Term 4 - Censor of Licentia

[ravensfire]

I agree 100% with Donsig that the Judiciary should only be used as a last ditch effort. I also agree that private polls should be allowed.

However, if the poll is private, it should not be binding. I want to see how my elected officials vote. In American politics they can take a private vote (I believe this is called a caucus), but it doesn't become official until a public vote is conducted. It's not that I want to beat on people who voted against me, but I would like to know who I can debate it with.

For non-binding polls (opinion polls), the Censor has no authority over them, nor do I want to have authority over them. I have no issue with those polls being public, private, fair, biased or just plain dirty-pool.

In short, your suggestion is already there!

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[donsig]

The Censor doesn't work in a vacuum, there are established precedents which have been accepted in prior terms by the vast majority. This can be said of every elected official, including the Judiciary.

And many citizens have pointed out that this is a new game and we should not be bound by what was done in earlier games just because that's the way things were done before. So it the Censor (or the judiciary) saw a good reason to change things then it would be appropriate to do so.

I agree that a discussion of acceptable uses of public and private polls would be good. I can't start one tongiht - have to play a turn in the MTDG and in Cage Match II.

 

[ravensfire]

It is with great pleasure that the office of the Censor of Licnetia announces that Donovan Zoi has accepted the position of Deputy Censor.

Throughout this term, Donovan Zoi will be helping evaluate and validate polls, begin discussions as needed and other tasks as needed.

Thanks, DZ!

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[Donovan Zoi]

It is with great pleasure that the office of the Censor of Licnetia announces that Donovan Zoi has accepted the position of Deputy Censor.

Throughout this term, Donovan Zoi will be helping evaluate and validate polls, begin discussions as needed and other tasks as needed.

Thanks, DZ!

-- Ravensfire, Censor

Thank you for putting your trust in me, Ravensfire. I look forward to a very productive term.

 

[Swissempire]

Could one of the esteemed new censors post a Preliminary Naming Poll witht he following name choices for city 4

Basillica
Yavin IV
Daedsimsilaicos
Desigoths Tavern
Jungolia
Alpha Omega
Superioria
Judiciary Nightmare
Air Strip One
Aloha
New Port City
Auda City
Cheeseburg
JR (Judicial Review)
Toot Uncommon

 

[ravensfire]

Could one of the esteemed new censors post a Preliminary Naming Poll witht he following name choices for city 4

Done.

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[Swissempire]

I think this new format is too singular. I think the old choose three format would have let the populance narrow it down to where making a choice was significantly simplified.

 

[ravensfire]

I think this new format is too singular. I think the old choose three format would have let the populance narrow it down to where making a choice was significantly simplified.

Sorry, I like my method better.

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[ravensfire]

Initial post updated!

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[ravensfire]

As a quick update ...

WAR!

The Assembly has authorized the declaration of War with the Mongol nation!

City 5 Name

The final poll for the name of City 5 is up! Vote now!

Patch now?

Should we patch now to version 1.61?

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[robboo]

Mr Censor.. Please read the last few post on this thread and let me know what legal standing we have with this. I request that Nobody be removed from the DP pool if he can not follow clearly written instructions. Let me know what procedures must be followed to accomplish this. I am sure GeorgeOP will also feel the same way.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3946348#post3946348

 

[robboo]

Mr Censor...According ot our previous poll I would like you to start a war plan approval poll. I will Set conditions for the war to be started in the Goals and timetable thread. However..if you would prefer we couddl wait till after the next TC and then at least one of the conditions..( Old Sarai would already be met) and it is quite possible that the second condition could be met.( troops in position) This would allow the war to start at the begining of the next TC( after Daves).Without Dave having to stop 1 turn short or declare war. IF we wait one TC the poll would be a simple Declaration of war poll instead of a conditional declaration of war.

 

[ravensfire]

Poll going up soon - my apologies for the delay!

-- Ravensfire

 

[Furiey]

Errrm, nominations?

Your schedule said they should be up approx 00:00 GMT 23 April, 8 days before the start of the next term. Your procedures say 9 days. It's now approx 11:00 GMT 24 April, less than 7 days before the next term. Time does fly!

 

[ravensfire]

Gah - stupid weekend!

Nominations going up immediately.

-- Ravensfire

 

[ravensfire]

Fellow citizens,

My apologies for the delay in the posting of the nomiations. Due to the delay, the election polls will be posted on 4/28 (GMT). The schedule has been updated to reflect this.

Again, sorry for the trouble.

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[ravensfire]

Due to an unforeseen event, I will not be able to officially close the elections when they end. Even more unfortunately, my current deputy, Donovan Zoi, has a prior even that also prevents him from helping out.

Therefore, I am firing Donovan Zoi (Woohoo!), and replacing him with Whomp.

Thanks for your help, DZ! No hard feelings ...

Thanks especially to Whomp for helping out in the waning days of this term!

-- Ravensfire, Censor

 

[donsig]

Gah - stupid weekend!

Nominations going up immediately.

-- Ravensfire

May I quote you when it comes time to discuss how long we should allow initiative polls to be open?

There is a closed amendment poll. Since amendment polls are posted by the CJ in the course of his appointed duties it would seem that amendment polls are official polls and therefore can be validated or invalidated by the Censor. Woudl you either validate the poll or invalidate it or post that you intend to do neither. Then steps can be taken to include the amendment in our CoL if that it is indeed a valid/binding/official/amendment that actually passed.

 

[DaveShack]

Fellow citizens,

My apologies for the delay in the posting of the nomiations. Due to the delay, the election polls will be posted on 4/28 (GMT). The schedule has been updated to reflect this.

Again, sorry for the trouble.

-- Ravensfire, Censor

Umm, April has only 30 days, so the polls need to open today or they will run past the beginning of the month!

 

[ravensfire]

Umm, April has only 30 days, so the polls need to open today or they will run past the beginning of the month!

Volleyball ran late, poll are opening today.

-- Ravensfire