Show me where in the constitution the "in game" authority of the Delegate is even affected.
It isn't.
And that is based on the statement of the NS moderators at the beginning of 2005 that off-site activities (i.e., regional forums) are outside the jurisdiction of in game activity.
That is a point that many of you continue to ignore or conviently forget.
"In game" can mean alot. To alot of people, these forums *are* the game. Actual NS game play consists of answering an issue, or voting on a UN resolution.
Since the 'in game" authority of the Del is not effected by this, as you say, then if the idea behind robbing the Del of Chief Exec status is to prevent rogues, it *will not* accomplish that. Nothing will.
You place your bets, and roll your dice.
Having a figurehead Delegate is, IMHO asking for disgruntlement. Tarting and holding the highest NS position in one of the largest regions in the game, yet ya log onto the forum, and what do you have to show for it? Not much. This may sound silly, but it's true that in the end, it's about job satisfaction.
If a delegate is going to go rogue in a feeder, they're gonna do it. Period. It doesn't matter a hill of cow crap what the constitution says or doesn't say.
I also agree that elections alone are not the answer. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. A comprehensive reform is clearly needed, the question is, how to go about doing it. Possibly the current RA system can bring about the changes via amending (removing 3058400854083 pages of) the current constitution. If not, then something more dramatic, such as this, may be what needs to be done.