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We've been sitting on some procedures with some fairly dubious parts. In addition, they give very little guidance to the most common task we perform. Let's rewrite them.
Felasia:Procedure of the Security Council
1. General.
a. The Security Council shall be set out as per Constitution Article V.
2. The Chair of the Council
a. The Vice Delegate runs the day-to-day business of the Security Council, whose task it is to lay out a uniform set of guidelines by which proposed actions may be considered and voted upon.
b. In the event that the Vice Delegate is unable or unavailable to handle the above duties, the Acting Chair who shall temporary runs the day-to-day business of the Security Council will be the nation with the longest length of service on the Council.
3.The appointment of a member to the Security Council.
a. The Council shall admit by majority vote those applicants who the Council determines are not a Security Risk to the North Pacific and have meet the minimum Influence and endorsement levels prescribed by law.
b. The minimum period of discussion is two days and the minimum voting period is three days. A majority of votes cast is required.
4.The termination of a member from the Security Council.
a. The Assembly may terminate an exemption of a particular Council member from Regional Assembly membership for being a Security Risk by a two-thirds supermajority vote.
b. The minimum period of discussion is two days and the minimum voting period is three days. A two-thirds supermajority vote cast is required.
5. Advising the region of a security threat.
a. The Council may advise the Delegate and the Speaker of the Assembly concerning existing or potential security threats to the Region. The nation will be declared a security risk by a majority of votes.
b. The minimum period of discussion is two days and the minimum voting period is two days. A majority of votes cast is required.
6. Order of succession
a. The Council may, by majority vote, recommend an order of succession to the Delegacy beyond the Vice Delegate among members of the Security Council who are members of the Assembly. The order of succession shall be determined first, by length of current service on the Council, and if necessary, then by influence level, and then by endorsement level of Council members who have equal levels of service and then, of equal influence level.
b. The minimum period of discussion is three days and the minimum voting period is three days. A majority of votes cast is required.
7. Delegate Access
a. If the Delegate is a member of the Council, they will have access to whatever Security Council private area may exist as a member.
b. Otherwise, the Chair may grant or remove access to the Delegate as they judge appropriate for the purposes of promoting regional security.
8: Vice delegate/Acting Chair
A. Whenever the Vice Delegate is absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours; or when there is a vacancy in the office of Vice Delegate or the Vice Delegate is serving as Acting Delegate; the Security Council member who is next under the order of succession shall preside as the Acting Chair.
B. The serving Vice Delegate may designate a Security Council member as Acting Chair but this Rule shall apply whenever that Acting Chair is absent or unavailable for more than 48 hours.
C. The Acting Chair may perform any act previously noticed by the Vice Delegate within the Security Council, or which is deemed required or necessary for the timely conduct of the business of the Security Council.
D. As used in this Rule, "Absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours" means that the Vice Delegate has not logged onto the forums, or posted in a governmental thread within the preceding 24 hours; or that some mandated act by the Vice Delegate is overdue by 24 hours.
Edited: Reflecting amendment regarding Delegate Access passed by Security Council 23/05/2012, and Acting Chair amendment passed 10/06/2012.
Edit: formatting for table of contents generation 12/12/2012
Proposed Procedure:Procedure of the Security Council
1. General.
a. The Constitution and Legal Code are in all cases superior to this procedure.
b. Should any part of this procedure conflict with the Constitution or Legal Code, the rest of the procedure remains operative.
2. The Chair of the Council
a. The Vice Delegate runs the day-to-day business of the Security Council and administers this procedure.
b. Whenever the Vice Delegate is absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours; or when there is a vacancy in the office of Vice Delegate or the Vice Delegate is serving as Acting Delegate; the Security Council member who is next under the order of succession shall preside as the Acting Chair.
c. When on a leave of absence, the Vice Delegate may designate a Security Council member as Acting Chair but this rule shall apply whenever that Acting Chair is absent or unavailable for more than 48 hours.
d. The Acting Chair may perform any act previously noticed by the Vice Delegate within the Security Council, or which is deemed required or necessary for the timely conduct of the business of the Security Council.
e. As used in this rule, "Absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours" means that the Vice Delegate has not logged onto the forums or posted in a governmental thread within the preceding 24 hours; or that some mandated act by the Vice Delegate is overdue by 24 hours.
f. As used in this procedure, the order of succession is the order of succession past the Vice Delegate defined by the Regional Assembly.
3. Voting
a. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure, all votes of the Security Council will take place within the Security Council subforums of the official regional forum.
b. No vote may begin before the end of a minimum discussion period.
c. No vote may begin while discussion is ongoing without a seconded motion to vote.
d. As used in this rule, discussion is ongoing if at least two posts have been made in the discussion topic in the last 24 hours.
e. As used in this procedure, a quorum of the Security Council is a majority of its members.
f. Voting may be extended past the minimum voting period in the absence of a quorum.
g. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure. the Chair will report publicly the result of any Council vote.
4.The appointment of a member to the Security Council.
a. The Council shall admit by majority vote those applicants who the Council determines are not a Security Risk to the North Pacific and meet the minimum Influence and endorsement levels prescribed by law.
b. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is three days.
5. Endorsement Gatherers.
a. From time to time, nations of The North Pacific will gather a large number of endorsements through the practice of endorsement swapping, also known as tarting.
b. When a member of the Council observes such a nation and there is no Council discussion of it, they should begin one.
c. Such nations should be greeted in a friendly manner, informed of the nature of democratic governance in TNP, and asked whether they seek the Delegacy.
d. Such communications should be carried out in consultation with the Council.
e. Nations which seek the Delegacy should be advised to join the forum and get involved in our government to achieve it, and nations which do not seek the Delegacy should be advised on methods to control one's endorsement count in a safe manner, as appropriate.
f. Nations which ignore, disregard, or otherwise respond in a clearly unacceptable manner to such communications may be considered security risks to The North Pacific.
g. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is two days. A majority of votes cast is required.
6. Other Threats
a. The Council may consider other threats to the security of The North Pacific.
b. To report or recommend regarding such a threat, the minimum discussion period is four days and the minimum voting period is four days.
7. Immediate Threats
a. Sometimes, a threat to regional security may be discovered which is of an immediate and pressing nature.
b. In this case, the Council may discuss and vote on the matter outside of the official regional forum.
c. The Council may make recommendations in secret until such time as the Chair determines the immediate and pressing threat has passed, at which point the Chair must account for the Council's votes and recommendations.
8. Regional Alerts
a. The Council may maintain a Security Council Alerts system.
b. The Alerts system may be used to automatically monitor aspects of regional security and report on them publicly.
c. The Alerts system may present a message from the Council describing other aspects of regional security.
d. The message may be updated by unanimous consent: if there is an objection to a change to the message, the previous message will be restored while the Council reaches a consensus.
e. The Alerts system may present a holistic security alert level, one of:
f. The Chair will update the alert level whenever a rogue delegacy begins or ends or they find it appropriate.
- Red (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with significant risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Orange (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with low risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Yellow (This alert level would indicate significant risk of rogue delegacy, with significant disruptions ongoing.)
- Green (This alert level would indicate low risk of rogue delegacy and no significant ongoing disruptions.)
- Blue (This alert level would indicate very low risk of rogue delegacy, and that regional vibrancy suggests this is not a fluke.)
9. Delegate Access
a. If the Delegate is a member of the Council, they will have access to whatever Security Council private area may exist as a member.
b. Otherwise, the Chair may grant or remove access to or from the Delegate as they judge appropriate for the purposes of promoting regional security.
Proposed Procedure:Procedure of the Security Council
1. General.
a. The Constitution and Legal Code are in all cases superior to this procedure.
b. Should any part of this procedure conflict with the Constitution or Legal Code, the rest of the procedure remains operative.
2. The Chair of the Council
a. The Vice Delegate runs the day-to-day business of the Security Council and administers this procedure.
b. Whenever the Vice Delegate is absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours; or when there is a vacancy in the office of Vice Delegate or the Vice Delegate is serving as Acting Delegate; the Security Council member who is next under the order of succession shall preside as the Acting Chair.
c. When on a leave of absence, the Vice Delegate may designate a Security Council member as Acting Chair but this rule shall apply whenever that Acting Chair is absent or unavailable for more than 48 hours.
d. The Acting Chair may perform any act previously noticed by the Vice Delegate within the Security Council, or which is deemed required or necessary for the timely conduct of the business of the Security Council.
e. As used in this rule, "Absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours" means that the Vice Delegate has not logged onto the forums or posted in a governmental thread within the preceding 24 hours; or that some mandated act by the Vice Delegate is overdue by 24 hours.
f. As used in this procedure, the order of succession is the order of succession past the Vice Delegate defined by the Regional Assembly.
3. Voting
a. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure, all votes of the Security Council will take place within the Security Council subforums of the official regional forum.
b. No vote may begin before the end of a minimum discussion period.
c. No vote may begin while discussion is ongoing without a seconded motion to vote.
d. As used in this rule, discussion is ongoing if at least two posts have been made in the discussion topic in the last 24 hours.
e. As used in this procedure, a quorum of the Security Council is a majority of its members.
f. Voting may be extended past the minimum voting period in the absence of a quorum.
g. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure. the Chair will report publicly the result of any Council vote.
h. Except as otherwise provided in this procedure, there will be a minimum discussion period of three days and a minimum voting period of four days in all matters before the Council.
4.The appointment of a member to the Security Council.
a. The Council shall admit by majority vote those applicants who the Council determines are not a Security Risk to the North Pacific and meet the minimum Influence and endorsement levels prescribed by law.
b. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is three days.
5. Endorsement Gatherers.
a. From time to time, nations of The North Pacific will gather a large number of endorsements through the practice of endorsement swapping, also known as tarting.
b. When a member of the Council observes such a nation and there is no Council discussion of it, they should begin one.
c. Such nations should be greeted in a friendly manner, informed of the nature of democratic governance in TNP, and asked whether they seek the Delegacy.
d. Such communications should be carried out in consultation with the Council.
e. Nations which seek the Delegacy should be advised to join the forum and get involved in our government to achieve it, and nations which do not seek the Delegacy should be advised on methods to control one's endorsement count in a safe manner, as appropriate.
f. Nations which ignore, disregard, or otherwise respond in a clearly unacceptable manner to such communications may be considered security risks to The North Pacific.
g. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is two days. A majority of votes cast is required.
6. Other Threats
a. The Council may consider other threats to the security of The North Pacific.
b. To report or recommend regarding such a threat, the minimum discussion period is four days and the minimum voting period is four days.
7. Immediate Threats
a. Sometimes, a threat to regional security may be discovered which is of an immediate and pressing nature.
b. In this case, the Council may discuss and vote on the matter outside of the official regional forum.
c. The Council may make recommendations in secret until such time as the Chair determines the immediate and pressing threat has passed, at which point the Chair must account for the Council's votes and recommendations.
8. Regional Alerts
a. The Council may maintain a Security Council Alerts system.
b. The Alerts system may be used to automatically monitor aspects of regional security and report on them publicly.
c. The Alerts system may present a message from the Council describing other aspects of regional security.
d. The message may be updated by unanimous consent: if there is an objection to a change to the message, the previous message will be restored while the Council reaches a consensus.
e. The Alerts system may present a holistic security alert level, one of:
f. The Chair will update the alert level whenever a rogue delegacy begins or ends or they find it appropriate.
- Red (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with significant risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Orange (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with low risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Yellow (This alert level would indicate significant risk of rogue delegacy, with significant disruptions ongoing.)
- Green (This alert level would indicate low risk of rogue delegacy and no significant ongoing disruptions.)
- Blue (This alert level would indicate very low risk of rogue delegacy, and that regional vibrancy suggests this is not a fluke.)
9. Delegate Access
a. If the Delegate is a member of the Council, they will have access to whatever Security Council private area may exist as a member.
b. Otherwise, the Chair may grant or remove access to or from the Delegate as they judge appropriate for the purposes of promoting regional security.
Proposed Procedure:Procedure of the Security Council
1. General.
a. The Constitution and Legal Code are in all cases superior to this procedure.
b. Should any part of this procedure conflict with the Constitution or Legal Code, the rest of the procedure remains operative.
2. The Chair of the Council
a. The Vice Delegate runs the day-to-day business of the Security Council and administers this procedure.
b. Whenever the Vice Delegate is absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours; or when there is a vacancy in the office of Vice Delegate or the Vice Delegate is serving as Acting Delegate; the Security Council member who is next under the order of succession shall preside as the Acting Chair.
c. When on a leave of absence, the Vice Delegate may designate a Security Council member as Acting Chair but this rule shall apply whenever that Acting Chair is absent or unavailable for more than 48 hours.
d. The Acting Chair may perform any act previously noticed by the Vice Delegate within the Security Council, or which is deemed required or necessary for the timely conduct of the business of the Security Council.
e. As used in this rule, "Absent or unavailable for more than 24 hours" means that the Vice Delegate has not logged onto the forums or posted in a governmental thread within the preceding 24 hours; or that some mandated act by the Vice Delegate is overdue by 24 hours.
3. Voting
a. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure, all votes of the Security Council will take place within the Security Council subforums of the official regional forum.
b. No vote may begin before the end of a minimum discussion period.
c. No vote may begin while discussion is ongoing without a seconded motion to vote.
d. As used in this rule, discussion is ongoing if at least two posts have been made in the discussion topic in the last 24 hours.
e. As used in this procedure, a quorum of the Security Council is a majority of its members.
f. Voting may be extended past the minimum voting period in the absence of a quorum.
g. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure. the Chair will report publicly the result of any Council vote.
4.The appointment of a member to the Security Council.
a. The Council shall admit by majority vote those applicants who the Council determines are not a Security Risk to the North Pacific and meet the minimum Influence and endorsement levels prescribed by law.
b. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is three days.
5. Endorsement Gatherers.
a. From time to time, nations of The North Pacific will gather a large number of endorsements through the practice of endorsement swapping, also known as tarting.
b. When a member of the Council observes such a nation and there is no Council discussion of it, they should begin one.
c. Such nations should be greeted in a friendly manner, informed of the nature of democratic governance in TNP, and asked whether they seek the Delegacy.
d. Such communications should be carried out in consultation with the Council.
e. Nations which seek the Delegacy should be advised to join the forum and get involved in our government to achieve it, and nations which do not seek the Delegacy should be advised on methods to control one's endorsement count in a safe manner, as appropriate.
f. Nations which ignore, disregard, or otherwise respond in a clearly unacceptable manner to such communications may be considered security risks to The North Pacific.
g. The minimum discussion period is two days and the minimum voting period is two days. A majority of votes cast is required.
6. Other Threats
a. The Council may consider other threats to the security of The North Pacific.
b. To report or recommend regarding such a threat, the minimum discussion period is four days and the minimum voting period is four days.
7. Immediate Threats
a. Sometimes, a threat to regional security may be discovered which is of an immediate and pressing nature.
b. In this case, the Council may discuss and vote on the matter outside of the official regional forum.
c. The Council may make recommendations in secret until such time as the Chair determines the immediate and pressing threat has passed, at which point the Chair must account for the Council's votes and recommendations.
8. Regional Alerts
a. The Council may maintain a Security Council Alerts system.
b. The Alerts system may be used to automatically monitor aspects of regional security and report on them publicly.
c. The Alerts system may present a message from the Council describing other aspects of regional security.
d. The message may be updated by unanimous consent: if there is an objection to a change to the message, the previous message will be restored while the Council reaches a consensus.
e. The Alerts system may present a holistic security alert level, one of:
f. The Chair will update the alert level whenever a rogue delegacy begins or ends or they find it appropriate.
- Red (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with significant risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Orange (This alert level would indicate an ongoing Rogue Delegacy with low risk of permanent authoritarian regime.)
- Yellow (This alert level would indicate significant risk of rogue delegacy, with significant disruptions ongoing.)
- Green (This alert level would indicate low risk of rogue delegacy and no significant ongoing disruptions.)
- Blue (This alert level would indicate very low risk of rogue delegacy, and that regional vibrancy suggests this is not a fluke.)
9. Delegate Access
a. If the Delegate is a member of the Council, they will have access to whatever Security Council private area may exist as a member.
b. Otherwise, the Chair may grant or remove access to or from the Delegate as they judge appropriate for the purposes of promoting regional security.
