Transcript - RA Meeting 3 December 2016

[Guillaume Mistwalker]

[12:03] Lilith Ivory: as we are all complete I call this innaugurial meeting to order now
[12:03] Lilith Ivory: I will be the chair during the swearing in procedure and untill a new LRA has been elected
[12:04] Lilith Ivory: let me pass out the text of the oath to all incomming RA members first
[12:05] Lilith Ivory: The affirmation of office is a public declaration that in the office to which you have been duly elected, you will solemnly affirm to uphold the Constitution of the CDS and take the duties of the RA seriously
so please if you would, insert your own name into the RA affirmation and read the text into the local chat:
[12:05] Lilith Ivory: I, .... , having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators.
[12:06] Lilith Ivory: Tan can you go first as you are right beside me?
[12:06] Tanoujin Milestone: I, Tanoujin Milestone , having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators.
[12:06] Lilith Ivory: thank you Tan and congrats to your new/old office
[12:06] Tanoujin Milestone: thank you
[12:06] Lilith Ivory: Bags would you go next?
[12:06] Bagheera Kristan: having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators
[12:07] Bagheera Kristan: oops, sorry, l;et me try again
[12:07] Lilith Ivory: thank you Bags and congrats to your new office
[12:07] Bagheera Kristan: I, Bagheera Kristan, having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators.
[12:07] Bagheera Kristan: Thank you !
[12:07] Lilith Ivory smiles
[12:07] Lilith Ivory: maybe I c´should read the text more carefully so noone makes the joke to swear a wrong oath
[12:08] Lilith Ivory: Gaius, would you go next please?
[12:08] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Sure.
[12:08] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I, Gaius Tiberius Curio, né Guillaume Mistwalker, having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators.
[12:08] Lilith Ivory: thank you Gaius and congrats to your new office
[12:08] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): ㋡
[12:08] Lilith Ivory: Kate your turn
[12:08] Kate Amdahl smiles
[12:08] Kate Amdahl: I, Kate Amdahl, having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly (yet gleefully) affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators.
[12:09] Lilith Ivory: thank you Kate and congrats to your new office
[12:09] Kate Amdahl: Thanks, Lilith.
[12:09] Lilith Ivory smiles
[12:09] Lilith Ivory: we now have a new RA and you might want to elect your new LRA
[12:10] Pip Torok: applause !!!!
[12:10] Ranma Tardis: claps!
[12:10] Bagheera Kristan: yay !
[12:10] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): ㋡
[12:10] Tanoujin Milestone: cheers
[12:10] Soro (soro.dagostino): WOOOOOT!!!!
[12:10] Kate Amdahl looks to the more senior members expectantly.
[12:10] Sudane Erato: yay!!
[12:10] Lilith Ivory applauds
[12:10] Kate Amdahl claps
[12:10] Bagheera Kristan: I nominate Gaius as LRA
[12:10] Lilith Ivory: HI Coop
[12:11] Lilith Ivory: Hi Widget
[12:11] Bagheera Kristan: or Motion to nominate Gaius as LRA.
[12:11] Tanoujin Milestone: i second
[12:11] Widget Whiteberry: hi hi
[12:11] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I accept the nomination
[12:11] Tanoujin Milestone: cool ^^
[12:11] Bagheera Kristan: ((who calls the vote?))
[12:11] Lilith Ivory: I call the vote
[12:12] Bagheera Kristan: aye
[12:12] Tanoujin Milestone: aye
[12:12] Kate Amdahl: Aye!
[12:12] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker) abstains.
[12:12] Lilith Ivory: just wanted not to railroad too much in case there are complains lol
[12:12] Sudane Erato: hehe
[12:12] Bagheera Kristan:
[12:12] Lilith Ivory: congrats Gaiius
[12:12] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): ㋡
[12:12] Soro (soro.dagostino): WOOOOOT!!!!
[12:12] Kate Amdahl: Fashion triumphs again!
[12:12] Pip Torok: applause and congrats to the new LRA...
[12:12] Kate Amdahl claps
[12:12] Bagheera Kristan: congrats Gaius !
[12:12] Sudane Erato: YAY!!
[12:12] Sudane Erato: bravo!
[12:13] Lilith Ivory: I give the chair over to the LRA of the 26th term now
[12:13] Ranma Tardis: claps
[12:13] Lilith Ivory: you might want to elect a pro temp and an archivist too
[12:13] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thank you, Lilith ㋡
[12:13] Lilith Ivory: yw
[12:13] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): And thank you all
[12:13] Lilith Ivory applauds
[12:14] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Lilith is right. Are there any nominations for LRA pro tempore?
[12:14] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone): or volunteers?
[12:14] Lilith Ivory: or helpless victims?
[12:14] Kate Amdahl: I can be a helpless victim.
[12:14] Bagheera Kristan: lol ! I volunteer *waits* lol
[12:14] Kate Amdahl: Oh! But I won't be.
[12:14] Bagheera Kristan: ah, let Kate
[12:15] Bagheera Kristan: we can mud wrestle for it *teasing*
[12:15] Kate Amdahl: Bagheera, but you would actually know what you were doing if it came to doing anything for it.
[12:15] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): That sounds like a wonderful idea!
[12:15] Kate Amdahl checks her inventory for mud wrestling gear
[12:15] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone): Skyclad
[12:15] Bagheera Kristan: I am happy to do it (either pro temp OR mud wrestle, lol)
[12:16] Lilith Ivory: If I may say that it might be better to have Bags as pro temp as this is Kates very first time in the RL and she is not a citizen for long
[12:16] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): This job needs some levity.
[12:16] Lilith Ivory: no offense meant Kate
[12:16] Kate Amdahl: I move that we nominate Bagheera Kristan for LRA Pro Tempore
[12:16] Kate Amdahl: Not at all, Lilith, that's exactly what I think.
[12:16] Tanoujin Milestone: second
[12:16] Lilith Ivory shuts up now
[12:16] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Do you accept the nomination, Bagheera?
[12:16] Bagheera Kristan: I accept, yes, thank you
[12:16] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Let us vote.
[12:16] Kate Amdahl: Aye
[12:16] Tanoujin Milestone: aye
[12:17] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Aye
[12:17] Lilith Ivory: Hi Garnet
[12:17] Bagheera Kristan: *abstains*
[12:17] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Motion passes
[12:17] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Congratulations, Bagheera ㋡
[12:17] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): clap clap clap
[12:17] Bagheera Kristan: Thank you !
[12:17] Lilith Ivory: yay, congrats
[12:17] Ranma Tardis: claps
[12:17] Sudane Erato: yay!!
[12:17] Kate Amdahl applauds
[12:17] Rosie Gray: ··•°•··..☺ Applauds! ☺ ..··•°•··..
[12:17] Soro (soro.dagostino): WOOOOOT!!!!
[12:18] Garnet Manx: hello everyone
[12:18] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Lilith is also right in that we must elect the RA archivist. This is (I say as an hitorian) a very important job, responsible for both keeping the minutes and the transcript of the meeting.
[12:18] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): *historian
[12:18] Tanoujin Milestone starts to clean his nails
[12:18] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Are there any nominations?
[12:19] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Volunteers? Sacrificial victims?
[12:19] Kate Amdahl raises her hand again for victim
[12:19] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Do you go willingly, Kate?
[12:19] Lilith Ivory: (and posting new or amended laws at the portal)
[12:19] Kate Amdahl nods
[12:19] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Yes, Lilith is right.
[12:19] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Is there a second?
[12:19] Bagheera Kristan: I nominate Kate for archivist
[12:19] Kate Amdahl: Oh, yes, Gauis.
[12:20] Bagheera Kristan: second
[12:20] Kate Amdahl: Gaius.*!
[12:20] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Let us vote.
[12:20] Tanoujin Milestone: aye
[12:20] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Aye
[12:20] Bagheera Kristan: aye
[12:20] Kate Amdahl abstains
[12:20] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Motion passes.
[12:20] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Congratulations, Kate. ㋡
[12:20] Rosie Gray: yay
[12:20] Bagheera Kristan: congrats Kate !
[12:20] Sudane Erato: yay!!
[12:20] Kate Amdahl: Thank you.
[12:20] Tanoujin Milestone: thank you, Kate
[12:20] Rosie Gray: clap clap clap
[12:20] Soro (soro.dagostino): WOOOOOT!!!!
[12:20] Pip Torok: congrats ...
[12:20] Lilith Ivory applauds
[12:21] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): We can meet briefly afterward to talk about the role, if you would like to.
[12:21] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): clap clap clap
[12:21] Ranma Tardis: claps
[12:21] Kate Amdahl: Thanks, Gaius. That would be great.
[12:21] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I would like to begin this term by saying that we have a lot of work ahead of us as a community.
[12:22] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): There is a lot of yellow land and, with the frame work which Rosie and previous chancellors have laid, I think we as representatives of the community have an important role in our democracy to encourage participation and membership in SL's first and last democracy.
[12:23] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Long live the Confederation!
[12:23] Rosie Gray: ··•°•··..☺ Applauds! ☺ ..··•°•··..
[12:23] Kate Amdahl applauds
[12:23] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Moving along now, are there any concerns from citizens?
[12:23] Sudane Erato: bravo bravo!
[12:23] Lilith Ivory applauds
[12:24] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): If there are none, then let us consider RA members' concerns.
[12:24] Bagheera Kristan: *raises hand* (when it is my turn)
[12:24] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Bagheera?
[12:24] Bagheera Kristan: yes, thank you ! I had IM'd Tor but have not heard back, but I wanted to mention this now, as it is time sensitive....
[12:25] Bagheera Kristan: I was researching other successful sims and the holidays is a great time of year to promote traffic and interest....
[12:25] Bagheera Kristan: I am going to be setting out presents on my land in Monastery, but they are only going to be available to CDS group members....
[12:26] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): ㋡
[12:26] Bagheera Kristan: I wanted to invite others to follow suit if they are interested, and I wanted to get this onto the SL website calendar for every day this month....
[12:26] Bagheera Kristan: any comments, suggestions, etc...?
[12:26] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I definitely like the idea!
[12:26] Kate Amdahl: Oh, that's a great idea.
[12:26] Bagheera Kristan: I know this is Tor's purvue
[12:26] Bagheera Kristan: so I am sorry but it is time critical
[12:27] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): It is!
[12:27] Rosie Gray nods in agreement
[12:27] Bagheera Kristan: what I can do is help with organizing it for others who want to join in just let me know. I have the group only script, etc.
[12:27] Bagheera Kristan: *done* thank you
[12:28] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Perhaps we could also have a gift-giving scheme where those who buy new parcels will receive a gift?
[12:28] Kate Amdahl: If someone collects information from each citizen who puts out gifts, we can publish some kind of list or something along those lines.
[12:28] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Yes!
[12:28] Kate Amdahl: (I can do that if no one is already)
[12:28] Bagheera Kristan: great !
[12:28] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Would anyone like to commit to this today?
[12:28] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I am willing.
[12:28] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker) writes up a list.
[12:28] Bagheera Kristan: I am too. We need to talk to Tor too if anyone sees him
[12:29] Sudane Erato: sorry... must run... rl
[12:29] Lilith Ivory: see you Sudane
[12:29] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker) writes down his own name, Bagheera's, and Kate's
[12:29] Kate Amdahl: Bye Sudane!
[12:30] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Well, we can also send out a notice later too, Bagheera.
[12:30] Bagheera Kristan: yes
[12:30] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Are there any other concerns?
[12:31] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): My main concern this term is occupancy and meeting the break even.
[12:32] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): RA members: I would like it if you could please send me a short list (5-10 bullet points) of things you think we should accomplish this term.
[12:32] Bagheera Kristan: okay, I will get that to you in the next few days & publish on the forums
[12:32] Kate Amdahl: I will as well.
[12:32] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): We will see if there are overlaps and prioritise them.
[12:33] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thank you both.
[12:33] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Let's say by Monday or Tuesday?
[12:33] Bagheera Kristan: sure
[12:33] Rosie Gray apologizes but has to leave for RL
[12:33] Bagheera Kristan: bye Rosie
[12:33] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I would also like to establish a bi-weekly meeting schedule.
[12:33] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Bye Rosie!
[12:33] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Do Saturdays work best?
[12:34] Tanoujin Milestone: Saturdays work best for me
[12:34] Kate Amdahl: I can sometimes do Saturdays, but if weekdays turn out to be possible for everypone, that would be more reliably doable.
[12:34] Bagheera Kristan: during the week works better for me, Wednesdays and Thursdays
[12:34] Tanoujin Milestone: Thur is ok as well
[12:34] Bagheera Kristan: weekends are usually for RL family time
[12:34] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thursdays work for me.
[12:34] Kate Amdahl: And me
[12:34] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thursdays at ...
[12:35] Bagheera Kristan: I am flexible
[12:35] Kate Amdahl: noon? I'm also flexible during the day, less so in the evening.
[12:35] Tanoujin Milestone: noon or a bit earlier
[12:35] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Noon works for me.
[12:35] Kate Amdahl: Or eleven, then?
[12:35] Tanoujin Milestone: ok with me
[12:35] Bagheera Kristan: eleven works for me
[12:36] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): That might work for me. I have class in the Spring in the hour before, but that should work.
[12:36] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): So, our next meeting then shall be 15 December at 11am?
[12:37] Bagheera Kristan: great
[12:37] Tanoujin Milestone: ok
[12:37] Kate Amdahl: Yes, great
[12:37] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker) pencils it in on his calendar.
[12:37] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone) raises hand
[12:37] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Coop?
[12:38] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone): I know that meeting times need to be good for the RA members, but those times will shut out any citizen input from anyone with a conventional job in the North American timezones
[12:38] Kate Amdahl: Well, unless they're able to take a break to come. That's what I'll be doing.
[12:38] Kate Amdahl: Still, point taken.
[12:38] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone): Just something to consider.
[12:38] Leslie Allandale: Me too
[12:39] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): That is a good point, though I will note that you have three North Americans on the RA...
[12:39] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): We can, of course, schedule extraordinary meetings.
[12:39] Bagheera Kristan: I know many of our members are outside the US and 11am is evening for anyone in Europe. we are a global community *smiles*
[12:39] Bagheera Kristan: but you are right, Coop
[12:40] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): We will do our best to accommodate all.
[12:41] Lilith Ivory: you might want to consult with our new chancellor when he is able to give his report
[12:41] Lilith Ivory: and shcedule meetings that make him able to come
[12:41] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I would also like to ask RA members to send me their email addresses and to also read the CDS code of laws and the duties of the RA in the CDS constitutions.
[12:41] Kate Amdahl: Perhaps we can have Thursday at 11 be the tentative time, with the intention of rescheduling if problems come up and some other time is more practical.
[12:41] RG Cooperstone (roguegeek.cooperstone): He has a day job as well
[12:42] Kate Amdahl: Will do
[12:42] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thank you ㋡
[12:42] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): With that, is there any other concern?
[12:42] Soro (soro.dagostino): The time for Tor would be about 1:00pm.
[12:43] Lilith Ivory: best to talk to him directly if I may say that
[12:43] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I shall.
[12:43] Soro (soro.dagostino): I agree. He has a large part to play -- in this process.
[12:43] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): As I said, these scheduled meetings can be supplemented by extraordinary meetings. ㋡
[12:44] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I think we can commit to one weekend meeting per month.
[12:44] Soro (soro.dagostino): The "schedule" ought to "fit" Tor.
[12:44] Kate Amdahl: Perhaps we should establish an escort service so that all government officials can work full-time in-world and therefore be more easily available for meetings.
[12:44] Bagheera Kristan: lol
[12:44] Lilith Ivory laughs
[12:45] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): ㋡
[12:45] Bagheera Kristan: brb rl
[12:45] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): With that, I know that Kate needs to leave.
[12:45] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Tan?
[12:45] Tanoujin Milestone: just a joke, swallowing it
[12:45] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Hehehe.
[12:45] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): If there are no concerns, let us adjourn.
[12:46] Kate Amdahl: I have about 5 minutes. Will we make it?
[12:46] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Any opposition?
[12:46] Bagheera Kristan: back
[12:46] Lilith Ivory: wb
[12:46] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): I do not have any.
[12:46] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): WB.
[12:46] Kate Amdahl: No concerns
[12:46] Bagheera Kristan: ty
[12:46] Kate Amdahl: (here)
[12:47] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): No one is typing, so we are adjourned.
[12:47] Bagheera Kristan: thank you bye all
[12:47] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): Thank you, everyone. ㋡
[12:47] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): clap clap clap
[12:47] Kate Amdahl: Hooray! Democracy accomplished!
[12:47] Bagheera Kristan: laughs
[12:47] Ranma Tardis: coughs you need to take a vote
[12:47] Lilith Ivory: bye Bags
[12:47] Bagheera Kristan: ah, lol, okay I vote AYE for being adjourned
[12:48] Tanoujin Milestone: aye, yes
[12:48] Kate Amdahl moves and/or votes and/or seconds for adjourning
[12:48] Tanoujin Milestone: that second was clever, Kate
[12:48] Gaius Tiberius Curio (guillaume.mistwalker): We are adjourned.