For the purposes of brevity, seems best to simply nominate Glen rather than resetting everything.

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For clarity, this is the bill that's been motioned? http://tspforums.xyz/thread-5589-post-16...#pid164097

Also, while I appreciate the vote of confidence, I've never been a fan of processing apps and doing activity checks. I only ran for this office because, as the one who proposed the interim chair idea, I thought I should put my money where my mouth is. But I don't really want to do legislator apps full-time.

Anyways, this is the bulk of the Chair reforms that I'd like to see happen, so that we can hold a special election to elect a brand new chair under the less demanding position. So let's finalize the details and get this to vote ASAP.

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For clarity, this is the bill that's been motioned? http://tspforums.xyz/thread-5589-post-16...#pid164097

Yep.

Also, while I appreciate the vote of confidence, I've never been a fan of processing apps and doing activity checks. I only ran for this office because, as the one who proposed the interim chair idea, I thought I should put my money where my mouth is. But I don't really want to do legislator apps full-time.

Anyways, this is the bulk of the Chair reforms that I'd like to see happen, so that we can hold a special election to elect a brand new chair under the less demanding position. So let's finalize the details and get this to vote ASAP.

Would you be willing to do so on an interim basis until Cabinet+Assembly come up with a batch of three individuals? I would really appreciate it if you did.

If yes, then I think we're ready to go. We just have to choose whether to put you into as a continuing resolution (in which case we require another 5 days of mandatory time), or nominate you immediately (in case we need to trigger an immediate approval vote, which means we technically can't approve legislators for three days). Either one would work for me.

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I can do it on an interim basis, sure, but don't take too long to appoint a full team if this passes

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Perfect. Let's get this to vote then. I'll start up the other processes in parallel.

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I just noticed that it'll actually be 6 days where we can't process legislator applications, not three (3 days mandatory debate + 3 days vote). On the other hand, adding the continuing resolution adds 5 days before we can get to vote. I think that sucks but is acceptable if we communicate it clearly to applicants (and I intend to do so).

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It's virtually impossible for the Chair discretion amendment to fail at this point. I'll defer to Altmoras, as I would have a conflict of interest here (being named to this new committee), if debate on a continuing resolution should be waived.

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Okay, I'm sure I missed something but how do we plan on using a continuing resolution here?

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Okay, I'm sure I missed something but how do we plan on using a continuing resolution here?

Basically, append something like "The Chair of the Assembly shall be nominated as the initial sole member of the committee". I don't have time to spell it out with formatting right now, so I'll do it later though I'd encourage anybody to do it before I get to it.

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Final version, with continuing resolution:

Legislator Committee Act
An act to establish a commission to manage legislators

1. Scope

(1) The Legislator Committee is the commission responsible for granting and revoking legislator status to members.

(2) The Legislator Committee comprises three legislators that have each been appointed by the cabinet and approved by the assembly via a simple majority vote.

(3) A member of the Legislator Committee is removed from the committee if
a. a reconfirmation vote held every four months does not achieve a simple majority, or
b. the member resigns, or
c. the member loses legislator eligibility,
d. the member is recalled by the Assembly through regular order.

2. Legislator Applications

(1) Any member of the Coalition is eligible to attain legislator status if
a. the Legislator Committee does not opine that they are seeking membership in bad faith,
b. they have a nation in the South Pacific,
c. are not attempting to join with multiple nations or identities, and
d. are not considered by the Council on Regional Security to be a significant risk to regional security.

(2) A member of the Coalition may attain legislator status through an application with the Legislative Committee. The Committee shall confirm the reception of an application within 48 hours. The Committee will determine the eligibility of the applicant, consulting any other institutions of the Coalition as needed to inform its decision, and shall strive to accept or deny each applicant within a week.

(3) An application for legislator status must include at least
a. the current nation in the South Pacific,
b. any colloquial aliases of the individual in use within the last year, or in prominent use longer than a year ago,
c. the current World Assembly nation of the individual (in case of a floating World Assembly membership, the applicant may list multiple nations such that World Assembly membership can be traced throughout the application process), and
d. a pledge to uphold the laws of the Coalition of the South Pacific.

(4) The Legislative Committee may request additional legitimation steps from applicants, such as requesting a telegram from a World Assembly. An applicant may choose to publicly withhold some information and only disclose it to the Council on Regional Security in case of reasonable concerns of confidentiality.

(5) Upon acceptance or denial of an application, the Legislative Committee shall post the result (including a sufficient reason in case of a denial) both in response to the application as well as per telegram to the applicant nation.

(6) Anyone admitted to legislator status during a forum election in which only legislators may vote, from the time nominations begin until the conclusion of forum voting, may not stand for election nor vote in that forum election.

3. Legislator Checks

(1) Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour.

(2) Within the first week of each calendar month, the Legislator Committee will remove legislator status from a legislator if they failed the voting requirement in the past month, if applicable, or otherwise no longer meet the eligibility requirements as described herein. The Legislative Committee may exercise discretion and not remove legislators under reasonable extenuating circumstances.

(3) A legislator fails the voting requirement if they are absent for more than half of all votes finished in the previous calendar month, if a minimum of two votes occurred. Legislators who have an approved leave of absence from the Chair shall not be considered absent for votes in the given time frame.

(4) The Chair of the Assembly may order the Legislator Committee to suspend legislator privileges for disruptive members. Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility, if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court.

4. Continuing resolution

(1) Upon passage of this bill, the sitting Chair of the Assembly shall automatically become the initial member of the Legislator Committee.

And the associated edits to Article IV the Charter:

Legislator Eligibility

5. All residents of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status through application with the Chair, predicated on the Chair ensuring they have a nation in the South Pacific, are not seeking membership in bad faith, are not attempting to obscure their identity, are not attempting to join with multiple nations, and the Council on Regional Security does not declare them a significant risk to regional security. Any legislator may publicly petition the Chair for or against a prospective legislator’s admission. Anyone admitted to legislator status during a forum election in which only legislators may vote, from the time nominations begin until the conclusion of forum voting, may not stand for election nor vote in that forum election.

6. Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour. Within the first week of each calendar month, the Chair will remove legislator status from any person no longer maintaining a nation in The South Pacific, or absent for more than half of all votes finished in the previous calendar month, if a minimum of two votes occurred. The Chair may exercise their discretion and not remove legislators under reasonable extenuating circumstances. Legislators who have an approved leave of absence from the Chair shall not be considered absent. Additionally, the Chair may suspend privileges for disruptive members. Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility, if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court.

Legislator Eligibility

5. A standing commission of legislators will be tasked with granting and revoking legislator status. All residents of the Coalition are eligible to attain legislator status through application. Continued legislator status requires active membership and good behaviour.

(This post was last modified: 11-28-2017, 07:05 AM by Roavin.)

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