Subject: acka-voting-digest V2 #209
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acka-voting-digest     Tuesday, November 25 1997     Volume 02 : Number 209

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:27:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2398

Proposal 2398
I Hate Bugs
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Repeal Rule 1323, "Repent And Mend Thy Ways".  {{[ Since there are no
longer any floods, locusts are an inevitability otherwise. ]}}

{{ All dangling buildings are reattached to Ackanomic. }}

Create a new rule, numbered 949, named "Nothing Sux Like An Electrolux",
with text as follows(delimited by RULZ):

RULZ
An Electrolux is a nameless, tradeable, mimsy entity.  The owner of an
Electrolux may, as a public action, specify a building which is floating
below the surface of Ackanomic[i.e. one whose tether was snapped by a
Tornado], and say "Hey, you, get off of my cloud" [The Rolling Stones,
"Get Off of My Cloud"].

If the owner of the building owns sufficient vacant kaas of land for the
building to fit there, then the building is reattached to the surface
of Ackanomic in that kaa.  If the owner of the building(hereafter,
"Mick") is not the same player as the owner of the Electrolux(hereafter,
"Keith"), then "Keith" may reattach "Mick"'s building as above, provided
that a)"Mick" gives "Keith" permission to do so, b)"Keith" has enough
vacant kaas of land for the building to fit, and c)"Keith" gives "Mick"
an amount of A$ equal to that specified for rebuilding a building of
that size in Rule 846, "Constructions And Architectural Aesthetic", then
"Keith" may, by following the above procedure, reattach the building on
eir own land.  "Keith" is then the owner of the building that has been
attached.

After successfully reattaching a building, the Electrolux is destroyed.
In addition, if a Tornado should occur, all Electroluxes shall be
destroyed and this rule shall repeal itself.  {{[ This last sentence sets
an upper time limit on this rule's effects, since we don't want it hanging
around till forever... ]}}
RULZ

{{
The following players[the owners of dangling buildings, excluding those
who are gone or probably will be soon], should they be in the game when
this Proposal passes, shall receive Electroluxes:
Malenkai, norpan, /dev/joe, Calvin N Hobbes, Robert Sevin, Crackfoo
}}

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:27:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2399

Proposal 2399
Tammany Trouble
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Amend the Rule "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported" [at
the time of writing, Rule 207] by renumbering subsection VII to VIII, and
inserting the following AUTOBRIBE-delimited text immediately before the
new subsection VIII:

AUTOBRIBE
VII. Tammany Effects
If the author of a proposal bribed Tammany to vote on that proposal, then
when the results are reported e shall score two fewer points than e would
otherwise would.
AUTOBRIBE

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:35:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2380 accepted

Results of Proposal 2380

10/14 votes: Quorum achieved
11/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Tammany                                 [Malenkai bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Red Barn
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    PENDING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2380 - Tue 18 Nov 1997 02:23:38
> No more word counting
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[I understand the last amendment to go from lines to words,
> but to count words makes the game more work than I think it needs
> to be, and while I could right a program to count words, so would
> each player and each future barkeep need to too, and one shouldn't
> have to in order to play *this* game.]}}
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 1258.18, ""Ye Olde Rusty Lantern" (a storytelling game)",
> so that its title is "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", and so that this text:
> 
> "
> The text of the message should be 150 to 300 words of suitable prose
> to add to (or start) the tale.
> "
> 
> is replaced with this:
> 
> "
> The text of the message should be a reasonable amount of suitable prose
> to add to (or start) the tale (150 to 300 words, or the length of
> previous segments, are good guidelines).
> "

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:40:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2381 accepted

Results of Proposal 2381

11/14 votes: Quorum achieved
13/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Vulcan Unity Vote
Tammany                                 [Malenkai bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Red Barn
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    PENDING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2381 - Tue 18 Nov 1997 02:24:08
> Fixing the Double Crash Loophole
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[it always seemed dishonorable to exploit this ... :-)]}}
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 1250.12, "Double Crash", to replace:
> 
> "
> Throughout these rules, an N-round Salvo is a public post taking the 
> form of a numbered list of N five-letter words. The numbering
> convention and format should be:
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> Throughout these rules, an N-round Salvo is a public post taking the 
> form of a numbered list of N five-letter words from the Official
> Dictionary. The numbering convention and format should be:
> "

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:58:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2400

Proposal 2400
For Someone's Sake, Let Them In
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 1015, "More Than human", by appending the following
ELMER-SEASON delimited text:

ELMER-SEASON
An Organization with a More Than Human is allowed to enable non-player
Entities to become members, by expressing its consent to the joining of
the non-player Entity (or by having an open admissions policy), and by the
non-player Entity expressing eir consent to join the Organization in the
public forum.
ELMER-SEASON

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:59:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2401

Proposal 2401
And Justice for All
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

{{[
    Gist: Permit Justices and Acting Justices to appeal CFJs as long as
    they decline to judge them.  Permit Acting Justices to decline
    judgement just as regular Justices are permitted to do so.

    I was tempted to just nuke rule 218, but I will make that a
    seperate proposal.
]}}

Amend rule 417 (Justices Rock) in the following ways:
(1) Insert the text "or an Acting Justice" in the last paragraph
    immediately after the text "a Justice".
(2) Insert the text "or Acting Justice's" in the last paragraph
    immediately after the text "Justice's".
(3) Insert the text "or Acting Justice" in the last paragraph
    immediately after the text "original Justice".

Amend rule 217 (Overturning Judgements) by appending the text "unless
they also exercise their option under rule 417 (Justices Rock) to
decline judgement on that CFJ" to the end of the first sentence of the
second-to-last paragraph.

Amend rule 218 (Trials By Jury) by replacing the last paragraph with
the following double-percent-symbol-delimited text:
%%
A jury verdict may be appealed to the Supreme Court according to the
procedure described for normal CFJs.  Members of the Jury, the
Prosaecutor, the Consaecutor, and the Judge of that CFJ are ineligible
to appeal the verdict, however.  Justices and Acting Justices may only
appeal a Jury Trial verdict if they also exercise their option under
rule 417 (Justices Rock) to decline judgement on that CFJ.
%%

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:59:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2402

Proposal 2402
Dump Juries
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

{{[
    Gist: Get rid of complicated, rarely used, and difficult to manage
    Jury trials.  Handle Undecided verdicts instead by passing them on
    to the Supreme Court.
]}}

Repeal rule 218 (Trial By Jury).

Amend Rule 214 by appending the following double-ampersand-delimited
text as a seperate paragraph:
&&
If the Judgement is Undecided then the CFJ shall be decided by the
Supreme Court as if it had been appealed, except that the original
Judge shall not be penalized for an overturned verdict on that CFJ.
&&

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:59:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2403

Proposal 2403
Tammany Moves to Bel Aire
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

This is a modest proposal.

Amend rule 315 (Tammany), section (b), by changing "A$ 5" to "A$ 25".

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:59:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2404

Proposal 2404
Give Tammany Some Teeth
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[this is independent of proposal 2399, although I
believe it is a better solution, as p2399 will create
more work for the scorekeeper, while this will reduce
work for both the tabulator and financier, and leave 
the scorekeeper's work unchanged.  Moreover, 2399 will
not solve the problem against players like me, who care
about changing the rules, but do not care about points.
This also puts more of a gamelike feel to tammany again]}}

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Amend rule 315, "Tammany", to replace:

"
b) an amount of currency in the range of A$ 5 to A$ 100 (inclusive) 
"

with:

"
b) an amount of currency of at least A$ 75
"

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