[See also this thread on a closely related topic. -Simetrical]
Change into..Consuls Senior Staff, Magistrate & Triumvirate member
Two Consuls will be chosen to aid in the day to day administrative tasks of the site. One shall be chosen by the Imperator and act as imperial consul. The Second Consul is elected by the Civitates; only members who currently hold the rank of Prefect or have held senior staff rank in TWC within the last year are qualified to be appointed Imperial Consul or run for Republican Consul and any nomination is subject to veto according to the Staff veto act. The Republican Consul is also Syntagma Curator and responsible for the Curia. Consuls wield administrative powers greater then all magistrates except the Imperator.
both consuls are being chosen by the Imperator and ON
or let it be as it is now
When the need arises for a new Consul, senior staff will open a poll in the curia listing all the suitable candidates and clearly indicating those they have vetoed. In order to qualify members must be serving, or have served, as senior staff in TWC within the last year.
Change into6 Quaestors are elected falling under the responsibility of the Triumvirate with a staff normally having three Quaestors in the Common community and three in the Total war community. Quaestors are promoted from current Cohortes Praetoria or anyone who has held magisterial rank within the last year. When a Quaestor steps down and abdicates their duties, or is deemed by the Triumvirate to be ineffectual in their duties and removed from their position, a new Quaestor must be elected. Quaestors will be directly elected by the Civitate members in the Curia. Ogres Net and Senior staff reserves the right to veto any candidate in accordance to the Staff veto act if they deem them unfit for the job.
quaestors are elected by senior staff
or let them make a list of the suitable candidates who are interested to become a Quaestor. So first senior staff reviews applications, vetoes if necessary, and then let civitates decide who should be promoted.
i prefer the first option though. So that the quastor election will be unnecessary.
get rid of this rankSyntagma Pro-Curator
get rid of itProthalamos
no need for an opinion thread..Praefecti Appointments
When the need for a Prefect arises, the Imperator is expected to Open an opinion thread listing all the suitable candidates in the curia and take both the opinions of the Civitates and the opinions of his present staff into consideration. The imperator will then directly appoint a prefect taking into consideration the opinions of both staff and Civitates.
senior staff and ON opinion is enough already
get rid of itOstrakon
Legislation ActCuria Votes Actget rid of it, not relevant anymoreThe Staff Veto Act
My proposal is not worded detailed yet. But we can discuss it.
its a start..
So basically...
let's just get rid of the RPG elements of the Curia.
and let it reflect the real situation here on TWC
I am not criticizing anyone.
But seriously, the syntagma is just a farce..in many aspects..
and some claim it to be the "Soul of TWC"...
however I question its value, and its importance.. in its current form
and I am willing to discuss whether it should be drastically changed.
the best part is the patronizing thingie..
thats pretty much it
Staff nominations should be in hands of ON and staff. Or perhaps in some cases allow civitates to vote on a candidate. (a list with all candidates who are suitable and who are interested to do the job, and whose entry is approved by staff)
To quote one of my own posts, in which I reply to a member who proposes Civitates giving more power.
Yes.. we can have funny discussions about bills and amendments..
giving civitates more power, is something that will have only affect on paper. In practice it will always be a different story. The consul and the imperator already have a good amount of power. I Instead of giving more power to the civitates, I would love to see that power being held in the hands of "senior and junior staff". Especially when all PP's agree on something, that should have some influence. Reading a forum is one thing. Moderating it, is totally different and staff members should be the ones to have a decisive say on it .Giving suggestions about political parties and interest groups, increasing powers of civitates, is nice to increase the RPG level of the site. But you have to keep in mind the situation as it is now already. ON controls the site and is always open for suggestions. And in most cases they will enforce and renew forum policies in accordance with staff members. Your suggestions wont change this at all. In other words: you may think, that you have power. In reality you dont, and you are just a member contributing to this excellent forum, who has the ability to give suggestions. Which in my opinion is the best basis for keeping the forum in good shape anyway. I have never liked additional bureaucracy.
I mean, sure lets all begin political parties... etc etc ..
but the Curia has enough RPG elements already..
and in practice, your opinion is always appreciated. But the implemantation of it lies in the hands of others.
but keep in mind that really it only has a fun purpose..
so should we discuss things, that ultimately can be vetoed upon by ON or senior staff anyway..
should we have a syntagma in its current form, keeping in mind its value?