn't seem to be used enough to warrant the space in the GNDT or ruleset.)

Failed by Kevan, Tuesday the 19th. -2 Credits from Ben, 2 Credits to Kevan.

Proposal: Refining a new rule for clarity

I feel that this edit would be most appropriate so as if one wishes to be in the factory for a period of 48 total hours accumulated over a long period of time, they'll still be able to do it.

To rule 20 - Career Options

Change the line "(If a Civilian has been in the Factory for more than 48 hours, any other Citizen may call an ambulance and have them moved to the Hospital.) "

to

"(If a Civilian has been in the Factory for more than 48 consecutive hours, any other Citizen may call an ambulance and have them moved to the Hospital.) "

Enacted by Squirrel (trivial), Monday the 18th.

Proposal : CCTV in Operation [Trivial]

Enact a new Rule, "CCTV in Operation":-

All Citizens are encouraged to place the following HTML in the template of their weblog (excluding Citizens who are unable to edit their templates):-

<A HREF="http://blogspot.blognomic.com"><IMG SRC=http://kevan.org/gndt/cctv.jpg WIDTH=50 HEIGHT=77 ALT="This weblog is under surveillance by the Government of BlogNomic."></A>

Any Citizen who is suspected of being able to edit their template, but has not inserted the above HTML, may be given a 10 Credit fine by any Goverment officer. (Unless they have already been fined on that day.)

Vetoed by Kevan, Failed by Squirrel, Monday the 18th.

respectfully, i quit the game of blognomic. i congratulate kevan on his masterful takeover, and the new look.

i was unable to connect to the internet for some time, and i don't know how steady my connection will be for a while. i may be back, but it would be best to get my name out of the gndt and player list clutter.

good luck y'all

geran

Proposal: Overwork amendment

NB: the "Overwork" proposal has been enacted, yet I cannot see the "Hospital" location nor the accompanying rule added into the ruleset yet. However, as they are said to have been enacted, I will procede anyway

Add a rule "Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) regulations"

I will propose the first regulation in this series to be:

When a Civilian leaves the Factory for a rest period, OH&S regulations state that they must not be allowed back onto the premises for another 8 hours. This regulation is to be enforced by Factory security. Constant breaches of this regulation (as determined by the Emperor) are grounds for governmental inquiry into the running of the Factory, which requires a shutdown period of at least 48 hours.

In effect, "Factory security" is an invisible entity. It is, in fact, any one of us that notices the breach of this rule.

Enacted by Squirrel, Monday the 18th.