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acka-voting-digest      Wednesday, April 8 1998      Volume 03 : Number 040

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:32:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2809 accepted

Results of Proposal 2809

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
10/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Illusion
IdiotBoy
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Joe Java                                [Joe Java is no longer pending]
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
Koxvolio
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2809 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:23 EST
> Things got quite silly without this
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[Remember the debacle we had with the org currently known as Klingon
> formerly known as something to do with the standard harfer fee? We were
> joining and getting thrown out in quick succession. This proposal aims to
> eliminate this.]}}
> 
> Modify rule 1006 to read in full:
> 
> A player may not denounce an Organizational action which:
> 
> 1) consists entirely of eir removal from that Organization unless there are
> only two members of the organisation.
> 2) was suggested prior to eir most recent acquisition of membership in that
> Organization.

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:37:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2810 accepted

Results of Proposal 2810

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
15/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

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

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2810 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:25 EST
> A Truly Standard Harfer Fee
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[We introduced the concept of a Standard Harfer Fee, but there are still
> a number of small Ackadollar values floating around the ruleset which
> should probably be replaced with the SHF. These include both payments and
> receipts, so the Standard Harfer Fee is also becoming a standard harfer
> salary. This makes the game more flexible if we want to increase or
> decrease the relative value of Acka currency compared to other entities
> such as Swingpoints or Points.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 252 by replacing "e receives A$25" with "e receives an amount
> equal to the Standard Harfer Fee" wherever it occurs.
> 
> {{[Amount received by Mentors on accepting a Mentorship]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 403 by replacing "monthly salary of A$25" with "monthly salary
> equal to the Standard Harfer Fee" wherever it occurs.
> 
> {{[Standard Functional Officer Salary]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 405 by replacing "monthly salary of A$35" with "monthly salary
> equal to A$10 more than the Standard Harfer Fee" wherever it occurs.
> 
> {{[The Speaker retains eir higher salary.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 596 by replacing "shall receive A$15" with "shall receive an
> amount equal to the Standard Harfer Fee" wherever it occurs.
> 
> {{[The amount received by the Mad Scientist for creating an FM]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 620 by replacing "18 A$ shall be paid" with "the Standard Harfer
> Fee shall be paid", wherever it occurs, and "the 18 A$ is not paid" with
> "the Standard Harfer Fee is not paid", wherever it occurs. Also amend it by
> replacing "12 A$ to treat the Goose" with "the Standard Harfer Fee to treat
> the Goose", wherever it occurs, and "5% chance" with "10% chance" wherever
> it occurs.
> 
> {{[The amount spent on Goose Chow each time officer salaries are paid. It's
> a small increase, I don't see that an extra A$7 should be a problem. I've
> also doubled the cost of luxuries, but at the same time doubled the chance
> that the Goose will take pity and fly away when luxuries are offered, to
> maintain the balance.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 910 by replacing "will cost the player A$30" with "will cost the
> player the Standard Harfer Fee", wherever it occurs.
> 
> {{[This changes the price to change Beldin's Pants. A small price drop, and
> the event is so rare anyway (The Secret) that this shouldn't happen too
> often.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 925 by replacing "A$ 20" with "the Standard Harfer Fee" wherever
> it occurs.
> 
> {{[This slightly increases the cost of Starting up a Newspaper, but I think
> that for the sake of standardisation of fees this is worth it.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1125 by replacing all instances of "A$30" and all instances of
> "A$25" with "the Standard Harfer Fee"
> 
> {{[These are the penalty values for lame or hot trinkets, all close enough
> to the standard harfer fee that I think they can be transferred over
> safely.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1317 by replacing all instances of "A$25 for misleading" with
> "the Standard Harfer fee for misleading", and all instances of "A$25
> compensation" with "compensation equal to the Standard Harfer fee".
> 
> {{[The Codex of Kra - these are the penalties / compensation for bogus or
> falsely claimed bogus translations from the Codex.]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:42:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2812 rejected

Results of Proposal 2812

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2812 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:29 EST
> Bluebird of Friendliness
> Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
> 
> Ackanomic is not a sad place. However, a player whose proposal fails to
> pass might crash the mood. Hence the last player whose proposal did not
> pass will get the Bluebird of Friendliness. She is a Blue canary who likes
> to perch in the outlet by the light switch of that player's home. She
> spends her time watching over him like a guardian angel, always near.
> 
> Players may not speak of her in public, nor ownership recorded anywhere
> explicitly. It is a private matter. {{[ which will save work! ]}}
> 
> People who don't know better think the Bluebird of Friendliness looks like
> a common light bulb. They are just a room full of screaming argonauts who
> can't listen when she leaves out the whistles and bells.
> 
> {{[ As an aside, I first wanted for this proposal to be literature,
> considering how much I quote from the song. However, it's tough. In the
> end, I wanted to have a good BoF proposal rather than a patchy one that
> would get the (ridiculously) small amount of extra points. Any one else
> find that problem? ]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:47:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2813 accepted

Results of Proposal 2813

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
Illusion
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2813 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:30 EST
> Swinger Swingpoint Simplification
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{[Currently Rule 1044 says a lot more than it needs to. A slight
> simplification wouldn't hurt to make the rules more readable, and it has
> only one side effect - enabling the 7th best, 8th best, etc. Swingers to
> get swingpoints if they have non-zero weight. Given that this would only
> ever add 1, 2 or in an extremely rare case 3 Swingpoints to someone's
> total, and in such cases some other Swinger is earning 8, 9 or 10, I don't
> see this side effect as anything more than minor.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1044, Swingpoints, by replacing the following ITERATE-delimited
> text:
> 
> ITERATE
> 2. a. Every two weeks on Monday the Chess-Umpire awards Swingpoints to
> Swingers who have positive Weights according to the following scheme:
> (i) The Swinger or Swingers with the highest Weight receives NoS
> SwingPoints.
> (ii) The Swinger or Swingers with the second highest Weight receives NoS-1
> SwingPoints.
> (iii) The Swinger or Swingers with the third highest Weight receives NoS-2
> SwingPoints.
> (iv) If NoS>4 then the Swinger or Swingers with the fourth highest Weight
> receives NoS-3 SwingPoints.
> (v) If NoS>5 the Swinger or Swingers with the fifth highest Weight receives
> NoS-4 SwingPoints.
> (vi) If NoS>6 then the Swinger or Swingers with the sixth highest Weight
> receives Nos-5 SwingPoints.
> b. If it is not possible to find a Swinger that answers the description in
> any of the above sections, then that section is ignored. A Swinger who
> received Swingpoints by one section cannot receive Swingpoints by section
> which follows it.
> c. If the application of Section 2a results in Swingpoints being awarded to
> at least one Party Swinger on a particular Monday, then all other members
> of the Party of the Party Swinger who received more Swingpoints than any
> other Party Swinger (or the only Party Swinger who received Swingpoints, if
> only one received any) each receive one Swingpoint for eir support
> immediately after Swinger Swingpoints are awarded.
> ITERATE
> 
> with the following PARALLEL-delimited text:
> 
> PARALLEL
> 2. a. Every two weeks on Monday the Chess-Umpire awards Swingpoints to
> Swingers who have positive Weights. Each such Swinger receives a number of
> Swingpoints equal to the number of Swingers (excluding Swingers on
> Vacation, but including Acting Swingers) with equal or lower Weights.
> 
> b. If the application of Section 2a results in Swingpoints being awarded to
> at least one Party Swinger on a particular Monday, then all other members
> of the Party of the Party Swinger who received more Swingpoints than any
> other Party Swinger (or the only Party Swinger who received Swingpoints, if
> only one received any) each receive one Swingpoint for eir support
> immediately after Swinger Swingpoints are awarded.
> PARALLEL

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:51:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2814 rejected

Results of Proposal 2814

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
Koxvolio
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

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

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2814 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:45 EST
> Demolishing
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smulker)
> 
> Create a rule, numbered 1182, and titled "Preposterous Hearings", with the
> following text, delimited by "BESTER"
> 
> BESTER
> 
> Warning: contains "Preposterous"
> 
> Any player may call a Preposterous Hearing at any time. As its name may
> suggest, a Preposterous Hearing is a hearing; the player who called it is
> its Hearing Harfer.
> 
> The valid responses to a Preposterous Hearing are: "'Tenser', said the
> Tensor", "That was by way of being artistic license" [Terry Pratchett,
> Small Gods, p. 220], and "'Data' is plural, thank you very much."
> 
> If more players voted "'Tenser,' said the Tensor" than either of the other
> two possibilities, then each player who voted "That was by way of being
> artistic license" shall gain 5 points, and each player who voted "'Data' is
> plural, thank you very much" shall lose 5 points.
> 
> If more players voted "That was by way of being artistic license" than
> either of the other two possibilities, then each player who voted "'Data'
> is plural, thank you very much" shall gain 5 points, and each player who
> voted "'Tenser,' said the Tensor" shall lose 5 points.
> 
> If more players voted "'Data' is plural, thank you very much" than either
> of the other two possibilities, then each player who voted "'Tenser,' said
> the Tensor" shall gain 5 points, and each player who voted "That was by way
> of being artistic license" shall lose 5 points.
> 
> It is the Crime of Gratuitous Preposterousness to call a Preposterous
> Hearing when one has already been called within the past 30 days.
> 
> BESTER

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 21:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2816 rejected

Results of Proposal 2816

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2816 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:48 EST
> The Tensor
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> The Tensor is a unique unownable entity, similar to the Spelling Bee. Like
> the Spelling Bee, it can only operate on and move through Stingable
> Entities and may not operate on, nor move through any other entity.
> It is said the Tensor abhors poor grammar, most especially instances where
> the tense of two seperate words in a phrase are in conflict.
> The Tensor may be initiated by any officer that has the right to initiate a
> Spelling Bee, and is initiated by a public message with the term 'Tensing:'
> in the subject, and in the body of the message, a list of all changes being
> made, clearly identified by title, number and document as appropriate, the
> phrase being replaced, and the phrase to replace it with.
> Noone, other than the authorized officers may initate a use of the Tensor,
> and no use which contains illegal changes will be initated.
> The only permitted use of the Tensor is to change words from one tense in
> the English language to another tense such that the new tense agrees with
> the tenses of other words in the item changed.
> The Tensor may not be used to change the meaning of a given item by its
> action.
> Upon the legal use of the Tensor being announced, the changes will take
> effect.
> Changes made by the Tensor will not be included in the history of the item
> changed. This rule takes precedence over other rules which require such
> notation.
> 
> {{[ Please note that this rule uses the phrase 'said the Tensor' in
> accordance with rule 207.1]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:00:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2817 accepted

Results of Proposal 2817

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
14/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Klingon Unity Vote
Tammany                                 [Hubert bribed Tammany A$27]

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

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2817 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:50 EST
> Got Silver?
> Hubert (Eric Plumb)
> 
> Bribe: If this proposal is accepted, each player that voted YES on it shall
> receive A$15 from Hubert.
> 
> Warning Contains: Werewolf
> 
> [ I thought I'd try this once more as a Song, getting rid of the Astronomer
> part. There is currently no way that I know of for its Trigger to be true,
> but there should be. :-) (I think the moons are going to play a crucial
> role in the future of Acka, and we should start to study them more
> closely.) ]
> 
> Create a new Rule, said the Tensor, as a member of the Ackanomic Sound
> System Rule Suite with the title "ASS Song: Werewolves of London" and the
> following JAGGER-delimited text:
> 
> JAGGER
> Title: Werewolves of London
> 
> Artist: Warren Zevon
> 
> Trigger: It is publically knowable that one or more Ackanomic moons are
> full.
> 
> Duration: Until the moon or moons that triggered this song are no longer
> full.
> 
> Effect: When this song is triggered, the Werewolf of London (hereafter
> Werewolf) begins to roam the streets of Ackanomic. Each time, while this
> Song is playing on the ASS, that one or more of the following three
> conditions become true:
> 
> a) a player's Location changes, whether voluntarily or not,
> b) it is determined that a player is being followed by the B-Ack,
> c) any two players post messages to public fora, each mentioning that a
> certain other player "got mutilated late last night," ["Werewolves of
> London," Warren Zevon] {{[ yes, I know I don't get Lit points ]}}
> 
> the Werewolf will bite the player for whom that condition is true.
> 
> The Werewolf of London is a unique, unownable entity. If the Werewolf
> should bite a player, that player becomes Lycanthropic in the animal of eir
> choice if e is not Lycanthropic already. If e has not chosen an animal
> within three days, an animal shall be assigned to em by the Mad Scientist.
> {{[ True, this too has no effect yet, but may soon. ]}}
> 
> Players may only become Lycanthropic as defined by the Rules. The
> Web-Harfer is encouraged to provide an account of which players are
> Lycanthropic, and in which animal.
> 
> Explanation: "Ah-ooooo, the Werewolves of London." ["Werewolves of London,"
> Warren Zevon]
> JAGGER

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:05:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2818 accepted

Results of Proposal 2818

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Illusion
IdiotBoy
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2818 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:53 EST
> Didn't Mean It That Way
> Hubert (Eric Plumb)
> 
> Amend Rule 330, "Retractions," by appending the sentence "A player who
> retracts his own proposal in this manner loses 2 points." to the end of the
> first paragraph. [ No more free rides... ]
> 
> Amend Rule 330, "Retractions," by changing the word "member" in its
> penultimate sentence to "player".
> 
> [ These changes were unintended side effects of my first accepted Proposal.
> I was young and foolish then, and I'll hopefully be old and Foolish now...
> said the Tensor. ]
> 
> Amend Rule 340, "Conventions," by appending the sentence "Text delimited by
> double quotes is known as a string." to the end of section III.

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:09:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2819 accepted

Results of Proposal 2819

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
Koxvolio
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2819 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:55 EST
> DNotTHS
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Create a rule numbered 842 Titled "The Town Hall" with the following text:
> 
> The Town Hall is a lavish building and a Common Location.
> 
> The building's exterior is clad in chartreuse marble.
> From a flag pole fourteen cat heights high mounted on the highest point of
> the roof, flies the Ackanomic Flag. During a state funeral when an Elder is
> inducted it is flown at half mast.
> Leading up to the building are a series of steps each, one cat height high
> and one cat height long. At any moment in time there is exactly one more
> step than there are players enshrined in the hall of Elders (material and
> labour required for construction is generously provided by the Ackanomic
> Construction Guild Inc.). Engraved on the riser of each step in gold
> lettering is the name of an Elder, starting with the most recently inducted
> on the top most step. On the bottom most step in the language of the
> ancients is the phrase "Said the Tensor: Let Their Be Harf".
> 
> On the second Tuesday of each month a player may dance on the Town Hall
> Steps, provided that:
> i) e pays $A2 to The First Citizen for a Exhibitionist's permit.
> ii) During the previous three days e had a proposal accepted, was acquitted
> of a crime or had a CFJ submitted by em, ruled in eir favour (ie True).
> iii) the dance is described in verse.
> 
> Failure to comply to these requirements constitutes the crime of Rampant
> Exhibitionism.
> At all times it is illegal to dance naked on the Town Hall Steps.
> 
> {{[ Okay, so its a blatant attempt at foolishness, but worth a try none the
> less :) ]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:12:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2820 rejected

Results of Proposal 2820

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
Koxvolio
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:
Attila the Pun

    ABSTAINED:
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2820 - Wed 01 Apr 1998 17:56 EST
> Hardware Reset
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Replace each occurrence of the three-word phrase "said the Tensor" in Rule
> 207.1 ("That's just silly") with the three-word phrase "cows eat grass".
> 
> {{[Note that I won't get the ten points for this proposal, thanks to the
> Potato Paradox clause. But it might make things interesting on April
> 8th....]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2854

Proposal 2854
No Crazy French-Scottsmen here
JT (JT Traub)

Modify rule 313, section V, sub-section C by replacing the following
SCOTS delimited text

SCOTS
C. When the voting results for a proposal containing an invalid Bribe are
posted, the author of that proposal loses 15 points, and no other rules that
generate score changes or other effects when a proposal is rejected trigger
any effects for that proposal; this takes precedence over any such rules. 
SCOTS

with the following NO-SCOTS delimited text

NO-SCOTS
C. When the voting results for a proposal containing an invalid Bribe are
posted, the author of that proposal loses 15 points if e is not a new player
(as defined by being a player for less then 3 weeks).  If e is a new player,
e loses 0 points.  No other rules which generate score changes or other
effects when a proposal is rejected trigger any effects for that proposal;
this takes precedence over any such rules.
NO-SCOTS

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:15:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2855

Proposal 2855
Radical Repeal (Redux)
JT (JT Traub)

Repeal rule 101

{{[ While I cannot make this an official bribe, I can state that I will
    give (as a public action after voting results are published) A$5 to
    all players who vote either PRESENT or NO on this proposal as long
    as no player votes YES on it and as long as quorum is reached.   If
    you are curious as to why I'm doing this, ask me privately since I don't
    want to publically spoil the fun :)  While I am aware that this note
    isn't binding, I am an honorable person. ]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:16:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2856

Proposal 2856
With Clearly Defined Boundaries
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend the first paragraph of Rule 1136, "Harf the Mail!" to read as
delimited by ANTISCAM below:

ANTISCAM
The President shall keep the List of Harf.  Within seven days of
Presidential voting results becoming publicly knowable, all players,
excluding the President, may send a private message to the
President with two things. The name of a player, who is neither themselves
or the President, called their target, and a word with at least 7 letters,
called the target word. This target and associated target word will be
recorded under that player's entry in a new List-of-Harf by the President. 
No player may submit more than one entry to the List-of-Harf during any
individual Presidential Term of Office.
ANTISCAM

If Proposal 2821 was accepted, append the following JT-delimited text to
the first paragraph of Rule 1136:

JT
A new player who joins Ackanomic when a Presidential election is not in
progress may submit an entry for the List of Harf as if the last
Presidential election results had become publicly knowable at the instant
that they joined Ackanomic.
JT

{{[This rule is in need of some language tightening to force certain
interpretations rather than others - it would be quite prone to CFJ
otherwise.]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:18:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2857

Proposal 2857
Oranizational 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 hav
   missed. If there are, I suspect there will quickly be amendments to this
   rule to fix any such problems.  I believe this will now also not have the
   previously objected to problem (thanks Niccolo).]}} 

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 of the Organization with any attendant effects
[such as Swinger/Party Hall], and the Organization is then no more. 
NEW

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 23:21:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2858

Proposal 2858
Comments aren't silly enough
Attila the Pun (Micah Smulker)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[IMO including the silly phrase in a comment violates the spirit of the
rule.  I see this as a challenge to get players to include strange phrases
in their proposals while still making the proposals coherent enough that
they will pass; this should make that somewhat easier]}}

Amend rule 207.1 by replacing the text ", then" in the first paragraph with
the text " and the phrase is not part of a comment, then"

{{[Text of first paragraph if silly phrase isn't changed:

If an accepted proposal contains the phrase "said the Tensor" and the
phrase is not part of a comment, then the player who submitted the
proposal is said to be silly, and shall score 5 points. However, if the
proposal was also distributed by the Promoter on April First (All Fool's
Day), the player is instead said to be foolish, and shall score 10 points.]}}

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 23:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2859

Proposal 2859
Ribbit
Attila the Pun (Micah Smulker)

Create a rule, numbered 1167 and titled "Flavor enhancement", with the
following text, delimited by ALLERGY:

ALLERGY

Any non-trinket entity whose name consists of the letters "M", "S" and "G"
and zero or more other letters contains monosodium glutamate.  No other
entities contain monosodium glutamate.

Any non-trinket entity whose name consists of the letters "F", "R", "O" and
"G" and zero or more other letters is a Frog. No other entities are Frogs.

Frogs need a monosodium glutamate.  Therefore, if any player possesses an
entity which contains monosodium glutamate, and at least two Frogs, that
player recieves a trinket known as "Baby Frog #N", where N is replaced with
the lowest integer greater than -3976 such that the name of the trinket is
unique.  The value of this trinket is A$10; these Ackadollars are not
created, but instead are taken from those which had previously existed in
the treasury.

No player may recieve a trinket from the operation of this rule more than
once per calendar month, nor may any player recieve more than one trinket
in this manner in any 14-day period.

ALLERGY

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