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acka-voting-digest        Saturday, May 2 1998        Volume 03 : Number 060

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:20:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2927 accepted

Results of Proposal 2927

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

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
H*bert               (SPAM)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Koxvolio             (Harf)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2927 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 06:55 EDT
> Recession
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal
> 
> Append to rule 910 (The Ackanomicon):
> Stock Market Crash (1 Page):
> Reading this page causes the Orange Menace to temporarily manifest itself.
> Wide spread panic ensues, causing the stock market's positivity index to
> fall by 10%.

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:25:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2928 rejected

Results of Proposal 2928

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
H*bert               (SPAM)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Astro
Pandora

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2928 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 06:57 EDT
> Herd mentality
> Pandora (David Kenning)
> 
> Amend Rule 106/15 to include the following HERD delimited text as a new
> paragraph in between the current first and second paragraphs:
> 
> HERD
> Upon counting the votes, all BAA! votes shall be converted into either Yes
> or No votes as follows: if there are more Yes than No votes, BAA! votes
> shall be converted into Yes votes; if there are more No than Yes votes,
> BAA! votes shall be converted into No votes. BAA! votes thus converted
> shall count towards deciding whether the proposal is accepted or rejected
> as if they had been regular Yes or No votes.
> HERD
> 
> [if I've got this right, it effectively means voting BAA! amounts to saying
> 'I think the same as everyone else', which gives what I consider to be an
> appropriate significance to BAA! votes]
> 
> [I hope my debut proposal has been as much a pleasure for everyone else as
> it has for me]

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:28:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2929 rejected

Results of Proposal 2929

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
10/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Astro
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
H*bert               (SPAM)
Pandora
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2929 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 06:58 EDT
> Heresy rules revision
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[
> Given the numer of Witchhunts recently, I thought it might be useful to
> clean up the rules for them slightly, and also reorganize them as an
> 'official' rule suite as per the rules. This proposal attempts to do this
> in a clean manner. (As a side note, they were already numbered like a rule
> suite).
> ]}}
> 
> Create a rule 1306 titled Heresy Rule Suite with the following BURN
> delimited text
> 
> BURN
> [Heresy Rule Suite]
> This rule suite is intended to simplify and consolidate the various types
> of Heresy.
> 
> The rules may define a specific act as a type of Heresy.
> 
> If a player commits an act which is define as Heresy then another player
> may start a Witchhunt against that player by sending a public message that
> names the alleged Witch, quotes the allegedly heretical message, and calls
> for a Witchhunt provided a Witchhunt is not already in progress against the
> alleged Witch and provided that there are less than 5 Witchhunts currently
> in progress.
> 
> A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid
> responses to a Witchhunt are 'No! E's not a witch, e's a duck!' and 'BURN
> THE WITCH!'. The Player who called the Witchhunt shall be the Hearing
> Harfer for it, and shall be called Witchfinder General while it is in
> session.
> 
> If the verdict is 'BURN THE WITCH!', the alleged witch shall be incinerated
> as a heretic, atop a huge bonfire that not only reduces em to eir component
> atoms, but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it. The witch
> shall then enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points. That
> player is then said to be Enlightened.
> 
> If, on the other hand, the verdict is 'No! E's not a witch, e's a duck!',
> then the player who started the Witchhunt loses 5 points. Furthermore, if
> that player is also Enlightened, said title is immediately stripped from
> them, and they will no longer be said to be Enlightened.
> 
> An player who is said to be Enlightened may never have a Witchhunt called
> against them, or be burned as a heretic.
> 
> After a Witchhunt has been called on a player, another player who is a
> member of a Church may save that player from being burned as a witch, or as
> a heretic, provided e posts a public message (before the Witchhunt is
> resolved) saying 'I am running to the Church', then the name of the Church
> of which e is a member, then 'and I hold the Altar by the Horns for'
> followed by the name of the player e is saving. This is called granting
> Sanctuary Of Salvation.
> BURN
> 
> {{ renumber rule 1307 to rule 1306.1 }}
> {{ Delete all paragraphs of rule 1306.1 except for the first. }}
> 
> {{ renumber rule 1307.1 to 1306.2 }}
> {{ Remove all sentances except the first. Remove the world Black from the
> first sentance.
> }}
> 
> {{[ the rest of these are slight changes to make the rules consistant on
> the shape of the earth and on what happens when conditions are achieved.
> ]}}
> {{ Replace the final paragraph of rule 1319 with the following HEMI
> delimited text.
> HEMI
> If the earth should ever become hemisphereical, all occurances of the word
> 'flat' in rule 1306.1 shall be replaced with 'hemispherical'. If the earth
> should ever become spherical, all occurances of the word 'hemispherical'
> shall be replaced by the word 'round' and rules 1319, 1319.1, and 1319.2
> shall be repealled.
> HEMI
> }}
> {{[ the wording of 1319.1 has a few typos in it. I am tempted to fix them
> here, but doubt that this would pass if I do, so I'll wait on that until
> after seing whether or not this passes or fails
> ]}}
> {{ Append the following FLAT delimited paragraph to the end of rule 1319.1
> FLAT
> If every both hemispheres are severed, all occurances of the words 'round'
> or 'hemispherical' in rule 1306.1 shall be replaces with the word 'flat'
> and rules 1319, 1319.1 and 1319.2 shall be repealled.
> FLAT
> }}
> {{ Amend rule 1319.2 changing all references of 1307 to 1306.1 }}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:36:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2932 accepted

Results of Proposal 2932

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Astro
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2932 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:24 EDT
> Tears In The River
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 910, "The Ackanomicon", as follows:
> 
> After the sentence "No player may visit The Vault of the Book more than
> once in a calendar month, or more than once in any given 14 day span."
> insert the sentence "No player may visit the Vault of the Book if another
> player has visited the Vault of the book in the past 24 hours."

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:39:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2933 accepted

Results of Proposal 2933

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2933 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:25 EDT
> Turn Your Face Away
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 1155, named "Colours", with text as follows
> (delimited by LION):
> 
> LION
> The following colours are defined by the Rules:
> 
> alabaster; amber; aquamarine; azure; black; blue; brown; burgundy;
> carnelian; cerulean; chartreuse; crimson; cyan; emerald; fuchsia; gold;
> green; grey; indigo; lavender; magenta; maroon; mauve; murrey; ochre;
> orange; peach; pink; puce; purple; red; scarlet; sienna; silver; teal;
> turquoise; ultramarine; umber; vermilion; viridian; white; yellow;
> LION
> 
> In Rule 594.5, "Blueprint: Automatic Sculpture", replace the last sentence
> 
> {{[
> Should the Mad Sculptor not publicly post such a description within three
> days of being selected, e shall lose one point and the description shall
> become "it is green".
> ]}}
> 
> with the following text(delimited by SAMITE):
> 
> SAMITE
> Should the Mad Sculptor not publicly post such a description within three
> days of being selected, e shall lose one point and the description shall
> become "it is X", where X is one of the colours defined in Rule 1155.
> SAMITE

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:42:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2934 accepted

Results of Proposal 2934

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Astro
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
H*bert               (SPAM)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2934 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:26 EDT
> Some of Them Are Old
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Warning contains: preterit
> 
> {{[ The preterit is the verbal past tense form, as opposed to the past
> participle. I.E. the preterit of "swim" is "swam" and "drink" is "drank";
> the past participles are "swum" and "drunk" respectively. Remember, you
> drove me to this! ]}}
> 
> 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 preterit 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 preterit of "frink", and this Rule
> repeals itself.
> ENO

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:46:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2935 accepted

Results of Proposal 2935

18/24 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vulcan Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:
Astro

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2935 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:27 EDT
> Yes Virginia
> Vynd (John McCoy)
> 
> There is a Voting Gnome.
> 
> The Voting Gnome is a unique, non-tradeable entity, named (you guessed it):
> The Voting Gnome. The Voting Gnome owns himself. He acts only as described
> in the Rules.
> 
> The word The in the name of The Voting Gnome (and only when in that name)
> is not considered to be an article for the purpose of determing the
> primitive form of names.
> 
> The Voting Gnome has a home. It is located on a Kaa of land at the extreme
> northern end of Ackanomic called the North Stick, on the far side of the
> Wilds. The home itself is a cozy building, with a 40 meter tower that looks
> suspiciously like a chimney. It is named The Voting Gnome's Workshop.
> Neither the North Stick nor the Voting Gnome's Workshop are common
> locations. Both the North Stick and the Voting Gnome's Workshop are owned
> by the Voting Gnome. Whenever the Voting Gnome's location is not otherwise
> specified, he is in his home.
> 
> On every August 28th, at exactly noon, the Voting Gnome visits the rest of
> Acka, bearing harf and good cheer. He returns home at midnight. August
> 28th, known as Gnomesday, is a Holiday, and a time of great happiness and
> jocularity for Acka. No player may be challenged to a Duel on Gnomesday.
> The reason for all this goodwill is that the Voting Gnome gives gifts to
> the players of Acka on this day. Exactly what gift depends on certain
> conditions, described below. No player receives more than one gift, if he
> qualifies for several then he receives only the first gift listed that he
> qualifies for.
> 
> 
> 
> I. If the player is in Gaol, he receives a Lump of Coal. Lumps of Coal are
> non-tradeable entities, and they are depressing. So long as a player owns a
> Lump of Coal, he may not participate in parades, and is instead represented
> by a cardboard cutout, with all attendant penalties. He may not chew the
> gumball. Furthermore, the description of his home is immediately changed to
> the sentence: A one room apartment with no window, cinder block walls, a
> plain wooden bench, and a pile of rags in one corner for a bed. This
> description may not be altered so long as the player owns a Lump of Coal.
> 
> A Lump of Coal is destroyed if the player who owns it is Enlightened, at
> which point that player ceases to be Enlightened. If a player is burned as
> a Heretic, or shot with any kind of laser, any Lump of Coal in his
> possession is destroyed. If a player is in possession of a Lump of Coal for
> a full 12 months, it is destroyed, and that player gains A$2500 (in
> diamonds).
> 
> 
> II. If a player is on vacation, he receives a Silly Vacation Hat. Silly
> Vacation Hats are non-tradeable entities. Once a player returns from
> vacation, he has seven days to post a name and description for his hat. If
> he fails to do so, then at the end of the seven days the Hat in question is
> destroyed.
> 
> 
> III. If a player is in the Wilds of Ackanomic, he receives a Rock to Wind a
> String Around.
> 
> 
> IV. If a player is in his home, and his home has a tower, he receives a
> Bonus Vote. If this would give the player more Bonus Votes than he can
> legally own, he instead receives a Blue Cross Bonus. If the player already
> owns a Blue Cross Bonus, he instead receives the Purple Robes of Justice.
> If more than one player would qualify to receive the Purple Robes of
> Justice in this method, then one of them is randomly selected to receive
> it. The other players who qualified to receive the Purple Robes of Justice
> but did not receive them shall receive a Bronze Torch. If the player
> already owns a Bronze Torch, then he shall receive the Chartreuse Goose. If
> more than one player would qualify to receive the Chartreuse Goose in this
> manner, then one of them is randomly selected to receive it. Those players
> who qualified to receive the Chartreuse Goose but did not receive it shall
> receive a Chartreuse Goose Egg. If the player already owns a Chartreuse
> Goose Egg, then he shall instead receive the Huge Gaudily Wrapped Present.
> If more than one player qualifies to receive the Huge Gaudily Wrapped
> Present, none of them receive it, and they all receive A$1 instead.
> 
> The Huge Gaudily Wrapped Present is a unique tradeable entity, if at any
> time it is not owned by a player is is Somewhere Else. It is never in the
> Treasury. A player who owns the Huge Gaudily Wrapped Present may open it at
> any time as a public action. When he does so, one of two events occurs,
> exactly which one is determined randomly. He either: 1) Receives two pairs
> of dress pants; or, 2) Achieves a Winning Condition. In either case, the
> player ceases to own the Huge Gaudily Wrapped Present.
> 
> 
> V. If a player is in his home, but his home does not have a tower attached
> to it, then he receives a Santa's Beard.
> 
> 
> VI. If a player is at the Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication he
> receives a Boon of the Ancients, provided he has been there for at least
> three days.
> 
> 
> If a player does not meet any of the above qualifications, he receives a
> pair of dress pants. Pairs of dress pants are Garments.
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over all Rules numbered 200 or lower.
> 
> {{[Sort of the Ackanomicon meets the Crystal Chalice. If anyone knows where
> I get this stuff from, LOCK THE DOOR. If this passes, everyone should feel
> free to add their own gifts and conditions.]}}
> 
> {{Renumber this Rule to 975}}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:51:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2937 rejected

Results of Proposal 2937

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
9/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Astro
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    NO:
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Koxvolio             (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2937 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:30 EDT
> The Stocks
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 708 entitled "To the Stocks" and reading as
> follows delimited by "ROTTEN-EGG"
> 
> ROTTEN-EGG
> There exists the location of the Ackanomic Town Square (square) It is a
> common location, and it occupies four kaas of land. Located in the square
> are several sets of stocks. Whenever a player is sentenced to a sentence in
> the stocks they are transported to the square and considered to be "in the
> stocks" for the duration of the sentence.
> 
> Whenever a player is in the stocks they are treated as if they were in gaol
> except for the following differences:
> 
> 1. There is no limit on the number of public messages they may post in a
> day due to the greater ease with which someone in the stocks may
> communicate.
> 
> 2. A player in the stocks may give any gift entities to another player [not
> organisation], provided the other player is in the Ackanomic Town Square.
> 
> Any player may release any other player from the stocks providing they are
> in the square and not in the stocks. To do so however is the crime of
> aiding and abetting [It is considered good form for any CFCJs with a TRUE
> verdict on this crime to give as a penalty a time in the stocks]. If a
> player is released from the stocks then their sentence is considered to
> have ended.
> 
> There exists a unique unownable entity called "Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler"
> [Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures, page 15] (Dibbler). Entities owned by
> Dibbler are not considered to be in the Treasury. Any player who is in the
> square but not in he stocks may purchase any of Dibbler's merchandise for
> the prices indicated below:
> 
> Miscellaneous Vegetables: A$3
> Tomato: A$5
> Rotten Egg: A$10
> 
> Any merchandise purchased from Dibbler must immediately (i.e. in the same
> message) be thrown at a player in the stocks, otherwise it will decompose
> (due to it's low quality).
> 
> Any player in the stocks who has had anything thrown at them may be
> ridiculed with immunity to the politeness moon (within reason). In
> addition, for each item thrown at a player there is a chance that that
> player becomes ill. The odds are 1 in 20 for miscellaneous vegetables, 1 in
> 10 for tomatoes and 1 in 5 for rotten eggs. If a player becomes ill in this
> way then upon their sentence in the stocks ending they are transferred to
> the hospital where they must remain for three days.
> 
> At the end of every month Dibbler has all his money confiscated for selling
> bad quality goods and this is transferred to a random active player "for
> bringing this man's dreadful merchandise to the state's attention".
> ROTTEN-EGG
> 
> Create a new rule called "The Ackanomic Hospital" with the text as
> delimited by KING_SYNDROME
> 
> KING_SYNDROME
> The Ackanomic Hospital is a common location and a cosy building. Whenever a
> player is ill and in the hospital they are encouraged to groan in any
> public messages .
> KING_SYNDROME
> 
> Modify rule 1123 by appending the following LUNATIC delimited text to the
> end:
> 
> LUNATIC
> In addition, whenever a player is found to have snowgod's disease they are
> transported to the Ackanomic Hospital where they must remain for three days
> whilst they are recovering from their illness.
> LUNATIC
> 
> Modify rule 709 by replacing the following BORING delimited text with the
> following BRAND_NEW delimited text:
> 
> BORING
> If a player has been selected to judge a CFJ and has not yet accepted or
> declined the appointment when e enters the Gaol, e is considered to have
> declined the appointment as judge.
> BORING
> 
> BRAND_NEW
> If a player has been selected to judge a CFJ and has not yet delivered the
> verdict, e is considered to have declined the appointment as judge and the
> Clerk of the Courts must select a new judge.
> BRAND_NEW

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:55:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2938 accepted

Results of Proposal 2938

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Astro
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
H*bert               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Pandora
Koxvolio             (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2938 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 08:31 EDT
> Theatre Monkeys
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Modify section VII of rule 34o to read:
> 
> "VII. Alphabetical ordering shall be determined by a word-by-word
> comparison, each word compared letter-by-letter. For these purposes: A word
> is considered to be delimited by whitespace; an initial word 'The' or 'the'
> is ignored; a single string of digits is considered equivalent to a letter;
> digital 'letters' precede alphabetical letters; accented letters come
> immediately after the unaccented form of the letter; and non-alphanumeric
> characters are ignored (excluding whitespace used for the purpose of
> delimiting words, which counts only for this purpose); and case is ignored.
> All else failing, two words that are otherwise equivalent shall be sorted
> in ASCII collation order.
> 
> {{The Gingham Wearer loses two points. Alfvaen gains two points. [He
> reminded me about the need to do this.]}}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:58:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2940 accepted

Results of Proposal 2940

17/24 votes: Quorum achieved
13/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Pandora

    ABSTAINED:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Ayla
else...if            (Klingon)
IdiotBoy
rufus                (SPAM)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Illusion

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2940 - Sat 25 Apr 1998 09:59 EDT
> It was Funny the First Time
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> I. Amend Proposal 2651 by replacing the first of the two occurrences of the
> paragraph which reads:
> 
> Any voting player (including the Mad Scientist) has the option of digging
> up and delivering one valid Frankenstein Part to the Mad Scientist, once
> per calendar week.
> 
> with the following paragraph:
> 
> Any voting player (including the Mad Scientist) has the option of digging
> up and delivering a Frankenstein Part to the Mad Scientist, once per
> calendar week.
> 
> II. Change the authorship of Proposal 2891 to K 2 (Kelly Kelly).
> 
> III. Append the following paragraph to Rule 104 ("Proposals"):
> 
> Once a proposal has been properly distributed, none of its text may be
> altered; likewise, its authorship and time of distribution cannot be
> changed.
> 
> {{[The information in the Proposal Archive needs to remain accurate.]}}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:45:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2971

Proposal 2971
Foolish Eleusis
JT (JT Traub)

I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.
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: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2972

Proposal 2972
This is something that has always bugged me
Vynd (John McCoy)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 251 Player Names, by altering its last paragraph to read in
full:

A player may change his Ackanomic name, so long as the new name complies
with all applicable rules.  The Registrar shall record and acknowledge
each legal name change; a legal name change takes effect at the time of
the Registrar's acknowledgement, at which time the player in question
shall pay the standard Harfer Fee.  If three days have passed, and the
Registrar has yet to acknowledge a players attempt to change his name, and
the new name complies with all applicable rules, then the name change
takes effect.  The Registrar is still required to record and announce
that the change occurred.  If a player attempts to change his name to
something not in compliance with the rules, that attempt fails.
Public notification of this failure by the Registrar is encouraged but not
required.  When a player changes their Ackanomic name, all Ackanomic
business will be changed to follow their new name.

{{[The same as my RFC, except one still has to pay the harfer fee]}}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:47:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2973

Proposal 2973
Treasured Actions
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Warning contains: princely

{{[this will allow societies and political parties to bury treasure
composed of items other than what they can otherwise legally own.
Otherwise only churches could bury anything and political parties only
trinkets - and the treasure hunting league can't at all. As for finding
treasure, any organization can do that now but the distribution of the
spoils is random. This power gives the org a two week window to
distribute the goods as per its charter.]}}

Create a rule numbered 1011, or the next highest integer which gives a
unique rule number, Titled "Excavation Permit" with the following EUREKA
delimited text:

EUREKA
An Excavation Permit is an Organizational Power, it is also Red Tape. An
Organization may buy an Excavation Permit for the princely sum of the
Standard Harfer Fee.

An Organization that is not a VSO and owns an Excavation Permit may:
i) Accept tradable entities for the purposes of burying em as a
treasure. If the Organization would otherwise be unable to own a type of
entity it will be transferred to the treasury after a period of 1 week
if it has not been buried as a treasure.
ii) May, as an action, bury any tradable entities that it owns as a
treasure as described in rule 1217.
iii) May legally own any entity that has been part of a buried treasure
during the previous two weeks.

This rule has precedence over any rule with which it conflicts regarding
what a particular Organization may own, accept or bury as a treasure.
EUREKA

{{[A bit of related tidying]}}

Amend the first sentence of the second last paragraph of Rule 1217
(Buried Treasure!)
{{[An Organization which is able to transfer Entities (e.g. a Church, or
an Organization with a Trade License) may bury Treasure as a public
auction.]}} to read:
An Organization which is able to transfer Entities (e.g. a Church, or an
Organization with an Excavation Permit) may bury Treasure as a public
auction.

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:48:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2974

Proposal 2974
Deranged Order
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal

{{[The Mad Hatters has no player members, it does not invoke precedence
so it is a VSO. Therefore it may not own $A and cannot pay for the Hats,
or accept trades etc. Furthermore, when Rule 1010 came into existence it
attempted to transfer 1/3 of the Mad Hatter's cash to it members which
are nameless and may not own anything. Presumably the money ended up
unowned and in the treasury?]}}

Amend the second sentence of Rule 1003 (Organizations ) section 9
{{[
It is permissible for a ruel defining an Organization to add conditions
under which an Organization may becoem a VSO, however, it not
permissible for any other rule to allow an Organization with fewer than
three members who are players to
exist and not be a VSO.
]}} to read:
It is permissible for a rule defining an Organization to add conditions
under which an Organization may become a VSO, however, it not
permissible for any other rule to allow an Organization with fewer than
three members to exist and not be a VSO.

Remove the first occurrence of the phrase "a Trade Licence and" from
Rule 675 (Mercury Poisoning )
Insert the following after the first sentence {{[The Mad Hatters is an
Organization.]}}:
It is permitted to own and trade A$ and Agenda Hats.

{{All AckaDollars owned by Beep, Blip and Bonk are transferred to the
treasury. $A200 is transferred from the treasury to the Mad Hatter's}}

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2975

Proposal 2975
What's mine...
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[It also steals from the treasury ;) ]}}

{{[Items owned by an Undead and Organizations thus belonging to no other
player are also in the treasury. Hopefully this will change that]}}

Amend Rule 505 (Treasury and AckaDollars) section II to read in full
(HANDSOFF delimited):

HANDSOFF
II. Treasury:

The Treasury is a named, unownable entity that serves as a storing house
for entities that belong to no other entity, except for those entities
for which the rules explicitly state are not in (or considered to be in)
the Treasury. Items owned by the Treasury are said to be "in the
Treasury", and they may not be manipulated in any way except as
explicitly allowed by the Rules.
HANDSOFF

{{[Orgs are prolly traditionally entities by game custom, but it can't
hurt to be explicit]}}

Insert as the first sentence of section I of Rule 1003 (Organizations)
the following text:
An Organization is a named unownable entity.

Amend Rule 839 (Buildings) to append the following text to the end of
the rule:
Regardless of ownership, land and the buildings that reside on it are
not considered to be in the treasury.

Amend the first paragraph of Rule 909 (Steel Flea) to read in full:
Phoebe the Steel Flea lives in a matchbox. Phoebe the Steel Flea looks
like a flea, feels like a flea and behaves like a flea most
of the time. However Phoebe is a unique named entity that was created
thousands of years ago by Acka-scientists who had access to advanced
nano-technology that has since been lost in the mists of time. Likewise
her matchbox is an ownable entity of indescribable mechanical
complexity. Phoebe owns both herself and her matchbox.

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:50:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2976

Proposal 2976
Discouraging Negative Play
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[We have lots and lots of Otzma Cards hoarded right now, and there is a
reason for it.  There are currently so many Go Fish cards that most
attempts to use any other card will be countered.  As the net result of a
countered card is usually a penalty against the initial player, this leads
to cards being hoarded rather than used.  We should restrict the number of
Go Fish cards, but I don't want to see people forced to give them up.
This rule sets up an Otzma Amnesty.]

Create a rule, numbered 1239, entitled "Otzma Go Fish Amnesty", with the
following BUYBACK-delimited text:

BUYBACK
A player in possession of at least one Otzma Card Go Fish may, as a public
action, convert one of eir Otzma Cards Go Fish into A$50.  The act of 
conversion destroys the Otzma Card Go Fish.  There is no
limit to the number of times a player may perform this action, provided
each time it is performed the player is in possession of at least one
Otzma Card Go Fish.
On Saturday 23rd May 1998, at 11:59 am Acka time, the following
LIMIT-delimited text is appended to Rule 1240.2, with the exception that
the instance of "CARDZ" in the text below is replaced by the number of
Otzma Cards Go Fish in existence at 11:59 am Acka time on Saturday 23rd
May 1998:

LIMIT
5. There may be at most CARDZ Otzma Cards of type "Go Fish".
LIMIT

This rule repeals itself at noon on Saturday 23rd May 1998.
BUYBACK

[Part II of the crafty scheme he he :-) - make the creation of Go Fish
cards less likely.]

Amend Rule 1240.2, "Otzma Card of Type Go Fish", by replacing all
instances of the text "F-designation of Common" with "F-designation of
Normal"

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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:51:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2977

Proposal 2977
By any means necessary
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

Amend rule 437 in the following way:
Change the string "only players who do not have puppet
heads are not counted for Quorum purposes" to "only
players who do not have puppet heads are counted for
Quorum purposes". [I think this was originally meant]

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