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acka-voting-digest       Thursday, July 16 1998       Volume 03 : Number 108

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:19:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3255 accepted

Results of Proposal 3255

12/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3255 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:29 EDT
> banna
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend section i of Rule 921 (Acid Rain Dance) which currently reads:
> i) The player who most recently submitted a proposal whose number, when
> having its digits added together, equals exactly 28.
> to read:
> i) The Player who submitted a proposal since the most recent Acid Rain
> Dance whose number, when having its digits added together, equals exactly
> 28.
> 
> {{[Otherwise there's no point to performing a banna induced Acid Rain
> Dance]}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:23:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3256 accepted

Results of Proposal 3256

12/19 votes: Quorum achieved
10/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3256 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:30 EDT
> River
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend Section 4 of Rule 836 (Down the river) to read:
> 4) The team gets part way down the river and then capsizes. All members of
> the team bang their heads on the bottom of the river, suffer a concussion
> and are unable to remember who they are for a week. During this week, or
> until one of em fails to do so, every member of the team must start every
> public message e writes with the word "Moo!" , end every public message e
> writes with the words "Quack, quack?" and include at least 5 exclamation
> marks (since it is well known that "Five exclamation marks, the sure sign
> of an insane mind" [Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man]). If e fails to do so e is
> declared to have "Ignored the laws of nature". Ignoring the laws of nature
> is a crime.
> 
> {{[I’ve been repeating this crime on and off for ever since I’ve been
> concussed. Once is enough. Furthermore this amendment will mean only the
> first to slip will commit the crime. Who will it be?]}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:23:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3257 accepted

Results of Proposal 3257

12/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)

    BAA!:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox
Ethelred

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3257 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:31 EDT
> Chess Hall
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend section VI of Rule 1040 (Party Hall) which reads:
> "
> VI. A proposal that attempts to add a rule to the Party Chess Rule Suite,
> Repeal a rule from the Party Chess Rule Suite, or amend a rule in the Party
> Chess Rule Suite, and does not attempt to change the text of any rule which
> is not a member of the Party Chess Rule Suite, shall be referred to in this
> proposal as a Chess Proposal.
> 
> Whenever all Swingers vote on a Chess Proposal the same way, an additional
> vote is cast by Party Hall. The vote cast by Party Hall is called the Swing
> Vote and it identical to the vote cast by the Swingers.
> "
> to read:
> "
> VI. A proposal that contains the furniture "This is a Party Chess Proposal"
> and would only effect (or create) rules in the Party Chess Rule Suite is a
> Chess Proposal.
> 
> Whenever all Swingers vote on a Chess Proposal the same way, an additional
> vote is cast by Party Hall, called the Swing Vote, which is identical to
> the vote cast by the Swingers.
> "
> {{[Bringing it into line with game custom. Next step would be to repeal it
> or allow different acceptance criteria.. 50% perhaps.]}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3258 rejected

Results of Proposal 3258

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

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3258 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:32 EDT
> Room to move.
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Replace the following paragraph of Rule 709 (Gaol) :
> The Location known as the Gaol is hereby created. It is a cramped building.
> A player may not leave the Gaol except by the application of a Rule which
> explicitly defines a procedure or condition for the player to be released
> or removed from the Gaol.
> with :
> The Gaol is a Location and a cramped building. Just outside the Gaol is the
> Waiting Room which is also a Location. A player may not leave the Gaol or
> its Waiting Room except by the application of a Rule which explicitly
> defines a procedure or condition for the player to be released or removed
> from the Gaol.
> 
> Whenever any rule, besides this one, places a Player in Goal, they shall
> instead be placed in the Goal's Waiting Room. Any time a player spends in
> the waiting room shall not count towards eir sentence.
> 
> It is a duty of the Gaoler to announce the start of the sentence of a
> player who is in the goal's waiting room, at which point the player shall
> be moved to the Gaol. If a player is ever in the waiting room for longer
> than three days, the Gaoler shall be held in contempt and the player shall
> be transferred to the Goal, whereupon eir sentence shall start. If the
> office of Gaoler is vacant or the Gaoler is in the waiting room, any Player
> who is in the waiting room shall be immediately moved to the goal and
> commence eir sentence.
> 
> {{[Anyone like to tell me who was the last player to take up residence in
> the gaol? Koxvolio, I think... Did e breach Gaol restrictions? For that
> matter it is often the case that a player has left the Gaol before anyone
> realizes that e was in it. What kind of "punishment" is that. Toss em in
> and throw the key away I say.]}}
> #End proposal

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:28:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3259 rejected

Results of Proposal 3259

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
7/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$26]
Bonus Vote                              [K 2 used a Bonus Vote]

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3259 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:33 EDT
> K2
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 838 titled "The Mountain" with the text:
> 
> In the north western most corner of Acka {{[next to the library ;)]}} there
> exists The Mountain. From its base it would appear to reach even unto the
> stainless steel surface that comprises the Ackan sky, although it naturally
> falls several cat heights short of this. In the past it has been known to
> erupt violently at the slightest provocation (most notably when All Hell
> Breaks Loose) but it is at present in a quiescent state. The Mountain’s
> upper reaches are covered in snow and ice, riddled with hidden crevasses
> and prone to sudden avalanches. Despite this it is possible for a Daring
> Adventurer to climb the mountain. It also goes without saying that the
> entity making such an attempt must be properly equipped.
> 
> A Player is considered to be properly equipped when e has completed all of
> the following since The Mountain was last climbed and is the most recent
> Player to have done so in each case:
> i) authored a proposal which meets the three conditions in rule 605
> [Palindrome].
> ii) announced a new silly phrase (as per rule 207.1).
> iii) had a Foolish proposal accepted.
> iv) had a Great Work accepted.
> v) had a Grandiose proposal accepted.
> 
> A properly equipped Daring Adventurer may climb The Mountain as a public
> action, provided that e provides the proposal numbers that allow em to do
> so and was not the most recent entity to climb The Mountain.
> 
> Once a Player successfully climbs the mountain the following effects occur
> in order:
> i) Eir location shall be the top of The Mountain.
> ii) E shall gain the title of Steel Conqueror.
> iii) E shall receive a trinket worth A$ 200 called "The Mountain" suffixed,
> if necessary, with the lowest positive number required to give a unique
> name, with the description "‘What's it like?’ ‘Well It's sort of big’"
> [Terry Pratchett, Truckers]. Regardless of its name a trinket created by
> this rule shall never be a forgery since this sentence has precedence over
> any rule which would make it one.
> iv) The title of this rule and all instances of "The Mountain" in it shall
> be simultaneously replaced with a name of eir choosing provided that the
> chosen name is not the same as any phrase within this rule.
> 
> The summit of The Mountain is a common location which may only be entered
> by a Steel Conqueror or by climbing The Mountain. This rule describes the
> only methods by which The summit of The Mountain may be entered and has
> precedence over any rule which would allow an entity to do so without
> meeting the requirements it sets forth.
> 
> The base of The Mountain is a Common Location to which Players may go to
> gaze in awe upon the mighty vastness of The Mountain.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:29:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3260 rejected

Results of Proposal 3260

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
5/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3260 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:34 EDT
> A Rare Exceptionally Notable Thinker
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal
> 
> A Rare Exceptionally Notable Thinker is a unique title.
> 
> The player who most recently introduced a word into the ruleset which does
> not appear in the official dictionary or the current version of the rules
> and is not unambiguously misspelled may claim the title of Rare and
> Exceptionally Notable Thinker. The claim must be made within three days of
> the addition of the word to the ruleset and may only be made once for each
> newly introduced word. Upon making a valid claim the player will gain the
> title and all other players shall lose it. If a player who makes such a
> claim is already the Rare and Exceptionally Notable Thinker then e shall
> instead gain a Comfortably Heavy and Agreeably Solid Mahogany Shillelagh.
> 
> A Comfortably Heavy and Agreeably Solid Mahogany Shillelagh is a large
> ownable, non-tradeable entity. It is particularly good for thwapping twits.
> 
> When a player loses the title of Rare and Exceptionally Notable Thinker all
> Comfortably Heavy and Agreeably Solid Mahogany Shillelaghs in eir
> possession are destroyed.
> 
> If it is ever the case that a Player who's Ackanomic name is composed of
> the same letters in the same relative proportions as in "heather" is ever a
> Rare and Exceptionally Notable Thinker and owns more than one Comfortably
> Heavy and Agreeably Solid Mahogany Shillelagh, then it shall be the case
> that The Earth is RENT with gigantic CHASMS and e shall receive a bonus
> vote and lose the title of Rare and Exceptionally Notable Thinker.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:30:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3261 accepted

Results of Proposal 3261

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3261 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:36 EDT
> Assorted stuff
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend rule 910 (The Ackanomicon) to remove the following text: Doomsday (2
> pages): These pages describe the coming apocalypse in excruciating detail.
> They also compel the reader to act to hasten the end, by forcing him to
> donate 1/3rd (rounded down) of his A$ to The Round Earth restoration
> Society.
> {{[Don't Need it any more. The world is a cube :)]}}
> 
> Amend rule 901 (The Magic Potato) to remove the following text: The first
> Magic Potato will be given out on the first Monday following the accepting
> of this Proposal into law.
> {{[Don't Need it any more. Been Done]}}
> 
> Move the following paragraph of Rule 594.4 (Blueprint: Vending Machine) to
> the end of that rule:
> "The owner of a Vending Machine may change the price for which the Machine
> sells any item. This fails if the price for that item was changed at any
> time within the preceding thirty days or if the new price is not an even
> integer."
> {{[Tidier]}}
> 
> Move the following paragraph of Rule 594.4 (Blueprint: Vending Machine) to
> the end of that rule:
> "Any player may attempt to buy any item from any Vending Machine. This
> fails if the Vending Machine is broken or unowned; if the Vending Machine
> is not equipped to vend the specified item; or if the player attempting to
> buy the item does not have the current price for which the specified
> Machine sells the specified item. If the action succeeds then the Machine
> transfers half of the current price of that item to its owner and the other
> half to the Treasury, and then it creates a new item of the type requested
> and gives it to the buyer."
> {{[Still Tidier]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1240.17 (Otzma Card of type Grave Robber) to remove the
> following phrase:
> ", who is not controlled as a Zombie,"
> {{[Long Gone]}}
> 
> #end proposal

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:30:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3262 rejected

Results of Proposal 3262

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

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3262 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:37 EDT
> Mooning Around
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Append to the list in Rule 975 (Yes Virginia) as a new entry:
> VII. If a Player is on a Moon and has been there for at least a week, e
> shall receive a random cheese from the list defined in rule 611 (Le Grand
> Fromage). If this results in em having more than one of a particular
> variety of cheese, e shall also receive a newly created Cheese-Whiz.
> 
> {{[In the Cheese-Whiz case the extra chees will be destroyed by rule 611]}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:31:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3263 accepted

Results of Proposal 3263

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3263 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:38 EDT
> Baba Ganoush
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Replace the following sentence of Rule 671 (Nemesis Eggplants and Agenda
> Hats):
> No player may own an agenda hat with a condition e authored.
> with:
> No player may own an agenda hat with a condition e authored or for which e
> owns corresponding Nemesis Eggplant.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3264 rejected

Results of Proposal 3264

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
4/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3264 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:39 EDT
> Sausage
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Create a rule numbered 902 titled "Sausage" with the following text:
> 
> The Sausage is a unique non-tradeable entity, which "is all very well, but
> a sausage is a sausage"[Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms]. Since the Sausage
> contains monosodium glutamate it is particularly tasty. Sufficiently tasty
> in fact that its owner may hold a barbecue to which e may invite the Ackan
> bureaucracy and ply em with drinks, at which point they shall commit
> themselves to trade concessions with the Sausage’s owner. As a result, the
> owner of the Sausage will receive a 10% discount on any expense e may incur
> for which the quantity of A$ is explicitly defined in the rules.
> 
> Whenever a New Player joins Ackanomic the Sausage shall be given to a
> random player who does not own the Magic Potato.
> 
> {{The Sausage is distributed to a randomly chosen player who does not own
> the Magic Potato}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:33:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3265 accepted

Results of Proposal 3265

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
7/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun

    NO:
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3265 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:40 EDT
> The Good and The Bad
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> {{[The GBS/EBS rules look a little odd referring EBS/GBS for half the rule
> and "The Thing" for the other half, and then there's the case of a shaking
> and shimmying gadget not stopping when it teleports... Course MTM may have
> rendered this a null proposal.]}}
> 
> Replace the following text of Rule 594.7 (Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer):
> "Upon an EBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of 3 things
> will occur, each with an equal probability of occurring as determined as
> needed by the Officer in charge of Random Things. An EBS may not be used
> between the time it starts to shimmy and shake and the time the this random
> determination is publicly knowable:
> 
> 1) The thing will sputter and die, and thus become broken.
> 2) The thing will explode in its operator's face, and thus be destroyed,
> but not before bellowing a raft of annoying laughter ridiculing its user
> throughout the land of Acka.
> 3) The thing will teleport, and thus change possession to, another random
> active player.
> "
> with:
> "
> Upon an EBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of 3 things
> will occur with equal probability. An EBS may not be used between the time
> it starts to shimmy and shake and the time the this random determination is
> publicly knowable at which time it shall cease to shake and shimmy:
> 
> 1) The EBS will sputter and die, and thus become broken.
> 2) The EBS will explode in its operator's face, and thus be destroyed, but
> not before bellowing a raft of annoying laughter ridiculing its user
> throughout the land of Acka.
> 3) The EBS will teleport, and thus change possession to, another random
> active player.
> "
> 
> Replace the following text of Rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer):
> "
> Upon a GBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of 3 things
> will occur, each with an equal probability of occurring as determined as
> needed by the Officer in charge of Random Things. An GBS may not be used
> between the time it starts to shimmy and shake and the time the this random
> determination is publicly knowable:
> 
> 1) The thing will sputter and die, and thus become broken.
> 2) The thing will explode in its operator's face, and thus be destroyed,
> but not before bellowing a raft of annoying laughter ridiculing its user
> throughout the land of Acka.
> 3) The thing will teleport, and thus change possession to, another random
> active player.
> "
> with:
> "
> Upon a GBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of 3 things
> will occur with equal probability. A GBS may not be used between the time
> it starts to shimmy and shake and the time the this random determination is
> publicly knowable at which time it shall cease to shake and shimmy:
> 
> 1) The GBS will sputter and die, and thus become broken.
> 2) The GBS will explode in its operator's face, and thus be destroyed, but
> not before bellowing a raft of annoying laughter ridiculing its user
> throughout the land of Acka.
> 3) The GBS will teleport, and thus change possession to, another random
> active player.
> "
> 
> #End Proposal

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:33:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3266 accepted

Results of Proposal 3266

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
8/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3266 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:41 EDT
> Spot on for top Value
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Repeal Rule 1010 (Spotter).
> 
> Amend section 3 of Rule 1003 (Organizations) which currently reads:
> "
> 3. Very Small Organizations.
> Organizations that have fewer than three members are known as Very Small
> Organizations - or VSO. a VSO can only perform the following Organizational
> Actions:
> 
> a. Accept new members
> b. Change admissions policy
> c. Change its name
> 
> A VSO may not own anything. Any attempt on the part of a VSO to perform any
> other kind of Organizational Action fails.
> "
> to read:
> "
> 3. Very Small Organizations.
> Organizations that have fewer than three members are known as Very Small
> Organizations - or VSO. a VSO can only perform the following Organizational
> Actions:
> 
> a. Accept new members
> b. Change admissions policy
> c. Change its name
> d. Trade away entities it owns to its members.
> 
> A VSO may not receive gifts or accept trades. Any attempt on the part of
> a VSO to perform any other kind of Organizational Action fails.
> "

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:34:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3268 accepted

Results of Proposal 3268

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
breadbox
Ethelred

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3268 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:43 EDT
> Through Thick and Thin
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Amend Rule 594.3 (Whamiol) to append the following paragraph:
> Any trade which would cause a Whamiol to be owned by an entity other than a
> Player is invalid and will not occur.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:35:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3269 rejected

Results of Proposal 3269

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
5/11 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3269 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:44 EDT
> Lasso Prop Time Bus
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Append the following text as a separate paragraph to Rule 919 (Brass
> Monkey):
> If a Streak of nine proposals is followed by a rejected proposal All Hell
> will Break Loose and the author of the rejected proposal shall receive a
> bonus vote to prevent further catastrophe.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:36:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3270 accepted

Results of Proposal 3270

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/9 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Ethelred

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    BAA!:
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3270 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:45 EDT
> Act! No Mick\205 Let\222s Con!
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Amend the following sentence of Rule 346 (The Ackanomic Lexicon):
> ----
> The Ackanomic Lexicon may only be modified by use of Proposals, and no
> player may be considered to "control" the Lexicon, although it may be the
> duty of one or more players to maintain an copy of it.
> ----
> to read:
> ----
> The Ackanomic Lexicon may only be modified by use of Proposals or CSRs. Any
> Player may author a CSR which modifies only the Ackanomic Lexicon. No
> player may be considered to "control" the Lexicon, although it may be the
> duty of one or more players to maintain an copy of it.
> ----

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:36:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3271 accepted

Results of Proposal 3271

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3271 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:46 EDT
> Grab for Power
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Append to the following phrase in section VI of Rule 850 (Museum):
> ", which is awarded to a random benefactor"
> the following :
> " as determined by the Financier".
> 
> {{[Since the financier has tracks the museum anyway e has up to date info
> on players BV]}}

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:37:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3272 accepted

Results of Proposal 3272

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

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3272 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:47 EDT
> Judgement.
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Append the following text to Rule 910 (The Ackanomicon Purple Robe of
> Justice) as a separate paragraph:
> Judgement Day (2 pages): These pages relate the days following the end of
> the world and impart to the reader the ability to judge eir fellows. The
> Purple Robe of Justice is transferred to the reader.

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:38:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3273 accepted

Results of Proposal 3273

10/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3273 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:48 EDT
> un-Hubert
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Remove the following text of [section II of] Rule 1240.1 (Definition of
> Otzma Cards):
> ----
> 3. A player may spend A$10 to acquire one Otzma Card of eir Choice from the
> cards in the Treasury, provided there is at least one Otzma Card in the
> Treasury.
> ----
> 
> Replace the following text [from section III.5.g] in Rule 1240.1
> (Definition of Otzma Cards):
> ----
> g. At the end of the Otzma Day the RuneMaker publically posts a list of the
> Otzma Cards he created, and initiates an Auction (public or private at eir
> discretion) for each set of Otzma Cards, where all Cards of a given type
> form one set. The cards within each set are not grouped for the purposes of
> R516.
> ----
> with:
> ----
> g. At the end of the Otzma Day the RuneMaker publicly posts a list
> including both the cards in the treasury and those that he created, and
> initiates an Auction (public or private at eir discretion) for each set of
> Otzma Cards, where all Cards of a given type form one set. The cards within
> each set are not grouped for the purposes of R516.
> ----

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

Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:39:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3274 accepted

Results of Proposal 3274

11/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/10 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
breadbox

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
two-star
Fortunato
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

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

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3274 - Tue 07 Jul 1998 06:49 EDT
> It Happens.
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
> 
> Amend Rule 1240.18 (Otzma Card of type Lay Off!) to replace the following
> text:
> ----
> At any given time there may be at most 7 cards of this type. Lay Off! cards
> have an F designation of Normal.
> ----
> with the following COUNTER delimited text:
> COUNTER
> Counter-Action: The Gadget the card was played on is destroyed, unless it
> was indestructible in which case nothing happens.
> 
> At any given time there may be at most 7 cards of this type. Lay Off! cards
> have an F designation of Normal.
> COUNTER

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