Proposer: Spiff Official Supporters: Aemilianus, Perikles & Gaius Baltar
This bill aims to condense the Syntagma, to simplify and streamline by removing repeated sections and adding referals to a unified "Curial Elections" section.
The following section shall be added to the Syntagma:
The "Moderators and Network administrators (Staff)" section of the Syntagma relating to the rank of Tribounos shall be amended as highlighted in blue:
The "Tribounos Elections" section shall be deleted from the Syntagma.
The "Consilium de Civitate" section of the Syntagma shall be amended as highlighted in blue:
The "Curator and Pro-Curator:" section of the Syntagma shall be amended as highlighted in Blue:
The Act of law, the "Councils Act", shall be revised as highlighted in Blue
Last edited by Perikles; April 22, 2007 at 10:07 AM.
Sounds good to me, any red tape cutting exercise is right up my street.
After reading it there doesn't seem to be any loopholes which can normally happen when you do this sort of thing, so if you are looking for supporters...
The Basileus has full powers to hire or fire Tribounos at will but, while retaining this power, has delegated the elections of them to the Curia. Tribounos are voted into their position by the Curia as per the "Curial Elections" section of the Syntagma. The total number of Tribounos, their assignments and powers are set by the Basileus. and the Basileus can fire them at will.
Cut out the red.
When selected the Curator is presented to the Curia by the Basileus. The Curia then holds a ratification vote for the new Curator, which vote shall be opened in the Curia Vote and last for 7 days, simple majority being sufficient to ratify the new Curator. If the Curator fails the ratification vote, then the Basileus may choose another Senior Moderator and they must also face a ratification vote in the Curia. Should all Senior Moderators fail a ratification vote, then the one with the highest number of votes in their favour becomes the Curator.
Replacing 'must' with 'may.' If the Basileus has the power to fire and hire Tribounos at will then surely he can do the same with the Curator.
The rest is good
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lol JP loopholes when i do this sort of thing? You cut me deep..
Anyway the election procedure can still be different for different positions if specified in individual sections, the CdeC and Pro-C elections still retain the same specific requirements they had before for example - the only difference is now all elections are taken under the rule that qualification threads can remain open for up to one week, at the discretion of whoever opened it, depending on the urgency with which the position must be filled of course. The main objective is to simplify and streamline.
And I agree with this objective. Take the "Tribounos/Councillor Election Changes" where I noticed we were changing all the elections except the Pro-Curator, and given many people saying these changes would have been good in the recent Pro-Curator election, it appeared simply to be an oversight. This problem would be avoided by placing the basic parts of Curia elections all in one section (as we had before back when we had less elections). Which is exactly what this bill does.
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as you'll literally "hear" me say soon... i'll say here too...
this is good, without hesitiation, this is good
but be careful whn you consolidate and streamline that you don't lose something important... its happened before when key lines we all thought existed turned out to have vanished in a case of broud axe swinging with the goal of simplification.
a simplified syntagma is good so long as you still have the exacting detail where the detail needs to be.
And I agree with this objective. Take the "Tribounos/Councillor Election Changes" where I noticed we were changing all the elections except the Pro-Curator, and given many people saying these changes would have been good in the recent Pro-Curator election, it appeared simply to be an oversight. This problem would be avoided by placing the basic parts of Curia elections all in one section (as we had before back when we had less elections). Which is exactly what this bill does.
Good thought Spiff.
Actually i think the "must post your qualifications and reasons for applying" line was already in the pro-c part of the syntagma, so it didnt need to be added in that other bill i wrote up at the time.
EDIT:
may i list tBP, JP and Gaius as supporters of this bill?
Actually i think the "must post your qualifications and reasons for applying" line was already in the pro-c part of the syntagma, so it didnt need to be added in that other bill i wrote up at the time.
EDIT:
may i list tBP, JP and Gaius as supporters of this bill?
A bit late (I've been in NY for a week), but I agree with this as well. Very good idea, Spiff, and it would have had my support too if I'd been here for it. It would have my vote, though.
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Im going to be away for a week at most so id just like to say id appreciate if this moved to vote relatively soon, assuming no errors are found.
Although it will of course require the necessary support, tBP not being a civitate at the moment. His support would count if this were moved to a vote as he has been demoted for a month. Correct?
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just a suggestion but it might be worth chnaging the section as follows:
this change would make it clear that the Basileus retains the right to appoint Tribunous without going to election. Now, before anyone gets all excited about this.....
Firstly, the Basileus has the right to appoint anyway
Secondly, the place where I would see it being extremelly useful is where we want to appoint 'techy' Tribunous into the TW side of the site who have very little presence in the Curia.
what do people think?
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