Nomic 15.0

[snowyowl]

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to acknowledge that there are, in fact, countries other than America.

[Boreeas]

I cast my vote against coolguy5678's motion to acknowledge that there are, in fact, countries other than America.

[HarvesteR]

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to create currency.

I make a motion to include Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching and Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions into the numbered list of rules, given the fact that both motions have been accepted, and are therefore no longer motions, but actual rules. If accepted, the aforementioned motions shall be referred to as rules §006 and §007, respectively. In addition, all motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under it's corresponding number. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as: "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset".


Cheers

EDIT: So we can still vote on our own motions? Ok...

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset

[coolguy5678]

Coolguy5678's motion to create currency passes.

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion fails. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. If the motion-maker fails to do this within 48 hours of the motion's passage, the motion's state is changed, and it fails.

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions.

All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this motion (if it passes) also gain one internet when the motion passes. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as coolguy5678's motion to create currency.

Spoiler:

Kerfuffleninja has 1 internet.
Turret has 1 internet.
Skellious has 1 internet.
e^ipi+1=0 has 1 internet.
_infinia_ has 1 internet.
Quate has 1 internet.
Affinity has 1 internet.
Snowyowl has 1 internet.
Neoliminal has 1 internet.
Coolguy5678 has 1 internet.
Boreeas has 1 internet.
HarvesteR has 1 internet.

[HarvesteR]

<meta>shameless plug promoting own motion</meta>

How are we supposed to use our new currency now? can we buy votes or something?

Cheers

[alexriehl]

New internets:

Spoiler:

Kerfuffleninja has 1 internet.
Turret has 1 internet.
Skellious has 1 internet.
e^ipi+1=0 has 1 internet.
_infinia_ has 1 internet.
Quate has 1 internet.
Affinity has 1 internet.
Snowyowl has 1 internet.
Neoliminal has 1 internet.
Coolguy5678 has 1 internet.
Boreeas has 1 internet.
HarvesteR has 1 internet.
Alexriehl has 1 internet.

I move that there be created a method of earning internets beyond the original 1 (for posting the first time). This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to create an alternate method of earning currency."

I suggest, and further move, that the Chairman can grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards."

I move that a further method beyond "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards" be set in place to provide currency. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards."

Edit: Added clarifying parentheses.

[coolguy5678]

I'm not sure why the two motions other than the second are necessary. My intention was that people make new motions with more ways to get internets, and ways to spend them, of course. There's nothing in my rule which disallows other rules which hand out internets, so I don't think the first and third motions are necessary.

I'm a bit worried that the Chairman might give himself lots of internets, so I'm not going to vote. Slap some limits (Chairman can't award self internets, can only award x number of internets in y time period, etc.) and you have my vote. Also, those motions don't technically count, as they don't start with "I make a motion that..." or end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as...". (Although your text has the same meaning, Nomic rules are traditionally enforced exactly as they say, although we did once have a rule saying that the spirit of a rule takes precedence over its exact words.)

[HarvesteR]

I make a motion to reward those who have their motions approved with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. This motion shall not be applied retroactively, but shall be observed by motions currently under vote at the time of this motion's approval. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as: HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions

Cheers

[Boreeas]

That means a maximum of 3 and a minimum of 1 internet(s) per passed motion?

[HarvesteR]

That means a maximum of 3 and a minimum of 1 internet(s) per passed motion?

Under the current ruleset, yes. A motion needs 3 votes to pass and at 3 it automatically passes, so it can have at most 3 internets given...
Any situation that would yield less than 1 internet would also be one in which a motion is not approved.

Edited the motion a bit to clarify the extent of retroactivity.

Cheers

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions.

[alexriehl]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions.

[HarvesteR]

Ha, I completely forgot to vote on my own motion!!

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions.

That's 3 votes

HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions passes.

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion fails. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. If the motion-maker fails to do this within 48 hours of the motion's passage, the motion's state is changed, and it fails.

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions.

All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this motion (if it passes) also gain one internet when the motion passes. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as coolguy5678's motion to create currency.

HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.

Internets:

Spoiler:

Kerfuffleninja has 1 internet.
Turret has 1 internet.
Skellious has 1 internet.
e^ipi+1=0 has 1 internet.
_infinia_ has 1 internet.
Quate has 1 internet.
Affinity has 1 internet.
Snowyowl has 1 internet.
Neoliminal has 1 internet.
Coolguy5678 has 1 internet.
Boreeas has 1 internet.
HarvesteR has 1 internet.
Alexriehl has 1 internet.

I need an executive decision on whether or not the approval of my own motion should reward me 3 internets... I don't want to reward myself over a misinterpretation, but I don't want to miss out if I am in fact entitled to it.

Here's how I see it:

On one hand, this rule explicitly states not being retroactive. So my own motion wouldn't count since it wasn't a rule before approval.
On the other hand, this rule was under vote at the time of it's own approval, and on that token, I am entitled to the reward...

I leave this to the chairman, or to a group consensus (in lieu of a deputy chairman).

Thanks for the votes

Cheers

[Boreeas]

I make a motion to include Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching and Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions into the numbered list of rules, given the fact that both motions have been accepted, and are therefore no longer motions, but actual rules. If accepted, the aforementioned motions shall be referred to as rules §006 and §007, respectively. In addition, all motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under it's corresponding number. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as: "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset".

To bring this up again (it hasn't been finished yet)

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset

[alexriehl]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset.

[HarvesteR]

HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset has 3 votes, and it passes.


Here's the revised ruleset and internet count. On this one there is no doubt about it, I get 3 internets Thanks guys!!

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion fails. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. If the motion-maker fails to do this within 48 hours of the motion's passage, the motion's state is changed, and it fails.

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

§006
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

§007
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions.

§008
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this motion (if it passes) also gain one internet when the motion passes. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as coolguy5678's motion to create currency.

§009
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.

§010
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under it's corresponding number. This shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset.

Internets:

Spoiler:

HarvesteR has 4 internets.
Kerfuffleninja has 1 internet.
Turret has 1 internet.
Skellious has 1 internet.
e^ipi+1=0 has 1 internet.
_infinia_ has 1 internet.
Quate has 1 internet.
Affinity has 1 internet.
Snowyowl has 1 internet.
Neoliminal has 1 internet.
Coolguy5678 has 1 internet.
Boreeas has 1 internet.
Alexriehl has 1 internet.

Cheers

[HarvesteR]

Ok I've got a new idea. here goes:

I make a motion to have all rules heretofore appended to the original ruleset reworded so as to remove unnecessary senteces regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. All entries in the ruleset have already been approved, and by definition are no longer motions, but rules. This motion also shall address any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', rewording it accordingly so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this motion shall be limited to such rewording and editing, and shall not alter rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of said rule. But shall extend as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about it's creator and originating motion in order to preserve it's history. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: 'HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset'

Cheers

[NecklaceOfShadow]

So... Because I don't think that this has been resolved yet...

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to acknowledge that there are, in fact, countries other than America.

[alexriehl]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset.
I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to acknowledge that there are, in fact, countries other than America.

[HarvesteR]

Again, voting for myself

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset.

Coolguy5678's motion to acknowledge that there are, in fact, countries other than America has 3 votes, and it passes. Coolguy5678 has now 48 hours as of the last post's time to update the ruleset and receive his internets, as per rule §004.

Coolguy5678 shall receive 2 internets, for his motion has 3 votes in favor and 1 against.

Cheers

[NecklaceOfShadow]

Actually, coolguy5678's proposal received four votes in favor and one against.

Wouldn't that mean that he receives (4 - 1) internets?

[Affinity]

(Coolguy's motion passed as soon as it got three votes in favor. Not sure why it lasted as long as it did, but the fourth vote basically didn't count because it was closed for voting after three.)

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset'.
Yeah, the ambiguity of exactly how passed motions were inserted into the ruleset bothered me. I like this.

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards.
I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to create an alternate method of earning currency.
I guess I just don't feel like these are useful. Motions saying that motions should be proposed? Eh.

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards.
I do like this one in theory, but if we ever pass a motion that makes Internets useful, this basically turns kerfuffleninja into an all-powerful Nomic god. I agree with coolguy -- throw in some good limits and I'll vote in favor of the revised motion.

I make a motion to require that along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.
I theorize that the two weeks of inactivity may have been due to people thinking that there were no motions to vote on that they had not already voted on. Or maybe people just didn't check it. I dunno. Anyway, this would make that list of active motions more accessible.


Anyway, here're the revised ruleset and list of current active motions and player Internet counts, I think. I'm keeping track of this all through a Python program, and due to how much rewriting recent rule changes have required, its output might be wrong. But it looks about right to me, so here we go!

Current ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."'

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion fails. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. If the motion-maker fails to do this within 48 hours of the motion's passage, the motion's state is changed, and it fails.

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.

§008:
All motions approved shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under their corresponding numbers.

§009:
All rules appended to the original ruleset shall be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This motion also shall address any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', rewording it accordingly so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule shall be limited to such rewording and editing, and shall not alter rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of said rule. It shall extend as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history. (Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, and alexriehl; edited by Affinity)

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to, instead of summarizing rules, numbering them. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.

2 in favor, 2 against.
(turret, kerfuffleninja, Affinity, snowyowl have voted)

I make a motion to, in the event that "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting" passes, replace the first three sentences of rule §004 with "If at any point there are three votes from three different players in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes from three different players against a motion, the motion fails." This motion supersedes "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that there be created a method of earning internets beyond the original 1 (for posting the first time). This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to create an alternate method of earning currency."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that the Chairman can grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that a further method beyond "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards" be set in place to provide currency. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion to require that along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(no recorded voters)

Players:

Spoiler:

HarvesteR (7 internets)
kerfuffleninja (1 internets)
turret (1 internets)
skellious (1 internets)
e^iπ+1=0 (1 internets)
Quate (1 internets)
Affinity (1 internets)
snowyowl (1 internets)
neoliminal (1 internets)
coolguy5678 (3 internets)
Boreeas (1 internets)
alexriehl (1 internets)

[HarvesteR]

Actually, coolguy5678's proposal received four votes in favor and one against.

Wouldn't that mean that he receives (4 - 1) internets?

Affinity's right about this, I think... once a motion has 3 votes, it is instantly approved, meaning any more votes are meaningless.

So, this whole ruleset updating in 48 hours thing isn't a requirement? It is there in rule 004, but if everyone's willing to overlook it, so am I
Actually it would be a lot better, given that this thread isn't actually too active...

Better yet, let's make it official:

I make a motion to revise rule §004, so that it shall henceforth read: "If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted."
For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as: "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"

By the way, as per the current ruleset, anyone has official powers to post the revised ruleset.

Ok, now that that's taken care of... down to business

HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. HarvesteR shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

(we should officialize that closing statement above )
Ohh, I just realized that Affinity already posted a revised ruleset and internet count... Thanks!
Now it becomes quite clear why a terminated motion should be announced officially... Here's yet another motion:

I make a motion to require that all terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against.
[username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
In the event of this motion's approval, it shall be required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply. If approved, this motion shall be inserted into the ruleset with appended examples of announcement use.
For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as: "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"

And just to close off this day's work:
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity.
Also,
I cast my vote in favor of Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

Cheers

[JonR]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity.
I cast my vote in favor of Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.
I cast my vote in favour of turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.

I make a motion that the state of the weather not being today like it used to be when I was a lad should be discussed in each subsequent post, with examples. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be refered to as 'JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather'

[alexriehl]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004.
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity.
I cast my vote in favor of Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

I cast my vote against JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather.

I make a motion that the wording in the phrase "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity" be revised to "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion approval/termination verbosity," because the revised wording more accurately portrays HarvesteR's motion. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvestR's motion."
EDIT: As HarvestR's motion has now passed, this motion is no longer necessary and does not need to be voted on.

[HarvesteR]

HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004 has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. HarvesteR shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. HarvesteR shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, 2 against. Turret shall receive 1 internet for his meritous contribution.


Current Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."'

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Amendment proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004")

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.

§008
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this motion (if it passes) also gain one internet when the motion passes. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as coolguy5678's motion to create currency.

§009
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.

§010
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under it's corresponding number.

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of it's previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history. (Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, and alexriehl; edited by Affinity)

§012:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply. (Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity")

§013:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by Turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for")

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to, in the event that "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting" passes, replace the first three sentences of rule §004 with "If at any point there are three votes from three different players in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes from three different players against a motion, the motion fails." This motion supersedes "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that there be created a method of earning internets beyond the original 1 (for posting the first time). This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to create an alternate method of earning currency."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that the Chairman can grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that a further method beyond "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards" be set in place to provide currency. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion to require that along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(no recorded voters)

I make a motion that the wording in the phrase "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity" be revised to "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion approval/termination verbosity," because the revised wording more accurately portrays HarvesteR's motion. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvestR's motion."
EDIT: As HarvestR's motion has now passed, this motion is no longer necessary and does not need to be voted on.

0 in favor, 0 against.

Players:

Spoiler:

HarvesteR (13 internets)
coolguy5678 (3 internets)
turret (2 internets)
kerfuffleninja (1 internets)
skellious (1 internets)
e^iπ+1=0 (1 internets)
Quate (1 internets)
Affinity (1 internets)
snowyowl (1 internets)
neoliminal (1 internets)
Boreeas (1 internets)
alexriehl (1 internets)

EDIT: Corrected the ruleset, which at some point lost a few rules... this is the current version.

[alexriehl]

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

I make a motion to, should “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards” pass, create a rule containing it, to be referred to as “§013.” For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s motion to make alexriehl’s other motion into a rule if it passes.”
Edit: Alexriehl's motion to make alexriehl's other motion into a rule if it passes is invalid. Ignore it.

[JonR]

I think I've misread some rules/motions - didn't I get 'one internet' for proposing a motion?

[alexriehl]

I think I've misread some rules/motions - didn't I get 'one internet' for proposing a motion?

As I understand it, you get 1 internet for posting your FIRST motion, and more for any motions that pass.

[alexriehl]

I cast my vote in favor of alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

[JonR]

I cast my vote AGAINST alexriehl’s motion to make alexriehl’s other motion into a rule if it passes.

didn't we already do this? I thought we'd agreed that all motions that pass become rules?!

I make a motion that players are only allowed to have a maximum of three open motions in progress at any one time. This should help reduce the confusion caused when one player has lots of proposed but unverified motions. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals.

[HarvesteR]

didn't we already do this? I thought we'd agreed that all motions that pass become rules?!

Not necessarily... A motion may only propose to amend an existing rule, or it might be something completely different...

I do agree with your idea to limit open motions, things are getting out of hand very fast (I had a lot of trouble posting a revised ruleset yesterday)

I cast my vote in favor of JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals.


Also, we need some official way to cancel an open motion, so we can clean up the open votes list... There are a lot of old motions that are technically still under vote, but have become completely obsolete...

@alexriehl: You don't need to specify the index position of your motion, in the event it's accepted and becomes a rule... most likely other rules will be added or removed, and your proposal will be 'out of bounds'... just rely on rule §010 to basically push(your rule) into the list
About the rewording thing, the rule was added to the ruleset without actually using the term 'termination', since it could have generated needless confusion.

So let's do something about motion cancellation... so we can make sense of this game again...

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker and/or the Chairman official power to cancel a motion that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker', 'as chairman' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate an open motion, without appeal to revive it. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus, in lieu of a deputy Chairman. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions",

We should also officialize this group consensus thing... It's a better option than waiting for the chairman's decision on each and every instance...
For the sake of not driving everyone crazy, I'll wait until this motion I just posted is closed before posting a new one...

EDIT: I had another idea... we should have an official place to keep a one and only ruleset/internet count/active motions list, so we don't have to keep reposting it all the time... I'll make that into a motion after the previous 2 have been voted. It could be on the first page... or then again, it could be in a site of it's own, so anyone can edit... maybe a wiki format?


Cheers

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to, in the event that "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting" passes, replace the first three sentences of rule §004 with "If at any point there are three votes from three different players in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes from three different players against a motion, the motion fails." This motion supersedes "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that there be created a method of earning internets beyond the original 1 (for posting the first time). This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to create an alternate method of earning currency."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that the Chairman can grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion that a further method beyond "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards" be set in place to provide currency. This shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards."

0 in favor, 1 against.
(Affinity has voted)

I make a motion to require that along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

1 in favor, 0 against.
(no recorded voters)

I make a motion that the wording in the phrase "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity" be revised to "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion approval/termination verbosity," because the revised wording more accurately portrays HarvesteR's motion. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvestR's motion."
EDIT: As HarvestR's motion has now passed, this motion is no longer necessary and does not need to be voted on.

0 in favor, 0 against.

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

(1 in favor, 0 against)

I make a motion to, should “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards” pass, create a rule containing it, to be referred to as “§013.” For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s motion to make alexriehl’s other motion into a rule if it passes.”
Edit: Alexriehl's motion to make alexriehl's other motion into a rule if it passes is invalid. Ignore it.

(0 in favor, 1 against)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker and/or the Chairman official power to cancel a motion that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker', 'as chairman' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate an open motion, without appeal to revive it. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus, in lieu of a deputy Chairman. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions",

(0 in favor, 0 against)

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote against JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather.
I cast my vote in favour of Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.
I cast my vote in favour of alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.
I cast my vote against HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions. ("without appeal to revive it" contradicts "The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading 'I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision.'")

I make a motion to allow players to give some of their internets any other player for whatever reason they wish. They may only give a positive number of internets which is less or equal to their current internet count*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit".

I cast my vote in favour of coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit.

*i.e. You can't say "I give -1000 internets to so-and-so" or give out so many internets that your internets go negative.

[alexriehl]

Please note that at the moment I realized any motion I have created was invalid, I have appended to the post an "EDIT" stating that the motion I had made directly above the edit was invalid or already in action.

[alexriehl]

I would like to request that "Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards," Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards," "Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvesteR's motion (rendered invalid anyway by an edit beneath the motion)", and "Alexriehl's motion to make alexriehl's other motion into a rule if it passes (invalid because of an edit beneath the motion)" be removed from the list of open motions, as they are all rendered obsolete or superseded by "Alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards." "Alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards" is the only motion that I have written that I consider to be still open to voting, as it is the only motion to be considered valid.

Furthermore, to solidify this and make it more clear,

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards.

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards.

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvesteR's motion, as the motion is invalid because HarvesteR's motion has passed.

I cast my vote against Alexriehl's motion to make alexriehl's other motion into a rule if it passes, as the motion is not needed due to rule §010.

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit.

I cast my vote in favor of Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions.

My vote for Alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards remains affirmative.

Therefore:

Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, 0 against. Affinity shall receive 3 internets for his/her meritous contribution.

Alexriehl's motion to grant currency-based rewards has 3 or more votes against, and is hereby denied.

Alexriehl's motion to provide currency for purposes other than rewards has 3 or more votes against, and is hereby denied.

Alexriehl's motion to reword the reference in HarvesteR's motion no longer applies to anything, and has 2 or more votes against, and is hereby denied.

Alexriehl's motion to make alexriehl's other motion into a rule if it passes is rendered unnecessary by Rule §010, and has two or more votes against, and is hereby denied.

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards".

2 in favor, 0 against.
(Alexriehl and coolguy5678 have voted.)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker and/or the Chairman official power to cancel a motion that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker', 'as chairman' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate an open motion, without appeal to revive it. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus, in lieu of a deputy Chairman. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions".

0 in favor, 1 against.
(coolguy5678 has voted.)

I make a motion to allow players to give some of their internets any other player for whatever reason they wish. They may only give a positive number of internets which is less or equal to their current internet count*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit".

2 in favor, 0 against.
(coolguy5678 and alexriehl have voted.)

Current Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."'

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Amendment proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004")

§005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.

§008
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this motion (if it passes) also gain one internet when the motion passes. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts. (Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency.")

§009
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.

§010
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under it's corresponding number.

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of it's previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history. (Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, and alexriehl; edited by Affinity)

§012:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply. (Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity")

§013:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by Turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for")

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion. (Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions")

Players:

Spoiler:

HarvesteR (13 internets)
Affinity (4 internets)
coolguy5678 (3 internets)
turret (2 internets)
kerfuffleninja (1 internet)
skellious (1 internet)
e^iπ+1=0 (1 internet)
Quate (1 internet)
snowyowl (1 internet)
neoliminal (1 internet)
Boreeas (1 internet)
alexriehl (1 internet)

Edit: Fixed a tiny grammar error involving a pair of quotation marks. ( " )

[HarvesteR]

without appeal to revive it" contradicts "The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading 'I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision

You're right about that... the point of this motion was to provide a mechanism through which we could clean up the active motions list, to reduce confusion... I reckon that the chairman shouldn't have powers to remove a motion at any time, since that could give him nasty ideas...

I'd like to revise this motion... We currently lack any official means to edit an open motion, without adding yet another motion... For the sake of not driving everyone bonkers yet again, I'll try to minimize confusion as much as possible.

I, as motion-maker of HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions, hereby submit a revised version of my motion. In the event that this motion passes under this revision, any other revision of this motion, previous or subsequent, shall be made obsolete.

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1)"

Anyone may vote for any revision of this motion, choose the one you agree more with.

Cheers

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as “alexriehl’s revised motion to grant currency-based rewards".

2 in favor, 0 against.
(Alexriehl and coolguy5678 have voted.)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker and/or the Chairman official power to cancel a motion that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker', 'as chairman' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate an open motion, without appeal to revive it. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus, in lieu of a deputy Chairman. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions".

0 in favor, 1 against.
(coolguy5678 has voted.)
(Revised by HarvesteR, please vote on the new version)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1)"

0 in favor, 0 against.

I make a motion to allow players to give some of their internets any other player for whatever reason they wish. They may only give a positive number of internets which is less or equal to their current internet count*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit".

2 in favor, 0 against.
(coolguy5678 and alexriehl have voted.)

[Affinity]

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1)
I just really want one of these to pass. Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion is getting... stale.

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit.
coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, 0 against. coolguy5678 shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.
I like saying "meritous contribution." It sounds all old-timey. "Meritous." My spell-checker doesn't even recognize it as a word!

Anyhow! I think I may have goofed up in my previous ruleset/active motion/player summary, like by dropping some players. Also, somewhere along the way some motions got dropped, even if they are motions that nobody cares about, like my motion to fix my other motion. But I've checked all the ways this post differs from the last-posted summaries, and I'm like 90% sure this is right, despite being up far too late. Anyhow. If stuff is wrong, it's at least consistently wrong.

(Also, I changed the fancy double S thingies to Rs. Hope nobody minds.)

Current ruleset:

Spoiler:

R001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

R002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule R002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

R003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

R004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule R004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.
(Proposed by kerfuffleninja as "kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay"; approved by kerfuffleninja, turret, skellious, e^ipi+1=0, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by kerfuffleninja)

R006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

R008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

R013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule R009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

R015:
Players may give some of their internets any other player for whatever reason they wish. They may only give a positive number of internets which is less than or equal to their current internet count.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to, in the event that "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting" passes, replace the first three sentences of rule R004 with "If at any point there are three votes from three different players in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes from three different players against a motion, the motion fails." This motion supersedes "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion.

(Proposed by Affinity; approved by Affinity; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that the state of the weather not being today like it used to be when I was a lad should be discussed in each subsequent post, with examples. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be refered to as 'JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather'

(Proposed by JonR; approved by nobody; opposed by alexriehl, coolguy5678)

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

(Proposed by alexriehl; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that players are only allowed to have a maximum of three open motions in progress at any one time. This should help reduce the confusion caused when one player has lots of proposed but unverified motions. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals.

(Proposed by JonR; approved by HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker and/or the Chairman official power to cancel a motion that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker', 'as chairman' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate an open motion, without appeal to revive it. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus, in lieu of a deputy Chairman. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions",

(Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by Affinity; opposed by coolguy5678)

I make a motion to grant the Motion-maker official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Anyone may be granted this power if agreed upon by a group consensus. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1)"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by Affinity; opposed by nobody)

Players:

Spoiler:

kerfuffleninja: 1 internets
turret: 2 internets
skellious: 1 internets
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets
_infina_: 1 internets
Quate: 1 internets
Affinity: 4 internets
snowyowl: 1 internets
neoliminal: 1 internets
coolguy5678: 6 internets
Boreeas: 1 internets
HarvesteR: 13 internets
alexriehl: 1 internets
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets
JonR: 1 internets

[coolguy5678]

Aww, I liked the fancy double S thingies.

I cast my vote in favour of HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1).

[HarvesteR]

I like them too... although my keyboard has no key combination to type one... I'm always copying and pasting them

anyways,

I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1).


HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1) has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. HarvesteR shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

Current ruleset:

Spoiler:

R001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

R002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule R002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

R003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

R004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule R004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R005:
Kerfuffleninja is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions.
(Proposed by kerfuffleninja as "kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay"; approved by kerfuffleninja, turret, skellious, e^ipi+1=0, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by kerfuffleninja)

R006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

R008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

R013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule R009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

R014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

R015:
Players may give some of their internets any other player for whatever reason they wish. They may only give a positive number of internets which is less than or equal to their current internet count.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

R016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions (Rev. 1)"; approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

Cool, this also works as a motion editing mechanism... One can make a new motion, and as motion-maker, remove your old one.
Here's how:

"I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten."

That takes care of the old version, since the revised version was the one approved.
Now we have the power to clean up that active list mess... use it wisely

Cheers



Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to, in the event that "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting" passes, replace the first three sentences of rule R004 with "If at any point there are three votes from three different players in favor of a motion, the motion passes and is acted upon. If at any point there are three votes from three different players against a motion, the motion fails." This motion supersedes "Affinity's motion to eliminate unnecessary voting." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion.

(Proposed by Affinity; approved by Affinity; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that the state of the weather not being today like it used to be when I was a lad should be discussed in each subsequent post, with examples. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be refered to as 'JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather'

(Proposed by JonR; approved by nobody; opposed by alexriehl, coolguy5678)

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

(Proposed by alexriehl; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that players are only allowed to have a maximum of three open motions in progress at any one time. This should help reduce the confusion caused when one player has lots of proposed but unverified motions. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals.

(Proposed by JonR; approved by HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

Players:

Spoiler:

kerfuffleninja: 1 internets
turret: 2 internets
skellious: 1 internets
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets
_infina_: 1 internets
Quate: 1 internets
Affinity: 4 internets
snowyowl: 1 internets
neoliminal: 1 internets
coolguy5678: 6 internets
Boreeas: 1 internets
HarvesteR: 15 internets
alexriehl: 1 internets
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets
JonR: 1 internets

[Affinity]

I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate Affinity's motion to fix Affinity's other motion. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten.

Oh, that feels much better.

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that the state of the weather not being today like it used to be when I was a lad should be discussed in each subsequent post, with examples. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be refered to as 'JonR's 1st motion to discuss the weather'

(Proposed by JonR; approved by nobody; opposed by alexriehl, coolguy5678)

I make a motion to permit the Chairman to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the chairman, if a motion to do so passes. The Chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Internets granted as rewards may be revoked, ONLY by means of a passed motion to revoke them. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards.

(Proposed by alexriehl; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that players are only allowed to have a maximum of three open motions in progress at any one time. This should help reduce the confusion caused when one player has lots of proposed but unverified motions. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals.

(Proposed by JonR; approved by HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

Look! It even fits in one screen now!