Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #71
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acka-voting-digest       Wednesday, May 13 1998       Volume 03 : Number 071

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:04:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2999 accepted

Results of Proposal 2999

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
17/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
else...if            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
Niccolo Flychuck
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 2999 - Tue 05 May 1998 22:13 EDT
> A Gnome by any other name
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> Replace the first three paragraphs of Rule 975 ("Yes Virginia") with the
> following text:
> 
> The Voting Gnome of Ackanomic (hereinafter referred to simply as the Voting
> Gnome) is a unique, non-tradeable entity. The Voting Gnome owns himself. He
> acts only as described in the Rules.

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:05:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3000 accepted

Results of Proposal 3000

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
16/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
else...if            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
saaremaa
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
Niccolo Flychuck
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3000 - Tue 05 May 1998 22:14 EDT
> Some Things Don't Require Judgement
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> {{[This does two things: fixes it so that identical proposals don't require
> a pointless CFJ to remove, and also takes out the part about making it a
> crime to have two substantially similar proposals. The only reason it was a
> crime to begin with is due to maneuvers like Red Barn's, which can now be
> prosecuted under the crime of being Annoying.]}}
> 
> Replace the text of Rule 309 ("Substantially Similar Proposals") with the
> following:
> 
> If two Proposals, A and B, have identical text, or if (in the judgement of
> a judge) the game effect that would occur if Proposal A was adopted is
> substantially similar to that of Proposal B, and furthermore if both of the
> following are true:
> 
> a) Proposal A was distributed after Proposal B;
> b) Proposal B is still under voting consideration;
> 
> then Proposal A is invalid.

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:06:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3003 accepted

Results of Proposal 3003

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
14/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)

    PRESENT:
UglyBigNose

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
Niccolo Flychuck
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3003 - Wed 06 May 1998 07:45 EDT
> A Haunting Name
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Malenkai's return has opened the whole can of worms about the names of the
> Undead. I don't like eating worms, I'd rather close the can.]
> 
> Append the following GHOUL-delimited text to Rule 258:
> 
> GHOUL
> It is legal for an Undead to have a name which is the name of a former
> player, provided that that Undead was made Undead as a result of the player
> who possessed said name leaving the game.
> GHOUL
> 
> [Trying my best to avoid nasty tricks about renaming undead here.]

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:19:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3056

Proposal 3056
Mentoring fix once more
JT (JT Traub)

{{[ This is to fix the fact that the proposal was null the last time it
went through. ]}}

Amend rule 253 'Mentors' as follows:
Replace this OLD delimited sentance
OLD
Any Acting player may place emself in the mentor pool or remove emself
therefrom.
OLD
with the following NEW delimited sentances
NEW
Any Active player may place emself in the mentor pool or remove emself
therefrom by notifying the Registrar. This notification may be done
privately.
NEW

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:20:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3057

Proposal 3057
One more Convention
JT (JT Traub)

{{[ This is a small attempt to fix the problem of some types of Null
proposals.  In the case that brought this up, a rule number was left out
of the proposal. ]}}
Amend rule 340 'Conventions' as follows:
Add a section 'IX' in the appropriate place with the following NONULL text
NONULL
IX.  If a proposal specifies the addition, deletion, or replacement of
text, and it is possible to determine from context that this a) applies to
a rule and b) which rule it applies to [IE: the text to change/delete is
quoted and it occurs in only one place in the rule set, or the text to add
is specified as being added before or after certain text and that text is
distinguishable as above], then that proposal will be treated as if it
correctly specified the rule to amend.
NONULL

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:21:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3058

Proposal 3058
Excess of Chess Mess Redress: Less Stress
Hubert (Eric Plumb)

[ This proposal attempts to address (whoops) the issue of TGW's recent
amendment to the Check rules: e wanted to simply allow only a single
non-Placement Atomic Play to escape Check.  Unfortunately, the automatic
surrender e introduced made Swingers extremely vulnerable to Paratroop
cards, as Slakko and Koxvolio pointed out.  My proposed amendment is to
once again allow multiple-Atomic Play moves whilst in Check.  It also
calls for a Hearing on the subject of whether a Placement move should be
allowed to get a player out of Check.  I personally think it shouldn't,
but there are enough Swingers who seem to think it should that I think a
Hearing on the matter is required.  ]

Repeal the second paragraph of section 7, "Check and Checkmate", of Rule
1230.2, "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's play". (This reads (or
rather read (or, rather, will have read (or, I suppose, wioll haven
on-read))), "A Swinger is in Checkmate if e is in Check and there are no
single atomic plays of type Move, Capture or Special which would cause the
swinger not to be in Check.  If a Swinger is in Checkmate then e
automatically makes a default play of Surrender.") 
[ I think most everyone agrees this should go. ]

Create a new Rule numbered 69, entitled "temp", with the following
REGRESS-delimited text:

REGRESS
Upon the creation of this Rule, a Chess Hearing is called with Hubert as
the Hearing Harfer.  A Chess Hearing is similar to the Hearings described
in Rule 360, except that:
a) any votes in the Hearing cast by non-player entities other than Party
Hall shall be ignored, and
b) for each Swinger who casts a vote in the Chess Hearing, Party Hall will
cast a vote identical to the vote of that Swinger.  [ In effect, this
gives Swingers two votes each, and the rest of the hoi polloi but one. ]

The valid responses to a Chess Hearing are "Swingers should be allowed to
escape Check via Placements." and "Like <censored> they should."  The
duration of a Chess Hearing is three days.

If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is inconclusive, the votes shall be
recounted, with votes by non-player entities being ignored.  If the
verdict is still inconclusive, a verdict shall be determined randomly by
the Hearing Harfer.

If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is "Swingers should be allowed to
escape Check via Placements.", this Rule shall repeal itself. [ No changes
are necessary to the Party Chess rules in this case. ]

If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is "Like <censored> they should.", the
following CRESS-delimited paragraph shall be appended to the end of
section 7, "Check and Checkmate", of Rule 1230.2, "Swingers Like to Play
Around II - Let's play", and this Rule shall be repealed.

CRESS
When a Swinger is in Check, e does not have the option of making a
Placement move.  This paragraph takes precedence over any Rule or
clause therein which would suggest otherwise.
CRESS

This Rule takes precedence over any Rules which regard Hearings, the types
of entities allowed to cast votes in Hearings, and Party Chess where there
is a conflict.
REGRESS

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:22:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3059

Proposal 3059
The REAL Fair Play Award
Hubert (Eric Plumb)

Append to the end of Rule 1250.10, "Fictionary," the string "As
being Walking Dictionaries is just as illegal as consulting Official
Dictionaries, neither the player who originally joined Ackanomic with the
name of Alfvaen nor the player who originally joined Ackanomic with the
name of JT may take part in a game of Fictionary; this sentence takes
precedence over any other clause in this Rule Suite where there is a
conflict. {{ The current game of Fictionary is updated to follow the
revised rules. }}"

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