(We'll see how this one goes. I stole this idea from JM who stole it from someone else.)

Objective: Be the first to win by exploiting the rules passed by you and the rest of the committee!

First, we'll need a committee. When there's at least 5 people, I'll post the initial list of the people in the committee, and people will take turns in the order I've posted the list. If the committee decides to change that, that's up to them, and they'll have to decide how to let new people into the game as well.

Initial committee members:
JM
Baconfish
Ford
kyle90
Grismath

Here are the starting rules:
Rule 1 : A turn shall consist of the proposition of one rule or amendment, and the passing or failing of that rule.
Rule 2 : No proposed rule may contradict an existing rule nor may any proposed amendment cause a rule to contradict another.
Rule 3 : Rules shall be passed by simple majority vote.
Rule 4 : Should somebody take more than 1 day to take their turn, they forfeit their turn and the next person in line takes their turn.

The Fair and Wise Councilor Grismath joins the committee!

I don't get it; can I be on the committee anyway?

If you're interested, yes. I'm just looking for 5 interested people to start with here.

How do we vote? So (imagining a three man committee of A, B, and C) if person A proposes a rune as his first turn, do persons B and C have to post assent/dissent before person B can propose a rule?

Okay I'll do it.

Fair warning: I'm going to try to implement basic arithmetic in the rules and then win somehow by invoking Godel's Incompleteness Theorem.

It'll be fun! I'll turn your politics into math!

Hell, i'll participate i think.

As far as I see it, anyone can propose a rule at any time that it is their turn, though the other people will have to vote yes or no on whether to pass any rule proposed. Otherwise, people farther down the list will never get to propose anything because the people earlier in the list are doing all the proposing.

EDIT: This will not be the case, but instead will go as JM suggested below. First, player 1 proposes a rule, then everybody else says yes or no, then player 2 proposes a rule, and so on and so forth.

Overseas Committee member Baconfish joins the board.

Supreme Councilor of Funk JM will offer his funky opinions to this endeavor.

Also, I don't see how it will be anything but a confused mess if we don't propose and vote one rule at a time. As in, B and C would have to vote on A's proposal before B could propose another.

Specifically, it would be A's turn. A MUST make a proposal. It is voted upon. Then it is B's turn. It's not as if anyone can hog all the turns.

JM makes a point, so that'll be the case for this game as of now:

EDIT: SINCE GRIS HASN'T GONE YET, I'm changing the order, because I feel like it. Apologies for the confusion.

Here's the committee as it stands:
Supreme Councilor of Funk JM
The Overseas Committee Member Baconfish
The Indecisive Yet Thoughtful Ford
The Clueless Kyle90
The Fair and Wise Councillor Grismath

Have at it!

Because I'm being arbitrary again, I'm changing the order again and stipulating one extra rule, to try and minimize slowness:

Rule #4 - Should somebody take more than 1 day to take their turn, they forfeit their turn and the next person in line takes their turn.

I propose the following to stand as Rule #5 : Having done us the honor of establishing this amazing committee, the humble man currently known as Gebohq shall henceforth be known as Grand Master Poombah Geb Gebernator, and shall join the committee; his turn occurring immediately after the Fair and Wise Councilor Grismath. In doing so Gebohq forfeits all special powers he currently holds as Master of Ceremonies.

Please vote Yay or Nay.

Yay on JM's proposed Rule #5

Yay on the same.

And 4th.

Yea.

Looks like I'm now the 6th committee member.

Supreme Councilor of Funk JM
The Overseas Committee Member Baconfish
The Indecisive Yet Thoughtful Ford
The Clueless Kyle90
The Fair and Wise Councillor Grismath
Grand Master Poombah Geb Gebernator

Now the council will hear what the Overseas Committee Member Baconfish has to propose. Hear hear!

It should be noted that it is now possible to have a tie.

I propose that we change the name of our group from The Committee to "The Syndicate" as it makes us sound more badass. In doing this we gain extra poontang.

Please vote Yay or Nay.

Nay. It would neither be fair nor wise. I already got a plaque engraved with "Councilor!"

I too say nay, for as cool as being a syndicate is, it may imply that we have less-than-honorable ulterior motives, which is certainly not the case!

The Bold and Uncouth Yecti interrupts the proceedings by shouting, "I Object!" before the vote can be passed.

I vote Yay on this one; as I will on any propositions that purport to give me more poontang, as it were.

After careful research, I have come to the conclusion that Syndicates are more funky than Committees. However, as I am the last vote, and I do not wish to delay proceedings by creating a tie, I must vote Nay. I am sorry your Overseasness. Maybe next time.

Noticing that his disruption went unnoticed, the Uncouth Yecti takes a seat amongst the audience.

i also vote Nay, for similar reasons as His Gebness.

I vote you all go out into the REAL world...

SECURITY! SECURITY! Who is this THING in or committee chambers? I will have someone's HEAD for this!

Unofficial Vegiesecurity tackles The_Reafis and drags him out past the large chamber doors where the heavy beatings will not disrupt the Committee gathering.

With many thanks to our dedicated, if unofficial, Vegisecurity, perhaps we should proceed with hearing what the The Indecisive Yet Thoughtful Ford has to propose...

If his indecisivityness is as indecisive as I believe, this could be a chance to exercise rule #4.

I propose that hereafter all affirmative votes be cast with the proper spelling of "Yea"

I reject Sir Ford's proposal, for the committee should be free to express their approval or disapproval in any clear and understandable manner. After all, we wouldn't want to encourage a system of meaningless rules to be manipulated for sinister gains...

Overseas Committee Member Baconfish votes Nay.

*breaks into chamber* You guys suck at this "running a government" thing. You're wasting your time with useless rule^H^H^H^Hlaw modifications. I interrupt the current vote and propose that I be admitted to the Committee and be given the next opportunity to pass a law.

As an earmark, (and as a bribe to encourage my admittance), I'd like to suggest that JM not only be eliminated from the Committee, but that he be dragged into the back and shot in the pants by a bunch of 11 year old counterstrike players.

I vote, futureactively (which is the opposite of retroactively) "AYE" on my proposal.

Aye.

:eek::omg::eek::omg::eek::omg::eek:

My dear right honorable Geb, my proposal does not exclude the expounding of the vote with explainations; it merely states that one uses the proper word for the task. Yea is an accepted alternative to yes, while yay is merely an internection with a positive connotation.