From: Mary K. Kuhner (mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com)
Date: Sun Sep 29 2002 - 06:18:49 PDT
Summary and eligibility: Jesse W is the next Judge and Karl Low is the Wizard. Player End of eligibility Style ---------------------------------------------- Jesse W 2002-09-28 22:03:31 +1 Ed Murphy ineligible -3 Karl Low ineligible +3 James Willson ineligible 0 Joshua ineligible +1 Others ineligible 0 Rules summary: 193:1 Joshua writes: >Maybe you've been having fun but I've only been engaging in very >serious and important comittee work. I take great offense at the >honorable committee member's implication that any of us consider our >work with the comittee mere fun and games. Furthermore, in my not too >humble opinion, anyone who does not fail to see the immense relevance >and urgency of the weighty matters with which we deal every day can >only be living in a fantasy world! >Rancorous comments asside, I feel that the fun-loving Mr. Murphy is the >kind of person our committee will need as a figurehead in the upcoming >times of terror. I hereby nominate Ed Murphy to stand for election to >the role of Comittee Clown. All future rule writers this round who >have not been nominated must either vote or nominate someone in their >valid rules. Nominating or voting for oneself is invalid. > Rule Date: 2002-09-20 06:58:55 GMT Style: +1 A solid beginning to the campaign season. Mary Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com 193:2 James Willson <jkvw3_at_yahoo.com> writes: >193:2 >>>>>>>>>>> > >I hereby vote for Ed Murphy as Comittee Clown. > >This is not without consequence, as for any given elected office, fantasy rule, >and comittee member, that comittee member holds that office with respect to >that fantasy rule if and only if that comittee member received no fewer votes >in prior fantasy rules for that office than any other member. So, Ed Murphy >will be the Clown with respect to the next valid fantasy rule. > >Any comittee member authoring a rule who holds an office with respect to that >rule must perform the duties of that office in authoring that rule, else the >rule is invalid. For example, the Clown must make a joke. > >Similarly, if a comittee member performs the duties of an office while >authoring a rule, yet does not hold that office with respect to that rule, then >that rule is invalid. > >A mouthful, perhaps, but good elections require precision, as Joshua would >agree. > >>>>>>>>>>> >Rule Date: 2002-09-21 07:16:34 GMT Ruling: Valid Style: 0 The next-to-last paragraph inspires some doubt in the Judge's mind, and the rule is also a bit lengthy. Mary Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com 193:3 Karl Low <kwil_at_gmx.net> writes: >I hereby nominate Joshua as The Odd One. > >The Odd One can never post a valid rule that has an even rule number, but has >two votes for each position, whereas every other FRC member only has one vote. > >-- >Rule Date: 2002-09-21 07:54:56 GMT Ruling: Valid Style: +1 I appreciate the ability to cause mischief in only three lines. Mary Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com 193.4 "Ed Murphy" <emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com> writes: >I hereby vote for Karl Low as The Odd One. > >All future votes shall be submitted using our special new Dragonfly >Ballots, as depicted here: > >http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20001115.html > >Those unable to procure a Dragonfly Ballot may continue to submit >their votes by simple text message, but such messages must contain >a 14-digit prime number for verification purposes. > >All future nominations will reveal whether the nominee is a member >of the Red Party, the Green Party, or the Blue Party, and shall also >reveal a plank of the relevant Party's platform. Whitewash optional. > >Rule Date: 2002-09-21 18:56:53 GMT Ruling: Valid Style: -3 The Judge is an old-fashioned sort of election official, and does not have graphical access to the Web from home. This makes Web- based rules a serious pain to judge; hence the petulant style award. Much as I would like to argue that the Committee Clown has not made a joke here, I don't think I can. Mary Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com 193:5 "Jesse W" <jessw_at_netwood.net> writes: >-Begin rule- >I nominate Gallivanting Tripper as Official FRC Travel Corespondent, >my verification # is: 99999999999971 >(see http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php?short=14) >and her party affiliation is the Blue Party, whose slogan is "We build >our platform out of 6" oak planks!" All future rules must define a >slogan for their respective party. >-End rule- > >Rule Date: 2002-09-21 22:03:31 GMT Ruling: Valid Style: +1 This comes within a hair of infringing both 193:2 and 193:4 (despite clearly having been aware of the latter). Does this role actually reveal a plank? Maybe. Barely. Not a very interesting rule, but it gets +1 for making the election official's life a little easier. Mary Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com 193:6 Karl Low <kwil_at_gmx.net> writes: >"a 14-digit prime number for verification purposes" indeed. Hardly useful for >verification without specifying that they need to be different numbers. Of >course what else should I expect from the Committee Clown? Who else would place >a vote for a non-nominated candidate when I'm sure e knows perfectly well that >any votes for or against a candidate get reveresed when that candidate is >nominated, and that any member of the FRC can only be nominated once for each >position. >At any rate, I vote for Gallivanting Tripper as the FRC Travel Corespondent. As >I think e'll do a great job. >-- >Rule Date: 2002-09-28 02:23:10 GMT Ruling: Invalid Style: +2 This falls afoul of 193:5 "All future rules must define a slogan for their respective party." Unlike the one in 193:4 this does not seem to limit itself to rules which nominate someone; we may not know what the "respective party" of a rule which does not nominate is, but I don't believe that escapes the restriction. Positive style for correctly spelling Tripper's position, and for the very slick attempt to get around the fact that if Karl is the Odd One, this rule can't be valid. I needn't decide whether the slick trick would have worked or not, due to the issue above; so I won't. Mary K. Kuhner (Storm) mkkuhner_at_eskimo.com -- Rule Date: 2002-09-29 13:19:02 GMT
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