Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #65
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Voting Digest)
To: acka-voting-digest

Ackanomic Voting Digest     Thursday, May 22 1997     Volume 02 : Number 065

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1981 rejected (Trinity)

Proposal 1981
Trinity
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  6     Present:  3   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Bascule
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1980 rejected (Polytheism)

Proposal 1980
Polytheism
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Bascule
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	two-star
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1988 rejected (A new light)

Proposal 1988
A new light
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  9     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:51 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1985 rejected (Cross Unions)

Proposal 1985
Cross Unions
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:49 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1979 rejected (Mild Exorcism)

Proposal 1979
Mild Exorcism
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  6     Present:  3   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Bascule
	two-star
	Techno
	ThinMan

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1989 rejected (Info Treasures)

Proposal 1989
Info Treasures
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  7    No:  9     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Guy Fawkes
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	mr cwm
	snowgod

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

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:51 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1984 rejected (Rules of Engagement)

Proposal 1984
Rules of Engagement
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  6    No:  7     Present:  4   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Alfvaen
	snowgod
	Vynd

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

PRESENT votes:
	Antimatter
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	ThinMan

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1992 rejected (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:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  9    No:  7     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:53 -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:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  8    No:  6     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:54 -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:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  5    No:  11     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:52 -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:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  7    No:  10     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Tammany
	Bascule
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Techno

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

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:51 -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:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1997 rejected (More Sensible Senate)

Proposal 1997
More Sensible Senate
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  7    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
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

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

PRESENT votes:
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1996 rejected (Xenophobia)

Proposal 1996
Xenophobia
/dev/joe

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  3    No:  12     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
	Guy Fawkes
	mr cwm
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1983 accepted (Swing High)

Proposal 1983
Swing High
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  9    No:  3     Present:  5   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P1983, May 21

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Bascule
	Alfvaen
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	Antimatter

PRESENT votes:
	two-star
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	snowgod
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1983
Swing High
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 09:15:37 on Monday, 12 May 1997

This is a Modest proposal
In R1044 "Swingpoints" delete subsection a of section 2. 
subsection b of section  2 is relabeled a, subsection c of
section 2 is reabled  b.

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:49 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1977 accepted (How Drab A Home, Otherwise)

Proposal 1977
How Drab A Home, Otherwise
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  10    No:  6     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	IdiotBoy
	Antimatter
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	CV1701
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Bascule
	Techno
	You can call me Al
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1977
How Drab A Home, Otherwise
Alfvaen
Distributed at 01:58:28 on Monday, 12 May 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

In the Rule 846, "Constructions And Architectual Aesthetic", replace the
paragraph

   The player may post a description of a building they own. After paying 
   A$2 per word for the description (to the Treasury) the building is made 
   exactly as their description of it, provided that description follows 
   the rules. It is a crime to give a description of the house which is not 
   in accord with the rules. 

with

   The player may post a description of a building they own at any
   time.  The building is thereby made exactly as eir description of
   it, provided that description follows the rules.  It is a crime to
   give a description of the house which is not in accord with the
   rules.

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:55 -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:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  13    No:  3     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

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

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	Techno

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	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: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1991 accepted (Zzimsy Restoration)

Proposal 1991
Zzimsy Restoration
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  12    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

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

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

PRESENT votes:
	Atilla the Pun

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	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: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:31:54 -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:  16 / 21 = 76.190476%
Yes:  12    No:  4     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

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

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	breadbox
	Techno
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	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: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:27:45 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1998 rejected (Twice In Two Days???)

Proposal 1998
Twice In Two Days???
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  9    No:  7     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

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

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

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:27:45 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1999 accepted (Why Do You Think I Have This Outrageous Accent?)

Proposal 1999
Why Do You Think I Have This Outrageous Accent?
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  11    No:  5     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Tammany
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	Bascule
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	snowgod
	Red Barn
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1999
Why Do You Think I Have This Outrageous Accent?
Alfvaen
Distributed at 11:54:33 on Wednesday, 14 May 1997

Append the following paragraphs to Rule 500.1, "Entity Names":

   An alphabetic character can be "accented".  If this is the case, then it
   has two equivalent representations, one with the non-accented alphabetic
   character, and one with an accented representation of the same character.
   The accented representation will be in accord with the HTML standard, so
   that, for instance, an o with an umlaut will be represented as &ouml; .
   (This is the only circumstance under which a semicolon can be part of a
   name.)  The accented representation is intended mainly for use on the
   Ackanomic web pages, where it will show up[in most browsers, at least]as
   the accented character in question.  A character cannot be accented in a
   way that cannot be represented in the HTML standard.  In any context where
   characters are being counted, the accented representation of a character
   counts as a single character.

   [So, for example a character named "those pesky aliens" might have an
   accented representation of eir name as "th&ouml;se p&eacute;sky
   &acirc;liens".]

   {{[I am assuming, here, that Rule 251 defers to this one on the question
    of legal names for players, since players are also entities.]}}

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:27:46 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2000 accepted (Never Narf Alone)

Proposal 2000
Never Narf Alone
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  13    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Bascule
	Techno
	Tammany
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	breadbox
	ThinMan

PRESENT votes:
	two-star

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Robert Sevin
	Red Barn
	fnord

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2000
Never Narf Alone
Alfvaen
Distributed at 11:54:33 on Wednesday, 14 May 1997

{{[The current rules for the Narfalone Family seem a bit silly, since you
can do almost anything you want as a public member of the Family without
publicly admitting your membership.  This should have most of the same
effect, and be a bit more in the spirit of the thing.]}}

Amend Rule 1060("Organized Crime") to add the following clause:

   11. When a player joins the Narfalone Family(or if at any time a
   Family member does not have a Narfalone Family name)he must choose a
   Narfalone Family name.  The Godfather must approve of any name
   before the player can use it.  The name must be a legal Ackanomic
   name in all respects, and cannot conflict with any other entity
   name.  (If, at a later time, the name is used for something else, it
   is the Godfather's responsibility to inform the new user of the name
   that it's already taken.)

   From then on, any Narfalone Family business that requires a public
   message should be done using the player's Narfalone Family name.
   Otherwise, the public message is tantamount to an admission of
   membership, which is still a Crime.  Use of the names in private
   Narfalone email is at the discretion of the individual players.

   The title of The Godfather is considered a Narfalone Family name for
   the purposes of this clause.

   [So if /dev/joe were to take the name Joey Narfalone for Family
   business, any public messages posted as Joey Narfalone would be safe
   from reprisal, but if /dev/joe were to acknowledge the Godfather
   under his own name, he'd get the law on his case.]

Also, delete the following sentences from existing clauses {{[since they
are no longer needed ]}}

Clause 3: Delete the sentence "Public admittance of bein the Godfather does
not entail admittance of belonging to the Narfalone Family."  {{[And it
should have been "admission" anyway...:-)]}}

Clause 5: Delete the sentence "This does not constitude an admittance
of membership in the Narfalone Family" and the sentence "Publicly
acknowledging the challenger does not entail admittance of membership
in the Narfalone Family."

Clause 7: Delete the sentence "This also does not constitute an admittance
of membership in the Narfalone Family."

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:36:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2011

Proposal 2011
Anti-Penicillin
Alfvaen

This is a Modest Proposal.

In Rule 1250.16, "Viruses", in section 5, remove clause "e", "Uninfect",
from the list of available moves.

{{[ I've established to my satisfaction that there is no benefit to accrue
to a player through any means of using this move, so I feel the game would
be no worse off without it. ]}}

In the same rule, in section 10, change the paragraph

   If a player retires from the game or leaves Ackanomic and nobody takes
   over his virus by the end of the turn after the one during which he
   retired, all cells infected by his virus are uninfected just before
   the moves are evaluated.

to

   If a player retires from the game or leaves Ackanomic and nobody takes
   over his virus by the end of the turn after the one during which he
   retired, all cells infected by his virus are uninfected(replaced by
   clean cells)just before the moves are evaluated.

{{[Just to make sure there's no ambiguity about the meaning of "uninfect"
once the prior clause is removed.]}}

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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:36:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2001 rejected (The Flat Earth Preservation Society)

Proposal 2001
The Flat Earth Preservation Society
Red Barn

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  7    No:  10     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

ThinMan bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	You can call me Al
	Guy Fawkes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	snowgod
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	two-star
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Bascule
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	Tammany
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Techno

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Robert Sevin
	Mohammed
	Red Barn
	fnord

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