I have an idea. Rather, I suppose I should say I had this idea, as I and several others discussed and refined this idea over discord last week and it took me until now to add some more to it and understand the implications of what such an idea could constitute if thoughtfully placed into effect. At current, we have commendations and condemnations reserved for the total populace of NS. Too often we have seen commendations and condemnations fall under one of two categories: (1) they're too new and we should wait a bit before putting them to vote and (2) outside of their home region, they're not really all that well known. We've also had several threads whereby veterans have suggested a number of names to be commended, but a logjam exists in that most agree a, b, and c should be commended or condemned, but no one seems keen to write it all up. This is the third problem.
So I had an idea that could potentially solve all three problems. The idea is as follows: we allow larger regions (population 100 nations or more at the time of submission, or 30 WA's, for instance) whereby regions can submit C&C's for their region. It goes to vote, but if it passes, it goes into their regional C&C; that is, sort of like how many GCR's have a hall of heroes or a hall of shame. This list will be placed within the same area as the top links of a major region (board, activity, history, admin, rank, and a new category, nations of interest or something of that ilk). All C&C's will be subjected to the same rules under our current rules 1-4, and will be passed by a majority of the WA's in the region, with the delegate's vote being just one vote in the total.
If this vote passes, the C&C is immediately placed in quorum (or perhaps gets a quorum boost of, say, 20-30 nations depending on regional population) and, upon reaching quorum, is subjected to a WA vote in the current style whereby delegates weigh the votes, etc. Under this method, someone could still be C&C'd under the same manner, but it would behoove authors to submit noteworthy nations to obtaining votes through the region first, acting perhaps as a filter. So, the process becomes as such:
Option 1 (unchanged at current):
- Proposal submitted and subject to rules 1-4
- Reaches quorum
- WA votes, delegate-weighted vote is conducted
- Vote passes or fails
Option 2 ("accelerated" route through higher populated regions)
- Proposal submitted and subject to rules 1-4
- Reaches quorum within that region
- Region votes, all WA's receive one vote
- If passes, nation is commended / condemned
- Recently passed C&C is submitted to the WA docket with either instant quorum or a "padded" quorum
- Option 1 continues
This accomplishes a few things:
- Nations that did much work in one region but not on a grander scale obtain recognition
- More proposals (in theory) make it to the floor of the Security Council)
- A more diverse array of proposals to vote on (provided they are all in line with Rules 1-4)
- More activity in the SC
- A new feature is added ("nations of interest" in larger regions), which suddenly makes everyone invest more time in the SC
- C&C's that authors may think would only survive at a regional level obtain greater exposure in the WA and could very well be voted in regardless
Thoughts? I think with a bit more refinement, this could make for a really cool idea.
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