Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #38
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acka-voting-digest        Monday, April 6 1998        Volume 03 : Number 038

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:20:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2833

Proposal 2833
It's a Duel, Not a Feud!
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Currently there is no limit to how long a Duel can run for.  Meanwhile,
the two main protagonists remain untouchable - so they could start up a
Duel which runs for ages and ages to avoid Duelling other people.
Besides, the concept of a Duel running for months and months just doesn't
appeal to me - the current Spades duel between Hubert and Goldenmean is
beyond a joke.]

Amend Rule 1215, "Duels", as follows:

(a) Append the following DRAW-delimited text after the text "the loser's
Second loses 3 points.":

DRAW
If no winner has been declared, but the Duel is over, then no points are
gained or lost by any player involved in the Duel as a result of the Duel.
DRAW

(b) Renumber Section 4 to Section 5, and Section 3 to Section 4.

(c) Insert the following LONG-delimited text immediately before the new
Section 4:

LONG
3. If a Duel is still in progress three months after it was started, then
the parties have lost interest, and it is declared to be over without a
winner.
LONG

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:25:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2834

Proposal 2834
Initiatives and good Intentions.
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

Append the following text to R419.3 "How Are Thing Out There"
"
When the Ambassador receives a messaged from a Liaison of another nomic
which is a member of Internomic, and the message is addresses to the
People of Ackacnomic, then the Ambassador must forward this message to the
Public Forum, and it is deemed to be a public message by the nomic from
whose Liaison it was received.
"

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2835

Proposal 2835
Party Hall Unity
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

Append the following text to R1040 "Party Hall" as section VI:
"
A proposal that attempts to add a rule to the Party Chess Rule Suite,
Repeal a rule from the Party Chess Rule Suite, or amend a rule in the
Party Chess Rule Suite, and does not attempt to change the text of any
rule which is not a member of the Party Chess Rule Suite, shall be refered
to in this proposal as a Chess Proposal.
Whenever all Swingers vote on a Chess Proposal the same way, an additional
vote is cast by Party Hall. The vote cast by Party Hall is called the
Swing Vote and it identical to the vote cast by the Swingers."

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:28:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2836

Proposal 2836
Insurance Policy
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{ Amend section XIII of R850 to add "The Museum owns all objects in the
Private Collection Room until they are requested again by their donator." at
the end of that section. This clears up ownership problems that may arise. }}

{{ Add the following as an additional section to R850 }}

X. Scandals and Insurance
If an object is stolen from the Private Collection Room of the Museum, there
is said to be The Scandal of the Century. The Caped Crusader must explain
that he was "stuck in traffic at the time". If the original donor the stolen
object says that he is "much saddened by this event", then he will collect
an insurance premium from the Treasury worth 90% (rounded down) of the value
of the stolen object. In compensation for the sentimental value, he will
also get, randomly, one Qualified Gadget in proper working order.

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2837

Proposal 2837
Who's afraid of Agatha Christie?
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{Amend R705 to add the following paragraph at the end}}

If there is a Scandal of the Century and a player is put in Goal for it,
then the Caped Crusader will gain the title of Poirot's Little Gray Cells.

{{ Add the following to the Literature List:
Artist: Agatha Christie ; author of detective stories }}

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:40:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2838

Proposal 2838
Wenn der Tone Zauber walten und des Worte Weihe spricht
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{ Add the following to the Literature List.
Work: Blade Runner ; Sci-fi movie
Work: Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet ; 1996 movie
Work: Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen ; French constitution
of 1789
Artist: John leCarre ; British author of spy novels
Artist: Beethoven ; German composer 
Artist: Mozart ; Austrian composer }}

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:45:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2839

Proposal 2839
Wizards Return
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{Renumber this rule to 2100}}

The age of Magic has returned. Wizards now battle each other again on
spiritual planes in titanic struggles. There exists Light Wizards and Dark
Wizards. However, they have special powers defined as Astral Spells by other
rules. A Wizard may not be a member of any organization or political party,
nor hold any offices. Nor can he own any Ackadollars or trinkets, and if
receiving some, must get rid of them within 24 hours. At any time, a wizard
who does not fulfill these criteria will no longer be a wizard.

Any player who is eligible to be a Wizard and bangs their heads on the
bottom of the river during white water rafting, and then spends one month in
the library, becomes a Wizard at the end of that month if they still meet
the criteria above.

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:48:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2840

Proposal 2840
Organization Disbanding
JT (JT Traub)

{{[I believe this allows at least VSOs to disband, something which recently
   came up in a CFJ.  It also allows other organizations to disband, but I
   suspect that something special might need to be done to handle some
   various other special cases for Churches or Parties that I might have
   missed.  If there are, I suspect there will quickly be amendments to this
   rule to fix any such problems.
]}}

Amend rule 1003 Section 2 as follows
replace the following CURRENT delimited text
CURRENT
The rules may call for the disbandment of an Organization.  When an
Organization is disbanded, everything owned by the Organization is transferred
to the Treasury and the Organization is then no more.
CURRENT

with the following NEW delimited text
NEW
The rules may call for the disbandment of an Organization.

Unless the rules for a specific type of organization specify another way
for disbanding, then Disbanding an organization is allowed as a public
action.

When an Organization is disbanded, everything owned by the Organization is
transferred to the Treasury, all members of the Organization are no longer
considered to be members, any Swingers for that Organization are no longer
Swingers for that Organization, and the Organization is then no more.
NEW

- -=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Amend rule 1003 Section 3 as follows
Add the following
   d. Disband
to the list of actions allows for a VSO

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:52:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2841

Proposal 2841
Cum On Feel The Noize
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 1003, "Organizations", as follows:

Append to Section 2., "Organization Disbandment", the sentence "An
Organization is disbanded when it has no members.  An Organization
may disband as an Organizational Action."

In Section 3., "Very Small Organizations", insert after 3.c. the
line "d. Disband".  {{[ In case the previous clause didn't have the
power to do this ]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:53:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2842

Proposal 2842
Veet Voojagig
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 611, "Le Grand Fromage", as follows:

Replace the following text(delimited by BIRO):

BIRO
   A player receives a stilton if e the ten most recent proposals e
   authored, that are not in the voting queue, were all accepted.
BIRO

with the following text(delimited by GARGLE):

GARGLE
   A player receives a stilton if e the ten most recent proposals e
   authored for which valid voting results have been released were
   all accepted.
GARGLE

{{[ This should exclude both Proposals that are still under voting
consideration and retracted Proposals. ]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:55:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2843

Proposal 2843
Born loser
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

A$30000 is transferred from the treasury to /dev/joe.

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 05:56:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2844

Proposal 2844
Benefyts Finally Have a Use!
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 1230.5, "Creation of a PartyChessPiece Rook", as follows:

(a) Change its title to "PartyChessPiece Rook".
(b) Append the following BENF-delimited text:

BENF
4. A Rook has a Special Move, which consists of moving one square in any
diagonal direction, followed by up to five squares horizontally or
vertically, provided that the orthogonal direction taken is only 45
degrees rotated from the diagonal direction taken (e.g. you can move
up-left then left, but not up-left then right).  All intervening squares,
and the destination square, must be unoccupied.  This move may not be used
as a Capture.
[As this is a Special Move it requires a cost of one Benefyt.  It is not a
capture because that would make checking someone far too easy.]
BENF

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 21:40:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2802 accepted

Results of Proposal 2802

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
16/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
JT
Attila the Pun
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Koxvolio                                [Koxvolio is no longer pending]
IdiotBoy                                [IdiotBoy is no longer pending]
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Klingon Unity Vote
Bonus Vote                              [Vynd used a Bonus Vote]
Tammany                                 [Vynd bribed Tammany A$50]
                                        [breadbox bribed Tammany A$31 (NO)]

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
breadbox
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2802 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 12:50 EST
> The truth cannot be denied!
> Vynd (John McCoy)
> 
> "I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now."
> 
> Create a new Rule 1340, The Color Black, with the following text:
> 
> Black is a color. Contradiction of this fact is Black Heresy. Witchhunts
> may be called against those who have publicly questioned this fact, using
> the same methods and results as described in Rule 1307, except that the
> alledged Heretic need not have claimed the Earth is Round in this case.

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 21:47:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2803

Results of Proposal 2803

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
11/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
JT
Koxvolio
Illusion
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Attila the Pun
breadbox
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2803 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 12:55 EST
> Hydrargyrum
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Warning Contains: complementary
> 
> {{[Hydrargyrum - obviously it was meant to be ]}}
> 
> Replace the last paragraph of Rule 675 "Mercury Poisoning" with:
> 
> If the Mad Hatters have been in possession of a given Visible Agenda Hat
> for more than 7 days, and a player points this fact out, then that Visible
> Agenda Hat and its complementary Nemesis Eggplant are destroyed.
> 
> {{[Homonyms should be banned, or at least severely restricted IMVUHO :)]}}
> 
> {{ All Nemesis Eggplants for which an agenda hat with the same condition
> does not exist are destroyed }}
> 
> {{[When TGW traded eir hat to TMH and it was subsequently destroyed the
> eggplant continued to exist. I suppose if someone submitted the exact same
> condition this time round things could become interesting.... ]}}
> 
> Amend the following paragraph of rule 597 "The Frankenstein Monster(s)":
> Any voting player (including the Mad Scientist) has the option of digging
> up and delivering a Frankenstein Part to the Mad Scientist, once per
> calendar week.
> 
> to read:
> Any voting player (including the Mad Scientist) has the option of digging
> up and delivering a valid Frankenstein Part to the Mad Scientist, once per
> calendar week.
> 
> {{[this bit is from my self-amending proposal bungle 2651; It seams
> appropriate to put it in this proposal which is otherwise a bit light-on,
> and shouldn't make it any more unpalatable :). Essentially this
> modification means that if you bungle and submit a part from a gadget, when
> the MS points this out according to section v) it is still possible to
> submit a valid part during that week. ] }}

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 21:51:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2804 accepted

Results of Proposal 2804

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
15/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Guy Fawkes
JT
Attila the Pun
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Koxvolio
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote

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

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2804 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 12:57 EST
> Appeal Penalty Revocation
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[I was convicted of Being Annoying, appealed it to the Supreme Court, who
> made an error of fact and convicted me again, fining me 15 points. When the
> error of fact was pointed out and I re-appealed, the conviction was
> quashed. But the 15 points I lost stayed lost. I don't feel that this
> should be the case - after all, if you are proven right in the end, why
> should you be penalised because an earlier appeal saw you wrongly judged
> against?]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 217, "Overturning Judgements", by replacing the following
> UNFORTUNATE-delimited text:
> 
> UNFORTUNATE
> If the court agrees with the previous verdict, then the player who lodged
> the appeal shall be fined an amount from 1 to 25 points for frivolously
> bothering the judges. If the Justices fail to specify the amount of this
> fine with their verdict, it shall be 25 points. However, if the Court finds
> the case differently than the previous verdict, then the verdict shall be
> overturned to the new verdict, and the judge (or each justice on the court)
> who delivered the previous verdict, shall be fined an amount from 1 to 10
> points, to be decided by the Justices of the Court. If the Justices fail to
> specify the amount of this fine with their verdict, it shall be 1 point.
> UNFORTUNATE
> 
> with the following FAIRER-delimited text:
> 
> FAIRER
> If the court agrees with the previous verdict, the player who lodged the
> appeal shall be fined between 1 and 25 points for a frivolous appeal, with
> the penalty to be 25 points unless the Justices specify otherwise.
> 
> If the court disagrees with the previous verdict, then the verdict shall be
> overturned to the new verdict, and all players who decided the previous
> verdict [i.e. judge, or justice on a Cortex] shall be fined between 1 and
> 10 points, the penalty to be 1 unless the Justices specify otherwise.
> 
> Further, if the judgement (A) under appeal included a penalty for a
> frivolous appeal or a judgement overturn, and judgement A is itself
> overturned, then points shall be awarded to the parties penalised by
> judgement (A) as described above, to exactly balance the points lost from
> that judgement.
> FAIRER

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 21:54:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2805 rejected

Results of Proposal 2805

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
11/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
JT
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio
breadbox
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2805 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 12:59 EST
> Ineligibility
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 218 entitled "CFJ Ineligibility list" and
> reading as follows, delimited by QUACK:
> 
> QUACK
> A player whose name appears on the CFJ Ineligibility List (List) is
> ineligible to be selected as a Judge. As a public action, a player may
> remove their name from the List if it is on the List by paying the standard
> harfer fee, or add their name to the List if it is not there already. If a
> player voluntarily put eir name on the CFJ ineligibility list then e does
> not need to pay the standard harfer fee to remove eir name from the list.
> 
> Whenever a player is considered a deadbeat as per rule 212 or rule 213,
> their name is added to the CFJ Ineligibility List if it is not already
> there.
> 
> Whenever a player leaves Ackanomic eir name is removed from the CFJ
> ineligibility list, if it is already there. {{All non player have their
> names removed from the CFJ ineligibility list.}}
> QUACK
> 
> Delete the last two paragraphs of rule 212.
> 
> Modify rule 413 by replacing:
> 
> "(d) maintaining and making public upon request the CFJ Ineligibility List.
> The Clerk of the Court shall be Acting Speaker when there is no Speaker or
> Acting Speaker, and is the default Acting Speaker when the Speaker is on
> vacation."
> 
> with:
> 
> "(d) maintaining and making public upon request the CFJ Ineligibility List,
> including noting whether the players on it are there by their own choice.
> 
> The Clerk of the Court shall be Acting Speaker when there is no Speaker or
> Acting Speaker, and is the default Acting Speaker when the Speaker is on
> vacation."

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 21:58:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2806 rejected

Results of Proposal 2806

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

    YES:
Attila the Pun
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio
IdiotBoy
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
JT
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
breadbox
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25]

    PRESENT:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2806 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 13:00 EST
> Slightly easier cheeses
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Modify rule 611 to replace " five or more players" with " three or more
> player".

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 22:02:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2807 accepted

Results of Proposal 2807

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Koxvolio
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Illusion
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Attila the Pun
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2807 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 13:02 EST
> Hippy Hippy Shakes
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ There still seems to me to be some ambiguity about when something
> occurs when it depends not only a public action but on a random
> determination. It makes more sense to me for it to occur when the
> determination does, and that's what this tries to do. ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 371, "Timing", by inserting the following text(delimited by
> LOBOS)as a paragraph coming before the last one:
> 
> LOBOS
> An event that depends on a random determination for its full specification
> shall not occur until the random determination is publicly knowable.
> LOBOS

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 22:07:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2808 accepted

Results of Proposal 2808

19/20 votes: Quorum achieved
14/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Koxvolio
Illusion
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
Joe Java

> Proposal 2808 - Mon 30 Mar 1998 13:03 EST
> A World We Never Made
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Create a new rule, entitled "The Cubical Earth Implementation Society",
> numbered 1319.2, with text as follows(delimited by QUACK):
> 
> QUACK
> The Cubical Earth Implementation Society exists. Tired of the quibbling
> over round, flat, and banna, the Cubical Earth Implementation Society is
> taking a proactive approach to the whole matter. Their aim, as expressed by
> their name, is to make the world cubical.
> 
> In contrast to their Round and Flat counterparts, the CEIS is more
> interested in donations of equipment than of money. Specifically, they
> require the following materials:
> 
> 4 Pulse Lasers (to carve off the sides of the cube)
> 1 Silver Spaceship (to go and cut off the other side as well)
> 2 Gravitational Monopoles (to collect the matter thus removed)
> 1 BWG Laser and 1 BWG Laser Shotgun Attachment (to dispose of the waste
> matter)
> 
> Any player may donate any item that they own to the CEIS. Donated items
> will be placed in the Museum(as part of the CEIS's promotional display),
> but will not actually be considered to have been donated to the Museum, nor
> shall they be available for theft(since the CEIS security system is said to
> be impregnable). This takes precedence over any other Rule which concerns
> entities in the Museum.
> 
> If at any point the above-requisite entities have been donated to the CEIS,
> then the donor who has donated the most items to the CEIS(or one of them if
> there are more than one) will board the Silver Spaceship with the other
> entities(which will no longer be in the Museum, but will not be in the
> Treasury either)and go forth to execute the Cubicalization plan. The player
> will be on the Spaceship for the next week, and will suffer the same
> restrictions as being in Gaol _and_ on a moon of Ackanomic. However, upon
> eir return, e shall achieve a Winning Condition. At this time all the
> entities donated to the CEIS shall be destroyed, except for the spacecraft
> which shall be Decommissioned. This Rule, as well as Rule 1319 and
> 1319.1(the RERS and FEPS rules), shall be repealed then, and all
> occurrences of the word "flat" in Rule 1307 shall be replaced by "cubical".
> QUACK

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