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FRA Rep
Topic Started: Apr 12 2011, 01:06 PM (734 Views)
Guy
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< Doesn't care much for the FRA's internal operations... If there's anything I should know about feel free to tell me though.

Edit: Is the FRA rep a TRR position or on FRA position? If it's the former, as I believe it is, I'd highly recommend voting against that motion.
Edited by Guy, Apr 25 2011, 11:35 AM.
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sedge
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It's a TRR position.
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Wopruthien
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Apr 25 2011, 11:33 AM
< Doesn't care much for the FRA's internal operations... If there's anything I should know about feel free to tell me though.

Edit: Is the FRA rep a TRR position or on FRA position? If it's the former, as I believe it is, I'd highly recommend voting against that motion.
That's why I'm posting a one or two internal legislation here to generate a bit more interest, as well as make the position of FRA rep a little more accountable. In one or two regions I've been in you hardly have a clue what the FRA reps are doing in the name of your region.
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Felasia
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Current amendment to FRA charter. I am currently voting abstain, but if TRR feels otherwise then I can change it. Votes on FRA forum end in 24 hours though.

Most of the votes are currently against the proposal.

Green for addition to the charter, red for the opposite.

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Article 3 - The Independent Assembly

i) The Independent Assembly shall be an organized body who's authority is secondary to that of the Regional Assembly in all matters pertaining to the FRA.

ii) The Independent Assembly shall consist of all regional members of the FRA that actively serve in the FRA Rangers, Intelligence department or Regional Recruitment Office.

iii) Each member of the Independent Assembly shall have one vote in matters brought for vote before the Independent Assembly.

iv) Any bill, motion or amendment to the Charter that receives a simple majority in the Independent Assembly must be submitted to, considered and voted upon by the Regional Assembly under the procedures outlined in Article 2, Clause v.

v) Any regional member may suggest a new motion, bill or an amendment to the Charter; however it is the Chairperson of the Independent Assembly that is responsible for moderating the debate and bringing the matter in front of the Independent Assembly members for vote. A proposal must go through a minimum of two (2) days of debate with the Independent Assembly before being brought forth to a vote. The Chairperson is obliged to take any proposal which has the support of two members to a vote, once the debate period has concluded. This does not include any proposals brought under Article 6, Clause iii.

Sub Article 1 - The Chairperson of the Independent Assembly

i) Members of the Independent Assembly are to select, via popular vote no more than every sixty (60) days, a member to serve as Chairperson.

ii) Regional Assembly Representatives are not eligible to run for this position.

The responsibilities of the Chairperson are to be as follows:

a ) The moderation of discussion in the Independent Assembly
b ) Bringing amendments to the Charter and other matters worth the attention of the Independent Assembly to debate and vote in front of the membership.
c ) Overseeing the admittance of regional members into/from the Independent Assembly in accordance with the guidelines set out in Article 3, Clause ii.
d ) Maintaining activity within the Independent Assembly.


Article 4 - The Cabinet

i) The FRA shall be led by an executive government collectively referred to as the Cabinet.

ii) There shall be 6 members of the Cabinet; the Arch-Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, the Chief of Defence, the Minister of Intelligence, the Regional Recruitment Officer, and the Speaker of the Assembly.

iii) If a Cabinet member is to be away from his or her duties for more than 3 weeks at any given time, he or she is obliged to step down and be replaced.

iv) Each Cabinet member has sole discretion over the staffing of his or her department.

v) v) Should a Cabinet member’s activities be deemed dishonourable or unacceptable by an official Regional Assembly Representative, the member may bring an impeachment motion against the offending Cabinet member.

vi) The elected cabinet ministers have the option of appointing one or more ministerial deputies if he or she deems that necessary for carrying out the duties of the Ministry concerned. They are entitled to delegate as many or as little of their powers to their deputy or deputies as they wish. Deputy Cabinet members must be members of an FRA member region. The Arch Chancellor is obliged to appoint a deputy. Should he/she fail to appoint one, then the Regional Assembly shall elect one for him.

vii) The role and responsibilities of the Cabinet are as follows:

(1) – The Arch-Chancellor
a ) The Arch Chancellor shall have oversight on the various departments and ensure the elected Cabinet are executing their duties with panache and responsibility.
b ) The Arch-Chancellor acts as the figurehead to outside regions and organizations.
c ) The Arch Chancellor shall be responsible for overseeing the elections procedures as outlined in Section 4.
d ) The Arch Chancellor has the power to remove members of the cabinet or an Official Regional Representative from their position with the majority approval of the other Official Regional Representatives.
e ) The Arch Chancellor has the power to appoint interim Cabinet members if a Cabinet member is unable to do his duties for a short amount of time.
f ) The Arch Chancellor has the power to request that a member's access to private areas of the forums be suspended or removed, if they are suspected of leaking private information. This suspension of access lasts until the relevant Cabinet minister makes a decision on their case.
g ) The Arch Chancellor has the power to call for a member to be banned from the forums, for either a set period of time, or indefinitely. This ban must be approved by a majority vote of the Official Representatives
h ) The Arch-Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are collectively responsible for creating an organization update to be distributed to the members of the FRA, at least once a month.

(2) – The Vice Chancellor
a ) The primary duties of the Vice Chancellor is to assist the Arch-Chancellor in his or her daily affairs, and to take over temporarily as Arch-Chancellor should the Arch-Chancellor be away for a period longer than a week.
b ) The Vice Chancellor is appointed by the Arch-Chancellor immediately following the election cycle.
c ) The Vice Chancellor is responsible for acting as the main representative to the signatories of the FRA.
d ) The Vice Chancellor is also responsible for approving embassy requests in the FRA.
e ) The Arch-Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are collectively responsible for creating an organization update to be distributed to the members of the FRA, at least once a month.

(3) – The Chief of Defence
a ) The Chief of Defence Force shall be in command of the FRA Rangers.
b ) The CDF shall be approving authority for all applications to join the FRA Rangers.
c ) The CDF has no power to send FRA Rangers into a region whose natives have specifically stated they do not wish to be defended.

(4) – The Minister of Intelligence
a ) The Minister of Intelligence shall work closely with the CDF to plan missions for the FRA Rangers.
b ) The Minister of Intelligence shall endeavour to collect information on any threats towards the FRA or its members.

(5) – The Regional Recruitment Officer
a ) The Regional Recruitment Officer shall be in charge of approaching regions who might be interested in joining the FRA as member regions.
b ) Should the Regional Assembly not elect a Regional Recruitment Officer, the duties are transferred to the Vice Chancellor.

(6) – Speaker of the Assembly
a ) The Speaker of the Assembly shall be responsible for the moderation of discussion in the Regional Assembly
b ) The Speaker of the Assembly shall be responsible for bringing amendments to the Charter and other matters worth the attention of the Assembly to debate and vote in front of the Official Representatives.
c ) The Speaker of the Assembly shall be responsible for overseeing the acceptance and expulsion of regions into/from the FRA.
d ) The Speaker of the Assembly shall be responsible for maintaining activity within the Regional Assembly and recommending dismissal of inactive Official Representatives to the Arch Chancellor.
e) Only Official Representatives are eligible to run for this position.

Article 5 - Cabinet Elections

i) The Cabinet, with the exception of the Vice Chancellor, shall be elected by the Official Representatives of the Regional Assembly. Those elected to the Cabinet must serve a term of no longer than three (3) months before another election must be held.

ii) The Regional Assembly Official Representatives shall be directed under the supervision of the incumbent Arch-Chancellor to elect a Cabinet on the first days of every January, April, July and October.

iii) Nominations shall open on the first day of these months and remain open for a period of three (3) days. During this time, any member person(s) of a signatory of the FRA may nominate another member person(s) for a Cabinet position, as described in Article 4.

iv) Elections shall follow for a period of also three (3) days; ballots must be cast publicly in the appropriate area, although if they choose, a member of the Regional Assembly may submit his ballot privately to the incumbent Arch-Chancellor. At the end of this period, the incumbent Arch-Chancellor shall announce the newly elected Cabinet and step down from his or her position.

v) In the event of a resignation or impeachment, the Arch-Chancellor will organise a snap election immediately in the same manner as a normal election.

vi) In the event of a tie, the Independent Assembly shall break the tie via a simple majority vote of its members. Should the vote in the Independent Assembly be tied, candidates with equal number of votes shall first determine whether they shall serve as joint ministers in the office they were seeking, or if one of them shall concede the election. Should they choose not to do either of these, there will be a run-off election held three (3) days after the election results are in. The run-off election will be between only the candidates who received the equal number of votes in the original election. A simple majority will determine the winner of said cabinet position. Until the victor is named, the incumbent member will remain in power.

vi) Should the Arch-Chancellor resign, be impeached, or otherwise rendered incapable of carrying out these duties, the incumbent Vice Chancellor shall carry out his or her duties instead.

Article 6 - Voting Requirements

i) All motions, not pertaining to those covered under Article 5 (ii) and (iii) that are up for vote in front of the Regional Assembly Official Representatives must achieve a simple majority to pass. Any tie shall be considered a failed motion. In the event of a tie the Independent Assembly is granted the power to break the tie via a simple vote of it's members. Exceptions may be made for certain decisions that require a higher degree of signatory consent. Any tie in the Independent Assembly shall be considered a failed motion. All votes shall be open for a period of three (3) days.

ii) Impeachment votes must have at least 60% of all votes cast and a quorum of at least eight (8) votes in order to pass.

iii) All charter amendments must have at least 66.6% of all votes cast and a quorum of twelve (12) votes in order to pass.

Article 7 - Forum Administration

i) The FRA Forum shall serve to coordinate efforts within the FRA and a place to foster camaraderie between members.

ii) The Forum Administrators shall act in an honest, upright, rational manner and to the ends of the FRA, failing which may result in the administrative powers being revoked and remonstrations deemed appropriate.

iii) The current forum Administrators are Big Killer Babys, The Merlion, Numero Capitan and Chin-Chillas.

Additional administrators shall be nominated by the current team of administrators and approved by the Regional Assembly with 66.6% of all votes cast in favour and a quorum of at least twelve (12) votes in order to pass.
Edited by Felasia, May 22 2011, 04:00 PM.
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I think we should definitely vote against - both you & Wop. It dilutes the power of TRR by subverting the principle that each region is supposed to have an equal say in how the organisation is run. I think this would be a terrible change for the FRA.
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Oliver Dion
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Let me put it this way. If you or Wop vote in favour, expect a challenge for your position.
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Felasia
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Technically, I'm not an officer... :P

But I have vote against. :D
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Yeah, actually FRA reps are a bit of a grey area. We haven't really decided if they're chosen by consensus or appointed by the Foreign Affairs Officer.
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Yeah, actually FRA reps are a bit of a grey area. We haven't really decided if they're chosen by consensus or appointed by the Foreign Affairs Officer.
Surely a challenge would be at least honoured by the Reps, though. Afterall, if decided largely by consensus, they should have nothing to fear from a challenge. ...right? ;)
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...yeah, not so much a fan of that change.

Do we need some legislation on how to choose FRA reps and what we expect out of them? I'm fine with have the FA Officer pick them, basically, if the FA Officer is then responsible for supervising them too. And letting people Challenge for it if the position is contested might be a fun twist.
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I think it'd be fine to read it as a function of the government, and thus something for the delegate/officers to sort out. If they then decide to accept challenges for the positions, so be it.
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This is me reading it at 5:57am, after 4 hours of sleep.

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The Independent Assembly shall be an organized body who's

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via a simple vote of it's members.

*sigh*

And I'm sure there are plenty more. If I could spot them in this state, surely anyone can.
Edited by Guy, May 23 2011, 08:04 PM.
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I think the FRA rep should be challenged like any other officer of TRR.

And voted against.
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Excellent. I fully support Against side, and I'm glad both our Reps are showing us the courtesy of asking for our opinions and not showing us the middle finger. Cheers!
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