Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #47
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acka-voting-digest      Saturday, April 18 1998      Volume 03 : Number 047

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2854 rejected

Results of Proposal 2854

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
11/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2854 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 22:14 EDT
> 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: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:23:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2855 rejected

Results of Proposal 2855

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2855 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 22:15 EDT
> 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: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:27:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2856 accepted

Results of Proposal 2856

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
16/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Attila the Pun
breadbox
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
J. M. Bear

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2856 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 22:16 EDT
> 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: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:31:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2857 accepted

Results of Proposal 2857

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
14/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

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

    PRESENT:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2857 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 22:18 EDT
> 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: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2858 accepted

Results of Proposal 2858

18/23 votes: Quorum achieved
15/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2858 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 23:21 EDT
> 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: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:40:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2859 rejected

Results of Proposal 2859

18/23 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun
J. M. Bear

    NO:
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Pandora

> Proposal 2859 - Wed 08 Apr 1998 23:22 EDT
> 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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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:55:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2860 accepted

Results of Proposal 2860

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
12/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora                                 [Pandora is no longer Pending]

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2860 - Thu 09 Apr 1998 19:02 EDT
> We've Created a Monster!
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [The Winning Condition language in Rule 600 does not have sufficient
> precedence to override the win a Cycle terminology in Rule 597 - so someone
> could still gain an immediate win via the Angry Villager method, unlikely
> as it is. This just changes that language into Winning Condition form so
> that an Angry Villager has to go through a Cycle Win CFJ just like anyone
> else.]
> 
> Amend Rule 597 by replacing all instances of "win the current cycle" with
> "achieve a Winning Condition".
> 
> [And to be on the safe side to ensure it doesn't happen again:]
> 
> Append the following COVER-delimited text to Rule 600:
> 
> COVER
> This rule takes precedence over all rules which mention winning a cycle
> where there is a conflict.
> COVER

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2861 accepted

Results of Proposal 2861

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
16/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2861 - Thu 09 Apr 1998 19:03 EDT
> Another Crime Bites the Dust
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 719 (Zuriti'ili).
> 
> {{Subtract 2 points from The Gingham Wearer's score. Add 2 points to
> ThinMan's score [It was his idea. :-)]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:04:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2862 rejected

Results of Proposal 2862

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
10/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Guy Fawkes
JT                   (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$27]
Bonus Vote                              [K 2 used a Bonus Vote]

    PRESENT:
Attila the Pun

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2862 - Thu 09 Apr 1998 19:04 EDT
> Let Crime go Unpunished
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 705 (Caped Crusader).
> Repeal rule 947 (The Chartreuse Cape)
> 
> {{[This has caused a few problems with the Caped Crusader filing CFCJs when
> they aren't needed. If one is needed (and quite often when one isn't)
> someone will pay for it. See CFCJs 159 and 148 for more on this.]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2863 accepted

Results of Proposal 2863

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
15/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Tammany                                 [TGW bribed Tammany A$26]
Bonus Vote                              [TGW used a Bonus Vote]

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
Pandora

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
else...if            (Klingon)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2863 - Thu 09 Apr 1998 19:05 EDT
> Just for a laugh
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Add the following to the literature list:
> 
> "Work: The Rules of Ackanomic; including all rule suites (only the current
> version)"
> 
> {{[Self Referential? Not really. I'm just curious as to how far the potato
> paradox will extend, will you be able to get points for quoting the rules
> of Ackanomic when you are in fact changing them? Oh, and I promise this
> isn't intended as a scam or fodder for a PWCFJ, I just thought it would be
> fun.]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:24:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2864 rejected

Results of Proposal 2864

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
4/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Guy Fawkes
JT                   (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)
Tammany                                 [TGW bribed Tammany A$28]
Bonus Vote                              [TGW used a Bonus Vote]

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2864 - Fri 10 Apr 1998 06:12 EDT
> The Blood Of A Revolution
> Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
> 
> Between the 10th and 20th of January of each year, the Senate must put
> forward an abridged version of the rules of Ackanomic, excluding suites,
> such that this version contains only, each in whole, existing rules. It
> will be called the Manifesto. However, the total number of characters in
> the Manifesto may not exceed 100'000.
> 
> If no Manifesto exists on the 21st of January, the original rule set of
> Ackanomic will be considered the Manifesto.
> 
> On the 22nd of January, at 23:59 EST, the Manifesto will become the new
> rule set of Ackanomic, while the previous one will repeal itself at the
> exact same moment in time.
> 
> {{[ When you build a sand castle on the beach, it is sad to see it
> destroyed by the waves later in the day. However, there is comfort in the
> knowledge that from the experience, the next sandcastle will be even
> better. What I am proposing is drastic. It's aweful. It's crazy. It's...
> worth considering. I would be as frantic as anyone else when the rules get
> slashed. ]}}
> 
> {{[ For those who do not know, the 22nd-23rd of January is Ackanomic's
> birthday ]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:28:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2865 accepted

Results of Proposal 2865

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
20/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Guy Fawkes
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2865 - Fri 10 Apr 1998 06:14 EDT
> The Deaf Leading The Mute
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 254, "Player States", as follows:
> 
> Replace the last paragraph
> {{[
> Any voting player may become a non-voting player by posting publicly that
> they are doing so; at the moment of this announcement, all their existing
> votes on proposals whose results have not yet been released are cancelled;
> they are treated as having declined judgement on all CFJ's they have been
> selected to judge but not yet accepted or declined, and treated as having
> failed to return a verdict on any they have accepted, and they are removed
> from all offices non-voting players cannot hold, and removed from the list
> of candidates in any Election or Nomination for an office non-voting
> players cannot hold.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following text(delimited by KELLER):
> 
> KELLER
> Any voting player may become a non-voting player by posting publicly that
> they are doing so. At the moment of this announcement, the following
> occurs:
> 
> 1. All eir existing votes on proposals whose results have not yet been
> released are cancelled.
> 
> 2. E is treated as having declined judgement on all CFJs that have been
> assigned to em. This includes those for which the three-day limit for
> declining has passed; no deadbeat penalty is assigned, and the CFJ does not
> go to the Praetor but is randomly assigned as in Rule 212.
> 
> E is treated as having declined judgement on all CFJ's e has been selected
> to judge but not yet accepted or declined, and treated as having failed to
> return a verdict on any they have accepted.
> 
> 3. E is removed from all offices non-voting players cannot hold, and
> removed from the list of candidates in any Election or Nomination for an
> office non-voting players cannot hold.
> 
> 4. E is removed from the mentor pool.
> KELLER
> 
> {{[ The thing I really want here is to get non-voting players out of the
> mentor pool, and updating the reference to accepting and declining CFJ's.
> The rest is just fixing the paragraph so it's less of a run-on sentence.
> ]}}
> 
> 
> {{[ We always call it the mentor pool, so why not make it consistent? ]}}
> 
> In Rule 252, "Joining the Game", replace the text "volunteer pool" with
> "mentor pool".

Amend Rule 253, "Mentors", as follows:

Replace the second paragraph

{{[
It is the duty of the Registrar to maintain a list of players who are in
the volunteer pool. If there are not enough players in the volunteer pool
to assign a mentor for each new player, the Registrar may randomly select a
player from the general population.
]}}

with the following text(delimited by RUBY):

RUBY
It is the duty of the Registrar to maintain a list of players who are in
the mentor pool. Any Acting player may place emself in the mentor pool or
remove emself therefrom. If there are not enough players in the mentor pool
to assign a mentor for each new player, the Registrar may randomly select a
player from the general population. A player who is currently serving as
mentor to a new player is not considered to be in the mentor pool while so
serving.
RUBY

Delete the last sentence(which I just put at the end of the above
paragraph). {{[ What was I thinking to just stick it on the end like that?
]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:32:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2866 accepted

Results of Proposal 2866

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
17/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Guy Fawkes
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
Pandora

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2866 - Fri 10 Apr 1998 06:16 EDT
> Hey!  I Ordered A Cheeseburger!
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Amend Rule 1350, "La Luna", by inserting the following text(delimited by
> MALL)before the last paragraph:
> 
> MALL
> 
> A moon is considered to be "full" if all members of any Political Party is
> on that moon. When a moon is full, no other players may move to that moon;
> this takes precedence over any rule which may state otherwise.
> 
> MALL

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:35:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2867 accepted

Results of Proposal 2867

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
16/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Guy Fawkes
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2867 - Fri 10 Apr 1998 06:17 EDT
> Forest for the Trees
> Vynd (John McCoy)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Add the following entries to the Literature List:
> 
> Artist: Phoebe the Steel Flea ; oldest known resident of Ackanomic
> Work: The Codex of Kra ; as translated

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:08:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2887

Proposal 2887
Otzma Card of Type Rod & Staff
IdiotBoy (Matt Miller)

1. This rule defines an Otzma Card type called 'Rod & Staff.'
'Rod & Staff' Otzma Cards have an F-designation of Normal. 

2. An Otzma Card of type 'Rod & Staff' can be used only on Proposals. 
A player can use a Rod & Staff card on a Proposal by sending a message to
the tabulator. This message must unambigiously state on which proposal
the card is being played.  

When a Rod & Staff Card is used on a Proposal, all scoring effects which
would have accrued to any players voting "BAA!" on that Proposal are
instead given to the player who played the Rod & Staff Card.  [e.g., if
two players were to receive 7 points each for their "BAA!" votes, then Rod
& Staff player would receive 14 points (in addition to any she may have
received for her vote) and the players voting "BAA!" would
receive 0 each.] 

When a Rod & Staff Card has been used on a proposal, the date of the end
of the Voting on that Proposal is considered to the date it has been used. 

{{[This doesn't make much sense right at the moment, since you can't use
the "BAA!" vote to get any points.  If I have my way, and I rarely do,
that will all soon change.]}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:09:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2888

Proposal 2888
The Bolivian Navy on Maneuvers in the South Pacific
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Bribe: A random trinket whose name contains the string "traffic Warden" will
be transferred from The Gingham Wearer to each player who voted YES on this
proposal.

This is a modest proposal.

Create a new rule with the title "Red and Blue Golfing Umbrellas" numbered 
as delimited by IGUANA.

IGUANA
{{All trinkets created by The Gingham Wearer on April 15 1998 containing the
string "traffic Warden" still owned by The Gingham Wearer except one are
destroyed on the Saturday immediately following the creation of this rule at
noon.}}

{{On the Saturday immediately following the creation of this rule all active,
voting players who do not own a trinket created by The Gingham Wearer on
April 15 1998 containing the string "traffic Warden" shall gain the title
"Aardvark" at noon.}}

{{All trinkets created by The Gingham Wearer on April 15 1998 containing the
string "traffic Warden" that still exist on the Saturday immediately
following the creation of this rule have their value changed to A$100 at
12:01pm}}

If ever anyone has the title of Aardvark then their points total is
immediately set to -1000001. It shall remain that way regardless of any other
rules that state that the player's score should change (i.e. this rule takes
precedence over all such rules) until they post a message to the main mailing
list giving A$25 to the historian and including the phrase "By 'eck luv, yer
doin' a great job. And we all know it's an apple really." at which point they
shall lose the title of "Aardvark" and gain the title of "Female Aardvark".
Their score will remain at -1000001 but will be subject to change once again.
If ever there is a Sunday where no player has the title of "Aardvark" then
this rule repeals itself.

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:10:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2889

Proposal 2889
Otzma Card of Type Founder's Boon
JT (JT Traub)

This rule defines an Otzma card type called 'Founder's Boon' which have an
F-designation of Rare.

At any time, there may be at most 3 Cards of this type in existance.

An Otzma Card of type Founders Boon allows one of the following actions
to be taken as a public action.
   a) To make the person playing this card the Founder of a Church or Cult
      to which that player belongs if and only if the original founder of
      that church or cult is no longer a member of the church or cult
   b) To take one single action in a Church or Cult to which they belong
      as if they were the Founder of that Church or Cult.

There is no Counter-Action defined for this Card type.

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:11:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2890

Proposal 2890
Do the Banna
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

{{[Amber bannas are rarely used and I've never seen the Acid Rain Dance
performed. This proposal aims to increase the value of owning the ABT
and thus the frequency of the ARD. Furthermore buying and possessing ABs
becomes a means to perform the ARD.]}}

Amend Rule 921 (Acid Rain Dance) as follows:

Delete the first sentence.
{[[ The player who most recently submitted a proposal whose number, when
having its digits added together, equals exactly 28, may perform the
Acid Rain Dance.]}}

Insert the following BANNA delimited text before the first paragraph:
BANNA
The following players may perform the Acid Rain Dance:
i) The player who most recently submitted a proposal whose number, when
having its digits added together, equals exactly 28.
ii) Any player who possesses at least three Amber Bananas. All amber
bananas in eir possession are destroyed upon completion of the dance.
BANNA

Amend Rule 923 (The Amber Banana) as follows:
Append to the first sentence :
capable of casting one vote on each Proposal whose number, when having
its digits added together, equals exactly 28, 21 or 17.

Insert between the first and second paragraphs:
The owner of the Tree may once per calendar month direct the Tree to
vote on a proposal in the following manner:
The owner sends a message to the Tabulator that e wishes the Tree to
Vote on a specific proposal that the tree is capable of voting on, and
the legal type of Vote that it should cast.
The Tree shall then vote in the desired manner.

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:12:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2891

Proposal 2891
Bungle Bungle
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.

{{[making intent, effect for over 30 seconds(tm)]}}

Amend rule 842 (The Town Hall) by replacing the following sentence (were
it appears in the rule):
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.

with:
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 and
proceeding in reverse order of induction down the steps.

{{change the authorship of this proposal to the little lamb}}

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:13:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2892

Proposal 2892
*snip*
Vynd (John McCoy)

{{[I believe these changes will keep the traditional status of Beldin's
Pants intact, without allowing for the difficulties it has recently
inspired.]}}

Repeal Rule 939.

Delete the paragraph begining with "The Secret (1 page)" from Rule 910.

Amend Rule 940 to read in full:

Beldin's Pants are a Garment, initially Somewhere Else.  Beldin's Pants
may only be transferred as described in the rules.  Beldin's Pants are
unique.

The wearer of Beldin's Pants loses their mind every Thursday, at noon.

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:14:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2893

Proposal 2893
Tastes Like Wensleydale
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Getting to the moon is hard.  Really hard.  You either need Ruby Slippers
or a Silver Spaceship.  Let's have Acka's moons made of cheese.]

Amend Rule 1350, "La Luna", by appending the following CHEESY-delimited
text:

CHEESY
All of Acka's moons are made of cheese.  As a result, each time a player
successfully lands on one of Acka's moons, they may choose one variety of
Cheese, which they will be granted one of.  The choice is made as a
public action, and the Cheese is created in the chooser's possession as
soon as eir choice becomes publicly knowable.  If a choice is not made
within 3 days of arrival at a Moon, then the opportunity to choose is
lost and no Cheese shall be awarded.  No more than one Cheese
may be acquired per player per trip to the moon.  This paragraph takes
precedence over Rule 611 where there is a conflict.
CHEESY

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2894

Proposal 2894
Gone But Not Forgotten
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

[We have entities which outlive their usefulness, but live on. Perhaps we
could clutter up the entity logs less if they were put somewhere on
permanent display. I thought about putting them in the Museum, but if they
aren't any use the Financier shouldn't be given the job of keeping track of
them. So the Harfonian (:-)) will be created to store such entities. It's
only a small building anyway.

Currently the only possession (I don't know whether it qualifies as an
entity or not, hence the term possession in the rule) which I believe would
qualify is the Amulet of Yendor. In future, things such as the Little Lamb
might end up in here.]

Create a new rule, numbered 851, entitled "The Harfonian Institute" with
the following ARCHIVE-delimited text:

ARCHIVE
The Harfonian Institute is a small Building and a Common Location. It is a
Duty of the Archivist to maintain a page detailing the exhibits of the
Harfonian. The Web-Harfer is the Archivist unless there is a consenting
player currently delegated to fulfil the role of Archivist. Only the
Web-Harfer may make such a delegation. This delegation may be cancelled at
any time, and Archivist is not an Office.

If a non-Trinket possession of a player or Organisation is suspected of
having outlived its usefulness, and its name currently does not occur in
the Ruleset, then the Archivist may issue a Preservation Declaration naming
the possession publicly. If less than two players publicly object to the
issuance of this Declaration within 3 days of said issuance then the
following steps occur, in order:

(a) an Exhibit is created in the Harfonian detailing the history and
background of that possession, including a picture of the possession if
possible.
(b) the possession is destroyed.

Exhibits are not entities. "Possession" as used in this rule includes
entities.
ARCHIVE

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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 04:17:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2895

Proposal 2895
You'd think we'd notice these things...
Vynd (John McCoy)

This is a Modest Proposal

{{[Originaly, I thought that the Nyarlathotep Blueprint was invalid because
of the errors I have already pointed out in it. A closer reading of the
Rules reveals there is no such thing as an invalid Blueprint, which this
change is meant to address.]}}

Amend Rule 597 Frankenstein Monster(s) in the following ways.

Replace the text "The Mad Scientist must attach all parts to the Discovery,
in the order delivered." with the following:

The Mad Scientist will attach all valid parts to the Discovery, in the
order delivered, and discard all invalid parts.

Insert the following text, as a seperate paragraph, between the fourth and
fifth to last paragraphs:

If a Mad Scientist ever announces the text of a Discovery that is not
complete, which contains text that are not valid parts, or contains parts
which were not properly submited to him, or otherwise was not created in
accordance with this rule, then that Discovery is false and is rejected.
Any Blueprints created out of this Discovery, and Monsters created out of
said Blueprints, are immediately destroyed. The Mad Scientist who posted
the false Discovery is removed from office if e still holds it.

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