Edit: Resolution 001-1 passes 24-8

Note: this is an RPG/LARP thing that some of us are interested in messing around with. Original inspiration here: https://hexbear.net/post/226706

Summary

This resolution will establish provisional bylaws to establish the Hexbear People's Committee. The committee is tasked with developing the necessary structure to form a Party that will be capable of representing the territory of Hexbear.

The territory of Hexbear has a population of 21,491, currently only occupying virtual space. The ruling class is a "benevolent trust" that has some transparency, and is widely popular with the territory's population. However, there is a lack of democratic mechanisms in the territory, and a Party would be able to provide a forum and structure to ensure that the population has a strong and clear voice.

Actions

@hexbear_partisan, will chair the People's Committee and guide it through a series of pass or don't pass votes. Anyone with hexbear.net account is welcome to join and vote in committee discussions.

Votes will be cast using comment votes, with the Committee chair creating a "Pass" and "Don't Pass" comment on each resolution. In case of a "Don't Pass" vote, the resolution will be revised until a "Pass" majority can be achieved. A minimum of 5 votes is needed to pass a resolution.

Schedule

The following topics will need to be voted on and resolved before the Party can be incorporated:

  • Party roles/positions
  • How to appoint and recall Party roles/positions
  • How a resolution is drafted and put up for a vote.
  • How a resolution is voted on.
  • How the Party canon is managed.
  • Incorporating the above into a draft set of Party bylaws.

The current plan will be to have one day of initial discussion about a topic, after which the Committee Chair will draft a resolution which will be open for one day of voting. In general, one "discussion post" and one "resolution vote" post will happen in parallel. This schedule will change depending on offline requirements of the Committee leadership.

Provisional Code of Conduct

The committee takes its mission of representing the territory of Hexbear in earnest, and as such memes and jokes in Committee/Party related threads are not allowed. Any such topics including meta-discussions can happen elsewhere on the site.

Committee members are advised to address one another as "Comrade [name]" when replying to one another, as a matter of decorum.

Process

This post will serve as both the voting and discussion threads on the topic of creating a Peoples' Committee. Voting will conclude when this post is 12 hours old, at 05:00 UTC.

  • KiraNerys [she/her]A
    ·
    2 years ago

    Hey OP, posts relating to that RPG idea need to be clearly marked at the top of the post as being fictional and include a link back to the original post: https://hexbear.net/post/226706

    they should also be posted in !ttrpg@hexbear.net so that people can opt-out of viewing them. As a note, if these rpg sessions include content that violates the site's code of conduct, they will still be removed.

    It's a fun idea, just need to make sure everyone understands this is a bit. Please reply to confirm you've seen this.

    • hexbear_partisan [comrade/them]
      ·
      2 years ago

      No problem, all future posts will be in ttrpg.

      As a note, if these rpg sessions include content that violates the site’s code of conduct, they will still be removed.

      Yes, happy to nuke the whole thing if it turns into a shitshow, like I said elsewhere it's meant to have to tone of a "Hexbear Model UN" which will hopefully keep things relatively in bounds.