New Department Proposal: Office of Public Relations

[neutral leader]

if interjectiv is no longer going to run this, i will take it over. here is my proposed draft for 1c, my changes in parentheses.

Article 1.1
PRIMARY GOAL:
1) To keep the Fanatikan people well heard with their opinions, keeping the relationship between the government and the people in good standing.

ROLES AND OBLIGATIONS:
1) Work (independently) to quickly identify invalid, strange or useless polls.
2) Work towards summarizing poll-results in the poll-index and registry.
3) Notify mods to close threads of outdated polls.
4) Initiate and organize discussion of poll rules and the standards for those rules.
5) Help citizens setup polls when they do not know how to accomplish it.
6) Organize and schedule political debates.
7) Advise higher command on how to handle riots or citizen misbehavior.
8) To make sure the government and the people work together to make a better world.

Article 1.2
DUTIES:
1) Invalid, errored, strange, and useless poll detection, closing and deletion.
If a poll is found, the person holding the position will be able to make the decision (with the majority consent of the other members of the department).

2) Issue a bi-(weekly) report summarizing all polls in that period of time. This report would also contain polls that were closed and/or deleted.

3) To close outdated polls. The Chief would now close outdated polls or clear them out of the registry. Also, in a period of 15 days after a similar polls closing, a Citizen cannot create another poll of the same surface matter relating to the one that came before it.

4) The OPR MUST be advised beforehand on all changes to any law and SHOULD be consulted on poll laws, changes, and discussions.

5) Provide poll assistance for wording, or if the Citizen simply does not have the ability to post a poll.

6) The orgaization of political debates is key to gather opinions from the vast majority of the citizens and could be refered to as NCM's. This event would take place at the beginning of every month. All Citizens are suggested but not required to attend such meetings.

7) The OPR would be consulted and would advise on changes in poll laws, and standards.

Article 1.3
STRUCTURE OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
Head Officer of Public Relations: (Popularly Elected)
Assitant Head Officer of Public Relations: (Secondary Candidate from election)
Director of Elections: Hired by Cabinet
Director of Polling: Hired by Cabinet
Director of Organization and Issuing: Hired by Head Officer
Political Debate Organizer: Hired by Director of Organization and Issuing

HEAD OFFICER OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (ELECTED):
1) Would oversee all OPR operations and give final input on all poll operations.

2) Has a vote on all matters concering the state and well being of Fanatikan security (in the council of presidential advisors).

ASSITANT HEAD OFFICER OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (ELECTED):
1) Assists the HEAD OFFICER on all duties listed above.

DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS (HIRED BY CABINET):
1) Organizes and schedules all election polls, and Issues results for those closed.

DIRECTOR OF POLLING (HIRED BY CABINET):
1) Finalizes reports and summaries of reports including public opinion in replies to polls. (Also maintains a catalogue in a thread set aside for the purpose of final results of polls not more than 2 weeks old as well as current results of active polls with links to them for voting.)

DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION AND ISSUING (HIRED BY HEAD OFFICER):
1) Organizes all OPR operations and moderates employees.
2) Organizes ALL political operations, including elections and inagurations.

POLITICAL DEBATE ORGANIZER (HIRED BY DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION AND ISSUING):
1) Develops political debates.
2) Moderates all political debates.

REQUIRMENT FOR FILLING ALL POSITIONS: Must be impartial to any and all ethnic groups and political parties to ensure unbiased moderation.

Article 1.4
CHANGES TO EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS

1) The OPR would become somewhat of an official PSC (polling standards commision). The two organizations would work intimately together on all aspects of power allocated to the OPR. After a period of 3 months, a vote will be taken on weither or not to merge the two organizations. Until that times arises, the OPR MUST consult the PSC on all operations.

Article 1.5
POSITION IN GOVERNMENT

1) The OPR would have (departmental) status in the government. The OPR would be let in on ALL aspects of military functions because these actions threaten the lives of citizens under the consitituion of Fanakia.

2) Positions in the OPR would be (elected or) appointed as specified.

neutral leader is a good, responsible provincial governor

 

[disorganizer]

1) no department needed. (i hate to repeat myself). and office for working towards the existing department which handles those things would be sufficient and as such no big changes are needed
2) no direct closure. the judicacy has the word on closure, not someone else. poll closure is a bad thing which can only be done by the people whos job it is. and it is the job of the 3 judges.
3) why be so over-dosed? just make it clean and simple

 

[Cyc]

I would like to submit this proposal to the Government of Fanatika
for the initiation of:

The Office of Public Relations

Primary goal of the Office:
To keep the opinion of the People of Fanatika in the limelight. In doing so, we hope to create a more coheasive relationship between the Government and the citizens of Fanatika. To bring this about the OPR would monitor, analyze, and report on the various polls and elections of the Demogame II Forums.

Primary Functions:
1. Work independently to identify invalid or inappropriate polls in a timely manner, and report such polls to the Judiciary Branch for further action.
2. Summarize all poll results (after the completion of the duration period) in the poll index and registry.
3. Notify Mods of expired polls so that they may be closed.
4. Initiate and organize discussion of poll rules and the standards.
5. Help citizens setup polls when help is requested.

Personnel:
1. Director of Public Relations - Would oversee all OPR operations and give final input on all poll operations.
2. Assistant Director - Assists the Director in all duties.
3. Poll Statistician/Analyst - Finalizes reports and summaries of reports including public opinion in replies to polls.
These three positions will be filled by citizens that do not currently hold any Government Office, and preferably without any political ties that would bias their analyzing ability.

The OPR would strive to work hand in hand with the Polling Standards Commission. If conflicts between the two entities were to arise, a solution would be publicly worked out in the forums or through the PM system and publicly posted afterwards. If no solution can be brought forward, the matter will go to the polls, with a poll being written by a senior member of the the Judicial Branch.

Preferably the OPR would be an Office of the Judicial Branch. Its member method of obtaining office (electec/appointed/approved),
the final description of duties and responsibilities, and the final "depth of authority" will be formalized in the forums and finalized by the end of the Month of September for implementation in Term 2.

EDIT: This blurb can be taken out. I had to write something. The other proposals seemed to weighty and involved and over-reaching the authority a proposal of this nature should try to secure. Please slash away...

 

[disorganizer]

The only thing missing there is a more detailed description of point 1 of the functions. It should be in there that found invalid etc. polls are noted to the judicacy thread for further action ;-)

With the rest i can comply (well, as we see no department is needed for that).

Bravo Cyc. Salutations.

 

[Cyc]

Done. I figured that a more in depth description could be worked out later, as mentioned in the last paragraph (formalized and finalized).

 

[disorganizer]

Well, the question is if we really would need a more in depth description. It is "only" a office. If we get this office a constitutional rulebase, we should do this with the others also.

But what we should do is discuss how offices will work/function and how they are founded/deleted. Right now, any1 could found an office, even if it is not needed.

 

[neutral leader]

i oppose the tying of the public relations department to the judiciary. it would just create an unnecessary burden on the department and render it virtually impossible to close any threads. there is a natural safeguard in the fact that persons who were witness to the unjustified closing of a legitimate thread will raise an outcry and force an investigation.

neutral leader is a good, responsible provincial governor

 

[disorganizer]

it would not put any bruden on the judicacy, as the office would only report it to them. tying a office to a department only means that they are organizationally put beneath them. not that they do the work.

example:
chat office
the chat office is a office of the presidential office. nevertheless, it does not put any work on the president or the vice as the officers (falcon and me) work independantly. the tying to a department is only needed if officers need to be "trown out" for example.
cartographic office and census office
both are offices of the domestic department.

now the new pr-office (i really dont like that name. it does not fit the sense) will be an office of the judicacy. the judges will not have any work with it, on the contrary:
as the office serves as poll-question reference, they will take work away from the judges. any poll which will be reported to the judges would propably have been reported to them anyways sooner or later.

 

[neutral leader]

i dont mean unnecessary burden on the judiciary, i mean on the public relations department. it will create the unneeded inconvenience of having to report to the legal department, seek their approval, register requests...
all in all, i think they need to be able to work without judiciary supervision.

neutral leader is a good, responsible provincial governor

 

[disorganizer]

yes, but they do NOT have authority to close anything. never will they... we even had major discussion on the judges closing threads/polls...
the burden would only be to report them. nothing more. 1 post. the rest will be done by the judicacy itself (close request, review etc.).
the office will have to review all polls anyway, so why not report those?

 

[neutral leader]

im mean that the pr department should take over the reviews and closings of polls and threads from the judiciary and run the show themselves. thereby eliminating all influence of the justice department on the public relations crew.

neutral leader is a good, responsible provincial governor

 

[disorganizer]

i think we dont need yet another department, as this can easily be handled by the existing ones.
the offices are meant to work towards the departments. the proposals (at least most of them) in here all mean OFFICE and not department. departments just lead to more burocracy and a further split of power, especially because that department would combine executive and judical powers in one hand.

imho, this OFFICE should only be a administrative researching task.
why take the judges their word on the closure of polls? and why elect even more persons? we had problems settling all elected positions in the last game, so adding more of them will make that worse ;-)

 

[Almightyjosh]

NL, to give the PR office the power you speack of, it would have to be a department with formally elected leaders and then it gets REALLY messy. Keep it simple.


1c.2
I would like to submit this proposal to the Government of Fanatika
for the initiation of:

The Office of Public Relations
The OPR is an Office of the Judicial Branch. Its member method of obtaining office is by council appointment.

Primary goal of the Office:
To keep the opinion of the People of Fanatika in the limelight. In doing so, we hope to create a more coheasive relationship between the Government and the citizens of Fanatika. To bring this about the OPR would monitor, analyze, and report on the various polls and elections of the Demogame II Forums.

Primary Functions:
1. Work independently to identify invalid or inappropriate polls in a timely manner (in accordance with established law and precedent) and report such polls to the Judiciary Branch for further action.
2. Summarize all poll results (after the completion of the duration period) in the poll index and registry.
3. Notify Mods of expired polls so that they may be closed.
4. Initiate and organize discussion of poll rules and the standards.
5. Help citizens setup polls when help is requested.

Personnel:
1. Director of Public Relations - Would oversee all OPR operations and give final input on all poll operations.
2. Assistant Director - Assists the Director in all duties.
3. Poll Statistician/Analyst - Finalizes reports and summaries of reports including public opinion in replies to polls.

These three positions will be filled by citizens that do not currently hold any Government Office, and without any political ties that would bias their analyzing ability.

The OPR would strive to work hand in hand with the Polling Standards Commission. If conflicts between the two entities were to arise, a solution would be publicly worked out in the forums or through the PM system and publicly posted afterwards. If no solution can be brought forward, the matter will go to the polls, with a poll being written by a senior member of the the Judicial Branch.



If we could get this office working it would make life a whole lot easier and make polling far clearer. I think it would reduce everyone's workload and let people focus on their task. I still think this should be cut down a little, but only in wording not content.

 

[disorganizer]

* I think the polling standards commission paragraph can be ommitted, as it is clear. All offices must seek compromise with groups and the will of citizenry ;-)

* I really dont like the name... PR-Office sounds more like new-making than poll-checking to me

* Payment will be: director 20g/tc, rest 10g/tc

* Directors responsibility: Open an office thread in the appropriate subforum for discussions concerning the office work and enter this office thread into the office index.

 

[Almightyjosh]

I liked the name Public Relations and Polling Office (PRP) or even Polling Office better. I agree on the PSC, lets cut that paragraph. Yeah, actually, I agree with everything dis said

OK, I gotta ask, NL what's the deal with the 'good governor' thing? I don't mind what you say but, don't you think that you would be better off putting it in you signiture? Have you worked out a way to remove the signiture line or are you really committed to that message???

 

[Almightyjosh]

1c.3
I would like to submit this proposal to the Government of Fanatika
for the initiation of:

The Office of Public Relations
The OPR is an Office of the Judicial Branch. Its member method of obtaining office is by council appointment.

Primary goal of the Office:
To keep the opinion of the People of Fanatika in the limelight. In doing so, we hope to create a more coheasive relationship between the Government and the citizens of Fanatika. To bring this about the OPR would monitor, analyze, and report on the various polls and elections of the Demogame II Forums.

Primary Functions:
1. Work independently to identify invalid or inappropriate polls in a timely manner (in accordance with established law and precedent) and report such polls to the Judiciary Branch for further action.
2. Summarize all poll results (after the completion of the duration period) in the poll index and registry.
3. Notify Mods of expired polls so that they may be closed.
4. Initiate and organize discussion of poll rules and the standards.
5. Help citizens setup polls when help is requested.
6. Open an office thread in the appropriate subforum for discussions concerning the office work and enter this office thread into the office index.

Personnel:
1. Director of Public Relations - Would oversee all OPR operations and give final input on all poll operations.
2. Assistant Director - Assists the Director in all duties.
3. Poll Statistician/Analyst - Finalizes reports and summaries of reports including public opinion in replies to polls.

These three positions will be filled by citizens that do not currently hold any Government Office, and without any political ties that would bias their analyzing ability.



I don't think we can get it much shorter!!

 

[disorganizer]

Maybe we should directly state somewhere that the office is not closing polls itself, but only recommending closure to the appropriate departments. This will prevent some discussion about that from the beginning ;-)

But its ok i think... Any other comments from other people than AJ and me?

 

[neutral leader]

im just really commited to that message. this needs to be its own department otherwise it will be cluttered with needs to coordinate with several layers of superiors. oh, and dis, this department should be closing polls and threads itself, not bogging itself down with seeking judiciary approval for every little thing.

neutral leader is a good, responsible provincial governor

 

[disorganizer]

we have the judicacy for that... its their job. no need for a department. if you like to do that (build a new department) go to a poll before... but go to a poll with that question, not hiding this fact in a page of other things about that office/department.

i think new departments will enlarge our beurocraty, i would even vote for cutting the existing ones down by at least 2.

 

[Almightyjosh]

*Bump*
This is a really good idea. It has stalled a little but I think we should get around to proposing a poll soon.