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acka-voting-digest       Monday, March 16 1998       Volume 03 : Number 030

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:11:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2762 accepted

Results of Proposal 2762

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
8/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2762 - Sat 07 Mar 1998 04:26 EST
> Rule Suite Preferences Fix
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[The point has been made that new rules, when added to a Rule Suite, are
> _forced_ to take the next available number, no matter what the person
> creating the rule actually wants. This will reverse that, so that we don't
> need to waste time with CSRs to renumber said rules. However, for
> simplicity rules created by other rules should default to being the next
> rule number anyway.
> ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 303, "Proposal and Rule Numbering", as follows:
> 
> In Section II Subsection 2, replace "Otherwise, if" with "If".
> In Section II Subsection 1, replace "If" with "Otherwise, if".
> Swap the two above-mentioned subsections and re-number accordingly.
> 
> In Section III, replace all instances of "II.1" with "II.2".
> {{[Pointer update.]}}
> 
> {{[There's no point making this foolish - I don't think I got penalised
> when it failed quorum the first time it was submitted.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:11:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2764 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 2764

7/18 votes: Failed to achieve quorum

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2764 - Sat 07 Mar 1998 04:30 EST
> Six Degrees of Separation
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> {{[ Since the G&C Submission never got approved, I might as well see if it
> can get accepted another way. Remember, you drove me to this!]}}
> 
> Repeal Rule 1250.20.
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.3, "General Equipment", as follows:
> 
> Append the following text(delimited by FOOTLOOSE):
> 
> FOOTLOOSE
> V. Movie Database
> 
> a) URL: http://www.imdb.com/
> FOOTLOOSE
> 
> Create a new Rule in the Games & Contests rule suite, titled "Bacon", with
> text as follows(delimited by FLATLINER):
> 
> FLATLINER
> [ Bacon is a game inspired by the book "Seven Steps To Kevin Bacon", or a
> game known as "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", illustrating the ubiquity of
> the actor Kevin Bacon. Consider it an exercise in graph theory. ]
> 
> General Equipment: Movie Database, Gamepoints as needed
> 
> Number of Participants: 2; Referees: 1
> 
> Rules:
> 
> The game consists of a series of rounds. At the start of each round, each
> player must name an actor or actress(hereafter referred to as an actron),
> who has appeared in at least one movie as specified in the Movie Database.
> This naming period is over when both players have named an actron, or three
> days have passed since the referee announced the start of the round,
> whichever comes first; in the latter case, if one player named an actron
> and the other did not, then the first player wins the round, and if neither
> named an actron then the round is a draw.
> 
> After the actrons have been named for a round, each player must attempt to
> construct a "Bacon chain" between the two of them. A Bacon chain consists
> of a series of links; each link must consist of the name of a movie and the
> names of two actrons who were in the movie. For a chain to be valid,
> adjacent links must have at least one actron in common. [Thus, the link
> "Terminator: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton" followed by the link
> "Twins: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito" would be a valid chain; the
> first link above followed by the link "Wayne's World: Dana Carvey, Tia
> Carrere" would not.] (If there is ambiguity between two movies or actrons
> with identical names, it is up to the referee to determine which is meant
> in each case, and to make this information available to both players.)
> 
> Each player has three days from the time the naming period ends to send
> such a chain to the referee. After this period ends or Bacon chains are
> received from each player, the referee shall post both chains.
> 
> If one player thinks that the other player's chain is invalid, then e may
> challenge it up to three days after the chains are posted. The referee will
> check each link in the Movie Database, and determine whether the chain is
> valid. Otherwise, a chain will be assumed to valid if it goes unchallenged
> for the three days. (If a player did not submit a Bacon chain for that
> round, then eir chain is considered invalid.)
> 
> If one player's chain is valid and the other's is invalid, then the first
> player wins the round. If both chains are valid and one player's chain is
> shorter than the other(contains fewer links), then e wins the round. If
> neither chain is valid, or both chains are valid and of equal length, then
> neither player wins the round.
> 
> The winner of a round receives a Gamepoint.
> 
> Winning: The winner of the game shall be the first player to obtain 5
> Gamepoints. The winner shall receive a standard Trophy. The referee shall
> receive A$8 from the Treasury upon conclusion of the game. If one player
> leaves the game, then the remaining player will win the game immediately by
> forfeit.
> 
> Cheating: Players may not consult the Movie Database themselves during the
> course of a round.
> FLATLINER

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:21:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2765 accepted

Results of Proposal 2765

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
5/8 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2765 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:20 EST
> Impossibility is almost possible
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Amend rule 701 (Crime) by replacing the final sentence of the second
> paragraph [Currently " However, an attempt to commit such an action is the
> Crime of Attempting the Impossible [even though the action itself does not
> occur]."] with the following:
> 
> "Although such an action does not occur it is not in itself a crime."
> 
> {{[I don't really see the need for this. All it leads to is lots of people
> beginning any sentence which describes an action with 'If it is
> possible...' which can get tiresome.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:27:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2766 accepted

Results of Proposal 2766

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
6/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2766 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:21 EST
> Only the good... (remember song titles)
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Modify rule 950 by adding the following text at the end of section IV:
> 
> "If a rule defining an esoteric song is created and that song is currently
> being played as a mundane song then the song instantly ceases to be being
> played and instead the song Barbie Girl by Aqua is played [to encourage
> people to change it as quickly as possible]."
> 
> Create a new rule as a member of The Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite
> titled "ASS song: No-one But You" reading as follows:
> 
> "Title: No-one But You (Only the Good Die Young)
> 
> Artist: Queen
> 
> Trigger: Whenever a player is inducted into the hall of elders.
> 
> Duration: Three Acka days.
> 
> Effect: All players are so struck with sadness that they must remain in the
> same location, mourning, whilst the song is being played. This section of
> this rule defers to any rule that requires any player to change location as
> an involuntary action [e.g. Bracket Smiley Pedantry].
> 
> Explanation: "One by one, only the good die young." [No-one But You (Only
> the Good Die Young), Queen]. Further honouring of the elders.

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:30:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2767 rejected

Results of Proposal 2767

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
4/10 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    NO:
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2767 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:22 EST
> "Isaiah had it right."
> Wild Card (Jonathan David Amery)
> 
> Create a new rule, entitled "Isaiah", reading as follows (delimited by
> BIBLE)
> 
> BIBLE
> "Upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall" [The Bible, KJV,
> Is2:15] "there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the
> heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from" [The Bible, KJV,
> Is4:6] "storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. " [The Bible,
> KJV, Is29:6]
> BIBLE

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:34:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2768 accepted

Results of Proposal 2768

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2768 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:23 EST
> Klingon Honour in Party Chess
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1230.2 by replacing the text:
> 
> "7. Check
> A Swinger is in Check when his King is attacked by one or more opposing
> pieces."
> 
> with
> 
> "7. Check
> A Swinger is in Check when his King is attacked by one or more pieces owned
> by a Swinger whose King is on-board."
> 
> Append the following QAPLA-delimited text to the end of Section 8 of Rule
> 1230.2:
> 
> QAPLA
> As "Only an enemy without honour refuses to show himself in battle"
> [Michael Dorn (Worf), Star Trek, The Next Generation: Evolution], a player
> may not capture another player's King unless the player performing the
> capture has their King on-board. The preceding sentence has precedence over
> all other parts of the Party Chess Suite which define how pieces may
> capture.
> QAPLA
> 
> {{[Another incentive to keep your King on-board. Otherwise people off-board
> can earn Stabber's Knives without the risk that other people will grab
> Stabber's Knives back as an act of revenge.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:35:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2768 accepted

Results of Proposal 2768

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2768 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:23 EST
> Klingon Honour in Party Chess
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1230.2 by replacing the text:
> 
> "7. Check
> A Swinger is in Check when his King is attacked by one or more opposing
> pieces."
> 
> with
> 
> "7. Check
> A Swinger is in Check when his King is attacked by one or more pieces owned
> by a Swinger whose King is on-board."
> 
> Append the following QAPLA-delimited text to the end of Section 8 of Rule
> 1230.2:
> 
> QAPLA
> As "Only an enemy without honour refuses to show himself in battle"
> [Michael Dorn (Worf), Star Trek, The Next Generation: Evolution], a player
> may not capture another player's King unless the player performing the
> capture has their King on-board. The preceding sentence has precedence over
> all other parts of the Party Chess Suite which define how pieces may
> capture.
> QAPLA
> 
> {{[Another incentive to keep your King on-board. Otherwise people off-board
> can earn Stabber's Knives without the risk that other people will grab
> Stabber's Knives back as an act of revenge.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:37:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2769 accepted

Results of Proposal 2769

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
8/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2769 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:24 EST
> I Still Think We Shouldn't Wait a Week
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[Malenkai and Balsamic Dragon both left the game with CFJ decisions
> pending. We have to wait until a week is up before these CFJs can be
> reassigned. I don't see why we should.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 256, "Leaving the Game", as follows:
> 
> a) Renumber section 5 to section 6.
> b) Insert the following text immediately after section 4:
> "5) All CFJs and CFCJs they have been assigned but which they have not
> returned a verdict on are reassigned randomly as if they had been declined,
> even if more than 3 days have passed since the assignment. The preceding
> sentence does not apply to CFJs and CFCJs currently under consideration by
> the Supreme Court."
> 
> {{[If a Justice leaves, another Justice will probably come along quickly.
> But first-round judges should be replaced ASAP when they leave.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:40:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2770 accepted

Results of Proposal 2770

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
7/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    NO:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2770 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:27 EST
> Supreme Court Reform
> Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
> 
> [ Changes since the RFC: (1) 2nd (and final) appeals go to the full Court
> instead of a Supreme Cortex. If the Court cannot reach unanimity within a
> week, a 2/3 supermajority will do. Justices in the minority may write
> Dissents to be placed in the CFJ archive. (2) When a Justice goes on
> vacation or declines Judgment, another Justice is the first choice for
> Acting Justice. (Basically, Justices can double for each other). (3) Senate
> given more time to remove a Presidentially appointed Justice. (4) Reference
> to the old Jury system removed from R217, and AOJ rules reworded to reflect
> new SC / Senate relationship. ]
> 
> [I. Reorganization of the Supreme Court]
> 
> Amend Rule 416's (The Supreme Court) full text to the following :) -
> delimited text.
> 
> :)
> The Office of Justice has a variable number of Seats. {{The Office of
> Justice has two Seats. A player who occupied a Seat in the Office of
> Justice immediately before the most recent amendment to this Rule continues
> to hold a seat in the Office of Justice. If either or both of these Seats
> were empty immediately before the most recent amendment to this Rule, the
> empty seat(s) remain empty until filled.}} A player eligible to be a
> Justice may, as a public action, make themselves a Justice. Upon them doing
> so, they will either occupy a formerly empty Seat in the office of Justice
> (should any exist), or a new Seat in the Office of Justice shall be created
> and they shall occupy it (this happens only in the case where no Seats in
> the Office of Justice were empty at the time they made themselves Justice).
> When a Justice resigns or is otherwise removed from eir Office, the seat
> they vacated is destroyed. The previous sentence notwithstanding, no game
> events shall cause the Office of Justice to have fewer than two seats. The
> Justices are collectively known as the Supreme Court.
> 
> Only those players eligible to be Praetor are eligible to be Justices,
> except that a player holding a seat in the Office of Justice is always
> eligible to hold that seat. A player impeached from the Office of Justice
> during the last 90 days is ineligible for the Office of Justice.
> 
> Should a Seat in the Office of Justice remain vacant for three days, or
> should such a Seat be vacant for any length of time if there are no players
> eligible to fill it, it is the privelege of the President to appoint a
> willing player to fill that Office. The appointee fills the empty Justice
> seat, regardless of eir eligibility stated elsewhere in this Rule. Within
> the first two weeks of eir Justicehood, the Senate may, as an
> organizational action, remove the appointee from office. Players who held
> the office of Justice for less than two weeks are not considered former
> Justices for the pruposes of this or other Rules.
> 
> When a Justice goes on Vacation, a randomly selected Justice (not including
> any Justices that are on Vacation or owners of the same Supreme Cortex as
> the Vacationing one) shall fill that Justice's seat in the Supreme Court in
> an Acting capacity. The Clerk of the Courts shall make the random
> selection. This paragraph takes precedence over Rules that would prevent
> the same player being an Officer and an Acting Officer in the same Office.
> If there are no Justices eligible to double as Acting Justices, then the
> Praetor or Acting Praetor shall fill that Justice's seat as an Acting
> Justice. If the vacationing Justice is an owner of a Supreme Cortex, then
> the Acting Justice performing eir duties is treated by any other Rules
> dealing with Supreme Cortices to be an owner of that Suprme Cortex in place
> of the Vacationing Justice.
> 
> The Praetor or Acting Praetor shall be an Acting Justice whenever there is
> a vacancy in the Supreme Court.
> :)
> 
> [II. Introducing the Supreme Cortex]
> 
> Amend the third paragraph of Rule 500.2 "Entity Ownership" to read in full,
> "If an entity is nontradeable or tradeable, then it is ownable. At any
> given time, each ownable entity is either owned by one or more named
> entities or Somewhere Else (unowned). If the Rule(s) defining an ownable
> entity do not explicitly state that it may have multiple owners, then it
> can have at most one owner."
> 
> Create a new Rule, entitled "The Supreme Cortex" and numbered 416.1, with
> the following ;) - delimited text.
> 
> ;)
> A Supreme Cortex (hereafter Cortex, plural Cortices) is a named,
> nontradeable entity. At any time it may have zero, one or two owners. A
> Cortex with two owers is Active. A Cortex with one owner is Undermanned. A
> Cortex with zero owners is instantly destroyed, except if it is the only
> one in existence. Such a Cortex is Vacant.
> 
> Only Justices may own a Supreme Cortex, and no Justice may own more than
> one Cortex. A Justice who owns a Cortex is Grafted; one who does not is
> Ungrafted.
> 
> If there are no Vacant or Undermanned Cortices, an Ungrafted Justice may
> create a new Cortex as a public action, by specifying its name ("The
> Supreme Court" or any name with the same primitive form is not a valid name
> for a Supreme Cortex). The new Cortex is initially Undermanned, its creator
> being its sole owner. At any time, an Ungrafted Justice or Acting Justice
> may, as a public action, become an owner of a Vacant or Undermanned Cortex.
> A player ceases to be an onwer of a Cortex if they either publically give
> up eir ownership of that Cortex, or cease to be a Justice or Acting
> Justice.
> 
> {{ Create a Supreme Cortex, named "The Entity Formerly Known as the Supreme
> Court" (TEFKatSC for short). All extant Justices are owners of TEFKatSC.
> All CFJ's that the Supreme Court is considering are assigned to TEFKatSC.
> }}
> ;)
> 
> [That last bit should provide continuity through the Supreme Court
> reorganization.]
> 
> [III. Appeal / Judgment Interface]
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 217.1 and entitled "Selecting a Cortex" with
> the following :p - delimited text.
> 
> :p
> Whenever the Rules call for the Supreme Court to consider a CFJ for the
> first time, the Clerk of the Courts shall assign that CFJ to a Supreme
> Cortex.
> 
> E shall select a Supreme Cortex (hereafter Cortex) based on the following
> guidelines.
> 1. E shall assign the CFJ to the Active Cortex that is already considering
> the fewest CFJ's. If multiple Active Cortices are tied for this
> distinction, e shall choose randomly among them.
> 2. If there are no Active Cortices, e shall assign the CFJ to the
> Undermanned Cortex that is already considering the fewest CFJ's. If
> multiple Undermanned Cortices are tied for this distinction, e shall choose
> randomly among them.
> 3. If the only Cortex in existence is Vacant, e shall assign the CFJ to the
> Vacant Cortex.
> 
> When a Cortex is destroyed, all CFJ's assigned to it are reassigned to
> another Cortex as per the above guidelines.
> 
> If the Rules direct the Supreme Court to consider a given CFJ for a second
> time, the entire Court shall consider the matter (as opposed to a single
> Cortex).
> :p
> 
> Amend the fourth paragraph of Rule 217 (Overturning Judgment) to read, "The
> Supreme Court shall then decide the case, and should return its verdict
> within one week. If this is the first time the Supreme Court has considered
> that CFJ, the unanimous decision of the owners of the Supreme Cortex that
> was assigned the CFJ shall be the verdict of the Court. If the Supreme
> Court has already returned a verdict on the CFJ in question, and this
> verdict was appealed, the Supreme Court's verdict shall be the unanimous
> decision of all non-Vacationing justices (returned within one week of the
> full Court receiving the CFJ) or the decision of a 2/3 supermajority of the
> non-Vacationing Justices (if the Court does not reach a unanimous decision
> within one week)."
> 
> In the last paragraph of Rule 217, replace, "After the fourth time a
> judgement has been returned on a single CFJ, it may not be appealed
> further. [The original judgement plus 3 appeals.]" with "A verdict returned
> by the Supreme Court as a whole (e.g. a second appeal verdict) may not be
> appealed."
> 
> Amend the last paragraph of Rule 417 (Justices Rock) to read, "When a CFJ
> is assigned to the Supreme Cortex that a Justice or Acting Justice owns,
> that Justice or Acting Justice may, as a public action, decline Judgment on
> that CFJ. In this case, an Acting Justice is selected to act as an owner of
> that Supreme Cortex with respect to that CFJ only, in the original
> Justice's or Acting Justice's stead; the procedure used to select the
> Acting Justice is in this case the same as if the original Justice or
> Acting Justice had gone on Vacation."
> 
> [IV. Finishing Touches ]
> 
> Remove the last sentence of the next-to-last paragraph of Rule 217. [A bit
> of archaic language from the ill-fated Jury system].
> 
> In Rule 417 (Justices Rock) change "2) An AOJ to nullify a Senatorial
> Decision to confirm a particular player to the Supreme Court." to "2) An
> AOJ to nullify a Senatorial Decision to remove a particular player from the
> Supreme Court."
> 
> Add the following 8$ - delimited text to the end of Rule 418.
> 
> 8$
> For one week following the Supreme Court returning a non-unanimous verdict
> on a CFJ appeal, dissenting Justices may publically post an official
> Dissent to the Supreme Court's reasoning. This Dissent should be included
> along with the majority reasoning in any CFJ archives. {{[ 'should' because
> the CFJ archives are presently unofficial. ]}}
> 8$

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:43:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2771 accepted

Results of Proposal 2771

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
6/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2771 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:29 EST
> My, That Rule's been revised often!
> Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal. Add the following to the end of Duty b) in Rule
> 407.1 (Rule-Harfer)
> 
> If the length of a Rule's revision history becomes unwieldy (in the opinion
> of the Rule-Harfer), and if the format in which the Official Rules Document
> supports such, a Rule's revision history may be maintained in a separate
> document, with a link to this document at the bottom of the Rule text.

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:45:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2772 accepted

Results of Proposal 2772

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
5/7 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2772 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:30 EST
> Activity Index Freeze
> Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal. [This is meant only as a stopgap to prevent
> activity abuse from wreaking havoc on the Market while the players can
> agree on a more suitable index to replace it.]
> 
> Amend Rule 530, section c), to read in full, "The activity value is x."
> where x is replaced by the activity value the Stock Market had immediately
> prior to this amendment.

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:48:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2773 rejected

Results of Proposal 2773

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
5/10 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2773 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:31 EST
> Predatory Pricing
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> Create a new rule named "The Price Wars" numbered 1299, with the following
> GO delimited text
> GO
> {{Each player recieves 10 pieces of lumber. Each player recieves 5 pieces
> or mortar.}}
> Ackanomic is commisioning a major construction project, and needs 160
> pieces of lumber and 100 pieces of mortar to do it. Consequently, as soon
> as this rule is created, it will accept bids from players to sell lumber
> and mortar. A player bids by publicly announcing the number of A$ they will
> offer each unit of lumber or mortar for, and how many they are offering at
> that price. Two weeks after this rule is created, bids will no longer be
> accepted. Initially all bids will be under consideration. At that point,
> the treasury will perform the following:
> 1) It will examine the bid for lumber with the lowest A$/unit which is
> under consideration. If there are multiple bids at this price, the one for
> which the smaller of the number of units offered and the number of units
> owned by the offering player is larger will be examined. If there are still
> multiple bids, one will be accepted at random. (In otherwords, the one
> which offers the most lumber at the smallest price will be accepted.)
> 2) It will transfer units of lumber from the player who made that bid to
> the treasury one at a time until the player has no more lumber, the
> treasury has 160 units of lumber, or the number of units of lumber
> specified in the bid have been transfered during this step. They player
> will then be given A$ equal to the number of units of lumber that were
> transfered from them times the number of A$ specified in their bid.
> 3) It will remove that bid from consideration.
> 4) It will repeat steps 1 through 4 until it has 160 units of lumber, or
> there are no more bids under consideration.
> 5) If the treasury does not have 160 units of lumber, then players who own
> lumber will be selected at random to transfer a single unit of lumber to
> the treasury until it does.
> 6) Steps 1-5 will be repeated with mortar and up to a maximum of 100 units.
> 7) Everything except the last paragraph of this rule will be repealed.
> 
> A unit or piece of lumber of mortar is a tradeable, unnamed entity.
> GO

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:50:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2774 accepted

Results of Proposal 2774

10/18 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Goldenmean           (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

> Proposal 2774 - Sun 08 Mar 1998 19:33 EST
> Get Your Stinking Hands Off My Desert
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1217, "Buried Treasure!", as follows:
> 
> In Section IV, replace the first sentence
> 
> {{[
> If there currently exist Treasures which have not yet been "found", which
> were buried more than 90 days ago, and for which no map custodian or map
> writer is a current player, then the Archaeologist has the prerogative of
> organizing an Expedition.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following(delimited by DWEEZIL):
> 
> DWEEZIL
> If there currently exist Treasures which have not yet been found, for which
> no map custodian or map writer is a current player, and for which both of
> the previous states have been true for more than 90 days, then the
> Archaeologist has the prerogative of organizing an Expedition.
> DWEEZIL
> 
> {{[ This is intended to make long-buried treasures buried by recently-
> departed players ineligible for Historical Artefact status. ]}}
> 
> Append to the second paragraph of section IV the following text (delimited
> by VALINOR):
> 
> VALINOR
> When the Archaeologist announces an Expedition, e may also specify a
> certain set of Treasures which are not to be considered Historical
> Artefacts for the purposes of this Expedition.
> VALINOR
> 
> {{[ This way the Archaeologist can show some respect for Treasures whose
> buriers may still return. I leave this entirely up to em. ]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:55:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2781

Proposal 2781
No. Swiss Bank Ac
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend section VI of rule 505 (Treasury and AckaDollars) to read:

The Total Wealth of a Player, Undead, or Organization is defined as the
sum of the total number of A$ it possesses plus the combined values of
all trinkets, Majiks and stocks in its possession.

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:56:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2782

Proposal 2782
More Clearing Up
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

{{Destroy Rule 1 is repealed. #1 Headquarters.

[Depending on when breadbox distributes this it's possible that it might be
gone in time for the tornado. Whether it is or not, we ought to be rid of it
before the summer tornado. And even if the appeal of the CFJ determines that
it won't shelter people then we probably ought to get rid of it just for
aesthetic reasons (I mean, having two buildings in the same place is hardly
intuitive, and I'm sure there must be a paradox just waiting to be found from
it.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:59:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2783

Proposal 2783
Otherwise There's No Point
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{[A Skeleton Key is designed to let people get people out of Gaol.  But
you can't currently use it to get yourself out of Gaol.  This is a
_Skeleton Key_ we're talking about - surely if you own one you should be
able to use it to organise a breakout.]}}

Amend Rule 709, "Gaol", by appending the following GOOGF-delimited text
immediately after the phrase "Puppet Head":

GOOGF
10) A player in Gaol may play a Skeleton Key Otzma Card.
GOOGF

{{[GOOJF is "Get out of Gaol Free", of course.]}}

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:00:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2784

Proposal 2784
Statute of Limitations
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[Currently nothing prohibits people from being tried for crimes which
date back well over a year.  Shouldn't something be done about this?]}}

Amend Rule 710, "Criminal Justice" by replacing
"earlier than the current date"
with
"between 1 and 30 days prior to the current date"

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