Transfer Application

Hmmm... I guess I should get this over with.

I would be honored if the following departments would consider me as a new addition to their already prestigious workforce:

Management
Accounts
Sales

Thank you for your consideration. Please ignore the picture of the dog with the strangely enlarged nose on your way out and have a nice day.
:-D

Transfer Application

<Declaimer> Due to office general confusion, even if it does not seem, I AM E.lite. </Declaimer>

Even if earlier I've been tempted by the dark side of TTC (aka the Marketing Department), I think I'd better follow my real vocation: may I join the Sales Department? I'm greatly experienced in the field having sold popcorns&chips in cinemas and Magic cards to young satanists. I even sold full price a legless Barbie to my 3-year-old sister.
Thank for your attention.

Transfer Application

I would like to join Accounts.

As I have much experience with numbers (in the context of 1337-sp33k) and have recently been practicing counting on my fingers in binary, I believe I will be an unvaluable addition to the department.

Idling

Neither DarkElf nor Gobleteer has voted in over a week. They're idle, and Quorum drops to 7.

Project: Marketing

Company Hats Cost: 0
[Personal]
A Teamsperson may only claim a Company Hat if he or she sacrifices 5 Dignity.
Every Saturday at noon, every Department in which every Teamperson possesses a Hat gains one efficiency

Approved by Sales, Accounts and Management. +5 to Knightking, +1 to Brendan, +1 to Marketing.

Transfer Application: Marketing

<Declaimer> Due to office general confusion, even if it does not seem, I AM E.lite. </Declaimer>

I kindly request the honourable persons sitting in the highest chairs to give me the opportunity to join the Marketing Department.

Proposal : Step Into My Office [Trivial]

Enact a new Rule, "Reprimanding":-

A Teamsperson may choose to loudly Reprimand another Teamsperson who has a lower Dignity, by making appropriate changes to the GNDT - the Reprimanded Teamsperson loses 10 Dignity through shame, and the Reprimander also loses 10 Dignity for betraying their calm exterior (or only 5 Dignity, if they're both in the same Department).

A Teamsperson may only make one Reprimand per day.

Failed 4 to 5 by Brendan at 9:07 pm GMT on 6.28.2004. -3 to Kevan, +1 to Brendan.

Call For Judgement: Office Confusion

<Declaimer> Due to office general confusion, even if it does not seem, I AM E.lite. </Declaimer>

First of all, the reason I'm here is Worthstream's excellent recruitment campaign. I know more than 24 hours have passed since i joined the Company, but, i repeat, secretaries have to be blamed as no papers for writing memoes have been delivered to me (and still they've not).
I'm humbly asking if you feel appropriate to assign anyway 10 Dignity Point to me and 20 to Worthstream, as stated in Rule 3

Computer Request

I would like to humbly request a PC from Admin.

<Triplicate> World domination, Corporate espionage and SpyOnTheEmployees.exe all fail to run on my current system. An upgrade would be as beneficial to the management as to me, allowing improved efficiency, and a greater good for the company.</Triplicate>

Proposal : The Finish Line for Quality Has No Race [Trivial]

Add to the list of TLAs in Rule 15 - TLAs:

• LPD. Lowest Possible Dignity.


• GCD. Glass Ceiling of Dignity.

Add to the list of Qualities in Rule 18 - Qualities:

• Slackers Only
  Only the Teamsperson with the lowest Dignity in a given Department may claim or possess this TOS. If multiple Teamspersons in a Department all have the lowest Dignity, all those Teamspersons may claim or possess this TOS.


• White Elephant X
  Whenever this Qualifier is applied to a TOS, the X in its name is replaced by a positive integer. The Teamsperson holding this TOS has a GCD equal to that integer, and for him or her, the upper boundary of Dignity specified in Rule 3 - Dignity is (200 minus his or her GCD) instead of 200. If a Teamsperson possesses multiple White Elephant TOSs, his or her GCD is instead the sum of all the integers specified by the White Elephant Qualifiers those TOSs.


• Self-Worth X
  Whenever this Qualifier is applied to a TOS, the X in its name is replaced by a positive integer. The Teamsperson possessing this TOS has an LPD equal to that integer, and for him or her, the lower boundary of Dignity specified in Rule 3 - Dignity is his or her LPD instead of 0. If a Teamsperson possesses multiple Self-Worth TOSs, his or her LPD is instead the sum of all the integers specified by the Self-Worth Qualifiers instead of those TOSs.

Passed 10 to 0 by Brendan at 7:36 pm GMT on 6.28.2004. +3 to Brendan.

Proposal : Almost [Trivial]

Kevan's fix was sensible, but missed one.

Should this Proposal pass, Brendan shall gain no Dignity for its passage.

In Rule 18 - Solution Creation, replace

Any Management may deduct 3 Dignity from the Teamsperson who started the Project (this may only be done once per Project) and claim 1 Dignity, and the starting Teamsperson's Department loses 1 Efficiency.

with

Any Admin may deduct 3 Dignity from the Teamsperson who started the Project (this may only be done once per Project) and claim 1 Dignity, and the starting Teamsperson's Department loses 1 Efficiency.

Timed out 7 to 2 by Brendan at 7:31 pm GMT on 6.28.2004. +3 to Brendan.

Idolitry

No offense to anyone concerned, but I'm finding this dynasty in equal parts dense and pointless. So I'm idling myself until the next one.

Have fun.

Corporate Songwriting

When we provide solutions for offices,

Ornithopter's "We worry they might listen to our advice" is the winner. +10 to Ornithopter.

Proposal : I Knew I'd Forget Something [Trivial]

Replace the sentence of Rule 18 - Qualities that reads

The description of each TOS is considered part of the descriptive text of each TOS, and thus can affect gamestate or restrict that particular TOS in the same way.

with

The description of each Quality is considered part of the descriptive text of any TOS with that Quality, and thus can affect gamestate or restrict that particular TOS in the same way.

Add the following Quality to the list in Rule 18 - Qualities:

• Boon.
  No Teamsperson may claim this TOS unless otherwise stated in its descriptive text.

Change the description of TWT in Rule 14 - Office Equipment to read

• TWT. Cost: 0
  [Unique, Boon]
  At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may remove the TWT from a Teamsperson's Stuff (if that Teamsperson has the TWT). If the TWT is removed from a Teamsperson's Stuff through any means, that Teamsperson loses 50 Dignity. At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may add the TWT to any Teamsperson's Stuff (if no other Teamsperson possesses the TWT) and raise that Teamsperson's Dignity by 50.

Passed 10 to 0 by Brendan at 3:06 pm GMT on 6.28.2004. +3 to Brendan.

Two Weeks Notice

When this dynasty started, I thought I'd have more time to be involved in BlogNomic. Shows what I know.

I hereby tender my resignation effective immediately, and hope that my successor in Accounts will be able to put more time and effort into the department.

You'll probably want to get the post quickly and add a point of efficiency for Remember Computers.

Proposal: No deaths for us!

If "Proposal: Eating our own dog food" and "Proposal: The race for quality has no finish line," add the following text to the end of Rule 14-Office Supplies:

A member of the sales department may, at any time, 'sell' a TOS belonging to their person to the masses. This action entails removing the object sold from the gamestate, and adding 10xthe cost of the item to their budget for the next 48 hours. The Teamsperson who sold the TOS may not reclaim the same TOS for another 48hours. The following items may not be sold (under any circumstances):
Window
TWT

Failed 2 to 8 by Brendan at 2:55 pm GMT on 6.28.2004. -3 to Greth, +1 to Brendan.

Requesting a PC

Greth is humbly requesting a PC from Admin. Pretty please?

Proposal : Admindectomy [Trivial]

[ "Reading These Proposals Is Just Like A Meeting" uses both senses of the word "Admin" in a single paragraph, absurdly. Let's end the ambiguity. ]

Replace the term "Admin" with "Management" in Rules 11 onward, excluding the Glossary and the sentence fragment "Any Admin may add it to Rule 14 - Office Supplies" (if it exists).

Passed 8 to 0 by Brendan at 9:59 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +2 to Kevan, +1 to Brendan.

Going Camping

Could an Admin please set me idle?

I won't be able to wreak havoc for another four days.

New Teamsperson : E.lite

Our recruitment campaign is certainly paying off - I'd like you all to welcome "E.lite" to the BlogNomic branch of the TCC Corporation. He'll be emptying your wastebins and mopping the lobby until further notice.

Quorum rises to ten!

Proposal: Salute the Uniform, Not the Man [Trivial]

Replace the paragraph in Rule 11 which reads,

If a Department has no Head, it has an Efficiency of zero - any member of the Department may take on the role to change its Efficiency to one.

with

The Head of a Department may step down at any time, naming another Department member as their replacement if they so choose - otherwise, the position defaults to the member with the highest dignity. A Department Head who is reassigned is automatically considered to have stepped down.

If a Department has only one member, that teamsperson is always the Department Head. If a Department has no members at all, it has an Efficiency of zero - any teamsperson not currently a member of another Department may choose to join it, thus becoming the new Head, and changing its Efficiency to one.

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 9:51 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +2 to Garran, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal : Resurging Research

If the proposal "Reading These Proposals Is Just Like A Meeting" fails, or is deemed to have no effect due to other proposals failing this proposal has no effect, and will afford ChinDoGu no dignity if it passes. Add to the end of the 6th paragraph of Rule "Solution Creation"

Projects proposed by the Research Department require 1 less vote of approval than normal in order to be approved (That is, the approval of admin and only one other department)

additionally update within the same rule

If the Project fails to gain the approval of two other Departments within 48 hours

to read

If the Project fails to gain the necessary approval within 48 hours

Passed 8 to 1 by Brendan at 9:47 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +10 to ChinDoGu, +2 to Brendan.

Proposal: There will be an accounting

I'd like the departments to be less interchangable (starting with my own :-p).

If the proposal "Eating Our Own Dog Food" fails, this proposal has no effect, and will afford Garran no dignity if it passes. Append to the fifth paragraph of Rule 14,

The Accounts department may claim 1 efficiency for each time another department goes over budget, provided that at least one of those who removed a TOS to correct it was a member of Accounts; on the other hand, if the Accounts department itself goes over budget, and a member of another department acts to correct it, each member of Accounts loses 10 dignity.

(I can't decide if this is trivial or not.)

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 2:55 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +10 to Garran, +2 to Brendan.

Proposal : Reading These Proposals Is Just Like A Meeting [Trivial]

If either Proposal : Eating Our Own Dog Food or Proposal : The Race For Quality Has No Finish Line [Trivial] fails, this Proposal has no effect. Also, if either of those Proposals fails and this Proposal passes, Brendan shall gain no Dignity by its Passage.

Create a new Rule, Solution Creation:

TOSs are created through a collaborative effort by all Departments, via Projects. A Teamsperson may start a Project by posting to the BlogNomic weblog with the title "Project : Name of Department" but with Name of Department replaced by the starting Teamsperson's Department. The Project is then considered to belong to that Department. No Teamsperson may start a Project if he or she has no Department.

Once a Project is started, it is considered In Process. No Teamsperson may start a Project if there is already another Project In Process belonging to his or her Department.

The first paragraph of the Project may optionally be flavor text, denoted by italic text. This text has no effect on the Ruleset or Gamestate. The rest of a Project post must have the same format as the descriptions of TOSs listed in Rule 14 - Office Equipment.

The Project must then gain the approval of at least one Teamsperson from two other Departments besides Admin and the Project's own Department. A FOR vote in the comment thread of the Project signifies approval, and an AGAINST vote in that comment thread signifies disapproval. An IMP vote has no effect, nor does a VETO. Only the most recent vote from a given Department counts as that Department's vote; however, if the Department Head of any given Department has voted in the same comment thread, no other votes from that Department count (so long as that Department Head remains Department Head).

In the same comment as his or her vote, a Teamsperson may specify a Quality from the list in the Rule entitled Qualities. If that vote is the one counted from that Teamsperon's Department, AND if that Teamsperson's Department has an Efficiency greater than or equal to the Department to which the Project belongs, that Quality will be considered part of the Project and the resulting TOS.

If the Project gains approval from two other Departments and Admin within 48 hours, it is no longer considered In Process and is considered Approved. Any Admin may add it to Rule 14 - Office Supplies and claim 1 Dignity; the original poster of the Project gains 5 Dignity, and his or her Department gains 1 Efficiency.

If the Project fails to gain the approval of two other Departments within 48 hours, if the Project's proposer votes AGAINST it, or if (at the end of 48 hours after its start time) the Project does not have the approval of Admin, that Project is no longer considered In Process and is considered Failed. Any Admin may deduct 3 Dignity from the Teamsperson who started the Project (this may only be done once per Project) and claim 1 Dignity, and the starting Teamsperson's Department loses 1 Efficiency.

If there are any Departments with no members, any member of Admin may vote for that Department by stating this in a vote in the Project's comment thread.

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 2:45 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +3 to Brendan.

Proposal : The Race For Quality Has No Finish Line [Trivial]

Separates and generalizes some of the particulars of Stuff, in preparation for a forthcoming Proposal.

If Proposal : Eating Our Own Dog Food fails, this Proposal has no effect. In addition, should Proposal : Eating Our Own Dog Food fail and this Proposal pass, Brendan shall gain no Dignity from its passage.

Create a new Rule, Qualities:

TOSs may have certain Qualities. These Qualities are listed at the end of this Rule. The description of each TOS is considered part of the descriptive text of each TOS, and thus can affect gamestate or restrict that particular TOS in the same way.

If the rest of Ruleset and the descriptive text (or Qualities) of a TOS appear to conflict in a way relevant to that particular TOS, the descriptive text (or Qualities) of the TOS take precedence.

The format of Qualities listed in this Rule is as follows:

• Quality Name.
  Affects or restrictions of this Quality.

Herein follows the list of Qualities:

• Personal.
  Once a Teamsperson possesses this TOS, he or she may continue to possess this TOS even if he or she has no Department.


• Prized.
  Only the Teamsperson with the highest Dignity in a given Department may claim or possess this TOS. If two Teamspersons in a Department both have the highest Dignity, no Teamsperson in that Department may claim or possess this TOS.


• Rare.
  Only one Teamsperson in a Department may possess this TOS at any given time. No Teamsperson in a Department may claim this TOS if another Teamsperson in the same Department already possesses this TOS.


• Unique.
  No Teamsperson may claim or possess this TOS if another Teamsperson already possesses it.


• Hot.
  If at any time a Teamsperson has possessed this TOS for more than 24 hours, any other Teamsperson may remove it from that Teamsperson's Stuff and claim it for himself or herself. (If the claiming Teamsperson belongs to a different Department than the former owner of this TOS, he or she must update the Outlay of each Department according to this change.)

In addition, change the description of TOSs in Rule 15 - Office Equipment to read

TOS Name. Cost: X
[Quality1 (if any), Quality 2 (if any)]
Effects of this TOS on the Gamestate, or restrictions specific to this TOS.

And replace the descriptions of the Window, Big Chair, Clutter and TWT with the following:

• Window. Cost: 0
  [Rare]
  No other special effects.


• Big Chair. Cost: 3
  [Prized]
  No other special effects.


• Clutter. Cost: 0
  [Personal]
  A Teamsperson may only claim Clutter if he or she sacrifices 20 Dignity. If a Teamsperson with Clutter is ever the Lackey during a re-org, his or her Dignity is effectively doubled (for the purposes of that re-org) due to sheer weight of plastic.


• TWT. Cost: 0
  [Unique]
  At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may remove the TWT from a Teamsperson's Stuff (if that Teamsperson has the TWT) and lower that Teamsperson's Dignity by 50. At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may add the TWT to any Teamsperson's Stuff (if no other Teamsperson possesses the TWT) and raise that Teamsperson's Dignity by 50.

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 2:30 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +3 to Brendan.

Proposal : Eating Our Own Dog Food

I've been meaning to do this for a while. Apologies if it goes long. Essentially, it reorganizes Stuff and imposes a limit on the total amount of Stuff a Department can possess.

Add the following TLA to the end of Rule 15 - TLAs:

TOS. TTC Office Solution.

Create a new GNDT column, "Outlay."

Replace the text of Rule 14 - Office Equipment with the following:

The TTC Conglomerate is in the business of providing Office Solutions. In order to mainline efficient user-focus practices, the District Manager has decided that TTC Teamspersons will test these Office Solutions internally.

Teamspersons may possess TOSs; his or her collection of TOSs is tracked under the Stuff column in the GNDT, and the word "Stuff" may be used synonymously with "collection of TOSs." A list of TOSs is to be found at the end of this Rule.

Each Department has a Budget equal to its Efficiency multiplied by 10. Each TOS has a specific Cost. The total Costs of all TOSs possessed by all members of each Department are tracked in the Outlay column of the GNDT next to the name of that Department's Head, and "Outlay" may be used synonymously with "total costs of all TOSs possessed by all members of a given Department."

The Outlay column for all non-Head Teamspersons is always "-". Any Teamsperson may claim a TOS at any time by adding its Cost to the Outlay of his or her Department, and adding its name to his or her Stuff column, both in the GNDT. A Teamsperson may not claim any TOS if claiming that TOS would cause his or her Department's Outlay to exceed its Budget (or if his or her Department's Outlay is already greater than its Budget).

If a Department's Outlay ever exceeds its Budget for reasons other than illegal claims (for example, if its Efficiency is reduced, bringing its Budget below its current Outlay), any Teamsperson may remove TOSs from any member of that Department until the Department's Outlay is not greater than its Budget. Removed TOSs leave play entirely.

Any Teamsperson may remove any TOS from his or her Stuff at any time. No Teamsperson may ever possess more than one of a specific TOS. No Teamsperson may have any Stuff unless he or she belongs to a Department (or unless otherwise stated in the descriptive text of a particular TOS).

The format of TOSs listed in this Rule is as follows:

• TOS Name. Cost: (Cost)
  Effects of this TOS on the Gamestate, or restrictions specific to this TOS.

Herein follows the list of TOSs:

• Chair. Cost: 1
  No special effects.


• Desk. Cost: 2
  No special effects.


• PC. Cost: 4
  No Teamsperson may claim a PC without the express permission of a member of the Admin Department, as recorded in a GNDT comment.


• Window. Cost: 0
  Only one Teamsperson in a Department may possess a Window at any given time. No Teamsperson in a Department may claim a Window if another Teamsperson in the same Department already possesses a Window.


• Big Chair. Cost: 3
  Only the Teamsperson with the highest Dignity in a given Department may claim or possess a Big Chair. If two Teamspersons in a Department both have the highest Dignity, no Teamsperson in that Department may claim or possess a Big Chair.


• Clutter. Cost: 0
  A Teamsperson may only claim Clutter if he or she sacrifices 20 Dignity. Once a Teamsperson possesses Clutter, he or she may continue to possess Clutter even if he or she has no Department. If a Teamsperson with Clutter is ever the Lackey during a re-org, his or her Dignity is effectively doubled (for the purposes of that re-org) due to sheer weight of plastic.


• TWT. Cost: 0
  If any Teamsperson possesses the TWT, no other Teamsperson may possess it. At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may remove the TWT from a Teamsperson's Stuff (if that Teamsperson has the TWT) and lower that Teamsperson's Dignity by 50. At any time on a Friday, the District Manager may add the TWT to any Teamsperson's Stuff (if no other Teamsperson possesses the TWT) and raise that Teamsperson's Dignity by 50.

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 2:15 pm GMT on 6.24.2004. +12 to Brendan.

Corporate Songwriting

We hitch up proudly our mighty loin-girds

ChinDoGu's Except for the boss... he wears a slip! is the winner. +10 to ChinDoGu.

Reassignation: Truman Capote

Given his penchant of late for misinterpretation, bad counting and general wrongheadedness, I hereby reassign Truman Capote to Accounts, where I hope he'll make things horrible in the most efficient manner possible.

Proposal : Yeah Its cyclic [Trivial]

Add to the end of rule 15

TTC - The TTC Corporation

And replace every instance of "The TTC Corporation" with "TTC" throughout the mission statement, except for the instance just added to rule 15.

Failed 3 to 9 by Brendan at 8:11 pm GMT on 6.23.2004. -3 to ChinDoGu, +1 to Brendan.

Call for Judgement: Well Drat

ChinDoGu pointed out the fatal flaw in my little plan, Kevan still retains his head of Research after being moved because nothing in the Mission Statement says otherwise.

This would also mean I'm still head of Admin, soon to be replaced.

Vote FOR if you believe everything should go back to the way it was before I did what I was not allowed to do (starting at 22/06 17:34 (GMT), which was when I moved Kevan to the Research Department). Vote AGAINST if you believe otherwise.

Passed 9 to 0 by Brendan at 2:09 pm GMT on 6.23.2004. Undoing everything related to this problem in the GNDT, as per the concerns raised in comments.

A message from your temporary CEO

A quick memo to explain what just hapened for those who didnt follow (and cause the rules require it)

I claim Head of the Admin Department

I assign TruemanCapone to the admin department (Promotion)

I assign TruemanCapone to the Accounts department (Reassignation)

He loses his leadership of Research (The point where I believe his origional plan falls apart, since nothing in the rules requires you to remain in your department to remain its leader)

Leadership of research is left open for Kevan to reclaim, cause im an all-round nice guy.

I then reassign myself to research. (Reassignation)

Note that I retain headship of the admin department, since nothing requires me to give it up, and thus remain CEO, untill something changes to preclude this (Like down a peg)


Note : Should my theory be proved correct, and truemans actions declaired illegal, based upon the fact that headship is not lost in a transfer, this leaves him still as ceo, and kevan still as head of research. In that case I beg our new ceo to assign me back to research as soon as Down a peg passes.

Thanks

CEO - ChinDoGu

Proposal: Paper Conservation (Trivial)

As a new rule,

Consecutive memos issued by a single person which do not require votes can and should be issued as a single memo. Excessive waste of paper in the form of three or more subequent non-proposal memos from a single Teamperson results in a penalty of -1 dignity for that teamperson.

This paragraph is not part of the proposal. Regardless of what the results of the CFJ is, I'd highly prefer not to have to open several windows and post each update seperatly in a row. There is no way to abuse this rule, as it is already possible to issue memos merely seconds apart. Wording fixed from the below so it actually does something :P

Passed by Keitalia at 16:47 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal: Paper Conservation (Trivial)

Consecutive memos issued by a single person which do not require votes can and should be issued as a single memo.

This proposal does not affect the legality of any proposals which are currently pending. Repeal this paragraph as soon as all proposals pending at the time which this is passed are no longer pending.

This paragraph is not part of the proposal. Regardless of what the results of the CFJ is, I'd highly prefer not to have to open several windows and post each update seperatly in a row. There is no way to abuse this rule, as it is already possible to issue memos merely seconds apart.

Self-Killed by Knightking; adminned by Keitalia at 16:43 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Call for Judgment

Even if it is a very clever exploit of the "CEO loophole", what TrumanCapote has done is incorrect for two main reasons.

1) He did not post a memo for each action as explicitly stated in rule 11:

These actions are referred to as Promotions and Reassignations, respectively, and must be accompanied by memos explaining the reasoning behind each of them.

2)When claiming to be head of the Research department he did not set it's efficiency to 1 as later in rule 11:

any member of the Department may take on the role to change its Efficiency to one

Vote FOR this CFJ if you agree that the last actions done by TrumanCapote (starting at 22/06 17:34 (GMT)) should be undone.

A message from your soon to be fired CEO

As it appears your District Manager is going to replace me, I'm going to fire, hire, and steal your life savings to finance my flight to a small Caribbean island.

The following promotions and reassignations have occured:

- Kevan has been promoted from the Research Department into the Admin Department and it is now missing a Department head.
- ChinDoGu has been promoted from the Research Department into the Admin Department.
- Kevan has been reassgined back to the Research Department but is no longer the head of it as he must claim it back.
- I am reassigning myself into the Research Department and since the post is empty, I'm now the head.

If anyone has any problem with these actions I remind them:

The CEO is always the Department Head of Admin, and no Teamsperson may join Admin without the authorization of the CEO.

The CEO may change any Teamsperson's Department to Admin, or may change the Department of any Teamsperson belonging to Admin to another Department. These actions are referred to as Promotions and Reassignations, respectively, and must be accompanied by memos explaining the reasoning behind each of them.

Proposal: This should have been an acronym a long time ago [Trivial]

Add to the end of rule 15

NTP - Non-Trivial Proposal

And replace every instance of "non-trivial proposal" with "NTP" throughout the mission statement.

Passed by Keitalia at 16:40 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal : The TWT [Trivial]

Add to the TLA list:-

TWT. "Teamsperson of the Week" Trophy.

And in the Rule "Office Equipment", add:-

TWT. There is only one TWT, and the District Manager may move it into the possession of a favoured Teamsperson (other than himself) at any point on a Friday. When a Teamsperson takes possession of the TWT, they gain 50 Dignity. When it leaves their possession, they lose 50 Dignity.

If "Clear Your Desk" passed, add "The TWT is a personal possession." to the description of the TWT, replace "portable" with "personal" throughout the ruleset, and then replace "Clutter is personal" with "Clutter is a personal possession".

Passed by Keitalia at 16:30 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal: Remember Computers? [Trivial]

Ever since the Support Department was eliminated, the procedures for acquiring a new PC have been so unclear that as far as I know, nobody has yet successfully asked for one. Some of us recent arrivals have never even seen a PC. This has caused an unfortunate drop in company productivity, so I'd like to propose that, until a more sensible system can be devised, requests for a new PC just be sent directly to the boss.

In Rule 14, change the entry for 'PC' to read,

• PC. Any member of the Admin Department may bestow a PC upon a Teamsperson who has requested one, and who has a Desk, at any time.
  

Passed by Keitalia at 16:27 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal: TLA to good use!

Add to the rule 15, before the list of current TLAs:

Whenever a Teamsperson (lazy offender person or LOP) posts a memo containing words that could be abbreviated with a TLA already existing at the time of posting any teamsperson (clever spotter person or CSP) may include in a comment to the offending memo, if no one else has done so,the word "LOP" in upper case, specifying which TLA has been overlooked.

CSP gains 2 dignity for resolving tha ambiguity caused by improper language, and must lower the dignity of LOP by 5.

Add to the end of rule 15:

LOP - Lazy Offender Person
CSP - Clever Spotter Person

Passed by Keitalia at 16:05 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal: TLA mk2 [Trivial]

Add to the end of rule 15

OPP - Oldest Pending Proposal

And replace every instance of "oldest pending proposal" with "OPP" throughout the mission statement or throughout TMS.

Passed by Keitalia at 16:02 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Maneuvering

I'll join Research. And this makes it a full department until rule 11 is changed.

Proposal: TLA [Trivial]

Replace, throughout The Mission Statement, the words "the mission statement" with the new TLA "TMS" and add this to the list of current TLA in rule 15 of TMS

TMS - The Mission Statement

Failed 4 to 9 by Keitalia at 15:59 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal : Formal Application [Trivial]

In Rule 11, replace the paragraph beginning "If a Teamsperson has no department..." with:-

If a Teamsperson has no Department, they may apply to join a Department by posting a memo entitled "Transfer Application", listing any number of Departments that they'd like to join. Any of the Heads of those Departments may accept the offer and tranfer the Teamsperson to their Department (although not if another Head has already accepted the application). Applications expire after 24 hours.

Passed 12 to 0 by Keitalia at 15:57 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal : Clear Your Desk [Trivial]

Add to Rule 11, before the final paragraph:-

The Head of a Department may reassign a member of their staff at any time, by paying 20 Dignity and posting a memo to that effect - a reassigned employee is immediately removed from the Department, and all of their non-portable Stuff is returned to storage.

Add to the description of the "Clutter" Stuff:-

Clutter is portable.

Passed 9 to 2 by Keitalia at 15:53 GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal : Down a Peg [Trivial]

Replace all instances of "CEO" in Rule 11 - Efficiency with "District Manager."

Should this Proposal pass, Brendan shall receive no Dignity for its Passage.

Passed 10 to 3 by Brendan at 2:14 pm GMT on 6.23.2004.

Proposal : Simplification [Trivial]

Create a new TLA and add it to rule 15

TCS. The Corporate Song

Passed 12 to 1 by Brendan at 2:05 pm GMT on 6.23.2004. +2 to ChinDoGu, +1 to Brendan.

Maneuvering

Im joining Research

Proposal: Coup (Pronounced "coo")

Add a new rule, Coup:

A member of a department, may, at any time, announce a Coup. The declarer, henceforth referred to as the 'AGT', subtracts 20 from his dignity.

Upon announcing the Coup, there will be a vote among the members of the department. All members of the Department will vote as to whether or not they believe that the AGT should ascend to the position of Department Head, and that the CDH will step down. Once you have voted, you may not change your vote.

There are two situations in which a Coup automatically succeeds:
Should the CDH vote Yes to the Coup
OR
If the CDH's Dignity is less than half of the altered value of the AGT's Dignity (that is, after subtracting 20 points).

Should the Coup succeed, the Department head loses 30 Dignity.
Otherwise, the AGT loses an additional 5 dignity for shame in loss, as well as any Team Member who voted.

Also, add to the list of TLAs the following (giving Greth no dignity for their addition):

AGT - Amazingly Gutsy Teamsperson
CDH - Current Department Head

This italicised portion has no effect directly on the rule.
Greth will still obtain the entirety of normal dignity alloted, but none will be granted for the addition of TLAs (as this is non-trival)

Failed 2 to 12 by Brendan at 2:03 pm GMT on 6.22.2004. -3 to Greth, +1 to Brendan.

Maneuvering

Joining Marketing

Maneuvering

I've joined Accounts.

Proposal: Change of term "non-trivial" [Trivial]

Change all instances of "non-trivial" in the ruleset to "Substantive," and change the second paragraph of rule 4:

(A Teamsperson can state in his Proposal's title that the Proposal is Trivial, if they feel that it only makes minor changes, or is otherwise unworthy of reward.)

to read:

(A Teamsperson can state in his Proposal's title that the Proposal is Trivial, if they feel that it only makes minor changes, or is otherwise unworthy of reward. All proposals not specified as Trivial are Substantive. This does not withhold Teamspersons from voting that a Substantive proposal is Trivial, if they are allowed to do so elsewhere in the rules.

Failed 5 to 9 by Brendan at 1:45 pm GMT on 6.23.2004. -3 to 75th Trombone, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal: Corporate Identity [v. 0.2]

Being the first revision of the previous proposal titled Corporate Identity.

Firstly, the changes to rule 10:

Change the sentence

The Hiatus then continues until the new District Manager posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this should specify the District Manager's chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Rules will be repealed (excluding Rules 1-10), and/or that the words "Teamsperson", "District Manager" and "Dignity" will be replaced with new theme-appropriate terms.

to read as follows:

The Hiatus then continues until the new District Manager posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this should specify the District Manager's chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that repeals any number of Rules (excluding Rules 1-10) and/or that changes the Core Theme Words (set forth later in this rule) and Supplemental Theme Words

Following that paragraph, add this paragraph:

The Core Theme Words are:

• Teamsperson
• District Manager
• Dignity

Unless permitted by other means in other rules, any addition to this list of Core Theme Words must be submitted in a new proposal and approved by standard quorum.

Finally, after the first paragraph of rule 4, add the following paragraph:

Proposers may optionally specify particular words in their rules (and/or rule-changes) that may be modified by the new District Manager upon his/her ascension. These changes shall NOT make substantive changes to the rule; they shall only serve to make the rule fit the new theme. These words shall be known as "Supplemental Theme Words" (STWs). Any rule which has instances of STWs will have, after its last paragraph, a list of all STWs appearing in that rule.

Failed by Keitalia at 3:36 GMT on 6.23.2004. -3 to 75th Trombone, +1 to Keitalia

Maneuvering

I'm joining Research.

Maneuvering

I'm joining Sales.

Proposal: Trivial Proposal!

I propose that we change every instance of the word "Ruleset" in the "Ruleset", to "Mission Statement".

Also to be added as a new paragraph at the end of rule 1:

At the end of the first dynasty of Brendan, every instance of the word "Mission Statement" in the "Mission Statement" shall be changed to "Ruleset", and this sentence shall repeal itself.

If the majority of Teampersons voting FOR also type after their vote the letters "EH", replace every word "Mission Statement" in this proposal with "Employee Handbook".

Passed as a trivial proposal 10 to 0 by Keitalia at 22:22 GMT on 6.21.2004. +2 to Truman Capote, +1 to Keitalia

Proposal: Corporate Identity

For the purposes of

1. Encouraging Teamspersons to phrase their proposals in language appropriate to the corporate environment, and
2. Providing a unified method for proposers to include a common variety of self-amending clauses,

I propose this amendment to Rules 4 (currently entitled Proposals) and 10 (currently entitled Ascension).

Firstly, the changes to rule 10:

Change the sentence

The Hiatus then continues until the new District Manager posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this should specify the District Manager's chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Rules will be repealed (excluding Rules 1-10), and/or that the words "Teamsperson", "District Manager" and "Dignity" will be replaced with new theme-appropriate terms.

to read as follows:

The Hiatus then continues until the new District Manager posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this should specify the District Manager's chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that repeals any number of Rules (excluding Rules 1-10) and/or that changes the Core Theme Words (set forth later in this rule) and Supplemental Theme Words

Following that paragraph, add this paragraph:

The Core Theme Words are:

• Teamsperson
• District Manager
• Dignity

Unless permitted by other means in other rules, any addition to this list of Core Theme Words must be submitted in a new proposal and approved by standard quorum.

Finally, after the first paragraph of rule 4, add the following paragraph:

Proposers may optionally specify particular words in their rule-changes that may be modified by the new District Manager upon his/her ascension. These changes shall NOT make substantive changes to the rule; they shall only serve to make the rule fit the new theme. These words shall be known as "Supplemental Theme Words," a list of which shall be kept after the last paragraph of every rule containing at least one.

Self Failed by 75th Trombone and adminned by Keitalia at 22:20 GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to 75th Trombone, +1 to Keitalia

Proposal : Three-Letter Acronyms

Add a new Rule, "TLAs":-

To minimise confusion and ambiguity, the TTC Corporation encourages the usage of Three-Letter Acronyms (TLAs) in all of its paperwork. Any Trivial Proposal that would replace a term with a TLA throughout the Ruleset (and add its definition to this rule) earns its Proposer an extra 5 Dignity if it passes.

Current TLAs are:-

• TLA. Three-Letter Acronym.

At the end of the Dynasty, any TLAs in the Core Ruleset shall be replaced by the terms they used at the start of the Dynasty.

Passed 11 to 0 by Keitalia at 22:19 GMT on 6.21.2004. +10 to Kevan, +2 to Keitalia

Proposal : Ad-Mine [Trivial]

Reword the first paragraph of Rule 11 - Efficiency, which currently reads

Each Teamsperson (except the District Manager) may belong to a single Department - Sales, Marketing, Research, Accounts or Admin. Each Department has a Department Head, who tracks that Department's Efficiency as a GNDT variable next to their own name. (All non-Head Teamspeople have an Efficiency of "-".)

to read

Each Teamsperson may belong to a single Department - Sales, Marketing, Research, Accounts or Admin. Each Department has a Department Head, who tracks that Department's Efficiency as a GNDT variable next to their own name. (All non-Head Teamspeople have an Efficiency of "-".) The CEO is always the Department Head of Admin, and no Teamsperson may join Admin without the authorization of the CEO.

and add the following paragraph:

No Teamsperson who belongs to a Department may change his or her own Department, except under the auspices of a subsequent Rule. The CEO may change any Teamsperson's Department to Admin, or may change the Department of any Teamsperson belonging to Admin to another Department. These actions are referred to as Promotions and Reassignations, respectively, and must be accompanied by memos explaining the reasoning behind each of them.

Passed 9 to 0 by Keitalia at 22:17 GMT on 6.21.2004. +2 to Brendan, +1 to Keitalia

Proposal : Home From Home

Add a new Rule, "Office Equipment":-

Teamspersons are able to purchase and requisition a number of useful items of office equipment, with various unique costs and requirements. These are tracked in the GNDT, in the "Stuff" column, and may be claimed provided that the rules for their acquisition are met. Teamspersons may only own one of each item, and may throw away their own Stuff at any time.

• Desk. Desks may be claimed at any time.
• Chair. Chairs may be claimed at any time.
• PC. Any member of the Support Department may deliver a PC to a Teamsperson who has requested one, and who has a Desk, at any time.
• Window. Any member of a Department may claim the space nearest the Window, provided that nobody else in that Department has.
• Big Chair. If a Teamsperson has the highest Dignity in their Department, they may claim the Big Chair. Anyone else in that Department with a Big Chair loses it.
• Clutter. A Teamsperson with a Desk may pay 20 Dignity to cover that Desk with framed photographs and colourful children's toys. If they are ever the Lackey during a re-org, their Dignity is effectively doubled (for the purposes of that re-org) due to sheer weight of plastic.

And add a new Department, "Support".

Passed 10 to 0 by Keitalia at 22:14 GMT on 6.21.2004. +10 to Kevan, +2 to Keitalia

New Player : 75th Trombone

After an exceptionally good interview, and having provided a number of strong references which I'm sure we don't need to check up on, I can now welcome 75th Trombone to the TTC Corporation, starting immediately. Here's your desk, here's your key to the car park, and the bathrooms are down the very far end of the dark grey corridor, through the double-doors marked "Nomicorp".

Proposal: Thinking out of the box [Trivial]

In order to stimulate greater creativity within the company, add to the end of rule six:

Every sentence in this rule after this one (included), repeals itself at the end of the first dynasty of Brendan.

When a non-trivial proposal fails, every teamsperson who voted FOR it gains one dignity.

When a non-trivial proposal is enacted, every teamsperson who voted AGAINST it gains one dignity.

Failed 9 to 1 by Brendan at 6:27 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to Knightking, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal: This is a proposal

I propose that we change every instance of the word "Ruleset" in the "Ruleset", to "Mission Statement".

Also to be added as a new paragraph at the end of rule 1:

At the end of the first dynasty of Brendan, every instance of the word "Mission Statement" in the "Mission Statement" shall be changed to "Ruleset", and this rule shall repeal itself.

Vetoed; failed by Brendan at 6:25 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to Trumancapote, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal: A department apart

Add to the end of the rule named "Efficency":

If a Teamsperson has no department, he may declare a department to join by making a post entitled "Maneuvering." He may not join a department which has more than the number of Teamspersons divided by the number of Departments. For example, if there were 4 Teamspersons, and 4 Departments, and the current distripution was as so:
Department1:2
Department2:1
Department3:0
Department4:0,
the fourth Teamsperson may not join Department 1, but may join any other Department.

If half of the votes in this proposal explicitly contain the word "simplE," (capitalized thusly), then the text in the blockquote following 'For example,' inclusive, will be deleted from the rule.

Passed 12 to 0 by Brendan at 6:21 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. +10 to Greth, +2 to Brendan, a smack on the head for everybody, including me, who was too busy writing "simplE" to realize this should have been trivial.

Corporate Songwriting

As we look futureward, bright with buzzwords,

Royce's "Market research in our grip" is the winner. +10 to Royce.

Proposal: We reward initiative with lucrative stock options

Create a rule entitled Stock Options:

Here at TTC, each Teamperson is rewarded with stock options for good work and effecient business practices, or sucking up.

Create two new GNDT field columns entitled Company Stock(x) and Team Stock(y), where x and y track the current value of their respective stocks.

The value of Company Stock is based on the performance of TTC as a whole, while Team Stock value is based on the perfromance of the individual team the Teamperson is currently assigned to. A Teamperson may only own the Team Stock in the team they are currently a part of. The value in the specific personal GNDT fields tracks the number of shares of stock owned by the Teamperson.

The formula for calculating the value of Company Stock is: [this sentence here until a company stock value forumla is set] The formula for calculating the value of Team Stock is: [this sentence here until a Team stock value forumla is set] The value of either stock is to be set at a whole number integer, rounded down from it's formula number, and can never reach below zero.

Stock options are rewarded in the following ways:

1.) When a Teamperson votes FOR on a proposal that passes or AGAINST on a proposal that fails , and their vote is the first vote, and is made before any comments, they receive 500 Company Stock.

2.) When a Teamperson votes AGAINST a proposal which passes, or FOR a proposal that fails, and the proposal was made by the Department Head of a Department which they're not in, their own Department Head may reward them 200 Team Stock upon their discretion.

3.) When any proposal made by a Teamperson passes they may reward themselves 25x Company Stock, where x is ((number of people voting FOR the proposal) divided by (number of people voting against the proposal)). Should no Teampersons vote AGAINST a proposal, x is simply the number of people voting FOR the proposal. If 25x is not a whole integer number, it shalled be rounded down to the nearest whole integer.

4.) This sentence waiting for more ideas on the rewarding of Stock.

No stock may be rewarded for any reason until a proper formula for calculating the value of Company and Team Stock is made, at which time this sentence shall repeal itself.

I didn't think it wise to set a formula for calculating stock until we saw what Effeciency and Dignity really did in this dynasty, as well as any other new ideas that might pertain to the value of the stock which might still be inside people's heads.

Failed 10 to 1 by Brendan at 6:19 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to Trumancapote, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal: Tea Breaks

Add a new rule, Tea:

At any time, the District Manager may allow his Team Members to take a tea break. However, employees are legally entitled to a tea break at least once per week, so if a week passes without a tea break being called by the District Manager, any Team Member may call for a tea break and deduct 5 Dignity from the District Manager. There may not be more than one Tea Break active at any given time.

Doris, the aging tea lady, has unfortunately mixed her herbal and medicinal tea bags in with the normal tea, and as she makes it in a big cistern it's hard to tell from one tea break to the next what kind of tea everyone is going to get. When preparing the tea break, the District Manager must post FRUIT: to the GNDT three times. Then, he must call the tea break by posting the result to the BlogNomic weblog. The District manager is a great fan of the oriental arts, and to refuse tea is considered a great dishonour to him, so all employees, including the District Manager, must drink the tea, no matter what is in it. Updating the GNDT to reflect the effects of the tea is considered to be prove of having drunk it; any player who does not do so within 48 hours looses 20 Dignity.

The effects of the tea depend on what is in it. The contents correspond to the results of the FRUIT rolls.All effects are cumulative, so any give tea will have three effects; all or some of which may, in fact, be the same result duplicated.

Lemon: Some of Doris' lemon tea. You got lucky; +10 Dignity.
Orange: Not too bad, but orange does not make for good tea. No effect.
Kiwi: Doris has unusual tastes, sometimes, which can be a pick-me-up to those struggling with a blank wall.
Hooch: Doris' hipflask somehow found its way into the tea caddy. -5 Dignity.
Cherry: Good for those with a sweet tooth. Not so good for those to whom sour grapes is the more usual dish.
Bar: Why would Doris have Lopsang Suchong? 14 bags of the stuff in one cistern, however, is not good for anyone. -15 Dignity.

Some specific cocktails have unique effects. The District Manager may, during any tea break, also roll three DICE: in the GNDT; if the total of all three rolls comes to more than 16, a new Unique Effect must be made for that specific tea break's tea. If the tea for that break already has a Unique Effect, no new effect may be made for it. All such unique cocktails are listed here, and their effects must be observed every time they come up. All Unique effects are on top of the basic effects of the tea; unless specifically mentioned, they do not replace the basic effects that the tea would have. All cocktails are context-specific; the fruit must come out in the specified order for the Unique Effect to be valid.

Lemon-Bar-Orange: All Team Members suddenly become aware of the duality of all things, and embrace balance and spiritual one-ness. All numerical fields in the GNDT are completely standardised, with all Team Members's numerical fields being set to the average (rounded up) of their previous values.

Kiwi-Kiwi-Kiwi: The Team Member with the lowest Dignity has their dignity set to the value of the Team Member with the highest Dignity, +10. If there is a tie for the lowest Dignity, all those with the lowest value have this effect applied to them.

Cherry-Cherry-Cherry: The average of all Team Member's dignity is calculated. All those with a Dignity greater than that average gain a further 10 Dignity; all those with a Dignity lower than this value loose 5 Dignity. If a player has a Dignity exactly equal to the average, they gain 50 Dignity.

If there is a rule entitles 'Efficiency', the make the following adjustments:

In the above rule, add the following to the end of the description of 'Kiwi':

The Department with the lowest Efficiency gains 3 Efficiency, while the Department with the highest efficiency looses 1.

Add the following to the description of 'Cherry':

The Department with the highest Efficiency gains 3 Efficiency, while the Department with the lowest efficiency looses 1.

Add the following to the description of 'Hooch':

The head of each Department must roll a DICE: in the GNDT; if the result is a 5 or 6, they gain 5 Efficiency, while if the result is a 1, 2 or 3, they loose 2 Efficiency. A roll of 4 has no effect.

Add the following Unique Effect cocktails:

Kiwi-Cherry-Hooch: Something for everybody, produces a happy and productive atmosphere. All Departments gain 3 Efficiency.

Bar-Bar-Bar: One sip stuns the entire workforce. Efficiency is set to 2 for all departments. After a week, the Heads of Department may regain any Efficiency lost in this manner.

If there is a Corporate song, add the following Unique Effect:

Hooch-Hooch-Lemon: All Team Members become garoulous with the drink. All Team Members must make a DICE: roll in the GNDT; a roll of 5 or 6 means that the Team Member starts singing, and must immediately add a new line to the Company song.

Sorry it's a long one. I haven't done one of these in a while.

Failed 10 to 2 by Brendan at 6:17 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to Josh, +1 to Brendan.

Proposal: I love my coworkers, until they talk. [Trivial]

Add to the end of rule six:

Every sentence in this rule after this one (included), repeals itself at the end of the first dynasty of Brendan.

When a non-trivial proposal fails, every teamsperson who voted FOR it loses one dignity.

When a non-trivial proposal is enacted, every teamsperson who voted AGAINST it loses one dignity.

Failed 9 to 2 at 6:14 pm GMT on 6.21.2004. -3 to Worthstream, +1 to Brendan.

Kamikaze, who some of you may remember from his previous internship here at TTC, has been returned, this time as a full-fledged member of our team.

Another new addtion is Garran, who has, after 10 long years, been promoted out of the mail room.

Everyone give them a warm TTC welcome, and get back to work.

(Quorum rises to 8.)

Proposal: To the department, you're an asset [trivial]

In "Efficiency" reword "Every Saturday, the Head of the Department with the highest Efficiency gains 10 Dignity."

To read

The head of the department with the highest Efficiency at noon Saturday gains 10 Dignity.

Passed 8 to 0 by Brendan at 7:07 pm GMT on 6.20.2004. +2 to Ornithopter, +1 to Brendan.