Zyvetskistaahn:
The Security Council presently has some eleven members, do you think that it should expand to any significant extent beyond that, that it should maintain its membership around the present level or that it should be smaller?
Do you believe that the membership criteria for the Council (both the formal requirements and the informal standards) should be more restrictive?
the SC has a vital role in the security of our region. We need a body of high-endorsement, high-influence trusted members to deter coups and recapture the region should the unthinkable happen again.
Membership of the SC is, rightly, a position of responsibility and trust. It is also a position of risk on the part of the region. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, members of the sc are allowed, expected, to build up a high influence and endorsement level. Secondly, when you are a member of the SC it is understood that you are a trusted member of our community. That can easily be used as a springboard to a delegacy bid. If I wanted to coup TNP, i would begin by getting myself accepted onto the SC.
The above is why I have been a bit concerned recently that the SC has had applicants who are less well known and established in TNP. It is almost as if membership of the SC is seen as an administrative hoop to jump through in order to continue gaining endorsements rather than the position of trust I have outlined above.
So... to the question. In an ideal world, I would see the present number of SC members as a little high. But RL can intervene at any time, wiping our the activity and influence of established SC members - so it does not hurt to have a few members more than the security of the region would necessitate. But personally I would see the need for it to grow much larger.
On to your second question. My approach to the SC would be a little different to Silly String. SS is a bit of a pedant, and likes quite elaborate administrative systems. I prefer an element of common sense. our current rules concerning admission to the SC give only two criteria for application, however the right to apply is not the same as the right to be admitted. If someone applies to the SC I would expect the council to ask itself the questions, how well do I know this person? How much do I trust this person?
