Standing policies voted upon at Guild meetings in the last 5 years
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(Plus master nominations/awards.)
4.26.98: Brian Litofsky, Master nomination.  Passed.

12.6.97: Patrol policy, revamped by Larry.  Passed white-ballot
	 Short-games policy: they "should only rerun w/i a limited period
	 of time, and then be declared dead".  Passed.

4.27.97: Life/permanent membership discount: Passed, "without discussion
	 or much notice at all".
	 Master nomination: at any guild meeting, nominated beforehand,
	 by h-c; h-c will accept GM team or petition nominations.  Tony C
	 wants to strike down nomination by petition.  Brian S wants 
	 nomination solely by petition(?).
	 Sarath's "Masters should be sworn in" gets moved to tradition.

11.18.96: Scheduling Policy: "game during term or IAP which spans more
	  than one day shall have a buffer of a weekend before and after"
	  passes.  H-c wanted a policy to point at, GMs of games (esp. 10-days)
	  were grumpy at having too many games around them, making them
	  scramble for players.
	  (Note that it hasn't been much of a problem since.)
	  Zampolit policy: Passes without much discussion.

4.12.96: Master 10-person nomination passes unanimously, no discussion.
	 Master nomination for Tom Giordano; passes.

12.3.95: Nathan Williams appointed new Court Wizard.
	 Derek Herrera elected Master Assassin. 
	
4.9.95:	 Non-Guild LARP mail will be forwarded to the Guild mailing list,
	 passed.
	 Derek Herrera nominated for Master Assassin (mostly by undergrads).

11.6.94: Patrol policy renewed white-ballot.
	 Having a scheduling meeting with the Guild is not renewed,
	 at the recommendation of the high-council.
	 Master nominations: Pier Ho, by the Moscow GMs, passes.
	 Kate Mahoney, by the h-c, passes.  Nico Garcia, by the floor, passes.

	 "Short games shall only be rerun within a limited period of time."
	 Passes (large argument for is story-telling)
	 "Two different games shall not run on consecutive weekends" fails;
	 this is jeremy's attempt to kill short games. =)

	 Casting/inclusion policy:  Much flamage.  Eventually, "The High
	 Council shall approve the casting policy of a game when it is
	 scheduled" is passed, but then overriden by "No policy (but the
	 h-c reserves the right to hose those who abuse this)".

4.10.94: Master nominations: Adam Suchoki, fails; Wes Carrol, succeeds;
	 David Oh, succeeds; Andy Kraft, succeeds.
	 Life and Permanent memberships shall be discounted by 1/2 their
	 previous dues; passes.