Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #26
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Tuesday, April 1 1997     Volume 02 : Number 026

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:34:22 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1891

Proposal 1891
Banana Business
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

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Amend R 923, "The Amber Banana", to replace:

"
      The Amber Banana, and the tree it grows on, are entities, and can
only be destroyed by Acid Rain.
"

with:

"
      Amber Bananas are Tradeable entities.  The tree they grow on is
an entity that can only be destroyed by Acid Rain.
"

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:34:23 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1892

Proposal 1892
Shotgun
Narf

This is a modest proposal

There exists a unique entity known as the Shotgun.  The Shotgun is a normal
looking shotgun.

The owner of the Shotgun may purchase shotgun shells, if such things exist.
 For every shotgun shell e buys, e may shoot 1 (one) time at the Chartreuse
Goose.

When a player fires the Shotgun at the Chartreuse Goose, one of the following
things, randomly determined, will happen.

Random event A: The loud noise will frighten the Chartreuse Goose and it
shall fly away to somewhere else.

Random event B: The shell hits the Chartreuse Goose, injuring it grievously,
causing the following to occur: The Chartreuse Goose may never fly again, and
permanently remains with the player that currently has it.  In addition, rule
235 is ammended to read in total "Let a unique, nontradeable, non-mimsy
entity exist named the Chartreuse Goose. "

Random event C: The Shotgun misses, destroying a random trinket owned by the
player who has the Chartreuse Goose.  If 'e has no trinkets, the Shotgun
damages his house and e must pay A$25 to have it repaired.

Random event D: The Shotgun explodes, scarring the face of the player who
fired it for life.  The Shotgun is destroyed, and another one is instantly
created in accordance with this rule.

When a Shotgun is first created, it is owned by the player to most recently
become a scientist, unless that player owns more than $A300 in which case it
is auctioned off in a shubik auction.

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:34:20 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1890

Proposal 1890
Giving the Praetor some Slack
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[there was a situation where the Praetor was an interested party,
and would have had to go on vacation to avoid CoI.  Lets try to fix
that; vacations are for vacationing.]}}

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Amend rule 425, "Praetor", as follows:

I.  [using the standard office rules]

Replace, section I, which reads:

"
      I. The Office of the Praetor is a Political Office. It has one
seat. If the seat is vacant, it shall be filled by Nomination and
Election for Office. Should either of these terms be nonexistent, the
Clerk of the Court may appoint any eligible player to the seat. To be
eligible for Nomination and Election or appointment by the Clerk of the
Court, a player must be active and one or more of the following 

      a) a Bronze Torch holder
      b) eligible to receive a Bronze Torch
      c) the owner of a Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper
      d) a former Supreme Court Justice
      e) enshrined in the Hall of Elders 

      Regardless of any other eligibility, a current Justice or
Acting Justice is never eligible. 

      If the seat is vacant and there are no eligible players, the
seat remains vacant. 

      If appointed (not elected) to the Office of Praetor, a player has
three days to accept the Office. If he does not do so within that time,
the appointment is declared void. 
"

with:

"
      I. The Office of the Praetor is a Political Office. To be eligible
for the office, a player must be active and one or more of the following: 

      a) a Bronze Torch holder
      b) the owner of a Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper
      c) a former Supreme Court Justice
      d) enshrined in the Hall of Elders 

      Regardless of any other eligibility, a current Justice or
Acting Justice is never eligible. 
"

II.  [allowed abdication]

Replace section II, which reads:

"
      II. If an Acting Justice needs to be selected because of a
Justice's Vacation, the Praetor shall be selected before other eligible
players, if not already an Acting Justice; if the Praetor cannot be
selected, players eligible to be Praetor shall be selected before other
players. 
"

with:

"
      II. If an Acting Justice needs to be selected because of a
Justice's Vacation, the Praetor shall be selected before other eligible
players, if not already an Acting Justice; if the Praetor cannot be
selected, or the Praetor abdicates the appoinment, players eligible to
be Praetor shall be selected before other players. 
"

III.  [one less thing to track, and another out in a CoI situation]

replace section IV, which reads:

"
      IV. The Praetor may not decline Judgment. When a CFJ is submitted
to him, he is assumed to have immediately accepted it. He may send a
CFJ to the Supreme Court, though he may do this only if he has not
submitted a CFJ to the Supreme Court within the last 14 days. If e does
this, he is not required to deliver a verdict. 
"

with:

"
      IV. The Praetor may not decline Judgment. When a CFJ is submitted
to him, he is assumed to have immediately accepted it. He may send a
CFJ to the Supreme Court, and if e does this, he is not required to
deliver a verdict. 
"

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:34:24 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1893

Proposal 1893
Pointers
Narf

Create a new rule with the following text:

When a rule number is changed, all rules that refer to that rule are ammended
by changing the rule number pointers to reflect the new number.

#thanks

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:39:17 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1860 accepted (Restructuring the OotF)

Proposal 1860
Restructuring the OotF
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  9    No:  2     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	Calvin N Hobbes
	fnord
	snowgod
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Narf
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	ThinMan

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1860
Restructuring the OotF
Calvin N Hobbes
Mon Mar 24 14:23:42 1997

{{This is a Modest proposal.

[It refines the roles of players who are in charge of keeping track of
entities and valuables, making them all come under the supervision of the
Financier. This allows for a sharing of the jobs while making the
Financier's job much lighter. In-built in the process are automatic shutdown
and wake-up functions based on whether or not someone wants to do the work
associated with the position. This should drastically reduce the workload
associated with the work for any one person and allow people who would enjoy
doing that work to do it]

1. Amend R412 to read:
"The Office of the Financier (OotF), or Financier, is a Functional Office. 

The Financier is there to make sure the Overseers who report to him do their
jobs. The Financier has the authority to negotiate and resolve conflicts or
disagreements between such overseers according to the rules, tradition, or
to the best of his/her judgement, in that order. The Financier has no legal
obligation to do work already asigned by a rule to another officer or
overseer (whether or not there is someone in the position or office).

The Duties of the Financier are: 
   (i) To check that accurate records are maintained by all reporting to the
OotF. Records need only be accurate to within the last 7 days. Should an
overseer who is said to reprort to the OotF not do their job, it is the duty
of the Financier to impeach them.
   (ii) To keep track of anything involving entities worth more than zero
ackadollars that other job descriptions do not cover, and only those.
   (iii) To do the work that is directly assigned to him by other rules that
do not fall under the scope of someone else's job description. If a rule
says that the Financier must do something, but it does fall under the scope
of another, the that person is reponsible for carrying it out.
   (iv) To report to the President on any problems in the FM and Treasury
and impeachements that result.

If any overseer position is left unfilled, no action that would be overseen
by that officer can take place until there is someone in that position."

2. Amend R426 to read:
"The Undead-Harfer is an Overseer. The Duties are: 
   (i) To maintain a list of all Undead, the entities they are haunting, and
any other pertinent details of the Undead.
   (ii) Verify any manipulation or change made on the above was made in
accord with the rules.
   (iii)To make this list available to any player upon request. 
   (iv) To report to the OofF."

3. Amend R427 to read:
"The Bond-Harfer is an Overseer. The Duties are: 
   (i) Maintain a log of all bonds and stocks transaction, prices and
onwnership on Free Market (FM).
   (ii) Verify any transaction made there was made in accord with the rules.
   (iii) Make the last records and logs available to any Player upon request
within 2 days.
   (iv) Report to the OotF."

4. Create a new rule numbered 428 called "Trinket-Harfer" to read:
"The Trinket-Harfer is an Overseer. The Duties are:
   (i) Log all transfers of trinkets ownership as well as their creation and
destruction.
   (ii) Verify that these events happen only in accordance with the Rules.
   (iii) Make the last records and logs available to any Player upon request
within 2 days.
   (iv) Report to the OotF."

5. Create a new rule numbered 429 called "Entity-Harfer" to read:
"The Entity-Harfer is an Overseer. The Duties are:
   (i) To keep a record of what the treasury contains and the transactions
that take things in or out of the treasury.
   (ii) Verify that these events happen only in accordance with the Rules.
   (iii) Make the last records and logs available to any Player upon request
within 2 days.
   (iv) Report to the OotF."

6. Create a new rule numbered 400 called "Overseers Are Volunteers"
"The following applies to all Overseers:
   (i) Only one player at a time may fill the position.
   (ii) As a Privilege of the position, each Player shall receive a monthly
salary of A$25 for every Overseer position held.
   (iii) An Overseer going on vacation shall be judged to have resigned from
his Seat.
   (iv) Whenever an Overseer position is vacant, there will be no elections
until someone volunteers to fill the position, and anyone may volunteer
while the election has not ended. The election ends 3 days after the first
person volunteered and the position will be granted to the volunteer with
the most votes. All players can a vote in that election.
   (v) Overseers may be impeached by the following process:
            a)  The Financier declares publicly his intention to
                impeach a stated Player from a given Overseer position.
            b)  The President concurs with the impeachment
                by so notifying the Financier within 3 days of
                the Financier's declaration.
            c)  At this time, the Overseer position is vacant.
   (vi) An overseer may resign at any time, making the position vacant. A
player needs to be reconfirmed every 2 months in the position by the
Financier, otherwise, the position is now vacant."}}

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:39:18 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1861 accepted (Trinket Destruction Amnesty Period)

Proposal 1861
Trinket Destruction Amnesty Period
/dev/joe

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 19 = 63.157895%
Yes:  8    No:  4     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

+2 A$ /dev/joe: epotato P1861

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Calvin N Hobbes
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Mohammed
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	Narf
	Bascule
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	fnord

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	You can call me Al
	Vynd
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1861
Trinket Destruction Amnesty Period
/dev/joe
Mon Mar 24 14:23:43 1997

Insert after the second paragraph of rule 506, "Trinkets", the following
paragraph (including the ** lines delimiting it):

**
To reduce the length of the Player/Entity web page, a two-week amnesty
period is hereby called.  The art and antiquities communities will
not be upset at the conversion of any trinket to A$, and will cheer
the conversion of trinkets worth A$5 or less.  Two weeks after this
section of this rule takes effect, this entire paragraph (including
the lines containing just two asterisks delimiting it) is deleted
from this rule.
**

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:39:18 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1862 accepted (Four Three Strange Days)

Proposal 1862
Four Three Strange Days
You can call me Al

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 19 = 73.684211%
Yes:  14    No:  1     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	Narf
	Bascule
	Calvin N Hobbes
	fnord
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	(None Yet) Unity vote

NO votes:
	/dev/joe

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1862
Four Three Strange Days
You can call me Al
Mon Mar 24 14:55:12 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

Alter Rule 1119, so that the words "4 days" in the first sentence are
replaced with "3 days".

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:39:17 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1859 accepted (Trials By Jury)

Proposal 1859
Trials By Jury
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  9    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Bascule
	Narf
	fnord
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Vynd

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1859
Trials By Jury
Calvin N Hobbes
Mon Mar 24 14:23:42 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

{{renumber this rule to 218}}

[This would allow for the trials by jury. The effects would be minimal,
considering Acka is nicely defined. However, it would add another
possibility to deal with strange occurences. The rule was kept as simple as
possible]

Upon a verdict of "Undecided" being ruled by a judge, the following will
take place. The "Undecided" verdict should be published by the CoC, but the
CFJ will no be redistributed to another judge, rather, a Jury trial is
formed, its ruling to be accepted as the ruling of the CFJ. This takes
precedence over any rule that would redistribute a CFJ ruled "Undecided".

The initiator of the CFJ will act as Prosaecuter. The Judge who ruled
undecided will nominate a player, excluding the Prosaecuter, to act as
Consaecuter. That player should have an opinion different from the
Proseacuter's, although this is left at the discretion of the Judge. The
Prosaecuter and Consaecutor will each select 2 players that are neither one
of themselves, nor Justice or Acting Justice, to act as Jury members for
this CFJ.

Within seven days, they must each submit to the Judge a message that
outlines their positions, why they believe their position is correct, and
what the result of the jury verdict should be. A soon as the two messages
are received by the Judge, he will distribute both of them to the Jury
members selected. Should the dealine pass with one not submitting the
message, then the result asked by the other takes effect. Should both miss
the deadline, the CFJ is declared invalid and that ruling is passed on to
the CoC for publication.

Upon receiving the two documents, the Jury then has seven days to discuss it
among themselves and provide a ruling. They should choose one of themselves
to act as spokesperson, who will give their ruling to the Judge. No
reasoning should be given with the ruling.

The possible rulings are as follows. If all agree to support one of the two
opinions presented to them, then they should present its result as verdict.
The players may present their own verdict if all agree on it. If no
consensus can be reached, the Consaecuter's opinion prevails and the result
he outlined is implemented as verdict.

The Judge will then pass on the CFJ to the CoC for publication.

A jury verdict can be appealed to the Supreme Court. Justices, acting
Justices, members of that Jury, the Judge, the Proseacuter and Consecuter
may not appeal the verdict.

{{  [The following is to avoid people ruling on their own CFJs or appeals]

1. amend R211's first line to say:
"Any player (who is neither Praetor, Justice nor Acting-Justice) who has a
question or complaint about any matter concerning the laws and their
interpretation may email their statement to the Clerk of the Court, who will
then distribute it publically."

2. amend the last line of R217 to say:
"Supreme Court Justices or Acting Supreme Court Justices may not appeal
Judgements or Supreme Court appellate decisions to the Supreme Court.
Members of a Jury that ruled on a CFJ may not appeal that CFJ, neither can
the Judge, Proseacuter and Consaecuter of that CFJ."

[I expect a lot of discussion on this and welcome it. It will probably need
to be reworked, but then at least it'll get the ball rolling... I guess this
should be an RFC, but perhaps it's just perfect and everyone will love it
right away. <g>]}}

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:39:18 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1863 rejected (While I'm at it...)

Proposal 1863
While I'm at it...
You can call me Al

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 19 = 73.684211%
Yes:  7    No:  7     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	You can call me Al
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Narf
	Bascule
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	mr cwm
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Vynd
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:38:19 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1894

Proposal 1894
Paranormality
Vynd

{[The current rules on the W-File Pair don't mesh very well with the rules
on telepathy and telekinesis right now.  Their alien sedative probably
wouldn't remove telepathic or telekinetic powers since neither is actualy 
defined as a Paranormal Power in and of itself.  Hence this tinkering.  I 
know it reads kind of awkwardly, but I had to work it so the bit about
the weather ballons still fit :)]

Ammend Rule 1117 by deleting the last paragraph and replacing it with the
following:

So long as a player has the ability to use telepathy and/or telekinesis,
she may make as many uses of it as she likes.  However, telepathy and
telekinesis are Paranormal Powers.  However, if a player uses either
telepathy or telekinesis it is not treated as a use of a Paranormal Power 
unless she has already used that same power within the last 17 days (408
hours).  It's just considered to be another wind sheared weather balloon
and it is good form for senators to publicly deny everything about the
incident.  If, however, the player uses telepathy or telekinesis twice in
a 17 day (408) hour period, then the player will be treated as having used
that Paranormal Power.  This paragraph takes precedence over Rule 261
Dealing with the Paranormal.}

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:38:20 -0600
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1864 accepted (Tammany "reform")

Proposal 1864
Tammany "reform"
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 19 = 73.684211%
Yes:  15    No:  1     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	Narf
	Mohammed
	Calvin N Hobbes
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Tammany
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	fnord

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Bascule

Active players who did not vote:
	Ackers
	Jammer
	Red Barn
	breadbox
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1864
Tammany "reform"
Vynd
Mon Mar 24 20:33:54 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Ammend Rule 315/11 Tammany in the following manner.

Alter part b) to read:

b) an amount of currency in the range of A$ 5 to A$ 100 (inclusive).

{{[Now that Tammany bribes are going to Organized Crime, instead of just
back to the faceless treasury, I think lowering the minimum would be a
good idea.  It should stimulate more activity, as players chuck a few
bucks Tammany's way on the off chance they'll get the high bid, rather
than using Tammany only when they are deeply concerned with a proposal's
status.  Thus, it should generate some cash for everyone's favorite family
to back some bets with.]}}

Alter the third to last paragraph to read:

Each Player who submitted a Tammany Bribe for a Proposal that is about to
be resolved shall have the designated amount of currency deducted from his
account and added to the account of the Narfalone Family.  In the case
that this would result in a negative currency balance for a player, his
entire Bribe is disregarded.

{{[This bit isn't strictly necessary, I don't think, but hey, as long as
I'm here... ]}}

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