Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #49
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acka-voting-digest       Tuesday, April 21 1998       Volume 03 : Number 049

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:48:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: [none]

Subject: Acka: Acka: Proposal 2868 accepted

Results of Proposal 2868

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Ayla
J. M. Bear

    BAA!:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2868 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:13 EDT
> Fictionary Dictionary Fixtionary
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Aims: To allow words not in the Official Word Dictionaries to be used in
> Fictionary, provided they appear in Fictionary's Official Definition
> Dictionaries. Also, to include the latest version of Webster's, available
> at www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm as an Official Definition Dictionary. We
> already have the 1913 edition of Websters accessible - let's update while
> we're at it.]
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.3, "General Equipment", by replacing the OLDDICT-delimited
> text below:
> 
> OLDDICT
> IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries
> a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster
> b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
> OLDDICT
> 
> with the NEWDICT-delimited text below:
> 
> NEWDICT
> IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries
> a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster
> b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
> c) URL: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
> NEWDICT
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.10, "Fictionary", by replacing the RESTRICT-delimited text
> below:
> 
> RESTRICT
> 1) The Brainiac shall choose a word (known as the "Ing Word" for that
> round) from the Official Dictionary, whose definition is available in one
> of the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post
> the word.
> RESTRICT
> 
> with the FREE-delimited text below:
> 
> FREE
> 1) The Brainiac shall choose a word whose definition is available in one of
> the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post the
> word.
> FREE
> 
> Append the following quote-delimited text to Rule 1250.10:
> 
> "{{Any games of Fictionary running at the time the Proposal adding this
> text to this rule was adopted now run according to the updated version of
> the rules and General Equipment.}}"
> 
> [I see no reason to wait until Game 4 of Fictionary to be able to use the
> changes introduced here.]

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:49:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Acka: Proposal 2868 accepted

Results of Proposal 2868

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Ayla
J. M. Bear

    BAA!:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2868 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:13 EDT
> Fictionary Dictionary Fixtionary
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Aims: To allow words not in the Official Word Dictionaries to be used in
> Fictionary, provided they appear in Fictionary's Official Definition
> Dictionaries. Also, to include the latest version of Webster's, available
> at www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm as an Official Definition Dictionary. We
> already have the 1913 edition of Websters accessible - let's update while
> we're at it.]
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.3, "General Equipment", by replacing the OLDDICT-delimited
> text below:
> 
> OLDDICT
> IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries
> a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster
> b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
> OLDDICT
> 
> with the NEWDICT-delimited text below:
> 
> NEWDICT
> IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries
> a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster
> b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
> c) URL: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
> NEWDICT
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.10, "Fictionary", by replacing the RESTRICT-delimited text
> below:
> 
> RESTRICT
> 1) The Brainiac shall choose a word (known as the "Ing Word" for that
> round) from the Official Dictionary, whose definition is available in one
> of the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post
> the word.
> RESTRICT
> 
> with the FREE-delimited text below:
> 
> FREE
> 1) The Brainiac shall choose a word whose definition is available in one of
> the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post the
> word.
> FREE
> 
> Append the following quote-delimited text to Rule 1250.10:
> 
> "{{Any games of Fictionary running at the time the Proposal adding this
> text to this rule was adopted now run according to the updated version of
> the rules and General Equipment.}}"
> 
> [I see no reason to wait until Game 4 of Fictionary to be able to use the
> changes introduced here.]

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:53:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2869 rejected

Results of Proposal 2869

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
8/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
rufus                (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
IdiotBoy
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Ayla
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2869 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:15 EDT
> By The Power Of The Golden Frog
> Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
> 
> {{ This is a modest proposal.
> 
> The Markovian Dream is renamed to the Reincarnated Markovian Dream. Calvin
> N Hobbes will become its founder }}

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:58:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2870 rejected

Results of Proposal 2870

20/23 votes: Quorum achieved
9/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
Slakko               (SPAM)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Ayla

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2870 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:17 EDT
> Alfvaen's Suggestion Noted
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [This proposal introduces a way to deal with frivolous Cycle Wins.]
> 
> Create a Rule, numbered 621, entitled "The Looking Glass Cake", with the
> following JOEJ-delimited text:
> 
> JOEJ
> There exists a unique non-tradeable entity called the Looking Glass Cake.
> {{The Looking Glass Cake is Somewhere Else.}}
> Despite being called a Cake, it is not edible, firstly because its
> molecules are the wrong handedness to be digested (being a looking glass
> cake), and secondly because it contains monosodium glutamate in toxic
> concentration.
> 
> If a player possesses the Looking Glass Cake, e may not submit a Cycle-Win
> CFJ. This paragraph takes precedence over all rules which specify when CFJs
> may be submitted where there is a conflict.
> 
> {{[Just to differentiate it from the Chartreuse Goose, a player who owns
> the Looking Glass Cake may still win by Paradox, but not by any other
> method.]}}
> 
> When it ceases to be legal to appeal a particular Cycle-Win CFJ, and the
> final verdict of that CFJ is FALSE, then the author of that CFJ shall
> receive the Looking Glass Cake from wherever it currently is. If they were
> already in possession of the Looking Glass Cake, they shall be placed in
> Contempt {{[for fraudulently trying to win a cycle two times running]}}.
> 
> {{["And now for something completely different. It's." - John Cleese and
> Michael Palin, Monty Python's Flying Circus]}}
> 
> There exists a unique tradeable entity called the Perfect Monomolecular
> Knife. {{The Perfect Monomolecular Knife is Somewhere Else.}} If a player
> is in possession of both the Looking Glass Cake and the Perfect
> Monomolecular Knife, then they may, as a public action, slice the cake to
> ribbons, transferring both the Looking Glass Cake and the Perfect
> Monomolecular Knife Somewhere Else.
> 
> Whenever the Perfect Monomolecular Knife is Somewhere Else, a player may
> pay A$200 to the Treasury to receive the Perfect Monomolecular Knife as a
> Public Action.
> 
> A player who owns the Looking Glass Cake may pay A$400 to hold a party,
> provided they also possess Right Handed Grapefruit Juice. Holding a party
> is a public action which automatically leads to the player frinking the
> Juice. The only game effect of the party is to send the Looking Glass Cake
> Somewhere Else.
> 
> {{Slakko loses 3 points, Joe Java gains 3 points.}}
> {{[I am indebted to Joe Java for providing the idea of looking glass cakes
> on the Internomic mailing list.]}}
> JOEJ

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:03:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2871 accepted

Results of Proposal 2871

20/23 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
IdiotBoy
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Ayla
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2871 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:20 EDT
> Rule Suite CSR Custodians
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [My Blatant Grab for Power proposal from a while back gave me as
> Chess-Umpire the ability to CSR the Party Chess Rule Suite. Let's extend
> that privilege to other officers and appropriate Suites.]
> 
> Amend Rule 311, "Rule Suites", by appending the following VOTE-delimited
> text:
> 
> VOTE
> 5) Each Rule Suite (being the collection of all rules X.Y for some fixed
> integer X which satisfy the above conditions) may have exactly one Office
> as its Custodian. It is a privilege of an Office to issue a CSR which only
> modifies rules in the Rule Suite or Rule Suites of which that Office is
> Custodian.
> VOTE
> 
> Append the following FOR-delimited text to Rule 594:
> FOR
> The Custodian of the Blueprint Rule Suite (the 594.Y rules) is the
> Inventor.
> FOR
> 
> Append the following SLAKKO-delimited text to Rule 960:
> SLAKKO
> VII. Custodianship
> The DeeJay is Custodian of the Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite (the 950.Y
> rules).
> SLAKKO
> 
> Append the following PRESIDENT-delimited text to Rule 1060:
> PRESIDENT
> 6) Custodianship
> The Ambassador is Custodian of the Transnomical Trade Pacts Rule Suite (the
> 1060.Y rules).
> PRESIDENT
> 
> Append the following EIGHT-delimited text to Rule 1230:
> EIGHT
> The ChessUmpire is the Custodian of the Party Chess Rule Suite (the 1230.Y
> rules).
> EIGHT
> 
> Append the following MORE-delimited text to Rule 1240:
> MORE
> The RuneMaker is the Custodian of the Otzma Card Rule Suite (the 1240.Y
> rules).
> MORE
> 
> Amend Rule 1230.2 by deleting all instances of the following
> WEEKS-delimited text:
> WEEKS
> D. It is a Privilege of the Chess-Umpire to issue CSRs which only affect
> rules in the Party Chess Rule Suite.
> WEEKS

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:06:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2872 rejected

Results of Proposal 2872

20/23 votes: Quorum achieved
8/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Ayla
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
Pandora
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2872 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:21 EDT
> Happy birthday to me
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Every player of Ackanomic has a date which is considered to be their
> birthday. This date is the month and day of their joining Ackanomic or if
> that cannot be determined, then it shall be considered to be January 1. A
> player whos birthday is February 29 is considered to have their birthday on
> March 1 on the years that do not contain a February 29. Every year on their
> birthday, if the player is Active (and not Pending) at the time of their
> birthday, the player shall recieve A$50 from the Treasury. It is also good
> form for other players to give the player having the birthday small
> Trinkets as gifts, but is by no means required. If a player leaves
> Ackanomic and later rejoins, their birthday is still considered to be the
> date of their initial entry into the game of Ackanomic.

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:10:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2873 accepted

Results of Proposal 2873

20/23 votes: Quorum achieved
12/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Ayla
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear
IdiotBoy
Pandora
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2873 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 07:23 EDT
> More bribery
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a Grandiose proposal.
> 
> {{[ This comes from the fact that I submitted an illegal bribe last week
> (trying to bribe people NOT to vote on something) and it certainly seems
> reasonable to allow bribes for other than YES votes. In practice bribes for
> other votes will not get used often, but I can see humorous uses for them,
> so I'm suggesting them. ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 313 as follows.
> 
> Replace Section IV with the following REAL_BRIBERY delimited text
> 
> REAL_BRIBERY
> A. Bribes which violates any of the rules regarding Bribes are invalid.
> 
> B. A proposal may include a Bribe section, which must be in a separate
> paragraph in preface to the main text of the proposal in a proposal,
> beginning with the word "Bribe", a colon, the vote being bribed for, a
> comma, and the bribe. [as in "Bribe: YES, A$1"].
> 
> C. Each proposal may contain one and only one bribe section and the text of
> the bribe must be formatted as described above.
> 
> D. Bribes may only cause the transfer of tradeable entities from the author
> of the proposal to players who voted the way the Bribe specified on the
> proposal; a Bribe need not specify that the entities come from the author
> of the proposal, since it is assumed.
> 
> C. If a proposal does not specify a condition for receiving its Bribe, then
> every player who voted the appropriate way on the proposal is eligible to
> receive the Bribe. A Bribe may specify further conditions, and may offer
> different amounts to different players, or based on different conditions
> [I.e., extra bribes can be given to players whose parties generate unity
> votes], but any conditions in the Bribe must be determinable when the
> voting results are posted.
> REAL_BRIBERY

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2874 rejected

Results of Proposal 2874

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
IdiotBoy
Attila the Pun
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Ayla
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2874 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 18:07 EDT
> But how do you say it?
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> {{The Rule Harfer may as a public action renumber this rule to whatever e
> likes [It's only a temporary rule but if breadbox doesn't want to maintain
> a separate page of rules by hundreds then I don't see why e should]}}
> 
> As soon as possible after this rule is created the Count Tabula should call
> a hearing with valid response of:
> 
> "I know my Greek! And it's a short 'O'!"
> 
> or
> 
> "If Peter said it then it must be right!"
> 
> After the results of this hearing have been reported rule 101 shall be
> amended such that after the first word "Ackanomic" is inserted the text "
> (pronounced with a XXX O)" where XXX is replaced by "short" if the result
> of the hearing was "I know my Greek! And it's a short 'O'!" and replaced by
> "long" if the result of the hearing was "If Peter said it then it must be
> right!"
> 
> After rule 101 has been thus modified this rule shall repeal itself.
> 
> {{[There was some discussion on the nomic bulletin board recently about how
> to pronounce "nomic". Apparently its roots are from the Greek word nomos
> meaning (IIRC) law which is pronounced with a short "O". Peter Suber (the
> inventor of nomic), however claims that he pronounces it with a long "O". I
> thought we may as well codify it in Acka, at least.]}}

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:31:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2875 rejected

Results of Proposal 2875

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

    YES:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Ayla
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Attila the Pun
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2875 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 18:09 EDT
> Try Again
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 206 (Keep 'em in the Game).

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:35:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2876 accepted

Results of Proposal 2876

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
17/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Ayla
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
IdiotBoy
Attila the Pun
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Klingon Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2876 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 18:10 EDT
> Feeling Saucy
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ I missed this when I created Rule 600...as it stands, if someone
> submits a CWCFJ, then anyone can still prevent them from winning by
> transferring the Goose to em _after_ the Winning Condition has been
> achieved but before the CWCFJ verdict returns TRUE. ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 600, "Winning Conditions", as follows:
> 
> Append to the first paragraph the sentence "A player cannot achieve a
> Winning Condition while e holds the Chartreuse Goose."
> 
> Append to the last paragraph the sentence "This is true even if that player
> holds the Chartreuse Goose, as long as e did not do so when the Winning
> Condition was achieved."
> 
> Amend Rule 620, "Chartreuse Goose", as follows:
> 
> Replace the second paragraph
> 
> {{[
> A player who possesses the Chartreuse Goose may not win the Cycle. This
> clause takes precedence over any other rule which establishes winning
> conditions.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following text(delimited by ADDER):
> 
> ADDER
> A player who possesses the Chartreuse Goose may not win the Cycle except as
> specified under Rule 600. This clause takes precedence over any other rule
> which establishes winning conditions.
> ADDER

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:38:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2877 accepted

Results of Proposal 2877

19/23 votes: Quorum achieved
12/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Ayla
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Attila the Pun
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
Pandora
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2877 - Sun 12 Apr 1998 18:11 EDT
> Even A Flea Can Shake Hands
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 900, "Steel Flea" by appending to the second paragraph the
> sentence "The player who last posted Phoebe's wisdom shall never be
> selected to find her matchbox."
> 
> {{[ I think any one of us who've found Phoebe twice in a row found the
> whole thing a bit silly... ]}}

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:42:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2901

Proposal 2901
Not Quite So Harfy
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Amend Rule 1136, "Harf the Mail", by replacing the following text as
delimited by CHEESY:

CHEESY
half the points (rounded down) of their target's score, when their target
said the claimed target word.
CHEESY

with the following SAFER-delimited text:

SAFER
50 points, or half the score of the target player at the time of the
message containing the target word, whichever is less.
SAFER

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:44:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2902

Proposal 2902
Less Than Nomic
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 419.2, "Internomic Interface", as follows:

Replace the text of Section I.

{{[
   I. Internomic Entityhood
   
   Internomic is an entity. Member nomics of Internomic, excepting
   Ackanomic and Internomic, are named tradeable entities. Whenever a
   Nomic joins Internomic, it is owned by the Treasury. Whenever a member
   nomic(excepting Ackanomic and Internomic)leaves Internomic it is
   destroyed.
]}}

with the following(delimited by SIGH)

SIGH
   {{ Any entity with the same name as a Member nomic of Internomic,
   excepting Ackanomic, Internomic, and any Ackanomic Organization
   considered to be a Member nomic of Internomic, is destroyed.  Any
   nameless Member nomics of Internomic are also destroyed. }}

   I. Internomic Entityhood
   
   Internomic is an entity. Member nomics of Internomic, excepting
   Ackanomic, Internomic, and any Ackanomic Organization considered to be
   a Member nomic of Internomic, are named tradeable entities.  The name
   of any such entity is that of the corresponding nomic.  Whenever a
   Nomic joins Internomic, it is owned by the Treasury. Whenever a
   member nomic(excepting Ackanomic and Internomic)leaves Internomic it
   is destroyed.
SIGH
   
{{[ Okay, this should hopefully fix all the problems with the nomic-
entities that were there heretofore.  At least, the one with them
not having been assigned names, and hopefully any question as to
whether I'm destroying the Church of Odo on the Wormhole.  I'm also
presuming that no Ackanomic entity except an Organization can join
Internomic as a member nomic... ]}}

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:45:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2903

Proposal 2903
Blank Frank
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Create a new rule, numbered 1199, named "Frink", with text as follows
(delimited by ENO):

ENO
When this Rule is created, a Hearing shall be called, with the Speaker
as Hearing Harfer.  The Hearing shall be on the subject of what the
past tense of the word "frink" shall be.

The valid results for this Hearing are the following: "frank", "frinked",
"frought", "knirf".

If the initial results of the Hearing are inconclusive, then another
Hearing shall be called whose valid results shall consist of all the
results which received the highest amount of votes.  In addition, when
the additional Hearing is called, the Hearing Harfer may add and other
valid choices that have been submitted to em, at eir discretion; these
choices must be single words.  This process repeats until the result of
the most recent Hearing is conclusive.  This takes precedence over Rule
360 where necessary.

When there is a conclusive result as in the previous paragraph, then the
word specified thereby is added to the Ackanomic Lexicon, game custom
shall consider this word to be the proper plural of "frink", and this
Rule repeals itself.
ENO

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:46:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2904

Proposal 2904
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Create a new Rule, numbered 427, named "Org-Harfer", with text as
follows(delimited by TOMATO):

TOMATO
The Office of the Org-Harfer is a Functional Office.  The Duties of
the Org-Harfer are:

(a) keeping track of all Organizations, as such are defined by the Rules,
    including their names, membership status, type, etc.

(b) keeping track of the membership of Organizations, including the
    adding and removal of players, who has proxied their approval to
    the Organization, etc.

(c) determining whether Organizational Actions succeed or fail, as per
    Rule 1006, and whether the Standard Harfer Fee was paid.

The Privileges of the Org-Harfer are:

(a) to receive the normal salary for a Functional Office.
TOMATO

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2905

Proposal 2905
Real Property Act
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[The title of this proposal is taken from an 1860s South Australian piece
of legislation which completely reformed land and title deeds in South
Australia.  I thought it was appropriate for this land reform proposal
(Vynd says he's been working on one for ages - let's get some simple stuff
done first).]

Amend Rule 835, "Locations", by replacing the following OHDEAR-delimited
text:

OHDEAR
9) Any player rejoining the game goes to the Location they were in when
they left the game.
OHDEAR

with the following CONTINGENCY-delimited text:

CONTINGENCY
9) Any player rejoining the game goes to the Location they were in when
they left the game, if it exists, otherwise they go to their Home, if that
exists, otherwise they go to the Hall of Elders.
CONTINGENCY

Amend Rule 839, "Buildings", by replacing the following SPECIFIC-delimited
text:

SPECIFIC
All other land, with or without buildings on them, that is not owned by
players is called common lands.
SPECIFIC

with the following GENERAL-delimited text:

GENERAL
Each kaa which is not part of a Common Location, nor owned by a player, is
a kaa of common land.
GENERAL

[Otherwise such things as the Hall of Elders could be interpreted as being
common land - if Rule 839 were interpreted in one particular fashion.]

Amend Rule 844, "Land Baroncy", by replacing the last two paragraphs with
the following NOCONTEMPT-delimited text:

NOCONTEMPT
A trade or purchase of land which would result in one player owning more
than 5 kaa of land, or a purchase of land for other than the standard
price, is subject to Senate inspection.  A Senate vote may veto the deal
if a simple majority of senators is reached, all non-vacationing Senators
voting.  If the deal is vetoed, it does not occur.  If the deal is not
vetoed, then it occurs one week after the trade or purchase is publicly
agreed.  The Senate may not veto a trade which has occurred.
NOCONTEMPT

[As the rules currently stand, a land trade could be indefinitely delayed,
because nothing forces the Senators to vote on the issue, and they are not
put in Contempt for failing to vote on a land matter.  The traditional
one week window should be sufficient.]

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:50:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2906

Proposal 2906
Error of Commission Omission
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[With else...if on Vacation, the Stock Reform concepts are obviously on
the back burner.  I liked the idea of a 5% commission on stock purchases
and sales to the Treasury (to encourage interplayer trading), and it was
my idea, so I thought it would be an idea to put it in ASAP.]

Amend Rule 530, "The Ackan Reserve", by replacing the following
FREE-delimited text:

FREE
d) Players may purchase or sell a number of stocks by publicly announcing
that they intend to do so. The cost of a share will be the value of
the stock market. If the player lacks enough money to purchase the number
of shares they requested, than the purchase request will be treated
as if they requested the largest number of stocks they can buy without
going into debt. When a player buys or sells multiple stocks at the same
time, than the stocks will be bought or sold consecutively, one at a time;
the cost of the purchase will be rounded after all stocks specified to be
bought or sold in one group are bought or sold. At the end of a purchase,
the cost or profit from the sale is rounded to the players
disadvantage, except as specified by the preceeding sentence. When a
player buys a stock they pay the cost to the treasury and a stock will be
created in their possesion. When a player sells a stock they recieve the
cost of the stock from the treasury, and a stock in their possession is
destroyed. 
FREE

with the following CHARGE-delimited text:

CHARGE
d) Players may buy or sell stocks from or to the Treasury as a public
action.  Stocks may be bought from the Treasury for a per-unit price of
the smallest integer number of A$ at least as large as 105% of
the current value of the Stock Market.  Stocks may be sold to the
Treasury for a per-unit price of the largest integer number of A$ no
greater than 95% of the current value of the Stock Market.

If a player attempts to purchase more stocks than they have A$ to
purchase, they will purchase as many stocks as they can without going into
debt.  When multiple stocks are bought or sold to or from the Treasury,
the trades occur one at a time.

Whenever a Stock is in the Treasury it is destroyed.  Whenever a player
buys a Stock from the Treasury, they pay the purchase price to the
Treasury and a new Stock is created in their possession.
CHARGE

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:51:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2907

Proposal 2907
The North Rule
Wild Card (Jonathan David Amery)

Enact as a rule with the number 783 the following MC-delimited text:

MC
North is always North.
MC

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 04:17:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2878 accepted

Results of Proposal 2878

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
J. M. Bear
Ayla
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
Pandora
Attila the Pun
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2878 - Tue 14 Apr 1998 03:42 EDT
> Actually Make Winning Conditions Possible.
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [The current wording of Rule 600 is chicken-and-egg-compliant, which is a
> problem. To get your CWCFJ passed, and thereby win the Cycle, you need it
> judged true that you have won the Cycle. But you can't have won the Cycle
> until your CWCFJ has passed, giving you the cycle win. The CWCFJ should
> allege that you have achieved a winning condition, not that you have won
> this cycle. Yes, this leads to problems over how recently the Winning
> Condition was achieved - I'll try to fix that in the proposal.]
> 
> Amend Rule 600 by replacing "whose statement alleges that e has won the
> Cycle" with "whose statement alleges that e has achieved a Winning
> Condition within the last week", and by replacing "how the player thinks e
> has won the Cycle" with "how the player thinks e has achieved a Winning
> Condition".

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 04:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2879 accepted

Results of Proposal 2879

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Attila the Pun
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    NO:
Ayla
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2879 - Tue 14 Apr 1998 03:45 EDT
> The Lamb is gone. Long live The Lamb
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Append the following text to the first paragraph of rule 1213
> "Grab-a-Donkey" :
> The Wrangler is permitted to distribute fairplay awards during a game of
> Grab-a-Donkey, as described in Rule 1250.1 section XIII
> 
> Amend section A of rule 1213 "Grab-a-Donkey" to read in full (HEARD
> delimited):
> 
> HEARD
> A. When a new game of Grab-a-Donkey starts, all Players of Ackanomic,
> excluding the Wrangler, those exempted as noted above, or who have publicly
> declined to participate during the past three days, will be placed on the
> Grab-a-Donkey Active List ("GAL" hereafter). Initially each player has a
> herd size of one.
> HEARD
> 
> Amend section C of rule 1213 "Grab-a-Donkey" to read in full (BAA
> delimited):
> 
> BAA
> C. If exactly one player ("A") chose to Grab another player's donkey ("B"),
> and if B did not Cover their donkey:
> i. A successfully grabs one of B's donkeys and A's herd is increased by one
> at the end of the round.
> ii. If B had a herd of two or more donkeys at the start of the round,
> during the noise and confusion of the grab one of B's donkeys will become
> terrified and flee into the Wilds of Ackanomic (where it will graze
> peacefully, returning to the Game Box at the conclusion of Grab-a-Donkey).
> B's herd is reduced by two at the end of the round.
> 
> If more than one player attempted to grab B's donkey, none of those
> attempts are successful.
> If a player's herd is reduced to less than 1 donkey at the end of a round,
> e is removed from the GAL.
> BAA
> 
> {{[Recent advances in Lariat technology have eliminated the confusion
> surrounding the Little Lamb, reducing operator error ;)]}}

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 04:22:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2880 accepted

Results of Proposal 2880

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
16/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Ayla

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:

    PENDING:
two-star
Astro

> Proposal 2880 - Tue 14 Apr 1998 03:48 EDT
> I Wanna Kiss Her But
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> {{[ To fix the confusion over Senate seats and DeeJay Elections... And
> settling the issue of whether Acting Offices are really holding Seats. ]}}
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 401, "Offices, Commonalities", by inserting, in section (i),
> after the text "No player may hold more than one seat for a given Office,
> including any seat held in an acting capacity, " , the text "and the holder
> of a seat in a given Office is ineligible to be Nominated for that Office
> unless the seat e currently holds is up for grabs."
> 
> Append to section (iv) of the same rule the sentence "Any other Rule which
> refers to an Officer 'holding' an Office will not consider Acting Officers
> to be holding the Office they are Acting for."
> 
> Append to section (vi) the text(delimited by TRAIN):
> 
> TRAIN
> c) If the Rules should ever require an Election or Nomination to be called
> for an Office seat which is not currently vacant, then its Term of Office
> shall be considered to end when the Election or Nomination is called.
> TRAIN

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