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acka-voting-digest     Thursday, December 4 1997     Volume 02 : Number 218

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:21:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2408 accepted

Results of Proposal 2408

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
16/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Crackfoo            (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Red Barn
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2408 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:06:55
> Rule-Harfer
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[While drinking booze, I quickly wrote this 
> clever proposal to expunge junk from the rules.
> 
> gist: give acka a rule keeper, and clear out
> some of the clutter in the 300s.  Although a new
> rule is created, two are deleted, and they become
> simpler, IMO.
> ]}}
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 407.1, entitled
> "Rule-Harfer", with the following text:
> 
> "
> The Office of the Rule-Harfer is a Functional Office. The Duties are: 
> 
> a) To keep an accurate copy of the Rules of Ackanomic (known as the
> Official Rules Document), and to make the text of the Official Rules
> Document available to any player upon request.
> 
> b) To annotate each rule in the Official Rules Document with customary
> ancillary information, such as the Rule's author, revision number, and
> revision history, when known.
> 
> The Privileges are:
> 
> a) To add section headers and other furniture to the Official Rules
> Document.  This furniture does not become part of the Rules.
> 
> b) To add whitespace and line breaks to the Rules. The Rule-Harfer 
> should consider all player requests to do so. 
> 
> c) To maintain the Official Rules Document as seperate physical
> documents, provided there is at least one physical document from
> which all the rules can be located.
> 
> The Official Rules Document is not the Rules.  Modification of the
> Official Rules Document does not affect the rules.
> 
> {{If there is a active player named breadbox, he is appointed to
>  the office of Rule-Harfer}}
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 311, "Rule Suites", to replace:
> 
> "
> 4) It is a privilege of the Web-Harfer to move rules which are members
> of Rule Suites out of the main rules document into a separate document,
> and to establish and maintain a link from the link phrase (section 1 d))
> to this document. If any such member rules are moved to a separate 
> document, then all such member rules of that Rule Suite must be moved
> to that document, and the link must be established and maintained. 
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> 4) [It is a privilege of the Rule-Harfer to move rules which are members
> of Rule Suites out of the main rules document into separate 
> physical documents, and to establish and maintain a link from the link
> phrase (section 1 d)) to these documents.]
> 
> {{[it is a suggestion that they be placed at the end of the main 
> physical html document with the links changed to internal anchors,
> to ease in global searching and for simplifying downloads]}}
> "
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 407, "Web-Harfer", to remove the following text:
> 
> "
> b) To add whitespace and line breaks to the rules. The Web-Harfer should
> consider all player requests to do so. 
> 
> c) To seek and appoint Assistant Web-Harfers as needed to keep the Ackanomic
> WWW page up-to-date. [This is a duty
> because the Web-Harfer is obligated to get help when it is needed, rather than
> let the Ackanomic WWW page become
> out-of-date.] 
> "
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 305, "For Personal Glory..."
> Repeal rule 307, "Revision Numbers"
> 
> {{[end of proposal]}}

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:30:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2409 accepted

Results of Proposal 2409

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
12/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Bonus Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Red Barn
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2409 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:15:05
> Wearing a Silly Agenda Hat
> two-star (Alexandre Muniz)
> 
> This is a grandiose proposal
> 
> {{[Gist: This creates a new cycle win around player submitted agendas,
> using a sort of point based handicapping to compensate for discrepancies
> in the difficulties of submitted conditions. More importantly, it
> reintroduces hats and eggplants to Acka, the lack of which has been
> causing this place to go to hell in a handbasket. (More importantly
> still, it contributes to the baroque complexity of the ruleset, which
> was the main reason I joined this game.)]}}
> 
> Amend rule 931 "Garments" as follows.
> 
> Replace the sentence,  "The owner, and only the owner, of a particular
> garment may don that garment if he is currently wearing no garment, or
> remove it if he is currently wearing it."
> with,  "The owner, and only the owner, of a particular garment may don
> that garment if he is currently not wearing that garment, or remove it
> if he is currently wearing it. The location of a garment that is being
> worn is the same as that of its wearer" {{[because it really ought to be
> possible to wear pants and a sweater at the same time, and it would also
> be nice to be able to take your pants with you when you leave home.]}}
> 
> Append the following paragraph:
> 
> "Hats, which may also be refered to as headware, are a class of
> garments. A player may wear at most one hat. This rule defers to any
> rule describing the the number and type of hats a player may wear."
> 
> Rename rule 931 "Garments" to "Garments, Especially Hats"
> 
> 
> Amend rule 854 "Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication: by replacing
> 
> "Extra head: Cost -- 50 A$. Each extra head possessed by a player allows
> him to wear one more piece of headwear than he would otherwise be
> allowed. This takes precedence over other rules dealing with any form of
> headwear inasmuch as their restrictions on the number of pieces of
> headwear a player may wear are relaxed for those with extra heads.
> Players with extra heads are encouraged to occasionally get into public
> arguments amongst their heads."
> 
> with
> 
> "Extra head: Cost -- 50 A$. Due to limitations in extra head technology,
> every extra head after the first that a player has is shriveled and
> misshapen. Therefore, a player with an extra head may wear one more
> piece of headwear than would otherwise be allowed, but additional extra
> heads do not allow a player to wear more headwear  Players with extra
> heads are encouraged to occasionally get into public arguments amongst
> their heads. [See also rule 931]"
> 
> Create a rule numbered 607, entitled "Winning by Agenda" with text
> delemited by THIMBLEBERRY
> 
> THIMBLEBERRY
> If a player owns at least three Agenda Hats, and it is publicly knowable
> that the condition for each Agenda Hat e owns is true, and that player's
> score is greater than or equal to the sum of the weights of all of the
> agenda hats e owns, then the following will occur:
> a) E will receive the title of Agent of KAOS. Any other player with this
> title loses it.
> a) The owner of any Nemesis Eggplant with a condition that is the same
> as the condition of an agenda hat owned by the Agent of KAOS must pay 40
> A$ to the Agent of KAOS.
> b) All Agenda hats owned by the Agent of KAOS and all Nemesis eggplants
> with corresponding conditions are destroyed
> c) The Agent of KAOS achieves a Winning Condition.
> 
> Additionally, any player who had owned a Nemesis Eggplant that was
> destroyed as above has eir score reset to -40 rather than 0 when scores
> are reset at the start of the next cycle. [See Rule 666]
> THIMBLEBERRY
> 
> Amend Rule 666 "End of Cycle" by replacing the text,
> 
> "b) All Chartreuse Goose Eggs and Right-Handed Grapefruit are
> destroyed."
> with,
> 
> "b) All Chartreuse Goose Eggs, Right-Handed Grapefruit and Agenda Hats
> that are not being worn are destroyed. All Nemesis Eggplants with the
> same condition as an Agenda Hat that was destroyed in this manner are
> destroyed."
> 
> Create a rule numbered 431 entitled "Office of the Illuminatus." with
> text delimited by SALAL
> 
> SALAL
> The Office of the Illuminatus is an optional office.
> 
> The duties of the Illuminatus are to collect Agenda Conditions, conduct
> bidding on Nemesis Eggplants, and distrubute and track Agenda Hats, as
> described in this rule.
> 
> The Illuminatus shall publicly announce a call for Agenda Condition
> submissions, if, for any reason, no such call has occured during the
> current cycle. The Agenda Condition submission period will last for
> seven days after this. 
> During this time, any player may submit a number of  Agenda Conditions
> equal to three minus the number of Agenda Hats e owns by sending them to
> the Illuminatus. If a player sends more than this number of Agenda
> Conditions, only the first Agenda Conditions sent will be counted.
> 
> Agenda Conditions should be statements that may be true or false
> depending on the game state. If the words "this hat," or "this eggplant"
> are used in an Agenda Condition, they shall be equivalent to, "the
> Agenda Hat associated with this Agenda Condition," and "the Nemesis
> Eggplant associated with this Agenda Condition," respectively.
> 
> At the end of the 3 days, the Illuminatus must release a list of all
> submitted Agenda Conditions, along with the names of the players who
> submitted each.
> If at least 4 players have submitted Agenda Conditions, the Illuminatus
> must initiate a seven day Nemesis Eggplant bidding period.
> During the Nemesis eggplant bidding period, each player who submitted
> Agenda conditions may send a Weight bid corresponding to each submitted
> Agenda Condition to the Illuminatus. Weight bids must be integers
> between (-2 Magic Number / 3) and (Magic Number / 3). If a player does
> not send a weight bid for a particular Agenda Condition, that player
> will be considered to have bid (Magic Number / 3), rounded down, on that
> condition.
> 
> At the conclusion of the bidding period, the following occurs:
> 
> z) Initially, all conditions are under consideration.
> 
> a) The Illuminatus will determine the condition under consideration
> which has the lowest bid. Ties should be broken randomly.
> 
> b) A Nemesis Eggplant with that condition is awarded to the lowest
> bidder on that condition who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. Ties
> among lowest bidders should be broken randomly. 
> 
> c) That condition is removed from consideration. If any conditions are
> still under consideration, this process repeats, starting with a)
> 
> d) The Illuminatus may change the condition associated with any Nemesis
> Eggplant if e believes that it is impossible for a player to achieve
> that condition in normal play or the condition is otherwise unharfy [For
> example, a condition that would be satisfied by spamming the mailing
> list with 1000's of messages would be technically easy to achieve, but a
> bad idea all around.]  The condition that the Illuminatus chooses should
> be easily attainable. It should also be silly.
> 
> e)  For each newly created Nemesis Eggplant, an agenda Hat with the same
> condition and a weight equal to the second lowest bid on its condition
> is created in the hidden state. Any Agenda Hats with a condition that
> was chosen by the Illuminatus according to d) are Silly Agenda Hats, and
> instead are created with a weight of (Magic Number / 4) rounded up.
> 
> f) Each player who submitted Agenda Conditions receives a number of
> agenda hats equal to the number of conditions e submitted. The Agenda
> Hats must be distruted randomly among these players, except that no
> player shall receive an Agenda Hat with a condition that e authored or
> that is the same as that of a Nemesis Eggplant e owns.
> 
> g) The Illuminatus must publicly announce the owners and conditions for
> each Nemesis Eggplant created, and the weights and conditions for each
> Agenda Hat created. The Illuminatus must privately notify each player
> who received Agenda Hats as to the conditions of each Agenda Hat that
> player received.
> 
> It is also a duty of the Illuminatus to check that the correct condition
> is being revealed when a player makes an Agenda Hat visible.
> 
> It is a priviledge of the Illuminatus that e acheives a Winning
> Condition if it is publicly knowable that e has a score that is greater
> than 5/6 times the Magic Number.
> SALAL
> 
> Create a rule numbered 671 entitled Nemesis Eggplants and Agenda Hats,
> with text delimited by RED-FLOWERING CURRANT
> 
> RED-FLOWERING CURRANT
> Nemesis Eggplants are ownable Entities. Each Nemesis Eggplant has a
> condition associated with it.
> 
> Agenda Hats are ownable Headwear. Each Agenda Hat has a condition and a
> weight (which must be an integer,) associated with it. No player may own
> an agenda hat with a condition e authored. Agenda hats may be Silly as
> described by the rules. They may be either visible or hidden, (but not
> both.) The owner of a hidden Agenda Hat may make it visible by publicly
> posting the condition associated with it. Visible Agenda Hats are
> tradable. Only visible Agenda Hats may be worn. The author of an Agenda
> Hat's condition may publicly post a description of that Agenda Hat.
> 
> If player who is wearing a Silly Agenda Hat posts a public message that
> does not contain the words, "wearing a Silly Agenda Hat," that Silly
> Agenda Hat falls off and is no longer being worn.
> 
> RED-FLOWERING CURRANT
> 
> {{two-star becomes the Illuminatus. [I am willing to resign if anyone
> else wants it.]}}

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:34:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 2409 accepted

> Results of Proposal 2409
> 
>     YES:
> [...]
> Bonus Vote

By the way, I suppose I should mention that this Bonus Vote was cast
by two-star.

breadbox

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:36:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2410 accepted

Results of Proposal 2410

14/19 votes: Quorum achieved
14/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
The Gingham Wearer
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Red Barn
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2410 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:19:55
> Wearing a Silly Green Trinket
> two-star (Alexandre Muniz)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> In rule 709 Gaol, replace the word "Hatters" with "Sculptors"

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:41:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2411 accepted

Results of Proposal 2411

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
18/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Tammany                                 [Malenkai bribed Tammany A$25]
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Red Barn
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2411 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:22:35
> Conventions
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[gist: consolidate some of our conventions into one
> rule, with a convienent rule to add new ones to.  I'd
> like to place that alphabetic rule in here too with
> simple ascii sorting -- perhaps later.  Slowly trimming
> the size of the ruleset, in any case...]}}
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Renumber rule 340, "Spelling Errors" to 339.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 346, "Self Deleting Text" [prevent a pretty nasty
> side effect of this ;-)]
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Create a new rule called "Conventions", numbered 340, with
> the following text:
> 
> "
> The following conventions apply to all Ackanomic text, except
> where a specific type of text (e.g. rules), is specified.
> 
> I.  Unambiguous spelling errors shall be treated as if the mispelled
> word were spelled correctly.
> 
> II.  Numbers shall be considered misspelled words for the purposes
> of the rules when it can be determined beyond reasonable doubt that
> a particular number is in error, and what the intended number is.
> The intended number is considered the correct spelling in this case.
> 
> III.  When text is specified as delimited, the end of the document
> in question serves as an ending delimiter if an ending delimiter is
> otherwise missing.  Delimiters do not nest, except when the double 
> quote character is used as a delimiter.
> 
> IV.  Text delimited by square brackets [e.g. this] is a note.  Notes
> have no semantic meaning.
> 
> V.  Text in rules other than this one, delimited by double
> curly braces {{e.g. this}}, is self-deleting text.  Self-deleting text
> is applied once, in the order it appears in the document, then it is
> deleted.  Rules whose text section consist of nothing but self-deleting
> text, whitespace, and furniture are called "Self-Deleting Rules", and
> such rules are repealed after their self-deleting text is applied.
> "
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 339, "Spelling Errors".
> Repeal rule 344, "Notes and Comments".
> 
> {{[end of proposal]}}

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:49:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2412 rejected

Results of Proposal 2412

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

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

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer
Red Barn
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2412 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:28:37
> Testing the Waters
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 206, "Keep 'Em In The Game". [never used, boring]
> Repeal rule 259, "Evil Twins". [can be done without rule, doesn't affect game
> state]
> Repeal rule 319, "Unanimity Is Lovely [...]" [plenty of other must describe
> harf]
> Repeal rule 1127, "Sanctity of Harf"

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:54:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2413 accepted

Results of Proposal 2413

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
16/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Red Barn
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer
K 2

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2413 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 03:31:48
> The Circular Files
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 1118, "Dealing with the Paranormal"
> 
> {{[more must describe harf that is never used.  The
> last two Krykec's have failed to post, and I'm not sure
> this is being enforced w.r.t Rex Mundi, if appropriate.
> Isn't Phoebe enough?  Its time to follow and harf these
> rules, or to dump them.]}}
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 261, "Zombie Master" to remove:
> 
> "
> Bidding an Undead to do one of the above counts as a Paranormal Power 
> use by a player entity (the controlling player). 
> "
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 910, "The Ackanomicon", to remove:
> 
> "
> Reading this page is considered a use of a Paranormal Power by the 
> reading player.
> "
> 
> and to remove:
> 
> "
> Reading this page is considered a use of a Paranormal Power by The Ackanomicon,
> but the reader must volunteer to be the Krykec for this occurance. 
> "
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 1007, "Organizational Powers", to remove:
> 
> "
> Any Powers that contain the word 'alien', 'ufo', 'gray', 'green', 'occult', 
> 'subterfuge', 'abduction', 'unnatural' or plural thereof, shall also be 
> considered Paranormal Powers. Use by an organization of such a power
> counts as a non-player entity use of such. 
> "

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:26:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2414 rejected

Results of Proposal 2414

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2414 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 10:49:27
> Two letter names
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Grandiose proposal.
> 
> {{ Anyone who doesnt thinks so should be tarred and feathered. }}
> 
> Amend the 2nd sentence in the 1st paragraph of Rule 251.
> 
> In that paragraph, replace 'three' with 'two'.

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:33:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2415 rejected

Results of Proposal 2415

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
3/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Fortunato           (SPAM)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    NO:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2415 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 10:52:33
> I wana hovel
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Grandiose proposal.
> 
> {{ and anyone who doesn't thinks so should be tarred and feathered }}
> 
> Amend Rule 839 as follows:
> 
> Replace the word 'six' with 'seven'.
> 
> Insert 'hovel (cramped, puny and rundown) (1 land unit)' as the second
> line.

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:38:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2416 rejected

Results of Proposal 2416

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer
Rex Mundi
Red Barn
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2416 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 10:58:32
> Fables of the Reconstruction of the Fables
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal Rule 1307, "Ackanomic Middle Ages".

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:44:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2417 accepted

Results of Proposal 2417

14/19 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)
breadbox
Crackfoo            (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
The Gingham Wearer
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2417 - Thu 27 Nov 1997 11:00:45
> The Pick, The Sickle And The Shovel
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1240.17, and named "Otzma Card of type
> Grave Robber", with text as follows(delimited by MERCUTIO):
> 
> MERCUTIO
> This card may be played only in the public forum.
> 
> If the owner of this card, when it is played, does not possess a Shovel of
> some description[that is, an entity with the word "Shovel" in its name],
> then the card has no effect.
> 
> Otherwise, if e names any Undead in the same message, who is not
> controlled as a Zombie, then the following will occur:  If the Undead owns
> any entites besides A$ and Bonds Promissory, then one of those entities,
> selected at random, is transferred to the player of the card.  Otherwise,
> 10 A$, or all the Undead's A$ plus enough BPs to total 10 if the Undead
> does not have enough A$, shall be transferred to the player of the card.
> 
> Counter-Action: The card-player's Shovel, any entities taken from the
> Undead by playing the Card, and one other entity chosen at random(or
> 10 A$ or PFs, as in the last sentence of the previous paragraph, if no
> other entities are owned by the card-player), are transferred to the
> possession of the Undead.
> 
> At any given time there may be at most 5 Cards of this type.  'Grave
> Robber' Otzma Cards have an F-designation of Normal.
> MERCUTIO

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