Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #196
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acka-voting-digest     Tuesday, November 17 1998     Volume 03 : Number 196

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:59:32 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3724 accepted

Proposal 3724

Votes: 19/28 (11 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 12/19: proposal accepted

Tammany Bribes:
K 2 A$26 yes

Yes:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Blarney              
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  Tammany
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)

Baa:
  sIRE                 (Klingon)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Wallace              
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3724
>
>Proposal 3724
>Scam Orgs Suck
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 10:36:43 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>I. Amend Rule 1003 (Organizations) in the following ways:
>
>a) amend section 6 (Player Liberty Clause) by appending as a separate
>paragraph the following text:
>"
>No player may become a member of an Organisation such that the H
>Similarity between that Organisation and any other would be greater than
>70%.
>"
>
>{{All players who are members of an Organisation, excluding political
>parties,  with a H Similarity with another organisation of greater than
>75% are simultaneously removed from those organisations. }}

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:59:39 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3725 accepted

Proposal 3725

Votes: 19/28 (18 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 19/20: proposal accepted

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Giant Objectionable Potato Unity Vote
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Wallace              
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3725
>
>Proposal 3725
>BWG Sucks
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 10:36:54 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>1. Amend Rule 1003 (Organizations) in the following way:
>
>I. In Section 1 (Forming an Organization):
>
>a) Append to the third paragraph which reads:
>"
>If during those 7 days at least two additional players publically
>announce that they wish to join the Organization the pseudo-Founder
>intends to form, and the pseudo-Founder agrees, then the pseudo-Founder
>forms the Organization by announcing the Organization's name, its
>type,pays the standard Harfer's Fee, and announces the name of its
>members.
>"
>the following text:
>"
>Additionally the founder may establish the organisation's admissions
>policy at this time, otherwise the Standard Admissions policy shall
>apply.
>

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:59:48 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3726 rejected

Proposal 3726

Votes: 18/28 (8 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 9/21: proposal rejected

Tammany Bribes:
smallpox blanket A$31 no
K 2 A$26 yes

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  **** Bonus Vote (K 2) ****
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)

No:
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  **** Bonus Vote (smallpox blanket) ****
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  Tammany
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Wallace              
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3726
>
>Proposal 3726
>EBS Abuse Sucks
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 10:37:04 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>Amend Rule 594.7 (Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer) in the following ways:
>
>I. Insert the following paragraph after the third paragraph:
>"
>The first time an EBS is used during a hearing or election, if more than
>two EBSs have responses recorded at that point, the EBS shall smash the
>EBS who's current response was earliest excluding any EBSs which have
>already been smashed during that hearing or election. A smashed EBS
>becomes broken when the hearing or elections results are released.
>"
>
>II. Append the following paragraph to the end of the rule:
>"
>If a player owns more than one EBS then the extra EBSs e owns are
>destroyed, starting with any broken ones. The previous sentence shall
>have no effect during the first week of its addition to the rules set,
>at which point this sentence shall be removed.
>"
>

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:59:58 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3727 accepted

Proposal 3727

Votes: 18/28 (14 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 14/18: proposal accepted

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Vynd                 
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Blarney              
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  else...if            
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Wallace              
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3727
>
>Proposal 3727
>A 25 Point Penalty Per Month Sucks
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 10:37:15 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>Remove Item 20 "DoppelSlakko" and Item 22 "in Gaol" from Rule 613
>"Winning is pretty harfy (Winning by doing a lot of stuff)" and renumber
>the list.
>
>Repeal Rule 1201 (The Illustrious DoppelSlakko).
>
>{{The office of DoppelSlakko is destroyed.}}

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:00:13 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3728 accepted

Proposal 3728

Votes: 17/28 (10 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 10/16: proposal accepted

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  K 2                  
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  else...if            
  Blarney              
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)

Baa:
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Wallace              
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  Vynd                 
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3728
>
>Proposal 3728
>Get back Alfvaen. I mean it! Come one step closer and /
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 10:49:24 1998
>
>
>I'll have to apologise profusely and run away.
>
>This a Modest Proposal.
>
>Create a new rule numbered 599 with the title "Alfvaen's Swansong" and
>the following RATHERPOORLY delimited text.
>
>RATHERPOORLY
>Alfvaen is permitted to submit a single CFJ which alleges e has gained a
>winning condition during the game of Ackanomic. Such a CFJ is a
>Cycle-Win CFJ.
>
>An instant after it ceases to be legal to appeal a Cycle-Win CFJ ,which
>meets the criteria in the previous paragraph this rule shall repeal
>itself.
>
>This rule takes precedence over Rule 600 (Winning Conditions) were it
>conflicts on what constitutes a Cycle-Win CFJ.
>RATHERPOORLY
>

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:30:35 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3730 accepted

Proposal 3730

Votes: 17/28 (13 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 13/16: proposal accepted

Yes:
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)

Baa:
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Wallace              
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3730
>
>Proposal 3730
>Un-used Rules Suck
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 12:35:43 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>Repeal Rule 1020 (Dispensations)
>

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:30:36 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3729 accepted

Proposal 3729

Votes: 18/28 (16 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 17/19: proposal accepted

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  else...if            
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Giant Objectionable Potato Unity Vote
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  Vynd                 

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Wallace              
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3729
>
>Proposal 3729
>Self-Deleting Text Sucks
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 12:35:33 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>{{The title of Puzzler is given to a randomly chosen active player.}}
>

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:30:36 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3732 accepted

Proposal 3732

Votes: 19/28 (16 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 17/20: proposal accepted

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Wallace              
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  Giant Objectionable Potato Unity Vote
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)

No:
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3732
>
>Proposal 3732
>Strange Pay Values Suck
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 12:36:04 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>Amend Rule 435 (Herald) by replaceing the following text where it apears
>in that rule:
>"
>3. Receiving a monthly salary of the Standard Harfer Fee less A$5.
>"
>with:
>"
>3. Receiving a monthly salary of the Standard Harfer Fee.
>"

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:30:38 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3731 accepted

Proposal 3731

Votes: 18/28 (12 YES votes): Quorum met
Yes votes: 15/21: proposal accepted

Tammany Bribes:
K 2 A$26 yes

Yes:
  r-attila the farce   (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Ethelred             
  Pol Pot              (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  **** Bonus Vote (K 2) ****
  K 2                  
  Vynd                 
  else...if            
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Giant Objectionable Potato Unity Vote
  Blarney              
  Thomas Jute          (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Tammany
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  smallpox blanket     (Klingon)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)

Abstain
  AJ                   
  Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
  Wallace              
  Gromit               (The Razor Boomerangs)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  rufus                (SPAM)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  sIRE                 (Klingon)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Pending & did not vote:
  Euphrates            
  Danek                
  bacon                
  scout                
  Red Barn             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  Rig R. Mortis        
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3731
>
>Proposal 3731
>Implict Financial Transactions Suck
>K 2
>Due: Tue Nov 17 12:35:54 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>A. Amend Section IV (Scope and Precedence) of Rule 1250.1 (Games &
>Contests) by
>I.  reletting part e) to f)
>II.  inserting the following between parts d) and f):
>"
>e) Entity manipulations which are generated as a result of a particular
>instance of a game shall not occur until either the referee or one of
>the participants publicly enumerates the manipulations that the game
>requires.
>"
>
>B.  Amend Rule 506 (Trinkets) by:
>I. deleting the following text:
>" A player-created Trinket, whose name contains the name of a current or
>former player other than that of the creating player, such that the
>player name in question existed before the Trinket was created, and
>which has not been owned at some time by each player whose name it
>contains, is a forgery. The rules may define other circumstances under
>which a Trinket is a forgery.
>"
>and inserting the following text as a separate paragraph before the
>second last paragraph:
>"
>If a player-created Trinket, contains the name of a current or former
>player other than that of the creating player, such that the player name
>in question existed before the Trinket was created, and which has not
>been owned at some time by each player whose name it contains, and a
>player points this fact out publicly, it is a forgery. The rules may
>define other circumstances under which a Trinket is a forgery.
>"

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