Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #32
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acka-voting-digest       Tuesday, March 24 1998       Volume 03 : Number 032

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:48:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2781 accepted

Results of Proposal 2781

14/17 votes: Quorum achieved
13/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Guy Fawkes
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

> Proposal 2781 - Mon 16 Mar 1998 12:55 EST
> 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: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:56:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2782 accepted

Results of Proposal 2782

13/17 votes: Quorum achieved
10/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Guy Fawkes
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

> Proposal 2782 - Mon 16 Mar 1998 12:56 EST
> 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 {{Destroy Rule 1 is repealed.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: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:03:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2782 accepted

Results of Proposal 2783

13/17 votes: Quorum achieved
10/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

> Proposal 2783 - Mon 16 Mar 1998 12:59 EST
> 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: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:09:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2784 accepted

Results of Proposal 2784

13/17 votes: Quorum achieved
8/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Guy Fawkes
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

> Proposal 2784 - Mon 16 Mar 1998 13:00 EST
> 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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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:13:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2794

Proposal 2794
This Has Just Gone on Long Enough.
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[Buildings floating in the air,
   Never get you anywhere,
   Time has come for things to change.
   Put the home back on the range.
]}}

{{/dev/voyager0, norpan - Cell Block H, Mohammed's Autumn Hammock, Temple
of the Damned, and VOYAGER I are all given emergency tethers, and
connected to the kaas B4, K1, F9, D7 and I1 respectively.  They are then
reconnected to the ground properly via new Suction Cups and are no longer
dangling.}}

{{All dangling buildings are no longer dangling and are given suction
cups.}}

Delete the last three paragraphs of Rule 1313.
{{[the parts of the Tornado rule which deal with emergency tethers - as
they will no longer be relevant.]}}

Delete the last two paragraphs of Rule 1309.
{{[Dealing with emergency tethers and loss of Suction Cups.]}}

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:15:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2795

Proposal 2795
You Needn't be in a Tornado to be Sheltered
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 841 by replacing the following OLD-delimited text:

OLD
9) Each building with an Ostentatious Tower also has a basement capable of
holding one player for each 20 meters in the combined height of all
towers on that building. When a Tornado strikes, if the total number of
players in a building with a basement who are not otherwise sheltered is
less than or equal to the capacity of the basement, then all those players
manage to escape to the basement and are sheltered. If there are too
many such players in a building, then while fighting to get into the
basement, none of them manage to get in before the tornado hits. 
OLD

with the following NOT-SO-OLD-delimited text:

NOT-SO-OLD
9) Each building with an Ostentatious Tower also has a basement capable of
holding one player for each 20 meters in the combined height of all
towers on that building.  If the total number of players not otherwise
Sheltered in a building with a basement is less than or equal to the
capacity of that basement, then all those players are Sheltered.
NOT-SO-OLD

{{[This fixes up the situation where some people are sheltered all the
time, but others only when a Tornado strikes.]}}

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:18:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2796

Proposal 2796
Providing Meaning Where We Can
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{[ I do not think we believe in Ackanomic as a harsh place where things
must make or break. However, granting to all the players the ability to be
lenient and bend certain rules is not practical. On the other hand, this
type of discretionary leniency (with checks and balances of course) is
exactly what the Senate can do, and was meant for. ]}}

{{ Renumber this rule to 437 }}

The Senate and its membes are the guarantor of functional stability in
Ackanomic. The following lists the Senatorial Calls which may be used to
that effect. Only a Senator may make use of such a Call, and does so by
making it publicly. No Call may be issued if one is already in progress.
These powers are not actions of the Senate but of individual Senators. All
Calls last until the end of the next day after they were issued, unless
canceled by the President.

{{ Amend R415 to add a new power, "Oversight", to read "The president may
invalidate a Senatorial Call currently in progress. This cancels it,
nullifying its effects." }}

I. Quorum Call
The senator who issued the Quorum Call is deemed to have acknowledged it
publicly. All players who have not acknowledged the Quorum Call publicly
before it ends gain a puppet head. In the 24 hours following the end of the
Quorum call, only players who do not have puppet heads are not counted for
Quorum purposes.

{{[ If the tabulator warns of low voter turn out, the Senate can help ]}}

II. Committee Call
When a Committee Call is made, the Senator must also specify an office that
is not the Senate. All deadlines pertaining to the duties of that office are
now suspended and will be due 24 hours after the Committee Call finishes.

{{[ If a player has to leave abruptly for a short period of time, this is
another option rather than the sledgehammer approach of removing them from
office. It can also be a tool when an impeachment proceeding is in effect. ]}}

III. House Call
When a House Call is made, a senator's Call of the past week must be
specified. The Senate has until the end of the following day to censure that
Call. All senators who think that Call should not have been made vote
against. If a majority is against, then the senator who made that call loses
10 points and may not issue a call for seven days.

{{[ There is no such thing as a free lunch ]}}

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