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Corpora amendment proposals for the October Althing

Postby KalevraFallstar » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:31 pm

As per previous feedback from the populace, I am posting these amendment proposals for the October Althing very early to allow for plenty of time for discussion.

The following is The proposed amendments for Article IV of our Corpora. Notes on what the amendment hopes to achieve in brackets

1. Section 1: Add as Item 5:
5. Other positions for local lands (class guildmasters, etc.) may be created as desired by the local Monarch. The duration of these positions will not extend past that Monarch’s reign, unless reinstated by the next Monarch. These positions shall not have powers that supercede any already given to an officer described in this corpora.

[Explicitly allow class guildmasters and other more flurby concoctions at the local level and ensure that they can’t do anything above the core officer structure of Amtgard.]

2. Section 2, Item 2: Strike out and replace with:
2. Only voting members who have passed the most recent Reeves test may vote for the Guildmaster of Reeves.

[Rephrasing to be easier to understand.]

3. Section 2, Item 10: Add as subitem b and renumber existing subitems accordingly:
10. The Guildmaster of Reeves:
b. Though previous GMR’s tests may be used with permission from that GMR, the current GMR must ensure that the tests are current to the most recent RoP published.

[In the past, a previous GMR's tests have been recycled. This codifies the asking of permission and for the GMR to ensure the test is still accurate.]

4. Section 2, Item 10, subitem d: Change "Rules of Play" to "RoP" [for consistency.]

5. Section 2, Item 10, subitem f: Append "for that specific Crown Qualifications" at the end. Should now read:
10. The Guildmaster of Reeves:
f. If a person fails two Reeve, or two Corpora tests, they will be considered as failing the tests for the purposes of running for office for that specific Crown Qualifications.

[Minor clarification.]

6. Section 2, Item 11: Rephrase to read:
11. The Guildmaster of Reeves may not hold any of the four Monarchy offices within the Kingdom or their local land concurrently.

[For clarification.]

7. Section 4, Item 3, subitem d: Replace "nirvana" with "respawn" to match the current phrasing in the RoP.

8. Section 5, Item 1: Replace with:
1. The Captain of the Royal Guard (“Captain of the Guard”) is in charge of security when no Security Crat is designated by the Kingdom event Autocrat, otherwise they shall assist the designated Security Crat. At the local level, the Captain of the Guard shall do the same at all local chapter events.

[To reflect the reality of how most events are ran and to still give the Captain of the Guard a purpose within that reality.]

9. Section 2: Add as item 3 and renumber existing items accordingly:
3. The Guildmaster of Reeves shall be elected during the Time of the Crown.

[To resolve the loop hole opened in suggestion 2 above.]

10. Section 4, Item 1: Rephrase to say "Time of the Crown" instead of "Month of the Crown" [for consistency with the rest of the corpora.]

11. Section 7-9: Renumber to be Sections 6-8, [as there is currently no Section 6]
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Re: Corpora amendment proposals for the October Althing

Postby Fiks » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:42 pm

As always, if anyone has any questions or concerns about these proposed amendments from the Corpora Committe, please feel free to post them. I'll be happy to dialogue with you.
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Re: Corpora amendment proposals for the October Althing

Postby Laoric » Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:53 pm

Update!

We have additional items to add to the October Althing.

Item 1: Shall Aegir's Hall have their Core Land status removed? The BoD reports that Aegir's Hall has not passed, or failed to turn in, an audit in more than 2 years.

Item 2: Shall Ashen Spire have their Core Land status removed? The BoD reports that Ashen Spire has not passed, or failed to turn in, an audit in more than 2 years.

The remaining items are Corpora amendments.

Item 3: Section 1, Item 1, subitem c: Rewrite to read:

c. The Board of Directors shall conduct its own elections of Officers of the Board from their number as per Article X, Section 2 of this corpora.

[Removes the listing of BoD positions, as it was inaccurate, and specifically references the BoD section of the Corpora to ensure we only have to change one part of the Corpora if we wish to alter the structure of the BoD.]

Item 4: Section 1, Item 4, subitem c: Replace "emailed" with "submitted electronically" and add as subitem d, renumbering subsequent subitems accordingly:

d. Proxy votes that are submitted electronically must be sent in such a fashion that the identity of the voter must be verifiable by the Prime Minister. (Ie: established forum account, established Facebook account with the voting member’s name, email sent from the voting member’s address listed on their waiver, etc..)

[Opens more legal possibilities for submitting proxy votes that in all likely hood is already happening within the Kingdom. Adds a requirement that the voters identity still be verifiable.]

Item 5: Section 1, Item 5, subitem a: Append, "determined by the officer running the election."

[Minor clarification that it's the officer running the election that selects the due date of votes.]

Item 6: Section 1, Item 5, subitem b, point iii: Rewrite to read:

iii. Contact all other chapter officers by a previously agreed-upon communication medium.

[Another update to reflect reality and allow for more modes of communication.]

Item 7: Section 1, Item 5, subitem b: Add as point iii and renumber subsequent points accordingly:

iii. Elections must allow for a full week, Monday to Monday, for lands to meet and vote.

[This is to allow for weekday core lands in the future, and to ensure that every core land has a chance to meet, hold Althings, vote, and collect proxy votes if necessary.]

Item 8: Section 1, Item 3, subitem b, point ii: Change list item 4 of this point to be Item 4 of Section 1, renumbering subsequent items accordingly, then rewrite remaining list of point ii to read:

1. Those that entered Crown Qualifications and have passed a Reeve and open book Corpora test,
2. Those that have passed a Reeve and open book Corpora test but have not entered Crown Qualifications,
3. Anyone who wishes to run for the position provided they subsequently take and pass a Reeve and open book Corpora test.

[Corrects what appears to be a formatting error that lumped an item into a list belonging to a subitem point above it, and then modifies the original list to mandate that pro-tem candidates that run following a No Confidence vote of a previous candidate have all passed Reeve and Corpora tests. Additional note that this is a separate process to having no fully qualified candidates after Crown Quals, which is addressed in Article VI. CROWN QUALIFICATIONS.]

Item 9: Section 2, Items 1 and 2: Strikeout "of the Kingdom." from both items.
Minor clarification to impeachment, as it was felt that the previous phrasing meant only Kingdom officers could be impeached, instead of both Kingdom and local park officers.

Item 10: Section 3, Item 2: Add as subitem a:

a. During the Kingdom Althing all Core Lands must submit a current total of voting members to the Kingdom official in charge of collecting votes for that Althing.
and add as subitem b:

b. The total voting members of the Kingdom Althing must be included when announcing the results of the Althing vote.

[Though it was previously implicit (due to the 51% mandatory quorum of every Althing) that the number of total voting membership was reported by the local park's Prime Ministers, this mandates the reporting of the number of total voting members to the Kingdom Prime Minister and the publishing of the combined numbers Kingdom-wide by the Kingdom Prime Minister.]

Item 11: Section 3, Item 3: Strike out subitems c. and d., replace with the following, and renumber remaining subitems accordingly:

c. Vote on approving the adoption and promotion of sponsored chapters with a simple majority,
d. Vote for promotion to a higher land status with a simple majority,
e. Vote for demotion to a lower land status with a simple majority,
f. Vote for any other change to the status of a sponsored land with a ⅔ majority,

[A clarification to the adoption, promotion, and demotion processes of Westmarch sponsoring lands. Side note: other changes to the status of a sponsored land can include anything not covered by the list, such as approval of Core status.]

Item 12: Section 3, Item 5: Add as subitem c:

c. The Althing must allow for a full week, Monday to Monday, for lands to meet and hold Althings.

[Like the amendment in the Elections section above, this requires an Althing to allow for weekday core lands in the future, and to allow every core land to meet, hold an Althing, vote, and collect proxy votes.]

Item 13: Section 4: Add as Item 5, renumbering subsequent items accordingly:

5. A ledger showing every transaction involving the treasury funds and a running total of the treasury must be maintained.
a. The treasury ledger may be a physical hand-written ledger or may be a digital ledger as long as the file is provided to the next officer to maintain the treasury.

[Requires that a running ledger be maintained for every land by the the park's or Kingdom's officers. This ledger is required by the audits process later in the Corpora, and is just a good business practice.]
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