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acka-voting-digest      Monday, December 22 1997      Volume 02 : Number 234

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:18:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2510 rejected

Results of Proposal 2510

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
5/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
rufus

    NO:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2510 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 15:30:44
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:19:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2511 rejected

Results of Proposal 2511

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
8/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
two-star            (MetaMorph)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    NO:
breadbox
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2511 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 15:34:33
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:19:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2512 accepted

Results of Proposal 2512

17/20 votes: Quorum achieved
12/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Red Barn
two-star            (MetaMorph)
K 2
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2512 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 15:36:40
> Repeal Trivial Rules I
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> --------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 259, "Evil Twins"

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:20:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2513 rejected

Results of Proposal 2513

17/20 votes: Quorum achieved
7/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Red Barn
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2513 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 15:38:31
> Repeal Trivial Rules II
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> --------------------------
> 
> Repeal rule 1127, "Sanctity of Harf "

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:20:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2514 accepted

Results of Proposal 2514

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
14/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi
K 2

    PRESENT:
breadbox
mr cwm              (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2514 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 15:40:23
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:21:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2515 rejected

Results of Proposal 2515

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
8/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
K 2
rufus
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

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

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2515 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:21:05
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:22:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2516 accepted

Results of Proposal 2516

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Vynd                (Vulcan)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2

    PRESENT:
breadbox
ThinMan             (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2516 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:23:16
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:26:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2518 accepted

Results of Proposal 2518

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
else...if           (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2518 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:27:05
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:29:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2519 accepted

Results of Proposal 2519

15/20 votes: Quorum achieved
10/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
rufus

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2519 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:30:06
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:33:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2520 accepted

Results of Proposal 2520

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
9/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2520 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:32:47
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:36:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2521 rejected

Results of Proposal 2521

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
6/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
Rex Mundi
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)

    NO:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
ThinMan             (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2521 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 16:35:55
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:42:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2522 rejected

Results of Proposal 2522

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
8/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
breadbox
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    NO:
else...if           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2522 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 17:34:12
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:46:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2524 accepted

Results of Proposal 2524

15/20 votes: Quorum achieved
17/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
K 2

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2524 - Sun 14 Dec 1997 20:01:46
> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 03:14:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2539

Proposal 2539
The Real Problem with Witchhunts (and Internomic Hearings)
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[this should work whether or not we want proposal 2538.

The real problem here is this is another example of where a
majority of the players can force a minority to do their work
for them.  If people still find witchhunts fascinating after
a year and a half, then go ahead and harf them. :-)  In
general, the player calling the hearing should prolly harf it
anyway, but that is for another time.  Witchhunts are a special
case, and deserve special treatment.

More importantly, this proposal actually allows the Ambassador
to tabulate the internomic voting hearings.  I do not believe
the current implementation of that actually works as we play it.
As usual, precedence should be deferred, not claimed, IMO.

As an aside, I do not believe the recent witchhunt retraction
attempt was successful, based on my reading of rule 360, as the
hearing did not exist when the retraction was made.
]}}

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

Amend rule 360, "Hearings", to replace all occurrances of the
string "Count Tabula" with the string "Hearing Harfer", then add
the following paragraph directly after the first one:

"
The Count Tabula shall be the Hearing Harfer unless the rules specify
someone else for that duty for a particular Hearing.  The Hearing
Harfer is considered an officer with respect to clauses in the
rules regulating officer effeciency.
"

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

Amend rule 408, "Tabulator and Count Tabula", to replace:

"
Hearings [see Rule 360]
"

with

"
Hearings (unless otherwise specified) [see Rule 360]
"

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

Create a rule numbered 407.99, entitled "I don't do Witchhunts", with
the following text:

"
{{  This rule has precedence over all rules.  Malenkai is appointed
Count Tabula. [really, one of the more active players with no duties
should volunteer, but that is another matter as well ... ]}}
"

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

Amend rule 419.2, "Internomic Interface", to replace:

"
In the event of a conflict between this section and any other rule
concerning hearings, this rule shall take precedence. 
"

with:

"
The Liaison shall be the Hearing Harfer for this Hearing.
"

and to remove:

"
Responses to the proposal or question shall be send privately to the 
Liaison who will tabulate the votes and publically post the results.
"

{{[the above is extra baggage uner this scheme.  (Note to Balsamic 
Dragon -- you sent me the results on INP 355 *privately*, which as
moderator I have to accept, I do not know if they were delivered in
accordance with the Acka rules)]}}

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

Amend rule 1307, "Ackanomic Middle Ages", to replace the third 
paragraph with:

"
A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid 
responses to a Witchhunt are 'No! E said the Earth is flat' and 
'BURN THE WITCH!'. The Player who called the Witchhunt shall be the
Hearing Harfer for it, and shall be called Witchfinder General while
it is in session. 
"

{{[EOP]}}

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 03:18:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2540

Proposal 2540
Another one of those never used Rules...
Vynd (John McCoy)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{All existing Contracts are destroyed.}}

Repeal Rule 517 Contracts.

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 03:23:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2541

Proposal 2541
A Fistful of Entities
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Replace the current text of Rule 520, "Auction them Entities", with
the following(delimited by GRACE):

GRACE

Once per calendar week the Financier may, as a Privilege, call a public
auction, called an "Auction Them Entities" auction, for a single
tradeable entity which is in the Treasury by specifying the entity.
If the Financier has not yet called such an auction in a given week,
any player may publicly request that a particular entity be auctioned
and pay A$10 into the Treasury, and the Financier must call such an
Auction within three days.  The Financier is only bound to honour the
first such request each week, and is never otherwise required to call
an Auction Them Entities auction.

GRACE

Also, rename the rule to "Auction Them Entities".

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 03:25:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2542

Proposal 2542
Tomorrow Never Dies
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

{{[ It's not that I'm against people getting bond dividends, but if
nobody's going to trade PFbonds, it's easier to get rid of them. ]}}

{{ All PF bonds and Bonds Promissory are destroyed. }}

Repeal Rule 507, "PF Bonds".

Replace the current text of Rule 508, "Bond Yields", with the following
(delimited by S7V7N):
                                      
S7V7N
Every other Monday at noon, Fortnightly Dividends are calculated.
If a player's net score change over the last fortnight was positive,
then e receives A$1 for every point eir score increased in that period.
If eir score change was negative, e loses A$1 for every 2 points eir
score decreased.  This rule defers to rules which may specify other ways
of calculating the score change for the fortnight.  {{[ Specifically,
Rule 666.  I actually don't know if it ever had the precedence to suspend
bond cycles before... ]}}

The first Fortnightly Dividend shall be calculated two weeks after
the end of the last PF Bond cycle, at which point this sentence shall
be removed from the rule.
S7V7N

Rename Rule 508 to "Fortnightly Dividends".

{{ Any holder of the office of Bond-Harfer or Acting Bond-Harfer loses
that title and office. }}
Repeal Rule 427, "Bond-Harfer".

{{[ Cleaning up all the other references to it ]}}

In Rule 252, "Joining the Game", delete section III.3) and renumber section
III.4) to III.3); delete section V.2) and renumber section V.3) to V.2).

In Rule 256, "Leaving the Game", delete ", every PFBond associated with
him is destroyed", delete section 5), and renumber sections 6) and 7) to
5) and 6), respectively.

In Rule 666, "End of Cycle", replace "Bond payments" with "Fortnightly
Dividends" wherever it occurs.

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 03:28:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2543

Proposal 2543
Who'll stop the rain?
Vynd (John McCoy)

{{[Judging from the number of people crawling under rocks these last few
days, most people want to avoid the Tornado.  Its kind of harfy to have
around though, so how about we just cut it back to twice a year?]}}

Amend Rule 1313 by deleting the following quoted text from the first
sentence of the Rule: "Vernal Equinox, and Autumnal Equinox".

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 17:17:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2526 accepted

Results of Proposal 2526

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus
SPAM Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
K 2

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2526 - Mon 15 Dec 1997 10:16:34
> Only The Good Die Young
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ If I had wanted to change something in the SoCRD, I wouldn't have
> been able to do so.  I think that, in general, this could be a Bad
> Thing if the problem is just the result of a typo... ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 362, "Crisis Resolution", as follows:
> 
> Append to Section 2)b) the following text "The President may retract
> a State of Crisis Resolution Document before it is applied, if there
> is no challenge hearing pending."

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 17:20:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2527 rejected

Results of Proposal 2527

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
5/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)

    NO:
breadbox
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2527 - Mon 15 Dec 1997 10:17:20
> Harf A Loaf
> Alvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Amend Rule 1112, "Let there be Harf!", as follows:
> 
> In the first paragraph, replace "the Speaker" with "another voting
> player, chosen at random".
> 
> Append a paragraph to the Rule, delimited by CLONEZONE:
> 
> CLONEZONE
> Similarly, if it is publicly knowable that the Harfmeister has voted NO
> on a Harfy proposal during eir current term as Harfmeister, any voting
> player may point out this fact, at which point the title of Harfmeister
> shall be transferred to em.
> CLONEZONE

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 17:23:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2528 accepted

Results of Proposal 2528

16/20 votes: Quorum achieved
15/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rex Mundi
Slakko              (SPAM)
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
else...if           (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus
Vulcan Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
K 2
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2528 - Mon 15 Dec 1997 10:17:38
> Brewmeister
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal Rule 349, "Aleph Beth Gimel".
> 
> Amend Rule 340, "Conventions", by creating a new section, numbered
> sequentially after all current sections of the Rule, with text as
> follows(delimited by MICHELOB):
> 
> MICHELOB
> Alphabetical ordering shall be determined by a word-by-word comparison,
> each word compared letter-by-letter.  For these purposes:  A word is
> considered to be delimited by whitespace; an initial 'The' or 'the' is
> ignored; a single string of digits is considered equivalent to a letter;
> digital 'letters' precede alphabetical letters; accented letters come
> immediately after the unaccented form of the letter; and non-alphanumeric
> characters are ignored; and case is ignored.  All else failing, two
> words that are otherwise equivalent shall be sorted in ASCII collation
> order.  
> MICHELOB

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 17:30:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2544

Proposal 2544
two sylables are better than three
rufus (David Scheidt)

This is a Modest proposal.

Replace every instance of the string "banana" with the string "banna".

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