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acka-voting-digest      Sunday, January 25 1998      Volume 02 : Number 263

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:23:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2638

Proposal 2638
The rainbow
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Rule 905 will be amended to read as delimited by CRISS-CROSS
CRISS-CROSS
1. Each player has a Blue Cross Rank, a Red Cross Rank, and a Crystal Cross
Rank, collectively known as Cross Ranks, are all non-negative integers. At
all times, a player's Blue Cross Rank is equal to the number of non-Null
proposals he submitted which have been accepted, plus an additional 10 if
he has a Blue Cross Bonus.  A player's Red Cross Rank is the number of
CFCJ's they have submitted whos last verdict was true, plus 10 if he owns a
Red Cross Bonus.  A player's Crystal Cross Rank is the number of CSR's they
have issued which have been performed, plus 10 if he owns a Crystal Cross
Bonus.
	If a player has registered for the game and quit one or more times
previous to his most recent registration, proposals, CFCJ's, and CSR's he
made under his previous registration(s) shall count towards his Cross Ranks
if they were accepted, had a final verdict of TRUE, or were performed, even
if he wasn't a player when they were accepted, judged, or performed.

2. Any time a player has more than one Cross Bonus or a given color, all
but one of his Cross Bonuses of that color are destroyed. Any time a rule
requires that a player be given a Cross Bonus, one is created with his name
stamped in gold upon it, and it is given to that player. Blue Cross Bonuses
and Red Cross Bonuses are nameless, nontradeable entities. Ruby Slippers,
Gold Stripes, Silver Stripes, Blue Crosses, Red Crosses, Crystal Crosses,
Onyx Stripes and Perspex Stripes are nameless, nontradeable entities, and
are medals.

3. a. When a President or Senator has ended a term in office by resigning,
or due to his term of office expiring, and he has served at least 6 weeks
in that office, then he is given a Blue Cross Bonus if he does not already
have one, except in the case that the player resigned from the office of
President or Senator while an Impeachment Paper was pending to remove him
from that office.
b. When a Caped Crusader, Boy Wonder, or Justice has ended has ended a term
in office by resigning, or due to his term of office expiring, and he has
served at least 6 weeks in that office, then he is given a Red Cross Bonus
if he does not already have one, except in the case that the player
resigned from any of these offices while an Impeachment Paper was pending
to remove him from that office, or the Caped Crusader resigned while a CFCJ
was pending against them.

4. a. A player with a Blue Cross Rank of 20 or more qualifies for a Blue
Cross.  A player with a Red Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a Red
Cross. A player with a Crystal Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a
Crystal Cross.
b. For each 160 points of Blue Cross Rank above 20 that a player has, he
qualifies for a Ruby Slipper.
c. For each 40 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue Cross has
above that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby Slippers, he
qualifies for a Gold Stripe. For each 10 points of Red Cross Rank above
that required for a Red Cross, a player qualifies for an Onyx Stripe. For
each 10 points of Crystal Cross Rank above that required for a Crystal
Cross, a player qualifies for a Perspex Stripe.
d. For each 10 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue Cross has
beyond that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby Slippers and Gold
Stripes, he qualifies for a silver stripe.

5. Any time a player has too many medals for his Blue Cross Rank, as
defined by the previous section, then medals are taken from him and
destroyed such that he no longer has too many. Any time a player has too
few of any of these medals, the President, Proconsul, or Senator may award
medals of the appropriate types to that player until he has enough of each
type. The Frobozz Magic Medal Company, Ackanomic Division, performs the
creation and destruction of these medals as medals are to be awarded or
destroyed.

6. A player with at least one Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper shall have the
title "Officer of the Blue Cross." A player with one Ruby Slipper shall
have the title "Commander of the Blue Cross".  These may be abbreviated OBC
and CBC respectively.  Any player who possesses a Red Cross or a Crystal
Cross, but not both, shall have the title of "Order of the Lesser Crosses".
Any player who possesses a Red Cross and a Crystal Cross shall have the
title of "Knight Commander of the Order of the Lesser Crosses". These may
be abbreviated to OLC and KCLC respectively.

A player with two Ruby Slippers may wear them on his feet; any two Ruby
Slippers so worn are considered to be a spaceship. A player wearing a
spaceship may click the two Ruby Slippers together to launch himself to
Kansas, provided he obeys any other restrictions in the rules on spaceship
launches.

Kansas is a moon of Acka; it is a location not in Acka, nor on either side
of Acka. Ruby Slippers magically adjust to fit any feet as needed.
CRISS-CROSS

{{[Current tallies of players' Crystal Cross Rank:
mr cwm 7
Vynd 6
Mr Lunatic Fringe 2
Malenkai 2
All other players 0
]}}

{{[Current tallies for players' (past and present) Red Cross Rank:
Malenkai 4
Mr. Lunatic Fringe 3
/dev/joe 2
ThinMan 2
Mohammed 2
Strider 2
Alfvaen 2
The Governor 1
this is not a name 1
fnord 1
Red Barn 1
Attila the Pun 1
Robert Sevin 1
Guy Fawkes 1
Slakko 1
All other players 0
]}}

{{[I changed Black Cross to Red so that each cross would have an
unambiguous abbriviation.]}}

{{Transfer 5 points from else...if to Slakko [For thinking of this and
doing most of the work]}}

{{Transfer 1 point from else...if to Fortunato [It's my fault he lost a
point on that last CFCJ I filed.]}}

- -- --
- -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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:25:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2639

Proposal 2639
McCarthy-ism lives on
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Create a rule entitled "Red Scare" reading as follows:
	It is possible that there are athiestic communists across the river
who intend to destroy our democratic, just, and religious way of life, and
may even believe that black is not a color.  Clearly, on this risk, and the
risk that they have sent spys amoung us, we must take precautions.  To
protect against spies, the President may publicly announce that "There are
spies amoung us."  If the President has not announced this in the thirty
days preceding the  announcement, than Ackanomic will be said to be
"Paranoid" for one week.  During this time it will be a crime to publicly
suggest that there is something wrong with the Ackanomian way of life.
This is the Crime of Sedition.  A player who commits this crime may, in
addition to the usual penalties, be tarred and feathered for between 1 and
7.  Being tarred and feathered is identical to being in gaol except that a
tarred and feathered player cannot get out until their sentence is over or
Ackanomic is no longer Paranoid.  When Ackanomic ceases to be Paranoid, all
players who are tarred and feathered cease being tarred and feathered.

This rule takes precedence over all other rules, since any rule conflicting
with this one must be a pinko-commie.

{{Transfer 1 point from else...if to Slakko [Royalties.  This was inspired
in large part by his Though Police proposal.]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:26:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2640

Proposal 2640
Godwin Austen
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 251, "Player Names", by changing "three to twenty characters
in length" to "two to twenty characters in length".

{{ Reduce Alfvaen's score by four points; increase K 2's score by four
points. [Since I can't claim any credit for the idea, but I myself would
prefer to type "K2" instead of "K 2"...]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:27:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2641

Proposal 2641
A humble token of our appreciation
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Create a new rule entitled "Harfer Day" reading as follows:
	The 20th of February will be know as Harfer Day.  Some time during
the calender week containing Harfer-Day the President may give a speech
commemerating the hard work of the Harfers throughout the history of
Ackanomic.  If e does so, e will recieve 5 points for it.  This day will
not count towards the time limit for a harfer to complete eir duties.  All
players are encouraged to personally thank the harfers who make Ackanomic
possible on this day.  The holder of each of the following positions will
recieve 10 points for each of the following positions they hold on Harfer
Day:
	Chess Umpire
	Clerk of the Courts
	Count Tabula
	Financier
	Map-Harfer
	Post Master
	Promoter
	Registrar
	Rule-Harfer
	Scorekeeper
	Tabulator
	Treasure Harfer
	Trinket Harfer
	Undead Harfer
	Web Harfer
	Assistant Web Harfer

If any player attempts an action on harfer day which would cause work for
any of these positions (including, but not limited to, voting, making a
proposal, finding/burying a treasure, making a trinket, etc. etc., but
expressly not including sending a public message which does not perform an
action or the act of paying the standard harfer fee) then that player must
pay the standard harfer fee, and will be considered horribly impolite for
the next week.  All players are encouraged to sneer at a player who does
this.

{{[Feb 20 is the day the first official harfer position, the web-harfer,
was created.  There were of course harfing position before this, but this
was the first one with the word harfer in it (as far as I know.)  Besides,
the timing works well, being just about a month after our birthday
celebration.]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:14:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2606 accepted

Results of Proposal 2606

18/22 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
breadbox
Red Barn

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2606 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:27 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:19:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2607 accepted

Results of Proposal 2607

18/22 votes: Quorum achieved
12/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2607 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:28 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:24:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2608

Results of Proposal 2608

18/22 votes: Quorum achieved
9/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2

    NO:
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
breadbox
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2608 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:28 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:28:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2609 accepted

Results of Proposal 2609

18/22 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko               (SPAM)
K 2

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2609 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:30 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:33:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2610 accepted

Results of Proposal 2610

17/22 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
else...if            (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2610 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:30 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:41:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2611 accepted

Results of Proposal 2611

17/22 votes: Quorum achieved
13/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
breadbox
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Bonus Vote                              [/dev/joe used a Bonus Vote]

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2611 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:31 EST
> 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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:46:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2613

Results of Proposal 2613

17/22 votes: Quorum achieved
16/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
K 2
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
ThinMan              (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2613 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:31 EST
> 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, 25 Jan 1998 16:56:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2642

Proposal 2642
Just Trying to Clean Up After the Peons
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend section I of Rule 303 ("Proposal and Rule Numbering") by
replacing "non-negative" with "positive", and then by deleting the
sentence that begins with "The valid rule number is associated with
the rule".

Repeal Rule 2000 if, and only if, it has the title "Death to
Immutability".

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:56:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2643

Proposal 2643
Exorcist
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 261 [Zombie Master]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:58:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2644

Proposal 2644
Remember breadbox's Threat
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{All Commanders of the Blue Cross receive the title of Consulting
Surgeon.}}

Create a new Rule, numbered 857, titled "Ackanomic Hospital", with the
following SICKBAY-delimited text:

SICKBAY
The classy Common Location known as the National Ackanomic Hospital
exists.  Whenever a player is Injured, they are transferred to the
Hospital.  Whenever a player is found to be suffering from snowgod's
Disease, they are transferred to the Hospital.

A player in the Hospital may not leave the Hospital unless another player
who is a Consulting Surgeon sends a public message allowing the exit, or
the hospitalised player sends a public message after being in Hospital for
3 consecutive days, pointing out that fact.   Such messages automatically
results in the hospitalised player being transferred to eir Home.

A player may not make a proposal or CFJ in Hospital, as attempts to do so
are discounted as paranoid delusional ramblings.
SICKBAY

Create a new Rule, numbered 435, titled "Kneecapper General", with the
following BANG-delimited text:

BANG
The Optional Functional office of Kneecapper General exists.  It has one
seat.  Whenever a player becomes Kneecapper General, they receive the
title of Consulting Surgeon.

It is a privilege of the Kneecapper General to, once per calendar week,
issue a Public Requirement as a public message.  A Public Requirement is
an action which is permissible for all active players to perform, and the 
performance of the action must be publicly knowable within 3 days of the
action having been performed.

If at least one-quarter of all active players perform the Public
Requirement within a week, then all active players who fail to perform the
action are Kneecapped by the Kneecapper General.  When a player is
Kneecapped, they lose 5 points and become Injured.

If fewer than one-quarter of all active players perform the Public
Requirement and the week has elapsed, then the Kneecapper General Kneecaps
emself.  However, instead of losing 5 points, they gain 10 points for
being true to eir code of honour.  Whenever the Kneecapper General
Kneecaps emself, e automatically resigns eir Office of Kneecapper General.
BANG

{{[breadbox's threat to kneecap everyone who didn't support Malenkai for
the HoE inspired this obviously.]}}

{{Slakko loses 4 points.  breadbox gains 4 points.}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:59:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2645

Proposal 2645
McCarthy-ism lives on yet more
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Create a rule entitled "Red Scare" reading as follows:
	It is possible that there are athiestic communists across the river
who intend to destroy our democratic, just, and religious way of life, and
may even believe that black is not a color.  Clearly, on this risk, and the
risk that they have sent spys amoung us, we must take precautions.  To
protect against spies, the President may publicly announce that "There are
spies amoung us."  If the President has not announced this in the thirty
days preceding the  announcement, than Ackanomic will be said to be
"Paranoid" for one week.  During this time it will be a crime to publicly
suggest that there is something wrong with the Ackanomian way of life.
Any Player may call a Hearing on the matter of whether a certain public
message from another Player was seditious.
The valid responses to a Sedition Hearing are "Perhaps he's only a light
shade of pink." and "Commie traitor!". If the verdict of the Hearing shows
that the message was seditious, the Player who sent it is tarred and
feathered until Ackanomic is no longer paranoid. If it shows that it was
not seditious, the person who called the hearing is tarred and feathered
for one day.  Being tarred and feathered is identical to being in gaol
except that a tarred and feathered player cannot cease to be tarred and
feathered except as specified in this rule.

This rule takes precedence over all other rules, since any rule conflicting
with this one must be a pinko-commie.

{{else...if  loses one point.  Slakko gains one point. [Royalties.  This
was inspired in large part by his Though Police proposal.]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:00:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2646

Proposal 2646
A humble and humbling token of our appreciation
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Create a new rule entitled "Harfer Day" reading as follows:
	The 20th of February will be know as Harfer Day.  Some time during
the calender week containing Harfer-Day the President may give a speech
commemerating the hard work of the Harfers throughout the history of
Ackanomic.  If e does so, e will recieve 5 points for it.  This day will
not count towards the time limit for a harfer to complete eir duties.  All
players are encouraged to personally thank the harfers who make Ackanomic
possible on this day.  The holder of each functional office will recieve a
salary as if it were the first monday of the month on this day.

If any player attempts an action on harfer day which would cause work for
any of these positions (including, but not limited to, voting, making a
proposal, finding/burying a treasure, making a trinket, etc. etc., but
expressly not including sending a public message which does not perform an
action or the act of paying the standard harfer fee) then that player will
be considered horribly impolite for the next week.  All players are
encouraged to sneer at a player who does this.

This rule take precedence over all rules necessary in order to pay proper
tribute to our great harfers.

{{[Feb 20 is the day the first official harfer position, the web-harfer,
was created.  There were of course harfing position before this, but this
was the first one with the word harfer in it (as far as I know.)  Besides,
the timing works well, being just about a month after our birthday
celebration.]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:00:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2647

Proposal 2647
Radishes
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Rename rule 917 to "Rocks, walls, facial hair and root vegetables" and then
ammend it by adding:

"There exists a type of entity called A Magic Radish."

between the third and fourth paragraphs.

In addition modify rule 594.4 by inserting the following paragraph:

"If a Vending Machine is owned by the possessor of the Magic Potato, e may
vend therefrom Magic Radishes. The price for which a Magic Radish may be
sold starts at A$7.

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:01:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2648

Proposal 2648
Play it again, Sam
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal

Amend rule 911 by replacing "76" with "126" and replacing "152" with "252".

Amend rule 666 by replacing "p)" with "q)", then "o)" with "p)", then "n)"
with "o)", then "m)" with "n)" and then insert the following text
immediately before the paragraph starting "n)":

"m) If the base value of the magic number was changed in accordance with
section k) then amend rule 911 by replacing "126" with _X_ and "252" with
_Y_ where _X_ is the integer value closest to one third of the base value
of the magic number (rounding up) and _Y_ is the integer value closest to
two thirds of the base value of the magic number (rounding up). Then
replace the second number in section m) of this rule with _X_ and the third
number in section m) of this rule with _Y_ where _X_ and _Y_ are the same
as they were in the previous sentence of this rule.

{{[the current points values seem a little low to me, considering that the
magic number is almost four hundred. This system will allow players to keep
the trombone for longer in a long drawn-out points cycle.]}}

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:03:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2649

Proposal 2649
Sleepwalking
else...if (Henry Towsner)

Create a rule numbered 0, with the following DREAM delimited text:
DREAM
	A player may announce that they believe an Alternatively Defined
Reality by informing all players of this belief (for example by sending it
to the main mailing list.)  An ADR must be a series of facts about the game
state.  The ADR will be "dubious" for one week.  During that week, players
may disbelieve it by informing all players that they are doing so.  If, at
the end of the week, at least one quarter of all active players have
disbelieved it, then it will be discarded and the player who initially
believed it will lose 15 points.  However if this does not happen, then the
game state will be changed such that the statements specified in the ADR
are true.  This rule has precedence over all other rules.
	(ADR's should consist of statements, such as "no player commited a
crime between date x and date y"  If this passed, then it would be true
that no player commited a crime during that period.)
DREAM

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:16:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2614 accepted

Results of Proposal 2614

17/22 votes: Quorum achieved
14/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
else...if            (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
K 2
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Malenkai             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2614 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 13:30 EST
> 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, 25 Jan 1998 17:22:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2616 accepted

Results of Proposal 2616

17/22 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Slakko               (SPAM)
else...if            (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
SPAM Unity Vote 

    NO:
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
K 2

    PRESENT:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Rule 1 is repealed. #1)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

> Proposal 2616 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 13:34 EST
> 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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