[Amendment] CdeC Interns
Proposer: Augustus Lucifer
Required Support: Viking Prince, Saint Nicholas, irishron
Additional Support: Mr MM, Mega Tortas de Bodemloze, Capt. Fozdike, Major Darling, Romanos IV, Captain Blackadder, Acco, Nole4694, Legio, 'The Hedge Knight, Lysimachus
Reader's Note: Instances of [...] within the text indicate that the text between the above and below text is not altered in any way by this amendment, but is excluded for some semblance of brevity/focus. In general though, even where [...] is not present, text not in INS or DEL tags is unaffected. It should also be noted that some of the unaltered text may differ from the Constitution at time of writing, since I copied over the changes made by the passed amendment Preservation of the CdeC good conduct period which have not yet been included.
Rationale of Major Change
There is one major change, the addition of the Intern position and all that entails.
The underlying idea of internship is simple and is utilized in almost every private sector. When you are looking for a (reasonably advanced) job, the employer generally wants two key things: education and work experience. Education in real scenarios generally means BS/BA/MA/PhD. In the Curial context, an education can be displayed by way of participation in the debate thread, showing that you know what your job will be and you have a good understanding and mindset. Work experience can be harder to get. Why? Because if every job wants work experience, and in order to get work experience you need a job that... requires work experience, you're in a bit of a conundrum. This isn't mandated on TWC, but it's poignantly obvious in the vote results that incumbents have a massive advantage, and this is one of the major factors.
The solution to this in real world scenarios is internship (or freelancing in some fields, but that's not analogous). An internship allows an employer to have relatively little financial risk associated with the hiring due to the fact it isn't a paid position. Therefore they can give ambitious and otherwise qualified candidates much needed experience which may translate into entry level job opportunities. The same idea holds true for the Curia. In order to see how candidates who've never been on the CdeC perform, we need to see them in the context of actual cases. The way we can do that without electing them is to elect interns and remove any risk associated with it due to interns not having a vote.
This setup allows aspiring candidates to participate and gain valuable experience. They can still participate in the discussion and even state how they would have voted, they simply don't have a counted vote. By the end of their internship, they'll have a list of cases they can direct voters to that show how they perform in real scenarios. That provides them a much better platform and chance against incumbent Councilors, especially if Councilors underperformed. Which is another important point. Interns have everything to prove, whereas Councilors can get complacent, so by introducing more new users with vigor and passion we also encourage sitting Councilors to up their game, and that results in the best possible outcome for applicants and appellants because everyone is looking at matters in depth.
In summation: no risk, plenty of reward, easy to implement and manage. Questions?
Rationale of Minor Changes
There are three minor accompanying changes(read: bugfixes).
The first minor change is that throughout most of the document the phrase 'Consilium de Civitates member' and similar terms which are intended to refer to the twelve elected Councilors have been changed to read 'Councilor' or 'Councilors'. The other distinction would conceivably refer to the Curator and Hex as well, plus Interns with the major addition, so this makes it clearer. Not all instances have been changed to this phrase because some are intended to refer to all four groups, or the three elected groups, as a whole.
The second minor change is in the first line of Section III Article IV, where I've removed the part pertaining to a 'Qualifications thread'. Such a thread has never existed or been used in the last two years, and it's unclear what such a thread is intended for, but it was probably a precursor to the debate threads and therefore unnecessary now.
The third minor change is to the CdeC Service medal, which changes the terms for the ruby/emerald/amethyst medals to 8-10-12 instead of 12-18-24. The reasoning for this should be obvious. 24 terms on the CdeC is 6 years worth of service, since each term is 3 months. Ignoring the fact that's a ridiculous number which will never happen, the current staff equivalent medals cap at 3 years for Amethyst. 12 terms is 3 years, so the change makes it at least a bit more feasible and useful.
Originally Posted by Simon Cashmere
