General Assembly Q&A

[Kenmoria]

What is the deadline to present the same resolution? Or is there no deadline?

There is no deadline to submit resolutions. The General Assembly is planned to accept resolutions for many years to come. In terms of the time that it takes for something to come to vote, that is equal to four days for every proposal in queue, so it will take almost a month for a resolution submitted now to come to vote.

If, by “the same resolution”, you mean submitting a resolution written by someone else, then I warn you to seek permission from that someone first. Otherwise, this qualifies as plagiarism, which is against the rules.

[Empire of Lettuce]

What happens when a delegate violates an Act from the WA? What will happen to them?

[The Overmind]

What happens when a delegate violates an Act from the WA? What will happen to them?

They run aground of the Compliance Commission, empowered through the Administrative Compliance Act to levy fines and sanctions against noncompliant nations.

[Fishelle]

I have left the WA for a while due to me misinterpreting the Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act as an anti-fishing law due to past iterations, but if I rejoin I shall retract all of the Anti-WA dispatches and other media that isn't forumside in favor of agreeing with the WA for once.
The reason this pertains to the GA is because I left because of the GA's laws, which I misinterpreted.
So please, feel free to tell me if I should or shouldn't.

[Kenmoria]

I have left the WA for a while due to me misinterpreting the Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act as an anti-fishing law due to past iterations, but if I rejoin I shall retract all of the Anti-WA dispatches and other media that isn't forumside in favor of agreeing with the WA for once.
The reason this pertains to the GA is because I left because of the GA's laws, which I misinterpreted.
So please, feel free to tell me if I should or shouldn't.

Whether you join is up to you. What I can provide are some benefits of membership:

• Voting on resolutions in both the GA and the SC,
• Electing your regional delegate by endorsing that nation,
• Contributing to your region’s security by building influence, and
• Potentially authoring a resolution of your own, which will be forever immortalised.

I can also confirm that the resolution in question does not ban fishing.

[Silgalt]

I am just asking for the sake of it
How do you file a challenge with GenSec if you think the proposal is non compliant

[Bears Armed]

I am just asking for the sake of it
How do you file a challenge with GenSec if you think the proposal is non compliant

Either post the proposal's details & your arguments against its legality in the Illegal GA Proposals thread -- which has normally been decidedly closer to the start of this forum than its current position on page 6(!) -- or use those details & arguments as the opening post of a new thread -- under the title of '[CHALLENGE} Target Proposal's Title -- in this forum... or, if the target proposal has a drafting thread, you could just post your argument therein.

[Cuveta]

i am drafting a proposal that would be to regulate fracking, would it fit into environmental or regulation?
thank you in advance

[Untecna]

i am drafting a proposal that would be to regulate fracking, would it fit into environmental or regulation?
thank you in advance

To my knowledge, there is existing legislation in regards to fracking.

[Kenmoria]

i am drafting a proposal that would be to regulate fracking, would it fit into environmental or regulation?
thank you in advance

It depends on the proposal, and proposals can often fit into multiple categories. At first glance, though, that sounds as though it would belong in Environmental.

i am drafting a proposal that would be to regulate fracking, would it fit into environmental or regulation?
thank you in advance

To my knowledge, there is existing legislation in regards to fracking.

There used to be: GA #417 Restrictions on Hydraulic Fracturing. However, it was repealed by GA #650.

[Pristestava]

If you submit a proposal and then resign from the WA, does your proposal get deleted?

[Tinhampton]

If you submit a proposal and then resign from the WA, does your proposal get deleted?

No

[Bears Armed]

If you submit a proposal and then resign from the WA, does your proposal get deleted?

No

There's even been at least one proposal that stayed in the queue (but IIRC wasn't passed) after the nation that had submitted it was deleted by the Mods.

[The Ice States]

No

There's even been at least one proposal that stayed in the queue (but IIRC wasn't passed) after the nation that had submitted it was deleted by the Mods.

Heavens Reach also passed their only resolution (although as a co-author) after their nation CTEd.

[Fachumonn]

What are the new changes going to be regarding categories?

[Refuge Isle]

What are the new changes going to be regarding categories?

The category system is currently necessary to apply relevant stat changes to member nations upon the passage of a resolution. Our current hope is to have Issue Editors code appropriate stat effects when a resolution passes, allowing for more specific and relevant changes according to what the proposal actually says. This would make categories unnecessary, resulting in their removal entirely.

More on this topic: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=545828

[Fachumonn]

What are the new changes going to be regarding categories?

The category system is currently necessary to apply relevant stat changes to member nations upon the passage of a resolution. Our current hope is to have Issue Editors code appropriate stat effects when a resolution passes, allowing for more specific and relevant changes according to what the proposal actually says. This would make categories unnecessary, resulting in their removal entirely.

More on this topic: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=545828

Thanks for the quick and useful response.

[Cyptopir]

Is BBCode commonly included in character counts?

[Montfaulget]

Is there a general forum signature line limit? Mine's a bit long (so I've been told).

[Untecna]

Is there a general forum signature line limit? Mine's a bit long (so I've been told).

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[Montfaulget]

Wrong forum, ask here.

Though, to be clear, that isn't an actual sig. That's just additional text you attached to your post arbitrarily. An actual signature can be created in the User Control Panel, under "Profile".

Oh, sorry.

Excuse me for not knowing the proper term.

[Kenmoria]

Is BBCode commonly included in character counts?

The character-limit for GA proposals does include BBCode, yes.

[Cheblonsk]

What is the Secretary General, exactly?
How are they determined and what powers do they have?

[The Overmind]

What is the Secretary General, exactly?
How are they determined and what powers do they have?

They determine (in collaboration with the community) what the rules for proposals are, and enforce them, so they are empowered to delete, by way of vote, proposals that do not follow the rules. Membership was originally determined by the moderation team, and, since then, GenSec votes for its own replacements when there is a vacancy.

[Cheblonsk]

What is the Secretary General, exactly?
How are they determined and what powers do they have?

They determine (in collaboration with the community) what the rules for proposals are, and enforce them, so they are empowered to delete, by way of vote, proposals that do not follow the rules. Membership was originally determined by the moderation team, and, since then, GenSec votes for its own replacements when there is a vacancy.

I know what the GenSec is. But what about the SecGen?