The creation of a WA Chancellor
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:38 am
I would like to suggest creating an elected office of chancellor to be the leader of the WA with an assistant called the vice chancellor. Thoughts?
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
https://forum.nationstates.net/
Palpatine1986 Reborn wrote:I see this post as being an elected moderator for WA business only. This person would be elected by WA members and have the ability to remove proposals from consideration and to promote proposals immediately if he/she sees it as necessary.
Palpatine1986 Reborn wrote:I see this post as being an elected moderator for WA business only. This person would be elected by WA members and have the ability to remove proposals from consideration and to promote proposals immediately if he/she sees it as necessary.
The Enclave Government wrote:The Chancellor could act as a emissary between the community and the Staff. I could see that.
Nephmir wrote:Said person could have special powers like rushing a proposal to vote immediately by approving it.
Kaboomlandia wrote:they could terminate the voting prematurely?
Frisbeeteria wrote:Nephmir wrote:Said person could have special powers like rushing a proposal to vote immediately by approving it.Kaboomlandia wrote:they could terminate the voting prematurely?
Why on earth would we want to give all that power to a single player, at the expense of the other 20,643 member nations and 1,468 Regional Delegates? There's a number of things about this game that aren't particularly democratic, but this one is flat out despotic.
Terrible idea. Awful, dreadful, lousy, pathetic, poor, terrible, wretched and abysmal. Atrocious, bad, dismal, ghastly, inadequate, inferior, miserable, second-rate, shoddy, slipshod, and worthless. Appalling, deplorable, gruesome, heinous, hideous, monstrous, nasty, putrid and woeful.
So no, I'm not for it.
Kaboomlandia wrote:Maybe there could be some sort of a "Senior WA Committee" that could have those powers?
Frisbeeteria wrote:Nephmir wrote:Said person could have special powers like rushing a proposal to vote immediately by approving it.Kaboomlandia wrote:they could terminate the voting prematurely?
Why on earth would we want to give all that power to a single player, at the expense of the other 20,643 member nations and 1,468 Regional Delegates? There's a number of things about this game that aren't particularly democratic, but this one is flat out despotic.
Terrible idea. Awful, dreadful, lousy, pathetic, poor, terrible, wretched and abysmal. Atrocious, bad, dismal, ghastly, inadequate, inferior, miserable, second-rate, shoddy, slipshod, and worthless. Appalling, deplorable, gruesome, heinous, hideous, monstrous, nasty, putrid and woeful.
So no, I'm not for it.
Nephmir wrote:Well of course it'd be a terrible idea without restrictions. But that's what they said about giving power to the WA Delegates when the idea was first coined, wasn't it?
It'd give something for people to strive for. Term limits could easily be placed and delegates can vote on new ones every (let's say month), like proposals.
Mousebumples wrote:Nephmir wrote:Well of course it'd be a terrible idea without restrictions. But that's what they said about giving power to the WA Delegates when the idea was first coined, wasn't it?
It'd give something for people to strive for. Term limits could easily be placed and delegates can vote on new ones every (let's say month), like proposals.
WA Delegates have always had power. Founders were added later, and I doubt there was much outcry, except perhaps from the farkers.
Add me to the list of people who think this is a terrible idea.
Nephmir wrote:Mousebumples wrote:WA Delegates have always had power. Founders were added later, and I doubt there was much outcry, except perhaps from the farkers.
Add me to the list of people who think this is a terrible idea.
Eh, fine, people are scared of too much change. I guess it isn't broken anyway.
WA delegates had unlimited power before founders and influence were introduced. And raiding was a big problem before then because a newly elected delegate had the power to level a region with no technical limits.
Nephmir wrote:Mousebumples wrote:WA Delegates have always had power. Founders were added later, and I doubt there was much outcry, except perhaps from the farkers.
Add me to the list of people who think this is a terrible idea.
Eh, fine, people are scared of too much change. I guess it isn't broken anyway. :p
Frisbeeteria wrote:Nephmir wrote:Said person could have special powers like rushing a proposal to vote immediately by approving it.Kaboomlandia wrote:they could terminate the voting prematurely?
Why on earth would we want to give all that power to a single player, at the expense of the other 20,643 member nations and 1,468 Regional Delegates? There's a number of things about this game that aren't particularly democratic, but this one is flat out despotic.
Terrible idea. Awful, dreadful, lousy, pathetic, poor, terrible, wretched and abysmal. Atrocious, bad, dismal, ghastly, inadequate, inferior, miserable, second-rate, shoddy, slipshod, and worthless. Appalling, deplorable, gruesome, heinous, hideous, monstrous, nasty, putrid and woeful.
So no, I'm not for it.
Frisbeeteria wrote:Kaboomlandia wrote:Maybe there could be some sort of a "Senior WA Committee" that could have those powers?
We have one. It's called "The Moderators". And unlike elected officials, we're answerable to the site administrator.
What part of that previous post was unclear about it being a bad idea?
Enfaru wrote:Because. Democratic yeah!
Enfaru wrote:This 'might' be a terrible idea but it's better than someone with no accountability to the electorate (not even a republic, never mind a democracy) gets to oversee the process.
Enfaru wrote:I'd sooner have people maintaining the system that I can elect or dismiss after periods of time if I feel they're not doing a good enough job than having the will of the unaccountable imposed on us.
The Dark Star Republic wrote:The WA is absolutely broken, and needs change.
This is just a terrible idea.
Valloria wrote:The current system works just fine as-is.
Kaboomlandia wrote:It would only be open to delegates with a certain number of endorsements?