Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #86
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Ackanomic Voting Digest    Saturday, June 14 1997    Volume 02 : Number 086

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 11:03:24 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2048 accepted (Phoebe Post Legalization)

Proposal 2048
Phoebe Post Legalization
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  22 / 21 = 104.761905%
Yes:  16    No:  4     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2048, June 13

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

NO votes:
	Alfvaen
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Red Barn
	CarsesraC

PRESENT votes:
	ThinMan
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2048
Phoebe Post Legalization
Malenkai
Distributed at 06:57:15 on Friday, 6 June 1997

{{[This is a Modest proposal.  Removing the potential
for nit-picking]}}

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Amend rule 909, "The Steel Flea", to replace

"
, by publically posting a message headed "Acka: Misc: What Phoebe Says",
"

with:

"
in a public message,
"

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 11:03:24 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2047 accepted (Terror on the High Seas)

Proposal 2047
Terror on the High Seas
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  22 / 21 = 104.761905%
Yes:  18    No:  2     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	Tammany
	Alfvaen
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter was here
	Techno
	/dev/joe
	fnord
	Malenkai
	two-star
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Bascule
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Red Barn
	(None Yet) Unity vote

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox
	Karma
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Guy Fawkes

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2047
Terror on the High Seas
Vynd
Distributed at 23:18:34 on Thursday, 5 June 1997

{{[This proposal has nothing to do with the high seas, and is only vaguely
associated with terror.  Sorry, I just always wanted to write a proposal
called Terror on the High Seas]}}

This is a Modest proposal.

Ammend Rule 597 The Frankenstein Monster(s) in the following manner:

Delete part i) of the sectioning begining A Frankenstein Part is dug up in
the following manner:  and replace it with the text encased withinthe
symbols  $$$ below.

$$$
i) A complete sentence of no more than 30 words is copied from either some
current Rule, some past version of a Rule, or the text of a Blueprint for
something other than a Frankenstein Monster.  The sentence is valid if and
only if it is not already to be found in the current
blueprint-under-construction, or in the completed Blueprint of a
Frankenstein Monster.
$$$

{{[Previously, the rule disqualified anything that had ever been submited
as a Frankenstein part, rejected or otherwise.  This seems more or less
impossible, since no one has been keeping track of this sort of thing,
IdiotBoy is gone and took his blueprint-under-construction with him.
Furthermore, despite being funny and even logical, in a twisted sort of
way, the "a body cn only be dug up once" stipulation is (all together now)
a bother to track, and I see no reason to bog down the Mad Scientist with
it.]}}

Further ammend Rule 597 by deleting parts v) vi) and vii) and replacing
them with the text encased within ??? below.

???

v) Its construction is such that any new parts would be rejected.
vi) No player other than the Mad Scientist has submited a Frankenstein
Part that was not rejected in the past 30 days.
vii) It is over 500 words long.
viii) It consists of more than 20 complete sentences.
???

{{[my primary goal here is to make it a little easier to actually get some
Frankenstein Monsters into the game.  First off, there is now something
that will allow the Mad Scientist toend the blueprint early if no one is
sending him parts.  it also will let him end things if the blueprint is
almost, but not QUITE, constructed such that any new part would be
rejected, instead of forcing him to plod on alone for what could be
months.  The other two changes are more blatant attempts to speed
construction.  The old 1000 word requirement was impossible to reach, 25
sentences of 30 words in length is only 750 words.  I cut the sentences
down to 20 to speed things up a tad, and then chopped the total words down
to 500 so that it could actually serve some purpose.  Don't you just hate
it when your notes are longer than the real proposal part...]}}

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:15:32 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2080

Proposal 2080
Secret Masters of The Universe II
Alfvaen

Create a new rule, numbered 430, with the title "The Librarian", and text
as follows(delimited by SMOTU):

SMOTU

The optional political Office of Librarian exists.

The purpose of the Librarian is to keep track of Literature.  It is a
Duty of the Librarian to verify that any quotation submitted as part of
a proposal is accurate, as well as its citation, and, as a Privilege,
e may negate some or all of the point bonus specified in Rule 210,
"Literature"(depending on how inaccurate the quotation or citation is),
within seven days of the passage of any proposal that receives such a
bonus.

Additional Duties and Privileges of the Librarian concern the
Literature list itself.  A Librarian may add or remove entries from the
list by stating publicly that e is doing so.  A total of five additions
or removals can be made per week.  Other players may also request of
the Librarian, publicly or privately, that an entry be added to or
removed from the list, without having to submit a Proposal; such
changes are only made at the discretion of the Librarian.  If changes
are made to the Literature list by means of a Proposal during a
particular Librarian's term, that Librarian may not undo any of the
effects of that proposal until at least two weeks have passed.

If a player objects publicly to the addition or deletion of an entry
within three days of its announcement, then a Hearing is called, with
the valid responses being "The Librarian knows what e is doing" and
"No!  Keep our Library the way it is!"  If the response of the Hearing
is "The Librarian knows what e is doing", then the changes to the
Literature list stand; if the response is "No!  Keep our Library the
way it is!", then the Librarian is fined A$10.  After the third such
fine, the Librarian is automatically impeached.  The Speaker, President or
Senate may also veto any changes in the Literature list within three days
of its announcement.  Such action should be accompanied by a brief
explanation as to why.

It is also the Librarian's Duty to find copies of works on the Literature
list to use as reference.  If copies are found online, then the Librarian
shall maintain a Web page with links to these online works.  If there are
no online copies of a work on the Literature list, or a work that e has
been requested to add to the list, then this is a good basis for removing
said entry or refusing to add it, unless an offline copy of the work can be
easily obtained and consulted by the Librarian.

The Librarian receives, as a Privilege, a salary of A$25 per month.

SMOTU

Also, amend Rule 840, "Library", to read as follows(delimited by LIBRIS):

LIBRIS

The Library is a classy building where copies of all legal documents and
works of Literature are kept.  It is a Common Location.  The Librarian, if
such a person exists(otherwise, the Historian, or failing that, the
Speaker)is in charge of the Library.  It may not be destroyed or reduced in
size to less than what it is originally(classy).

LIBRIS

Finally, make the following changes to Rule 210, "Literature":

Add to the end of section I.A) the sentence "The source of the quotation must
be in the Literature list both when the Proposal was submitted and when its
voting results are publicly posted."

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 21:00:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2049 accepted (The Player Who Submitted This Proposal Is Azpiazu)

Proposal 2049
The Player Who Submitted This Proposal Is Azpiazu
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  21 / 21 = 100.000000%
Yes:  17    No:  2     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	two-star
	Bascule
	Atilla the Pun
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	Antimatter was here
	/dev/joe
	Karma
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Guy Fawkes
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote

NO votes:
	Malenkai
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	CarsesraC
	breadbox
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2049
The Player Who Submitted This Proposal Is Azpiazu
Alfvaen
Distributed at 16:00:31 on Friday, 6 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 597, "The Frankenstein Monster(s)", as follows:

Replace the following text(bounded by "STINKY")

STINKY

ii) A single noun is selected from this sentence.

iii) All instances of the selected noun is replaced by <name> (in whatever
grammatical form is appropriate.)

iv) The modified sentence, if it fulfills all the above conditions,
is a valid Frankenstein Part.

STINKY

with the following(bounded by "AZPIAZU")

AZPIAZU

ii) A single noun phrase is selected from this sentence.

{{[ "Noun phrase" is a well-established grammatical term, so I don't feel
the need to describe it for the purposes of the game.  But just to give you
a general idea, noun phrases would be things like "The Godfather", "This
rule", "the player who last submitted a proposal that was declared harfy",
"Calling an auction", etc. ]}}

iii) All instances of the selected noun is replaced by <name> (in
whatever grammatical form is appropriate.)  Any verbs, pronouns, or
other nouns that corresponded in number with the original noun phrase
are modified if necessary to correspond in number with <name>.  Any
pronouns for which the original noun phrase was an antecedent should
also be modified to a neuter or otherwise gender-nonspecific form.

{{[ So if the sentence was "All players who vote YES on a proposal have
their scores increased by ten points", "All players who vote YES on a
proposal" was the noun phrase selected, and <name> was to be replaced by
"Stinky", the sentence would become "Stinky has its score increased by
ten points". ]}}

iv) The modified sentence, if it fulfills all the above conditions,
is a valid Frankenstein Part.

AZPIAZU

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 22:57:58 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2081

Proposal 2081
Probabilistic Justice
Robert Sevin

In Rule 710, replace the text (delimited by BISON):

BISON
7a) Upon a verdict of TRUE, the judge may retain or alter the recommended
penalty. The result will become the actual penalty. This will be imposed
following a 3 day "grace period". 
BISON

with the following text (delimited by MONGOOSE):

MONGOOSE
7a) Upon a verdict of TRUE, the judge may retain or alter the recommended
penalty. The result will become the actual penalty. A random integer between
1 and 196 (inclusive) will be chosen. If the integer 57 was selected, the
actual penalty will be altered to a DEDUCTION of 0 points (which cannot be
further altered by the judge). This will be imposed following a 3 day "grace
period".
MONGOOSE

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:10:04 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2082

Proposal 2082
Follow Vito's Lead
Robert Sevin

This is a Modest proposal.

In Rule 1060, insert the following text (delimited by PERU):

PERU
12. It is considered good form for the Godfather to say "I'll make him an
offer he can't refuse".

PERU

one line below the paragraph beginning with the text (delimited by ") "11.
When".

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:10:06 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2050 accepted (Its all in the details)

Proposal 2050
Its all in the details
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  20 / 21 = 95.238095%
Yes:  14    No:  4     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2050, June 13

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Calvin N Hobbes
	CarsesraC
	two-star
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Karma
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	You can call me Al
	Alfvaen
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Antimatter was here

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2050
Its all in the details
Malenkai
Distributed at 22:06:46 on Friday, 6 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal

Amend rule 211, "Invoking Judgement", to replace "current ruleset"
with "game state" where it appears in the second paragraph.

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:25:11 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2083

Proposal 2083
Burning Down the House
Robert Sevin

In Rule 1305, insert the following text (delimited by RICOTTA):

RICOTTA
If a player follows the procedure outlined above (and therefore would not
normally get burned), a random integer between 42 and 57 (inclusive) is
chosen. If the integer 50 is selected, then the player has committed some
esoteric heresy against eir church, and e gets burned anyway. Within 5 days
of this event some other member of the heretic's Church must publicly
describe the heresy committed, or every member of eir Church will be burned
as witches.

RICOTTA

one line below the paragraph ending with the text (delimited by ") "e gets
burned anyway."

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:31:20 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2084

Proposal 2084
Cruel Fate
Robert Sevin

In Rule 1315, append the following text (delimited by CASABLANCA) at the end
of the rule:

CASABLANCA
If, at the end of the 27 hours, the player has remained silent, then a
random integer between 1 and 17 is chosen. If the integer 5 is selected,
then the player is burned as a witch, due to a mysterious quirk of fate. The
priest that granted the SOS loses 3 points if this quirk of fate occurs.
CASABLANCA

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:31:22 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2051 accepted (Cleaning up those ugly craters made by the landing gear)

Proposal 2051
Cleaning up those ugly craters made by the landing gear
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  20 / 21 = 95.238095%
Yes:  13    No:  6     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2051, June 13

YES votes:
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	CarsesraC
	two-star
	fnord
	Vynd
	ThinMan
	Karma
	Malenkai
	Mohammed
	Techno

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Antimatter was here
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2051
Cleaning up those ugly craters made by the landing gear
Malenkai
Distributed at 23:24:53 on Friday, 6 June 1997

{{[This is a Modest proposal, which removes some of the gizz added by
those pesky aliens, which can only clutter and confuse the rules]}}

Amend rule 106, "Voting on Proposals", to remove the following
sentence:

"
This rule defers to all other Rules which do not contain this
sentence outside of quotation marks.
"

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:49:27 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2085

Proposal 2085
Modifying the Senate
Robert Sevin

In Rule 411, replace every occurrence of the string (delimited by quotation
marks) "Speaker" with the string (delimited by quotation marks) "Praetor". 

{{[ This makes the Praetor the head of the Senate, which only really matters
when there is a tie vote in the Senate. I'd prefer not to have a Functional
office as the head of a political group. ]}}

Append the following text (delimited by TARANTULA) to the end of Rule 411:

TARANTULA
At all times there must be one member of the Senate in charge of publicly
reporting decisions made by the Senate. This Senator holds the title of
Senate PR Guy. If there comes a time when no Senator is the Senate PR Guy,
the Senate must elect (by majority vote) someone to fill this position. If
the position remains unfilled for 5 days, a Senator is randomly chosen to
bear the title.
TARANTULA

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 23:58:33 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2086

Proposal 2086
We Shall Inherit The World!
Calvin N Hobbes

This is a Modest proposal.

{{renumber to 938 [so it's harder to find]}}

The Ambassador must seek all nomics that contain the letters 'h', 'a', 'r'
and 'f' in their name. It will then be his job to organize an assault on
those nomics until they are captured. The Ambassador will gain 40 points for
every such nomic captured. Players assisting the Ambassador will gain 20
points for aiding in the successful capture of a nomic (as acknowledged by
the ambassador).

A nomic is considered captured if it recognizes our president as their
almighty Harf god, the supreme deity.

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