[Appleby] Devolve non-sensitive discussion to the community
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by Sir Humphrey Appleby
If you fancy background music bollocks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo (c&p into browser to avoid the eRep bollocks)
Friends, Allies and fellow eBrits – evenin’ on this fine Friday night
Given how all the main CP candidates have seemingly (and sensibly) gone along with the idea that reform is something to embrace I have a simple but major proposal – to release all non-sensitive parliamentary discussion ingame in an article every 2 days. Most of the community have stuck around for years and know where the common land lies - there's no harm in releasing those matters for all to contribute on, judged on merit rather than office.
Primarily this removes the much criticized 2 congress mails system and significantly resolves the issue of governmental transparency as anybody can contribute. There's also the useful side effect of stimulating our usually stagnant media with purposeful discussion on what to do as a society...
And I think it's high time the public saw what a shambles congress is firsthand. The growing clamour for reform is something to be embraced, respected and responded to in every branch of representative government
Whilst MPs will retain the right to vote, the rest of the community gains the right to directly have their say. Perhaps Parliament will be a slightly more professional forum for the communities views if the electorate has a keen eye on individual member’s efforts…
Sensitive material can be covered in each party's parliamentary group and responses distributed among the others. Otherwise, let all else be free for all to consider.
Sorry for the rant!
Appleby
random image of the highlands overlooking the five sisters of Kintail - a bastard of a walk which my knees still haven't forgiven me for...
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To view the picture, please copy and paste the link in to the browser... eRepublik managed to bugger it up
damn yer saville, trust you to look at the pretty pictures rather than the wall of text
The problem with your wall of text is it makes too much sense and therefore is very lucky to be ignored. And I think that the general public already knows that congress is an organised mess. The only thing that can fix it now is this referendum and something interesting to happen (Like an overhaul of this game)
or me just proposing an act of parliament to this effect >_<
Sponsored.
What classes as sensitive or not? I guess NE and alliance stuff, what about MPPs?
given the alliance deadlock anybody with an eye for FA will already know almost as much as the foreign office.
tbh all but alliance crises are sensitive. everything else is perfectly capable of ingame discussion.
where R shameless titts???
You'll have my support on this. It is a step towards greater transparency from our elected members and would give the electorate a chance to scrutinise / support decisions made informed with the prior Congressional discussion leading up to the decision. Also the opportunity to enter discussion with their representatives about particular issues.
Yes, I like this and agree with what Huey has said. If we do nothing else to change things domestically - this could create the participation we've been looking for.
That's a really overly fancy title just for saying "put convos in articles". No wonder people complain that legislation is all in legalese lmao
Good idea though
tbh if the average eBrit struggles with 'devolve' and 'non-sensitive' then I really ought to leave...
I support this personally, but I think that it'd be up to Parliament to decide if it wants this. However, more transparency is always welcome!
The best article I"ve ever read it.Compleately agree on this of yours proposal Sir Appleby.it will bring more communication and transparency which is as Rathena said always welcome.
Also if I may add as Huey already stated,it is step forward to greater transparency from our elected members and would give us a chance to suppport decisions made informed with the prior Congressional discussion leading up to the decision.Also it will be opportunity to enter discussion with their representatives about specific issues.
Alex has a catchphrase
The best article I"ve ever read it.
18 months ago some members of congress did write articles for the public about congress, just do it
Three links for SHA's option and I still don't know what's being proposed...or is it really just replace the Congress mailers with articles? If it's that then I guess I'll vote for that. Although the final part of the draft: "Have the CP open a message with both every PP and their chosen chief whip & each party's MPs with their PP to have them elect a chief whip and remind the buggers to vote/consider important info." Either I'm too drunk to understand that, or someone was too drunk when they wrote it. I think it has something to do with MPs spending all their time playing with their peepees, which I thought was the problem with the current system...?
Option 2 (give people something to be pissed off about so they won't get bored and leave) will just make people get frustrated and leave.
Oh my god! Appleby is still legislating things. Instead of doing them. Cute.