New Department Proposal: Office of Public Relations

[disorganizer]

ROLES:
1) work towards judicacy to fast detect invalid or strange or useless polls
2) work towards the mods to summarize poll-results in the poll-index and to close threads of outdated/closed polls
3) help people setup polls which do not like/do not know how to do it


WORK TO DO:
1) invalidity detection etc.
if a poll is found, he posts in judical thread for review. from there on, the judges take over
2) poll result summaries and poll-closing
if a poll is closed/outdated, the result will be put in a summary post with the close request into the poll-registry. from there on, the mods take over
3) poll help for citizens
a thread in the government forum (or any other forum which is used for offices) would be opened for the office (like for the other offices also) where citizens can post their poll-related questions. maybe sometimes statistics could also be published there (like how many polls per term, with separation of ruleset/game-related/rpg polls).


HELPERS:
will be possible, as only a little post-centric work has to be done (statistics). there could be endless helpers, but they need to synchronize each other no not post something double or give contradictory advice.

 

[Eklektikos]

Close requests should go into the "Needed stuff" thread - that's what it's there for

 

[interjectiv]

I think disorganizer is right.

I'd like to add to the duties:

1/ Documentation by date and time ALL polls for organization efforts and issue a bi-monthly report on polling in the game (i.e. polls that were completed, polls that were invalid etc. etc.)

 

[disorganizer]

eklek: maybe not. the mods have to update the data in the poll registry anyways. and there it is all together ;-)

inter: thats what i meant with statistics... finetuning needed of course ;-) for example if a ongoing discussion is detected in a already outdated poll, the office should open a discussion thread for that topic and put a link into the poll-thread before the closing is requested.

 

[Eklektikos]

Just thinking that posting the mod requests in the "Needed Stuff" thread reduces the number of threads they need to monitor and makes their lives easier. Also keeps the poll registry cleaner.

 

[interjectiv]

I think that someone should be dedicated to the work themselves instead of having assorted personell from the justice operate this functions. It is very important that the DPR keep itself organized along with all of its employees, that is why I also submit that all actions within the DPR should be run through executive command in the department.

 

[Cyc]

I think interjectiv's idea is a good one. A consensus gathering and analysis. It will be a lot of work with little compensattion, but sometimes those are the best positions.

Independent of the worthiness of this idea is the excellent timing of this proposal. If the first term is used to construct and shape (for lack of a better phrase) the OPR, and if it is deemed worthy of election status (as opposed to appointment status), the second term elections could include this psition. I also believe it should not be a separate Department, but under the wing of the Judiciary, as the Census is to the Domestic Department. It should probably have its own sticky thread in the Polls sub-forum. I would think that the series of polling referred to above would take place every trem, not every 90 days.

Personally, I have never liked it when the government told me what I was thinking. But that's R/L. This proposal has merit and promise. If we let interjectiv take the ball and run with it (not another sports analogy), build and develop this new Office, perhaps he would be open to suggestions from the seasoned vets, on some of the goals?

 

[Chieftess]

Originally posted by eyrei
I would like to move this to the citizens forum and put it in the discussion registry.

That was close. I wonder what would have happend if we had both tried to move this at the same time...

Then there would be chaos. A rip in the fabric of space and time would open, causing temporal anomolies to occur.

Wow, this thread is nearly as popular as Strider's RPG thread when it first opened!

Anyway, I like the idea. I had a similar idea back in Term 4... (more like a few appointed posistions). Time to read the posts.

 

[interjectiv]

I think the way this is shaping up. I'm going to write an official proposal...

 

[Chieftess]

Originally posted by disorganizer
ROLES:
1) work towards judicacy to fast detect invalid or strange or useless polls
2) work towards the mods to summarize poll-results in the poll-index and to close threads of outdated/closed polls
3) help people setup polls which do not like/do not know how to do it


WORK TO DO:
1) invalidity detection etc.
if a poll is found, he posts in judical thread for review. from there on, the judges take over

I think a reply/PM should be sent to the poster of the poll first. Some newbies (and vets. ) might not be clear on how to set up a poll. The constitution has a lot to absorb in just a few days, and there could be a critical poll/discussion that someone wants to put up.

 

[Danke]

interjectiv, you are obviously on to something See, you just needed to let it fall out a bit. You definitely hit on a need though, and I look forward to seeing this move ahead. The poll summary alone would be worth it's weight in cheese.

 

[interjectiv]

Office of Public Relations

This document refers to the users registered as citizens in the Citizen Registry as "CITIZENS" and refers to the whole people instead of just one, and the head of the OPR as "CHIEF", Staff and helpers in the OPR are refered to as "MEMBERS", "NCM" refers to "NATIONAL CITIZEN MEETINGS". This document also frequently refers to polls as "IT".

Article 1.1
PRIMARY GOAL:
1) Organization and Documentation of the Citizens of Fanatikas' opinions and thoughts to ensure that all voices are heard as loud as possible.

ROLES AND OBLIGATIONS:
1) Work towards judicacy to fast detect invalid, strange or useless polls.
2) Work towards summarizing poll-results in the poll-index.
3) To close threads of outdated polls.
4) Make poll laws and codes of conduct for them.
5) Help citizens setup polls when they do not like/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.

Article 1.2
DUTIES:
1) Invalid, errored, strange, and useless poll detection, closing and deletion.
If a poll is found, he posts in judical thread for poll review. From there on, the judges take over. Eventually, the person holding the position will be able to make the distincion himself if no response is beheld within a week.

2) Issue a bi-monthly 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 advise the command to close outdated polls or clear them out of the registry. Also, in a period of 15 days after a similar polls closing, Citizen cannot create another poll of the same surface matter relating to the one that came before it.

4) The department would be in charge of making poll laws and reviewing the conduct of polls to be formed/existing in the registry.

5) Provide poll assistance for wording, or if the Citizen simply can not/does not have the ability to post a poll. This also will be documented in the bi-monthly report.

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 end of every month. All Citizens are suggested but not required to attend such meetings.

7) The OPR should be consulted on all matters of Citizen misbehavior, even how little disputes should be reported and documented for future purposes.

Article 1.3
STRUCTURE OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
Head Officer of Public Relations: Elected
Assitant Head Officer of Public Relations: Hired by Head Officer
Head of the Advisory Commission: Hired by Head Officer
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) ALL poll laws would have to be approved by this position in order for such laws should be documented unless overridden by a majority vote from the entire Justice panel.

3) Has a vote on all matters concering the state and well being of Fanatikan security.

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

HEAD OF ADVISORY COMMISSION (HIRED BY HEAD OFFICER):
1) The HAC's operations would fall under the jurisdiction of the Justices and is subject to critisim from that department.

2) The HAC would review ALL cases after a period of 30 days after final operation of polls and frequently monitor all polls to ensure the quality of the enviroment when polling.

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.

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 for all parties.
2) Moderates all political debates.

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

Here ends proposal 1a of the Office of Public Relations.

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You can suggest changes to it, because the proposal is still in alpha stage.

 

[Danke]

It's Shaitan in disguise!

*Nice* work, interjectiv.

I am assuming NCMs are in the form of discussion threads? This is shaping up very nicely.

 

[interjectiv]

NCM's will be discussion threads.

 

[Shaitan]

Very nicely developed, interjectiv.

One noticeable problem is with lawmaking. This is a responsibility of the Congress (all citizens) and cannot be invested in a single person or group of people.

EDIT:

However, this office should definitely be intimately involved in the discussions and debates on poll procedures and forming proposals for rule changes. They should proactively initiate such discussions when a need becomes aparent.

 

[interjectiv]

Thank you, Shiatan.

As I said, I will consider all changes when I write 1b of the proposal.

Anyone else?

 

[Shaitan]

We also have the polling standards commission. How will the 2 tie in together? Would this supplant the commission?

 

[interjectiv]

I'd like to have the Polling Commission essentailly merge with the OPR, as its own sideoffice.

 

[eyrei]

If a poll needs to be closed, please post the request in the Needed Stuff thread. I never check the poll registry unless I am registering my own poll, because I keep track of the polls myself. Anyway, Shaitan might see it in the registry, but I guarantee I won't.

 

[interjectiv]

I am confused wither or not you are supporting the OPR of not supporting it.