This is a DRAFT report of the Caste status as of right now. Please
correct errors now, before the September caste cycling happens.
Grand Poobah Report -- DRAFT
Time of Last Report: 18 Aug 2008 21:09
Time of This Report: 03 Sep 2008
CASTE
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ALPHA (Voting Limit: 8)
Murphy
BETA (Voting Limit: 5)
Taral
root
GAMMA (Voting Limit: 3)
BobTHJ
pikhq
Wooble
AFO
Zefram
OscarMeyr
DELTA (Voting Limit: 2)
ais523
comex
Quazie
woggle
avpx
Pavitra
PNP
Goethe
EPSILON (Voting Limit: 1)
arkestra
Ivan Hope
Olipro
Sgeo
tusho
Left Hand
cctoide
cdm014
Doopy
Iammars
Offhanded
Schrodinger's Cat
SAVAGE (Voting Limit: 0)
(All others not yet listed)
NOTE FEES (Rule 2194)
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Major chord increase someone else's caste
Major pentad increase own caste
Minor chord decrease someone else's caste
Minor pentad decrease own caste
RECENT EVENTS
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Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:21 - Office of Grand Poobah created, voting
limits set
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:18 - ais523 increases PNP's caste to Epsilon
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:07 - BobTHJ becomes the Grand Poobah
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15 - Murphy increases eir caste to Alpha
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15 - Murphy increases OscarMeyr's caste to Gamma
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15 - Murphy increases Goethe's caste to Delta
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:25 - OscarMeyr increases Goethe's caste to Gamma
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:30 - Pavitra increases PNP's caste to Delta
---Time of Last Report---
18 Aug 2008 21:19 attempted cycling (failed due to incorrect report):
Promoted to Alpha: Taral
Promoted to Beta: BobTHJ
Promoted to Gamma: Quazie
Promoted to Delta: Ivan Hope
Demoted to Delta:
Zefram
AFO
OscarMeyr
Demoted to Epsilon:
avpx
ais523
comex
woggle
Pavitra
PNP
Goethe
27 Aug 2008 04:33 - Murphy increases OscarMeyr's caste to Beta
27 Aug 2008 04:33 - Murphy increases woggle's caste to Gamma
02 Sep 2008 20:17 - OscarMeyr becomes Grand Poobah. Defer, defer! &c.
MONTHLY CYCLING
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All Alphas flipped to default at beginning of month
One promotion to each of top 4 castes from the next lowest caste
Demotions to limit 2 Betas, 3 Gammas, and 4 Deltas
=Grand Poobah Caste Policy=
(A pledge by OscarMeyr published 27 Aug 2008)
==Administrivia==
1. This is a pledge and public contract.
2. OscarMeyr may modify this pledge without 2 objections. Any
player may modify this pledge with Agoran Consent.
3. OscarMeyr may leave this pledge at any time after the resolution
of the current election for Grand Poobah if e is not Grand Poobah.
==Policy elements in decreasing priority order==
4. Caste changes will as best as possible avoid promoting / demoting
a player who paid for eir own demotion / promotion respectively
within the four weeks prior to the caste change.
5. Caste changes will as best as possible avoid promotion or
demoting a player whose caste was changed by payment within the four
weeks prior to the caste change.
6. Promotions will prefer active first-class players over active non-
first-class players over all other players. Ties will be broken by
random selection with equal probability.
7. Demotions will prefer non-first-class players over inactive first-
class players over active first-class players. Ties will be broken
by whoever has held the caste the longest, by the month of eir last
change (August 1 and August 31 will be equivalent); further ties will
be broken by random selection with equal probability.
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Benjamin Schultz KE3OM
Grand Poobah OscarMeyr
