Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #64
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Ackanomic Voting Digest    Wednesday, May 21 1997    Volume 02 : Number 064

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:10 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1985 rejected (Cross Unions)

Proposal 1985
Cross Unions
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  7    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Vynd

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:10 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1986 rejected (Ad Hoc Comitte on the matter of Cross Unions)

Proposal 1986
Ad Hoc Comitte on the matter of Cross Unions
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  7    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Vynd

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:11 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1987 rejected (Bigger Than A Breadbox)

Proposal 1987
Bigger Than A Breadbox
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  6    No:  9     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

Alfvaen attempted to bribe Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES, but didn't have enough A$.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Bascule
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	snowgod

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	Atilla the Pun
	two-star
	breadbox
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:11 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1988 rejected (A new light)

Proposal 1988
A new light
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  9    No:  8     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	breadbox
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:11 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1989 rejected (Info Treasures)

Proposal 1989
Info Treasures
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  6    No:  9     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	two-star
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:12 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1990 rejected (Substitute Players (Let there be Quorum!))

Proposal 1990
Substitute Players (Let there be Quorum!)
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  7    No:  6     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	two-star
	Techno
	snowgod
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:12 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1991 accepted (Zzimsy Restoration)

Proposal 1991
Zzimsy Restoration
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  11    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Bascule
	Techno
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	/dev/joe
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	Alfvaen

PRESENT votes:
	Atilla the Pun

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1991
Zzimsy Restoration
Guy Fawkes
Distributed at 11:20:47 on Monday, 12 May 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ Restore the lost lands ]

A small building called "Xanadu", with a 145m tower called the 
"Monument to Futility" is created on 1 kaa of vacant land.  Guy Fawkes owns it.

A small building called "AirHead's House" is created on 1 kaa of vacant land.
The Undead AirHead begins haunting it.

A small building called "Aubergine Hall" is created on 1 kaa of vacant 
land.  The Undead Brinjal begins haunting it.

A small building called "fon's House" is created on 1 kaa of vacant 
land.  The Undead fon begins haunting it.

A small building called "G. Peefalt's House" is created on 1 kaa of 
vacant land.  The Undead G. Peefalt begins haunting it.

A small building called "Habeous Corpus' House" is created on 1 kaa of 
vacant land.  Habeous Corpus owns it.  

A small building called "Bibliophilia" is created on 1 kaa of vacant land.  
The Undead Pascal begins haunting it.

A small building called "this is not a name's House" is created on 1 kaa 
of vacant land.  The Undead this is not a name begins haunting it.

A small building called "Uncle Sam's House" is created on 1 kaa of vacant 
land.  The Undead Uncle Same begins haunting it.

A small building called "Wayne's House" is created on 1 kaa of vacant 
land.  The Undead Wayne begins haunting it. 

[ Assorted other entities ]

Two Otzma Cards of type Go Fish are created.  Guy Fawkes owns them.

A Blue Cross and a Blue Cross Bonus are created.  The Undead this is not 
a name begins haunting them.

A Blue Cross Bonus is created.  The Undead Wayne begins haunting it.

}}

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:13 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1993 rejected (Because Lightning Sometimes Strikes Twice)

Proposal 1993
Because Lightning Sometimes Strikes Twice
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  5    No:  10     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	Alfvaen
	/dev/joe
	Guy Fawkes

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	two-star
	Techno
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:14 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1996 rejected (Xenophobia)

Proposal 1996
Xenophobia
/dev/joe

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  3    No:  11     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

ThinMan bribed Tammany A$ 75 to vote YES.
Vynd bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	Tammany
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Techno
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:12 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1992 accepted (Few Good Things Begin With the Letter Q)

Proposal 1992
Few Good Things Begin With the Letter Q
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  9    No:  6     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	/dev/joe
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	snowgod
	ThinMan

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1992
Few Good Things Begin With the Letter Q
Guy Fawkes
Distributed at 12:42:54 on Monday, 12 May 1997

This is a Modest proposal.  

{{[ As far as I know, the quorum rule has so far caused one crisis (The 
Quorum Crisis)  nearly caused another (Frebruary's mass forced vacation) and 
created at least one severe nuissance.  (The recent mass forced 
non-voting period).  It does not even meet its intended purpose -- to 
prevent a proposal from passing when almost no one has voted -- as seen 
in the recent quorum hassle, each successive quorum-failure dramatically 
reduces the number of active players; by the time the end of the docket 
is reached, quorum causes the 3-2 votes it is trying to prevent.  
IMO, history has shown this rule to be far more of a nuissance than it is 
worth. ]}}

In Rule 104, change

As soon as possible after a proposal's prescribed voting period ends, the 
votes on that proposal shall be posted publicly. The proposal is then 
accepted if a quorum has been achieved and the required number of YES 
votes were cast on the proposal. 

to 

As soon as possible after a proposal's prescribed voting period ends, the 
votes on that proposal shall be posted publically.  The proposal is then 
accepted if the required number of YES votes were cast on the proposal.

%%

In rule 207, change

If a proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed it 
loses 7 points and every player who voted YES on it receives 3 points. 

to 

If a proposal is rejected, the player who proposed it loses 7 points and 
every player who voted YES on it receives 3 points.

%%

Repeal Rule 107 [Quorum and Active Players]

Repeal Rule 207, Section V [Effect of Proposals which do not meet Quorum]

Repeal Rule 709, paragraph 4.  [Players in Gaol and Quorum]

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:13 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1994 accepted (A Kindler, Gentler *ping*)

Proposal 1994
A Kindler, Gentler *ping*
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  11    No:  4     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	You can call me Al
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Techno
	breadbox
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1994
A Kindler, Gentler *ping*
Guy Fawkes
Distributed at 12:42:56 on Monday, 12 May 1997

{[[ Gist: The last five Truths have suffered prematrue deaths.  Let's fix 
this. ]}}

Replace sections IV and V of rule 1209 [The Machine That Goes *ping*] 
with the following text, delimited by =) symbols:

=)

IV.  Beginning on the calendar day after the Scholar announces the 
Machine's truth, the Machine shall go *ping* exactly once on any calendar 
day the statement described by "today {if clause}" is at any time true. 
The Machine shall not otherwise go *ping*. It is the duty of the Scholar 
to inform the rest of Acka of this occurrence. He must do so by posting
a public message with the form, "Today is Someday, the xth day of 
Month, in the Year of Our Lord YYYY, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has 
Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 
n times." In the actual message, Someday, xth, Month, and YYYY shall be 
replaced by the appropriate elements of the date of the *ping* which is 
being announced, and n shall be replaced by the number of times that the 
Machine has gone *ping* during the current Scholar's term. 

V. {{[The kindler, gentler part]}}
The Scholar must announce each *ping* as described above either in the 
day in which it occurred or during the next two days.  It is expected, 
however, that each *ping* be announced during the day in which occurs -- 
tardy (although legal) announcments are subject to reprisals as described 
below.  Announcements of *ping*'s not made on the day in which the *ping* 
occurred must be prefaced by an apology from the Scholar for his tardiness. 
"Days" and "dates" as used in this rule are said to begin and end when the 
Acka Day begins and ends.

The Scholar must make exactly one announcement as described above each 
time the Machine goes *ping*.  He may not announce that the Machine went 
*ping* for occasions on which it did not actually go *ping*.  Although he 
is permitted to announce a *ping* on a day after the *ping* occurred, he 
is not permitted to indicate by any means, that the Machine shall go 
*ping* or not go *ping* on any future date, nor may he use any means 
whatsoever not described in the rules to communicate any information 
regarding the Truth to any player, so long as the undisguised Truth is 
not publically knowable.
  
=)

Replace the second paragraph of Rule 1209, section IX, with the 
following, delimited by ;p symbols:

;p

{{[ If no one objects to Scholar error, let it stand ]}}
Should it ever be publically knowable that the current Scholar has 
violated any part of this rule during the current Scholar's term, or if 
the Scholar announces a *ping* after the day in which it occurred, any 
player who feels the Scholar's error or tardiness has compromised the 
game may post a public message calling for the Scholar's removal.  Upon 
the posting of such a message, the Machine immediately teleports itself 
to the home of the Player calling for the Scholar's removal.

;p

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:27:14 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1995 accepted (Contracts (Or, How to play lawyer))

Proposal 1995
Contracts (Or, How to play lawyer)
Red Barn

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 17 = 88.235294%
Yes:  13    No:  2     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	You can call me Al
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Techno
	breadbox

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1995
Contracts (Or, How to play lawyer)
Red Barn
Distributed at 12:56:45 on Monday, 12 May 1997

  Contracts are entities.  Any player may create a contract by publicly
announcing that e is doing so and providing the text of the contract.
  {{[Hmm, perhaps we need a "document" or something, and contracts and
maps are documents, or a player could write one not functioning as
anything, for, for example, the purpose of burying it.]}}
  A contract has space at the bottom for signatures; a player may sign any
contract by announcing that e is doing so, and signing the contract adds
the signing player's signature at the bottom of the contract.  [Of course,
the wording of the contract might specify a player.]
  Once a player has signed a contract, that player must obey any
restrictions that that contract places on em; to do otherwise is a crime.

  {{[This is *not* so that players will have some way of enforcing
agreements, but rather, for example, so that they will be able to create
their own sub-games or whatever.  It also has uses in conjunction with
treasure maps (if you'll recall, it was decided that maps can't specify 
future conditions).]}}

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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 16:24:24 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1997 rejected (More Sensible Senate)

Proposal 1997
More Sensible Senate
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 17 = 94.117647%
Yes:  6    No:  7     Present:  3   ...Proposal rejected.

Vynd bribed Tammany A$ 42 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	You can call me Al
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Tammany
	Techno
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter

Active players who did not vote:
	mr cwm
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	fnord

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