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acka-voting-digest        Monday, July 6 1998        Volume 03 : Number 102

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 02:53:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3217 accepted

Results of Proposal 3217

22/22 votes: Quorum achieved
5010/5013 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rule 101.1: five thousand votes

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter
Zaknafein Dourden

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

> Proposal 3217 - Sun 14 Jun 1998 20:46 EDT
> Conditionals
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> {{[the rest of that really long proposal + conditionals.]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1319.1, "Flat Earth Preservation Society", to replace:
> 
> "
> The first player to make such a contribution becomes Chairman of the Flat
> Earth Preservation Society, and it is his duty to keep track of how much
> money has been transferred to the Treasury on the Society's behalf. Should
> this player ever go on vacation or leave the game, the next player to
> contribute shall take over this title and duty.
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> It is a duty of the Financier to keep track of how much money has been
> donated to the Treasury on behalf of the Society, and by whom.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1320, "This is the way the world ends" to replace
> "active or vacationing player" with "player".
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1230.2, "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's play" to
> replace "on Vacation" with "inactive" where it appears [memo to myself:
> this clause, requiring the notification of inactive players, who may not
> even be on the internet at the time, and certainly prolly do not care about
> acka chess, needs to be removed.]
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1230.40, "Winning a Hand", to replace:
> 
> "current Swingers (excluding Swingers on Vacation)" with "active Swingers"
> and then replace
> "(including Swingers on vacation)" with "[including inactive ones]",
> and then replace
> "(including those on vacation)" with "[including inactive ones]",
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend Rule 1240.17, "Otzma Card of type Grave Robber" to replace the third
> paragraph with this:
> 
> "
> Otherwise, if e names any On Ice player (the target) in the same message,
> then the following will occur: If the target owns any tradeable entities
> besides A$, then one of those entities, selected at random, is transferred
> to the player of the card. Otherwise, 10 A$, or all the target's A$ if the
> target does not have enough A$, shall be transferred to the player of the
> card.
> "
> 
> then replace all occurrences of the word "Undead" in the rule with
> "target".
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.1, "Games and Contests", to replace, in section VI c)
> "on Vacation" with "absent", and, in the same section,
> to replace "When the original Player returns from Vacation" with
> "If the original player returns"
> 
> then add the following new subsections to the end of section VI:
> 
> "
> e) If the game has a referee, the referee may appoint another willing
> player not already involved in the game to play in eir place for any time
> that e is absent. If the referee becomes absent without making such an
> appointment, the Speaker may appoint a referee, otherwise the game is
> suspended until the previous referee returns. This paragraph defers
> precedence to all other rules in this rule suite.
> 
> f) When a player leaves Ackanomic, they are deemed to have forfeited any
> games they playing in.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.2. "Trophies", to remove:
> 
> "
> (if said Trophy is haunted by an Undead, the Undead stops haunting it, then
> the transfer occurs)
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.9, "Ghost", to replace
> "goes on vacation, or leaves the game of Ackanomic" with "becomes absent".
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.10, "Fictionary", to replace section V., subsection 1) with
> this:
> 
> "
> 1) Inactive players are replaced by bots who perform the default actions in
> their stead (but the players receive all scoring as a result of the bot's
> play).
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.11, "Tromino Go" to remove section 11 [absorbed into
> 1250.1]
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.14, "Diplomacy", to replace "on vacation or leave the game"
> with "absent".
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern" to replace:
> 
> "
> When e goes on vacation, the tale is suspended until e returns. If e should
> quit, the tale unceremoniously ends.
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> When e becomes inactive, the tale is suspended until e returns. If e should
> quit Ackanomic, the tale unceremoniously ends.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.19, "Word un-association", to replace
> "If a player is on vacation and e fails" with
> "If an inactive player fails"
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 1250.23, "Eleusis", to replace
> "leaves the game or goes on vacation" with "becomes absent",
> and to replace
> "leaves the game or vacations" with "becomes absent".
> 
> =============
> [conditionals]
> =============
> 
> -----
> 
> [If proposal 3170 was accepted]
> 
> Amend rule 550, "Honour System Rule Suite" to remove the strings "and
> undead" and "or undead's" and "or undead" and "or Undead" where they
> appear.
> 
> -----
> 
> [If proposal 3176 was accepted]
> 
> Amend rule 1258.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", to replace
> "on vacation from Ackanomic" with "inactive".
> 
> -----
> 
> If proposal 3201 was not accepted, amend rule 107, "Quorum and Active
> Players" to replace it text with this:
> 
> "
> If, at the time the results are posted, the number of players who voted on
> a proposal is equal to or greater than the number of abstaining voting
> players less the number of voting players who have never voted, the
> proposal meets quorum; otherwise it does not meet quorum.
> "
> ;
> then amend rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's [...]"
> 
> to replace "each active player who was not on vacation and abstained"
> with "each voting player who abstained";
> and then remove this:
> 
> "
> , with all the events in Rule 254 occurring as if the player voluntarily
> became non-voting
> "
> 
> [both amendments to 207 are in section IV]
> 
> -----
> 
> [If proposal 3211 was accepted]
> 
> Amend rule 950, "Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite", to replace "on
> Vacation or On Ice" with "absent"
> 
> -----
> [end]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:44:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3219 accepted

Results of Proposal 3219

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3219 - Sun 14 Jun 1998 21:09 EDT
> Winning Conditions Re-Rejig
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [I. As suggested by Alfvaen.]
> 
> Amend Rule 600 by replacing the text "within the last week" with "during
> the current Cycle".
> [This eliminates the arbitrary one-week gap, while preventing people from
> double-counting the same win.]
> 
> [II. Preventing another Double Counting]
> 
> Insert the following DBL-delimited text as a paragraph immediately prior to
> the last paragraph of Rule 600:
> 
> DBL
> A Cycle Win CFJ shall be judged INVALID if the Scorekeeper has judged its
> author to have achieved a Winning Condition within the last 3 days, and
> no-one has yet objected to the Scorekeeper's announcement.
> DBL
> 
> [Otherwise people who have points wins would be able to win 2 cycles,
> rather than just one. Don't worry, by exposing this loophole I have morally
> voided my right to use it.]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:44:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3220 rejected

Results of Proposal 3220

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
3/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Fortunato
IdiotBoy
Tammany                                 [JT bribed Tammany A$30]

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
Attila the Pun

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3220 - Sun 14 Jun 1998 21:10 EDT
> Motto!
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a Rule, numbered 1100, called "The Official Motto", with the
> following MT-delimited text:
> 
> MT
> The Official Motto of Ackanomic is "It happens". Any player sending a
> public message containing the text "it happens", in any case, has used the
> official motto. Only players holding authorised Offices may use the
> official motto. The list of authorised Offices is as follows: Speaker,
> President, Web-Harfer, Promoter, Tabulator, Financier. A player holding an
> authorised Office in an acting capacity may use the official motto as if
> they were holding the authorised Office normally.
> MT

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:45:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3222 accepted

Results of Proposal 3222

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
10/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3222 - Sun 14 Jun 1998 21:12 EDT
> Negative Capital Swingers?
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[Maybe this isn't required, but the wording of the currently existing
> text bothered me, and one could make an argument that it created a negative
> number of capital swinger offices in the treasury (or could). I also fix a
> typo I noticed while I was there.]}}
> 
> Amend rule 1040 (Party Hall), Section A 8 by replacing the following text
> 'This section precedence over section B 2 of this rule.' with 'This section
> takes precedence over section B 2 of this rule.'
> 
> Amend rule 1040 (Party Hall), Section B, replacing the following NEGATIVE
> delimited text
> NEGATIVE
> The number of Capital Swinger offices that exist in the Treasury at any one
> time is 7 less the number of non-Warm Swinger Offices in Party Hall. If
> there is ever a different amount in the Treasury, Capital Swinger offices
> are created or destroyed in the Treasury so that the proper number exist
> there.
> NEGATIVE
> with the following POSITIVE delimited text
> POSITIVE
> The number of Capital Swinger offices that exist in the Treasure at any one
> time is 7 less the number of non-Warm Swinger Offices in Party Hall. If
> this quantity is less than 0, then this quantity is 0. If there is ever a
> different amount in the Treasury, Capital Swinger offices are created or
> destroyed in the Treasury so that the proper number exist there.
> POSITIVE

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:57:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3223 accepted

Results of Proposal 3223

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
9/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
saaremaa

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3223 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:12 EDT
> Tears For Attention
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> {{[ The Rules on Acting Officers can be tightened up a little, IMHO. ]}}
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 401.1 and named "Acting Officers", with text as
> follows(delimited by ARGY):
> 
> ARGY
> I. Definition of An Acting Officer
> 
> The Rules may specify conditions under which a Player serves in an Office
> in an "Acting" capacity; e is referred to as an Acting Officer. E is not
> considered to actually "hold" the Office with reference to any Rule besides
> this one and Rule 401.
> 
> An Acting Officer is responsible for performing all of the Duties of that
> Office. E receives none of its Privileges, except for the following:
> 
> i. Privileges which are also explicitly defined to be Duties by the Rules.
> ii. Privileges required to perform explicitly defined Duties.
> iii. Privileges explicitly stated to be available to an Acting Officer.
> iv. All privileges of the Office when the Acting Officer is filling in for
> a Vacationing player.
> 
> {{[ I can't remember the point of that last bit, but I'll leave it in
> because it was in Rule 401 before, and I mostly just want to rearrange
> things and codify game custom here... ]}}
> 
> II. Who May Hold An Acting Office
> 
> Any voting player may become an Acting Officer, unless e holds a seat of
> that Office. Non-voting players may only be Acting Officers for Offices
> which may normally be held by non-voting players, subject to the same
> limitation as voting players.
> 
> An entity never holds a particular seat in both an Acting capacity and a
> "normal" capacity. If this ever appears to be the case, it is assumed that
> e is holding the office in an Acting capacity only.
> 
> {{[ This may be covered already, but what happens if an Acting Officer goes
> on Vacation, becomes Non-Voting, etc.? ]}}
> 
> If a player who holds a seat of an Office in an Acting capacity goes on
> Vacation, resigns from that Office, or otherwise becomes ineligible to hold
> that Office, then at that point e is no longer an Acting Officer for that
> seat. This also occurs when there is a holder of that Office in a "normal"
> capacity, i.e. when an Officer is appointed to hold a vacant Office, or
> when a vacationing Officer returns from Vacation.
> 
> III. When An Acting Officer May Be Appointed
> 
> If it is the case that, for a given seat of a non-Capital Office, there is
> no holder of that seat who is an Active(or Non-Voting, if such players are
> allowed to hold that Office)player, even in an Acting capacity, then an
> Acting Officer may be appointed for that seat; otherwise, no Acting Officer
> may be appointed for that seat. (It is possible for a player to become an
> Acting Officer by other means, e.g. by Rule 404.)
> 
> IV. Who May Appoint Acting Officers
> 
> For any Office A, there is an Office B which has the Duty of appointing
> Acting Officers for any seats of Office A for which it is possible, as
> specified above. Office B is known, in that case, as the Supervisory of
> that Office, and the holder of Office B is the Supervisor of Office A. It
> is possible for an Office to be its own Supervisory. If no other
> Supervisory is specified for an Office, then the Office of Speaker is its
> Supervisory.
> 
> In addition, for each Office C there is an Office D which is specified with
> the Duty of performing the duties of Office C in an Acting capacity. In
> this case, Office D is known as the Substitute for Office C. If no Office
> is explicitly listed as the Substitute for a given Office, then its
> Substitute is the Supervisor for that Office. The Substitute is not
> considered to be an actual Acting Officer; i.e., an Acting Officer may
> still be appointed for that Office.
> 
> {{[ I was always a bit unsure as to the legality of, say the Speaker
> appointing an Acting Speaker when e goes on Vacation. Let's try to make
> this more legal. ]}}
> 
> If an Officer who is Supervisor for an Office of which e holds a seat goes
> on Vacation, and e specified a player as an Acting Officer for that seat
> during the day preceding, then e is considered to appoint that player as
> Acting Officer at the moment e goes on Vacation, as long as e would have
> normally been able to appoint that player Acting Officer for that Office.
> ARGY
> 
> {{[ Not vacating offices when going on Vacation? ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 403, "Functional Offices, Commonalities", as follows:
> 
> Replace the current text of Section (iv):
> 
> {{[
> (iv) Whenever a Functional Office has a vacant Seat, and there is no Acting
> Officer for that Seat, the President is to be the Acting Officer for that
> Seat, unless the rules define another officer to be an Acting Officer for
> that particular office.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following(delimited by BARGY):
> 
> BARGY
> (iv) The President is the Supervisory Office for all Functional Offices,
> unless otherwise specified for that specific Office.
> BARGY
> 
> Amend Rule 405, "Speaker", as follows:
> 
> Replace the current section(iv)
> {{[
> (iv) Whenever the Speaker goes on vacation, he is considered to be
> temporarily vacating the Office until he returns from vacation. No action
> shall be taken to fill the office. The Speaker shall appoint a volunteer to
> be Acting Speaker for the vacation period immediately prior to going on
> vacation. If there are no volunteers, then the Clerk of the Court shall be
> Acting Speaker for the duration. This section takes precedence over section
> (ii) of this Rule.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following(delimited by JOOLS):
> 
> JOOLS
> (iv) The Clerk of the Court is the Substitute for the Office of Speaker.
> JOOLS
> 
> Also, in the square-bracketed notes in section (viii)c), replace "duty
> assure" with "duty to assure". {{[ While I'm here... ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 408, "Tabulator and Count Tabula", to replace the current text
> of section (d) (or the first paragraph thereof, depending on whether it is
> considered to have one paragraph or more than one)
> 
> {{[
> (d) to handle the duties of Count Tabula when that office is vacant, or its
> holder is on vacation.
> ]}}
> 
> with the following text(delimited by KOOL):
> 
> KOOL
> (d) to be the Substitute for the Office of Count Tabula.
> KOOL
> 
> Also, replace the last paragraph of that Rule
> 
> {{[
> When the Tabulator is on vacation, Count Tabula is the Acting Tabulator,
> and no other procedure for filling the office shall be taken unless Count
> Tabula requests it. This rule takes precedence over Rule 403 [Functional
> Offices, Commonalities].
> ]}}
> 
> with the following text(delimited by KATS):
> 
> KATS
> Count Tabula is the Substitute for the Office of the Tabulator.
> KATS
> 
> {{[ There may be more such simplifications that can be made, but I'll leave
> for those for later Proposals. ]}}
> 
> 
> {{[ And the cleanup... ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 401, "Offices, Commonalities", by removing section (iv) and
> renumbering the following sections starting from (iv).

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:58:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3224 rejected

Results of Proposal 3224

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
3/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3224 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:15 EDT
> I Asked Ol'-What's-His-Name, Has He Ever Gotten Writer's Block?
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Repeal Rule 319 [Unanimity Is Lovely (although not so lovely as it used to
> be)]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:58:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3225 accepted

Results of Proposal 3225

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3225 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:16 EDT
> Hubert
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend section 5 of rule 516 (Auction) to replace :
> "The Auction shall last for 3 days, or 3 hours past the auction's most
> recent bid (in public auctions), whichever is longer,"
> with
> "The Auction shall last for 3 days, or 12 hours past the auction's most
> recent bid (in public auctions), whichever is longer,"
> 
> {{[Makes it less of a Hubert situation and takes into account time zone
> differences amongst players]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 03:59:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3226 accepted

Results of Proposal 3226

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3226 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:17 EDT
> Consistency
> Vynd (John McCoy)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal
> 
> Amend Rule 1319 Cubical Earth Implementation Society in the following
> manner:
> 
> Replace the string "donate any item" in fourth paragraph with "donate any
> entity from the above list".
> 
> Replace all remaining occurances of the word item with the word entity.
> 
> {{[The Rule seems to use item and entity interchangably, when in fact
> entity means something quite specific, and item doesn't.]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:00:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3227 accepted

Results of Proposal 3227

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
SPAM Unity Vote
Tammany                                 [JT bribed Tammany A$30]

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
saaremaa

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3227 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:18 EDT
> Welcome to the ITA
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> Amend rule 500.2 to read "
> Named entities may own other ownable entities, or even own themselves.
> (Nameless entities may not.)
> 
> Each entity is either unownable, nontradeable, or tradeable. Tradeable
> entities are either giftable or ackable, and are either protected or
> exportable. Tradeable entities are ackable and protected unless the Rules
> specify otherwise. An entity is nontradeable unless the Rules specify
> otherwise. If an entity is nontradeable or tradeable then it is ownable.
> 
> At any given time, each ownable entity is either owned by one or more named
> entities, Somewhere Else (unowned), or exported. If the Rule(s) defining an
> ownable entity do not explicitly state that it may have multiple owners,
> then it can have at most one owner. Exportable entities may never have more
> than one owner; this sentance takes precedence over any rule claiming
> otherwise.
> 
> When an ownable entity is created, it is in the Treasury, unless the Rules
> specify an initial owner for it. Entities may be transferred from one owner
> to another only through methods specified by the Rules.
> "
> 
> Amend Rule 501 to read as follows: "
> An Import is a tradeable, exportable entity. Imports may only be created or
> destroyed as specified in the rules. All Imports have a noo (nomic of
> origin), which is appended to the end of its name between curly braces
> ('{','}'). If a rule would destroy an Import then it is instead transfered
> to the Customs Office and offered to its noo; this sentence takes
> precedence over any rule which would destroy an Import.
> 
> The Customs Office is a branch of the Treasury, and a named, unownable
> entity.
> 
> The Customs Officer is an optional functional office, and is Ackanomic's
> Customs Officer to the ITA if Ackanomic is a member of the ITA. It is a
> duty of the Customs Officer to apply for ITA membership if Acka is not a
> member of the ITA. It is a duty of the Customs Officer to keep an
> ITA-compliant log of all ITA trades involving Acka and an entity for which
> Acka is the noo. If the Customs Officer of another nomic makes an offer to
> Ackanomic then it is the duty of the Customs Officer to determine which of
> the following cases applies (higher ones take precedence), and inform the
> ITA of Acka's decision to accept or refuse the offer:
> 1) If a recipient is specified, but the recipient is not a named entity
> which can legally own imports then the offer must be refused.
> 2) If a recipient is specified and another rule specifies when that entity
> accepts and refuses trades then that rule takes precedence.
> 3) If a recipient is not specified and the offer is not conditional then
> the offer is accepted and The Treasury becomes the Ackan-anchor. The CO
> must then publicly announce that this has happened.
> 4) If a recipient is not specified and the offer is conditional then the
> Customs Officer should publicly announce the offer. If any player or
> organization publicly accepts the offer, can legally accept trades, can
> legally own Imports, and owns the conditional portion of the trade then
> Acka accepts the offer. The accepting entity becomes the Ackan-anchor. The
> CO must then publicly announce that this has happened.
> 5) If a recipient is specified then the CO should publicly announce the
> offer. If the recipient accepts the offer and has any objects the offer is
> conditional upon then so does Acka, if the recipient refuses the offer then
> so does Acka. If the offer is accepted then the recipient becomes the
> Ackan-anchor. The CO must then publicly announce that this has happened.
> 
> When Acka is involved in an accepted ITA trade offer, an Import is created
> for each object which Acka recieves and for which Acka is not the noo, and
> the newly created Imports are transfered to the Ackan-anchor. All entities
> Acka recieves for which Acka is the noo cease to be exported and become
> owned by the Ackan-anchor. All entities sent out of Acka by the trade
> become exported, unless they are Imports, in which case they are destroyed.
> 
> If an Ackan wishes to trade with another nomic, they must publicly post the
> trade they wish to make, including the destination. If e owns everything
> offered in the trade then it is a duty of the CO to make a trade offer on
> behalf of Acka offering the entities and with whatever conditional entities
> are required by the trade. It is a duty of the CO to publicly announce when
> the trade is accepted or refused.
> "
> 
> Add the following to the end of "The Stock Market":"
> The Stock Market may be the target of an ITA trade. The Stock Market will
> refuse all ITA trades unless they involve Acka receiving a number of A$
> equal to a multiple of the stock market value at that time, rounded up
> (after multiplying) plus 5% and involve Acka sending the multiple number of
> shares, or involve Acka receiving a number of shares and Acka sending that
> number of shares times the value of the stock market, rounded down (after
> multiplying), minus 5%, in which case it will be accepted.
> "

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:00:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3228 rejected

Results of Proposal 3228

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
3/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3228 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:19 EDT
> Old Kamikazes Never Die... They Just, Well, Switch Sides
> 867-5309 (Eric Plumb)
> 
> In Rule 1230.16, "Creation of a PartyChessPiece Kamikaze", replace " is
> destroyed immediately after it makes the capture." with ", immediately
> after making the capture, is taken off-board and transferred to the
> possession of the Swinger whose piece it just captured."
> 
> Retitle the same Rule to "Party Chess Piece Kamikaze". [while I'm here]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:01:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3229 rejected

Results of Proposal 3229

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
5/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3229 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:20 EDT
> Expansionist Sentiments
> 867-5309 (Eric Plumb)
> 
> All buildings not described by any Rule nor owned by any one Player are
> destroyed. All kaas of land vacated by the above sentence revert to Common
> Land and become owned by the Treasury.
> 
> [ Cow Town, the Free Market, and R1IR#1 Headquarters (unless that, as I
> seem to remember, was destroyed by an earlier Proposal) would be among the
> buildings targeted herein, to make more room on the map. ]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:02:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3230 accepted

Results of Proposal 3230

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3230 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:21 EDT
> Casting That First Stone
> 867-5309 (Eric Plumb)
> 
> [ First, to fix my unfortunate mistake, ten lashes. ]
> 
> If the text "The Seven Deadly Sins" does not exist inside note (square)
> brackets in Rule 777, "The Seven Deadly Sins Rule Suite," append to the end
> of that Rule the text "[ The Seven Deadly Sins ]".
> 
> If any Rules created by Rule 777, "The Seven Deadly Sins Rule Suite," exist
> outside of that Rule Suite, renumber each such Rule (starting with the
> lowest-numbered one) to 777.X, where X is the lowest positive integer which
> would make that Rule's number unique.
> 
> [ Second, to allow players to retract a Sinquisition... ten more ]
> 
> In Rule 777, "The Seven Deadly Sins Rule Suite," replace the text "a
> Sinquisition is called." with "the player posting the Sin Submission is
> deemed to have called a Sinquisition."
> 
> [ Now, given the recent discussion on the existence of the self-repealing
> paragraph in the Happy number rule, it seems to be accepted custom that two
> sequential sentences which apparently refer to the same antecedent, event,
> or object do not necessarily do so. (This was the discussion over whether
> "it is possible for the Magic Number to become composite." It is possible,
> but is not possible for the _base_ MN. The sentence before the one in
> question clearly referred to the base Magic Number, but the result of the
> discussion seemed to be that the second sentence did not, and therefore,
> although the author obviously meant the base Magic Number, intent was not
> enough.)
> 
> Where I'm going with the above inconsequentialities is that, given this
> need for each sentence to state its objectives clearly and independently of
> its neighbors, it could possibly be argued that the fifth paragraph
> (lexically) of Rule 777 will create a new Rule for a submitted Sin _whether
> or not_ the verdict of the Hearing came out in favor of that Sin. While
> this would make a wonderful scam (Um... This is the Sin of, uh, Sinning,
> Beavis. Huh huh. 867-5309 gains a Winning Condition), I don't particularly
> feel like exploiting it, and so am flushing it out in the open and
> proposing to fix it. ]
> 
> In Rule 777, "The Seven Deadly Sins Rule Suite," insert the text "if the
> verdict was "Right up there with Disrespecting the Harfers", " immediately
> before the text "a new Rule is added to this Rule Suite".

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:03:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3231 accepted

Results of Proposal 3231

15/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
saaremaa

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3231 - Mon 15 Jun 1998 06:22 EDT
> Small moon change
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[This fixes the typo I had in the previous incarnation of this (P3221).
> ]}}
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend rule 1350 (La Luna) by replacing the following HALF_FULL delimited
> text
> HALF_FULL
> A moon is considered to be "full" if all members of any Political Party is
> on that moon. When a moon is full, no other players may move to that moon;
> this takes precedence over any rule which may state otherwise.
> HALF_FULL
> with the following HOWL delimited text
> HOWL
> A moon is considered to be "full" if a number of members from any Political
> Party equal to that Party's Active Size are on that Moon and all of those
> players are active. When a moon is full, no other players may move to that
> moon; this takes precedence over any rule which may state otherwise.
> HOWL

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