Subject: acka-voting-digest V2 #256
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acka-voting-digest      Sunday, January 18 1998      Volume 02 : Number 256

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:05:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2589 accepted

Results of Proposal 2589

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi

    NO:
K 2

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
The Gingham Wearer   (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
norpan
Archie Leach
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
[Malenkai            (Vulcan)]
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

> Proposal 2589 - Sat 10 Jan 1998 06:50 EST
> Otzma Auction Procedural Fix
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> Replace Rule 1240.1 Section III Subsection 5 Sub-subsection g with the
> following text:
> "At the end of the Otzma Day the RuneMaker publically posts a list of the
> Otzma Cards he created, and initiates an Auction (public or private at eir
> discretion) for each set of Otzma Cards, where all Cards of a given type
> form one set. The cards within each set are not grouped for the purposes of
> R516."
> 
> {{[We don't need to know which rule deals with auctions, so the last
> sentence has been dropped. Further, this change makes the rule's
> interpretation correspond with what I believe the original intent was. The
> "grouped" bit affects the nature of the auction under R516, and so the
> original "group" has been replaced by "set"]}}

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:10:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2590 rejected

Results of Proposal 2590

13/20 votes: Quorum achieved
3/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    NO:
breadbox
Slakko               (SPAM)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
[Malenkai            (Vulcan)]
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

> Proposal 2590 - Sat 10 Jan 1998 06:51 EST
> People are Dictionaries too
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend rule 1250.10, section V3 to read "3) Players may not look up the Ing
> Word (or any of the definitions), in any dictionary, nor request another
> person to do the same, nor in any other way determine the meaning of the
> Ing Word or the definitions until its definition is disclosed, or until
> adjudication of step 5 is required."
> [It previously read: 3) Players may not look up the Ing Word (or any of the
> definitions), in any dictionary until its definition is disclosed, or until
> adjudication of step 5 is required.]

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:13:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2591 accepted

Results of Proposal 2591

13/20 votes: Quorum achieved
10/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi

    NO:
breadbox
K 2

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
[Malenkai            (Vulcan)]
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

> Proposal 2591 - Sat 10 Jan 1998 06:52 EST
> 505/20 typo fix.
> Bill the pirate king (Aaron Shapiro)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend the text of rule 505/20 replacing
> 
> "a) If there are no A$ being haunted by Undead, skip to step (d) of this
> process. "
> 
> with
> 
> "a) If there are no A$ being haunted by Undead, skip to step (e) of this
> process. "
> 
> [all quotation marks appearing in this proposal are delimiters only]

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:15:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2592 rejected

Results of Proposal 2592

13/20 votes: Quorum achieved
5/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)

    NO:
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
[Malenkai            (Vulcan)]
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

> Proposal 2592 - Sat 10 Jan 1998 06:53 EST
> Under A Bridge, by Dick and Harry
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> Append the following text to Rule 1250.3:
> "c) URL: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm"
> Remove all instances of ", from the Official Dictionary" from Rule 1250.10.
> Remove all instances of "Official Dictionary" from Rule 1250.10.
> 
> {{[There are some great words in the lookup dictionaries not in the
> official dictionaries. Why shouldn't we use them?]}}
> 
> {{The current game of Mediocrity now runs according to the updated
> ruleset.}}

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:18:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2593 rejected

Results of Proposal 2593

13/20 votes: Quorum achieved
6/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
two-star             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Crackfoo             (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
[Malenkai            (Vulcan)]
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

> Proposal 2593 - Sat 10 Jan 1998 06:53 EST
> Tribute to the Ultimate Champion
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 672, entitled "Honouring the Great", and with
> the following GOLD-delimited text:
> 
> GOLD
> Within 7 days of being declared the Winner of a cycle, the Winner may
> deliver an ostentatious speech, declaring any other current player to be
> the recipient of a Malenkai and mr cwm Commemorative Award (which may be
> referred to as an MMCCA). MMCCAs are medals, and are made of extremely
> shiny gold. The obverse is a picture of both Malenkai and mr cwm, while the
> reverse has the name of the recipient, the name of the player who made the
> speech, and the number of the previous cycle. MMCCAs are created by the
> Frobozz Magic Medal Company, Ackanomic Division, as needed.
> GOLD
> 
> {{[And now for an interesting proposal based trick.]}}
> 
> {{If more than 70% of YES and NO votes received on the proposal enacting
> these rule changes were YES votes, then amend Rule 905, "The Blue Cross",
> by appending the following VALUE-delimited text after the text "Blue Cross
> Bonus" in section 1:
> 
> VALUE
> plus an additional 10 points for each MMCCA that player possesses
> VALUE }}
> 
> {{[In other words, this only happens with a supermajority]}}

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:27:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2606

Proposal 2606
Name That Crime
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[This proposal gives all crimes a name.  That way you can identify which
crime is taking place in the CFCJ statement for better clarity.  Given
that some crimes had names, but others were nameless, I felt a fix up was
deserved. Also note that under the current rules, if a player commits a
Crime on one occasion, then regardless of what happens in the future, any
future CFCJ alleging they committed that same Crime on a different
occasion could be judged true on the basis of the first Crime - no date is
specified.]}}

Amend Rule 309 by changing

"It is a Crime to be the author of both Proposal A and Proposal B. (as the
terms 'Proposal A' and 'Proposal B' are used in this rule). "

to

"Being the author of both Proposal A and Proposal B as defined in this
rule is committing the Crime of Repetition."

Amend Rule 422 by changing

"For a player not on vacation not to be subscribed to at least one form of
the official mailing list is a Crime. For a voting player not on vacation
not to be subscribed to at least one form of the official voting mailing
list is a Crime"

to

"A player not on vacation who is not subscribed to at least one form of
the official mailing list is committing the Crime of Disinterest.  A
voting player not on vacation who is not subscribed to at least one form
of the official voting mailing list is committing the Crime of Apathy"

Amend Rule 517 by replacing all instances of "a Crime" with "the Crime of
Breach of Contract".

Amend Rule 701 by changing

"To break the Rules is a Crime, a Felony. 
To perform an action specified by the Rules to be Illegal is a Crime. An
action specified by the Rules to be "impermissible" is, by contrast,
impossible. However, an attempt to commit such an action is a Crime [even
though the action itself does not occur]. "

to

"To break the Rules is to commit the Crime of Blatant Disregard. 
To perform an action specified by the Rules to be Illegal is the Crime of 
Illegal Action. An action specified by the Rules to be "impermissible" is,
by contrast, impossible. However, an attempt to commit such an action is
the Crime of Attempting the Impossible [even though the action itself does
not occur]."

and

"Failure of an Officer to perform a Duty of an Office e holds is a Crime.
The act of performing a Duty incorrectly is Malpractice, which is also a
Crime. "

to

"Failure of an Officer to perform a Duty of an Office e holds is the 
Crime of Non-Performance. The act of performing a Duty incorrectly is
the Crime of Malpractice."

Amend Rule 710 by replacing the following CHARGE-delimited text:

CHARGE
3) Its "statement" shall be "X has committed a Crime", where X is
replaced with the name of a registered player.  
CHARGE

with the following SPECIFIC-delimited text:

SPECIFIC
3) Its "statement" shall be "X committed the Crime of Y on Z", where X is
replaced with the name of a registered player, Y is replaced by the name
of a Crime as defined in the current ruleset, and Z is replaced by a date 
earlier than the current date.
SPECIFIC

and the following DETAIL-delimited text:

DETAIL
4) Its "reasoning" section shall show how Player X comitted a Crime. CFCJs
shall only be judged TRUE if the Crime described in the reasoning was
comitted by player X. CFCJs which do not detail exactly one Crime, in the
judgement of the judge, shall be judged INVALID. 
DETAIL

with the following UNIQUE-delimited text:

UNIQUE
4) Its "reasoning" section shall show how Player X comitted the Crime of
Y on the date Z. CFCJs shall only be judged TRUE if the Crime Y was
comitted by player X on date Z. CFCJs which do not detail exactly one
Crime, in the judgement of the judge, shall be judged INVALID. 
UNIQUE

Amend Rule 846 by replacing:

"It is a crime to give a description of the house which is not in accord
with the rules. "

with

"Giving a description of the house which is not in accord with the rules
is the Crime of Acting Like a Realtor. "

Amend Rule 925 by replacing "time is a Crime" with "time is the Crime of
Media Baroncy" and replacing "It is a Crime" with "It is the Crime of
Lying In Print".

Amend Rule 1009 by replacing 

"It is a Crime to be a member of more than one Political Party at once."
with
"Being a member of more than one Political Party simultaneously is the
Crime of Branch-Stacking."

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:28:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2607

Proposal 2607
Weasel Slayer
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 344 by replacing the following:

"
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."
"

with:

"
Such words are known as "weasel words". Any words which are vague, overly
broad and obfuscate the intended meaning of a rule qualify as weasel words.
"

Also replace:

"
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."
"

with

"
shall gain one extra point and receive the honorary title of "Weasel
Slayer" should the relevant proposal be accepted and the CFJ be judged
true.
"

{{[Firstly, this corrects the problem that I encountered when judging the
first weasel words CFJ. It also changes the reward, since there is no court
cost for standard CFJs, only CFCJs. Lastly it removes the full stop from
the honorific title]}}

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:28:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2608

Proposal 2608
Reduced anti-voting
else...if (Henry Towsner)

{{[This is a compromise proposal which removes anti-voting from modest
proposals, but leaves it on others.  This allows players to "turn off"
anti-voting.]}}
	Replace this text in rule 207: "If a Modest proposal is accepted,
the player who proposed it receives 5 points, and every player who voted NO
on it receives 1 point. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who
proposed it receives 16 points, and every player who voted NO on it
receives 5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is
accepted, the player who proposed it receives 10 points, and every player
who voted NO on it receives 3 points.

If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed
it loses 5 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives 1 point.
If a Grandiose proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who
proposed it loses 12 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives
5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is rejected,
but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 7 points, and every
player who voted YES on it receives 3 points."
with this:
"If a Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 5
points. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it
receives 16 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 5 points.
If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is accepted, the player
who proposed it
receives 10 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 3 points.

If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed
it loses 5 points. If a Grandiose proposal is rejected, but meets quorum,
the player who proposed it loses 12 points, and every player who voted YES
on it receives 5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor
Grandiose is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 7
points, and every player who voted YES on it receives 3 points."

- --
- -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran

	<[email-masked]>

	No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at
the right place.
	-Isaac Babel

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:30:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2609

Proposal 2609
with
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Amend rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", to replace:

"
with the word "Lantern"
"

with:

"
with the word "Lantern" (or "YORL")
"

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:30:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2610

Proposal 2610
This Must Be Stopped
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Repeal Rule 594.21 {{[It is far too dangerous.]}}

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:31:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2611

Proposal 2611
Third time lucky
Rex Mundi (Gavin Doig)

This is a Modest proposal.

The organization that was called Vulcan on 1/1/1998 changes its name to the
following double-quote delimited string, where n is replaced by the lowest
cardinal number such that the name is unique:
"Rule 1 is repealed. #n"
Rex Mundi loses 1 point, and K 2 gains 1 point. [Thanks.]

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:31:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2612

Proposal 2612
Here Comes the Bribe
Slagothor (Eric Plumb)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Should this Proposal pass, all players who took one or more voting
actions, as specified in Rule 313, on this Proposal shall receive 20
points, in addition to any other rewards or penalties that may occur.

All other players shall be tarred and feathered.

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:31:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2613

Proposal 2613
A Private Affair Between Gentlebeings
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ Some unlikely, but possible, Duel cases, that may need to guard
against someone crashing them.  Ghost already has this safeguard
in place... ]}}

Amend Rule 1250.16, "Viruses", as follows:

In section 10, after the text "if a game of Viruses has the maximum
number of players" insert " or is being played as a Duel ".  {{[ The
completion of the sentence is "then no additional players may join." ]}}

Amend rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", as follows:

Under the section labeled "The Barkeep", add to the second paragraph
{{[
   At the beginning of the tale, the Barkeep shall announce the number of
   benches and the names of the Bards who will start the tale.
]}}
the sentence "If the game is being played as a Duel, there may be only
two benches."

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 10:30:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2614

Proposal 2614
make up your mind!
rufus (David Scheidt)

This is Modest proposal.

Ammend Rule 402, section ii, paragraph e to read "During the Election
Period, each voting player may cast one vote for any one of the Nominees
by so notifiyng the appropriate Officer.  A voting player may change eir
vote at any time by so notifiying the appropriate Officer.  The
appropriate Officer shall only consider the last vote e recieved from each
voting player."

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 10:32:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2615

Proposal 2615
Schedules Plus
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{[There are a number of documents in the game which the rules refer to,
but which themselves are not strictly part of the rules.  These include
the CFJ Ineligibility List, the Guidelines for Zuriti'ili, and the
Literature List.  I believe it would be in the best interests of the game
to have a consistent means for dealing with these kinds of rule-defined
documents.  I call them Schedules.]}}

Create a rule, numbered 312, entitled "Schedules", with the following
TOGETHER-delimited text:

TOGETHER
1) A document is a Schedule if and only if all of the following criteria
hold:
a) It has a Schedule code, which is one or more alphabetic characters.
b) It is referenced by the Ruleset.
c) It has a title by which it can be referred to (in addition to being
referred to via its Schedule Code).
d) Its Schedule Code is not the same as the Schedule Code of any other
document satisfying (a)-(c) above.

2) Schedules may be amended by proposal as if they were part of the
ruleset.  
3) A Schedule only has authority over the game to the extent that it is
explicitly delegated this authority by the Ruleset.
4) A Schedule has lower priority than any rule, unless that rule
explicitly defers to the Schedule.  If two Schedules conflict then the
Schedule with the shortest Schedule code has precedence, and if the
lengths of the two Schedule codes are the same, then the Schedule whose
code is earlier in alphabetic order shall have precedence.
5) A rule may refer to a Schedule by title, by use of the text "Schedule
9", where 9 is replaced by a valid Schedule Code, or by any other
unambiguous method.
6) This rule has precedence over all other rules which refer to Schedules
over whether a document is a Schedule.
TOGETHER

{{The Literature List is given Schedule Code A.}}
{{The CFJ Ineligibility List is given Schedule Code B.}}
{{The Zuriti'ili Guidelines is given Schedule Code C.}}

Create a new Rule, numbered 407.2, entitled "Schedule-Harfer", with the
following TRACK-delimited text:

TRACK
The Office of the Schedule-Harfer is a Functional Office. The Duties are: 
a) To keep an accurate copy of all Schedules, and to make the text of any
document which is a Schedule available to any player upon request. 
b) To annotate each Schedule in the Official Rules Document with
customary ancillary information, such as the Schedule's creator and
revision history, when known. 
The Privileges are: 
a) To add section headers and other furniture to the Schedules.
Document. This furniture does not become part of the Rules. 
b) To add whitespace and line breaks to the Schedules. The Schedule-Harfer
should consider all player requests to do so. 
c) To maintain the Schedules as separate physical documents,
provided there is at least one physical document from which all the
schedules can be located. 
TRACK

Replace the first instance of Literature list in Rule 210 with the text
"Schedule A (otherwise known as the Literature List)".

Delete the first, tenth, eleventh and twelfth sentences of section IV of
Rule 210 {{[Now redundant with the information on Schedules]}}

Delete the words "the Literature list" from the last sentence of Rule 210
{{[Schedule definition gains precedence]}}

Delete all of section (d) of Rule 413 that precedes the first full stop in
section (d).  Delete the first full stop in Rule 413.
{{[Transfers harfing the CFJIL from the CotC to the S-H]}}

Amend Rule 212 by replacing the first instance of "CFJ Ineligiblity List
(List)" with "Schedule B (also known in this rule as the List)".

Amend Rule 719 by replacing the text

"The Clerk of the Court shall maintain a list of the legal Zuriti'ili
guidelines, which he shall make available to any player upon request.
After all legal appeals of a particular Zuriti'ili CFCJ have been
resolved and it is no longer legal to appeal that CFCJ, the Clerk of the
Court shall append any Zuriti'ili guideline from that CFCJ that was not
overturned to his list of legal guidelines. "

with the sentence

"Any guideline not overturned on a Zuriti'ili CFCJ is appended to Schedule
C (The Zuriti'ili Guidelines) when it is no longer legal to appeal that
CFCJ."

{{[Hands control of this over to the S-H]}}

{{Yes, I'm willing to do the work on this one}}

{{If the player who was named breadbox at the time the proposal creating
these rule changes sends a public message prior to that proposal being
accepted which indicates eir willingness to become Schedule-Harfer, then
that player becomes Schedule-Harfer.  Otherwise, the player known as
Slakko on 17 January 1998 becomes Schedule Harfer.}}

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 10:34:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2616

Proposal 2616
Swish
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[I'm not sure my idea of proposal magic to move the
threads together went over too well, but I have to get
back to my life :-)  So, perhaps we can compromise on
areas that effect me, and leave the issue open for
academic fun.  This seems better than me resigning 
as speaker, and spending 6 days going through the
process again, especially with the possibility, however
small, of a different result.  I cannot remain speaker
until this is sorted out, which could be longer than
7 days]}}

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

Create a new rule entitled Speaker Emeritus, numbered 399,
with the following text:

"
{{

This rule has precedence over all other rules, except rules
1, of course. :)

If Malenkai is Speaker, then
   a) He is removed from the office of Speaker
   b) Alfvaen, if such a player exists, becomes Speaker

Regardless of who is Speaker, Malenkai is given the title
of Speaker Emeritus. 

[well, we need something to make it non-null in the one 
thread. :-) BTW Slakko, for you office list, I became speaker
first when CFJ 184 was returned (Jun 12 96), and except for a 
few days in july, held it continuously since then.  Long time.]

}}
"

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