Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #128
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Sunday, July 27 1997     Volume 02 : Number 128

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 18:39:47 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2243 rejected (If It Ain't Broke...)

Proposal 2243
If It Ain't Broke...
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  6    No:  7     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	Chaos
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Guy Fawkes
	breadbox
	Vynd
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of rejected proposal:

! Proposal 2243
! If It Ain't Broke...
! Alfvaen
! Distributed at 12:44:00 on Friday, 18 July 1997
! 
! 
! This is a Modest proposal.
! 
! Amend Rule 595, "Gadgets", as follows:
! 
! Delete the existing clause (vi).  {{[ I've been led to believe that
! entities being "Protected" doesn't really have the force of the Rules
! behind it anymore. ]}}
! 
! Replace it with the following text(delimited by ALBUQUERQUE):
! 
! ALBUQUERQUE
! 
! (vi) A Gadget may become Broken as specified by its Blueprint, or by other
! means, unless its Blueprint specifies that it is indestructible.  A Gadget
! that is Broken will not perform any of the functions specifies in its
! Blueprint, unless its Blueprint specifies otherwise.
! 
! ALBUQUERQUE
! 
! {{ Amend the Blueprint for the Butler as follows:
! 
! Append the sentence "A Butler is a mechanical Gadget." to the first
! paragraph.  In the third paragraph, replace the first occurrence of the
! word "entities" with "tradeable entities".  Before the last sentence of
! that paragraph, insert the sentence "Any entities on the list are still
! considered to be owned by the Butler's owner until they are traded."
! 
! [Hopefully this will fix any problems with the Butler.]
! }}
! 

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:05 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2244 accepted (Continuity)

Proposal 2244
Continuity
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  6    No:  4     Present:  4   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2244, July 26

YES votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	Rex Mundi
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	Chaos
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox
	Karma
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2244
Continuity
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 22:48:04 on Friday, 18 July 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

In R1303 "Synod" section 3 replace the word "three" with the word "two"

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:05 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2245 accepted (Simplicity)

Proposal 2245
Simplicity
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  9    No:  2     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2245, July 26

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	Rex Mundi
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	breadbox
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:
	Chaos
	Alfvaen
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2245
Simplicity
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 22:54:57 on Friday, 18 July 1997

In R1303 "Synod" section 8, replace the text:
"
Profits are defined as (A$ currently owned by the Synod minus (A$ owned by
the Synod after the previous profit distribution, or on the most recent
date the Synod was not in Session, whichever was more recent))
"

With the text"
"Profits are defines the number of A$ owned by the Synod at the moment
Profit Sharing Day is anounced, minus the number of A$ owned by the Synod
at the end of the previous Profit Sharing Day, or the most recent day on
which the Synod was not in Session, which was more recent. If this number
is determined to be negative, then Profits are defined to be equal to
zero.
"

[This was the original intent, and with some previous phrasing of other
rules, might have actually worked that way. Currently, I prefer to ammend
this to make this more air tight. ]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:06 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2246 accepted (Internomic a la Vynd)

Proposal 2246
Internomic a la Vynd
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  10    No:  4     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2246, July 26

YES votes:
	Chaos
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Karma
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	Guy Fawkes
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2246
Internomic a la Vynd
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 23:24:09 on Friday, 18 July 1997

Ammend 419.2 "Internomic Interface" in the following ways:

Ammend section III to read in full:
"
Whenever Ackanomic is permitted to vote upon any matter in Internomic, the
Liaison shall initiate a binding vote in the People's Council for
Internomic to determine how e should cast Ackanomic's vote in Internomic. 
If there are fewer than 4 members in the People's Council for Internomic,
then the Liasion shall initiate a binding vote in a Joint Assembly of the
Senate and the People's Council for Internomic to determine how e should
cast Acaknomic's vote in Internomic. In the latter case it is the Senate's
responsibility to report the results of the vote to Ackanomic.

In the event that the Institution or Institutions in which the vote was
initiated  do not reach a decision, the President shall determine how e
casts Ackanomic's vote. 
"

Ammend Section V to read in full:
"
In order to change the Attitude of Ackanomic toward any other member nomic
of InterNomic, a vote must be held. Each Senator has one vote, each
member of the People's Council for Internomic has one vote and the
Liaison has one vote (if the Liaison is also a Senator, or a member of
the People's Council for Internomic, e only gets one vote total). These
votes are duties of the respective offices. If 60% or more of these
eligible voters vote in favor of changing the Attitude of Ackanomic,
then the Liaison shall take whatever steps are necessary and possible to
carry out this decision in InterNomic. 
"

{{[ I didn't opt for Joint Assembly in this section because currently it
only allows for JA of  Institutions, and not of Officers. I have some
ideas to ammend that, and make it more flexible, but for now, this
phrasing inthis rule should do.]}}

Append the following text as section VI:
"
The People's Council for Internomic is an Institution. Any player may join
this Institution by posting a public message. Any players may leave this
Institution by posting a public message. The People's Council for
Internomic is in Session when it has one or more members. Whenever it is
necessary to appoint an Acting Ambassador, the Speaker should first
consider members of the People's Council for Internomic for the
appointment {{[this reflects that these are probably the players who are
more interested in inter-nomic relations]}}
"

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:06 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2247 accepted (Better Joint Assemblies)

Proposal 2247
Better Joint Assemblies
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 19 = 63.157895%
Yes:  7    No:  4     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2247, July 26

YES votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	breadbox
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Karma
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Chaos
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2247
Better Joint Assemblies
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 23:34:39 on Friday, 18 July 1997

This is a Modest Proposal.

Ammend R1001 "Institutions" section 5 to read in full:
"
When two or more Institutions are called to vote on a matter in Joint
Assembly, then all the members of all the Institutions in the specific Joint Assembly vote on the
matter as if they were all members of one Institution.
If an Additive Joint Assembly was called, then 
each player votes once for each Institution in the Joint Assembly
that he is a member or an acting member of.
If a Union Joint Assembly was called, then each player who is a member of
at least one of the Institutions in the Joint Assembly votes exactly once,
regardless of the number of Institutions he is a member of.
If it is not specified whether the Joint Assembly is Additive or Union
then Union is assumed.

When an Officer initiates a vote in Joint Assembly e also designates a
player whose duty it is to count the votes and report the resupublically.
The player must be either the Officer emself, or a member of one of the
Institutions in the Joint Assembly.  If the vote was not initiated by an
Officer than the Speaker shall designate the player.

If two or more Institutions are called to vote on a matter and a Joint
Assembly is not explicitly specified, then each Institution votes
seperately, and each Institutions decision counts as one vot.
"

[I think this should codify Joint Assmebly more tightly.I don't how
necessary it is, IMO a group of people can get together and vote without
every matter ofprocedure dictated, but why not make things air tight]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:07 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2249 accepted (Ease Thine Souls)

Proposal 2249
Ease Thine Souls
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  13 / 19 = 68.421053%
Yes:  10    No:  1     Present:  3   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2249, July 26

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Guy Fawkes
	Rex Mundi
	Techno
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	Chaos

PRESENT votes:
	Alfvaen
	breadbox
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2249
Ease Thine Souls
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 16:31:32 on Saturday, 19 July 1997

This is a Modest proposal.
Ammend R1303 "Synod" section 10b to read in full:
"
A Church is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if the total M
Similarities with all the other Churches which are members of the
    Synod is equal to or greater than 80. 
Should more than one Church become ineligible simultaneously, then the
Church which had a Delegate for the shortest duration from among the
ineligible Churches, loses its Seat. This process is repeated until there
no more Churches which are ineligible for a Seat.
"

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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 19:35:07 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2248 rejected (You notice you have no gold!  --More--)

Proposal 2248
You notice you have no gold!  --More--
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  12 / 19 = 63.157895%
Yes:  7    No:  6     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	breadbox
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Rex Mundi
	Karma
	Guy Fawkes
	Malenkai
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Chaos
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Antimatter

Text of rejected proposal:

! Proposal 2248
! You notice you have no gold!  --More--
! Alfvaen
! Distributed at 10:57:05 on Saturday, 19 July 1997
! 
! 
! Amend Rule 505, "Treasury And Ackadollars" by appending the following
! clause(delimited by DUAM XNAHT):
! 
! DUAM XNAHT
! 
! VI. Total Wealth:
! 
! The Total Wealth of a Player, Undead, or Organization is defined as the
! sum of the total number of A it possesses plus the combined values of
! all trinkets in its possession.
! 
! DUAM XNAHT
! 
! Amend Rule 510, "Voluntary Debt Prohibited", as follows:
! 
! First, replace "No player" with "No Player, Undead, or Organization
! (referred to hereafter in this Rule as 'player' for simplicity)"
! 
! Then, append the following text(delimited by PRIRUTSENIE):
! 
! PRIRUTSENIE
! 
! Any time a Player owes money that is greater than the amount of A$ in
! eir possession, then the following procedure is followed:
! 
!    i) If the Player in question owns no Trinkets, the procedure ends.
! 
!    ii) The Player's Trinket with the largest value is donated to the
!        Treasury, and the corresponding number of A$ is added to eir
!        total.  If there are multiple Trinkets which each have this
!        largest value, then one is selected at random.
! 
!    iii) If the Player now has enough A$ to pay eir debt, the procedure
!         ends.  Otherwise, return to step i).
! 
! A Player still cannot voluntarily make use of more A$ than e owns, even if
! e owns Trinkets which may be disposed of for cash; e must dispose of said
! Trinkets emself.
! 
! PRIRUTSENIE
! 
! Amend Rule 666, "End of Cycle", by replacing, in section e), each
! occurrence of "A$ balance is transferred to the Treasury" with "Total
! Wealth is owed to the Treasury".  {{[ This is just a lazy way of doing 
! it, and may not be a satisfactory phrasing. ]}}
! 
! Amend Rule 261, "Zombie Master", by replacing "10% of their Ackadollars"
! with "10% of their Total Wealth", and "the poorest player" with "the player
! with the least Total Wealth".
! 

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