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acka-voting-digest     Saturday, February 21 1998     Volume 03 : Number 019

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:15:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2715 accepted

Results of Proposal 2715

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
K 2
Hoover 2300
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Illusion

    PRESENT:
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
Malenkai             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Wild Card
Enigma
Device

> Proposal 2715 - Fri 13 Feb 1998 16:09 EST
> More Lunacy
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Amend Rule 1350, "La Luna", as follows:
> 
> Insert the following sentence immediately before the sentence beginning "A
> player who moves":
> 
> No entity may give any gift entity to a player who is currently at a Moon
> of Acka, unless that entity is also at the same Moon of Acka.
> 
> Append the following text:
> 
> "Kansas is a land without hues - with the exception of sepia. A player in
> Kansas gains 5 points the first time (on any given trip to Kansas) that
> they send a message, describing the moon Kansas and all its strangeness,
> containing at least 250 words, none of which are a colour, except for
> white, sepia, and black, should black ever be a colour."

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:18:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2716 accepted

Results of Proposal 2716

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)
K 2
Hoover 2300
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Illusion
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Wild Card
Enigma
Device

> Proposal 2716 - Fri 13 Feb 1998 16:10 EST
> La grande fromage
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a grandiose proposal.
> 
> {{[Just out of interest, does anyone know if I've got the gender of fromage
> right in the proposal's title?]}}
> 
> Create a new rule with the following CAMEMBERT delimited text:
> 
> CAMEMBERT
> There exists a type of non-tradable entities known as cheeses. There are
> five varieties of cheeses. These are:
> 
> 1. Stilton
> 2. Cheddar
> 3. Edam
> 4. Brie
> 5. Gouda
> 
> At any point any player may own at most one of each variety of cheese. If a
> player owns more than one of any given variety of cheese then all but one
> of them are destroyed. If ever a player owns one of each type of cheese
> then e shall win the current cycle of the game of Ackanomic. {{If there
> exists a rule called "Winning Conditions" then the phrase "shall win the
> current cycle of the game of Ackanomic" is replaced with "will achieve a
> winning condition".}} If anyone wins the game by this method then all
> cheeses are destroyed.
> 
> A player may gain a cheese only by doing the following. If e does so the e
> is automatically given a cheese of the correct type.
> 
> A player receives a stilton if e the ten most recent proposals e authored
> were all accepted.
> 
> A player receives a cheddar if e has had three harfy proposals accepted
> since the adoption of this rule, or the most recent destruction of a cheese
> of this type belonging to this player; whichever is the most recent.
> 
> A player receives an edam if e has held five offices (not including Capital
> Offices) since the adoption of this rule, or the most recent destruction of
> a cheese of this type belonging to this player, or the players most recent
> impeachment; whichever is the most recent.
> 
> A player receives a brie if e has not had a CFCJ called against em with a
> final verdict of true, during the last two months.
> 
> A player receives a gouda if e wins a game of grab a donkey, wins a game of
> party chess or wins three games from the games and contest containing five
> or more players (starting from the instant this rule is adopted or the time
> a cheese of this type belonging to this player as destroyed; whichever is
> more recent).
> CAMEMBERT
> 
> Modify rule 594.14 by adding the following text after the second sentence:
> 
> "If all the Cheez-Whiz's owner's Ackadollars are transferred to the
> treasury in this way then the owner of the Cheez-Whiz may specify any
> individual cheese to be destroyed. The cheese in question will then be
> destroyed. This power of the Cheez-Whiz may only be utilised once per day."

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:22:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2717 accepted

Results of Proposal 2717

15/24 votes: Quorum achieved
8/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
K 2
Hoover 2300
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)

    NO:
breadbox
Malenkai             (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
two-star             (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Wild Card
Enigma
Device

> Proposal 2717 - Fri 13 Feb 1998 22:59 EST
> Prophets Are Religious Leaders
> Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
> 
> {{Amend R1304 by replacing "for that New Moon" with "on that Solstice day".
> 
> Amend R1301 at the end of part 8 to add:
> 
> "i. If a player that is the True Prophet is a member of a Church or Cult
> where the Founder is no longer a member, then that player becomes its new
> Founder. If a Transfigured player is not considered a priest in any of the
> Church or Cults of which he is a member, then its Founder must make them a
> Priest within 7 days."
> 
> Amend R1320 to add the following line after "and crying like a baby." in
> the second paragraph:
> 
> "The True Prophet must shout at the top of his lungs to the players,
> telling them that he had warned them about defying the natural order and
> that they must pay."
> 
> Amend R1320 to add the following lines after the last line of the third
> paragraph.
> 
> "The Prophet of Doom must then challenge the True Prophet to a duel as soon
> as it is possible to do so."}}

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:25:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2718 accepted

Results of Proposal 2718

15/24 votes: Quorum achieved
10/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star             (MetaMorph)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
K 2
Hoover 2300
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)

    NO:
Illusion
Slagothor            (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Malenkai             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Wild Card
Enigma
Device

> Proposal 2718 - Fri 13 Feb 1998 23:00 EST
> Traveling Exhibition
> Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
> 
> {{ This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Renumbering section VIII to IX of R850.
> 
> Add the following between sections VII and IX of R850:
> 
> "VIII. Traveling Exhibitions
> 
> Players can make temporary donations to the Museum so that objects of great
> historical value that would otherwise not be seen by the public can be put
> on display. Any player can state that they wish to give to the Museum a
> trinket or Majik to add to the Private Collection Room. It is good form for
> the donor to give a brief description of the gifts. The Curator can accept
> or decline such gifts. Although the Museum is pleased to be able to display
> these artifacts, the donor's Benefactor Value is not changed. However, the
> player can get back any donation he made to the Private Collection Room by
> making a public request for it."
> 
> [ There are objects in the game which should be on display, the Museum is
> just for that. However, many such objects are also integral parts of the
> game and still in use. For example, the Crown of Ultimate Failure. Or are
> simply too expensive to just give away, like the Exquisite Dead Guy. Or
> even for the sentimental value such historial objects as the Golden
> Frinking Straw or Jade Key of Yara must represent ] }}

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:26:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2733

Proposal 2733
Reduced to Firewood
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{All Trinkets in the Cabinet are transferred to Alfvaen.}}

{{[After all, there's only one there, and he put it there as far as I
know.]}}

Repeal Rule 945, "The Cabinet".

{{[I haven't seen the Cabinet used for a while - no-one wanted anything
put in there when I was elected, and I think Beware the Forbidden Fruit's
been there for a while.  This is old, unused ruleset which can be
abandoned safely IMHO.]}}

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:26:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2734

Proposal 2734
The Time of No Magic
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

I. Amend rule 101 to read: "It is green."

- ---

II. Create a new rule numbered 101.1, entitled "Mos Maiorum",
with the following text:

"
{{all game custom is hereby destroyed.}}
"

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III. Amend rule 101 to read:
 
"
Ackanomic is a self-modifying game of rules. All players must
always abide  by all the rules then in effect, in the form in
which they are then in effect, and interpreted in accordance
with current game custom. The term "rules", as used in the
rules, means the rules of Ackanomic. 

The rules and the game state may only be changed as described 
in the rules. Actions described in the rules may only be performed, 
and shall only have those effects, as specified by the rules. 
Whatever is not explicitly prohibited or regulated by the rules, 
however, is permitted and unregulated. Game custom, spirit of 
the game, and linguistic interpretation are external concepts 
and are not regulated or part of the game state. 

The game consists of a sequence of "Cycles". Cycles end when 
specified by the Rules. At most one Cycle is in progress at any one
time. A voting player may only win a Cycle as defined by the Rules.
Non-voting players may not win Cycles of Ackanomic. A player may 
not win the Game of Ackanomic. A player always has the option to 
leave the Game of Ackanomic. 

This rule has precedence over all other rules. 
"

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