Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #23
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acka-voting-digest     Thursday, February 26 1998     Volume 03 : Number 023

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:31:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2730 rejected

Results of Proposal 2730

18/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
K 2
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Hoover 2300

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato            (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Enigma
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Wild Card
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2730 - Thu 19 Feb 1998 13:42 EST
> No CSR's Gonna Pull The Rug Out from Under This One
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend Section 3 of Rule 1044 by relabelling subsection e as d, and
> inserting the following text immediately after subsection c:
> 
> "d. A player may convert 10 Swingpoints into 1 Benefyt. Benefyts are
> tradeable entities."
> 
> Amend subsection e of Section 3 of Rule 1044 by replacing all instances of
> "(c)" with "(d)".

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:34:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2731 rejected

Results of Proposal 2731

19/25 votes: Quorum achieved
7/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Guy Fawkes
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
Enigma
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Illusion
K 2
Hoover 2300
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$50]

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Wild Card
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2731 - Thu 19 Feb 1998 13:44 EST
> Elimination of Quorum
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Amend rule 104 by changing the sentence:
> 
> "The proposal is then accepted if a quorum has been achieved and the
> required number of YES votes were cast on the proposal."
> 
> to read:
> 
> "The proposal is then accepted if the required number of YES votes were
> cast on the proposal."
> 
> Repeal rule 107 (Quorum and Active Players).
> 
> Amend rule 107 section III by deleting all instances of the phrase:
> 
> ", but meets quorum,"
> 
> also delete all of section IV of this rule and renumber section V to IV and
> then VI to V. Delete section VII of the same rule.
> 
> Delete the following sentences from rule 709:
> 
> "If a player is in the Gaol, they shall not count for the purposes of
> determining Quorum."
> 
> and:
> 
> "9) A player in the Gaol may remove a Puppet Head."
> 
> Amend rule 106 by changing:
> 
> "Voting Players may vote either YES, NO, or PRESENT on each proposal, by
> sending their vote to the Tabulator."
> 
> to:
> 
> "Voting Players may vote either YES or NO on each proposal, by sending
> their vote to the Tabulator."
> 
> Modify rule 313, part II, section A to replace:
> 
> "YES, NO, or PRESENT"
> 
> with:
> 
> "YES or NO"

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:37:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2732 rejected

Results of Proposal 2732

18/25 votes: Quorum achieved
9/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
Fortunato            (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Veal Fan             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon      (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
K 2
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Hoover 2300

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Enigma
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Wild Card
two-star             (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Red Barn
Crackfoo             (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
Michael Wren
Bill the pirate king (Boomerangs)

    PENDING:
Device

> Proposal 2732 - Thu 19 Feb 1998 13:45 EST
> Otzma for the Greedy
> Illusion (Andrew Stefanski)
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1240.19, with the title "Otzma card of type
> Gimme now!", with the following IWANT-delimited text:
> 
> IWANT
> This card may only be played in the public forum.
> 
> When this card is played, the card-player names another player, and an
> Otzma card that the other player owns. The card-player gains possession of
> that Otzma card.
> 
> Counter-Action: The card gained by the card player is returned to the
> player he took it from, and the other player gains possession of an Otzma
> card that the card-player owns. If the card-player does not currently own
> any Otzma cards, then the next card he gains possession of goes to the
> other player.
> 
> There can only be 10 Otzma cards of this type in existance at any one time.
> "Gimme now!" Otzma cards have an F-designation of normal.
> IWANT
> 
> {{Well, the small response I received on this one seemed good, so I'll give
> it a shot.}}

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:41:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2748

Proposal 2748
Party Chess Piece Loyalist
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Create a new rule, a member of the Party Chess Rule Suite, with
BLIP-delimited text:

BLIP
A Loyalist has material value 6, and is represented by the letter L.

A Loyalist may move one square in any direction.
 
If the shortest (Euclidean) path from a Loyalist to the owning Swinger's
King consists entirely of motion in one of the eight directions in which
pieces may move, and no friendly pieces occupy squares along that path,
and the distance between the Loyalist and the owning swinger's King is
less than or equal to 8, the Loyalist may move to any square along that
path.  [ That is, if the Loyalist and its King share a rank, column, or
diagonal, with no friendly pieces intervening, the Loyalist may move to
any square between it and the King ]
BLIP

Renumber the Rule just created by this proposal to 1230.23, or if Rule
1230.23 already exists, to 1230.XX, where XX is the smallest integer
greater than 23 such that no Rule already has number 1230.XX.

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:42:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2749

Proposal 2749
'Twould be an Interesting Scam, but...
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

This is a Modest proposal.  Append the following to the end of the first
paragraph of Rule 344 "Weasel Words".

Vanquished weasel words in the list at the end of this Rule have no
semantic meaning within this Rule, and have no effect on gameplay.  [In
short, they are treated as if they are in notes brackets.]

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:44:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2750

Proposal 2750
The Slakko Effect
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

{{[ Admittedly, the name's a bit premature, but it could easily become
appropriate soon. ]}}

Add the follwing text to the end of Rule 600.

If Cycle-Win CFJ A, which alleges that Player A has won a cycle, was
distributed at least 14 days before Cycle-Win CFJ B, which alleges that
Player B has won a cycle, yet Cycle-Win CFJ B becomes unappealable (with a
final verdict of TRUE) before Cycle-Win CFJ A becomes unappealable (also
with a final verdict of TRUE), then Player A has fallen victim to the
Slakko Effect.

For seven days following Cycle-Win CFJ A's becoming unappealably TRUE,
Player A is considered Righteously Indignant, and is encouraged to make
snide remarks concerning the speed (or lack thereof) of the Ackanomic
justice system.  Righteously Indignant players are Untouchable, and no
Politeness Moon, Witchhunt, or Bracket Pedantry Hearing may be called
against them for remarks made while Righteously Indignant.  This paragraph
takes precedence over those Rules describing the various hearing which the
Righteously Indignant are immune to.

Snide remarks made by the Righteously Indignant comparing the members of
the Supreme Court to a marsupial whose name more than three syllables are
considered Amusing.

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:45:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2751

Proposal 2751
The Six of Sticks
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 516, "Auction", by appending the following text(delimited by
PUNG):

PUNG
8) Any unowned entity that is being auctioned is not considered to be in
the Treasury from the time the Auction is declared until its results are
announced.
PUNG

{{[ After that, it will either be destroyed or in the possession of some
player.  Before that...well, that's a Hubert situation, I suppose. ]}}

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:47:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2752

Proposal 2752
We're Not All Taking the Day Off
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 843 by replacing all instances of "Ackanomic Holiday" with "Day
of Remembrance".

{{All Ackanomic Holidays which were created by the entrance of a player
into the Hall of Elders become Days of Remembrance, and are no longer
Holidays of any description.}}

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:48:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2753

Proposal 2753
Acka-Dot Trade Organisation.
Wild Card (Jonathan David Amery)

This is a Grandiose Proposal.

Create a new Rule, titled "Acka-Dot Trade Organisation.", which reads as
follows:

 {{This rule is a member of the Transnomicial Trade Pacts Rule Suite if
such exists.}}

 The Acka-Dot Trade Organisation is an organisation whose purpose is to
conduct trade between Ackanomic and .nomic.

 The Acka-Dot Trade Organisation owns a classy building which is nearer to
the Wilds of Ackanomia than it is to the library.  This is known as the
Acka-Dot Trade Centre. 

 {{
 The Acka-Dot Trade Organisation starts with a Trade License.

 Initially the only rules of the Acka-Dot Trade Organisation are:

 1) Anyone who is a player in both Ackanomic and .nomic or who has at any
time been a player in both for a period of at least one week may be a
member of the Acka-Dot Trade Organisation. 

 2) Any changes to these rules are permissable so long as all the members
of the Acka-Dot Trade Organisation agree. 
 }}

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