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acka-voting-digest      Monday, December 8 1997      Volume 02 : Number 221

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:10:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2436 accepted

Results of Proposal 2436

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
18/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rex Mundi
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Slakko              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
rufus                                   [rufus is no longer Pending.]
Vulcan Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
else...if           (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2436 - Mon 1 Dec 1997 06:16:36
> Rest in Peace
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> {{[gist: clean out the undead crypt by
> purging any undead (for a non-elder) after
> a crypt-life of 90 days]}}
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 258, "Undead", to append the following
> to the end of the rule:
> 
> "
> Undead who exist for 90 {{(or more)}} days decompose.  Upon
> decomposition, the Undead destroys all the Bond Promissories
> associated with them, then it transfers all other entites it
> ows to the Treasury.  Then the Undead is destroyed.
> 
> Undead whose associated likeness is enshrined in the Hall of
> Elders never decompose, however.
> "
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 843, "Hall of Elders", to remove the string "(or game)" from
> section 3, and to remove the last sentence of section 5.  [an unneeded 
> precedence clause]

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:28:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2471

Proposal 2471
Is it 3 days or 7 days?
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[I'm not sure the spelling rule can correct this.
I guess agenda conditions have to be in by 3 days?]}}

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Amend rule 431, "Office of the Illuminatus." so that its title
is "Illuminatus and Hidden Agendas", and to replace:

"
At the end of the 3 days
"

with:

"
At the end of the seven days
"

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:29:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2472

Proposal 2472
That's the Way the Bee Bumbles
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[it occurs to me that the spelling exchequer cannot do anything
to a submission to be forwarded, as the spelling bee can only
touch rules and CFJs, not miscellaneous submissions.  This also
fixes the potential scam bait I mentioned when that proposal was
under consideration.  Finally, it occurs to me that the spelling
bee can do much less than has been claimed by previous spelling
bee harfers, as very few words if any, by rule, are actually
misspelled.

For that matter, the spelling exchequer may not be able to do very
much now either for the same reason.]}}

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Amend rule 430, "Spelling Exchequer", to replace:

"
When the Miscellaneous Submission is a text that is to be privately sent 
to another Office, the player submitting the text may choose to allow 
it to be Directly Forwarded. A player doing so must indicate this wish,
and specify the intended final recipient unambiguously. In this case, 
if the Spelling Exchequer finds no errors, or finds only errors that 
the Spelling Bee would be permitted to fix,
"

with:

"
When the Miscellaneous Submission is a text that is to be privately sent 
to another Office, the player submitting the text may choose to allow 
it to be Directly Forwarded, as long as that player is a player other 
than the Spelling Exchequer. A player doing so must indicate this wish,
and specify the intended final recipient unambiguously. In this case, 
if the Spelling Exchequer finds no errors, or finds only errors that 
the Spelling Bee would be permitted to fix if the text in question were
a rule,
"

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Amend rule 340, "Conventions", to replace:

"
I. Unambiguous spelling errors shall be treated as if the mispelled word 
were spelled correctly. 
"

with:

"
I. Unambiguous spelling errors shall be treated as if the mispelled word 
were spelled correctly, except during the process of rule-sanctioned
spelling correction. 
"

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:51:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2473

Proposal 2473
Internomic Entityhood
two-star (Alexandre Muniz)

This is a modest proposal

Amend rule 419.2 Internomic Interface by prepending the following quoted
text.

"I. Internomic Entityhood

Internomic is an entity. Member nomics of Internomic excepting Ackanomic
and Internomic are tradeable entities. Whenever a Nomic joins
internomic, it is owned by the treasury. Whenever a member nomic,
(excepting Ackanomic and Internomic,) leaves internomic it is destroyed.
{{The nomic Agora is transfered to Robert Sevin, and the trinket Agora
is transfered to the treasury. The nomic Pumpkin Patch Nomic is
transfered to Red Barn, and the trinket Pumpkin Patch is transfered to
the Treasury. All other Internomic member nomics are initially owned by
the treasury.}}"

Renumber the headers of all following sections in rule 419.2 to the next
consecutive capital roman numeral.

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:34:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2474

Proposal 2474
Weasel Words
Balsamic Dragon (Vivian Norwood)

There exist certain words whose meaning is indeterminate in some contexts. 
Any language containing these words can be considered vague and/or overly
broad and tends to obfuscate the true interpretation of a rule.  These
words are known as "weasel words."  Any player who, in the same twenty-four
hour period, makes a Call for Judgment about the interpretation of a given
rule which claims that such rule contains "weasel words," and also submits
a proposal which amends such rule to remove the offending "weasel words"
and/or replace them with better, more carefully chosen words (in the
opinion of the player submitting the proposal) shall have his court fee for
the submission of the CFJ waived.  If that proposal is accepted and the CFJ
is judged in the player's favor, then that player shall receive the
honorary title of "Weasel Slayer."  Upon the bestowance of such a title,
this rule shall be amended to append the the list below the "weasel words"
which have been vanquished.  However, due to the fact that some weasel
words are perfectly understandable in the right context, this rule shall
not be considered binding upon future Weasel Word CJF's.

Known weasel words include:

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:20:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2437 rejected

Results of Proposal 2437

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
7/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
else...if           (SPAM)
rufus

    NO:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
K 2
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2437 - Mon 1 Dec 1997 20:08:14
> Stock(ing) Filler
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 714, titled "To the stocks" containing the
> following FLIBBLE delimited text:
> 
> FLIBBLE
> 
> The Location known as the stocks is hereby created. It is a cramped
> building. A player may not leave the stocks except by the application
> of a
> Rule which explicitly defines a procedure or condition for the player
> to be
> released or removed from the stocks (including latter parts of this
> rule). 
> 
> If a player is in the stocks, they shall not count for the purposes of
> determining Quorum. 
> 
> Players in the stocks may not be selected to judge CFJ's, to be
> mentors, or
> to be Mad Hatters. If a player has been selected to judge a CFJ and has
> not
> yet accepted or declined the appointment when e enters the stocks, e is
> considered to have declined the appointment as judge. 
> 
> If a player is in the stocks, they may perform no game actions except
> those
> on the following numbered list and those allowed by Rule 101. If a
> particular action on this list is not defined elsewhere in the rules,
> however, it is considered to be "prohibited". This clause defers to any
> other rule which regulates any action on the following list: 
> 
> 1) A voting player in the stocks may make a Call for Judgement (CFJ) 
> 
> 2) A voting player in the stocks may make a Call for Criminal Judgement
> (CFCJ) 
> 
> 3) A player in the stocks may bribe any other player who is not either
> in
> gaol or in the stocks to release him. Any voting player may do so and
> he
> can demand any amount of payment to do so. It is however considered a
> crime
> to release someone from the stocks although it is often ignored. If a
> player is released in this manner then he is considered to be no longer
> in
> the stocks.
> 
> 4) A player in the stocks may go on Vacation 
> 
> 5) A player in the stocks may return from Vacation 
> 
> 6) A player in the stocks may make a Public Apology. 
> 
> 7) A player in the stocks may post any number of public messages a day.
> 
> 
> 8) ) A player in the stocks may make an Appeal for Pardon (AFP), as
> long as
> that player is not the President.
> 
> Note that "game action" means anything where the player must act.
> Examples
> include voting, submitting proposals, AOJs, chewing the Gumball, etc.
> Examples of what this does NOT include are things like gaining points,
> passively receiving currency or the Magic Potato, or winning. 
> 
> Whenever a player (A) is in the stocks any other player (B) may throw a
> tomato at (A) providing they are not in gaol or the stocks by paying
> A$2 to
> the treasury to purchase the tomato and publicly announce that e is
> "throwing the tomato" and also who e is throwing it at if there is more
> than one player in the stocks. It is considered good form to describe
> the
> tomato and the manner in which it is thrown. A player in the stocks may
> not
> make a public apology or AFP if they have had a tomato thrown at them
> during the last three hours [because they are much too angry]. Also for
> each tomato thrown at a player in the stocks there is a risk of one in
> twenty of that player having an allergic reaction to a particular brand
> of
> tomato. If they have an allergic reaction then on being released from
> the
> stocks they may not post any public messages for 24 hours since they re
> recovering from illness.
> 
> A player is released from the stocks if and when their sentence
> expires.
> Other rules may specify other conditions under which a player is
> released. 
> 
> FLIBBLE
> 
> Also modify section 5)c) of rule 710/11 Criminal Justice so that after
> the
> word Gaol are inserted the words or the stocks.

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:29:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2475

Proposal 2475
Scam or Spam?
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

Create a new rule entitled "Royalties", numbered 207.2,
with the following text:

"
Malenkai's Score doubles every time someone posts a public
message containing the phrase "Malenkai's Loophole" (with
any variation in character case).
"

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:35:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2476

Proposal 2476
The Ackanomian River
else...if (Henry Towsner)

The text delimited by FLOWING will be added to rule 835 after section 6.
Renumber all following sections to the next consecutive integer.

FLOWING
7) Let the common location known as the Ackanomian River, referred to as
the river, exist deep in the wilds.  No player may enter the river, as it
is a rapidly moving stream with many rocks.  No player may cross the river
or otherwise move from one side to the other except as specified in the
rules. [It is possible that with the proper equipment, one could
white-water raft down the Ackanomian River]

7a) On the other side of the river is as yet unexplored land.  This land is
currently unnamed and is not part of Ackanomia.  This land is not Common.
Although this land may be visited if a player can cross the stream, it may
not be bought, built upon, or otherwise altered except by rules which
specify that they apply to this land. [It is rumored that this foreign land
is littered with machines of war left over from a battle between the
ancients.]

7b)  This section takes precedence over all rules regarding land, buildings
or transportation.
FLOWING

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