Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #58
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acka-voting-digest         Friday, May 1 1998         Volume 03 : Number 058

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2909 accepted

Results of Proposal 2909

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
12/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$30]
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Attila the Pun
Ayla
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Astro

    BAA!:
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2909 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:26 EDT
> This is One of my Least Favorite Things.
> IdiotBoy (Matt Miller)
> 
> {{[This is a Damn Fine Proposal.]}}
> 
> Repeal Rule 1136.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:20:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2910 accepted

Results of Proposal 2910

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
21/23 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2910 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:27 EDT
> Don't Say It If You Dont Mean It
> ThinMan (John Bollinger)
> 
> {{[ This is almost a CSR, but it does make a minor change to the way that
> org actions are performed. Relatively longstanding custom has it that the
> player who suggests an action must also approve it, but rule 1005 currently
> only explicitly permits the _other_ members of the org to do so, or to
> denounce. R1005 also, however, ends the voting early only if _all_ members
> have approved. This prop does a combination of codifying custom and
> streamlining the process a bit. ]}}
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Amend rule 1005 (Organizational Action) by appending the following sentence
> to the end of the second paragraph: "Submission of a suggestion is
> considered to constitute approval of that suggestion."

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:24:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2911 accepted

Results of Proposal 2911

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
21/23 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
IdiotBoy
Ayla
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora
Klingon Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2911 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:28 EDT
> Tweaks and Realignments
> ThinMan (John Bollinger)
> Due: Wed 29 Apr 1998 07:28 EDT
> 
> {{[ There appears to be a rivalry brewing. This proposal adjusts the
> blueprints of the EBS and GBS a bit to help stimulate the competition. Both
> gadgets are made mechanical gadgets, and the usage paradigm for the GBS is
> modified to be a little more different from that of the EBS than it
> currently is. In the bargain, the 10% chance of a GBS starting to shimmy
> and shake every time the boring lever is used has been eliminated to help
> preserve balance; the OicRT will be pleased to see that, I imagine.
> ]}}
> 
> Amend rule 594.7 (Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer) by replacing the first
> sentence with the following TINKER-delimited text:
> 
> TINKER
> The Evil Ballot Stuffer (EBS) is a mechanical gadget. When created it is
> not broken.
> TINKER
> 
> 
> Amend rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer) in the following ways:
> 
> 1) Replace the first sentence with the following GEAR-delimited text:
> 
> GEAR
> The Good Ballot Stuffer (GBS) is a mechanical gadget. When created it is
> not broken.
> GEAR
> 
> 2) Delete the first sentence of the fourth paragraph. {{[ "The harfy lever
> is used to create Bonus Votes." (It isn't) ]}}
> 
> 3) Replace the last two sentences of the third paragraph with the following
> BOLT-delimited text:
> 
> BOLT
> If exactly one GBS is so used in a particular hearing or election, then
> when the results are tabulated all votes cast by EBSs are ignored. GBSs
> vote-nullification fields are very sensitive, however, so if more than one
> GBS is used in any given hearing or election then none of them will have
> any effect on that hearing or election.
> BOLT

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:29:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2912 accepted

Results of Proposal 2912

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
12/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
IdiotBoy
Ayla
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2912 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:29 EDT
> To make our lives easier
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> Due: Wed 29 Apr 1998 07:29 EDT
> 
> This is a modest proposal. [surprise, surprise]
> 
> In rule 212 replace the sentence "The selected Judge may decline a
> particular appointment, as a public action, within 3 days of being
> selected" with the sentence "The selected Judge may decline a particular
> appointment, as a public action or by mailing the Clerk of the Courts,
> within 3 days of being selected"

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:33:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2913 accepted

Results of Proposal 2913

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

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

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2913 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:30 EDT
> Don't Touch That Dial
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> Due: Wed 29 Apr 1998 07:30 EDT
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ The old rule-created trinket name-uniqueness thing again. Luckily we
> have some time before anyone can sponsor another player... ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 252, "Joining the Game", as follows:
> 
> Replace the text "the new player recieves a Trinket named 'Sponsored by
> <name>' where <name> is the name of the Sponsor" with "the new player
> receives a Trinket named 'Sponsored by <name> #x', where <name> is the name
> of the Sponsor and x is the smallest prime number required to give the
> Trinket a unique name".

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:38:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2914 accepted

Results of Proposal 2914

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
15/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora
Klingon Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Ayla
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2914 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:31 EDT
> The spellbook crumbles to dust!  --more--
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> Due: Wed 29 Apr 1998 07:31 EDT
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ In general, I don't see any reason for the Spelling Bee to be limited
> to one or two players. Mainly, I just want to be able to use it myself. :-)
> ]}}
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 343, named "Spellbooks", with text as follows
> (delimited by OTYUGH):
> 
> OTYUGH
> Shimmering Spellbooks and Dull Spellbooks exist. Both are nontradeable. If
> a player ever owns more than one of either type, all but one are destroyed.
> If ever a player owns one of each type, then the Dull Spellbook is
> destroyed.
> 
> Any player with either kind of Spellbook is permitted to initiate a flight
> of the Spelling Bee, as in Rule 342.
> 
> In addition, a player with a Shimmering Spellbook may grant a Dull
> Spellbook to another player, or destroy another player's Dull Spellbook.
> 
> To grant a Shimmering Spellbook to another player, or destroy one, requires
> an action of the entire set of players with Shimmering Spellbooks. Such an
> action occurs as if that set were an Organization, and it were an
> Organizational Action.
> 
> Some Offices may include possession of Shimmering Spellbooks among their
> privileges; in this case, if ever the holder of such an Office does not
> possess a Shimmering Spellbook, one is created in eir possession.
> OTYUGH
> 
> Amend Rule 342, "Spelling Bee", by replacing "an officer privileged to do
> so" with "a player privileged to do so".
> 
> Amend Rule 407, "Web-Harfer", to replace "To initiate flights of the
> Spelling Bee" with "To possess a Shimmering Spellbook".
> 
> Amend Rule 430, "Spelling Exchequer", to replace "to initiate flights of
> the Spelling Bee" with "to possess a Shimmering Spellbook".
> 
> {{ Create a Dull Spellbook in the possession of the player who is legally
> able to assume the name Alfvaen. }}

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2915 accepted

Results of Proposal 2915

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

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Ayla
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote
Klingon Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2915 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:33 EDT
> Thou Hast Besquirted Me!
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> Due: Wed 29 Apr 1998 07:33 EDT
> 
> Warning Contains: Herald
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1160, named "Heraldry", with the following
> text(delimited by GULES):
> 
> GULES
> Any player or Organization may have a Coat of Arms. Coats of Arms are
> nontradeable entities.
> 
> There exists the Optional Office of Herald. The Herald has the Privilege of
> granting Coats of Arms, and this is the only way they may be bestowed.
> 
> Any entity eligible to have a Coat of Arms may submit a proposed design to
> the Herald. E may refuse the design at eir discretion, and must do so if it
> is the same as the Coat of Arms of any other player or organization. If e
> approves of the design, then the entity requesting the Coat of Arms shall
> pay the Standard Harfer Fee, and the Herald shall announce the Coat of Arms
> publicly by posting its blazon. (A blazon is a textual description of the
> Coat of Arms in standard heraldic language.)
> 
> In addition, the Senate may submit proposed designs for an Ackanomic coat
> of arms to the Herald. When the Herald approves such a Coat of Arms, e
> shall call a Hearing(and be the Harfer thereof)to see whether the populace
> of Ackanomic approves of the design. The valid responses to the Hearing are
> "The flower of Knighthood would be proud to be caparisoned thusly!" and
> "I'd rather see 'Or, a gorges Purpure!'"
> 
> If the response is "The flower of Knighthood would be proud to be
> caparisoned thusly!", then the Coat of Arms is made the official Ackanomic
> Coat of Arms. If the response is "I'd rather see 'Or, a gorges Purpure!'",
> then the Coat of Arms is rejected. (If the blazon of the Coat of Arms is
> actually "Or, a gorges Purpure", then the Coat of Arms is assumed to be
> rejected without need for Hearing.)
> 
> If at all possible, the Herald should try to maintain a web page of
> graphical depictions of all the Coats of Arms of the various players and
> Organizations that possess them, or failing that, their blazons.
> 
> If the bearer of a Coat of Arms should ever be found guilty of a Crime
> (i.e. a CFCJ's final verdict is that they committed a Crime), then the
> Herald, may, as a privilege, alter eir Coat of Arms by means of an
> abatement. E may also set conditions to the Arms-bearer for the removal of
> the abatement.
> 
> Coats of Arms are not Garments, but for A$10 a player with a Coat of Arms
> may purchase a Surcoat bearing their Coat of Arms. Surcoats are Garments.
> GULES
> 
> {{ Appoint Alfvaen to the position of Herald. [ As is traditional, if
> anyone else really wants it, I will resign and we can do the full Election
> thing. ] }}

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2916 rejected

Results of Proposal 2916

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
8/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Astro
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Ayla
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Pandora

    BAA!:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2916 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:34 EDT
> Fair play in Eleusis
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Add the following paragraph as the second paragraph for rule 1250.23
> section 9
> The Deus may award a FairPlay point to a player if there is no Referee. For
> purposes of this paragraph, the Deus is treated as if they were the Referee
> of the game and thus are restricted as per rule 1250.1 Section XIII on the
> number of FairPlay Awards they may award. This paragraph takes precedence
> over rule 1250.1 if there is a conflict.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:51:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2917 rejected

Results of Proposal 2917

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
9/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
Ayla
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
Pandora
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2917 - Wed 22 Apr 1998 07:35 EDT
> The Giant Salt Lick
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> The Giant Salt Lick is a nameless, nontradeable entity.
> The Chartreuse Goose is allergic to the Giant Salt Lick because the Salt
> Lick contains monosodium glutamate in addition to sodium hydrochloride.
> When a player who has the Giant Salt Lick is given the Chartreuse Goose by
> any means, the Chartreuse Goose immediate flees to another active player at
> random.
> Whenever a player submits a proposal with the words 'monosodium glutamate'
> and that proposal is accepted, the Giant Salt Lick is immediately
> transferred into their possession upon that player making a public
> statement to the effect that they are licking the salt lick. [IE noone is
> ever required to take the lick unless they really want to.]
> Other rules may specify other means by which the Giant Salt Lick is
> transferred.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:35:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2918 accepted

Results of Proposal 2918

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
Koxvolio             (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
Attila the Pun
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
H*bert               (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2918 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:12 EDT
> double your pleasure
> rufus (David Scheidt)
> 
> {{[ Fictionary seems to have a bug. If two bluffers submit the same
> definition, the Brainiac has to send them both out, which makes it obvious
> that this is not the correct definition. this fixes that]}}
> 
> Ammend rule 1250.10 'Fictionary' as follows:
> 
> Change the last sentance of section 3b to read " The Brainiac publically
> announces that this has occurred, and play proceeds without the submission
> as if case 3c) or case 3d), as appropriate, occurred, except that the
> correct Bluffer does not participate."
> 
> Renumber section 3d to 3e.
> 
> Replace section 3c's text with the following AIRFREIGHTISEXPENSIVE
> delimited text.
> 
> AIRFREIGHTISEXPENSIVE
> 
> No Bluffer submitted a definition that is substantially similar to an
> On-line Definition, and every Bluffer submitted a unique definition. In
> this case, the Brainiac randomly sorts the submitted definitions and the
> Actual Definition into a numbered list (without the names of the associated
> Bluffers), and publically posts the list for Bluffer voting. This posting
> ends this step.
> 
> AIRFREIGHTISEXPENSIVE
> 
> Add the following DITTOFLUIDSMELLSGOOD-delimited text as section 3d.
> 
> DITTOFLUIDSMELLSGOOD
> 
> No Bluffer submitted a definition that is substantially similar to an
> On-line Definition, and two or more Bluffers submitted substanially similar
> definitions. In this case, The Brainiac randomly selects one of the
> definitions that are substanially similar and removes it from
> consideration. The other substanially similar definition or definitions are
> discarded, the Brainiac randomly sorts the remaining definitions and the
> Actual Definition into a numbered list (without the names of the associated
> Bluffers), and publically posts the list for Bluffer voting. He also must
> publiclly announce that there were duplicate submissions. This posting ends
> this step.
> 
> DITTOFLUIDSMELLSGOOD
> 
> In section i of part 5a), add the following sentences "If a Bluffer's
> definition was removed for being the same as another submitted definition,
> all Bluffers who submitted that definition receive points for other players
> voting for that definition. However, they do not get points for the other
> Bluffer or Bluffers sheeping this definition."

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2919 accepted

Results of Proposal 2919

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
15/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Attila the Pun
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
H*bert               (SPAM)

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2919 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:13 EDT
> Small land Amendment
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend rule 839 as follows
> 
> Insert the following PHYSICS delimited text as the final paragraph in the
> rule
> 
> PHYSICS
> Only one Building (except for towers) may exist on any given kaa of land.
> {{If more than one Building (except for towers) exists on a kaa of land at
> this moment, one of the buildings is moved to another legal location if
> such exists. If no such location exists, the building is destroyed and its
> owner is compensated from the treasury the cost that would have been payed
> to build the building being destroyed. A Legal Location for moving a
> building is any kaa of land owned by the owner of the building being moved.
> If the building is owned by no player, then it is moved to a legal location
> for that building on the Map.
> }}
> {{ Deduct 2 points from the score of JT. Give 2 points to ThinMan }}
> PHYSICS

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2920 accepted

Results of Proposal 2920

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Pandora

    PRESENT:
Ayla

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2920 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:14 EDT
> Org Patch
> ThinMan (John Bollinger)
> 
> {{[
> This proposal is intended to patch the current problems regarding "illegal"
> ownership of entities by various types of organizations in a fairly humane
> manner. It also makes temporary provision for Organizational Powers. It
> complements /dev/joe's recent proposal.
> ]}}
> 
> {{[ The following is functionally implied by the rules, but needs to be
> explicitly stated for R1010 to work correctly. ]}}
> 
> Amend rule 1003, "Organizations," by inserting the sentence "A VSO may not
> own anything." immediately before the sentence "Any attmpet [sic] on the
> part of a VSO to perform any other kind of Orgnizational Action fails."
> 
> 
> {{[
> This one just loosens up a minor restriction on Political Parties.
> ]}}
> 
> Amend rule 1009 (Political Parties and Rewarding Party Unity) by inserting
> the text "Land, Buildings," into the first sentence of the third paragraph,
> immediately after the word "Trinkets."
> 
> 
> {{[
> Here's the meat of the matter:
> ]}}
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1010 and entitled "Spotter," with the following
> COACH-delimited text:
> 
> COACH
> 
> If any organization at any time owns one or more tradeable entities in
> violation of the rules specifically pertaining to that type of organization
> (e.g. R1009 for Political Parties; R1003 for VSOs), then those entities are
> immediately divided among the members of the organization as evenly as
> possible. In particular, the entities of each class (e.g. A$, gadgets,
> trinkets) are divided as evenly as possible. Where the number of entities
> of some class being divided is not evenly divisable by the number of
> members of the relevant organization, some members will receive one more
> entity of that class than the others do; which members receive the extra
> entities is determined randomly.
> 
> {{[ Grace Period: ]}}
> Any organization may surrender any organizational power it owns to the
> Treasury, upon which action the Power is destroyed. Any Organization which
> does so will receive back the original purchase price of the Power from the
> Treasury, less the standard harfer fee. This paragraph takes precedence
> over all rules governing organizations. This paragraph is deleted from this
> rule exactly one week after this rule was added to the rule set.
> 
> COACH

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:50:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2921 accepted

Results of Proposal 2921

20/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
else...if            (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Pandora
H*bert               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Astro

    BAA!:
Attila the Pun

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2921 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:15 EDT
> Remove My Pointless Trappings Of Office
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [The President has some, IMHO, rather pointless privileges. Given the rate
> of ruleset expansion, we need to trim things away. I think that these
> privileges mentioned below can be trimmed.]
> 
> Delete Sections II and IV of Rule 415, "Presidential Decisions" [Proposal
> Moratoria and Ambassador removal and re-appointment.] Relabel Section III
> of Rule 415 as section II.
> 
> [Proposal Moratoria are a way for the President to slow down the machinery
> of proposals. The Promoter's ability to tweak or frob the queue, and eir
> need to only distribute within 3 days of submission make this redundant.
> The Ambassadorship is a Political Office, and really should not be within
> the gift of the President.]

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:54:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2923 accepted

Results of Proposal 2923

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
18/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25]
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
breadbox
H*bert               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2923 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:20 EDT
> Birthday Suit
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal. Append the following to the end of Rule 842 (The
> Town Hall): For the purposes of this rule a player is considered to be
> naked if e is not wearing a rule defined garment.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2925 accepted

Results of Proposal 2925

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
13/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Astro
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
H*bert               (SPAM)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Pandora

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2925 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:24 EDT
> Probationary Boon
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal
> 
> Amend the final paragraph of Rule 1340 (The Great Sphere Probe) to read in
> full:
> After the findings of the Probe have been described, the Head of the Probe
> Project and another player selected at random from those who donated to The
> Probe Project shall receive a deterministic Boon of the Ancients and then
> this rule will repeal itself.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:03:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2926 accepted

Results of Proposal 2926

19/24 votes: Quorum achieved
18/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Astro
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Pandora
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
H*bert               (SPAM)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25]
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Ayla

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2926 - Thu 23 Apr 1998 03:25 EDT
> Hearing Aid
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Replace the following sentence where it appears in [the forth paragraph of]
> Rule 909 (Steel Flea):
> A Hearing is then called, with valid responses of "Phoebe would not say
> anything so crass" and "Phoebe said much the same thing to me once". with:
> A Hearing is then called. The player who issued the challenge is the
> Hearing Harfer and is called the Nanotech Overseer while it is in session.
> Valid responses for the hearing are "Phoebe would not say anything so
> crass" and "Phoebe said much the same thing to me once".
> 
> Insert after the sentence, where it appears in [the third paragraph] of
> Rule 915 (Prosthetic Foreheads):
> A Forehead Tribunal is a Hearing.
> the following:
> The player who summoned the Forehead Tribunal is the Hearing Harfer and is
> called the Top Cop while it is in session.
> 
> Insert after the sentence, where it appears in [the final paragraph of]
> Rule 1112 (Let there be Harf!):
> It is also Strange.
> the following:
> The player who started the Inquisition is the Hearing Harfer and is called
> the Supreme Inquisitor while it is in session.
> 
> Insert after the sentence, where it appears in [the third paragraph of]
> Rule 1123 (snowgod's Disease):
> A Public Health Emergency is a type of Hearing.
> the following:
> The player who made the call is the Hearing Harfer and is called the
> Undergraduate Med Student while it is in session.
> 
> Insert after the sentence, where it appears in [the second paragraph of]
> Rule 1125 (Committee for the Protection, Preservation, and Integrity of the
> Arts):
> A Hearing is then called on the matter of whether the allegedly offensive
> Trinket(s) are in fact lame, inane, or otherwise useless or of negligible
> artistic merit.
> the following :
> The player who made the complaint is the Hearing Harfer and is called the
> Comfortable Chair while it is in session.
> 
> Amend Rule 1211 (Boons of the Ancients) section 8 to insert after the first
> sentence:
> The player who made the call is the Hearing Harfer and is called the
> Principal Authenticator while it is in session.
> 
> Insert after the sentence, where it appears in [the fourth paragraph] of
> Rule 1317 (Codex of Kra):
> In this case, there will then be a Hearing, with valid responses of "the
> Ancients weren't that clueless" and "my own experiments have produced
> similar results".
> the following :
> The player who made the accusation is the Hearing Harfer and is called
> Management while it is in session.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2958

Proposal 2958
small reorg
JT (JT Traub)

This is a modest proposal.

Renumber rule 2887 to 1240.X where X is the lowest unused integer for the
Otzma card rule suite.
Renumber rule 2888 to 1240.Z where Z is the lowest unused integer for the
Otzma card rule suite.

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:11:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2959

Proposal 2959
Wolf's Clothing
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[SHEEP wants to give away money, but the current Org rules won't let it.
There should be some leeway for these charitable actions, but not so much
as to allow willy-nilly actions.  I think that the Dispensation/Indulgence
system described below should allow these kinds of actions, without
enabling Societies to get away with everything.]

Create a new Rule, numbered 1020, and called "Dispensations", with the
following INDULGENCE-delimited text:

INDULGENCE
The Org-Harfer (or, if that seat is vacant, the Web-Harfer) shall maintain
a list of Dispensations.  This list is an official Document, but is not a
Rule, and shall only have effects as defined by the Rules.  An entry on
the Dispensations List shall consist of the name of a Society, a colon, 
and an action or a description of a number of actions (so that it is
possible to distinguish between actions described by that description and
actions not described in a non-paradoxical way).  

If an entry on the Dispensations List contains the name
of a Society and an action, then the Society may perform that action as an
Organisational Action.

A member of a Society may submit an Indulgence by sending it to the
Org-Harfer privately.  It is a Duty of the Org-Harfer to publish
Indulgences.  An Indulgence must be an entry of the form included in the
Dispensations List.  Any player may object to a published Indulgence
within 3 days of it being published.  

If, 3 days after an Indulgence is published, fewer than 2 players have
objected to the Indulgence, then the Indulgence will be added to the
Dispensations List as a new entry.

{{Add the following quoted item to the Dispensations List:
"The Society for the Huranguing of Emancipated Enfranchised Players:
gift A$2 to a player who voted BAA! on a proposal whose voting
results were distributed in the past 7 days."
}}
INDULGENCE

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:13:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2960

Proposal 2960
Harfonian Recovery
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{This is a Modest Proposal.}}

{{[Some entities are partially recorded, but now gone.  I want to see them
in the Harfonian with the Widget of Yendor.  This is all self-deleting
text, to ensure that no null rule is created.]}}

{{Create Exhibits in the Harfonian Institute for Orbital Mind Control
Lasers, Electronic Potatoes, Victory Eggplants, Silly Vacation Hats (being
worn), and the five Keys to the Vault.}}

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:14:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2961

Proposal 2961
Just like...
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal

Amend rule Rule 506.1 (Magik) to read in full (LASTWISHES delimited):

LASTWISHES
It privilege of the Archaeologist to convert a trinket worth more than
A$99 into a Majik according to the following procedure:
As a public action, a player who owns a Trinket worth more than A$99
asks if that Trinket is special.
If the Archaeologist replies publicly within 3 days "This Trinket is
Majik", then the Trinket becomes a Majik. [It is considered good form to
give the Archaeologist a 10% fee for this service.]

Majiks are no longer Trinkets but keep the value, name and description
they had when Trinkets. Majiks are tradable entities.
LASTWISHES

Rename Rule 506.1 to Majik

{{[This was #15 of Malenkai's departing wish list from the first time e
tried to leave. Suffice to say this proposal is wholly inspired by
Malenkai, with out whom I'd prolly not have seen the loophole. For the
other items; all I can say is: #1 is a long way off. I hope I'm
accomplishing #2. #3 is a work in progress ;) #4 been done. I don't
agree with #19.]}}

{{transfer some posthumous writer's credit to Malenkai's Undead}}

{{[Malenkai's Undead achieves a winning condition]}}

{{[Well it has been two cycles in a row now ;)]}}

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