Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #36
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Ackanomic Voting Digest    Saturday, April 12 1997    Volume 02 : Number 036

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:47:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1903 accepted (Those Wacky Aliens)

Proposal 1903
Those Wacky Aliens
IdiotBoy

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 19 = 63.157895%
Yes:  7    No:  3     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

Vynd bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.
Mohammed bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	Narf
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Vynd
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Bascule
	fnord
	Ackers
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	ThinMan
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1903
Those Wacky Aliens
IdiotBoy
Distributed at 16:48:48 on Thursday, 3 April 1997

Insert the following text (delimited by <-->), as paragraph 3 of Section I
of Rule 1131 (The Sinister Alien Abduction Act):

<-->
If the Sinister Aliens are deemed incompetent and all three Alien Target
Designation Numbers are prime, then the Treasury shall pay A$100 to
each active player, to recompense them for the emotional duress caused by 
the Sinister Alien attack.
<-->

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:47:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1904 rejected (When Modesty Runs Wild Again)

Proposal 1904
When Modesty Runs Wild Again
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 19 = 63.157895%
Yes:  5    No:  5     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Narf
	Calvin N Hobbes

NO votes:
	breadbox
	snowgod
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	/dev/joe
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Bascule
	fnord
	Ackers
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	ThinMan
	Techno

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:47:18 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1906 accepted (Foolishness)

Proposal 1906
Foolishness
IdiotBoy

Votes cast by active players:  11 / 19 = 57.894737%
Yes:  9    No:  2     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	Narf
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	(None Yet) Unity vote

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

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

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1906
Foolishness
IdiotBoy
Distributed at 18:08:29 on Thursday, 3 April 1997

If a player submits a proposal which meets the following conditions, then
proposal is a Foolish Proposal:

a) The first line of the proposal is "I was young and foolish then, I feel
old and foolish now."
b) The rest of the text of the proposal is a previously submitted and
rejected proposal.
c) The previously submitted and rejected proposal was authored by the
player resubmitting it.

Whenever a Foolish Proposal is accepted or rejected, all scoring effects
from rule 207 related to its acceptance or rejection shall be doubled.

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:47:18 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1905 accepted (Institution Session)

Proposal 1905
Institution Session
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  11 / 19 = 57.894737%
Yes:  6    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

+2 A$ Niccolo Flychuck: epotato P1905

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Narf
	Calvin N Hobbes

NO votes:
	breadbox
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Bascule
	fnord
	Ackers
	You can call me Al
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	ThinMan
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1905
Institution Session
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 16:48:50 on Thursday, 3 April 1997

 Append to R720 "Institutions" the following text:
 
"
 6. If no other rule defines when a given Institution is in session, then 
 it is in session when it has more than 1 member.
 "

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:05:00 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1907 accepted (...And Justice for All)

Proposal 1907
...And Justice for All
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  10 / 19 = 52.631579%
Yes:  8    No:  0     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

+2 A$ Malenkai: epotato P1907

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Narf
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

NO votes:

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Bascule
	fnord
	Ackers
	You can call me Al
	Vynd
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	ThinMan
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1907
...And Justice for All
Malenkai
Distributed at 22:19:23 on Thursday, 3 April 1997

{{[
This "fixes" the CFJ submission problem to allow justices and praetors
to submit CFJs, and anyone to submit rule of fact CFJs.

note that the Praetor is already covered, ie, a CFJ they submitted
cannot be assigned to them under the Praetor rule, and if proposal
1890 passes, the Praetor will have complete freedom to avoid any
conflict of interest.

As for the justices, I propose 3 cases: 1) leave it alone.  2) allow
justices the option to not sit on a particular cfj, 3) prohibit
justices from sitting on their own cfj
]}}

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I.  [re-allow anyone to submit CFJs, put back rule of fact CFJs]

      1. Amend R 211, "Invoking Judgement", to replace: 

      "
      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
      " 

      with 

      "
      Any player who has a question or complaint about any matter
concerning the rules, the facts, or their interpretation
      " 

      {{[Its always bothered me that fact-based CFJs were impermissible]}} 

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II.  Create a new rule numbered 211.1, called "Conditional Judicial
Amendment", with the following text, delimited by '***':

***
Upon creation of this rule, a hearing shall be called with valid responses
of [with responses sent to [email-masked]]:

1) The Judicial system is fine the way it is
2) We should allow the Justices the option to decline to sit on certain CFJs
3) We should not permit the Justices to sit on their own CFJs

If the result of this hearing was the response denoted by 3), the amendment
in the following section delimited by double dollar signs shall be applied:

[
$$
Amend Rule 417, "Justices Rock" to append the following text to the
end of the rule:

"
If a CFJ comes before the Supreme Court that was originally submitted by
one of the Justices, then an acting Justice is selected to sit on the
Court to adjudicate that CFJ only, in the original Justice's stead; the 
procedure used to select the Acting Justice in this case is the same as if
the original Justice went on vacation. 
"
$$
]

If the result of this hearing was the response denoted by 2), the amendment
in the following section delimited by double plus signs shall be applied:

[
++
Amend Rule 417, "Justices Rock" to append the following text to the
end of the rule:

"
When a CFJ comes before the Supreme Court, a Justice, as a public action,
may decline judgement on that CFJ.  In this case, an Acting Justice
is selected to sit on the Court to adjudicate that CFJ only, in the
original Justice's stead; the procedure used to select the Acting Justice
in this case is the same as if the original Justice went on vacation. 
"
++
]

This rule repeals itself after the results of the hearing are released,
and all rule changes, if any, as directed by this rule and the results
of the hearing, are applied.

***

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:14:48 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1908 accepted (Bonus Votes are quite normal)

Proposal 1908
Bonus Votes are quite normal
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  10 / 19 = 52.631579%
Yes:  7    No:  1     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

+2 A$ Niccolo Flychuck: epotato P1908

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	fnord
	Ackers
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	ThinMan
	Narf
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1908
Bonus Votes are quite normal
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 09:53:28 on Friday, 4 April 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Delete the following text from R317"Bonus Votes"

" Use of a bonus vote by a player constitutes the use of a Paranormal
Power by a player entity. "

{{[There are sufficient checks on Bonus Votes without this added
baggage, the fun value, or any value, of which, eludes me]}}

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