Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #66
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Ackanomic Voting Digest      Friday, May 23 1997      Volume 02 : Number 066

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:03:58 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2012

Proposal 2012
Expanding Contracts (Get It?)
Alfvaen

Amend the text of Rule 1995, "Contracts(Or, How To Play Lawyer)" as
follows:

Replace the sentence "Contracts are entities." with "Contracts are named,
tradeable entities."  {{[Suitable for auctioning and burying...]}}

Append the following:

   Contracts may be destroyed under the following circumstances:

      1) If the signers of the contract all publicly agree to destroy it,
         it will be destroyed.

      2) If there is a clause in the contract specifically dealing with
         its destruction, and the conditions in that clause are met, then
         it will be destroyed as soon as this fact is publicly recognized.

      3) If it is noted in a public message that the conditions in the
         contract will never arise under the ruleset at the time of the
         message.

{{[ Not sure about that last clause, but it seems reasonable that a
one-time contract be destructible... ]}}

Finally, renumber the rule to 517.  {{[ Seems the most reasonable place to
put it, to me... ]}}

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:35 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2003 accepted (Ackanomic Roulette)

Proposal 2003
Ackanomic Roulette
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  13    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	two-star
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	mr cwm
	Mohammed
	Alfvaen
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Bascule
	Vynd

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	/dev/joe

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

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

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2003
Ackanomic Roulette
Guy Fawkes
Distributed at 08:48:35 on Thursday, 15 May 1997

Create a new rule, numbered 904 and entitled "The Anti-Gumball", with 
text as follows:

There exists a unique entity called the Anti-Gumball, which may be chewed 
only on days whose dates are prime numbers greater than seven.  It tastes 
much like the Gumball in many ways, but has a distinctly opposite flavor.

If any player legally announces he is chewing both the Gumball and the 
Anti-Gumball in the same message, the Officer in Charge of Random Things 
shall determine which of the following equally probable events happen:

1) Quantum Inflation: The fabric of the Universe strectches, forming new 
mass-energy, and the chewing player is awarded a Boon of the Ancients.

2) Thermonuclear Annhilation: A (REALLY) big explosion occurs.  All 
trinkets in the player's possession are obliterated (their monetary value 
goes to the Treasury), along with all eir non-indestructible Gadgets.  In 
addition, e receives a Victory Eggplant and suffers a -10 point penalty for 
each player (emself included) in eir current location, and e, along with all 
other players in the same location, is sent to the Ackanomic Afterlife.  It is 
a Crime to cause Thermonuclear Annhilation where other players are present.  
In addition, both the Gumball and the Anti-Gumball are blown into the 
Stratosphere and cannot be chewed for the remainder of the day.

{{[ Yes, I realize this has the potential to create suicide cults seeking 
paranormal powers, among other things.  Ain't Acka great? ]}}

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:36 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2005 rejected (Point Win Finesse (Brute Force is No Fun))

Proposal 2005
Point Win Finesse (Brute Force is No Fun)
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  9    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Atilla the Pun
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Bascule

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

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

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

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:36 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2004 accepted (Preventing Near-Infinite Appeals)

Proposal 2004
Preventing Near-Infinite Appeals
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  11    No:  6     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	Mohammed
	Alfvaen
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd

NO votes:
	two-star
	IdiotBoy
	You can call me Al
	Techno
	breadbox
	Bascule

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

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

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2004
Preventing Near-Infinite Appeals
Guy Fawkes
Distributed at 12:22:01 on Thursday, 15 May 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

In Rule 217, change, 
"A player may not make more than 3 appeals of the same CFJ." 
to 
"A single CFJ may not be appealed more than three times."

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:35 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2002 rejected (Widget Repair)

Proposal 2002
Widget Repair
Guy Fawkes

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  8    No:  8     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Bascule
	Vynd

NO votes:
	two-star
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	You can call me Al
	Techno
	Mohammed
	breadbox
	snowgod

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Antimatter

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

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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:33 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2013

Proposal 2013
Contracted Expanding Contracts
Alfvaen

Amend the text of Rule 1995, "Contracts(Or, How To Play Lawyer)" as
follows:

Replace the sentence "Contracts are entities." with "Contracts are named,
tradeable entities."  {{[Suitable for auctioning and burying...]}}

Append the following(delineated by BAZ):

BAZ
   Contracts may be destroyed under the following circumstances:

      1) If the signers of the contract all publicly agree to destroy it,
         it will be destroyed.

      2) If there is a clause in the contract specifically dealing with
         its destruction, and the conditions in that clause are met, then
         it will be destroyed as soon as this fact is publicly recognized.
BAZ

{{[ Not sure about that last clause, but it seems reasonable that a
one-time contract be destructible... ]}}

Finally, renumber the rule to 517.  {{[ Seems the most reasonable place to
put it, to me... ]}}

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