Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #82
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Tuesday, June 10 1997     Volume 02 : Number 082

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:00:16 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2036 accepted (Increasing the Alien's Odds)

Proposal 2036
Increasing the Alien's Odds
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 21 = 71.428571%
Yes:  11    No:  2     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2036, June 09

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Vynd
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Antimatter was here
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	two-star
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	fnord

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Alfvaen
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	/dev/joe

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2036
Increasing the Alien's Odds
Malenkai
Distributed at 17:48:08 on Sunday, 1 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.  

Repeal Rule 2014, "Complying With Eir Last Wishes".  {{[This rule
probably should have been created with self-deletion braces]}}

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:00:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2039 accepted (More workable Works)

Proposal 2039
More workable Works
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  13    No:  2     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Red Barn
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	You can call me Al
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	fnord
	Vynd
	ThinMan
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	Techno
	Antimatter was here

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Malenkai

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2039
More workable Works
Vynd
Distributed at 21:54:19 on Sunday, 1 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Ammend Rule 2010 Literature in the following manner:

Change the first sentence of section III to read: If a proposal creates a
rule that consists entirely of quotations and appropriate citations, as
described in section I, and that proposal was not Modest, then that rule
and the proposal which created it are known as a Great Work.

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:00:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2040 rejected (Stop Bascule before he kills again!)

Proposal 2040
Stop Bascule before he kills again!
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 21 = 80.952381%
Yes:  8    No:  8     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	You can call me Al
	Alfvaen
	fnord
	Vynd
	Techno
	Antimatter was here

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Red Barn
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:00:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2038 accepted (Improving The Aliens' Changes Even More, Or, The Mini-Renumbering)

Proposal 2038
Improving The Aliens' Changes Even More, Or, The Mini-Renumbering
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  14    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	two-star
	Red Barn
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Vynd
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Antimatter was here

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	breadbox
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2038
Improving The Aliens' Changes Even More, Or, The Mini-Renumbering
Alfvaen
Distributed at 21:54:18 on Sunday, 1 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Renumber Rule 2010, "Literature", to 210.
{{[Right after "Modesty And Pride"...]}}

Renumber Rule 1906, "Foolishness", to 207.3.
{{[Affects proposal scoring, so it fits in that rule suite]}}

Renumber Rule 1910, "Thank You Yakko", to 1399.
{{[As far out as we want to go.  :-)]}}

Renumber Rule 1502, "Experts", to 450.
{{[Not quite sure where it _does_ go, but it is marginally relevant to
"Offices"...]}}

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:36:25 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2042 accepted (Which trinket??)

Proposal 2042
Which trinket??
/dev/joe

Votes cast by active players:  19 / 21 = 90.476190%
Yes:  16    No:  0     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

#award /dev/joe: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2042, June 09

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Techno
	fnord
	Antimatter was here
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai

NO votes:

PRESENT votes:
	Red Barn
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2042
Which trinket??
/dev/joe
Distributed at 11:51:28 on Monday, 2 June 1997

This is a modest proposal.

{{[ This fixes the dilemma with Beldin's Parka.  The speaker will choose
trinkets for Thursday, May 29 and Thursday, June 5, when this amendment
takes effect, assuming the rule is still eating trinkets on June 5.]}}

Amend section 6 of Rule 405, Speaker, by adding to the end of the section
the following text:

   "
   When the rules require one of a set of distinct objects to be chosen
   or operated on without specifying how one is to be chosen, the Officer
   in charge of random things shall choose one of the possible choices
   at random, with equal probabilities for all possible choices.

   When this sentence first takes effect, the Officer in Charge of Random
   things shall have three days to announce such choices for all such
   undecided cases which have occurred within the past two weeks, and the
   appropriate objects will be created, destroyed, transferred, or otherwise
   manipulated to restore the game state to that which is would have arrived
   at had these choices been made whenever the events originally occurred;
   after such choices have been made, this sentence will delete itself.
   "

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:36:25 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2041 accepted (The Cabinet)

Proposal 2041
The Cabinet
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 21 = 85.714286%
Yes:  10    No:  6     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	fnord
	Antimatter was here
	Vynd
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	two-star
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2041
The Cabinet
Vynd
Distributed at 22:54:27 on Sunday, 1 June 1997

Create a new rule numbered 945 with the following text:

The Cabinet is a unique, nontradeable entity.  The Cabinet is a very fine
piece of furniture, about 5 and one half feet in height, made out of teak.
It has a number of drawers, in several different sizes, all of which have
well wrought golden handels.  It is otherwise much like any other cabinet,
with the sole exception that it seems to have an infinte amount of storage
space inside it.

The purpose of The Cabinet is to advise the President of Ackanomic.  The
Cabinet is always owned by the current President.  When there is no
President, The Cabinet is Somewhere Else.  Whenever a new player becomes
President, The Cabinet immediately comes into his possesion.

No one is exactly sure how The Cabinet is supposed to advise the
President.  One idea which has gained some popularity is that players
should put advice inside The Cabinet for the various Presidents to turn to
in times of need.  This advice takes the form of trinkets, preferably
trinkets whose descriptions or names actually contain advice.  No player
eccept the current President is allowed to actually place trinkets inside
The Cabinet, however, due to long standing custom.

Any President may place no more than three (3) trinkets into The Cabinet
durring one term in office.  These trinkets may be trinkets that the
President himself has created, or trinkets created by other players and
given to the President with the express wish that they be placed into The
Cabinet.  The President is strongly discouraged from pocketing trinkets
given to him for such a purpose, he should return them if he does not wish
to place them in The Cabinet.

Trinkets inside The Cabinet are owned by The Cabinet, and travel with it
whever it goes.  If the President wishes to remove a trinket or group of
trinkets from The Cabinet, he must first seek approval from the Senate.
The President may post a public message requesting permission to remove a
trinket (or trinkets) from The Cabinet only once per term.  Once such a
call has been made, the Senate has one week to vote on the issue.  This
vote is known as a Confirmation hearing, but is not, in fact, a Hearing.
YES votes are in favor of granting permission, NO votes against it, and
majority rules.  If the Senate fails to complete such a Confirmation
hearing in the alloted week, then the Senators will be placed in Comtempt.

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 18:06:41 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2043 accepted (The world is full of amatures.)

Proposal 2043
The world is full of amatures.
two-star

Votes cast by active players:  19 / 21 = 90.476190%
Yes:  12    No:  4     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	You can call me Al
	Red Barn
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	fnord
	Antimatter was here
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	Techno
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Bascule
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Nacho
	CarsesraC

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2043
The world is full of amatures.
two-star
Distributed at 17:18:57 on Monday, 2 June 1997

Bribe: If this is an invalid bribe, or if the validity of this bribe is 
impossible to determine, each player who votes YES on this proposal 
shall receive a trinket, the name of which contains the string "Inky 
Bloater Decoy" and an integer corresponding directly to that players 
position in the alphabetical list of players who have voted YES. 
Otherwise each player who votes YES on this proposal shall receive an 
Otzma Card of type: Self-Flagellation.

Create a rule entitled Amature Hobbyists with the following text:

A class of gadgets known as homecrafted gadgets exists.

Any non-scientist with at least 3 processing chips in eir possesion may 
announce that e is making a homecrafted gadget, if e has not done so 
previously within the calendar month. When e does this, e must choose an 
extant blueprint for a non-homecrafted gadget as the basis for creating 
the gadget. The name of the homecrafted gadget to be created is "A 
Homecrafted N", where N is the name of the gadget that the homecrafted 
gadget is based on, except that any preceding article is removed. The 
blueprint for the homecrafted gadget is the same as the blueprint for 
the gadget that that it is based on, except that any occurance of the 
name of the gadget is replaced by the name of the homecrafted gadget, 
and the following text, delineated by  "here comes the text delineated 
by this line." and "there went the text delineated by this line." is 
appended to the end of the blueprint:

"here comes the text delineated by this line."
Whenever this gadget manipulates a protected entity as described in this 
blueprint, it becomes broken immediately afterward. If this blueprint 
does not describe different behaviors for this gadget depending upon 
whether it is in a broken or non-broken state, it is destroyed 
immediately upon becoming broken.
"there went the text delineated by this line."

At the time that a player legally makes an announcement that e is making 
a homecrafted gadget, three processing chips in eir possession are 
destroyed. One week after that player makes that announcement, a 
homecrafted gadget is created in that player's possession according to 
its blueprint. That player is said to be the creator of that gadget.

{{Renumber this rule to 598}}

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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:27:49 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2063

Proposal 2063
Some Other Lame Pun On Contracts
Alfvaen

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 517, "Contracts", as follows:

Replace the sentence "Any player may create a contract by publicly
announcing that e is doing so and providing the text of the contract" with
"Any player may create a contract by publicly announcing that e is doing so
and providing the name and text of the contract."

{{Any contracts for which names were announced when they are created are
now given those names.  Any other contracts are given the name '<player>
Contract #N', where <player> is the name of the player who created the
contract and N is the least positive integer that will create a unique
name for the contract.}}

Replace the sentence "If the signers of the contract all publicly agree
to destroy it, it will be destroyed." with "If the signers of the contract
all publicly agree to destroy it, and it is in the possession of one of
them, then it will be destroyed."

Replace the following paragraph(delimited by JUKKASJARVI):

JUKKASJARVI

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. 

JUKKASJARVI

with the following text(delimited by CHORG):

CHORG

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.  However, a contract that either requires a player to break the
Rules, or to disobey a contract created earlier, is invalid and will be
destroyed.

CHORG

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