MINUTES
Representative Assembly
Tuesday, May 10, 2014, 8:17 AM, SLT
Praetorium, Locus Amoenus, Confederation of Democratic Simulators
Attending: Rosie Gray, Cleopatra Xigalia, Tor Karsvalt, Gwyneth Llewellyn
Guests: CDS citizens and friends
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Motion for Rosie to lead the meeting (in Shep’s absence) 1st Cleo, 2nd Tor, all in favour, carried
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Gwyn requested that none of the proposed bills under New Business are voted upon today in order to use the opportunity for discussion.
Cleo requested that a referendum item be added to the agenda, to be voted on. Under New Business 3) Referendum regarding new sim was added.
Motion to accept the Agenda as amended. 1st Cleo, Tor 2nd, all in favour, carried
APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
Motion we accept the Minutes as written. 1st Gwyn, Tor 2nd, all in favour, carried
SPEAKERS ON TODAY’S ITEMS
Gwyn to speak on items 1 and 2, Calli to speak on Old Business, and Cleo on the referendum item, Pat to speak on items relating to Chancellor’s duties and functions, Soro to speak on referedum item.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS
No concerns
OLD BUSINESS:
1) By-election Procedures Act
Preamble:
The laws of the CDS do not provide a clear set of directions for the SC to use in scheduling by-elections. This act is intended to provide a clear procedure to use in scheduling by-elections, that complies with CDSL 16-04 Citizenship membership publication for election purposes, CDSL 13-09 Campaigning Act, CDSL 13-04 Chancellor Direct Election Constitutional Amendment Act, CDSL 13-05 Chancellor Election Act and the Constitution.
Section 1 - Resignations from the RA or Chancellorship:
Where an official resignation is received on or before July 31st or January 31st, and the regular elections for the sitting RA and Chancellor had excess candidates who did not attain a seat, the regular election software will be run again using the data from the regular election, to establish the order in which the unsuccessful candidates would have been elected, had there been additional seats on RA available or multiple positions for Chancellor. The Dean of the SC will ask such candidates, in order, if they wish to fill the vacant RA seat or Chancellorship. Once a candidate accepts, the Dean will publish the results and announce the name of the candidate who has accepted. That candidate will be sworn into office as soon as possible.
Where there were no unsuccessful candidates in the regular election, or where no qualified candidate accepts the seat or Chancellorship, a by-election will be held as per Section 2.
Section 2: Schedule for Byelections:
To ensure a current Citizen List is in place in the event of a by-election, a census will be taken on the last Friday of July, August, January and February and will be used to create a Citizen List, using the procedures legislated in CDSL 16-04 Citizenship membership publication for election purposes.This Citizen List shall be posted in the Forums, on the portal, and inworld by the Chancellor,(or in the event of a Chancellor resignation, the Dean of the SC) with information on how to challenge inclusion or exclusion from the list . Any citizen may challenge inclusions or exclusions within 14 days* of publication, by notecard to the Dean of the SC. Where no challenges have been received, or once any challenges have been resolved, the Citizen List will be declared accurate and official.
If a resignation is received on or before March 31st, or on or before September 30th, the most recent Citizen List shall be used to establish those who qualify to stand for election or to vote.
The SC shall meet and create a schedule for the by-election, ensuring that all of the following timeframes are observed:
The Dean of the SC will open new applications on the day notice was officially published in the Forums and close applications after a week.
The Dean of the SC will declare the Citizen List to be official once the deadline for challenges has passed, and when any challenges have been resolved.
Only those citizens whose names appear on the official Citizen List may run for office or vote in the by- election.
The Dean of the SC will ensure that all candidates are listed on the Citizen List and will publish an official list of candidates to the Forums and inworld.
The campaigning period may begin at noon SLT on the Saturday following the publication of the official candidate list, but not before noon SLT on the 22nd day following the date the census was conducted.
The polls for by-election may open at noon SLT the following Saturday, but not before the 29th day following the date the census was conducted, and will remain open for 168 hours. In the event of a server outage which prevents citizens from casting ballots and which lasts more than 12 hours, the Dean of the SC has the authority to adjust or extend the election schedule.
Section 3: Resignations During the Last Third of a Term:
Where an official resignation is published on or after April 1st or October 1st no by-election will be held and the seat or Chancellorship will remain vacant until the next regular elections.
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(* if the amendment to CDSL 16-04 Citizenship membership publication for election purposes is not acted on, or fails, this would become 21 days)
(link to forum where posted is here: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php? ... Act#p22405)
Motion: that the By-election Procedures Act be adopted as presented on the forum 1st Rosie, Gwyn 2nd, 3 ayes, 1 nay, motion carried
NEW BUSINESS
1) Land Powers of the Chancellor Act
After explaining her thoughts on why she proposed the bill in the first place, and then upon discussions in world rethinking some of it, Gwyn retracts this bill in order to conduct some experiments that may take some months.
2) Eminent Domain During Redevelopment Act
Proposal posted here: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4587 and the item was discussed at some length.
All other items were tabled.
Motion to adjourn and take up item 3 question tomorrow at 8:30 am. Rosie 1st, Gwyn 2nd, 3 ayes, ambiguous answer, motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 10:18 AM SLT.
Next meeting Sunday May 11, 8:30 am SLT.
Transcript of meeting here: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4649