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> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 02:57:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Acka: Proposal 2559
> 
> Proposal 2559
> Hanging On A String
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1301, "Church", as follows:
> 
> Replace the current text of Section 8.b.
> 
> {{[
>    b. The Cult has the same name as the Church and retains ownership of
>    all the assets and entities of the Church, however it is impermissible
>    for the Cult to trade, to use any Organizational Powers, and it is not
>    eligible for a Seat in the Synod. This takes precedence over R1003.
> ]}}   
> 
> with the following(delimited by ETXE):
> 
> ETXE
>    b. The Cult has the same name as the Church and retains ownership of
>    all the assets and entities of the Church; however, it is
impermissible
>    for the Cult to trade or to use any Organizational Powers.  This takes
>    precedence over R1003.
> ETXE
> 
> {{[ Yeah, it just takes out the Synod bit and repunctuates it correctly.
> Maybe this isn't even Modest, but at least I didn't make it Short...:-)
> ]}}
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 08:14:42 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Acka: Proposal 2560
> 
> Proposal 2560
> Down the river2
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> {{[Same as the first one except for sections 4 and 5]}}
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 836 entitled, "Down the river" reading as
> follows:
> 
> "
> There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Raft of
> Ackanomic. {{Initially it is Somewhere Else.}} Every other Saturday
> {{starting on the first Saturday after this rule is created }} it is
> transferred to a random active player. 
> 
> There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Oars of
> Ackanomic. {{Initially it is Somewhere Else.}} Every other Saturday
> {{starting on the second Saturday after this rule is created }} it is
> transferred to a random active player.
> 
> A white water rafting team (hereafter "team") must consist of exactly
four
> players, all of whom must have expressed their consent to be a member of
> the team in a public forum.
> 
> If any valid white water rafting team expresses a wish to attempt to go
> white water rafting on the Ackanomian River (this is done by any member
of
> the team expressing the wish) and both the Great Raft of Ackanomic and
the
> Great Oars of Ackanomic are owned by members of the team then the attempt
> goes ahead. Otherwise the attempt fails.
> 
> If the attempt goes ahead then one of the following occurs at random:
> 
> 1) The members of the team have polluted the river and are judged to have
> broken conservation laws. They are all place in gaol for one day.
> 
> 2) The team gets lost in the Wilds of Ackanomia. It takes them a week to
> find there way home during which time they may not enter any other
> locations or make another attempt at white water rafting down the
> Ackanomian River.
> 
> 3) The team gets part way down the river and then capsizes. They all make
> it back to the shore but not without loss. Each member of the team loses
a
> random gadget. If any member of the team owns no gadgets, e loses two
> random trinkets. If e owns no gadgets and fewer than two trinkets e loses
> all the trinkets e owns. For the purposes of this rule lost trinkets and
> gadgets are considered to have been destroyed.
> 
> 4) The team gets part way down the river and then capsize. All members of
> the team bang their heads on the bottom of the river, suffer a concussion
> and are unable to remember who they are for a week. During this week
every
> member of the team must start every public message e writes with the word
> "Moo!" and end every public message e writes with the words "Quack,
quack?"
> If e fails to do so e is declared to have "Ignored the laws of nature".
> Ignoring the laws of nature is a crime.
> 
> 5) The team successfully white water rafts down the Ackanomian River and
> enters a cave at the end. In this cave each member of the team receives
one
> random Boon of the Ancients. All members of the team are given the title
of
> "Daring Adventurer" and keep the title until another teams succeeds in
> white water rafting down the Ackanomian River. All members of the team
also
> gain 7 points.
> 
> 
> Any player can make only one attempt per calendar week at white water
> rafting down the Ackanomian River.
> "
> 
> Modify section 7b) of rule 835 so that instead of reading:
> 
> "
> This section, including anything in this rule whose section number begins
> with 7, takes precedence over all rules regarding land, buildings or
> transportation. 
> "
> 
> it reads:
> 
> "
> This section, including anything in this rule whose section number begins
> with 7, takes precedence over all rules regarding land, buildings or
> transportation except for rule 836, to which it defers.
> "
> 
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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:40:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2548 rejected

Results of Proposal 2548

13/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
rufus
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)
else...if           (SPAM)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2548 - Sat 27 Dec 1997 19:37 EST
> Intolerance
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> Amend rule 1307 to read as delimited by FANATICISM
> FANATICISM
> The President may name one church the State Religion of Ackanomic. When
> this happens, all other State Religions lose their status as State
> Religions, and any Enforced Beliefs created by a church (as opposed to
> those specified in this rule) cease to be Enforced Beliefs. The Founder of
> the State Religion may post a public message on behalf of the church
> stating a fact about the world and which specifies that fact to be a
> "Enforced Belief". The fact in that message shall become a Enforced Belief,
> replacing and Enforced Beliefs previously declared by that church.
> 
> Should any player post a public message contradicting an Enforced Belief
> then another player may start a Witchhunt by sending a public message that
> names the alleged witch, quotes his or her allegedly heretical message, and
> calls for a Witchhunt, provided a Witchhunt is not already in progress
> against that player, and provided there are less than 5 Witchhunts in
> progress.
> 
> A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid
> responses to a Witchhunt are 'No! E's an upstanding member of the
> community' and 'BURN THE WITCH!'. The Player who tabulates the votes for
> the hearing shall be called Witchfinder General while it is in session.
> 
> If the verdict is 'BURN THE WITCH!' the alleged witch shall be branded a
> witch and heretic. E shall then be incinerated atop a bonfire large enough
> that it not only reduces the witch to eir component atoms but also inspires
> righteous terror in all who see it. When a witch is burned, e shall enter
> the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points. Any player who has ever
> been burned as a heretic is considered Enlightened. An Enlightened player
> may never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a heretic.
> 
> After a Witchhunt has been called on a player, another player who is a
> member of a Church may save that player from being burned as a witch, or as
> a heretic, provided e posts a public message (before the Witchhunt is
> resolved) saying 'I am running to the Church', then the name of the Church
> of which e is a member, then 'and I hold the Altar by the Horns for'
> followed by the name of the player e is saving. This is called granting
> Sanctuary Of Salvation.
> 
> That the Earth is flat is an Enforced Belief.
> FANATICISM
> 
> If proposal 2538 passed, replace the fourth paragraph of rule 1307 with the
> text delimited by HOOK
> HOOK
> If the verdict is 'BURN THE WITCH!', the alleged witch shall be incinerated
> as a heretic, atop a huge bonfire that not only reduces em to eir component
> atoms, but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it. The witch
> shall then enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points. That
> player is then said to be Enlightened.
> 
> If, on the other hand, the verdict is 'No! E said the earth is flat', then
> the player who started the Witchhunt loses 5 points. Furthermore, if that
> player is also Enlightened, said title is immediately stripped from them,
> and they will no longer be said to be Enlightened.
> 
> An player who is said to be Enlightened may never have a Witchhunt called
> against them, or be burned as a heretic.
> HOOK
> 
> If proposal 2547 passed, amend rule 1307 to replace the third paragraph
> with the text delimited by CROOK
> CROOK
> 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.
> CROOK

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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:43:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2549 rejected

Results of Proposal 2549

13/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
K 2
Slakko              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)
else...if           (SPAM)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2549 - Sat 27 Dec 1997 19:43 EST
> Why bother to be a first round Judge?
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> Bribe: A$20
> This is a Modest proposal
> 
> {{[proposal 2229 was a bad idea, IMO, at least its made the game rather
> boring for me anyway. Let's compromise :)]}}
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 217, "Overturning Judgements", to replace
> 
> "
> fined an amount from 1 to 25 points for frivolously bothering the judges.
> "
> 
> with
> 
> "
> fined an amount from 15 to 25 points for frivolously bothering the judges.
> "

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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:46:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2550 accepted

Results of Proposal 2550

14/18 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
rufus
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)

    NO:
K 2

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2550 - Sun 28 Dec 1997 01:59 EST
> The Petri Faction
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> {{[ The chaos of the first round of Viruses is really staggering. This
> might fix that a bit. ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.16, "Viruses", as follows:
> 
> In Section 1., "Getting Started", after "The randomly chosen squares are
> initially filled by clean cells (not infected by a virus), marked by '@'",
> insert "except that for each of the starting players, one such cell,
> selected at random, is infected with eir virus".

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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 13:35:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposals 2548-2550, again

Here are the actual voting results for 2548 through 2550. None of the
proposals change their accepted/rejected results. Again, Alfvaen, I
apologize. And thanks for catching me on this, Malenkai.

This is an interesting "corner case", as they say. Unless I'm terribly
mistaken, because Slakko returned from vacation before I posted
the results, he counts towards quorum, even though he could not vote.
We should probably fix that.

breadbox
________________________________________

Results of Proposal 2548

12/18 votes: Quorum achieved
6/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
rufus
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Slakko              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)
else...if           (SPAM)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach
________________________________________

Results of Proposal 2549

12/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
K 2

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Slakko              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)
else...if           (SPAM)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach
________________________________________

Results of Proposal 2550

13/18 votes: Quorum achieved
8/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
rufus
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)

    NO:
K 2

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Slakko              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Red Barn
mr cwm              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
norpan
Archie Leach

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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 15:20:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2561

Proposal 2561
More Intolerance
else...if (Henry Towsner)

{{[I'm resubmitting this because I didn't get my vote in on time last time,
and it should pass with that.]}}
Amend rule 1307 to read as delimited by FANATICISM
FANATICISM
	The President may name one church the State Religion of Ackanomic.
When this happens, all other State Religions lose their status as State
Religions, and any Enforced Beliefs created by a church (as opposed to
those specified in this rule) cease to be Enforced Beliefs.  The Founder of
the State Religion may post a public message on behalf of the church
stating a fact about the world and which specifies that fact to be a
"Enforced Belief".  The fact in that message shall become a Enforced
Belief, replacing and Enforced Beliefs previously declared by that church.

Should any player post a public message contradicting an Enforced Belief
then another player may start a Witchhunt by sending a public message that
names the alleged witch, quotes his or her allegedly heretical message, and
calls for a Witchhunt, provided a Witchhunt is not already in progress
against that player, and provided there are less than 5 Witchhunts in
progress.

A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid
responses to a Witchhunt are 'No! E's an upstanding member of the
community' and 'BURN THE WITCH!'. The Player who tabulates the votes for
the hearing shall be called Witchfinder General while it is in session.

If the verdict is 'BURN THE WITCH!' the alleged witch shall be branded a
witch and heretic. E shall then be incinerated atop a bonfire large enough
that it not only reduces the witch to eir component atoms but also inspires
righteous terror in all who see it. When a witch is burned, e shall enter
the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points. Any player who has ever
been burned as a heretic is considered Enlightened. An Enlightened player
may never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a heretic.

After a Witchhunt has been called on a player, another player who is a
member of a Church may save that player from being burned as a witch, or as
a heretic, provided e posts a public message (before the Witchhunt is
resolved) saying 'I am running to the Church', then the name of the Church
of which e is a member, then 'and I hold the Altar by the Horns for'
followed by the name of the player e is saving. This is called granting
Sanctuary Of Salvation.

That the Earth is flat is an Enforced Belief.
FANATICISM

If proposal 2538 passed, replace the fourth paragraph of rule 1307 with the
text delimited by HOOK
HOOK
If the verdict is 'BURN THE WITCH!', the alleged witch shall be incinerated
as a heretic, atop a huge bonfire that not only reduces em to eir component
atoms, but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it. The witch
shall then enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points. That
player is then said to be Enlightened.

If, on the other hand, the verdict is 'No! E said the earth is flat', then
the player who started the Witchhunt loses 5 points. Furthermore, if that
player is also Enlightened, said title is immediately stripped from them,
and they will no longer be said to be Enlightened.

An player who is said to be Enlightened may never have a Witchhunt called
against them, or be burned as a heretic.
HOOK

If proposal 2547 passed, amend rule 1307 to replace the third paragraph
with the text delimited by CROOK
CROOK
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.
CROOK

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