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GENERAL GUIDELINES The following points are intended as general guidelines. They are not set in concrete and the Chair may exercise leniency. However, all Legislators should attempt to abide by them so as to ensure an orderly operation of the Assembly. First offences will consist of a warning. Subsequent offences will be subject to further penalties including but not limited to the suspension of Legislator privileges.[1] Frequent suspensions may be grounds for ineligibility if found appropriate in a fair trial by the High Court Gravedigging Gravedigging is the act of posting in a thread which has seen a significant period of inactivity — typically a month or more. If a Legislator wishes to restart the discussion, they should create a new thread and post a link in the Opening Post (OP) to the previous discussion. Bumping Bumping is to post in a thread to bring attention back to the discussion. It differs from gravedigging by the amount of time. Generally speaking, bumping a thread which is two to three weeks old is acceptable. Disorderly conduct Legislators are to behave respectfully at all times. Degrading, rude, or otherwise inappropriate comments which occur in either within the Assembly's sub-forum or the Legislators' Lounge in Discord is not acceptable and will be acted upon by the Chair.

VOTING Legislators should cast their vote using the poll in a voting thread. This allows for the Chair to easily note their vote in the Voting Record. However, in instances when poll voting is not an option, Legislators should cast their vote by posting 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in the thread. Legislators should not vote by both poll and post. The voting thread is intended solely as an avenue for Legislators to cast their vote in. Should a Legislator wish to comment on the bill, they should do so in the debate thread. That thread will be linked in the OP of the voting thread. If a Legislator does happen to post a comment in the voting thread, the Chair will move it to the debate thread.

Citations [1] Legislator Committee Act, Article 3. Legislator Checks, sub-section 4, stipulates: '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.'

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