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acka-voting-digest      Thursday, August 13 1998      Volume 03 : Number 128

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:43:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3360 accepted

Results of Proposal 3360

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
13/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3360 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:02 EDT
> Grease is the Word
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[Remember me saying I wanted revenge on K 2 and JT for making work for me
> when I was acting Speaker? Well here's the start of it.]}}
> 
> The nation of Ackanomia is a cultural wreck. After long research this
> researcher has discovered that the best possible cure for this would be for
> Ackanomic to have an official word. Unfortunately, it has not been possible
> to determine which word would be best suited for this task. Therefore,
> within three days of this rule being created the OiCoRT must select a
> random word from the official dictionary to be the official word. If
> possible this should be done with the dice server. Once this has been done
> this rule will amend itself such that it reads in its entirety:
> 
> "The official word of Ackanomic is <word>"
> 
> where <word> is replaced by whatever word the OiCoRT determined.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:44:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3361 accepted

Results of Proposal 3361

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
15/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato
Publius

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3361 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:03 EDT
> Pages Made From Days of Open Hand
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> Create a new Rule in the Otzma Card Rule Suite, numbered with the smallest
> subrule number not being used in that Rule Suite, named "Otzma Card of Type
> Roulette Wheel", with text as follows(delimited by EMPATH):
> 
> EMPATH
> A Card of this type may only be played in the public forum. A player who
> plays this card must name a Gadget or Otzma Card that is in eir possession.
> 
> If a Gadget is named, then that Gadget is converted to another Qualified
> Gadget of a randomly determined type. If the original Gadget is broken,
> then if possible, the new Gadget is also broken. If it would be illegal for
> that player to own the new Gadget for some reason, then the original gadget
> is destroyed instead.
> 
> If an Otzma Card is named, then that Otzma Card is converted to another
> Otzma Card of a type determined by the RuneMaker by the Deterministic
> Method. If the instance limits for the new type of Otzma Card would be
> violated by its creation, or it would be illegal for that player to own the
> new Otzma Card for some reason, then the original Otzma Card is destroyed
> instead.
> 
> At any time, there may be at most 5 Cards of this type in existence.
> 'Roulette Wheel' type Otzma Cards have an F-Designation of Normal.
> EMPATH

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:44:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3362 accepted

Results of Proposal 3362

19/25 votes: Quorum achieved
9/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Piz

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3362 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:04 EDT
> Eleusis Sudden Death
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Amend rule 1250.23 (Eleusis) by replacing part 5, sections k) and l) which
> currently read as delimited by OLD
> OLD
> k) If there is no prophet, mark every 10th card played with a '*'. After
> forty cards, the round enters 'sudden death'.
> 
> l) If there is a prophet, mark every 10th card since they became the
> prophet with a '!'. After 30 cards (3 '!') the round enters sudden death.
> OLD
> with the following text as delimited by NEW
> NEW
> k) If there is no prophet, mark every 10th card played with a '*'. After
> forty cards, (4 '*') the round enters 'sudden death'. This count is
> suspended while there is a Prophet.
> 
> l) If there is a prophet, mark every 10th card since they became the
> prophet with a '!'. After 30 cards (3 '!') the round enters sudden death.
> This count is reset whenever a new Scientist becomes Prophet.
> NEW

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:46:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3363 rejected

Results of Proposal 3363

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
10/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3363 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:05 EDT
> Greater Poobah and Lesser Poobah
> Publius (Brandon Ray)
> 
> {{After the following DISTRIBUTE-delimited text in Rule 408:
> 
> DISTRIBUTE
> (d) to be the Substitute for the Office of Count Tabula.
> DISTRIBUTE
> 
> Add the following NEWDUTY-delimited text:
> 
> NEWDUTY
> (e) Proclaim the identities of the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah.
> NEWDUTY}}
> 
> {{Create a new rule with the number being the lowest integer greater than
> 400 which is not already in use as a rule number in Ackanomi, to read as
> follows:}}
> 
> A. There shall be two new Functional optional offices, the Greater Poobah
> and the Lesser Poobah.
> 
> B. The Greater Poobah shall be that player, from among those eligible to be
> a Poobah, who had the greatest number of proposals accepted during the most
> recent calendar week, as determined by the Tabulator. The Lesser Poobah
> shall be that player, from among those eligible to be a Poobah, who had the
> fewest number of proposals rejected during the most recent calendar week,
> as determined by the Tabulator. For purposes of this rule only, the
> Tabulator shall count only those proposals for which voting expired during
> the most recent calendar week.
> 
> C. The identity of the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah shall be
> proclaimed by the Tabulator no more than three days after the end of each
> calendar week. Each Poobah shall take office immediately, and shall hold
> office for exactly seven days from the moment e is proclaimed
> 
> by the Tabulator, or until a new Poobah is proclaimed, whichever happens
> 
> sooner. The Tabulator may proclaim only one Greater Poobah and one Lesser
> Poobah during each calendar week.
> 
> D. A player is not eligible to be proclaimed to be either the Greater
> Poobah or the Lesser Poobah if any of the following are true:
> 
> 1. The player was Inactive at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent
> calendar week.
> 
> 2. The player was in Gaol at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent
> calendar week.
> 
> 3. The player had no proposals acted upon during the most recent calendar
> week.
> 
> E. In the event that two or more players shall be equally qualified to be
> proclaimed Greater or Lesser Poobah, the Tabulator shall resolve the tie
> using the Ackanomic dice, with each player’s chance of selection (among
> those qualified) being equally weighted.
> 
> F. In the event that no player shall be qualified to be proclaimed Greater
> or Lesser Poobah, the Tabulator shall proclaim that the office for which no
> player qualified will remain vacant for that calendar week. The other
> office, however, shall be filled in the normal manner.
> 
> G. In the event that one player qualifies for both offices, the player
> shall be proclaimed to be the Greater Poobah, and the office of Lesser
> Poobah shall be filled from the remaining pool of eligible candidates.
> 
> H. The Greater Poobah shall have the following duties:
> 
> 1. Sign all is posts with the phrase: “So spake the Greater Poobah, may
> 
> his name be revered!”
> 
> 2. To proclaim emself to be co-sponsor of at least one but not more than
> three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires
> during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Greater
> Poobah.
> 
> a. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be
> accepted, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points
> received by the proposer (but not less than zero points).
> 
> b. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be
> rejected, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number lost by the
> proposer.
> 
> 3. In the event that no proposals sponsored by other players shall be
> scheduled to expire during the Greater Poobah’s term, e shall be excused
> from this duty, provided that before es term expires, the Greater Poobah
> shall post as a public action a rant of at least 50 and not more than 100
> words complaining of the lack of creativity of the current active players.
> 
> I. The Lesser Poobah shall have the following duties:
> 
> 1. To sign all posts with the phrase, “So spake the Lesser Poobah, legend
> in song and story!”
> 
> 2. To proclaim emself to be in Opposition to at least one but not more than
> three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires
> during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Lesser
> Poobah.
> 
> a. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be
> 
> rejected, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points the
> proposer would have received if it had been accepted (but not less than
> zero points).
> 
> b. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be
> 
> accepted, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number the proposer
> would have lost if it had been rejected.
> 
> 3. In the event that no proposals sponsored by other players shall be
> scheduled to expire during the Lesser Poobah’s term, e shall be excused
> from this duty, provided that before es term expires, the Lesser Poobah
> shall post as a public action a rant of at least 50 and not more than 100
> words complaining of the lack of creativity of the current active players.
> 
> J. Neither the Greater Poobah nor the Lesser Poobah shall receive any
> salary solely for serving as a Poobah. This shall not prohibit a player
> from receiving salaries, payments, gifts, or any other benefit to which the
> Rules may entitle em.
> 
> K. In the event that either the office of the Greater Poobah or the office
> of the Lesser Poobah shall become vacant for any reason, it shall remain
> vacant until the next regular proclamation by the Tabulator. There shall be
> no acting Poobah, and duties described in this Rule shall not devolve on
> any other player. This paragraph takes precedence over all other Rules.
> 
> L. The Greater and the Lesser Poobah shall be chosen only by the means
> described in this Rule; no other means of selection shall be permitted.
> This paragraph takes precedence over all other Rules.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3364 rejected

Results of Proposal 3364

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Publius
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3364 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:06 EDT
> When the Votes Were Cast the Winner Was: Mr. James K. Polk
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> In rule 313 replace:
> 
> "A. Casting a legal vote as defined by rule 106.
> B. Bribing Tammany by rule 315.
> C. Being part of a political party that gets a unity vote.
> D. Using a Bonus Vote by rule 317. "
> 
> with
> 
> "A. Casting a legal vote as defined by rule 106.
> B. Being part of a political party that gets a unity vote."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 667 replace:
> 
> "Upon doing so, a Bonus Vote shall be created and transferred to the
> player."
> 
> with:
> 
> "Upon doing so the player shall receive a random boon of the ancients."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 850 replace:
> 
> "VI. Bonus Vote
> 
> On the first day of each month, the Museum throws a party honoring its
> benefactors. This is a private gathering. There are door prizes, but as the
> Museum is always tight on funds, they are pretty lame. The only one of note
> is a Bonus Vote, which is awarded to a random benefactor as determined by
> the Financier. Each benefactor's probability of receiving this Vote is
> their BV divided by the total BV. If the total BV is zero, however, no
> award is bestowed. "
> 
> with:
> 
> "VI. Door Prize
> 
> On the first day of each month, the Museum throws a party honoring its
> benefactors. This is a private gathering. There are door prizes, but as the
> Museum is always tight on funds, they are pretty lame. The only one of note
> is a random Otzma Card, which is awarded to a random benefactor as
> determined by the OiCoRT. Each benefactor's probability of receiving this
> Card is their BV divided by the total BV. If the total BV is zero, however,
> no award is bestowed."
> 
> {{[Changed to OiCoRT since they then have to deterrmine the otzma card.]}}
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 855 replace:
> 
> "4) When a player has completed 7 levels of the Monolith, e receives a Boon
> of the Ancients, and is granted the title of Assistant Monolith Meister.
> This title gives no additional benefits. When a player has completed 10
> levels of the Monolith, e receives a Bonus Vote, and is granted the title
> of Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional benefits. "
> 
> with:
> 
> "4) When a player has completed 7 levels of the Monolith, e receives a Boon
> of the Ancients, and is granted the title of Assistant Monolith Meister.
> This title gives no additional benefits. When a player has completed 10
> levels of the Monolith, e receives ann Otzma Card of eir choice, and is
> granted the title of Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional
> benefits."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 975 replacce:
> 
> "IV. If a player is in his home, and his home has a tower, he receives a
> Bonus Vote. If this would give the player more Bonus Votes than he can
> legally own, he instead receives a Blue Cross Bonus."
> 
> with:
> 
> "IV. If a player is in his home, and his home has a tower, he receives a
> random Otzma Card. If this would give the player more Otzma Cards than he
> can legally own, he instead receives a Blue Cross Bonus."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 1044 remove the text:
> 
> "b. A Player may, as a public action, convert four of his own Swingpoints
> into one Bonus Vote. "
> 
> and then replace:
> 
> "c. A Playe"
> 
> with:
> 
> "b. A Playe"
> 
> and then replace:
> 
> "d. A Pl"
> 
> with:
> 
> "c. A Pl"
> 
> and finally replace:
> 
> "e. Actions (a) through (d) fail if the Player owns fewer Swingpoints than
> he is attempting to convert. Actions (b) through (d) fail"
> 
> with:
> 
> "d. Actions (a) through (c) fail if the Player owns fewer Swingpoints than
> he is attempting to convert. Actions (b) through (c) fail".
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 1211 replace:
> 
> "9) Boon list [weights sum to 100 in this case]:
> 
> a) The player has found an ancient artifact. A random Qualified Gadget,
> such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Gadgets, is
> bestowed (45).
> 
> b) The player has found an ancient scroll. A random Otzma Card, all cards
> having the same probability, such that no instance limits are exceeded for
> any particular Otzma Card, is bestowed (25).
> 
> c) The gods smile upon the player. 1 Bonus Vote is bestowed (10).
> 
> d) An ancient relic. A Trinket of value A$75 which the player Must
> Describe. In this case, A$75 in the Treasury is transmuted into the Trinket
> when it is bestowed as above (7).
> 
> e) Ancient knowledge. A Discovery is created (not owned by the player, but
> said to be created by the player), as named and described by the player
> (Must Describe) (5).
> 
> f) Ancient wisdom. An Otzma Card is added to the Otzma Card Rule Suite,
> which the player Must Describe (5).
> 
> g) The gods are bored. The player is given pointy ears (2).
> 
> h) The gods are grouchy. The Chartreuse Goose is transferred to the player.
> (1). "
> 
> with:
> 
> "9) Boon list [weights sum to 90 in this case]:
> 
> a) The player has found an ancient artifact. A random Qualified Gadget,
> such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Gadgets, is
> bestowed (45).
> 
> b) The player has found an ancient scroll. A random Otzma Card, all cards
> having the same probability, such that no instance limits are exceeded for
> any particular Otzma Card, is bestowed (25).
> 
> c) An ancient relic. A Trinket of value A$75 which the player Must
> Describe. In this case, A$75 in the Treasury is transmuted into the Trinket
> when it is bestowed as above (7).
> 
> d) Ancient knowledge. A Discovery is created (not owned by the player, but
> said to be created by the player), as named and described by the player
> (Must Describe) (5).
> 
> e) Ancient wisdom. An Otzma Card is added to the Otzma Card Rule Suite,
> which the player Must Describe (5).
> 
> f) The gods are bored. The player is given pointy ears (2).
> 
> g) The gods are grouchy. The Chartreuse Goose is transferred to the player.
> (1)."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 594.15 replace:
> 
> "e) Immediate After effects of the zapping: If the Proposal in question was
> Guarded, the Laser will short out and explode, destroying the Tower it is
> being aimed from, and then destroying itself in a radioactive fireball.
> Otherwise, if the Proposal in question's number was prime, the Laser will
> backfire and break. These Ancients, poor quality control, silly design, and
> odd choice of component materials :(."
> 
> with:
> 
> "e) Immediate After effects of the zapping: If the Proposal in question's
> number was prime, the Laser will backfire and break. These Ancients, poor
> quality control, silly design, and odd choice of component materials :(."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 594.21 replace:
> 
> "2. One bonus vote is created in the possession of all current players. "
> 
> with:
> 
> "2. Five Swingpoints are created in the possession of all current players."
> 
> ----
> 
> Replace the entire text of rule 594.7 with the following:
> 
> "The Evil Ballot Stuffer (EBS) is a mechanical gadget. When created it is
> not broken.
> 
> The Evil Ballot Stuffer is green and has a small lever.
> 
> The 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 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.
> 
> The lever may not be used if the EBS is broken, and only the player who
> possesses an EBS may use it, the previous provisions of this Blueprint
> notwithstanding. A broken EBS may only be fixed as described in the rules
> or by another Gadget empowered to do so."
> 
> ----
> 
> {{All bonus votes are converted into 4 swingpoints.}}
> 
> Repeal any rule with a title "Blueprint: Guardian Angel".
> 
> Repeal rules 315, 594.11 and 317. [Tammany, Bonus Votes, and the bonus vote
> add on.]

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:47:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3365 accepted

Results of Proposal 3365

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
14/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato
Publius

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3365 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:08 EDT
> specifying a counter action
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> In rule 1240.18 replace:
> 
> "Counter-Action: The Gadget the card was played on is destroyed, unless it
> was indestructible in which case nothing happens."
> 
> with:
> 
> "Counter-action: A Scroll of Crumble may once again be used to destroy the
> gadget in question."
> 
> [[{I don't like this counter action. It makes the card fairly pointless
> since all it does is changes the entity which can destroy the gadget.]}}

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:48:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3366 accepted

Results of Proposal 3366

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
14/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Publius
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3366 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:09 EDT
> Ending the Tyranny
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 611, "Le Grand Fromage", by replacing the text
> 
> "A player receives a brie if no CFCJ called against em has returned a final
> verdict of TRUE in the last two months. At the instant a verdict of TRUE on
> a CFCJ against a player can no longer be legally appealed, any brie they
> may have is destroyed. "
> 
> with the following FIGHT-delimited text:
> 
> "A player receives a brie when they win a Duel. If a player owns a brie
> when they lose a Duel, that brie is destroyed."

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:48:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3367 rejected

Results of Proposal 3367

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
10/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3367 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:10 EDT
> An End To Tyranny
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 705, entitled "A Kinder, Gentler System", with
> the following SLAP-delimited text:
> 
> SLAP
> Crimes fall into two categories: Whiffles and Felonies. If it is not
> explicitly specified which category a Crime falls into, it is a Whiffle.
> 
> It is a privilege of a Justice to issue Whiffle Notices (WN). No player may
> issue more than one WN in any one Calendar week. A Whiffle Notice contains
> the following items:
> 
> (1) its number, which must be an integer distinct from those used in all
> previous Whiffle Notices.
> (2) the name of a player who committed a Whiffle in the last week (this
> player may be referred to as the transgressor).
> (3) the Whiffle they committed.
> (4) the punishment for committing that Whiffle.
> 
> Issuing a document which purports to be a WN, but does not satisfy the
> above conditions, is the Whiffle of Whiffling.
> 
> A punishment is exactly one of the following:
> (1) A public apology of between 1 and 10 lines, to be performed by the
> transgressor within 3 days of the issuance of the WN.
> (2) An amount of money between A$1 and A$25, to be transferred from the
> transgressor to the Treasury.
> (3) A deduction of between 0 and 10 points from the score of the
> transgressor.
> 
> If a punishment of types (2) or (3) is specified, the transfer or point
> loss takes place at the time of issuance of the WN.
> 
> It is good form to impeach Justices who are abusing their privilege of
> issuing Whiffle Notices.
> SLAP
> 
> Amend Rule 709, "Gaol", by replacing the text "CFJ or CFCJ" in Section 10
> with "CFJ", and by removing Section 2, then renumbering all higher-numbered
> sections to eliminate the gap thereby produced.
> 
> Repeal Rule 710, "Criminal Justice".
> Repeal Rule 711, "Appeal for Pardon".

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:49:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3368 rejected

Results of Proposal 3368

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
13/24 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
MetaMorph Unity Vote
Bonus Vote                              [Niccolo Flychuck used a Bonus Vote]
Bonus Vote                              [IdiotBoy used a Bonus Vote]
Tammany                                 [Niccolo Flychuck bribed Tammany A$25]

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Publius
breadbox
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3368 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:11 EDT
> ...and the Swingers Shall Lead.
> Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> If R411 replace the string "Senators" in the third sentence with the string
> "Swingers"

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

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:50:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3369 accepted

Results of Proposal 3369

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
13/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
Mr. Tambourine Man
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3369 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:12 EDT
> Scientific Evolution
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [Aim: To make Discoveries accessible to anyone. We have too many Officers
> as it is - reducing the number of Officers will make the game simpler to
> play. The new system allows anyone to define a Discovery for A$100, and
> also eliminates the penalties to Churches for using Secret Labs, as the
> loss of Scientists makes it harder to create the Gadgets themselves
> (although the ACME Insta-Gadget card will now become easier to get).]
> 
> Rename Rule 593 to "Ackanomic University", and amend it to read as
> delimited by STAFF below:
> 
> STAFF
> The Ackanomic University is the home of the wizardly arts.
> The Office of Wizard is a Capital Office with one seat. When the office is
> in the Treasury or Somewhere Else, it is auctioned in a public Auction,
> with a minimum bid of A$100.
> STAFF
> 
> {{The Office of Inventor is destroyed.}}
> {{The Office of Archaeologist is destroyed.}}
> 
> {{Each Scientist for a Day Otzma Card is transformed into A$100.}}
> 
> Amend Rule 594 to read as delimited by PUBLIC below:
> 
> PUBLIC
> I. Discoveries are unownable entities. Players may create Discoveries by
> posting their name and text, and paying A$100 to the Treasury for research
> and development. The text must describe the behaviour of exactly one new
> type of Gadget, and the name must be legal and unique, or the creation
> fails.
> 
> II. A Discovery is said to be made by the player who posted its text. If a
> Rule creates a Discovery, authorship credit is given as listed by that
> Rule. If that Rule gives no authorship credit, then no authorship credit
> shall be given.
> 
> III. A Discovery is Debunked if, within 7 days of its creation, at least 4
> different players have protested its creation in a public forum. Whenever a
> Discovery is Debunked, it is destroyed. If a Discovery is not Debunked
> after 7 days of its creation, then a new rule is created as a member of
> this rule suite, with the title "" where is the name of the Discovery, with
> authorship credit as described in section II, and with text identical to
> the text of the Discovery. The Discovery is then destroyed. Creation of a
> Blueprint does not create any instances of the type of Gadget described by
> that Blueprint.
> 
> IV. The term "Blueprint", as used in the rules, means a member of this rule
> suite.
> 
> V. The custodian of the Blueprint Rule Suite is the Wizard.
> 
> VI. All Blueprints defer precedence to rules which are not Blueprints.
> 
> [Follow this link for the Blueprints]
> PUBLIC
> 
> Amend Rule 595, "Gadgets", to read as delimited by ANYONE below:
> 
> ANYONE
> I. A Gadget's Blueprint is the Blueprint that defines the class of Gadget
> to which that Gadget belongs. If a Gadget's Blueprint exists, the Gadget
> behaves in the manner defined by the Blueprint, and may be manipulated in
> accordance with it. If a Gadget's Blueprint is repealed, the Gadget is
> destroyed.
> 
> II. Gadgets are tradeable entities. The owner of a Gadget may destroy it.
> 
> III. Gadgets may be created by rules, provided the rule specifies the
> quantity created, the Blueprint which defines its behaviour, and how
> ownership is to be determined. If ownership is to be determined by Auction,
> The Auction shall be conducted by the process described in Rule 516.
> ANYONE
> 
> Amend Rule 1013, "Secret Laboratories", to read as delimited by EASIER
> below:
> 
> EASIER
> A Secret Laboratory is an Organizational Power. An Organization may buy a
> Secret Laboratory for A$ 1000. An Organization may own at most one Secret
> Laboratory.
> 
> An Organization may, as an action, use any Secret Laboratory it owns to
> build a Gadget from any existing Blueprint. A member of the Organization
> must be specified as the recipient of this gadget at the time the action is
> declared. Three days after the action is announced, the Gadget is created
> in the specified player's possession. Each Secret Laboratory may be used to
> build a Gadget at most once each calendar month.
> EASIER
> 
> Repeal Rule 1240.14, "Otzma Card of type Scientist for a Day".
> 
> Amend Rule 1240.51, "Otzma Card of type ACME InstaGadget", by replacing all
> instances of the word "Rare" with the word "Normal".

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:51:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3370 rejected

Results of Proposal 3370

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Publius
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3370 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:13 EDT
> Clean Out Your Desks, Please
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [We have an awful lot of Offices in this game. The current average is more
> than 1 per player. Some of these have very small roles, and are not really
> used that much these days. Such offices are to be repealed in this
> proposal.]
> 
> Repeal Rule 712, "Gaoler".
> 
> Amend Rule 716, "Patent Infringement" to read as delimited by FASTTRACK
> below:
> 
> FASTTRACK
> When a rule change occurs that causes a new named entity or named class of
> entities to exist, and a Player owns an entity with the same name as the
> new entity or class, and said entity was created after the rule change was
> publically declared(i.e. after a Proposal was distributed by the Promoter,
> a CSR was announced by the CSRR, a State of Crisis Resolution Document was
> issued by the President, etc.)but before the rule change took effect, that
> Player shall be Guilty of Patent Infringement.
> 
> When a Player becomes Guilty of Patent Infringement they shall also be held
> in Contempt.
> FASTTRACK
> [This eliminates the Gaoler reference, plus it makes Patent Infringement a
> slightly more serious crime.]
> 
> Repeal Rule 420, "Historian".
> [breadbox has done a great job as the main historian, but I think that the
> need for this as a separate office is questionable.]

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

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:52:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3371 accepted

Results of Proposal 3371

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
21/22 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz
MetaMorph Unity Vote
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Fortunato

    INACTIVE:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
Zaknafein Dourden
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3371 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:15 EDT
> A Moment of Silence
> else...if (Henry Towsner)
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 399 and titled "Remembrance Day" and give it the
> following ALLOVER delimited text
> ALLOVER
> July 31st is an Ackanomic holiday known as Remembrance Day, commemorating
> the day the last unchanged rule from the original ruleset was repealed.
> Regardless of bribes, on Remembrance Day Tammany will vote FOR all
> proposals which repeal at least one rule. This paragraph takes precedence
> over rule 315
> ALLOVER
> _________________________________________________________
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