(02-20-2017, 07:46 AM)Cormac Wrote: I'm not saying "this idea is bad, kill it with fire," but I do think we need to be careful that whatever we set up doesn't lead to these outcomes. There may be ways of doing this that wouldn't lead to such outcomes. On the other hand, I think there is something to be said for modest, deliberative, gradual change. The Local Council is not yet that old as an institution and, I would argue, has not yet found its footing in regard to what local governance should mean. Modest reform, and continuing to encourage and assist the Local Council in continually improving, may be better than wholesale change like this. There should also be much more focus on getting residents involved forum-side, and that should be true even -- and especially -- if we decide to pursue these changes.

To jump off here, one of thing I think we've been learning on the LC (Bel and Feir and correct me if I'm wrong), is that the hard and fast nature we have on the forums doesn't work especially well on the RMB. So stupid things like — the length of time a vote is held — and the likes become an issue. And, one of the reasons I think a better delineation could help.

That said, I think Cormac makes a good point in that we would need to reaffirm that TSP is the center. I think we do this by keeping things we have now — offsite and RMB elections — and attempting to mix the RMBs (we have few non-feeder embassies in game even). Maybe even giving our RMB a more explicit vote on the process so it's clear that we all are helping other regions, not becoming imperialistic and ignoring our own.