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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 2 December 2020, 11:22:58 PM »
Shensley has been confirmed to the Senate - that's all 5!
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 2 December 2020, 11:09:12 PM »
Alli has been confirmed to the Senate
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 2 December 2020, 04:15:59 PM »
TheLegend12369 has been confirmed to the Senate
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 2 December 2020, 04:08:03 PM »
TheoGreen has been confirmed to the Senate
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 2 December 2020, 03:36:43 PM »
Naomi has been confirmed to the Senate
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Parliament | Suggestions / MOVED: Join the 1st Senate of VC! (Current Sortition List)
« on: 2 December 2020, 03:11:28 PM »
This topic has been moved to Senate of VillageCraft.
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5220.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5220.0
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: Join the 1st Senate of VC! (Current Sortition List)
« on: 2 December 2020, 03:05:30 PM »
Randomization conducted 2 December 2020
List Randomizer
There were 14 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-5ad49277c8425fd4a8af6e49c162facc:
Shensley
TheLegend12369
AlliCat_22
TheodoreGreen
123NiceGirl4
Ako
Ham_And_Eggs
Paste
Yvette
MutluMali
Hobbes13
Gerrit70
Air
Luisc99
IP: 142.51.213.124
Timestamp: 2020-12-02 19:58:03 UTC
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The 4 bolded names will be asked first if they would like to join the Senate and take the Competency Test. If they want to defer their choice, they could still be chosen in a future randomized selection event. They have 5 days and 2 attempts to pass the test.
List Randomizer
There were 14 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-5ad49277c8425fd4a8af6e49c162facc:
Shensley
TheLegend12369
AlliCat_22
TheodoreGreen
123NiceGirl4
Ako
Ham_And_Eggs
Paste
Yvette
MutluMali
Hobbes13
Gerrit70
Air
Luisc99
IP: 142.51.213.124
Timestamp: 2020-12-02 19:58:03 UTC
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The 4 bolded names will be asked first if they would like to join the Senate and take the Competency Test. If they want to defer their choice, they could still be chosen in a future randomized selection event. They have 5 days and 2 attempts to pass the test.
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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: VC stimulus check
« on: 2 December 2020, 02:05:30 AM »
All you greedy, lazy peasants just want handouts.
What we need to see is bailouts for our server's struggling giant corporate autofarms. We should immediately pay the owners of these job creators to double the size of these devices, starting with a new tax on small residential villages.
What we need to see is bailouts for our server's struggling giant corporate autofarms. We should immediately pay the owners of these job creators to double the size of these devices, starting with a new tax on small residential villages.
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: Join the 1st Senate of VC! (Upcoming Sortition List)
« on: 30 November 2020, 08:11:11 PM »
I'll add my name
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 30 November 2020, 04:11:15 PM »
Naomi will be offered a seat
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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: VC stimulus check
« on: 30 November 2020, 02:21:52 AM »
Maybe but we have to cut healthcare to do it
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: Senate Sortition - Method for Randomly Selecting Senators
« on: 30 November 2020, 01:40:26 AM »bro just use wheeldecide.com lmao
lol i considered doing this and filming it...
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Senate of VillageCraft / 1st Senate of VC - List of Senators
« on: 29 November 2020, 10:45:07 PM »
Senate Session: #1
Session Begins: Wednesday 2nd December 2020 at Noon
Session Ends: Wednesday 7th April 2021 at Noon
Sortition List: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5220.0
Total Seats: 5
Vacant Seats: 0
Community Minister Senate Seat:
Senator Naomi
Not in use.
Sortition Senate Seats:
Senator TheoGreen
Senator TheLegend12369, Speaker of the Senate
Senator AlliCat_22
Senator Shensley
Senator Mali
Senator Yvette
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Senator confirmations and removals will be posted as replies to this post.
Session Begins: Wednesday 2nd December 2020 at Noon
Session Ends: Wednesday 7th April 2021 at Noon
Sortition List: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5220.0
Total Seats: 5
Vacant Seats: 0
Community Minister Senate Seat:
Not in use.
Sortition Senate Seats:
Senator TheLegend12369, Speaker of the Senate
Senator AlliCat_22
Senator Shensley
Senator Mali
Senator Yvette
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Senator confirmations and removals will be posted as replies to this post.
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Parliament | Suggestions / MOVED: The Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 29 November 2020, 10:03:59 PM »
This topic has been moved to Senate of VillageCraft.
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0
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Senate of VillageCraft / Senate Sortition - Method for Randomly Selecting Senators
« on: 29 November 2020, 09:00:40 PM »
The Sortition Selection Methodology & Automated Daily Sortition Selection Lists are available Here
Quick Info:
MPs Self-Nominate their names to the Upcoming Sortition List for the Senate of VC, and names shall be added in the order of nominations. Any "Upcoming Sortition List" shall be closed at noon Toronto-Montreal-New York time on the first Wednesday of the respective month in which Senate Sessions end and begin, at which time it will become the "Current Sortition List". The names on the "Current Sortition List" shall no longer be edited and will be used to select Senators. During any selection event, the names of any removed Senators shall be excluded from the list.
The Senate uses Sortition to select Senators (other than the elected CM's seat), and the following method has been created to be transparent, fair, and auditable by anyone. As such, it actually doesn't require Staff to determine who is selected for a Senate seat, since anyone can replicate this method. Staff, however, will administer the Competency Test required to be confirmed to the Senate.
Full info on the Senate here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0
Senate Sortition - Method for Randomly Selecting Senators:
NOTICE: This process is now done automatically and daily. Anybody can view this link to verify any selection. Alternately, the process can be recreated or done manually should anyone want to audit any sortition event.
The Sortition Selection Methodology & Automated Daily Sortition Selection Lists are available Here
Quick Info:
MPs Self-Nominate their names to the Upcoming Sortition List for the Senate of VC, and names shall be added in the order of nominations. Any "Upcoming Sortition List" shall be closed at noon Toronto-Montreal-New York time on the first Wednesday of the respective month in which Senate Sessions end and begin, at which time it will become the "Current Sortition List". The names on the "Current Sortition List" shall no longer be edited and will be used to select Senators. During any selection event, the names of any removed Senators shall be excluded from the list.
The Senate uses Sortition to select Senators (other than the elected CM's seat), and the following method has been created to be transparent, fair, and auditable by anyone. As such, it actually doesn't require Staff to determine who is selected for a Senate seat, since anyone can replicate this method. Staff, however, will administer the Competency Test required to be confirmed to the Senate.
Full info on the Senate here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5224.0
Senate Sortition - Method for Randomly Selecting Senators:
NOTICE: This process is now done automatically and daily. Anybody can view this link to verify any selection. Alternately, the process can be recreated or done manually should anyone want to audit any sortition event.
The Sortition Selection Methodology & Automated Daily Sortition Selection Lists are available Here
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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: A Thing
« on: 27 November 2020, 03:16:04 AM »
What's the meaning of this?
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Senate of VillageCraft / The Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 26 November 2020, 07:10:31 PM »
Register for Parliament and become an MP here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=22.0
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The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
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Senate of VillageCraft Official Guidelines:
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
A
The Senate:
1. Roles
i. The Senate of VillageCraft is made up of Senators. The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on proposing legislation to send to the Parliament of VillageCraft for binding Official Parliament Votes. The Senate is a body of the Parliament of VillageCraft.
ii. The Senate may pass Senate internal rules, without needing a Parliament Vote, which are binding on the Senate and remain in force between Senate Sessions. Internal rules cannot conflict with this document.
iii. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing if there is reasonable suspicion a rule was broken, and without needing a Parliament Vote. The Senate does not need to vote to begin an investigation. They can optionally vote to begin one, in which case the Staff must comply with the investigation. The Senate can vote to formally deliver their findings and/or recommendations to the Staff. Senators may not participate in Senate Votes that involve investigations into themselves. Privileged or confidential information given to the Senate must remain private within the Senate, except in the case where the Senate votes to deliver their findings to the Staff, and the information is relevant.
2. Exclusions
i. The Senate cannot not pass binding legislation on VC without Official Parliament Votes, except for internal rules which govern the Senate themselves, starting investigations into Staff Members, filling seat vacancies, or increasing the total seats to 7.
ii. The Senate does not pass or propose legislation regulating the internal rules of the VillageCraft Staff, appoint or remove Staff Members, or participate in Staff Votes.
B
Senate Sessions:
1. Sessions Last 4 Months
i. Senate Sessions last 4 calendar months.
ii. Sessions end and begin at Noon on the first Wednesday of the respective 4th month after the Session began. (Toronto-Montreal-New York Noon is used.)
2. Ends of Sessions
i. Once a Session ends, in-progress proceedings are stopped and removed, and all current Senators are removed. The next Senate Session starts anew. Senate internal rules remain in force.
3. New Sessions
i. Immediately once a Senate Session ends, a new one begins. 24 hours to 10 days prior to this moment, the CM had the opportunity to accept a seat in the new Session, as seen in "D.2.". At this moment, all remaining seats are filled by Sortition, as seen in "C.5.".
ii. The new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C
Senate Seats:
1. New Sessions Have 5 Seats
i. The Senate shall have 5 total seats at the start of a new Senate Session.
2. Increase to 7 Seats
i. The Senate may vote to increase the total seats to 7 for the remainder of the current Session. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. 7 is the maximum possible number of seats.
3. Vacant Seats During a Session
i. The Senate may vote to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. The Speaker of the Senate may bypass voting and choose to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time.
iv. Orders to fill vacant seats may not occur within the last 72 hours of a Senate Session.
4. Removal
i. Removed Senators cannot return to the Senate until the next Session. Senators may remove themselves at any time by resigning. The resignation must be clear and unambiguous. If the Community Minister is removed from the Senate due to ceasing to be Community Minister, but they remain on the Sortition list, they remain eligible to be selected to join the same Senate session via Sortition.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to remove one or more Senators at any time. If a removal vote fails, another vote to remove the Senator(s) in question may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. All Senators are removed at the end of a Senate Session.
5. Sortition
i. Each Senate Session has a Current Sortition List attached to it, from which Senators are selected in Selection Events. Senate Sortition uses the Sortition Method, which produces a new random Selection List every day at 00:01 UTC. VC’s full publicly auditable Sortition Method and daily Selection Lists and are viewable any time on our website.
ii. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Upcoming Sortition List for possible selection in the next Senate.
iii. 24 hours before the start of a new Senate Session, the "Upcoming Sortition List" becomes the new "Current Sortition List", and is closed to new names being added. During an ongoing Session, a new "Upcoming Sortition List" is opened for self-nominations to the next Senate Session.
iv. The Selection List dated for the first day of a new Senate Session will be used in that Selection Event to fill all seats for the incoming Senate, except for one if it is due to be held by the Community Minister (as described in "D.2.").
v. When an order occurs for Senate seats to be filled in "C.3.", the next scheduled daily Selection List will be used to determine the seat(s) for that Selection Event.
6. Soft Limit of 3 Staff Members on the Senate
i. If there are 3 or more members of Staff on the Senate during a Selection Event, Staff names shall be skipped during selection.
ii. If a Senator becomes a member of Staff while in the Senate, they retain their seat, however they will be counted towards the total number of Staff in all future Selection Events during that session. This may result in the Senate consisting of more than 3 Staff members. If a Senator ceases to be a member of Staff, they will no longer be counted towards the total number of staff in future Selection Events.
D
Senators:
1. Must Be MPs
i. All Senators must be VillageCraft Members of Parliament.
2. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. Prior to a new Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for the upcoming Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 10 days before a new Senate Session begins, and must make their decision before the Upcoming Sortition List is closed (24 hours before the start of the new Session).
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
3. All Other Senators Selected by Sortition
i. After the CM chooses whether to be a Senator, all remaining Senate seats are selected by Sortition from the Current Sortition List, as seen in "C.5.", and are confirmed upon successful completion of the Competency Test.
4. Competency Test and Confirmation
i. Anyone offered a Senate seat must pass the Competency Test to be confirmed to the Senate. The test must be completed within 5 days and 2 attempts.
ii. The Test includes simple math, assurance the person is active, able to serve, and understands the rules and role of the Senate and Senators. The test will be written and administered by the VC Staff.
E
Speaker of the Senate:
1. Role of the Speaker
i. The Speaker runs the proceedings of the Senate, and conducts Senate Votes.
ii. The Speaker must run proceedings in a timely manner without significant delay.
2. Elected by the Senate
i. The Speaker of the Senate is a fellow Senator who is majority elected by the Senate. Election votes may occur infinitely until a Speaker is chosen.
3. Removal
i. The Speaker may step down at any time. The Speaker may be removed from their role at any time by a majority Senate Vote. If a removal vote fails, another may not occur for 7 days.
ii. If the Speaker breaches procedure and fails to hold a removal vote, they are automatically removed at the request of any Senator.
4. There Must Be a Speaker
i. If there is no Speaker of the Senate at any time, the Senate must elect one. No procedure or votes may occur until there is a Speaker.
F
Senate Procedure and Votes:
1. Discussion
i. Senators shall discuss ideas to bring to a Senate Vote. The Speaker shall moderate the discussion to keep it constructive if needed.
ii. If an idea is decided upon, Senators may write a Draft of the legislation to be debated. "Legislation" can include Senate internal rules, proposals for Official Parliament Votes, Staff Member investigations, removal of the Speaker, filling seat vacancies, increasing to 7 seats, or anything else within the scope of the Senate.
2. Draft
i. Based on Senate discussions, Senators shall write Draft legislation and request a Debate on it.
ii. The Speaker shall make sure the Draft is acceptable within the Role of the Senate, and if it is, hold to a Debate on it.
3. Debate Draft Legislation
i. The Speaker shall hold a Debate on submitted Draft legislation. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which Drafts were submitted, including Speaker removal vote requests, holding Debates in the order of their submission.
ii. Debates shall be whether to improve upon the current wording, scrap the idea, or keep the current wording.
iii. Senators shall take these ideas and consider submitting improved Drafts, or Nominating Draft Legislation for a Senate Vote.
4. Nominate Draft Legislation for Senate Vote
i. Based upon the proceedings of a Debate, Drafts may be nominated by 2 or more Senators to proceed to a Senate Vote.
ii. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which nominations and Nominated Draft Legislation is submitted, holding Senate Votes in the order of their submission.
5. Senate Votes
i. i. The Speaker shall hold a Senate Vote for Nominated Draft Legislation, which must include a clear question, clear answers, and the ability to abstain. Votes pass with a majority. The Speaker shall run the Senate Vote for 5 days, or until all Senators have voted, at the Speaker's discretion.
ii. All Senate votes are recorded and made public.
iii. If the Senate Vote is defeated, it cannot be voted on again for 7 days if the text is not meaningfully changed.
6. Successful Senate Votes
i. If a Senate Vote succeeds and creates, amends, or revokes an internal Senate rule, it is effective immediately and becomes Senate internal legislation.
ii. If a Senate Vote succeeds in increasing Senate seats to 7, filling vacant seats, removing the Speaker, or commencing an investigation of a Staff Member, it is effective immediately.
iii. If a Senate Vote succeeds and proposes an Official Parliament Vote, it moves on to the Consent of the Staff stage. A Senator shall deliver the final text of the proposal to the Staff.
7. Consent of the Staff (for Official Parliament Vote Proposals)
i. The final text of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the proposal if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, consent of at least 1 must be gained. A System Admin is counted as one of the 3 required Staff in "F.7.i.".
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "F.3.i."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Senate. The initiative can then proceed to an Official Parliament Vote, which shall be initiated by the Speaker of the Senate, the Community Minister, or the Staff, at the request of any Senator.
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
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Register for Parliament and become an MP here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=22.0
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This text was last updated following changes to the wording approved in Senate Vote #6, and Parliament Vote #30.
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The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
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Senate of VillageCraft Official Guidelines:
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
A
The Senate:
1. Roles
i. The Senate of VillageCraft is made up of Senators. The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on proposing legislation to send to the Parliament of VillageCraft for binding Official Parliament Votes. The Senate is a body of the Parliament of VillageCraft.
ii. The Senate may pass Senate internal rules, without needing a Parliament Vote, which are binding on the Senate and remain in force between Senate Sessions. Internal rules cannot conflict with this document.
iii. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing if there is reasonable suspicion a rule was broken, and without needing a Parliament Vote. The Senate does not need to vote to begin an investigation. They can optionally vote to begin one, in which case the Staff must comply with the investigation. The Senate can vote to formally deliver their findings and/or recommendations to the Staff. Senators may not participate in Senate Votes that involve investigations into themselves. Privileged or confidential information given to the Senate must remain private within the Senate, except in the case where the Senate votes to deliver their findings to the Staff, and the information is relevant.
2. Exclusions
i. The Senate cannot not pass binding legislation on VC without Official Parliament Votes, except for internal rules which govern the Senate themselves, starting investigations into Staff Members, filling seat vacancies, or increasing the total seats to 7.
ii. The Senate does not pass or propose legislation regulating the internal rules of the VillageCraft Staff, appoint or remove Staff Members, or participate in Staff Votes.
B
Senate Sessions:
1. Sessions Last 4 Months
i. Senate Sessions last 4 calendar months.
ii. Sessions end and begin at Noon on the first Wednesday of the respective 4th month after the Session began. (Toronto-Montreal-New York Noon is used.)
2. Ends of Sessions
i. Once a Session ends, in-progress proceedings are stopped and removed, and all current Senators are removed. The next Senate Session starts anew. Senate internal rules remain in force.
3. New Sessions
i. Immediately once a Senate Session ends, a new one begins. 24 hours to 10 days prior to this moment, the CM had the opportunity to accept a seat in the new Session, as seen in "D.2.". At this moment, all remaining seats are filled by Sortition, as seen in "C.5.".
ii. The new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C
Senate Seats:
1. New Sessions Have 5 Seats
i. The Senate shall have 5 total seats at the start of a new Senate Session.
2. Increase to 7 Seats
i. The Senate may vote to increase the total seats to 7 for the remainder of the current Session. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. 7 is the maximum possible number of seats.
3. Vacant Seats During a Session
i. The Senate may vote to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. The Speaker of the Senate may bypass voting and choose to order vacant seats be filled by a Selection Event from the Current Sortition List at any time.
iv. Orders to fill vacant seats may not occur within the last 72 hours of a Senate Session.
4. Removal
i. Removed Senators cannot return to the Senate until the next Session. Senators may remove themselves at any time by resigning. The resignation must be clear and unambiguous. If the Community Minister is removed from the Senate due to ceasing to be Community Minister, but they remain on the Sortition list, they remain eligible to be selected to join the same Senate session via Sortition.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to remove one or more Senators at any time. If a removal vote fails, another vote to remove the Senator(s) in question may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. All Senators are removed at the end of a Senate Session.
5. Sortition
i. Each Senate Session has a Current Sortition List attached to it, from which Senators are selected in Selection Events. Senate Sortition uses the Sortition Method, which produces a new random Selection List every day at 00:01 UTC. VC’s full publicly auditable Sortition Method and daily Selection Lists and are viewable any time on our website.
ii. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Upcoming Sortition List for possible selection in the next Senate.
iii. 24 hours before the start of a new Senate Session, the "Upcoming Sortition List" becomes the new "Current Sortition List", and is closed to new names being added. During an ongoing Session, a new "Upcoming Sortition List" is opened for self-nominations to the next Senate Session.
iv. The Selection List dated for the first day of a new Senate Session will be used in that Selection Event to fill all seats for the incoming Senate, except for one if it is due to be held by the Community Minister (as described in "D.2.").
v. When an order occurs for Senate seats to be filled in "C.3.", the next scheduled daily Selection List will be used to determine the seat(s) for that Selection Event.
6. Soft Limit of 3 Staff Members on the Senate
i. If there are 3 or more members of Staff on the Senate during a Selection Event, Staff names shall be skipped during selection.
ii. If a Senator becomes a member of Staff while in the Senate, they retain their seat, however they will be counted towards the total number of Staff in all future Selection Events during that session. This may result in the Senate consisting of more than 3 Staff members. If a Senator ceases to be a member of Staff, they will no longer be counted towards the total number of staff in future Selection Events.
D
Senators:
1. Must Be MPs
i. All Senators must be VillageCraft Members of Parliament.
2. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. Prior to a new Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for the upcoming Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 10 days before a new Senate Session begins, and must make their decision before the Upcoming Sortition List is closed (24 hours before the start of the new Session).
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
3. All Other Senators Selected by Sortition
i. After the CM chooses whether to be a Senator, all remaining Senate seats are selected by Sortition from the Current Sortition List, as seen in "C.5.", and are confirmed upon successful completion of the Competency Test.
4. Competency Test and Confirmation
i. Anyone offered a Senate seat must pass the Competency Test to be confirmed to the Senate. The test must be completed within 5 days and 2 attempts.
ii. The Test includes simple math, assurance the person is active, able to serve, and understands the rules and role of the Senate and Senators. The test will be written and administered by the VC Staff.
E
Speaker of the Senate:
1. Role of the Speaker
i. The Speaker runs the proceedings of the Senate, and conducts Senate Votes.
ii. The Speaker must run proceedings in a timely manner without significant delay.
2. Elected by the Senate
i. The Speaker of the Senate is a fellow Senator who is majority elected by the Senate. Election votes may occur infinitely until a Speaker is chosen.
3. Removal
i. The Speaker may step down at any time. The Speaker may be removed from their role at any time by a majority Senate Vote. If a removal vote fails, another may not occur for 7 days.
ii. If the Speaker breaches procedure and fails to hold a removal vote, they are automatically removed at the request of any Senator.
4. There Must Be a Speaker
i. If there is no Speaker of the Senate at any time, the Senate must elect one. No procedure or votes may occur until there is a Speaker.
F
Senate Procedure and Votes:
1. Discussion
i. Senators shall discuss ideas to bring to a Senate Vote. The Speaker shall moderate the discussion to keep it constructive if needed.
ii. If an idea is decided upon, Senators may write a Draft of the legislation to be debated. "Legislation" can include Senate internal rules, proposals for Official Parliament Votes, Staff Member investigations, removal of the Speaker, filling seat vacancies, increasing to 7 seats, or anything else within the scope of the Senate.
2. Draft
i. Based on Senate discussions, Senators shall write Draft legislation and request a Debate on it.
ii. The Speaker shall make sure the Draft is acceptable within the Role of the Senate, and if it is, hold to a Debate on it.
3. Debate Draft Legislation
i. The Speaker shall hold a Debate on submitted Draft legislation. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which Drafts were submitted, including Speaker removal vote requests, holding Debates in the order of their submission.
ii. Debates shall be whether to improve upon the current wording, scrap the idea, or keep the current wording.
iii. Senators shall take these ideas and consider submitting improved Drafts, or Nominating Draft Legislation for a Senate Vote.
4. Nominate Draft Legislation for Senate Vote
i. Based upon the proceedings of a Debate, Drafts may be nominated by 2 or more Senators to proceed to a Senate Vote.
ii. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which nominations and Nominated Draft Legislation is submitted, holding Senate Votes in the order of their submission.
5. Senate Votes
i. i. The Speaker shall hold a Senate Vote for Nominated Draft Legislation, which must include a clear question, clear answers, and the ability to abstain. Votes pass with a majority. The Speaker shall run the Senate Vote for 5 days, or until all Senators have voted, at the Speaker's discretion.
ii. All Senate votes are recorded and made public.
iii. If the Senate Vote is defeated, it cannot be voted on again for 7 days if the text is not meaningfully changed.
6. Successful Senate Votes
i. If a Senate Vote succeeds and creates, amends, or revokes an internal Senate rule, it is effective immediately and becomes Senate internal legislation.
ii. If a Senate Vote succeeds in increasing Senate seats to 7, filling vacant seats, removing the Speaker, or commencing an investigation of a Staff Member, it is effective immediately.
iii. If a Senate Vote succeeds and proposes an Official Parliament Vote, it moves on to the Consent of the Staff stage. A Senator shall deliver the final text of the proposal to the Staff.
7. Consent of the Staff (for Official Parliament Vote Proposals)
i. The final text of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the proposal if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, consent of at least 1 must be gained. A System Admin is counted as one of the 3 required Staff in "F.7.i.".
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "F.3.i."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Senate. The initiative can then proceed to an Official Parliament Vote, which shall be initiated by the Speaker of the Senate, the Community Minister, or the Staff, at the request of any Senator.
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
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Register for Parliament and become an MP here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=22.0
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This text was last updated following changes to the wording approved in Senate Vote #6, and Parliament Vote #30.
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: PARLIAMENT VOTE #25: Adding the Senate of VillageCraft - VOTE PASSED
« on: 26 November 2020, 04:39:43 PM »
This vote has passed, and the Senate of VillageCraft will be implemented. Thanks everyone for voting and participating!
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Senate of VillageCraft / Re: Join the 1st Senate of VC! (Upcoming Sortition List)
« on: 23 November 2020, 03:01:02 PM »I nominate Shen
He already on the list, fam. Self-nominations are also the only nominations.
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Senate of VillageCraft / Sortition List: Nominations (1st Senate of VC)
« on: 22 November 2020, 04:27:44 AM »
Sortition List for the 1st Senate of VillageCraft
Status: Closed to New Names - Current Sortition List
Senate Session: #1 - Started Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 at Noon
This list will be used to randomly select Senators for the 1st Senate of VillageCraft. Info on the Senate HERE
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- Reply below stating you want to add your name. -
Sortition List for the 1st Senate of VillageCraft:
Shensley
Gerrit70
AlliCat_22
TheLegend12369
MutluMali
Air
TheoGreen
Paste
Hobbes13
123NiceGirl4
Ham_And_Eggs
Luisc99
Yvette
Ako
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Sortition 2 December 2020
List Randomizer
There were 14 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-5ad49277c8425fd4a8af6e49c162facc:
Shensley
TheLegend12369
AlliCat_22
TheoGreen
123NiceGirl4
Ako
Ham_And_Eggs
Paste
Yvette
MutluMali
Hobbes13
Gerrit70
Air
Luisc99
IP: 142.51.213.124
Timestamp: 2020-12-02 19:58:03 UTC
The 4 bolded names will be asked first if they would like to join the Senate and take the Competency Test. If they want to defer their choice, they could still be chosen in a future randomized selection event. They have 5 days and 2 attempts to pass the test.
If your name is bold, please contact Ako.
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Sortition 8 December 2020 | Supplementary sortation to fill a vacancy
List Randomizer
There were 10 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-e1b76d23747d27a79f587112e21f9202:
MutluMali
Gerrit70
Hobbes13
Luisc99
Yvette
Paste
123NiceGirl4
Ham_And_Eggs
Air
Ako
IP: 109.175.166.50
Timestamp: 2020-12-08 21:06:06 UTC
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Status: Closed to New Names - Current Sortition List
Senate Session: #1 - Started Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 at Noon
This list will be used to randomly select Senators for the 1st Senate of VillageCraft. Info on the Senate HERE
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- Reply below stating you want to add your name. -
Sortition List for the 1st Senate of VillageCraft:
Shensley
Gerrit70
AlliCat_22
TheLegend12369
MutluMali
Air
TheoGreen
Paste
Hobbes13
123NiceGirl4
Ham_And_Eggs
Luisc99
Yvette
Ako
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Sortition 2 December 2020
List Randomizer
There were 14 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-5ad49277c8425fd4a8af6e49c162facc:
Shensley
TheLegend12369
AlliCat_22
TheoGreen
123NiceGirl4
Ako
Ham_And_Eggs
Paste
Yvette
MutluMali
Hobbes13
Gerrit70
Air
Luisc99
IP: 142.51.213.124
Timestamp: 2020-12-02 19:58:03 UTC
The 4 bolded names will be asked first if they would like to join the Senate and take the Competency Test. If they want to defer their choice, they could still be chosen in a future randomized selection event. They have 5 days and 2 attempts to pass the test.
If your name is bold, please contact Ako.
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Sortition 8 December 2020 | Supplementary sortation to fill a vacancy
List Randomizer
There were 10 items in your list. Here they are, randomized with pregenerated randomization based on persistent identifier VC-Senate-1-e1b76d23747d27a79f587112e21f9202:
MutluMali
Gerrit70
Hobbes13
Luisc99
Yvette
Paste
123NiceGirl4
Ham_And_Eggs
Air
Ako
IP: 109.175.166.50
Timestamp: 2020-12-08 21:06:06 UTC
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 19 November 2020, 11:29:37 PM »
I've added that line. If anyone else can find anything else, let me know
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 19 November 2020, 09:29:18 PM »Are staff members allowed to put their names in for senate seats? And will the competency test be publicly available?
As it is currently written:
Any MP (including Staff) is eligible.
I don't have a good answer for the 2nd question, but I suppose it should be kept secret until it is finished being taken for that set of senators, then it can be made public if anyone is interested.
It has also been pointed out to me that it may be good to add a line that if a senator happens to be the subject of an investigation, they shouldn't be able vote on that particular motion.
in A.1.iii. I could add the following italic part:
"The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing if there is reasonable suspicion a rule was broken, and without needing a Parliament Vote. The Staff must comply with the investigation. Senators may not participate in Senate Votes that involve investigations into themselves."
Would this be a good addition?
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 19 November 2020, 02:00:40 AM »
Glad to hear everyone is liking this idea so far. If you read it all, let me know if you can spot any holes.
Would anyone like to add their signature to this for a vote? I'll start, and say I do.
Would anyone like to add their signature to this for a vote? I'll start, and say I do.
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 17 November 2020, 09:13:07 PM »Can you be more specific as to how they would "Investigate" staff incidents if they don't have access to logs or any commands?
Gerrit asked this above, I answered with:
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Back in the day the "Public Representative" had the power to investigate staff abuse. We would give them any logs or temporary powers they needed to freely conduct their investigation with as few barriers and as much transparency as possible. This would be the same. In fact, the Senate is largely inheriting the old role of the PR in this proposal.
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 17 November 2020, 03:31:12 PM »This is super cool, I love the whole thing, but for clarification both the CM and the Senate could put forward votes to parliament, and if the CM is part of the senate, can they act independently outside of the senate to call votes?
Also, in the terms of staff investigation, what access would the senate have to logs and such, it may be hard to draw concrete conclusions with the evidence gathered by players without additional permissions or information.
I am so excited for this.
To question 1:
In part 2 of the proposal, the CM's parliament vote initiative power is moved to the Senate, and the CM offered a Senate seat instead. So, no they can't "both" do it, but instead the CM can be a Senator by choice, and do it as a member of the Senate.
To question 2:
Back in the day the "Public Representative" had the power to investigate staff abuse. We would give them any logs or temporary powers they needed to freely conduct their investigation with as few barriers and as much transparency as possible. This would be the same. In fact, the Senate is largely inheriting the old role of the PR in this proposal.
I think this sounds awesome! I like that they have a larger group working to make the Parliament Votes, As CM this has been one of the joys of the job, if not the most taxing in regards to collecting signatures and such. I also like that there is a separate body that can review staff actions so to alleviate any claims of Staff corruption. (Not saying there is any, but this is a good safety net)
My questions is are Senators able to be added to the list again after their term? Or do they have to wait a set number of sessions such as 2. The reason I ask this is the fact that the server is active, but I'm not sure it's enough to have 20 different people per term for a year, maybe so? But I could see it becoming a problem.
To paragraph 1:
Yes! I felt moving the parliament vote responsibility into a team helps the CM focus on community events, while still also participating in that process if they want to be a Senator. I was hoping this would be best of both worlds. And yes, having a body to review the Staff seems like a smart and sane check and balance on the server, I'm glad you like that aspect.
To paragraph 2:
Any MP can be added to the Upcoming Sortition List (for the next term), including current Senators. I purposely wrote in no limitation on consecutive terms, so people might serve twice in a row sometimes.
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 17 November 2020, 02:51:41 PM »
If you have any questions, or you don't like, or you do like what I've done in this proposal, please let me know!
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Parliament | Suggestions / Proposal: Create the Senate of VillageCraft
« on: 17 November 2020, 02:50:40 PM »
Hi everyone, sorry in advance if this post looks a bit long. I assure you I've tried to cover all the bases, and I've tried to make it easy to read. Enjoy.
Proposal to create the Senate of VillageCraft:
Proposal:
In my ongoing efforts to make VillageCraft more democratic, I have decided to write up this proposal to create the Senate of VillageCraft.
The Senate would become the main body that creates Official Parliament Votes on VC, and it would be filled with Senators.
Becoming a Senator:
The CM would be offered a Senate seat, and all other seats would be filled by sortition (random selection from a list that any MP can put their name on). This gives everyone a chance to be selected to be a Senator if they so choose, and if they want to be part of this process.
This means that the Senate will be occupied by regular people who want to get involved, without needing an election process. To be confirmed to the Senate, there will be a straightforward Competency Test to make sure any person selected is active and able.
Alteration to the CM Guidelines:
The current text of section D of the CM Guidelines (the Parliament Vote Initiative process) would be removed and instead replaced with text reflecting the CM's potential role in the Senate. This alters the process of the community creating Parliament Votes by putting it into the hands of a specific rotating team (the Senate), which the CM always has the option to join.
Lastly, text would be added to clarify the CM's ability to certify Simple Parliament Votes when 3 MPs nominate a proposal (this is currently in the Parliament Guidelines). Simple votes are what I've named votes in Parliament that aren't at the level of Official Parliament Votes. I've tried to write this to reflect the historical precedents and reality of the Parliament into clear words everyone can understand.
I've organized this proposal into 2 major sections below.
Section 1 is creating the Senate, Section 2 is changing the CM Guidelines to sync with the change.
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Proposal Section 1 - Create the Senate of VillageCraft:
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The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
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Senate of VillageCraft Official Guidelines:
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
A
The Senate:
1. Roles
i. The Senate of VillageCraft is made up of Senators. The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on proposing legislation to send to the Parliament of VillageCraft for binding Official Parliament Votes.
ii. The Senate may pass Senate internal rules, without needing a Parliament Vote, which are binding on the Senate and remain in force between Senate Sessions. Internal rules cannot conflict with this document.
iii. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing if there is reasonable suspicion a rule was broken, and without needing a Parliament Vote. The Staff must comply with the investigation. Senators may not participate in Senate Votes that involve investigations into themselves.
2. Exclusions
i. The Senate cannot not pass binding legislation on VC without Official Parliament Votes, except for internal rules which govern the Senate themselves, starting investigations into Staff Members, filling seat vacancies, or increasing the total seats to 7.
ii. The Senate does not pass or propose legislation regulating the internal rules of the VillageCraft Staff, appoint or remove Staff Members, or participate in Staff Votes.
B
Senate Sessions:
1. Sessions Last 4 Months
i. Senate Sessions last 4 calendar months.
ii. Sessions end and begin at Noon on the first Wednesday of the respective 4th month after the Session began. (Toronto-Montreal-New York Noon is used.)
2. Ends of Sessions
i. Once a Session ends, in-progress proceedings are stopped and removed, and all current Senators are removed. The next Senate Session starts anew. Senate internal rules remain in force.
3. New Sessions
i. Immediately once a Senate Session ends, a new one begins. The CM is offered a seat, followed by Sortition List selection of the remaining seats.
ii. The new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C
Senate Seats:
1. New Sessions Have 5 Seats
i. The Senate shall have 5 total seats at the start of a new Senate Session.
2. Increase to 7 Seats
i. The Senate may vote to increase the total seats to 7 for the remainder of the current Session. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. 7 is the maximum possible number of seats.
3. Vacant Seats During a Session
i. The Senate may vote to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. The Speaker of the Senate may bypass voting and choose to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time.
4. Removal
i. Removed Senators cannot return to the Senate until the next Session. Senators may remove themselves at any time by resigning.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to remove one or more Senators at any time. If a removal vote fails, another vote to remove the Senator(s) in question may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. All Senators are removed at the end of a Senate Session.
D
Senators:
1. Must Be MPs
i. All Senators must be VillageCraft Members of Parliament.
2. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. At the start of a Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for that Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 7 days before a new Senate is formed, and up to 24 hours after.
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
3. All Other Senators Selected by Sortition
i. After the CM chooses whether to be a Senator, all remaining Senate seats are selected by Sortition from the Current Sortition List and are confirmed upon successful completion of the Competency Test.
4. Sortition List (and Self-Nominations)
i. Each Senate Session has a Current Sortition List attached to it, from which Senators are selected.
ii. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Upcoming Sortition List for possible selection in the next Senate.
iii. When a Senate Session begins, the "Upcoming Sortition List" becomes the new "Current Sortition List", and is closed to new names being added. A new "Upcoming Sortition List" is opened for self-nominations to the next Senate Session. The Current Sortition List is used to select Senators for the active Session.
5. Competency Test and Confirmation
i. Anyone offered a Senate seat must pass the Competency Test to be confirmed to the Senate. The test must be completed within 5 days and 2 attempts.
ii. The Test includes simple math, assurance the person is active, able to serve, and understands the rules and role of the Senate and Senators. The test will be written and administered by the VC Staff.
E
Speaker of the Senate:
1. Role of the Speaker
i. The Speaker runs the proceedings of the Senate, and conducts Senate Votes.
ii. The Speaker must run proceedings in a timely manner without significant delay.
2. Elected by the Senate
i. The Speaker of the Senate is a fellow Senator who is majority elected by the Senate. Election votes may occur infinitely until a Speaker is chosen.
3. Removal
i. The Speaker may step down at any time. The Speaker may be removed from their role at any time by a majority Senate Vote. If a removal vote fails, another may not occur for 7 days.
ii. If the Speaker breaches procedure and fails to hold a removal vote, they are automatically removed at the request of any Senator.
4. There Must Be a Speaker
i. If there is no Speaker of the Senate at any time, the Senate must elect one. No procedure or votes may occur until there is a Speaker.
F
Senate Procedure and Votes:
1. Discussion
i. Senators shall discuss ideas to bring to a Senate Vote. The Speaker shall moderate the discussion to keep it constructive if needed.
ii. If an idea is decided upon, Senators may write a Draft of the legislation to be debated. “Legislation” can include Senate internal rules, proposals for Official Parliament Votes, Staff Member investigations, removal of the Speaker, filling seat vacancies, increasing to 7 seats, or anything else within the scope of the Senate.
2. Draft
i. Based on Senate discussions, Senators shall write Draft legislation and request a Debate on it.
ii. The Speaker shall make sure the Draft is acceptable within the Role of the Senate, and if it is, hold to a Debate on it.
3. Debate Draft Legislation
i. The Speaker shall hold a Debate on submitted Draft legislation. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which Drafts were submitted, including Speaker removal vote requests, holding Debates in the order of their submission.
ii. Debates shall be whether to improve upon the current wording, scrap the idea, or keep the current wording.
iii. Senators shall take these ideas and consider submitting improved Drafts, or Nominating Draft Legislation for a Senate Vote.
4. Nominate Draft Legislation for Senate Vote
i. Based upon the proceedings of a Debate, Drafts may be nominated by 2 or more Senators to proceed to a Senate Vote.
ii. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which nominations and Nominated Draft Legislation is submitted, holding Senate Votes in the order of their submission.
5. Senate Votes
i. The Speaker shall hold a Senate Vote for Nominated Draft Legislation, which must include a clear question, clear answers, and the ability to abstain. Votes pass with a majority. The Speaker shall run the Senate Vote for at least 5 days, or until all Senators have voted.
ii. All Senate votes are recorded and made public.
iii. If the Senate Vote is defeated, it cannot be voted on again for 7 days if the text is not meaningfully changed.
6. Successful Senate Votes
i. If a Senate Vote succeeds and creates, amends, or revokes an internal Senate rule, it is effective immediately and becomes Senate internal legislation.
ii. If a Senate Vote succeeds in increasing Senate seats to 7, filling vacant seats, removing the Speaker, or commencing an investigation of a Staff Member, it is effective immediately.
iii. If a Senate Vote succeeds and proposes an Official Parliament Vote, it moves on to the Consent of the Staff stage. A Senator shall deliver the final text of the proposal to the Staff.
7. Consent of the Staff (for Official Parliament Vote Proposals)
i. The final text of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the proposal if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, consent of at least 1 must be gained.
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "F. 3. i."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Senate. The initiative can then proceed to an Official Parliament Vote, which shall be initiated by the Speaker of the Senate, the Community Minister, or the Staff, at the request of any Senator.
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
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Proposal Section 2 - Change the CM Guidelines:
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Remove the current text of Section D of the VillageCraft Community Minister Official Guidelines.
Old Text:
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D
Parliament Vote Initiative Process:
The CM is given local moderator status on the VC Forum Parliament Board, and can gather player signatures to trigger Parliament votes. The following process can be followed, in order, to start a Parliament vote.
1. Gather Player Signatures and Staff Sponsorship
i. 5 signatures from players who want to propose a discussion and vote take place on a specific initiative. The players must be MPs, and must not be Staff or the CM.
ii. 1 signature from a member of Staff who is willing to help implement the initiative if successful.
2. Parliament Discussion
i. The CM shall create a Parliament Forum thread, announcing the proposal, the signatures, and the Staff sponsorship. The thread shall include the first draft of the text to be put to vote.
ii. Based on feedback from players and Staff, the text may be updated and improved upon.
iii. Given enough interest, the final version of the text can be clearly written and delivered to the VC Staff.
3. Consent of the Staff
i. The final text of the initiative must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the initiative if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, Consent of at least 1 must be gained.
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the initiative before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "2. ii."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Parliament in the relevant forum thread. The initiative can then proceed to an official Parliament Vote.
4. CM Initiative Parliament Vote
i. This is an official and binding Parliament Vote. The final text of the initiative shall be displayed for MPs to vote on. The MPs shall be given clear voting choices, as well as the option to abstain.
ii. The vote shall run for an initial 5 days. The vote may be shortened by 2 days if the decision is overwhelmingly one-sided. The vote may be extended several times if there is ongoing discussion or votes are still coming in to allow everyone a chance to participate.
iii. At the conclusion of the vote, the results shall be published. If it was successful, the VC Staff will move to implement it as soon as possible, and will announce when they do.
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Add new text to Section D of the VillageCraft Community Minister Official Guidelines.
New text:
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D
Community Minister Seat in the Senate of VillageCraft:
The CM can join any new Senate Session and become a Senator without needing to be selected through sortition. This allows the CM to represent VC members and participate in the democratic process easily if they choose to do so.
1. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. At the start of a Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for that Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 7 days before a new Senate is formed, and up to 24 hours after.
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
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Proposal to create the Senate of VillageCraft:
Proposal:
In my ongoing efforts to make VillageCraft more democratic, I have decided to write up this proposal to create the Senate of VillageCraft.
The Senate would become the main body that creates Official Parliament Votes on VC, and it would be filled with Senators.
Becoming a Senator:
The CM would be offered a Senate seat, and all other seats would be filled by sortition (random selection from a list that any MP can put their name on). This gives everyone a chance to be selected to be a Senator if they so choose, and if they want to be part of this process.
This means that the Senate will be occupied by regular people who want to get involved, without needing an election process. To be confirmed to the Senate, there will be a straightforward Competency Test to make sure any person selected is active and able.
Alteration to the CM Guidelines:
The current text of section D of the CM Guidelines (the Parliament Vote Initiative process) would be removed and instead replaced with text reflecting the CM's potential role in the Senate. This alters the process of the community creating Parliament Votes by putting it into the hands of a specific rotating team (the Senate), which the CM always has the option to join.
Lastly, text would be added to clarify the CM's ability to certify Simple Parliament Votes when 3 MPs nominate a proposal (this is currently in the Parliament Guidelines). Simple votes are what I've named votes in Parliament that aren't at the level of Official Parliament Votes. I've tried to write this to reflect the historical precedents and reality of the Parliament into clear words everyone can understand.
I've organized this proposal into 2 major sections below.
Section 1 is creating the Senate, Section 2 is changing the CM Guidelines to sync with the change.
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Proposal Section 1 - Create the Senate of VillageCraft:
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The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
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Senate of VillageCraft Official Guidelines:
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
A
The Senate:
1. Roles
i. The Senate of VillageCraft is made up of Senators. The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on proposing legislation to send to the Parliament of VillageCraft for binding Official Parliament Votes.
ii. The Senate may pass Senate internal rules, without needing a Parliament Vote, which are binding on the Senate and remain in force between Senate Sessions. Internal rules cannot conflict with this document.
iii. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing if there is reasonable suspicion a rule was broken, and without needing a Parliament Vote. The Staff must comply with the investigation. Senators may not participate in Senate Votes that involve investigations into themselves.
2. Exclusions
i. The Senate cannot not pass binding legislation on VC without Official Parliament Votes, except for internal rules which govern the Senate themselves, starting investigations into Staff Members, filling seat vacancies, or increasing the total seats to 7.
ii. The Senate does not pass or propose legislation regulating the internal rules of the VillageCraft Staff, appoint or remove Staff Members, or participate in Staff Votes.
B
Senate Sessions:
1. Sessions Last 4 Months
i. Senate Sessions last 4 calendar months.
ii. Sessions end and begin at Noon on the first Wednesday of the respective 4th month after the Session began. (Toronto-Montreal-New York Noon is used.)
2. Ends of Sessions
i. Once a Session ends, in-progress proceedings are stopped and removed, and all current Senators are removed. The next Senate Session starts anew. Senate internal rules remain in force.
3. New Sessions
i. Immediately once a Senate Session ends, a new one begins. The CM is offered a seat, followed by Sortition List selection of the remaining seats.
ii. The new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C
Senate Seats:
1. New Sessions Have 5 Seats
i. The Senate shall have 5 total seats at the start of a new Senate Session.
2. Increase to 7 Seats
i. The Senate may vote to increase the total seats to 7 for the remainder of the current Session. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. 7 is the maximum possible number of seats.
3. Vacant Seats During a Session
i. The Senate may vote to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time. If this vote fails, it may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. The Speaker of the Senate may bypass voting and choose to fill vacant seats via the Current Sortition List at any time.
4. Removal
i. Removed Senators cannot return to the Senate until the next Session. Senators may remove themselves at any time by resigning.
ii. The Parliament of VillageCraft may use a Simple Parliament Vote to remove one or more Senators at any time. If a removal vote fails, another vote to remove the Senator(s) in question may not occur again for 7 days.
iii. All Senators are removed at the end of a Senate Session.
D
Senators:
1. Must Be MPs
i. All Senators must be VillageCraft Members of Parliament.
2. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. At the start of a Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for that Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 7 days before a new Senate is formed, and up to 24 hours after.
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
3. All Other Senators Selected by Sortition
i. After the CM chooses whether to be a Senator, all remaining Senate seats are selected by Sortition from the Current Sortition List and are confirmed upon successful completion of the Competency Test.
4. Sortition List (and Self-Nominations)
i. Each Senate Session has a Current Sortition List attached to it, from which Senators are selected.
ii. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Upcoming Sortition List for possible selection in the next Senate.
iii. When a Senate Session begins, the "Upcoming Sortition List" becomes the new "Current Sortition List", and is closed to new names being added. A new "Upcoming Sortition List" is opened for self-nominations to the next Senate Session. The Current Sortition List is used to select Senators for the active Session.
5. Competency Test and Confirmation
i. Anyone offered a Senate seat must pass the Competency Test to be confirmed to the Senate. The test must be completed within 5 days and 2 attempts.
ii. The Test includes simple math, assurance the person is active, able to serve, and understands the rules and role of the Senate and Senators. The test will be written and administered by the VC Staff.
E
Speaker of the Senate:
1. Role of the Speaker
i. The Speaker runs the proceedings of the Senate, and conducts Senate Votes.
ii. The Speaker must run proceedings in a timely manner without significant delay.
2. Elected by the Senate
i. The Speaker of the Senate is a fellow Senator who is majority elected by the Senate. Election votes may occur infinitely until a Speaker is chosen.
3. Removal
i. The Speaker may step down at any time. The Speaker may be removed from their role at any time by a majority Senate Vote. If a removal vote fails, another may not occur for 7 days.
ii. If the Speaker breaches procedure and fails to hold a removal vote, they are automatically removed at the request of any Senator.
4. There Must Be a Speaker
i. If there is no Speaker of the Senate at any time, the Senate must elect one. No procedure or votes may occur until there is a Speaker.
F
Senate Procedure and Votes:
1. Discussion
i. Senators shall discuss ideas to bring to a Senate Vote. The Speaker shall moderate the discussion to keep it constructive if needed.
ii. If an idea is decided upon, Senators may write a Draft of the legislation to be debated. “Legislation” can include Senate internal rules, proposals for Official Parliament Votes, Staff Member investigations, removal of the Speaker, filling seat vacancies, increasing to 7 seats, or anything else within the scope of the Senate.
2. Draft
i. Based on Senate discussions, Senators shall write Draft legislation and request a Debate on it.
ii. The Speaker shall make sure the Draft is acceptable within the Role of the Senate, and if it is, hold to a Debate on it.
3. Debate Draft Legislation
i. The Speaker shall hold a Debate on submitted Draft legislation. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which Drafts were submitted, including Speaker removal vote requests, holding Debates in the order of their submission.
ii. Debates shall be whether to improve upon the current wording, scrap the idea, or keep the current wording.
iii. Senators shall take these ideas and consider submitting improved Drafts, or Nominating Draft Legislation for a Senate Vote.
4. Nominate Draft Legislation for Senate Vote
i. Based upon the proceedings of a Debate, Drafts may be nominated by 2 or more Senators to proceed to a Senate Vote.
ii. The Speaker shall respect the chronological order in which nominations and Nominated Draft Legislation is submitted, holding Senate Votes in the order of their submission.
5. Senate Votes
i. The Speaker shall hold a Senate Vote for Nominated Draft Legislation, which must include a clear question, clear answers, and the ability to abstain. Votes pass with a majority. The Speaker shall run the Senate Vote for at least 5 days, or until all Senators have voted.
ii. All Senate votes are recorded and made public.
iii. If the Senate Vote is defeated, it cannot be voted on again for 7 days if the text is not meaningfully changed.
6. Successful Senate Votes
i. If a Senate Vote succeeds and creates, amends, or revokes an internal Senate rule, it is effective immediately and becomes Senate internal legislation.
ii. If a Senate Vote succeeds in increasing Senate seats to 7, filling vacant seats, removing the Speaker, or commencing an investigation of a Staff Member, it is effective immediately.
iii. If a Senate Vote succeeds and proposes an Official Parliament Vote, it moves on to the Consent of the Staff stage. A Senator shall deliver the final text of the proposal to the Staff.
7. Consent of the Staff (for Official Parliament Vote Proposals)
i. The final text of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the proposal if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, consent of at least 1 must be gained.
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the Official Parliament Vote Proposal before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "F. 3. i."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Senate. The initiative can then proceed to an Official Parliament Vote, which shall be initiated by the Speaker of the Senate, the Community Minister, or the Staff, at the request of any Senator.
All Senate participants must be Members of Parliament.
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Proposal Section 2 - Change the CM Guidelines:
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Remove the current text of Section D of the VillageCraft Community Minister Official Guidelines.
Old Text:
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D
Parliament Vote Initiative Process:
The CM is given local moderator status on the VC Forum Parliament Board, and can gather player signatures to trigger Parliament votes. The following process can be followed, in order, to start a Parliament vote.
1. Gather Player Signatures and Staff Sponsorship
i. 5 signatures from players who want to propose a discussion and vote take place on a specific initiative. The players must be MPs, and must not be Staff or the CM.
ii. 1 signature from a member of Staff who is willing to help implement the initiative if successful.
2. Parliament Discussion
i. The CM shall create a Parliament Forum thread, announcing the proposal, the signatures, and the Staff sponsorship. The thread shall include the first draft of the text to be put to vote.
ii. Based on feedback from players and Staff, the text may be updated and improved upon.
iii. Given enough interest, the final version of the text can be clearly written and delivered to the VC Staff.
3. Consent of the Staff
i. The final text of the initiative must be approved by 3 Staff members based solely on feasibility, viability, and ability to implement the initiative if successful. This shall not be based on personal approval or disapproval.
ii. In the case where a System Admin must be involved in the implementation, Consent of at least 1 must be gained.
iii. If there is genuine reasonable disapproval from a Staff member, the proposal may be put to Staff vote. If it fails, and/or if needed, Staff may request a rewrite of the initiative before they give consent, in which case the process returns to Stage "2. ii."
iv. If Consent of the Staff has been given, the Staff shall inform the Parliament in the relevant forum thread. The initiative can then proceed to an official Parliament Vote.
4. CM Initiative Parliament Vote
i. This is an official and binding Parliament Vote. The final text of the initiative shall be displayed for MPs to vote on. The MPs shall be given clear voting choices, as well as the option to abstain.
ii. The vote shall run for an initial 5 days. The vote may be shortened by 2 days if the decision is overwhelmingly one-sided. The vote may be extended several times if there is ongoing discussion or votes are still coming in to allow everyone a chance to participate.
iii. At the conclusion of the vote, the results shall be published. If it was successful, the VC Staff will move to implement it as soon as possible, and will announce when they do.
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Add new text to Section D of the VillageCraft Community Minister Official Guidelines.
New text:
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D
Community Minister Seat in the Senate of VillageCraft:
The CM can join any new Senate Session and become a Senator without needing to be selected through sortition. This allows the CM to represent VC members and participate in the democratic process easily if they choose to do so.
1. Community Minister Senate Seat
i. At the start of a Senate Session, before Sortition, the Community Minister chooses whether to sit as a Senator for that Session.
ii. The CM can indicate their choice up to 7 days before a new Senate is formed, and up to 24 hours after.
iii. If the CM does not choose, declines the seat, fails the Competency Test, resigns from the Senate, or ceases being CM, the choice is not offered again until the start of the next Senate Session.
iv. If the CM is a Senator and ceases to be the CM, that individual is removed from the Senate, creating a vacant seat.
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Parliament | Suggestions / Re: Past Parliament Votes
« on: 16 November 2020, 11:48:02 PM »
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Parliament Vote #21 - Link
Regulation of Industrial Farms
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 2 May 2020
Regulation Expired: 23 Oct 2020
Votes:
Yes - 17
No - 11
Abstain - 2
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1) Automatic or Industrialized Farms are not allowed to be used when 10 or more people are online (6 or more for farms involving nether portals).
(a) Farms have 5 minutes to comply once 10 or more players are online.
(b) Farms that involve nether portals have 5 minutes to comply once 6 or more players are online.
(c) Staff may take the following actions:
- Immediately: a notice to disable,
- After 5 minutes: a warning and kick if AFK,
- After 10 minutes: a second warning and a kick.
- After 15 minutes: a final warning and a kick.
- After 30 minutes: proceed to regular punishments, and stop the farm if necessary (such as toggling an on-off lever) without physical edits.
(d) Staff may not take the following action:
- Physically edit the farm without consent of the owner.
2) Automatic or Industrialized Farms are defined as follows:
(a) Volume > 4096 (16^3) for a random tick-based farm.
(b) Entity Count > 256 for a spawner-based farm.
(c) Volume > 32768 (32^3) for mob spawning-based farm.
(d) Any Farm that involves sending entities (items or mobs) through nether portals.
- This class of farm must cease once 6 or more people are online.
3) Exemptions to rules 1 and 2:
(a) Any farm may be considered exempt of these rules if:
- A Staff Vote decides unanimously in favour of exemption, or;
- A simple vote of MPs on the Parliament Board has a majority decide in favour of exemption (official Parliament vote not needed),
and;
(b) The farm is ostensibly for the public benefit and is freely available for use by the public.
4) This rule expires fifteen days after VillageCraft updates to the next major Minecraft version.
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Parliament Vote #22 - Link
Should we add the plugin Marriage Master to the server?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Unanimous Decision
Voting Ended: 14 August 2020
Votes:
Yes - 17
No - 0
Abstain - 0
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Should we add the plugin Marriage Master to the server?
Link: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/marriage-master
What would this do?
Players would be able to marry one another with the help of a priest
The following marriage introduces Marriage features such as Teleport to partner, XP Boost when near partner, faster health regeneration when near partner, Shared Home with partner, Private Chat with your partner, Ability to kiss your partner, Gift Items to your partner, etc. (please read the plugin information at the link to get the full list of perks and commands
What this would entail:
This would give players an added roleplay experience to the game
Weddings on the server would enable players to get creative with venues as you could build one in your town, Weddings can happen anywhere
Who would be Priests?
Add the "Marriage Master" Plugin to VC with the following guidelines:
- The Community Minister has the choice to be priest.
- Staff members have the choice to be priests.
- 1 VillageCraft player will be chosen as a priest each month and their priesthood lasts 1 month. Players will notify the CM that they are interested, and a priest will be randomly drawn from the pool on the first of the month.
- If someone really wants a certain player to marry them then they can request priesthood from the CM or Staff to be a priest, which will last 1 month.
This is a vote initiated by Community Minister Naomi, and was nominated by players:
Allison (AlliCat_22), Brutalfive, 123NiceGirl4, Linyxx. Tenretni
Staff Approval: Akomine, CyphurTheFox, KingNurtul, TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Marriage Master will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5124.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5133.0
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Parliament Vote #23 - Link
Add the plugin "New Gods" to VillageCraft?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 14 September 2020
Votes:
Yes - 13
No - 1
Abstain - 0
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Should we add the plugin NEW GODS to the server?
Link: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/new-gods.55163/
This motion has gained the necessary support to be brought to vote. The motion would call for the following:
Players can create their own gods with signs and build altars to pray to them.
You can sacrifice items to your god to gain favor. You can appoint God Leaders and Priests to help with your religion. There are also God homes and shops you can utilize in your religion. You also get blessed with XP from your God randomly.
Things disabled from the plugin:-
Prefixes - For people who are married, a leader or a priest *This is because it will distract from the prefixes that VillageCraft already uses.
-Marriages *The marriage included in this has a lot less features then the one already approved so it should be disabled in order to not distract.
The Signatories are as follows: AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, Gerrit70, BrutalFive, Daypath
Staff Member Support: Akomine, TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Marriage Master will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5160.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5161.0
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Parliament Vote #24 - Link
Should we add SimplePets Plugin to the server?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 20 October 2020
Votes:
Yes - 9
No - 1
Abstain - 2
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Should we add SimplePets Plugin to the server?
Link: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/simplepets.14124/
Pet Plugin
The plugin SimplePets will be added to the server with the intent to bring an element of companionship that cannot be hurt. This can also allow another roleplay aspect to the game that many players enjoy.
Perks of SimplePets
-You will be able to have the pet of your choice, unlocking more options the higher VIP Level you are.
-You will be able to wear your pet as a hat
-You will be able to ride your pet
-You will be able to name your pet
Exceptions to SimplePets
-mobs that are too large have been removed
-pets will not be allowed in other worlds, other than the Overworld, Nether, and End.
-pets that fly, flying will be disabled.
Pets will not be allowed:
-During CM run events in the Overworld, unless otherwise stated
-In worlds other than the Overworld, Nether, and End.
All of the pets have been sorted into the following levels:
Any level player:
-Chicken
-Cow
-Creeper
-Ocelot
-Pig
-Rabbit
-Sheep
-Skeleton
-Spider
-Wolf
-Zombie
$5 Donor
-Cat
-Dolphin
-Donkey
-Evoker
-Mule
-Phantom
-Salmon
-Squid
-Trader Llama
-Vex
-Wandering Trader
-Witch
$10 Donor
-Bat
-Cod
-Enderman
-Endermite
-Guardian
-Horse
-Husk
-Llama
-Polar Bear
-Silverfish
-Villager
-Vindicator
$20 Donor
-Blaze
-Cave Spider
-Drowned
-Fox
-Magma Cube
-Mooshroom
-Pillager
-Slime
-Snowman
-Turtle
-Wither Skeleton
-Zombie Villager
$50 Donor
-Armor Stand
-Illusionar
-Iron Golem
-Panda
-Parrot
-Pufferfish
-Shulker
-Skeleton Horse
-Stray
-Tropical Fish
-Wither
-Zombie Horse
The Signatories are as follows: AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, Gerrit70, TastePasteHaste , Daypath
Staff Member Support: TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Simple Pets will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5153.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5163.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5158.0
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Parliament Vote #25 - Link
Adding the Senate of VillageCraft
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 21 November 2020
Votes:
Yes - 11
No - 3
Abstain - 0
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Adding the Senate of VillageCraft
This vote will approve the 2 sections needed to create the Senate of VillageCraft
Section 1 is creating the Senate, Section 2 is changing the CM Guidelines to sync with the change.
The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
Full Text Here
The Signatories are as follows: TastePasteHaste, AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, gerrit70, MutluMali
Staff Member Support: Akomine, TheLegend123469, Luis
If "yes" is majority, The Senate of VillageCraft will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, The Senate of VillageCraft will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5214.msg48102;topicseen#msg48102
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Parliament Vote #26 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Amending Parliament Vote #22 Marriage Master
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 26 December 2020
Votes:
Yes - 8
No - 1
Abstain - 2
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Should we remove the clause in the section "Who would be priests" that states:
"VillageCraft player will be chosen as a priest each month and their priesthood lasts 1 month. Players will notify the CM that they are interested, and a priest will be randomly drawn from the pool on the first of the month."
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Senators Allicat_22 and TheLegend12369
Staff approval from: Akomine, CyphurTheFox, KingNurtul
If "yes" is majority, MarriageMaster will be amended as stated above.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be amended
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #27 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
BottledExp Plugin
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 8 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 14
No - 2
Abstain - 3
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Should we add the new plugin: BottledExp?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5323.0
Note: Discussion can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5315.0
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
- BottledExp will be added to the server, allowing players to store their exp in bottles for use later.
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Speaker Legend and Senator Shensley
Staff approval from: Moderator Naomi, SM Octo, Admin Yvette, as well as others
If "yes" is majority, BottledExp will be added to the server.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added.
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #28 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Brewery
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 15 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 16
No - 3
Abstain - 1
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Should we add the new plugin: Brewery?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5335.0
Note: Discussion can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5291.0
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
- Brewery will be added to the server, allowing players to brew custom alcohol
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Speaker Legend and Senator Allison.
Staff approval from: [SM]Cbddallas, [M]Namoi, [SM]KingNurtul, and [A]Yvette.
If "yes" is majority, Brewery will be added to the server.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added.
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #29 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Amending Rule 0, 1 and 2
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 23 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 15
No - 5
Abstain - 2
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Should we adopt the proposed amendments to rules 0, 1, and 2?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5336.0
Note: Discussion took place primarily on Discord in #parliament and #senate
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
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If "Yes" is majority, the following changes will be implemented on the server
If "No" is majority, the status quo will remain
1) Rule 0 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Enforced
Keywords: Douche, Golden Rule, Hate Speech, Toxicity
Definition/Explanation:
- Treat others how you would like to be treated
- Staff Members reserve the ability to take action against persons displaying excessive "douchey" behavior, including but not limited to, hateful speech/symbolism, excessive toxicity, or in-game harassment; this rule will be enforced under circumstances where significant impact is done upon the recipient of the above.
Last Updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information: This is now lightly enforced
2) Rule 1 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Allowed
Keywords: Free Speech, Expression, Art, Thoughts, Beliefs, Criticism, Ideas
Definition/Explanation:
Allowed:
- Freedom to express yourself without fear or threat of punishment.
- Includes the freedom to remain silent.
Not Allowed:
- Does not include hate speech/symbolism (see #0)
- Does not include harassment/bullying (see #2).
Last Updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information:
We refuse to censor anyone's thoughts, beliefs or interests, and we will not comply with requests to censor. Nobody has the right to tell anyone else what they can and can't think or believe.
3) Rule 2 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Not Allowed
Keywords: Harassment, Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Cyber-Harassment
Definition/Explanation:
Not Allowed:
- Malicious non-consensual intimidation, coercion, or aggression
Note:
- In-Game harassment now falls under this rule
- Please use in-game commands such as /ignore to de-escalate and avoid in-game malicious players if you feel they are bothering you. If they continue to harass you, please contact a staff member.
Last updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information: Ignore someone (block their chat messages):
/ignore [name]
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Parliament Vote #21 - Link
Regulation of Industrial Farms
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 2 May 2020
Regulation Expired: 23 Oct 2020
Votes:
Yes - 17
No - 11
Abstain - 2
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1) Automatic or Industrialized Farms are not allowed to be used when 10 or more people are online (6 or more for farms involving nether portals).
(a) Farms have 5 minutes to comply once 10 or more players are online.
(b) Farms that involve nether portals have 5 minutes to comply once 6 or more players are online.
(c) Staff may take the following actions:
- Immediately: a notice to disable,
- After 5 minutes: a warning and kick if AFK,
- After 10 minutes: a second warning and a kick.
- After 15 minutes: a final warning and a kick.
- After 30 minutes: proceed to regular punishments, and stop the farm if necessary (such as toggling an on-off lever) without physical edits.
(d) Staff may not take the following action:
- Physically edit the farm without consent of the owner.
2) Automatic or Industrialized Farms are defined as follows:
(a) Volume > 4096 (16^3) for a random tick-based farm.
(b) Entity Count > 256 for a spawner-based farm.
(c) Volume > 32768 (32^3) for mob spawning-based farm.
(d) Any Farm that involves sending entities (items or mobs) through nether portals.
- This class of farm must cease once 6 or more people are online.
3) Exemptions to rules 1 and 2:
(a) Any farm may be considered exempt of these rules if:
- A Staff Vote decides unanimously in favour of exemption, or;
- A simple vote of MPs on the Parliament Board has a majority decide in favour of exemption (official Parliament vote not needed),
and;
(b) The farm is ostensibly for the public benefit and is freely available for use by the public.
4) This rule expires fifteen days after VillageCraft updates to the next major Minecraft version.
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Parliament Vote #22 - Link
Should we add the plugin Marriage Master to the server?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Unanimous Decision
Voting Ended: 14 August 2020
Votes:
Yes - 17
No - 0
Abstain - 0
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Should we add the plugin Marriage Master to the server?
Link: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/marriage-master
What would this do?
Players would be able to marry one another with the help of a priest
The following marriage introduces Marriage features such as Teleport to partner, XP Boost when near partner, faster health regeneration when near partner, Shared Home with partner, Private Chat with your partner, Ability to kiss your partner, Gift Items to your partner, etc. (please read the plugin information at the link to get the full list of perks and commands
What this would entail:
This would give players an added roleplay experience to the game
Weddings on the server would enable players to get creative with venues as you could build one in your town, Weddings can happen anywhere
Who would be Priests?
Add the "Marriage Master" Plugin to VC with the following guidelines:
- The Community Minister has the choice to be priest.
- Staff members have the choice to be priests.
- 1 VillageCraft player will be chosen as a priest each month and their priesthood lasts 1 month. Players will notify the CM that they are interested, and a priest will be randomly drawn from the pool on the first of the month.
- If someone really wants a certain player to marry them then they can request priesthood from the CM or Staff to be a priest, which will last 1 month.
This is a vote initiated by Community Minister Naomi, and was nominated by players:
Allison (AlliCat_22), Brutalfive, 123NiceGirl4, Linyxx. Tenretni
Staff Approval: Akomine, CyphurTheFox, KingNurtul, TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Marriage Master will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5124.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5133.0
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Parliament Vote #23 - Link
Add the plugin "New Gods" to VillageCraft?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 14 September 2020
Votes:
Yes - 13
No - 1
Abstain - 0
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Should we add the plugin NEW GODS to the server?
Link: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/new-gods.55163/
This motion has gained the necessary support to be brought to vote. The motion would call for the following:
Players can create their own gods with signs and build altars to pray to them.
You can sacrifice items to your god to gain favor. You can appoint God Leaders and Priests to help with your religion. There are also God homes and shops you can utilize in your religion. You also get blessed with XP from your God randomly.
Things disabled from the plugin:-
Prefixes - For people who are married, a leader or a priest *This is because it will distract from the prefixes that VillageCraft already uses.
-Marriages *The marriage included in this has a lot less features then the one already approved so it should be disabled in order to not distract.
The Signatories are as follows: AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, Gerrit70, BrutalFive, Daypath
Staff Member Support: Akomine, TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Marriage Master will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5160.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5161.0
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Parliament Vote #24 - Link
Should we add SimplePets Plugin to the server?
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 20 October 2020
Votes:
Yes - 9
No - 1
Abstain - 2
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Should we add SimplePets Plugin to the server?
Link: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/simplepets.14124/
Pet Plugin
The plugin SimplePets will be added to the server with the intent to bring an element of companionship that cannot be hurt. This can also allow another roleplay aspect to the game that many players enjoy.
Perks of SimplePets
-You will be able to have the pet of your choice, unlocking more options the higher VIP Level you are.
-You will be able to wear your pet as a hat
-You will be able to ride your pet
-You will be able to name your pet
Exceptions to SimplePets
-mobs that are too large have been removed
-pets will not be allowed in other worlds, other than the Overworld, Nether, and End.
-pets that fly, flying will be disabled.
Pets will not be allowed:
-During CM run events in the Overworld, unless otherwise stated
-In worlds other than the Overworld, Nether, and End.
All of the pets have been sorted into the following levels:
Any level player:
-Chicken
-Cow
-Creeper
-Ocelot
-Pig
-Rabbit
-Sheep
-Skeleton
-Spider
-Wolf
-Zombie
$5 Donor
-Cat
-Dolphin
-Donkey
-Evoker
-Mule
-Phantom
-Salmon
-Squid
-Trader Llama
-Vex
-Wandering Trader
-Witch
$10 Donor
-Bat
-Cod
-Enderman
-Endermite
-Guardian
-Horse
-Husk
-Llama
-Polar Bear
-Silverfish
-Villager
-Vindicator
$20 Donor
-Blaze
-Cave Spider
-Drowned
-Fox
-Magma Cube
-Mooshroom
-Pillager
-Slime
-Snowman
-Turtle
-Wither Skeleton
-Zombie Villager
$50 Donor
-Armor Stand
-Illusionar
-Iron Golem
-Panda
-Parrot
-Pufferfish
-Shulker
-Skeleton Horse
-Stray
-Tropical Fish
-Wither
-Zombie Horse
The Signatories are as follows: AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, Gerrit70, TastePasteHaste , Daypath
Staff Member Support: TheLegend12369
If "yes" is majority, Simple Pets will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5153.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5163.0
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5158.0
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Parliament Vote #25 - Link
Adding the Senate of VillageCraft
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 21 November 2020
Votes:
Yes - 11
No - 3
Abstain - 0
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Adding the Senate of VillageCraft
This vote will approve the 2 sections needed to create the Senate of VillageCraft
Section 1 is creating the Senate, Section 2 is changing the CM Guidelines to sync with the change.
The Senate of VillageCraft:
The Senate is a democratic body, made up of Senators, that creates legislation for the Parliament of VillageCraft to vote on.
Any MP may be selected to join the Senate through sortition (rather than election) if they self-nominate their name to the Sortition List and get randomly selected (rather than elected).
Senators strive to serve in the best interests of VillageCraft, conduct debates and participate in Senate Votes, and may serve until the end of the Session. Senate Sessions last 4 months.
Quick-Read Version:
A - The Senate discusses, debates, and votes on legislation to send to the VC Parliament for Official Parliament Votes. The Senate can also investigate Staff Members of wrongdoing.
B - Senate Sessions last 4 months on a fixed schedule. All Senators are removed at the end of a Session. A new Senate may begin proceedings once 5 Senators are confirmed.
C - New Senate Sessions have 5 seats and can be increased to 7 by vote. Vacant seats can be filled from the Sortition List by the Speaker or by vote. Senators can be removed by Simple Parliament Vote.
D - Senators are selected from the Sortition List. Any MP may self-nominate their name to the Sortition List. The CM can choose to be a Senator. A Competency Test must be passed to be confirmed to the Senate.
E - The Speaker of the Senate runs the Senate proceedings and votes. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected and can be removed by fellow Senators. If there is no Speaker, one must be elected.
F - The Senate Procedure and Senate Votes are how the Senate operates on a day-to-day basis to pass legislation such as Official Parliament Vote Proposals.
Full Text Here
The Signatories are as follows: TastePasteHaste, AlliCat_22, HeinzeC1, gerrit70, MutluMali
Staff Member Support: Akomine, TheLegend123469, Luis
If "yes" is majority, The Senate of VillageCraft will be implemented on the server
If "no" is majority, The Senate of VillageCraft will not be added
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
Discussions:
http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5214.msg48102;topicseen#msg48102
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Parliament Vote #26 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Amending Parliament Vote #22 Marriage Master
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 26 December 2020
Votes:
Yes - 8
No - 1
Abstain - 2
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Should we remove the clause in the section "Who would be priests" that states:
"VillageCraft player will be chosen as a priest each month and their priesthood lasts 1 month. Players will notify the CM that they are interested, and a priest will be randomly drawn from the pool on the first of the month."
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Senators Allicat_22 and TheLegend12369
Staff approval from: Akomine, CyphurTheFox, KingNurtul
If "yes" is majority, MarriageMaster will be amended as stated above.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be amended
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #27 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
BottledExp Plugin
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 8 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 14
No - 2
Abstain - 3
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Should we add the new plugin: BottledExp?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5323.0
Note: Discussion can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5315.0
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
- BottledExp will be added to the server, allowing players to store their exp in bottles for use later.
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Speaker Legend and Senator Shensley
Staff approval from: Moderator Naomi, SM Octo, Admin Yvette, as well as others
If "yes" is majority, BottledExp will be added to the server.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added.
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #28 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Brewery
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 15 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 16
No - 3
Abstain - 1
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Should we add the new plugin: Brewery?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5335.0
Note: Discussion can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5291.0
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
- Brewery will be added to the server, allowing players to brew custom alcohol
This vote was initiated by senate nominations from Speaker Legend and Senator Allison.
Staff approval from: [SM]Cbddallas, [M]Namoi, [SM]KingNurtul, and [A]Yvette.
If "yes" is majority, Brewery will be added to the server.
If "no" is majority, the plugin will not be added.
All Members of Parliament may vote.
For the act to pass, a majority of voting MPs must vote in favor.
If you are indifferent, please abstain.
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Parliament Vote #29 - Parliament Vote - Senate Vote
Amending Rule 0, 1 and 2
Status: VOTE PASSED
Reason: Majority Decision
Voting Ended: 23 March 2021
Votes:
Yes - 15
No - 5
Abstain - 2
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Should we adopt the proposed amendments to rules 0, 1, and 2?
Note: Original vote can be found here: http://www.villagecraft-server.com/forum/index.php?topic=5336.0
Note: Discussion took place primarily on Discord in #parliament and #senate
With the passing of this legislation, the following will occur:
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If "Yes" is majority, the following changes will be implemented on the server
If "No" is majority, the status quo will remain
1) Rule 0 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Enforced
Keywords: Douche, Golden Rule, Hate Speech, Toxicity
Definition/Explanation:
- Treat others how you would like to be treated
- Staff Members reserve the ability to take action against persons displaying excessive "douchey" behavior, including but not limited to, hateful speech/symbolism, excessive toxicity, or in-game harassment; this rule will be enforced under circumstances where significant impact is done upon the recipient of the above.
Last Updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information: This is now lightly enforced
2) Rule 1 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Allowed
Keywords: Free Speech, Expression, Art, Thoughts, Beliefs, Criticism, Ideas
Definition/Explanation:
Allowed:
- Freedom to express yourself without fear or threat of punishment.
- Includes the freedom to remain silent.
Not Allowed:
- Does not include hate speech/symbolism (see #0)
- Does not include harassment/bullying (see #2).
Last Updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information:
We refuse to censor anyone's thoughts, beliefs or interests, and we will not comply with requests to censor. Nobody has the right to tell anyone else what they can and can't think or believe.
3) Rule 2 will be redefined and rewritten as the following;
Status: Not Allowed
Keywords: Harassment, Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Cyber-Harassment
Definition/Explanation:
Not Allowed:
- Malicious non-consensual intimidation, coercion, or aggression
Note:
- In-Game harassment now falls under this rule
- Please use in-game commands such as /ignore to de-escalate and avoid in-game malicious players if you feel they are bothering you. If they continue to harass you, please contact a staff member.
Last updated: XX, March, 2021
Other Information: Ignore someone (block their chat messages):
/ignore [name]
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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: gerrit70 Staff Abuse!!!!
« on: 12 November 2020, 10:18:46 PM »
Setting everyone to CM just in case
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Ban/Punishment Appeals / Re: Ban Appeal
« on: 12 November 2020, 04:12:58 PM »
Hello, you were banned a couple times in 2016 2014 for griefing, yeah. It's been over 6 years and I'd be okay with unbanning you. I'll wait for any other staff who'd like to chime in.
edit: fixed year. was tired.
edit: fixed year. was tired.
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General Discussion / Re: Villagecraft Weekly- vc's newspaper!
« on: 28 October 2020, 07:03:27 PM »
Lmao this is great