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acka-voting-digest        Monday, July 13 1998        Volume 03 : Number 107

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:13:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3240 accepted

Results of Proposal 3240

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3240 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:38 EDT
> Look for Clues
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[this seems fair. It makes the phoebe selection clause somewhat
> general]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 230, "Random Things" to add this text to the end of the rule:
> 
> "
> III. Whenever the rules call for a unique entity to be given or transferred
> to a random player, the player who currently has that entity (if any), is
> excluded from the pool from which the random selection is made.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 909, "Steel Flea" to remove the following text:
> 
> "
> The player who last posted Phoebe's wisdom shall never be selected to find
> her matchbox.
> "
> 
> {{[why not? If phoebe apathy is present, they ought to be allowed to. If
> people are posting wisdom, the amendment to rule 230 should cover the
> intent]}}
> 
> -----

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:15:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3241 accepted

Results of Proposal 3241

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ethelred
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$30]

    NO:
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3241 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:39 EDT
> X
> /dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
> 
> Lager, sir, is regal.

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:15:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3242 accepted

Results of Proposal 3242

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3242 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:41 EDT
> CEIS and Desist
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Fixing up some wierd bugs in the rule's wording. The CEIS only needs to
> get gadgets - so players shouldn't be allowed to give it other, useless,
> junk.]
> 
> Replace the penultimate paragraph of Rule 1319.2 with the following
> DEFN-delimited text:
> 
> DEFN
> Any player may donate any gadget that they own to the CEIS, provided that
> the type of Gadget is listed above. Donated Gadgets will be placed in the
> Museum (as part of the CEIS's promotional display), but will not have been
> donated to the Museum, nor can they be stolen [since the CEIS security
> system is impregnable]. This takes precedence over any other Rule which
> concerns entities in the Museum.
> DEFN
> 
> 
> Replace the first sentence of the final paragraph of Rule 1319.2 with the
> following CUBE-delimited text:
> 
> CUBE
> If at any point the CEIS owns all the Gadgets listed above in this rule,
> then the donor who donated the most Gadgets out of those owned by the CEIS
> (or one of them if there are more than one) will board the Silver Spaceship
> with the other entities (which will no longer be in the Museum, but will
> not be in the Treasury either) and go forth to execute the Cubicalization
> plan.
> CUBE

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:16:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3243 accepted

Results of Proposal 3243

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
11/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3243 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:42 EDT
> Damn yer eyes Slakko
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend rule 1390.2 (Royal Frinks) to make it read in full as delimited by
> FIX
> FIX
> Any player who successfully frinks 5 different Frinks which are defined as
> Royal shall be awarded a random Boon of the Ancients.
> 
> Right Handed Grapefruit juice is a Royal Frink.
> FIX
> 
> 
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:17:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3244 accepted

Results of Proposal 3244

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
11/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3244 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:43 EDT
> Moon Boon fix
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[The way rule 1351 is worded currently, it could be read as saying that
> once a player has recieved a boon via this rule, he may not recieve *any*
> other boon of the ancients until he's visited the moons again. I'm fairly
> sure that wasn't the intent, but that is the phrasing, so.. let's fix
> it.]}}
> 
> Amend rule 1351 (Mooning) to replace the following PHASE delimited text
> PHASE
> After e has received this boon e may not do so again until e has visited
> Ganymede and Titan again.
> PHASE
> with the following TIDAL delimited text
> TIDAL
> After e has received this boon, e may not recieve another by means of this
> room until after he has visited Ganymede and Titan again.
> TIDAL
> 
> {{Saaremaa gains 1 point, JT loses 1 point}}
> {{[Saaremaa noticed it and pointed it out to me after a discussion we had
> earlier.]}}

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:17:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3245 accepted

Results of Proposal 3245

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
11/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3245 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:44 EDT
> JT's Magnificent Hearing Crisis, and Other Fun Things
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Amend the first paragraph of Rule 360, "Hearings", to read as delimited by
> CITE? below:
> 
> CITE?
> A Rule may specify circumstances under which a Hearing is called. When this
> happens, the Hearing Harfer shall announce in a public message that a
> Hearing has been called, naming the type of Hearing, describing the
> circumstances that brought it about, and listing the valid responses [and
> other pertinent details]. As of this announcement, the Hearing is in
> session.
> CITE?
> 
> Delete the first word of the second paragraph of Rule 360.
> [Replaces "The Count Tabula" with "Count Tabula".]
> 
> Amend the third paragraph of Rule 360 to read as delimited by NPE below:
> 
> NPE
> While a Hearing is in session, each Player may send his or her response to
> that Hearing to the Hearing Harfer for that Hearing privately. The Hearing
> Harfer shall record each response that matches one of the valid responses
> for the Hearing. If a Player who has already responded sends another valid
> response, the Hearing Harfer shall discard the previous response and record
> the new one. If a non-player entity is authorised by the Rules to state one
> or more responses on a particular Hearing, then the Hearing Harfer shall
> also record these responses. Any response contained in a post that does not
> unambiguously identify the Hearing it is in response to, even if only one
> Hearing is in progress, is invalid. Non-voting players may not vote in
> hearings, unless a rule says otherwise for a specific type of hearing.
> NPE
> 
> [I'm not sure if the current rules require the Hearing Harfer to keep track
> of which EBSes voted in a Hearing - nothing in this paragraph previously
> mentioned non-player entities.]
> 
> Replace the last sentence of Rule 360 with the following WHO? delimited
> text:
> 
> WHO?
> A hearing may be retracted, provided it is in session, by the Hearing
> Harfer for that Hearing. A retracted Hearing has no verdict, and its
> conclusion has no effect on the Rules unless the Rules explicitly apply to
> retracted hearings.
> WHO?
> 
> [I. You shouldn't be able to retract a Hearing once voting has ended - that
> is far too manipulative.
> II. The old wording was ambiguous regarding who was able to retract
> Hearings.
> III. The old wording did not stop people from delivering verdicts on
> retracted Hearings.]
> 
> Amend Rule 594.7, "Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer", by replacing the
> following PUBLIC? delimited text:
> 
> PUBLIC?
> The small lever is used to have the EBS cast an extra vote in Hearings and
> Elections. Whenever the possessor of an EBS casts a vote in a Hearing or
> and Election, they may announce along with that vote that they are flipping
> the small lever of the EBS, and it will cast another vote that is identical
> to the vote they made the announcement with. Only one such vote will be
> cast per Hearing or Election in this way per EBS.
> PUBLIC?
> 
> with the following SENSIBLE-delimited text:
> 
> SENSIBLE
> The small lever enables the EBS to affect Hearings and Elections. The owner
> of an EBS may flip the small lever in any given Hearing by privately
> notifying the Hearing Harfer, and in any Election by privately notifying
> the Officer responsible for conducting the Election. This notification must
> be in the same private message as a valid response for the relevant
> Hearing, or valid vote for the relevant Election. The EBS shall then make a
> response (in a Hearing) or cast a vote (in an Election) identically to
> their owner. If the same EBS is used more than once in a Hearing, only the
> last such vote it cast shall count.
> SENSIBLE
> 
> [Eliminates the difficulty of deciding which EBS vote counted if an EBS is
> used twice, and makes it clear that EBS actions are to happen privately.]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:18:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3246 accepted

Results of Proposal 3246

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
10/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3246 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:45 EDT
> Trinket Name Clash Booboo
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Game custom is quite wierd when it comes to trinket creations. As I read
> Rules 500.1 and 506, a Trinket creation still succeeds if the name for the
> trinket has already been taken - it simply becomes yet another nameless
> thing. Yet we generally play that Trinkets need to be given a unique name
> in order for their creation to succeed.]
> 
> Amend the second paragraph of Rule 506, "Trinkets", to read as delimited by
> VALID below:
> 
> VALID
> A player may transform some or all of his A$ into a Trinket as a public
> action. In order to fully specify this action, the player must state the
> name, description, and value of the Trinket to be created. The creation
> fails if the player does not have at least as many A$ as the stated value
> of the Trinket, and/or if the name specified for the Trinket is not a valid
> Ackanomic name, or is already the name of a named entity. If the Trinket
> creation succeeds then the player who created the Trinket is its initial
> owner.
> VALID
> 
> Amend the fourth paragraph of Rule 506 to read as delimited by MAXOUT
> below:
> 
> MAXOUT
> Other rules may also create and bestow ownership of Trinkets, so long as
> the rule provides for naming, describing, and valuing the Trinket. In these
> cases, however, if the value of the Trinket would exceed the number of A$
> in the Treasury directly before it would be created, it is created with
> value equal to the number of A$ in the Treasury at that time.
> MAXOUT
> 
> [If someone is supposed to get an A$500 Trinket, and there is A$499 in the
> Treasury, why can't they get the A$499?]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:18:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3247 rejected

Results of Proposal 3247

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3247 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:47 EDT
> Still Looks Like a Snake
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Majiks are nearly unbreakable now - they can't even be converted back into
> trinkets if someone wants some easy cash.]
> 
> Append the following CONV-delimited text to Rule 506.1, "Magik":
> 
> CONV
> A player may convert a Magik into a Trinket by naming the Majik and saying
> that "the world's largest cubic zirconia looks more authentic." Doing this
> does not affect the value, name or description of the entity converted.
> CONV
> 
> Renumber rule 506.1 to 507.
> [There is a perfectly good free space in the rules. Decimal points should
> be kept for rule suites whenever possible, to avoid confusion.]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:19:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3248 accepted

Results of Proposal 3248

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

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3248 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:48 EDT
> But What About Other Cash?
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Replace the last sentence of Rule 510, "Voluntary Debt Prohibited", with
> the text delimited by UNLIMIT below:
> 
> UNLIMIT
> A player in debt still earns A$ from events in the game as if they were not
> in debt. However, they cannot spend any A$ voluntarily until their net A$
> balance is positive.
> UNLIMIT
> 
> [Previously this specified money was only earned from "jobs, yields,
> interests, donations, and selling or auctioning assets for currency." What
> if some other event would have given them money? This event-free language
> should avoid any such problems.]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3249 accepted

Results of Proposal 3249

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Fortunato
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3249 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:49 EDT
> Moo!
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Add the following MIND THE GAP-delimited text to Rule 721 ("Annoyances"):
> 
> MIND THE GAP
> 
> V. Concealing Public Messages
> 
> Attempting through the format of a public message (i.e. excessive
> whitespace) to conceal part or all of its text is Annoying.
> 
> MIND THE GAP
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quack, quack?

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:21:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3250 accepted

Results of Proposal 3250

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

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3250 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:50 EDT
> Justice Rolls On
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[it occurs to me that if alot of CFJs are under appeal in one cortex for
> a real long time, and other justices are willing and able to handle them,
> then the first cortex should have the option to decline them in favor of
> the other, if it wishes. Also, there should be a way to break the sitting
> on appealed CFJs without impeaching the deadbeat justices (and it is
> unclear what happens to the CFJs under appeal if the justices resign or are
> impeached).]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 217, "Overturning Judgements", to add the following text to the
> end of the rule:
> 
> "
> V. Delays
> 
> Supreme Cortices should make every effort to return verdicts assigned to
> them within a reasonable amount of time in order to keep the game moving
> along. A Supreme Cortex may decline a CFJ assigned to it; this action is
> accomplished and occurs upon all owners of that Cortex publically
> identifying the CFJ they are considering that they wish to decline.
> 
> In addition, if a Cortex has been considering a particular CFJ for more
> than 30 days, that Cortex shall automatically decline that CFJ upon this
> fact being pointed out publically by any active player.
> 
> Upon a Cortex declining a CFJ, that CFJ is reassigned to another Cortex as
> if it had just been appealed, except that it will not be assigned to the
> declining Cortex unless no other Cortex exists.
> "

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3251 accepted

Results of Proposal 3251

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
10/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3251 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:51 EDT
> In which we fix a Justice appeal loophole
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 416, "Supreme Court", to replace:
> 
> "
> A player impeached from the Office of Justice during the last 90 days is
> ineligible for the Office of Justice.
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> A player impeached from the Office of Justice during the last 90 days, or a
> player who resigned from the Office of Justice during the last 30 days, is
> ineligible for the Office of Justice.
> "

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:22:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3252 accepted

Results of Proposal 3252

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    BAA!:
Ethelred

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3252 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:52 EDT
> Judicial Food Chain
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[This tries to define the judicial food chain a little more strongly, and
> also gives meaning to the Praetor office. As its stands now, there is no
> point to being Praetor, this would make there be some small point, and will
> also make sure a player has paid judicial dues before becoming a justice,
> rather than just general dues]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend Rule 416, "Supreme Court" to replace:
> 
> "
> Only those players eligible to be Praetor are eligible to be Justices
> "
> 
> with:
> 
> "
> Only those players with Bronze Torches are eligible to be Justices
> "

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:22:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3253 accepted

Results of Proposal 3253

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3253 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:53 EDT
> Those Are Strong Winds...
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Append to Rule 1350, "La Luna", the following OZ-delimited text:
> 
> OZ
> Players on any Moon other than Kansas are Sheltered.
> OZ
> 
> [Let's face it. That's one hell of a Tornado if it can affect all our
> moons. Kansas, well we all know that's a special case :-)]

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:23:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3254 rejected

Results of Proposal 3254

13/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fortunato

    BAA!:
Attila the Pun
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    INACTIVE:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3254 - Mon 06 Jul 1998 05:54 EDT
> Mass Gadget Repeal
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal the following rules:
> 
> 594.7 (Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer )
> 594.8 (Blueprint: Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser)
> 594.13 (Blueprint: Oscar)
> Rule 594.19 (Blueprint: Pyraic Frobnotzer)
> Rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer)
> 
> 
> {{[EBSs are really starting to annoy me now. There are so many of them
> around that they are effecting the results of hearings to far too great an
> extent. If EBSs go then there's no point in keeping GBSs around. The
> Jukkasjarvi treasure is for all intents and purposes, dead. No-one is
> looking for the pieces any more really. I seem to recall Oscars having
> already been repealed but if not then they should be. Frobnotzer's have
> potential but whenever someone has tried to use one it has been shot down.
> I very much doubt this will pass but just want to use it to gauge opinion.
> Don't use that as an excuse to vote against it, though.]}}

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