Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #15
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acka-voting-digest      Sunday, February 15 1998      Volume 03 : Number 015

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:36:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2703 accepted

Results of Proposal 2703

14/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hoover 2300
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2703 - Sun 08 Feb 1998 14:09 EST
> Just Cleaning up a Wee Bit o' Archaic Language
> Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Replace the last two paragraphs of Rule 258 (Undead) with the following:
> 
> An Undead whose likeness is not enshrined in the Hall of Elders decomposes
> once it has existed for 90 days. When this happens, it transfers all its
> entities to the Treasury, and then is destroyed.

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:36:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2705 accepted

Results of Proposal 2705

14/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hoover 2300
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2705 - Sun 08 Feb 1998 14:12 EST
> I Want To Sing And Dance
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1217, "Buried Treasure!", as follows:
> 
> {{[ First, a little bit of sectioning, since it's now divided into some
> more or less distinct parts: ]}}
> 
> Divide Rule 1217 in sections, capital-roman-numeraled sequentially, as
> follows:
> 
> Section I. shall be the first six paragraphs.
> Section II. shall be next three paragraphs.
> Section III. shall be the tenth paragraph.
> Section IV. shall be the remainder of the Rule.
> 
> Append the following text(delimited by PERRIER)to Section I.:
> 
> PERRIER
> An Organization which is able to transfer Entities(e.g. a Church, or an
> Organization with a Trade License)may bury Treasure as a public auction.
> Each member at the time the Treasure is buried is considered a Map
> Custodian for that Treasure, and therefore must have a copy of the Map. [
> The Map itself may be created in any way the members of the Organization
> wish among themselves. ] Otherwise, the procedure is exactly the same as
> for a player.
> 
> It is possible for an Organization to achieve the conditions for a Treasure
> Map [though of course only if the Map includes this possibility]. If so,
> then the procedure is identical to that when a Player finds a Treasure. The
> Organization must also be able to transfer entities(as above)to do this.
> PERRIER

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:37:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2706 accepted

Results of Proposal 2706

14/25 votes: Quorum achieved
9/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:

    PRESENT:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hoover 2300
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2706 - Sun 08 Feb 1998 14:13 EST
> Free For All can be Cool For All
> Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal
> {{[this proposal does a couple of things. It makes the delay between FFAs
> longer. If one Swinger objects to FFA then only a short one can take place.
> If two Swigners object, then it doesn't take place at all. A checked player
> has a shorter delay before eir next play. I think this pretty much
> addresses all of the objections to FFA without giving it up completely]}}
> 
> Amend section 9 of R1230.2 "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's Play"
> in the following ways:
> 
> sub-section A is amended to read in full:
> 
> "A. The Chess Umpire has the Privilege of announcing a Free For All
> provided that:
> 
> (i) There has not been a Free For All for at least one Round
> (ii) There has not been a Free For All for at least 6 weeks
> (iii) No Swinger is currently checked.
> "
> sub-section B is amended to read in full:
> "
> B. A Free For All starts exactly three days after the Chess-Umpire
> publically announces it. The announcement must include the duration of the
> Free For All. The minimum duration if three days, the maximum is two weeks.
> If one Swinger objects to the Free For All during the three days between
> the anouncement and the begining of the Free For All, then the maximum
> duration of the Free For All is set to one week. At any time between the
> objection is made public, and the begining of the Free For All, the
> Chess-Umpire may anounce a corrected duration between three and seven days.
> If e does not do so, then it is set to 7 days.
> If at least two Swingers object to the Free For All, then the Free For All
> is cancelled, and normal play continues.
> "
> 
> Append to subsection C the following text:
> "Capturing a King is an illegal Play.
> A player who is checked needs to wait for only two days after eir most
> recent play in order to play again."

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:38:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2707 accepted

Results of Proposal 2707

14/25 votes: Quorum achieved
7/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
K 2
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hoover 2300
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2707 - Sun 08 Feb 1998 14:15 EST
> The King is Dead; Long Live the King
> Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Add the following text to section 8 of R1230.2 "Swingers Like to Play
> around II - Let's Play"
> 
> "A player whose king was capturedis considered to have immediately
> surrendered, regardless of whose turn it is."

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:38:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2708 rejected

Results of Proposal 2708

14/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
K 2
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$26]

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hoover 2300
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Red Barn
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2708 - Sun 08 Feb 1998 14:17 EST
> Newspaper Mama
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a New Rule, numbered 926, entitled "Circulation Audit", with the
> following AUDIT-delimited text:
> 
> AUDIT
> Each player may have at most one preferred Newspaper. A player may change
> which Newspaper is their preferred Newspaper as a public action, and may
> also cease to have any paper as their preferred Newspaper as a public
> action, and choose a paper as their preferred Newspaper as a public action.
> No player may have a paper they own as a preferred Newspaper - should such
> a situation ever happen, the player will be deemed to have no preferred
> Newspaper (i.e. eir Newspaper status will change).
> 
> If a Newspaper goes bust, then all players who had that newspaper as eir
> preferred Newspaper no longer have a preferred Newspaper.
> 
> Whenever Officer Salaries are paid, each Newspaper Owner receives A$2 per
> person who prefers one of eir papers, plus A$1 for each person, excluding
> emself if possible, who does not prefer any paper.
> 
> {{[The last encourages people to find a preference when there are more than
> 2 newspapers in existence. Otherwise 3 or more dollars are sent out,
> compared to 2 when you have a preference.]}}
> AUDIT

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:39:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2723

Proposal 2723
Protection Against Perilous Polyprophetism
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

{{[ With retractions, it is possible that we might end up with _different_
lists both being completely correct.

Also, this covers the possibility that there are no proposals up for
voting on the day after the Solstice. ]}}

Replace the second paragraph of Rule 1304 with the following NI! -
delimited text:

NI!
If exactly one player's predictions are all correct, then it is said that
the Great Power of the Universe is now inhabiting him and he is
Transfigured.  That player also becomes the new True Prophet. There can
only be one True Prophet. The True Prophet gets an Indiana Jones Staff if
he does not already have one. The Indiana Jones Staff is yea high. A
Player may have at most one Indiana Jones Staff. It may not be traded,
exchanged or otherwise manipulated except by this rule. 

If multiple players' predictions are all correct, all such players are
referred to as Proto-prophets, and a Great Schism begins and shall last
for three days.  During the Great Schism, players may sacrifice any
Trinket they own on behalf of any Proto-prophet.  This is accomplished as
a public action by specifying which Trinket they are sacrificing and which
Proto-prophet they are sacrificing it on behalf of.  Any Sacrificed
Trinket is destroyed -- its value in A$ in created in the Treasury, not in
the sacrificing player's possession.  At the end of the Great Schism, the
Proto-prophet on whose behalf the Trinkets with the greatest combined
value were sacrificed becomes True Prophet as per the preceding paragraph.
If a tie remains, the True Prophet shall be determined by random
selection, and the loser(s) may claim the title False Prophet.  Whenever
the True Prophet makes a prediction, all False Prophets should attempt to
make a prediction that is even gloomier than the True Prophet's.

If no proposals' voting periods expire on the day after Solstice Day, or
if no player correctly predicts the acceptance or rejection of all such
proposals, all Prophets, True and False, are stripped of their titles and
any accoutrements of Prophecy (such as Indiana Jones Staves) are
destroyed.  It is rumored that at such a time, all the gloomy prophecies
shall come to pass.

NI!

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