General Assembly Q&A

by **Bears Armed** » Sun May 12, 2019 4:34 am

Saranidia wrote:A definition of blood sport could be either "a sport involving intentional suffering being inflicted on one or more animals"(if you want it to be legal to go fishing or arguably swiftly shoot pigeons) or "a sport involving the foreseeable death of one or more animals"(if you want to criminalise all hunting, pitfall: might criminalise fishing)"

Hunting and fishing are protected against this by existing resolutions.

by **Saranidia** » Sun May 12, 2019 4:38 am

Bears Armed wrote:
Saranidia wrote:A definition of blood sport could be either "a sport involving intentional suffering being inflicted on one or more animals"(if you want it to be legal to go fishing or arguably swiftly shoot pigeons) or "a sport involving the foreseeable death of one or more animals"(if you want to criminalise all hunting, pitfall: might criminalise fishing)"

Hunting and fishing are protected against this by existing resolutions.

Which resolutions?

by **Bears Armed** » Sun May 12, 2019 4:40 am

Saranidia wrote:
Bears Armed wrote:Hunting and fishing are protected against this by existing resolutions.

Which resolutions?

Search.

by **Bruke** » Sun May 12, 2019 4:23 pm

I've heard a lot about ideological bans in the context of discussing one resolution recently, so I am wondering: how broadly is the word "ideology" defined for purposes of the rule?

If there has already been a question asked and answered about this, or this would be the wrong forum for this question, I apologize in advance.

by **Araraukar** » Mon May 13, 2019 11:07 am

Bruke wrote:I've heard a lot about ideological bans in the context of discussing one resolution recently, so I am wondering: how broadly is the word "ideology" defined for purposes of the rule?

If there has already been a question asked and answered about this, or this would be the wrong forum for this question, I apologize in advance.

This is definitely the right forum for questions about GA proposal rules. But it's hard to give an exact answer on something that's judged case by case. As an example that sometimes crops up in the illegal submissions is "ban socialism" or "ban dictatorships" or "ban religion" (or a specific religion). Those alone are three different categories of "ideologies"; political, form of government and spiritual.

by **Imperium Anglorum** » Tue May 21, 2019 9:56 am

There's a GenSec ruling on it. Search my rulings archive. See the GenSec sticky.

by **Deugaw** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:47 pm

My GA proposal, Historical and Cultural Protection Act, was deemed 'ILLEGAL' for the reason of 'No Operative Cause'. For that I am confused. Could a more specific complaint be made? What does it mean by that? :?:

by **Lord Dominator** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:52 pm

Deugaw wrote:My GA proposal, Historical and Cultural Protection Act, was deemed 'ILLEGAL' for the reason of 'No Operative Cause'. For that I am confused. Could a more specific complaint be made? What does it mean by that?

"Operative Clause: Every proposal has to have some recognizable effect on member nations, such as requiring them to take action or encouraging them to support a policy change."

~Da Rules

by **Deugaw** » Thu May 23, 2019 1:53 pm

Lord Dominator wrote:
Deugaw wrote:My GA proposal, Historical and Cultural Protection Act, was deemed 'ILLEGAL' for the reason of 'No Operative Cause'. For that I am confused. Could a more specific complaint be made? What does it mean by that?
"Operative Clause: Every proposal has to have some recognizable effect on member nations, such as requiring them to take action or encouraging them to support a policy change."

~Da Rules

I see, I see, well I'm very passionate about this. Is there a way to fix this? Should I add something, should I remove something?

by **Sierra Lyricalia** » Thu May 23, 2019 2:13 pm

Yes. Pay attention to your own proposal thread:

Sierra Lyricalia wrote:OOC: Welcome to the World Assembly! In addition to the advice in the above post, please note that your proposal is currently illegal: you don't have a clause that actually instructs member states to carry any of these things out. That may seem like a very nitpicky technical quibble, but it's important for a proposal to set out exactly who must do what in order to carry it out. Right now you have the aspirational "this proposal will..." instead of a commanding "Member states must..."

I'll reiterate that done well, this process takes weeks to months for most people. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Good luck!

by **Maowi** » Wed May 29, 2019 3:57 am

Dabberwocky wrote:Question: Am I allowed to draft more than one GA proposal at the same time?

Yes. (You might possibly get...certain people...going 'bAdGe HuNtInG!' but those certain people don't seem to be frequenting the GA right now)

by **Wallenburg** » Wed May 29, 2019 1:51 pm

Dabberwocky wrote:Question: Am I allowed to draft more than one GA proposal at the same time?

You can draft as many proposals as you want. Of course, good drafting takes time, and you'll have to divide what time you have between your drafts, so it's good to balance yourself.

by **Idumetala** » Thu May 30, 2019 5:07 am

I assume this is far from a new question, but how can one efficiently verify that a particular topic has not been addressed in the past?

by **Bears Armed** » Thu May 30, 2019 5:38 am

Idumetala wrote:I assume this is far from a new question, but how can one efficiently verify that a particular topic has not been addressed in the past?

Passed GA Resolutions thread: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30
Ideas for GA Proposals thread: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=463504

by **Artsotska** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:04 am

TailsPrower wrote:How do I get endorsements for a proposal

People who are a WA Delegate in a region are the only ones who can give endorsements to a WA proposal.

by **Artsotska** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:05 am

Dabberwocky wrote:Question: Am I allowed to draft more than one GA proposal at the same time?

Yes, there isn't a limit I'm aware of though.

by **Artsotska** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:45 pm

Am I allowed to use the word "nations" in proposals?

by **Kenmoria** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:49 pm

Artsotska wrote:Am I allowed to use the word "nations" in proposals?

There is nothing wrong or illegal with using that word, nor with any synonyms such as ‘countries’ or ‘states’.

by **Wallenburg** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:20 pm

Artsotska wrote:Am I allowed to use the word "nations" in proposals?

search.php?keywords=nations&t=30&sf=msgonly

by **Artsotska** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:48 pm

Am I allowed to write a commendment of my region in the Security council.

by **Maowi** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:50 pm

Artsotska wrote:Am I allowed to write a commendment of my region in the Security council.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=409053

(You're technically allowed to, but it is frowned upon and unlikely to get far)

by **Bolysusian Exiles** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:38 am

What does PoCE stand for? I've seen in it the thread on illegal proposals but I can't find what it means anywhere.

Related, what does CoCR stand for?

by **Bears Armed** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:50 am

Bolysusian Exiles wrote:What does PoCE stand for? I've seen in it the thread on illegal proposals but I can't find what it means anywhere.

Related, what does CoCR stand for?

Passed Resolutions thread.
‘CoCR’ = GA Resolution#35 ‘The Charter of Civil Rights’
‘PoCE’ = GA Resolution #357 ‘Promotion of Clean Energy’

by **Bolysusian Exiles** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:29 am

Bears Armed wrote:
Bolysusian Exiles wrote:What does PoCE stand for? I've seen in it the thread on illegal proposals but I can't find what it means anywhere.

Related, what does CoCR stand for?

Passed Resolutions thread.
‘CoCR’ = GA Resolution#35 ‘The Charter of Civil Rights’
‘PoCE’ = GA Resolution #357 ‘Promotion of Clean Energy’

Oh, thanks!

by **Bosnie** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:33 pm

Question:

What topics can not be turned into resolutions?
More specifically, what are the general rules on resolutions, and how can I ensure I am not creating a resolution that has been already passed?

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