Naming Rights - Proposed Addition to the Constitution

[Shaitan]

This is an attempt to clarify naming rights for cities and provinces as well as other things in the game (rivers, lakes, oceans, etc). The individual items were all garnered from various conversations on the Forum over the past month and generally follow what we are doing now. Renaming is a tricky subject as it fairly split the populace in the polls. I think I've worked out a fair set of checks and balances.

Proposed Amendment:

Section J: Naming Rights

Point 1: City naming rights for new cities will be given follow the Chain of Command. When more than one citizen has the same spot in the COC (“Elected Officials” group, “Appointed Officials” group, etc.) rank will be determined by their seniority as a citizen (who signed the Registry first). This priority chain can be rearranged by elections as different people move up and down the Chain of Command.

Point 2: The President (or other person playing the turn) will decide if a captured city is subject to renaming. He/She will post this decision for each newly captured city with the turn brief and save game. Renaming rights follow the chain in Point 1 above.

Point 3: Provinces will be named by the first elected governor of the province.

Point 4: Natural terrain features (mountain chains, lakes, deserts, etc) may be named by Provincial Governors. If the Provincial Governor does not wish to name a feature it may be passed to the naming rights chain in Point 1 above.

Point 5: A newly elected governor may request name changes for cities within his/her province. This can only be done in the first week of the governor’s term of office. The governor will post a poll with the suggested name change in an APPROVED / DISAPPROVED / ABSTAIN format and a 2 day time frame. Popular support will allow or deny the proposed name change.

Point 6: City naming rights must pass through all citizens before a citizen is given a second naming right in the chain (from Point 1). That is, if you've already named a city you do not get to name another one because you got elected President while there are still citizens that have not named any cities.

 

[Cyc]

Question Shaitan. Is the language in point #4 loose enough to allow the Governor freedom to be creative in naming the feature before it is turned over to the COC? As an example, asking the citizens of the Governor's province (or the nation, for that matter) for suggestions and then running a poll, or anything along this line. In other words, it's at the Governors discretion whether or not the feature naming is turned over to the COC.

 

[Shaitan]

Originally posted by Cyc
Question Shaitan. Is the language in point #4 loose enough to allow the Governor freedom to be creative in naming the feature before it is turned over to the COC? As an example, asking the citizens of the Governor's province (or the nation, for that matter) for suggestions and then running a poll, or anything along this line. In other words, it's at the Governors discretion whether or not the feature naming is turned over to the COC.

Exactly right. The Governor has the option to arbitrarily name a feature, get feedback on a name, post a poll, whatever he/she wants. If they decide not to execute this privilege they turn the naming rights over to the next person in the naming rights chain.

 

[SKILORD]

i like it

 

[Shaitan]

This has overwhelming support so I'd like to put it up for a Council vote. Unfortunately, it's been pointed out that the constitution gives the power to call a Council vote to the President only. We'll iron that issue out and then I'll return to this (if I get reelected).