Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #15
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Ackanomic Voting Digest    Thursday, March 20 1997    Volume 02 : Number 015

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:31:27 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1848

Proposal 1848
modesty part deux
Narf

This is a grandiose proposal

[see my upcoming CFJ for the reasoning behind this one...]

Ammend rule 207 as follows:

Replace the following text

" If a non-Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receiv=
es
10 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 3 points. If a Mo=
dest
proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives half as many po=
ints
as he or she would have received otherwise, and no points are awarded for
voting NO."

with

"If a non-Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receive=
s 10
points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 3 points. If a Modes=
t
proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives half as many
(rounded down) points as he or she would have received otherwise, and no
points are awarded for voting NO."

and replace the following text

"For the first three weeks of being a new player (as opposed to a returni=
ng
player) in Ackanomic, a player shall lose only 4 points if one of their
proposals fails; they shall receive 12 points if one of their proposals
passes"

with=20

"For the first three weeks of being a new player (as opposed to a returni=
ng
player) in Ackanomic, a player shall lose only 4 points if one of their
proposals fails; they shall receive 12 points if one of their non-modest
proposals passes"

[thought I'd fix that while I was here... up until now, a new player who
wrote a modest proposal would have earned 12 points for it!!]

Ammend rule #209 as follows

replace the following text

=93Whenever a Modest Proposal is adopted, the number of points scored by =
its
author as a direct result of authoring an adopted proposal shall be half =
the
number of points they would otherwise have scored (rounded down).=94

with

=93Whenever a Modest Proposal is adopted, the number of points scored by =
its
author as a direct result of authoring an adopted proposal shall be in
accordance with Rule 207.=94

[this prevents the double (or more) halving of points]

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:31:24 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1847

Proposal 1847
House Naming Fix
breadbox

This is a Modest proposal.

In Rule 252 "Joining the Game", replace the sentence:

"A player may change the name of this building by publically
announcing the new name and unambiguously identifying the building
they wish to rename."

with:

"The player may change the name of their building by publically
announcing the new name and unambiguously identifying the building
they wish to rename."

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:31:28 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1849

Proposal 1849
Let's Clear This Up
ThinMan

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ Summary:
All scoring specific to Modest proposals is removed from R207 and
handled by R209.  The "As a direct result of authoring" language of
R209 is replaced by a specific reference to R207.  The "newbie" proposal
bonus is tweaked ever-so-slightly.
]}}

Amend Rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported)
in the following ways:
1. Delete the second sentence of section III.
2. Insert "non-Modest" before the first occurence of "proposal" in
   section VI.
3. Change the text of section VII to read: "For the first three weeks
   of being a new player (as opposed to a returning player) in
   Ackanomic, a player shall receive a three-point bonus whenever one
   of their non-Modest proposals is accepted or any one of their
   proposals is rejected."
4. Replace the initial "If" of section VIII with "The above provisions
   notwithstanding, if".

Amend Rule 209 (Modesty and Pride) by changing the second paragraph to:
"Whenever a Modest proposal is adopted, its author shall receive half
the number of points that rule 207 would have directed that they receive
if the proposal had not been Modest (rounded down)."

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:31 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1788 rejected (Forfeiting Duels Fix)

Proposal 1788
Forfeiting Duels Fix
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 17 = 76.470588%
Yes:  7    No:  6     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Red Barn
	Strider
	breadbox
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Lestrade
	Narf
	ThinMan
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	fnord

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Techno

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:32 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1791 rejected (Harf Everlasting)

Proposal 1791
Harf Everlasting
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 17 = 76.470588%
Yes:  6    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	Robert Sevin
	Narf
	Strider
	Vynd
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Lestrade
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Red Barn
	fnord

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Techno

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:32 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1790 accepted (Less Volatile SwingPoints)

Proposal 1790
Less Volatile SwingPoints
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 17 = 70.588235%
Yes:  6    No:  2     Present:  7   ...Proposal accepted.

Niccolo Flychuck +2 : EP P1790

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Strider
	ThinMan
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	mr cwm
	Lestrade
	Red Barn
	Robert Sevin
	Narf
	fnord
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Vynd
	snowgod
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1790
Less Volatile Swingpoints
Niccolo Flychuck
Mon Mar 10 22:33:14 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.
Ammend R728 "Swingpoints" in the following ways:
I. In section 2 delete the text " Every two weeks on Tuesday, the
following things happen:"

II. Subsection a of section is ammended to read in full :
"
At the end of every calendar month all existing Swingpoints are converted
to points and are added to the scores of the players who own them.
According to the formula in section 4a of this rule.
"

III. At the begining of subsection b of section 2, before the words "The
Chess-Umpire awards", insert the following text:
"Every two weeks on Tuesday"
and replace the first occurence of "The" with "the"

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:32 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1793 rejected (More Controlling)

Proposal 1793
More Controlling
IdiotBoy

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 17 = 76.470588%
Yes:  6    No:  4     Present:  5   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Red Barn
	Narf
	Strider
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	fnord
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Lestrade

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Techno

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:31 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1789 accepted (Synod Extensions)

Proposal 1789
Synod Extensions
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 17 = 76.470588%
Yes:  9    No:  3     Present:  4   ...Proposal accepted.

Niccolo Flychuck +2 : EP P1789

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Red Barn
	Strider
	ThinMan
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Mohammed
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	Lestrade
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Narf
	fnord
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1789
Synod Extensions
Niccolo Flychuck
Mon Mar 10 22:33:13 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.
Ammend R1303 "Synod" In the following ways:

I. Section 2 is ammended to read in full:
"
Each Church may have at most 1 seat in the Synod. Each Organization with a
Trade License may have at most 1 seat in the Synod. No other entity may
have a Seat in the Synod. An Organization with a Trade License is reffered
to in this rule as a TLO.
"
II. In section 3 replace the period at the end of the section with a coma
and append the following text:
"At least one of which is occupied by a Church Delegate."

III. In section 4 replace all occurences of "Church" with "Church (or
TLO)"

IV. In Section 5 the entire text of subsection a becomes subsection a (i).
Append the following text to subsection a  as section a (ii):
"
A TLO which has a Seat in the Synod may appoint a member of that TLO
to occupy that Seat. The appointed member is known as the Trade Delegate,
and the Seat is known by the name of the TLO, or an abbreviation
approved by the TLO. A Delegate may resign at any time. If the Delegate
goes on Vacation the TLO may appoint another member of that TLO as
an acting-Delegate. If a Delegate resigns, the TLO may appoint another
member as Delegate. A TLO may leave its Seat unoccupied. 
"

V. In section 5 subsection b the word "Delegates" in the first sentence is
replaced by the text "Church Delegates"

VI. In section 5 subsection c replace all occurences of "Founder of the
Church" with the text " Church or TLO", then replace all occurences of
"Church" with "Organization".

VII. In sections 6,8 replace "Church" with "Organization". Replace
"Churches" with "Organizations".

VIII. Ammend section 10 to read in full:
"
a. A Church is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if there is at least
one Church which already owns a Seat in the Synod whose M Similarity with
the former Church is equal to or greater than 30. 
b. A Church is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if the total M
Similarities with all the Churches which are members of the Synod is equal
to or greater than 80. 
c. A TLO is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if there is at least one
Organization which owns a Seat in the Synod whose M Similarity
with the former Organization is equal to or greater than 60.
When ever a Church acquires a Seat in the Synod, any TLO which becomes
ineligible for a Seat loses its Seat in the Synod and receives its full
entry fee as a refund, regardless of the time that passed since it joined
the Synod
d. For the purposes of this rule, and for the purposes of all Synod
actions, TLO are considered to have an active size of 1, regardless of eir
actual size.
"

IX. Append to section 4 the following text:
"
Entry fees are transferred from the Church or TLO) to the Synod. Refunds,
when paid, are transferred from the Synod to the Organization receiving
the refund.
"

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:13:32 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1792 accepted (Voting Magic)

Proposal 1792
Voting Magic
Mohammed

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 17 = 76.470588%
Yes:  13    No:  1     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Red Barn
	Narf
	Strider
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Lestrade
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	fnord

Active players who did not vote:
	Jammer
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1792
Voting Magic
Mohammed
Wed Mar 12 09:33:01 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

[The unexpected consequences from P1758 have been a lot of fun for me,
although I know they annoyed some other players.  I'm sorry about
that; it occurred to me that it would happen about halfway through the
voting period and I couldn't resist letting it slide.  Anyway, this
should fix it...]

Rule 106 ("Voting on Proposals") is amended by changing:
- ---
Voting Players may vote either YES, NO, or PRESENT on each proposal,
or choose not to vote on a proposal, which is called abstaining.
- ---
to:
- ---
Voting Players may vote either YES, NO, or PRESENT on each proposal,
by sending their vote to the Tabulator.  Votes must be unambiguous and
unconditional.  A Voting Player may also choose not to vote on a
proposal, which is called abstaining.
- ---

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 21:37:45 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1850

Proposal 1850
Preventing Stiffing Scams
/dev/joe

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 1771, "Controlling Interest" as follows:

1. Change "2 days" to "3 days".

2. After the sentence which begins "If player B does not vote in the way
   specified", add "If a controlling interest in player B is exercised
   more than once on the same proposal, he shall only be guilty of
   Stiffing his Shareholders if he violates the last such exercise
   of controlling interest."

3. In the sentence "A player may not exercise his controlling interest
   in any single other player more often than once per week."
   change "week" to "calendar week, from Sunday through Saturday."

Then renumber rule 1771 to 509.

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