Hey, 

I want to start with saying that I appreciate the extra work Legislator Committee members take on behalf of the region and the Assembly. They do their utmost to ensure no bad actors are masked as Legislators, assist the Chair of the Assembly with removing inactive legislators, and handle all other statutory responsibilities bestowed upon them. 

With that said, however, we must accept that there are issues with their primary responsibility, which is reviewing legislator applications. 

Some data compiled for time between application to masking, between 05/MAY/2021 to 26/OCT/2021; 



With 46 applications handled between those dates, more than a quarter of it took longer than seven days to be processed. Further, out of that same 46 applications, nearly forty percent of it took longer than two days to be acknowledged by the LegComm. 

And if we look at more recent applications, we can see the trend getting worse. One applications isn't handled at all (i.e. 1), other applications took more than five days to be acknowledged (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), and some applications took;
10-14 Days: https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9857.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9854.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9856.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9922.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9927.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9923.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9934.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9939.html
15-28 Days: https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9886.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9915.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9894.html https://tspforums.xyz/thread-9897.html
- to be approved / denied. 

I should also add that I had a mostly horrid experience with LegComm during my application process where my application was denied, was provided with no actual information why I was denied in NS Telegram until I reached out to inquire, and thereafter two LegComm members effectively ignored me, offering me no information throughout this process. So maybe I am biased. 

So, what can be done? 
a. Increase the minimum number of LegComm members from three to at least five, 
b. Amend "[...] and shall strive to accept or deny each applicant within a week." to something along the lines of "[...] and must accept or deny each applicant within ten days of application posted."
c. Limit the different offices a LegComm member can hold while being member of that committee, 
d. Establish a system where Cabinet can appoint temp. members with a similar process detailed in Legislator Committee Act, Article 1, Section 4, in case a LegComm member needs to take a LOA. 
e. ?

I would also love to hear about your experience during your application process. Additionally, and if you agree with the premise of this discussion, I would also love to hear what other solutions you may have to this issue.

Thanks.