Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #119
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Ackanomic Voting Digest    Thursday, July 17 1997    Volume 02 : Number 119

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:18:48 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2218 accepted (Finally sorta fixing one of the old R508 loopholes)

Proposal 2218
Finally sorta fixing one of the old R508 loopholes
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  20 / 19 = 105.263158%
Yes:  13    No:  5     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2218, July 16

YES votes:
	two-star
	Chaos
	Rex Mundi
	/dev/joe
	mr cwm
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Antimatter
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Malenkai
	Vynd
	Guy Fawkes
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord
	Dread Pirate Roberts
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

PRESENT votes:
	AZTEC GOD
	Alfvaen
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	Robert Sevin
	CarsesraC

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2218
Finally sorta fixing one of the old R508 loopholes
Malenkai
Distributed at 18:12:35 on Tuesday, 8 July 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 416, "Supreme Court" to add the following new paragraph
to the end of the rule:

"
The Praetor or Acting Praetor shall be an Acting Justice whenever
there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court.
"

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:18:48 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2219 rejected (Je Te Plumerai)

Proposal 2219
Je Te Plumerai
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 19 = 94.736842%
Yes:  5    No:  12     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Karma
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	Chaos
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Dread Pirate Roberts
	Tammany
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	Robert Sevin
	CarsesraC
	fnord

Text of rejected proposal:

! Proposal 2219
! Je Te Plumerai
! Alfvaen
! Distributed at 19:24:23 on Tuesday, 8 July 1997
! 
! 
! This is a modest proposal.
! 
! Amend Rule 1217, "Buried Treasure!", as follows:
! 
! Insert after the fourth paragraph the following text(delimited by
! ALOUETTE):
! 
! ALOUETTE
! 
! Unless a particular map specifies otherwise, a treasure map cannot be
! destroyed until at least three days have passed since the treasure was
! buried.  Any players who achieve the conditions specified by a map before
! this time are considered to have achieved the conditions simultaneously
! at this time.
! 
! ALOUETTE
! 

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 02:01:42 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2231

Proposal 2231
And this is what it all comes down to
Mr. Lunatic Fringe

Create a rule entitled "In his wildest dreams", numbered 2, with the
following text:

{{Mr. Lunatic Fringe is a tradeable entity. His monetary value is A$63.
Upon the acceptance of this rule he will be transported to museum where he
will donate himself (to the mueseum). These actions are automatic and do
not require any public messages by Mr. Lunatic Fringe to be carried out}}

Umm, er, uh, this is like the greatest day of my life, Beavis.

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:36:23 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2232

Proposal 2232
wich witch
Karma

This is a modest proposal
A rule stating
{{ any player who has the audacity and ignorange to remove themselves from 
all mailing lists of ackanomic (in other words "quitting the game" without 
so much as a written "farewell" "I'm leaving " or similar common polite 
word or phrase is considered a demented witch, mainly for wanting to leave 
the greatest game on the net.

A demented witch is not a real one but will have to prove otherwise and is 
dunked in acka's deepest sea until they admit they are a witch this will 
continue until they have drowned (for no real witch would ever admit to 
being a witch) or until the confession is made therefore being burned at 
the stake. Ironically though they do not become enlightened because they 
were never a real witch they were just impolite and ignorant, but that's 
the way the ball bounces, tit for tat, karma and whatnot. This demented 
witch burning is a glorious occasion and all members of acka get to 
participate in the "Dunking of the witch" this will apply even after the 
player has left cuz' they already have left, but we still get the enjoyment 
of savagely killing the acka has been. This is for all the wasted hard work 
being done by our fine office holders who get abandoned without a trace.}}

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:36:26 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2233

Proposal 2233
Otzmaara
Chaos

This is a Modest Proposal
Amend rule 1240.1 by removing this:

```
10. When a player has used an Otzma Card in a public forum, e may not
use another Otzma Card in a public forum for three days. This section
has no effect on Otzma Cards used on proposals.
'''

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 18:22:24 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2234

Proposal 2234
Rule Suite Enhancements
Chaos

[Gist:  allow the Head of a Rule Suite to establish draconion control
over the members of the Rule Suite.  This is almost possible right
now, but there are loopholes this proposal will plug.  The real kicker
is the change to Rule 102.]

[*** This proposal is brought to you by the Cabinet and the letters
     X and Y.  Due to pending discussion our beautiful banner has been
     omitted this time.  ***]

1.  Amend rule 311 ("Rule Suites") by replacing this:

```
b) Its title is of the form "<phrase> Rule Suite" where <phrase> is a
string which contains at least one alphabetic character, and is unique
amongst the <phrase> parts of all extant rule titles which have the
form "<phrase> Rule Suite". [e.g. "Party Chess Rule Suite"]. The quote
marks themselves are not part of the title, they are used here only
for delimiting purposes.
'''

with this:

```
b) Its title consists of a word or phrase followed by the words "Rule
Suite", and no other rule has the same title.  {{[I mean, for crying
out loud.]}}
'''

and by replacing this:

```
2) A Head of a Rule Suite may contain other material which shall be
interpreted normally. 

3) A rule is a member of a Rule Suite if and only if its number is
X.Y, where X is the number of a Head of a Rule Suite, and Y is a
positive integer.
'''

with this:

```
2) A Head of a Rule Suite may contain other material which shall be
interpreted normally.  If, for a particular Head of a Rule Suite,
<phrase> represents the word or phrase described in section 1b, then
that Rule can be referred to as the Head of the <phrase> Rule Suite.

3) A rule is a member of a certain Rule Suite if and only if its
number is X.Y, where X is the number of the Head of that Rule Suite,
and Y is a positive integer.
'''

2.  Amend Rule 102 by replacing this:

```
Two or more rules may conflict with one another. When this occurs, if
the conflicting rules themselves specify a single, coherent,
unambiguous method for resolving the conflict, then that method is
applied to determine which rule or rules take precedence. Otherwise,
the rule with the lowest rule number takes precedence.
'''

with this:

```
Two or more rules may conflict with each other about a point of
Ackanomic law.  In such a situation, if the rules other than this one
specify a single, coherent, unambiguous method for resolving the
conflict then that method is applied to determine which rule or rules
take precedence with regard to that particular point of law.
Otherwise, the rule with the lowest rule number takes precedence.
'''

3.  6 points are transferred from Mohammed to ThinMan.

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 23:42:14 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2235

Proposal 2235
No Points for Parades
Chaos

This is a modest proposal.  [Its title is *not* meant to imply that
Parades are pointless.]

[  Gist:  removes all scorekeeping from the Parade rule.

I received this note from Doktor Welch of the Institute last Friday:

> Sadly, the Institute can no longer sponsor the Ackanomic Parades.
> Due to some messy legal and plumbing problems (unrelated), we must
> divert all our available funds to genetic research and malpractice
> insurance.

Curious.  *shrug*  I guess that means it's back to cardboard cutouts
on wheels.]

Amend Rule 913 (Parades) by replacing this:

```
All players will take part in the Parade, and will receive one point
for so doing.

The player in possession of the Great Trombone of Ackanomia, if such
an entity exists, will lead the Parade and receive not one but ten
points.

Any player on Vacation will be represented by an identical replica of
themselves, provided for the occasion by the Ackanomic Institute of
Genetic Replication, if such exists. Otherwise they will be
represented by a cardboard cutout on wheels, which will lower the
whole tone of the occasion, so any points they would have received as
a result of the Parade will be withheld.
'''

with this:

```
If a player owns the Great Trombone of Ackanomia, that player leads
the Parade and is obligated to post his repertoire for the occasion.

Any Player on Vacation or not on the surface of Ackanomic will be
represented by a cardboard cutout on wheels.
'''

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