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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Oct 22, 2015 16:59:55 GMT -6
Suggestions:
-Note that Vuode owns the water inside of the tower. They must pray we do not alter the agreement further. -Good reasoning why: there's no reason to think that Vuode's borders are especially privileged to take in the whole of streets and included roundabouts, when common sense and past practice has them evenly divided in the middle. The relevant U.S. Census Tract manual states that "in the case of a street which forms the boundary between two tracts, the even numbers will refer to one tract, the odd numbers to the other tract," as well as "These boundary lines should ordinarily be the centers or streets," clearly indicating a division of the street between tracts (the historical and unmitigated basis for the relevant cantons in question). -Further, the water tower is a part of the North Point water complex, which processes water from the Talossan Sea; its original purpose was as a standpipe to relieve pressure surges from that facility. Accordingly, it should be included with that facility, since it would be as senseless to separate them as to designate half of a building in one province and the other half in another. Coherent facilities should be located wholly within one province. -Further, the water tower is a local landmark to the Old North Point's "Historic Water Tower Neighborhood," which has its own neighborhood association, historic walking tour, and long history; all are located within the greatest province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, and so too should the tower. -Further, shut up it's ours.
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Post by M.T. Patritz da Biondeu on Oct 22, 2015 21:27:56 GMT -6
On a side note - we need to get on with absorbing Vuode.
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Oct 22, 2015 21:28:15 GMT -6
And Cezembre.
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Oct 25, 2015 13:20:30 GMT -6
Bring this to a vote?
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
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Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Dec 18, 2015 6:12:32 GMT -6
On the behalf of M.T. Patritz da BiondeuAnd So She Shall Have Gold Act WHEREAS Maritiimi-Maxhestic seeks to become a strong provincial power, WHEREAS gold equates power, THEREFORE the Maritiimi-Maxhestic Treasury is established. The Maritiimi-Maxhestic Treasury shall be lead by the Burgermeister of Maritime Revenue. The function of the Treasury is to: 1. Collect all revenues due to the province. 2.) Maintain and report to the Assembly on the fiduciary health of the province, at least once in every two calendar months and whenever else requested. 3.) Disburse from the treasury all funds legitimately appropriated by the Assembly. 4.) Keep a record of all changes in the account balances of the Maritiimi-Maxhestic Treasury. The Burgermeister of Maritime Revenue is appointed by the Assembly. Once appointed, the Burgermeister of Maritime Revenue shall serve for 100 years unless they fail to vote in a national election or do not adhere to the above sections. In which case, they shall be replaced by a majority vote of the Assembly.
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Dec 18, 2015 6:18:57 GMT -6
1) I have already said multiple times that we have no way of feasibly collecting any significant amount of money. Who cares if we have a treasury if there is nothing in it?
2) If there is a treasury there must be a Burgermeister, I get it, but the extremely small (likely none) amount of money that will be in the treasury, there is no point in creating yet another position that will entail nothing but reporting that we have 0 dollars in the treasury every two months.
3) Nowhere does it say the Burgermeister may step down voluntarily. Is this a given? Why cant the Burgermeister just serve indefinitely? Sounds more professional than a really big time period.
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Post by M.T. Patritz da Biondeu on Dec 18, 2015 7:35:17 GMT -6
1.) No feasible way doesn't mean we can't. Even if it doesn't contain more than $5.00 - it is still a step in the right direction for MM. On a side note, I'd rather donate/fund raise for MM than the Nation. At least we'd get to do something with it.
2.) Then we increase the reporting time.
3.) We can add something that says they can step down voluntarily with notification to the Assembly. I added the years to add another 'goofiness' to our laws - such as the one on 3M.
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Dec 18, 2015 10:50:08 GMT -6
1). I'm really not buying it. If we want to increase our grandeur, let's focus on what we actually can do successfully, like a provincial award, court, annexing Vuode, etc. Let's wait until we have more citizens, enough citizens to raise a meaningful amount of money, before establishing the treasury. I also refute your argument that people would be more willing to donate to MM than the nation. National funds would pay for things all Talossans need, like the forum, or really want, like stamps and coins. Whereas our money would go towards...an Irish Pride Parade? No disrespect to Irish people, but come on. If we want to have a one-time fundraiser for tokens of office, that would be much better and more practical.
2). This could mean two things, but neither are good. If you want to increase the length of time between reports, the Burgermeister would have even less to do. If the number of reports is increased (shorter intervals), we would get even more useless information.
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Dec 30, 2015 21:44:45 GMT -6
The Informed Voter Act
WHEREAS It is getting close to our first local senatorial election, and
WHEREAS We want to perform it correctly, and WHEREAS There are a few tweaks which would make the process better, and
WHEREAS We should make it as easy as possible for voters to know about candidates, and
WHEREAS The current law has no method by which to comply with Org.IV.5
THEREFORE Section 4 of the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, which currently reads
IV. Senate elections for Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be held simultaneously to national elections. During the week preceding the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall call for those wishing to run for Senate to make public both their candidacy and a 50-word statement. At the start of the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall open the voting, and voters shall rank the candidates in preference order. The rules of Instant Runoff Voting (Alternate Voting) shall be used to determine the winner.
Shall be amended to read
IV. Senate elections for Maritiimi-Maxhestic shall be held simultaneously to national elections. During the week preceding the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall call for those wishing to run for Senate to make public both their candidacy and a 50-word statement. At the start of the election, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo shall open the voting, and voters shall rank the candidates in preference order. The venue for voting shall display the 50-word statement of each candidate, and any party endorsements made for a candidate. The rules of Instant Runoff Voting (Alternate Voting) shall be used to determine the winner.
FURTHERMORE, a Section 5 is added to the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, which reads;
V. Party endorsements for Senatorial candidates may be made by party leaders, who shall publicly make said endorsements within Maritiimi-Maxhestic no later than 24 hours before the start of the election.
Uréu q'estadra så; Ian Plätschisch
Please make any comments very soon. This must be enacted soon if we want it to take effect in time for the election!
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Dec 30, 2015 22:52:15 GMT -6
Why do we need to do this?
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Dec 31, 2015 5:32:06 GMT -6
Why do we need to do this? Good question. The ballot should have the 50-word statements on it so that voters don't need to search for it themselves. Parties have the Organic right to make endorsements, and we did not have a good system for handling them I realize in retrospect my whereas clauses were not the best
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Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Jan 4, 2016 12:46:11 GMT -6
We Have an M3, Why Don't We Use Him? Act
WHEREAS The Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call is currently supposed to be issued by the GSU, and WHEREAS The whole purpose of appointing an M3 is to have them run elections, so making the GSU issue the Call doesn't make any sense, and WHEREAS There is also a typo
THEREFORE Section 2 of the Election Law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic Election Law, which currently reads
II. Responding to the "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is simple, and amounts to giving public notice to Maritiimi-Maxhestians during the national election. To faciliate this process, the Grand Specific Undersecretary will post a notice of this requirement, no earlier than ten days before, and no later than, the national 'Balloting Day'. This public notice shall be formally called the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' and must be made available on request to any Maritiimi-Maxhestian who requests it. The 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is updated each time a Maritiimi-Maxhestians answers the call. The "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' must indicate each Maritiimi-Maxhestian who wishes to accept the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call', who they are appointing their seat to if they are not taking it themselves, and any information about their political positions in Maritiimi-Maxhestic.
Shall be amended to read;
II. Responding to the "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is simple, and amounts to giving public notice to Maritiimi-Maxhestians during the national election. To facilitate this process, the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo will post a notice of this requirement, no earlier than ten days before, and no later than, the national 'Balloting Day'. This public notice shall be formally called the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' and must be made available on request to any Maritiimi-Maxhestian who requests it. The 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' is updated each time a Maritiimi-Maxhestians answers the call. The "Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call' must indicate each Maritiimi-Maxhestian who wishes to accept the 'Maritiimi-Maxhestic Assembly Call', who they are appointing their seat to if they are not taking it themselves, and any information about their political positions in Maritiimi-Maxhestic.
Uréu q'estadra så; Ian Plätschisch
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Jan 4, 2016 13:07:29 GMT -6
I support this and will gladly vote for it.
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Post by M.T. Patritz da Biondeu on Jan 4, 2016 14:19:49 GMT -6
That is fine with me!
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