Subject: acka-voting Digest V4 #204
From: [email-masked]
To: acka-voting digest users <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00:08 -0400 (EDT)

acka-voting Digest	Saturday, October 02 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 204

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4384
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 17:57:52 -0400 (EDT)

Proposal 4384
Kernel
Malenkai
Due: Sat Oct  9 17:57:51 1999
Sphere: Wombles of Wibbledon

[If you think about it, we need very few of the rules 
that we have to do what we do.  It also seems like alot
of uninteresting rules and framework and procedure and
the like can be eliminated, allowing us and prospective 
players to concentrate on the essence of what makes gaming
gaming, while retaining the nomic-like framework of 
self-modification.  Moreover, its my belief that prospective
players will be attracted if the ruleset is put on a diet
and all the boring stuff is put in a tiny kernel.

So ... lets clean up a bit (alot of which is my fault
anyway) and then add back in what we really like and want
some other day.  Not that I expect this to pass in a billion 
years ... :-)  but I've always wanted to do this.  Of 
course, the fun part is to think about it.  And I won't even
be here to vote on it; I wonder if a proposal has ever gotten
zero votes?]

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Change rule 1's text to this:

"
This rule has precedence over all other rules.  Text
delimited by square brackets is a note.  Notes have
no semantic meaning.

The game state of Ackanomic is deemed to consist of 
this rule and those persons who were Players the 
instant before the results of the proposal which 
amended this rule to its current form were reported, 
and nothing else, except the Player who was the 
Rule-Harfer on Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:47:05 [Emperor 
Ai! Pedrito!] is deemed to be the Speaker.  These
persons are known as Registered Players.

The instant after this rule becomes the only rule in 
the game state of Ackanomic, it is amended a) such 
that its entire text is replaced by the text below 
delimited by double dollar signs (excluding the 
delimiters); b) such that its title is "The Game
of Ackanomic"; and c) such that its number is 1.

[
$$

I.  Follow the Rules

All Registered Players (Players) must always abide 
by all the Rules then in effect, in the form in which
they are then in effect, and interpreted in accordance 
with customary English Language usage and semantics.

II.  The Game State

The Game State may only be changed, and shall only 
change, as described in the Rules.  The terms "Rules"
and "Game State" shall be interpreted to mean the 
Rules of Ackanomic and Game State of Ackanomic, 
respectively.

III.  The Game State is Platonic 

The Speaker shall attempt to keep an accurate track
of the facts of the Game State (View) and make eir 
View of it available to all Players.
 
IV.  Joining and Leaving

A Player may become a non-Player by sending a 
Public Message to that effect.  A non-Player may
become a Player by e-mailing eir intent to the 
Speaker or by sending a Public Message to that effect.

V.  Speaker Succession

Whenever any Player who is not the Speaker correctly 
points out in a Public Message that no Player is the 
Speaker, or that the Speaker has not sent a Public 
Message within the past 7 days, or that the Speaker 
has broken (or attempted to break) the Rules, then 
the notifying Player becomes the Speaker.  Alternatively,
the Speaker loses eir Speakership by either abdicating
or by appointing a successor in a Public Message.

VI.  Proposals

A Proposal is a list of proposed changes to the Game
State.  Any Player may make a Proposal by e-mailing 
its text to the Speaker (or to a bot designated by the 
Speaker).  Within 3 days of receipt of a Proposal, the
Speaker (or eir bot) shall assign an integer number
to the Proposal and send its text in a Public Message, 
at which time the Proposal is said to be in the Proposal 
Queue (Queue).

VII. Voting on Proposals

All Players may vote either Yes or No for any Proposal 
in the Queue by e-mailing eir vote to the Speaker (or to
a bot designated by the Speaker).  If a Player votes more 
than once on a particular Proposal, all but their most 
recent vote on that Proposal are disregarded.

VIII.  Accepting Proposals

Upon a Proposal being in the Queue for exactly 7 days, it
is either Accepted or Rejected and it is removed from the 
Queue.  At this time, a Proposal is Accepted if and only 
if a majority of the votes cast on it were Yes, and the 
Player who authored it did not vote No.  The Speaker (or
eir bot) shall report in a Public Message the status of
any Accepted Proposal within 3 days of it becoming Accepted;
its changes to the Game State are applied in the order they
are contained in the Proposal at the time of this report.

IX.  Calls for Judgment

Players may disagree with the Speaker's View of the Game
State by detailing the nature of their disagreement in a 
Public Message.  The Speaker shall attempt to adjust eir
View so that a consensus View is reached after hearing 
debate on the matter.  If a Player still disagrees with 
the Speaker's View, e may Call for Judgment on the matter
by detailing the essence of eir disagreement to all Players 
in another Public Message.  Players may publicly cast one
vote on the matter (along with any arguments they deem 
relevant), and the Speaker shall adjust eir View to the 
will of the expressed majority 3 days after the most 
recent vote has been cast, or 7 days after the Call was
made, whichever comes first, if there is a majority 
opinion on the matter.

X.  Public Messages

The Speaker may change the designation of the Official 
Mailing List in a Public Message.  In the absence of 
such a designation, [email-masked] shall be 
the Official Mailing List.  A Public Message is an 
e-mail sent to either all Players or to the Official 
Mailing List.
 
XI.  Miscellany

The Speaker may assign numbers and titles to Rules that 
do not have them.  E may also make spelling, grammar, 
formatting, and section numbering corrections, provided
such corrections do not change the meaning of the Rules.
If E makes such changes, e shall detail them in a 
Public Message.
$$
]
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