Subject: acka-voting Digest V4 #166
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acka-voting Digest	Thursday, August 12 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 166

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4297 accepted
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 02:59:46 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4297

Subcommittee vote for: 160   against:0
Subcommittee Acceptance Index: 160.0
Passed subcommittee
Total vote for: 1110   Total vote against:-160
Acceptance Index: 870.0: proposal accepted

*** This was an accepted Harfy proposal ***
*** Rachel L Walmsley is now Harfmeister ***

Votes to accept:
  /dev/joe              100         ==> 3266
  Quoth the Raven       120    -20  ==> 548
  Blest Lax Monk Pal    100         ==> 699
  A German Dog          100         ==> 3389
  else...if             100         ==> 1637
  Alfvaen                97    +1   ==> 754
  Emperor Ai! Pedrito!   61    +19  ==> 760
  ThinMan                20    +20  ==> 1996
  fixing...ELK          100         ==> 2108
  Rachel L Walmsley     180    -80  ==> 710
  Niccolo Flychuck       60    +20  ==> 100
  K 2                    72    +14  ==> 777

Zero Votes:
  Vynd                    0    +20  ==> 215
  IdiotBoy                0    +20  ==> 617

Votes to reject:
  Studge               -160    -60  ==> 1413

Abstainers:
  Calvin N Hobbes      
  404 Not Found        
  Kane                 
  two-star             
  Pure Haste           
  and                  
  danke                
  Burn the Witch       
  Slakko               
  rufus                

 Subject: Acka: Proposal 4297
 
 Proposal 4297
 An Alternative to Tyranny
 Eggplant Tempura
 Due: Thu Aug 12 01:53:46 1999
 Sphere: Tocpe
 Status: accepted
 Declared Harfy: at Thu Aug  5 02:35:06 1999 by Emperor Ai! Pedrito!

 [It has come to my attention that no other player than Studge seems to
 send in "obvious" win attempts or emperor attempts that rely on nothing
 more than the rampant discordianism of Acka.  Therefore, I decided to
 sacrifice my proposal record -- and Studge -- to regularly offer Acka what
 it so desperately needs: a punching bag. ]
 
 Amend Rule 1 by appending to the bottom the following EMPEROR delimited text.
  
 EMPEROR
 Any player may amend, repeal, and/or create rules, and otherwise modify
 the ruleset and gamestate as a public action, inasmuch as the effects
 of such alteration affect no entity other than the player legally able to
 assume the name Studge, and furthermore the alteration has a negative
 effect on said player.
 EMPEROR
 
 [ Let's face it, the other's been done. ]

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4315
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:56:51 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4315
In a crater, on an asteroid...
Quoth the Raven
Due: Thu Aug 19 09:56:50 1999
Sphere: Wombles of Wibbledon

Ammend rule 10 (Geography) by deleting the following MOVED delimitted
text:

MOVED
The center of Ackanomic is The Lonely Mountain, which is a location that
owns itself. The Lonely Mountain can be found on a Kaa of land in the
City, which it also owns. No player may visit, own, or otherwise alter
The Lonely Mountain and its Kaa unless explicitly permitted to by the
Rules.
MOVED

Create a new rule anumbered 10-1-10 titled "The Lonely Mountain" and
reading as follows (as delimited by TOHERE):

TOHERE
The Lonely Mountain is an unownable entity and a common location,
occupying a single Kaa of land. It stands majestically in the centre of
Ackanomic City, its summit obscured by cloud. It is said that not even
the ancients were able to clibm to the top of the mountain, and any
attempt to do so will automatically fail, for it is higher even than the
tallest towers on Vulcan Headquarters. The Lonely Mountain is said to be
rich in mineral ores.
TOHERE

Create a new rule numbered 10-1-10-1 called "Mining the Lonely Mountain"
and reading as delimited by BANG!

BANG!
Any player who is at the Lonely Mountain and who owns a shovel, a pick
axe and at least one stick of dynamite may  mine the Lonely Mountai of
its mineral ores. No player may do this more than once per calendar
week. When a player does this eir stick of dynamite is destroyed (or one
of them if e owns more than one) and e receives between one and five
(determined at random) nosesacks of a random mineral ore.
BANG!

Create a new rule numbered 10-1-11 titled "Ye Olde Mining Shop" and
reading as delimited by BUTTON

BUTTON
Ye Olde Mining Shop is a small building, unownable entity, and common
location. It sells mining equipment. Its prices (per item) are as
follows:

Pick axes:		A$20
Shovels:		A$20
Sticks of dynamite:	A$45
Hard hats:		A$5
Blue canaries:		A$10

Pick axes, shovels, sticks of dynamite, hard hats and blue canaries are
all tradeable entities. Hard hats are also hats.

Any player in Ye Olde Mining Shop may purchase any of these goods by
paying the specified price (which gos to the treasury as Ye Olde Mining
Shop is government owned). E will then receive the entities e paid for,
whichwill be created in eir posession.
BUTTON

Create a new rule as a child of rule 14 (Chemicals) titled "Mineral
Ores" and reading as delimited by PURPLE

PURPLE
Mineral Ores are compounds. Whilst not very useful on their own it is
thought that with the correct methods very useful and/or valuable
elements could be extracted from them. The following [unimaginatively
named] Mineral Ores are currently known:

Brown Ore
Pink Ore
Clear Ore
Silver Ore
Glowing Ore
PURPLE

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4316
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:29:10 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4316
Proposal title... um Thingy
K 2
Due: Thu Aug 19 16:29:08 1999
Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies

Amend Rule 7-2-5 (Titled Gentry) by deleting the final sentence which
reads "When a title that was rule-defined is repealed, all players lose
that title." [because it stomps on the whole point of the rule -
"Thingies (entities and non-entities) that have been defined in the
rules at some time as Titles, and have not have that designation
removed, remain Titles."

{{Studge receives the Unique Title "Punching Bag". All effects generated
under the auspices of the final paragraph of Rule 1 are undone in
reverse chronological order. The final paragraph of rule 1 is stricken
from the rule set.}}

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4317
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:33:02 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4317
Proposal title... um Thingy
K 2
Due: Thu Aug 19 16:33:01 1999
Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies

Amend Rule 7-2-5 (Titled Gentry) by:

I. deleting the final sentence which reads "When a title that was
rule-defined is repealed, all players lose that title." [because it
stomps on the whole point of the rule - "Thingies (entities and
non-entities) that have been defined in the rules at some time as
Titles, and have not have that designation removed, remain Titles."].

II. Replace the phrase "and have not have that" with "and have not had
that".

{{Studge receives the Unique Title "Punching Bag". All effects generated
under the auspices of the final paragraph of Rule 1 are undone in
reverse chronological order. The final paragraph of rule 1 is stricken
from the rule set.}}

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4298 accepted
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:18:13 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4298

Subcommittee vote for: 61   against:0
Subcommittee Acceptance Index: 61.0
Passed subcommittee
Total vote for: 519   Total vote against:-72
Acceptance Index: 411.0: proposal accepted

** This proposal was boring! ** 
6 sub-60 votes out of 8 non-60 votes total.

Votes to accept:
  /dev/joe               60    +20  ==> 3286
  Quoth the Raven       100         ==> 548
  Blest Lax Monk Pal     60    +20  ==> 719
  Alfvaen                59    +20  ==> 774
  Emperor Ai! Pedrito!   59    +20  ==> 780
  Studge                 60    +20  ==> 1433
  ThinMan                60    +20  ==> 2016
  A German Dog            1    +20  ==> 3409
  Niccolo Flychuck       60    +20  ==> 120

Zero Votes:
  else...if               0    +20  ==> 1657
  IdiotBoy                0    +20  ==> 637
  Rachel L Walmsley       0    +20  ==> 730

Votes to reject:
  K 2                   -72    +14  ==> 791

Abstainers:
  Calvin N Hobbes      
  404 Not Found        
  Vynd                 
  rufus                
  Kane                 
  Pure Haste           
  and                  
  fixing...ELK         
  danke                
  Burn the Witch       
  Slakko               
  two-star             

 Subject: Acka: Proposal 4298
 
 Proposal 4298
 So I'm petty?
 Pregnant Hippo
 Due: Thu Aug 12 17:47:12 1999
 Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies
 Status: accepted

 In rule 2-3 replace:
 
 "When a rule Z1 is moved to become rule Z2, all its children Z1-X are
 moved to Z2-X "
 
 with:
 
 "When a rule Z1 is renumbered to become rule Z2, all its children Z1-X
 are renumbered to Z2-X "

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4299 accepted
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:18:24 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4299

Subcommittee vote for: 160   against:0
Subcommittee Acceptance Index: 160.0
Passed subcommittee
Total vote for: 784   Total vote against:-132
Acceptance Index: 586.0: proposal accepted

Votes to accept:
  /dev/joe               60    +20  ==> 3306
  Quoth the Raven        90    +5   ==> 553
  Blest Lax Monk Pal     60    +20  ==> 739
  else...if             100         ==> 1657
  Alfvaen                35    +20  ==> 794
  Emperor Ai! Pedrito!   59    +20  ==> 800
  Studge                 60    +20  ==> 1453
  ThinMan                60    +20  ==> 2036
  IdiotBoy              100         ==> 637
  A German Dog          100         ==> 3409
  Niccolo Flychuck       60    +20  ==> 140

Zero Votes:
  Rachel L Walmsley       0    +20  ==> 750

Votes to reject:
  danke                 -60    +20  ==> 620
  K 2                   -72    +14  ==> 805

Abstainers:
  Calvin N Hobbes      
  404 Not Found        
  Vynd                 
  rufus                
  Kane                 
  Pure Haste           
  and                  
  fixing...ELK         
  Burn the Witch       
  Slakko               
  two-star             

 Subject: Acka: Proposal 4299
 
 Proposal 4299
 Easier, Simpler, Better for the liver
 else...if
 Due: Thu Aug 12 18:17:27 1999
 Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies
 Status: accepted
 
 	{{[Here's what this does:
 	Reorganizes the 2's (Proposals) so that rule 2 defines general proposal
 stuff, 2-1 and its children define voting, 2-2 and its children contain all
 instructions regarding proposal results and effects.
 	Splits the mannna rule to mimic points
 	Moves Blue Cross and Rule Numbers into more appropriate places (with awards
 and the 1's, respectively)
 	Removes rule suites (which are no longer relevant thanks to hierarchical rule
 numbering) and all rule suite references in the rules.
 ]}}
 	For the purposes of this proposal, the term renumber shall be synonomous with
 the term move as defined in rule 2-3, 20-3, or 1-10, depending on where in
 this proposal you may be.
 	Renumber rule 2 to rule 20.
 	Create rule 2, "Proposals" and move the first and last paragraphs of rule 20
 to it and then the text of 20-1-3, in that order.
 	Create rule 2-1, "Voting" and move the first paragraph of rule 20 to it, then
 the last two paragraphs of 20-1, then the rest of 20-1 except for the last
 paragraph.
 	Renumber rule 20-1-1 to 2-1-1.
 	Create rule 2-2, "Results". Move the rest of 20-1 to it, and then the rest of
 20.
 	Renumber rule 20-2 to 2-2-1.
 	Create rule 2-2-2, "Mannna Results" move everything in rule 20-1-2 except for
 the first two and the last paragraph.
 	Make all children of 2-2-1 children of 2-2 instead.
 	Make 20-1-4 a child of rule 2-2.
 	Make rule 20-5, if it exists, a child of rule 2.
 	Renumber rule 7-4 to 7-4-1 and move 20-1-2 to 7-4-2.
 	Renumber 20-4 to 4-10-1.
 	Renumber 20-3 to 1-10 and rename it "Rule Numbers"
 	Repeal rule 20 and all its descendants.
 	Remove all sentences containing the word "suite" from the following rules:
 4-8, 4-11, 6-4-11-1, and 12-8.
 	In 7-14 remove the first sentence and ", and belong to the Otzma Card Rule
 Suite"
 	In 7-14-1 replace "4. This rule takes precedence over all other rules in the
 Otzma Card Rule Suite except rule 7-14-2 to which it defers precedence." with
 "4. This rule takes precedence over all other descendants of rule 7-14 except
 for rule 7-14-2, to which it defers precedence."
 	In 12-8-2 replace "parts of the Party Chess Suite" with "descendants of rule
 12-8"

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4318
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:18:35 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4318
Tweak
else...if
Due: Thu Aug 19 18:18:33 1999
Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies

	Renumber rule 9 to rule 3-6.
	{{[For no apparent reason, most (but not all) of the crime rules
are totally separated from the other CFJ rules.  This fixes that.]}}

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4319
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:18:45 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4319
It's the little things
else...if
Due: Thu Aug 19 18:18:44 1999
Sphere: Hypnotist of Ladies

	{{[This rule gets rid of the payments to players (not referees) in
subgames.  The payments are all small, so they're not an incentive to play
(people play subgames for fun), and they're needless work for the
Financier.  It also changes the rules so that all referees get either A$10
or nothing.]}}
	Amend the last sentence of rule 12-1, section IIIe to read "The
referees may receive no componsation other than an optional A$10 reward if
the game so specifies."
	Remove the second paragraph or part 8 of rule 12-3-4.
	Remove the last sentence of rule 12-3-5.
	In rule 12-3-11, remove the paragraph beginning "If, in starting
the game, the Barkeep announced", the sentence reading "The next time that
Bard rejoins that game, e need not pay ante to do so", and the second to
last sentence.
	In rule 12-3-13 replace "A$5" with "A$10"

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4320
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:26:21 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4320
Because they aren't doing anything
else...if
Due: Thu Aug 19 18:26:20 1999
Sphere: Tocpe

	Repeal rule 10 and all of its children except for 10-1-4 and 10-1-5

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4321
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:57:50 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4321
Voting Proxies
A German Dog
Due: Thu Aug 19 21:57:49 1999
Sphere: Tocpe

[
 I am deliberately choosing a rule number in the 99's so that the
 rule harfer may place it where e feels is appropriate
]
{{
   A German Dog loses 4 points.
   else...if gains 2 points.
   K 2 gains 2 points.
   [ Both these fine folk helped clarify and tighten this proposal ]
}}

Create a new rule 99-1 titled 'Proxy Voting' with the following
text as delimited by POWER_OF_ATTORNEY
POWER_OF_ATTORNEY
The following are defined as Voting Issues.
a.  Proposals
b.  Hearings
c.  Elections for Office
d.  Support for the Nomination of a Player into the Hall of Elders
POWER_OF_ATTORNEY

Create a new rule 99-1-1 titled 'Proxies' as delimited
by the following NOT_ME_REALLY delimited text
NOT_ME_REALLY
Proxies are Unownable Entities.

Proxies have three required characteristics; Issue, Proxy and Value.
The characteristics are defined as follows:
   Creator - The Right of Voting Proxy used to create this Proxy.
   Issue   - The Voting Issue this Proxy is being created in reference to.
   Value   - The vote to be cast on the Voting Issue.

When a Proxy is created, the three required characteristics must be
unambiguously specified.  If the Issue is a Support of the Nomination of a
Player into the Hall of Elders, the Value is automatically set to 'Me Too'.
The Value characteristic must be a value which the Master of the Right of
Voting Proxy being used to create this Proxy could specify assuming they
were able to vote on the Voting Issue.  If the Master of the Right of Voting
Proxy is on Vacation, then for the purposes of this paragraph they are
treated as if they were not on Vacation.  This paragraph takes precedence
over any rules with which it conflicts.

If a current Proxy exists with the same values for Creator and Issue then
the current Proxy with those values is destroyed before the new Proxy is
created.

When the results of a Voting Issue are tallied, Proxys are counted as if the
Master of the Right of Voting Proxy specified in the Creator attribute
Player specified in the Proxee Characteristic had voted or supported the
nomination only for the purposes of determining the result of the Voting
Issue.   Any benefits or penalties incurred due to the Proxy are applied to
the Player named in the Creator Characteristic of the Proxy.  (For instance
any Mannna used to vote comes from the Creator, not the Proxee).  This
paragraph takes precedence over any rules which would prevent the vote cast
by the Proxy from being counted.

After the results of a Voting Issue are tallied, all Proxys with that
Issue are destroyed.

If the Player who is the Master of the Right of Voting Proxy used to create a
given Proxy votes on or supports the nomination for a given Voting Issue, any
Proxys created with that Right of Voting Proxy on that Issue are destroyed.
NOT_ME_REALLY

Create a new rule numbered 99-1-2 titled 'Right of Voting Proxy' with the
following text as delimited by VOTING_FREEDOM

VOTING_FREEDOM
Rights of Voting Proxy are Giftable, Operable entities.

Each Right of Voting Proxy has an Master characteristic associated with it.
The Player whose Ackanomic Name matches the Master characteristic of a
given Right of Voting Proxy is the Master of that Right of Voting Proxy.

If there ever exists a Player who is not the Master of a Right of Voting
Proxy, a Right of Voting Proxy is created in their possession with the Master 
characteristic set to that Player's Ackanomic Name.

If there ever exists a Right of Voting Proxy for which the Master is not a
Player, that Right of Voting Proxy is immediately destroyed as are any
Proxies created with that Right of Voting Proxy.

If the Master of a Right of Voting Proxy has their Ackanomic Name changed
(either voluntarily or involuntarily), then the Right of Voting Proxy for
which they are the Master has the Master characteristic immediately changed
to their new name.

If the Master of a Right of Voting Proxy is On Ice then the following occurs
immediately:
a) The Right of Voting Proxy which is associated with them is returned
   to their possession.
b) All Proxys created via that Right of Voting Proxy are destroyed.

{{
  All players are given a Right of Voting Proxy with the Master
  characteristic set to their name.  [Yes, this would happen automatically,
  but...]
}}
VOTING_FREEDOM

Create a new rule numbered 99-1-2-1 named 'Returning Proxies' with the
following BOOMERANG delimited text
BOOMERANG
There is an Operation on a Right of Voting Proxy called Returning.
When this Operation is performed, the Right of Voting Proxy being Operated
upon is placed in the possession of its Master.

The Master of a Right of Voting Proxy may as a public action command that
that Right of Voting Proxy be returned.   If the Master of a Right of Voting
Proxy does command this, the possessor of the Right of Voting Proxy will
immediatly perform a Return upon that Right of Voting Proxy.

This rule takes precedence over any rule with which it conflicts.
BOOMERANG

Create a new rule numbered 99-1-2-2 named 'Proxy Creation' with the following
text delimited by SOUND_MIND_AND_BODY
SOUND_MIND_AND_BODY
There is an Operation on a Right of Voting Proxy called Creating a Proxy.
This Operation may be performed by the current possessor of a Right of Proxy.

When this Operation is performed, the appropriate officer or forum must be
notified that this Operation is being performed and of the required
information to Create the Proxy.

The Creation of a Proxy fails if the Master of the Right of Voting Proxy
being Operated upon has already submitted a vote on or supported the
nomination for that Voting Issue.

The Creation of a Proxy fails if the Master of the Right of Voting Proxy
would not be allowed to vote or support the nomination for some reason
other then being on Vacation.

If the Operation succeeds, the Proxy is created as specified.
SOUND_MIND_AND_BODY

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