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acka-voting-digest       Sunday, August 16 1998       Volume 03 : Number 129

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:52:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3372 accepted

Results of Proposal 3372

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
15/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Studge

    BAA!:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox

    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 3372 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:16 EDT
> Repeal 1
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1317 (Codex of Kra)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3373 rejected

Results of Proposal 3373

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
breadbox

    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 3373 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:17 EDT
> Repeal 2
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1311 (If we don't need Gravity we'd better have pressure) and
> Rule 1309 (We don't need Gravity)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:54:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3374 rejected

Results of Proposal 3374

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
3/22 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
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)
breadbox
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Tammany                                 [Niccolo Flychuck bribed Tammany A$50]

    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 3374 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:18 EDT
> Repeal 3
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1301 (Church)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:54:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3375 rejected

Results of Proposal 3375

21/25 votes: Quorum achieved
4/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Mr. Tambourine Man
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
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)
breadbox
Studge
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 3375 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:19 EDT
> Repeal 4
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1209 (The Machine that goes *ping*)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3376 rejected

Results of Proposal 3376

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
7/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    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 3376 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:20 EDT
> Repeal 5
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1142 (Reincarnating into the third cat)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:56:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3377 rejected

Results of Proposal 3377

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
7/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Studge
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    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 3377 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:21 EDT
> Repeal 6
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1013 (Secret Laboratories)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:56:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3378 rejected

Results of Proposal 3378

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

    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 3378 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:22 EDT
> Repeal 7
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 1006 (When you don't get a say)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3379 rejected

Results of Proposal 3379

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
9/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

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

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    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 3379 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:23 EDT
> Repeal 8
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 929 (Baaa)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:57:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3380 rejected

Results of Proposal 3380

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
7/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if            (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Studge
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    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 3380 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:24 EDT
> Repeal 9
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 903 (Gumball)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3381 accepted

Results of Proposal 3381

20/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (SPAM)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    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 3381 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:25 EDT
> Repeal 10
> Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal rule 859 (Wall Street)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:59:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3422

Proposal 3422
Still another Eleusis Fix
JT (JT Traub)

This is a modest proposal.
{{[This fixes the problem with a player leaving the game and clarifies 
the card count after a successful no play.]}}

Amend rule 1250.23 (Eleusis) as follows:
Amend section 5, part i, step 5 to read as delimited by NOPLAY
NOPLAY
5) If the play of 'No Play' was deemed correct then the player will be
privately dealt a new hand of cards with four fewer cards than in their
previous hand.  Since there was no correct play, the number of cards
played in the round or during the current prophets tenure remains
unchanged.
NOPLAY

Amend section 8 by inserting the words 'or leaves the game' after the
first occurance of 'When a player goes inactive' and between the words
'inactive' and 'without' in the phrase 'If a player goes inactive without
appointing a substitute'.

{{Alfvaen gains 1 point, JT loses 1 point}}
{{Game 2 of Eleusis (and game 1 if it exists) continue under the newly
modified rules.}}

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3423

Proposal 3423
Basic needs
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

[This shifts some basic definitions into the 100's, where
new players can easily find them]

Renumber Rule 370 (No E-mail, No Game) to 111.
Renumber Rule 380 (Time Zone) to 112.
Renumber Rule 230 (Random Things) to 113.

[Is the following done automatically?]
Also change the references to these rules, so that they
now point to the new rule number instead of the old one
for each of the three rules above.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:01:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3424

Proposal 3424
In the beginning, there were players
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

[Another attempt to make the basic rules easier to get for
new players, by including the player section in the 100's]

Renumber Rule 250 (Players and Player States) to 150.
Renumber Rule 251 (Player Names) to 151.
Renumber Rule 251.1 (True Names) to 151.1.
Renumber Rule 252 (Joining the Game) to 152.
Renumber Rule 253 (Mentors) to 153.
Renumber Rule 254 (Leaving the Game) to 154.
Renumber Rule 257 (No Dead Players Allowed) to 157.

Also change the references to these rules, so that they
now point to the new rule number instead of the old one
for each of the seven rules above.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:02:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3425

Proposal 3425
Honesty in Voting
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

[This is creating a new possibility to vote. In some cases one
might like a proposal, but wants to keep flaws in it which e
sees out of the ruleset. RETHINK counts as NO for the
terms of acceptance of the proposal, but keeps the penalty
away from the proposer unless there were enough NO's.]

In rule 106, apply the following changes:

In the first paragraph, replace "YES, NO or BAA!" with
"YES, NO, RETHINK or BAA!".

Replace the second paragraph with the HONEST-delimited text:

HONEST
The required number of YES votes for a proposal to be accepted
is three-fifths of the total number of YES, RETHINK and NO votes
legally cast within the prescribed voting period. If that value is 0,
however, the required number of YES votes for acceptance is 1.

The required number of NO votes for a proposal to be rejected
is two-fifths of the total number of YES, RETHINK and NO votes
legally cast within the prescribed voting period, plus 1.

If the proposal is neither accepted nor rejected, it is returned for
reconsideration, and neither the rewards for acceptance nor the
penalties for rejection are applied.
HONEST

In Rule 207, append the NOREWARD-delimited text as a new
paragraph at the end of section III. (Scoring on Proposals):

NOREWARD
Any player who voted RETHINK on the proposal loses one point.
NOREWARD
[One point penalty instead of one point reward isn't much, but it
should guarantee that players only vote RETHINK on flawed
proposals they like, but think they are too flawed to include them
into the ruleset right now.

If nobody uses the RETHINK vote, nothing changes.]

J. M. Bear loses 5 points. breadbox gains 5 points.
[He's got the work, after all]

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:03:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3426

Proposal 3426
Bonehead Maneuver
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

[This might be crazy enough to get through]

Create a Rule, numbered 1030, with the Title "Castes" (minus
the quotation marks), and the MINBARI-delimited text:

MINBARI
The Worker Caste, the Warrior Caste and the Religious Caste
are Unique Organizations. There are no other Castes.

When a player ceases to be a Newbie, e becomes a member
of one of these Castes by random determination. The chances
to join a Caste are equal to the number of members in the other
two castes divided by twice the number of members in all three
Castes.[This adds up to one.]

No player may leave eir Caste. However, it is possible that two
or three players agree to swap Caste membership, provided
that the players swapping membership have all been in the Player
State of Voting for at least 3 weeks, and none of them swapped
Caste membership within the last 3 weeks.

{{Each player which is in the State of Voting, Non-Voting, Inactive
or On Ice and which is not a Newbie becomes a member of one of
the Castes by random determination, each Caste having the same
probability of 1/3 to be chosen.}}
MINBARI

Create a Rule, numbered 1031, titled "Grey Council" (minus the
quotation marks), and the VALEN-delimited text:

VALEN
The Grey Council is an Office with up to nine seats. It is also a
Unique Organization.

Each Caste (Worker, Warrior, Religious) has the right to fill 3
seats in the Grey Council.

The rules for nomination, election and impeachment apply with
the restriction that only a member of a Caste may
a) nominate emself for a seat that this Caste has the right to fill,
b) vote in the election for seats that this Caste has the right to fill,

c) vote on the impeachment of a Grey Council member of this Caste.

When a member of the Grey Council swaps Caste membership
with one or two other players, this member's seat immeadiately
becomes vacant.
VALEN

In the rule which had the number 250 on August 11, 1998, add
in section VII. (Upon Becoming a Non-Player) as a point c):
"c) E ceases to be a member of eir Caste."

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:04:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3427

Proposal 3427
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time
Publius (Brandon Ray)

Add the following BRIBE-delimited text to the end of Rule 315:

BRIBE
Whenever a Tammany Bribe is offered, there is a probability equal to the
amount of the bribe (in A$) divided by 5 that the player offering the
bribe will be caught.  (Thus, the probability of being caught will range
from 5% to 20%.)  At the conclusion of each vote, the Tabulator shall
use the Random Method to determine which player(s), if any, have been
caught.  Any player who is caught is deemed guilty of Contempt, and
shall be punished in accord with the rules governing Contempt.  The
provisions of this paragraph shall in no way nullify or affect the
counting or reporting of votes cast by Tammany.
BRIBE

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3428

Proposal 3428
Harfy Birthday!
Publius (Brandon Ray)

Change the following OLD-delimited text

OLD
(a) maintaining a list of all registered players, their current
Ackanomic names, their e-mail addresses, and their player states.

(b) maintaining a list of all current and previous players, all
Ackanomic names held by them at any point, and their True Names.
OLD

to read as the following NEW-delimited text:

NEW
(a) maintaining a list of all registered players, their current
Ackanomic names, their e-mail addresses, their player states, and their
Acka-Birthdates.

(b) maintaining a list of all current and previous players, all
Ackanomic names held by them at any point, their True Names, and their
Acka-Birthdates.
NEW

Add a new rule with the number 1170, and the title <<Harfy Birthday!>>,
to consist of the following BIRTHDAY-delimited text:

BIRTHDAY
1.  Every player of Acka shall have an Acka-Birthday, which shall be
defined as the day that player first joined the game of Ackanomic.

2.  On each Active player’s Acka-Birthday, the Registrar shall post as a
public action an announcement of the joyous occasion.  During the 72
hours immediately following the announcement, each Active player shall
present a gift to the player whose Acka-Birthday it is.  The gift may be
any tradeable entity which it is legal for the giver to give and the
recipient to own.

3.  An Active player who fails to give a gift under the provisions of
this Rule shall be pronounced by the Speaker in a public action to be a
Churl.  In the event that the Speaker has failed to give a gift, this
duty shall devolve to the Clerk of the Court.  The provisions of this
paragraph shall be void if the required pronouncement is not made within
13 days of the original proclamation of the Acka-Birthday.

4.  A Churl  must sign all messages regarding Ackanomic with the phrase
<<I am a Churl.>>  This requirement shall continue for the shorter of:

A.  Ten calendar days from the moment e is declared to be a Churl.

B.  Until e has given a gift to the player whose Acka-Birthday it was.

5.  No Acka-Birthday shall be announced or celebrated for, nor shall any
gifts be given to, any player who is in Gaol, Inactive, or On Ice at
12:01 a.m. on eir Acka-Birthday.

6.  A Returning Player shall retain the same Acka-Birthday ey had when
last ey were Active.
BIRTHDAY

{{The Registrar shall establish the Acka-Birthdates of all players,
regardless of status, as of the date this Rule is accepted.  In any case
where this information is not available, the Registrar shall ask the
player (if the player is Active) what the correct date is, and use the
date given as the Acka-Birthdate.  If the player does not know, or if
the player is not Active, the Registrar shall use the Random Method to
establish an Acka-Birthdate for that player.  Once all Acka-Birthdates
have been established, the Registrar shall post the complete list as a
public action.}}

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:06:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3429

Proposal 3429
The Scorekeeper STILL Doesn't Have Enough To Do??!?
867-5309 (Eric Plumb)

Delete the text "All players who voted on any proposal receive one point."
from Rule 207.

[ Incentive to vote should be just that -- the motivation to either
promote or resist changes to the game.  Giving points to everyone who
votes is not only superfluous but even damaging IMHO. ]

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:07:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3430

Proposal 3430
Pain and Suffrage
867-5309 (Eric Plumb)

[ Warning: Reinstates anti-voting (but not as you might think...) ]

If the text "All players who voted on any proposal receive one point."
exists in Rule 207, delete it.

Renumber Rule 207.1, "That's just silly," to 207.2.

Create a new Rule numbered 207.1, entitled "Auntie Voting" with the
following PERFIDIOUS-delimited text:

PERFIDIOUS
Voting contrary to the outcome of a Proposal, that is, voting NO on a
Proposal which is accepted or voting YES on a Proposal which meets quorum
but fails, is called "anti-voting."  The AAVPP (aka VPP) hegemony of
Ackanomic has decreed that this is a Bad Thing (tm.)

Voting in concordance with the actual outcome of a Proposal (in other
words, voting YES on a Proposal which passes or NO on a Proposal which
meets quorum but is rejected), is called "anti-anti-voting" or
"bandwagoning" for short.  This is an Even Worse Thing.  Don't ask why,
you don't want to know.  We could tell you, but we'd have to kill you.

To this end, each player who anti-anti-votes on a Modest Proposal shall
lose 1 point, each player who anti-anti-votes on a Grandiose Proposal
shall lose 5 points, and each player who anti-anti-votes on a Proposal
which is neither Modest nor Grandiose shall lose 3 points.

{{[  Long live the Resistance!  Harf! Harf! Harf! ]}}
PERFIDIOUS

[ For those of you who may ask why, my reasons are very simple: I enjoy
anti-voting.  Part of it has to do with Vynd's theory of unaccountability,
part with the unpredictability (and hence -- to me -- fun), and part with
simple irritation at those who seem to think proposals are "supposed" to
pass or fail.  (Yeah, I know that last horse is six feet under and still
being beaten mercilessly, but...)

As to the theory that "it would destroy our economy," I'm not sure I see
how.  The economy can always be revised.  As is, I think we have far too
many positive points -- hence the change. ]

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3431

Proposal 3431
One
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
{{[Well I voted]}}
Gravitational Monopole (Rule 594.6)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:09:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3432

Proposal 3432
Two
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser (Rule 594.8)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:10:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3433

Proposal 3433
Three
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Bonus Vote Add-On (Rule 594.11)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:11:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3434

Proposal 3434
Four
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Gimme Shelter (Rule 594.12)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:12:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3435

Proposal 3435
Five
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Cheez-Whiz (Rule 594.14)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:13:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3436

Proposal 3436
Six
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Pulse Laser (Rule 594.15)

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:14:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3437

Proposal 3437
Say What You Mean
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 550 ("Honor System Rule Suite") by replacing the text "a
range of -1000000 to 1000000" with the following Q-delimited text:
Q
a range consisting of all integers [i.e. from "negative infinity"
to "positive infinity"]"
Q

{{The player of Ackanomic whose real name is Duncan Richer gains
one point. The author of this proposal loses one point.}}

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:15:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3438

Proposal 3438
Bard warning!
Publius (Brandon Ray)

This is a modest proposal.

If Proposal 3392 was accepted prior to the acceptance of this proposal,
add the following ORNOTTOBE-delimited text to the end of the rule it
created:

ORNOTTOBE
On April 19 of each year, the Speaker shall post the entire text of this
Rule as a public action.
ORNOTTOBE

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