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acka-voting-digest      Sunday, December 14 1997      Volume 02 : Number 227

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:30:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2510

Proposal 2510
Bananas Build Growing Bodies
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Replace all instances of the phrase "sum to 21" in Rule 923 with the
phrase "sum to at least 21".

{{[Let's have people using some bananas.]}}

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:34:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2511

Proposal 2511
Remove That Misleading Retroactivity Claim
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Amend rule 215, "Judgements Must Accord With The Rules", to remove:

"
A statement verified (or nullified) by judgement applies 
retroactively to any past game situation it may concern. 
"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:36:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2512

Proposal 2512
Repeal Trivial Rules I
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Repeal rule 259, "Evil Twins"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:38:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2513

Proposal 2513
Repeal Trivial Rules II
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Repeal rule 1127, "Sanctity of Harf "

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:40:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2514

Proposal 2514
Citizen Cane flies a Zepplin
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[it seems that it would be nice to spell check
the literature list.  I generalized spelling bee
so that new things to spell check can be added,
and added the literature list to that list.]}}

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

Amend rule 342, "Spelling Bee", as follows, in the order
specified:

I.  Append the following text to the end of the rule

"
{{All entities designated as Stingable Entities
lose that designation}}
"

II.  Replace "the Rules and CFJ Archive" in section 1)
with "Stingable Entities".

III.  Replace sections 2) and 3) with the following:

"
2) Its flight may be initiated by an officer privileged
to do so, as a public action.

3) The Stingable Entities are: 
      a) The Rules and the Official Rules Document
      b) The CFJ Archive
      c) The Literature List
"
  
IV. In section 4), remove the first occurrence of the
string "Rule and CFJ".  

V. In section 4), replace "clearly labeled by rule or CFJ number"
with  "clearly identified by title, number, or document as appropriate".

VI. In section 7) replace "rules" with "appropriate entity".

VII. {{[someone will consider spell checking the literature list :-)]}}
"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:46:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2457 rejected

Results of Proposal 2457

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
10/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Bonus Vote          (/dev/joe)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2457 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 20:19:37
> Party Unity is a Three-Edged Sword
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> {{[Note: Those who wonder why I'm introducing extra PRESENT votes, when
> non-player votes don't affect quorum - PRESENT votes now have the
> possibility of making a proposal boring and thus denying its proposer
> any points. ]}}
> 
> 
> Amend Rule 1009 by inserting the following KOSH delimited text between the
> sentence ending "it has." and the sentence beginning "Party membership":
> 
> KOSH
> At the end of a proposal's voting period, but before votes on that
> proposal are counted, if every active non-vacationing player member of a
> given Political Party voted NO on that proposal, and no member of the
> Party is also a member of some other Party, then the Political Party
> itself shall cast an additional NO vote on that proposal for every three
> active non-vacationing player members it has. 
> 
> At the end of a proposal's voting period, but before votes on that
> proposal are counted, if every active non-vacationing player member of a
> given Political Party voted PRESENT on that proposal, and no member of the
> Party is also a member of some other Party, then the Political Party
> itself shall cast an additional PRESENT vote on that proposal for every
> two active non-vacationing player members it has. 
> KOSH

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:51:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2458 accepted

Results of Proposal 2458

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
12/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
rufus
Bonus Vote          (Alfvaen)

    NO:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
breadbox
Fortunato           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2458 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 20:30:42
> Popular Literature
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[As it is known that modern literature can sometimes be the best insight
> into modern social mores, and modern behavioural patterns, so new works
> should be recognised for this as literature.]}}
> 
> {{Add the following POP-delimited lines to the Literature List.
> POP
> Work: Babylon 5 ; TV SF show with a consistent 5-year plot arc
> Work: The Simpsons ; Animated Television Show
> Artist: Neal Stephenson ; Author who has written more than just Snow Crash
> POP
> }}
> 
> {{Delete the following REDUNDANT-delimited line from the Literature List:
> REDUNDANT
> Work: Snow Crash ; novel by Neal Stephenson
> REDUNDANT
> }}

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:56:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2459 rejected

Results of Proposal 2459

19/21 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Red Barn
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
breadbox
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2459 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 20:44:32
> The Curse of the Bee Ack
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> {{[For those of you who don't know of the B-Ack, I suggest you point your
> browsers at the Literature List.  There it lurks, even now!]}}
> 
> 
> Create a New Rule, numbered 961, and entitled "Curse of The B-Ack", and
> with text as delimited by GOBACK below:
> 
> GOBACK
> The B-Ack is a fearsome creature known to inhabit the Wilds of Ackanomia.
> It cannot be located by any glance at the map, because of its ability to
> camouflage itself into more acceptable surroundings.  It has been sighted,
> at times, latching on to the bottom of important rule web pages, and
> cursing travellers to those pages with its fearsome cry of "BEE - ACK!"
> The B-Ack is an unownable entity.
> 
> Ackans who visit the Wilds of Ackanomia must be careful to avoid the Curse
> of the B-Ack.  It is therefore best that they keep quiet when in the
> Wilds.  Therefore, each day that a player is in the Wilds of Ackanomia and
> posts a public message, there is a 40% chance that the B-Ack will hear the
> player and chase them on the following day.  The player will be treated as
> if e had Gone Postal.  This is because (i) further public messages ruin a
> player's attempts to elude the B-Ack, and thus lead to further hiding, and
> (ii) the only weakness of the B-Ack is good poetry.
> 
> The one exception to the above paragraph is when the B-Ack hears a player
> on a day that the player is launching a spaceship.  In this case, there is
> a 50% chance (as determined by the Officer in Charge of Random Things)
> that the B-Ack will be transported to the destination of the spaceship.
> As there is only one B-Ack in the whole of Ackanomia, this rule will then
> repeal itself. If the B-Ack is not transported to the spaceship's
> destination, then the player instead steams the B-Ack with the spaceship
> exhaust, having no effect other than to make the B-Ack angry.
> 
> Players who encounter the B-Ack are encouraged to publicly give a
> description of its physical characteristics (note that these should be
> vague).  This description should only be given once the player is no
> longer in the Wilds of Ackanomia, and only one description may be sent by
> a player for each time they are chased by the B-Ack.  Posting such a
> description earns a player 6 points.
> 
> Scientists are permitted to sneer at any such description, claiming such a
> creature is "physically impossible", and gain 2 points for doing so,
> provided they sneer within 3 days of the public posting of the
> description.
> GOBACK

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:00:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2460 rejected

Results of Proposal 2460

19/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Red Barn
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
rufus
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2460 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 20:48:05
> Home Iff Castle
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 838, titled "Moocher Free", and containing the
> following OTTO-delimited text.
> 
> OTTO
> All players have a Drawbridge Attribute.  It is either "Drawbridge Up" or
> "Drawbridge Down".  Initially all players are "Drawbridge Down".  When a
> player is "Drawbridge Up", no player may enter or leave that player's
> Home.  When a player is "Drawbridge Down", then players may enter or
> leave that player's Home, provided such movement is permitted by other
> rules.
> 
> It is an old tenet that "thou shalt not let moochers into thy hut" [Homer
> Simpson, "The Simpsons"].  Therefore, if a player is in eir Home, e may
> change eir policy from "Drawbridge Down" to "Drawbridge Up" or vice versa.
> OTTO

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:04:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2461 rejected

Results of Proposal 2461

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Malenkai            (SPAM)
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Slakko              (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2461 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 21:02:53
> Social Tammany
> Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
> 
>  A proposal to append the following text to R315 Tammany:
> "
> If, during any 7 day period,  members of a given Organization,
> bribe Tammany collectively with a sum of over a A$300, and it 
> is legal for that Organization to have non-human entities as members,
> then the Organization can make Tammany a member of that Organization
> as a Public Action. When Tammany becomes a member of an Organization, it
> leaves all other Organizations it is a member of. While Tammany is a
> member of an Organization, half of all the bribes it receives are
> transfferred to the Organization of which it is a member, instead of the
> to the Treasury. If no one bribes Tammany for a period of 4 weeks, it
> becomes upset and leaves all Organizationts of which it is a member."

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:11:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2464 accepted

Results of Proposal 2464

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Malenkai            (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    NO:
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2464 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 04:08:59
> To Ungold A Refined Guild
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal Rule 420.2, "Ackanomic History Guild".
> Renumber Rule 420.1, "Historian", to 420.

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:15:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2465 rejected

Results of Proposal 2465

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
7/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Malenkai            (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:
breadbox
mr cwm              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2465 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 04:11:26
> Sid Meier Says, No Corruption In Democracies
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[  Since the "never seen it used in over six months" criterion
> seems to work, let's get rid of Proposal bribery.  ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 313, "Proposal Bribery", by deleting sections IV and V.
> Also, rename Rule 313 to "Fair Voting".

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:19:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2466 accepted

Results of Proposal 2466

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

    YES:
breadbox
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Malenkai            (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
rufus
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Fortunato           (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2466 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 04:13:33
> Don't Get Your Knickers In A Twist
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1313, "Tornado", to replace 
> 
>    The Officer in charge of random things is responsible for carrying out
>    this procedure, when the Rules call for it to occur.
> 
> with the following text(delimited by LUNG):
> 
> LUNG
> The Scorekeeper is responsible for carrying out this procedure, when
> the Rules call for it to occur.
> LUNG
>    
> {{[ It's easier this way, if the Scorekeeper and OiCoRT are two different
> people, so that the latter doesn't have to get an up-to-date score listing
> from the former.  Also, it looks like fun and I want to do it.  :-)  ]}}

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:21:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2515

Proposal 2515
Follow the Founder.
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

This is a Modest Proposal.

amend section 2 of R1301 "Church" to read in full:
"
2. Any may Player may declare eir intent to found a Church. A Church
officially exists once a public anouncement has been made which includes
all of the following details:

a) the name of the Church 
b) the name of the Founder (who must be a church member) 
c) the names of all the members  - there must be at least four members,
			including the Founder.
d) a document called Church Dogma. Church Dogma includes any information
concerning the Church that the Church
wishes to make public. 

Any Church member who is not a Founder or a Priest is known as a Follower
of that Church, or simply as a Follower.

"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:23:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2516

Proposal 2516
More Patches
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

This is a Modest proposal.
Amend R1301 "Church" in the following ways:

I.Amend section 7c to read in full
"A player may leave a Church at any time as a Public Action."

II. Amend section 9 to read in full:

Church, Church membership, Foundership, Priesthood, and Church Dogma may
only be manipualted asspecified by the rules.

III. Amend section 10 by replacing all occurences of "assets" and all
occurences of "Assets" with "Entities"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:25:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2517

Proposal 2517
The Synod is being Repealed, please leave in an orderly manner
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

This is a Modest proposal.

Create a new rule entitled:"The Synod is being Repealed, please leave in
an orderly manner" which contains the following text:
"
All Trinkets owned by the Synod are destroyed for A$.
All Entities owned by the Synod, with the exception of A$, are Auctioned
in a public Auction by the Yor-Delegate on behalf of the Synod. Any A$
paid for those entities is transferred to the Synod.
Once all this been done, all currency owned by the Synod is divided among
all the Organization who had Delegates in the Synod on December 13 1997
in the following manner:
Let TM be the total number of members of all the above mentioned
Organizations.
Let TA be the amount of A$ owned by the Synod.
Each Organization receives from the Synod an amount of A$ equal to
TA*(M/TM) where M is the number of members of that Organization had on
December 13 1997.
Any A$ left after this transaction are transferred to the Treasury.
After this is done R1303 'Synod' and this rule are both repealed.
"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:27:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2518

Proposal 2518
Yet Another Church Patch
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

Thie is a Modest proposal.
Append the following text to section 2 of R1301 "Church" :

A player may found at most one Church per calendar month.

{{Deduct 5 points from Niccolo Flychuck's Score and add 5 points to
else..if's score}}

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:30:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2519

Proposal 2519
Gess
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[Gess is a variant of Chess developed by someone who was a member of the
Archimedeans - the Cambridge University Mathematical Society - a while
ago, and has been published in Scientific American.  This piece is an
adaption of the movement concept used in Gess]}}

Create a new Rule, in the Party Chess Rule Suite, called Party Chess Piece
Gess, with the following SCIAM-delimited text:

SCIAM
A Gess is a piece with a material value of 8.
It is represented by the character G.
A Gess moves as follows:
If there is an unoccupied square on the board a distance of 1 away from
the Gess, then the Gess may move to it.
If a square on the board at a distance of 1 from the Gess is occupied,
then the Gess may move any number of squares between 2 and 10 in the
direction needed to reach that occupied square from the Gess piece's
current position, moving over pieces in its path.  

For example, if a Gess is at i9, and there is another piece at j10, the
Gess could move to k11, l12, m13, n14, o15, p16, q17, r18 or s19 as a
result of the piece at j10.
SCIAM

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:32:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2520

Proposal 2520
Living in the Shadow of 1x4x9
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Append the following double-quote-delimited text to Rule 855:
"5) All players who have added at least one level to the Monolith are
Sheltered whenever they are at the Monolith."

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:35:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2521

Proposal 2521
Geez
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Amend rule 406, "Promoter", to insert the
following text after section d):

"
The Privileges of the Promoter are:

a) To Frob a Tweaked proposal queue and to Tweak a Frobbed
proposal queue, as public actions.  Whenever the proposal
queue is Tweaked, any proposals submitted by a player who
has 4 or more of eir proposals under voting consideration
are deemed invalid and removed from consideration upon
distribution.
{{The proposal queue is Frobbed.}}
"

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:34:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2522

Proposal 2522
Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

    Create a new Rule, numbered 1319, with the title "Hemispherical
    Earth Reverence Society" and the following text:

The Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society exists. Its purpose is "to
promote the enjoyment of and appreciation for our planet as it
currently is." [Lisa Simpson, "The Simpsons"] Unfortunately, the
current populace is filled with people who "are never satisfied with
the status quo and must change it for the sake of controlling change."
[Lisa Simpson, "The Simpsons"]

At any time, a player may make a contribution to the Hemispherical
Earth Reverence Society as a public action, specifying a positive
amount of A$ that they wish to transfer from their account to the
Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society. It is a duty of the Financier
to keep track of "how much money has been donated on behalf of the
Society, and more importantly, who". [Marge Simpson, "The Simpsons"]

If at any time the rules specify that the shape of the Earth should
change to being anything besides hemispherical, a player who is a
member of the Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society may attempt to
stop "that horrible action from becoming a horrible reality that
threatens to bring horrible changes into our horrible lives" [Homer
Simpson, "The Simpsons"] by posting a public message that states: "You
won't get away with this! I'm going to stop you, and I have money!"
[Homer Simpson, "The Simpsons"] This is a public action, and it causes
A$100 to be deducted from the total amount contributed to the
Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society. If the Society has less than
A$100 at the time the message is posted, then the action fails.

If three different members of the Hemispherical Earth Reverence
Society successfully take this public action within three days of the
aforementioned shape change, the Earth shall revert to being
hemispherical at the time of the third successful message. The
Hemispherical Earth Reverence Society shall then celebrate for two
days, during which "any member of the Society may insult any
non-member in any public forum". [Marge Simpson, "The Simpsons"]
"Furthermore, any such insults will be immune from the Politeness
Moon." [Bart Simpson, "The Simpsons"]

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 16:34:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2523

Proposal 2523
Proposal 2439 Fixup Revisited
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

    This is a Modest Proposal.

    Amend Rule 506 ("Trinkets") by replacing the third paragraph with
    the following paragraph:

The owner of a Trinket may destroy it as a public action: this is
equivalent to donating the Trinket to the Treasury. This action
(however it is phrased) upsets the arts and antiquities communities.

    Amend rule 594.2 (Blueprint: The Really Big Blue Thing That
    Doesn't Do Too Much, Really) by deleting the words "by stating
    publically that he is doing so" from the first paragraph.
    [Proposal 2439 tried to do this as well, but it had two
    errors in the sentence (one not fixable by Rule 340).]

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:01:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2524

Proposal 2524
Fixup Take Three
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

    This is a Modest Proposal.

    Amend Rule 506 ("Trinkets") by replacing the third paragraph with
    the following paragraph:

The owner of a trinket may transform it into its value in A$ as a
public action. This action destroys the Trinket, creating A$ in its
stead, and it upsets the art and antiquities communities.

    Amend rule 594.2 (Blueprint: The Really Big Blue Thing That
    Doesn't Do Too Much, Really) by deleting the words "by stating
    publically that he is doing so" from the first paragraph.
    [Proposal 2439 tried to do this as well, but it had two
    errors in the sentence (one not fixable by Rule 340).]

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:27:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2467 rejected

Results of Proposal 2467

16/21 votes: Quorum achieved
7/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Red Barn
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    NO:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$75]
                                        [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25 (YES)]

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2467 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 20:10:59
> Speak of The Devil
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 340, "Conventions", to append the following text
> to the end of the rule:
> 
> "
> VII.  Whenever the value of pi, the ratio of the circumference of a
> circle to its diameter, is to be used in Ackanomic, it shall be
> deemed to have the value 3.
> "

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:31:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2468 rejected

Results of Proposal 2468

15/21 votes: Quorum achieved
7/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:
Malenkai            (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2468 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 20:11:24
> breadbox's nightmares come to life
> Vynd (John McCoy)
> 
> "I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now."
> 
> Create a new Rule 1340, The Color Black, with the following text:
> 
> Black is a color.  Contradiction of this fact is Black Heresy.  Withchunts
> may be called against those who have publicly questioned this fact, using
> the same methods and results as described in Rule 1307, except that the
> alleged Heretic need not have claimed that the Earth is Round in this
> case.

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:35:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2469 accepted

Results of Proposal 2469

15/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
rufus
Tammany                                 [Crackfoo bribed Tammany A$50]

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2469 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 20:12:02
> Six Month Rule?
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 509, "Controlling Interest"
> 
> {{[BTW, anyone besides me want to dump bonds?  Not like
> there is a thriving market :-)]}}

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:40:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2470 rejected

Results of Proposal 2470

16/21 votes: Quorum achieved
5/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
else...if           (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
breadbox

    NO:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2470 - Sun 7 Dec 1997 20:12:29
> No, really
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This proposal only has any effect if proposal 2462 passes. Modify rule
> 108 such that in the penultimate paragraph the sentence:
> 
> "If the first player is for any reason unable to do so then instead of
> the second player paying the first A$250 the first player instead plays
> the second player A$300 and in addition the first player is publicly
> covered in tar and then has
> feathers pored liberally upon them until they are covered in feathers
> for being nasty and spiteful which has two effects."
> 
> With:
> 
> "If the first player is for any reason unable to do so then instead of
> the second player paying the first A$250 the first player instead pays
> the second player A$300, the rule in question is instantly repealed and
> in addition the first player is publicly covered in tar and then has
> feathers pored liberally upon them until they are covered in feathers
> for being nasty and spiteful which has two effects."

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