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acka-voting-digest        Tuesday, May 19 1998        Volume 03 : Number 077

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3052 accepted

Results of Proposal 3052

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
7/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
breadbox
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Astro
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3052 - Tue 12 May 1998 19:35 EDT
> Binding Demons
> Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
> 
> {{[It has been pointed out that Demons as they stand are too powerful
> promotables. This proposal seeks to restrict the promotion zone from teh
> entire square between two identical pieces to just the diagonal. This would
> still allow for interesting plays, like the Demon double promotiong that
> was executed a couple of months back]}}
> 
> {{[this is a chess proposal ]}}
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend section 3 of R1230.18 "Creation of a PartyChessPiece Demon" to read
> in full:
> "
> 
> A Demon is promotable. A Demon can be promoted only if and only if there
> exist two friendly pieces of the same type (as each other, not necessarily
> the Demon), X and Y such that ABS(xR-R)=ABS(yR-R) /AND/ ABS(xC-C)=ABS(yC-C)
> /AND/ the distance between those two pieces is equal to or smaller than 8.
> A Demon can only be Promoted if the Swinger controlling the Demon has just
> Moved or Captured. It cannot be Promoted following a Placement or a Pass.
> 
> "

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:41:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3055 rejected

Results of Proposal 3055

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
7/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy
Astro
rufus
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    BAA!:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3055 - Tue 12 May 1998 19:37 EDT
> Put the left action in
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> Add the following before the last paragraph of rule 534: "
> The AREB may add and remove actions. If two members of the AREB publicly
> specify the same alteration to the list of actions then that change will
> occur. The specification must include whether it is an addition or a
> removal, and what event will become classified or cease to be classified as
> an action. When the alteration occurs the list of actions in rule 530 will
> be changed appropriately.
> "

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:42:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3089

Proposal 3089
Infinite Schminfinite
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

{{[
  Rule-mandated infinite loops worry me.  The following rule does
  not cover all possible such loops, but does address itself to
  most of those which are likely to be created by mistake or
  mistake-like scam.
]}}

Create a new rule, numbered 110, titled "Infinite Schminfinite",
with the following THERECANBEONLYONE-delimited text:

THERECANBEONLYONE
If the rules are modified so as to specify that an action occurs
without specifying at what time or under what circumstances that
action occurs, then the action occurs exactly once, an
ininitessimal time after the rules are so modified.
THERECANBEONLYONE

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:43:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3090

Proposal 3090
Infinite Schminfinite II
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

Create a new rule, numbered 5000, entitled "patch.Acka.0001742",
with the following text:
"
If Alfvaen has more than 1000 points then the following occurs:
   1) his score is set to the magic number,
   2) he achieves a winning condition,
   3) The Gingham Wearer's score is set to zero.

This rule repeals itself five minutes after it is enacted.
"

ThinMan

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:44:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3091

Proposal 3091
This is a boring title
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Append the following text to the end of the first paragraph rule 1140:

"No player may receive the chocolate frog in two consecutive months."

Replace the second paragraph of rule 901 [The first Magic Potato will be
given out on the first Monday following the accepting of this Proposal into
law. ] with the following text:

"No player may receive the magic potato in two consecutive weeks."

Add the following text to rule 836 after the second paragraph:

"No player may have the great raft or great oars transferred to them in 2
consecutive fortnights. No player may be selected to have the great raft or
great oars transferred to them if they currently have the other (i.e. they
can't get the oars if they have the raft and vice versa)."

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:45:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3092

Proposal 3092
No-lix
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal Rule 207.5 (Prolix Propositions).

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3093

Proposal 3093
What about other sorts of bias?
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

[this rule has been broken many times because of
inappropriate scope of the last sentence.  Also,
there are many minor inconsistencies to fix.]

- -----------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 253, "Mentors", as follows:

- ---

I. Replace:

"
A mentor must always provide information without 
political or religious bias. 
"

with:

"
A Mentor shall provide information to the new player
without bias while performing the above duties.
"

- ---

II.  Replace the first occurrance of the article 'a' in sections 
2) and 3) with the article 'the'.  ['a player' is wrong; 'the player'
is better and consistent, 'eir protege(e)' is correct, but 'the player'
is good enough for now.]

- ---

III.  Replace 'mentor' with 'Mentor" wherever it appears.  [capitalization
should be consistent within the same rule.]

- ---

IV.  Replace all gender-specific pronouns with their appropriate
gender-neutral (Spivak) forms.  [regardless of how we feel about 
this (and it used to be a holy war), we should at least be consistent
within the same rule]

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:47:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3094

Proposal 3094
Hmmm
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend rule 410, "Scorekeeper", to replace "winning a cycle"
with "achieving a Winning Condition"

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3095

Proposal 3095
Fasttrack Literature changes
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

[gist: allow anyone to modify the literature list, allow CSRs to
work on all documents, reuse the CSR mechanism for the postal code]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 210, "Literature", to remove:

"
The Literature list may only be altered through the use of Proposals
or the Spelling Bee. 
"

then add the following text as a new section following section IV:

"
V. Any player may issue a CSR that consists solely of modifications
to the Literature list.  Otherwise, the Literature list may only be
modified by Proposals and by the Spelling Bee.
"

- ---

Amend rule 421.2, "Common Sense Reports", to replace

"
list of suggested changes to the Rules
"

with:

"
list of suggested changes to the Rules or other document
"

- ---

Amend rule 422, "Postmaster", to replace:

"
The Postal Code is a document which may be changed by the 
Postmaster by publicly posting the desired changes; if fewer than 
2 players publicly disagree with the change within 3 days, it is 
applied to the Postal Code; otherwise, the change is ignored. 
"

with

"
It is a privilege of the Postmaster to issue CSRs that consist solely 
of modifications to the Postal Code.
"

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:49:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3096

Proposal 3096
Dusting the Laboratory
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

- -----------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 594.18, "Blueprint: Butler", to replace

"Processing Chip" with "Swingpoint".

- ---

Destroy all Oscars.

- ---

Repeal rule 594.13, "Blueprint: Oscar"

[this manipulates contracts, which do not seem to exist]

- ---

[how did this escape the cutting room floor :-)]

Amend rule 841, "Towers", to remove:

"
7) Any tower in the Gaol's evidence room is twisted into a
pretzel-shaped blob, and will not exceed the height of the Gaol.
Towers may not manipulate protected entities or perform protected
actions except where specified by the rules. Towers may
only be destroyed as specified in the rules. 
"

then renumber sections 8 and 9 to 7 and 8, respectively.

- ---

Amend rule 1004, "Societies", to replace "Organization Powers"
with "Organizational Powers".

- ---

Amend rule 1240.1, "Definition of Otzma Cards", to remove the string
"any Institution," from section III, subsection 2.

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:50:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3097

Proposal 3097
Banzai!
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[A real Kamikaze stunt: it costs you the piece, but eliminates any piece
"weaker" than a Kamikaze that you want eliminated.  It's a great way to
kill off Checks which rely on a Cantor - material weights are 6 for Z
versus 5 for %.]

Amend Rule 1230.16 by appending the following CRASH-delimited text:

CRASH
5. The Kamikaze has a Special Move, which consists of moving to any square
on the board currently occupied by a piece of positive Material weight
lower than that of the Kamikaze, moving over unoccupied squares in the
path.  The Kamikaze is destroyed after this Special Move has occurred.
CRASH

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:51:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3098

Proposal 3098
Win, When?
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Rule 603 never says when a player actually achieves the relevant Winning
Condition.  This amendment should make the timing obvious.  Thanks to
those who pointed out the unintentional flaw in the rewording.]

Amend Rule 603 by replacing the following UNCLEAR-delimited text:

UNCLEAR
If a voting player has a number of points equal to or greater than the
Magic Number, and that player is the first one to have done so in the
current Cycle, then that player has achieved a Winning Condition. 
UNCLEAR

with the following CRYSTAL-delimited text:

CRYSTAL
A player achieves a Winning Condition at the instant their number of
points first reaches or exceeds the Magic Number in any given Cycle,
provided that no one else has previously had a score reach or exceed the
Magic Number during that cycle.
CRYSTAL

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:52:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3099

Proposal 3099
Wibble
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Wibble.

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