spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal: The Officer of Supreme Justice

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth "Harrison, Andrew":
> I submit the following proposal entitled 'The Officer of Supreme Justice'
> 
> Create a new rule entitled 'The Officer of Supreme Justice' with the
> following text: 
> "The Officer of Supreme Justice (OSJ) is an elected position. The OSJ is
> responsible for recognising RFJ's, selecting Judges and recusing Judges."
> 
> Alter Rule 235 so that the words "the Administrator shall" are replaced with
> "the Officer of Supreme Justice shall".
> 
> Alter Rule 238 so that the words "The Administrator shall" are replaced with
> "The Officer of Supreme Justice shall".
> 
> Append the following text to the end of Rule 205:
> "During the first seven days of the fifth nweek of an Officer's Term [[ie.
> before the voting starts]] Players may put themselves forward for election
> to Office. The current Officer is automatically put up for election unless e
> publicly specifies otherwise. If no Player other than the current Officer
> puts themselves forward then the current Officer is automatically elected
> for another five nweeks and no election is required. In the event that the
> election is tied, the Administrator shall select one of the tied players to
> hold the Office, but the Term of Office is reduced to one nweek."
> 
> In Rule 227 replace the line "3. all Ballot Item Elections are held again in
> the next nweek" with the following text:
> "3. Ballot Item Elections for non-vacant Offices are held again in the next
> nweek. The current Officer keeps their Office for another nweek. Candidates
> must put themselves forward for election again.
> 4. Ballot Item Elections for vacant Offices shall carry on the majority of
> votes cast."
> 
> --
> The Kid
> 

If you're creating the Office of Supreme Justice, why not refer to the 
Officer as simply the "Supreme Justice" instead of the longer (and more 
cumbersome) "Officer of Supreme Justice"?

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