Hello everyone, I know there have been a few problems with our capital naming procedure, and I was wondering if there would be any support to change the citizen's initiative on naming so that a more streamlined procedure could be implemented before the next round of capital name discussion, and the first round of discussion for our 2nd city's name.
My proposal is that we change the initiative in the following ways:
Decisions should be made by plurality rather than by majority.
In this way we won't have run-offs, shortening the process substantially
A "none of the above" option should be required for the polls.
This would officially count as a vote to return to discussion anyone who
does not care about the city's name should be instructed not to vote.
I believe these changes would make our decision making process a bit faster, so hopefully we don't have 4 cities waiting to be named after the next few turnchats
The proposed changes to the initiative are shown below.
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The Naming Initiative
I. Preamble
As our civilisation grows we will, hopefully, found new cities and discover geographical features. Especially in the case of cities, custom names would help add an atmospheric touch to our civilisation.
II. Procedure for Naming a New City
On founding, a city will be given the temporary placeholder name: "City#1" (In the event that there is already a city holding that name, the new city will be named "City#2" and so on in numerical order as required). A thread will then be opened by to accept nominations from the public for the new city's name.
All nominated names which have been seconded after four days will then be polled. If there is no majority decision, then the top three options, including ties, will be polled again. In the event of no majority in the second poll, the top two options will be polled again. A plurality decision will be sufficient for the city to be named. In the event of a tie a runoff should occur
Should no nomination be seconded, all nominated names will be entered in the initial poll. Polls will also be required to contain a "none of the above" choice which will be interpreted as a vote to return to discussion. Citizen's who have no preference to the city's name should be instructed not to vote in the poll
III. Loss of city
Should a city be conquered or otherwise lost to another civilisation, before the naming process is completed, the process will be continued and the city given the eventually chosen name in the event of its recovery. Should the city be razed or otherwise destroyed before the naming process is complete, however, the naming process will be aborted.
IV. Renaming an Existing City
Renaming a city should occur only in special cases, and as such would be organised by the Chieftain, in consultation with the city in question's Elder
V. Other features
Other geographical features, including, but not limited to: continents, mountain ranges, oceans, forests, and plains may also be named. Nomination threads for such features may be posted by any interested individual, and would follow the same procedure as in II.
It is advised that a thread be maintained noting names of such geographical features to allow for easy referral.
VI. Limitations
Names must not violate CFC forum rules
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The proposed poll for this initiative would be
Should the citizen's initiative on naming be amended?
Yes
No
The poll would also include the text of the initiative with changes, and a link to this discussion thread.
My proposal is that we change the initiative in the following ways:
Decisions should be made by plurality rather than by majority.
In this way we won't have run-offs, shortening the process substantially
A "none of the above" option should be required for the polls.
This would officially count as a vote to return to discussion anyone who
does not care about the city's name should be instructed not to vote.
I believe these changes would make our decision making process a bit faster, so hopefully we don't have 4 cities waiting to be named after the next few turnchats
The proposed changes to the initiative are shown below.
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The Naming Initiative
I. Preamble
As our civilisation grows we will, hopefully, found new cities and discover geographical features. Especially in the case of cities, custom names would help add an atmospheric touch to our civilisation.
II. Procedure for Naming a New City
On founding, a city will be given the temporary placeholder name: "City#1" (In the event that there is already a city holding that name, the new city will be named "City#2" and so on in numerical order as required). A thread will then be opened by to accept nominations from the public for the new city's name.
All nominated names which have been seconded after four days will then be polled. If there is no majority decision, then the top three options, including ties, will be polled again. In the event of no majority in the second poll, the top two options will be polled again. A plurality decision will be sufficient for the city to be named. In the event of a tie a runoff should occur
Should no nomination be seconded, all nominated names will be entered in the initial poll. Polls will also be required to contain a "none of the above" choice which will be interpreted as a vote to return to discussion. Citizen's who have no preference to the city's name should be instructed not to vote in the poll
III. Loss of city
Should a city be conquered or otherwise lost to another civilisation, before the naming process is completed, the process will be continued and the city given the eventually chosen name in the event of its recovery. Should the city be razed or otherwise destroyed before the naming process is complete, however, the naming process will be aborted.
IV. Renaming an Existing City
Renaming a city should occur only in special cases, and as such would be organised by the Chieftain, in consultation with the city in question's Elder
V. Other features
Other geographical features, including, but not limited to: continents, mountain ranges, oceans, forests, and plains may also be named. Nomination threads for such features may be posted by any interested individual, and would follow the same procedure as in II.
It is advised that a thread be maintained noting names of such geographical features to allow for easy referral.
VI. Limitations
Names must not violate CFC forum rules
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The proposed poll for this initiative would be
Should the citizen's initiative on naming be amended?
Yes
No
The poll would also include the text of the initiative with changes, and a link to this discussion thread.
