Bill ?: The Councils Act Election Revision
Proposer: Spiff
Official Supporters:
Patrician the Grim Squeaker
Patrician/Quaestor Lusted
Civitate silver guard
Major Changes:
- Councillors now have terms of service, stated as 2 months from time of appointment/election.
- Councillors no longer recieve a rank for serving as a councillor.
For the purposes of fairness, this bill aims to introduce terms of service to both councils, thus giving a wider range of willing and qualified Civitates an opportunity to participate in this new initiative. To compensate for the greater numbers predicted to take part, the rank of "Councillor" shall not be kept after service is rendered. Therefore, the Councils Act will be ammended with the following text in its entirety. Major changes are highlighted in Blue
Consilium Belli
Six Civitates shall be appointed by the Triumvirate to discuss and advise on ideas concerning the Total War section of the forums. These civitates should have a strong background in the Total War modding community and be in good standing.
A designated forum will be created in the Curia, viewable publically, where all suggestions regarding the Total War section of the Forums will be discussed. The Council will have the power to invite a non-civitate members and shall be presided over by the Syntagma Pro-Curator. The Consilium Belli shall make necessary recomendations to the staff on issues of the TW Sections.
Appointment to the Consilium Belli:
Each member of the Consilium Belli has a term which lasts for a period of two months from when they are appointed. When a Council members term is due to end or a Councillor resigns, the Curator will choose when to open a candidates thread and post an announcement in the Curia, which shall remain open for 72 hours.
Candidates shall post their reasons for wishing to participate and and relevant qualifications. After the candidates thread is closed the Triumvirate will appoint as many new Councillors as are required at that time. Councillors may serve consecutive terms though in the interests of fairness the Triumvirate will attempt to introduce new qualified councillors when possible.
Consilium Pacis
Four Civitates shall be elected by the Curia as per the Consilium Pacis Elections section to discuss and advise on ideas concerning the Common Community section of the forums. These civitates should have a strong background in the Common Community and be in good standing.
A designated forum will be created in the Curia, viewable publically, where all suggestions regarding the Common Community section of the Forums will be discussed. The Council will have the power to invite a non-civitate members and shall be presided over by the Syntagma Pro-Curator. The Council shall make necessary recomendations to the staff on issues of the CC. Each member of the Consilium Pacis has a term which lasts for a period of two months from when they are elected.
Election to the Consilium Pacis:
When a Council members term is due to end or a councillor resigns, the Curator will choose when to open a candidates thread and post an announcement in the Curia, which shall remain open for 72 hours. All applicants not vetoed by Staff go forward to a vote open for one week. If more than 15 candidates apply and are not vetoed, the Staff can either select the 15 they believe to be the most suitable to be voted on, or expand the vote beyond 15 if deemed desirable. Previous members of the Consilium Pacis are eligible for re-election.
Where one position is to be filled, the candidate who receives the plurality of votes receives the position on the Council of Peace. Where two or more positions are to be filled, only one poll need be held, and the candidates with the highest votes are appointed. In the case of ties there will be a run-off vote between the tied members lasting one week.
Addendum I: If the "Consilium Belli or the "Consilium Pacis" have existing members on the date this Bill passes, they shall be subject to this Bill in its entirety. Their two month term of service shall start on the date this Bill passes. Existing Councillors shall not be able to keep their rank after either resigning or their term ending.
Revision History:
V 1.6.2
- Renamed each Council (to Latin equivalents)
V 1.5.2
- Removed rank section
V 1.4.2
- Incoprporated Addendum I into the text of the Bill, thus creating a new section detailing the rank of Councillor.
V 1.3.2
- Added Addendum II making this bill retroactive to Councillors appointed or elected under the existing Councils Act
V 1.2.2
- In Council of Peace election and Council of War Appointment, the opening of candidates threads is left to the discretion of the Curator with the inention that he aim to synchronise elections as much as is reasonably possible.
- References to "Staff" opening candidates threads have been replaced with "Curator" which it is implied also includes Pro-Curator, who isnt himself a staff member.
- Small grammar changes for clarity and: "the candidate who receives the plurality of votes receives the position on the Council of Peace". and councillors becomes Councillors in a few instances.
V 1.1.1
- Changed wording of line which directs reader to council of peace election section.. was bugging me..
V 1.1
- Changed Term length from 1 to 2 months and adjusted sentence structure accordingly.
- Made terms based on individual council members, not the council itself.