The Assembly may amend the Code of Laws, in accordance with Article 3.1-4 of the Charter. The voting threshold is 50%+1. Article 3.1-11 states general law will be at a vote for 3 days. Voting will start March 17th, 2014 at 2:30pm EDT, and end March 20th, 2014 at 2:30pm EDT.

 

SINCE I SCREWED UP...

and locked the thread, voting will be extended until March 20th, 2014 at 4:30pm EDT
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Quote:Article 9: Prohibited Regions and Organizations

1. The Cabinet and/or Committee for State Security (CSS) may request the Assembly designate foreign regions and organizations deemed hostile to The South Pacific as Prohibited Groups. Such requests must be accompanied with a report detailing those activities that meet the definitions of hostility detailed in clause 2 of this Article.
   
2. For the purposes of this article, hostility shall constitute foreign regions or organizations that (1) have coordinated efforts to directly exploit the elections or Assembly of The South Pacific; (2) groups that have engaged in or have attempted to engage in coordinated espionage against The South Pacific government or military; or (3) groups that have or have attempted to sabotage The South Pacific's military operations.
   
3. For the purposes of this article, being on opposite sides of a military engagement, provided the target-region is not an ally or a region that The South Pacific is at war with, shall not constitute sabotage of The South Pacific's military operations.
   
4. Membership in a designated Prohibited Group is prohibited within The South Pacific and grounds for revocation of citizenship, following a 7 day grace period to allow renunciation of membership in the Prohibited Group. The seven days grace period begins immediately after the notification of the citizen in question that they are a member of a Prohibited Group by the Vice Delegate or a member of the CSS.
   
5. Any individual whose citizenship has been revoked for membership in a designated Prohibited Group may contest their membership in the Prohibited Group to the Appellate Court within 7 days of their citizenship being revoked. The Appellate Court shall uphold the revocation of citizenship if the individual is found to have been a member of a designated Prohibited Group at the time of citizenship revocation and shall reinstate citizenship if the individual is found not to have been a member of a designated Prohibited Group at the time of citizenship revocation.
   
6. Applicants for citizenship who are members of a designated Prohibited Group shall not be granted citizenship unless they renounce membership in the Prohibited Group.
   
7. Membership in a designated Prohibited Group does not constitute a criminal offense; failure to disclose such membership shall constitute fraud.
   
8. Regions at war with The South Pacific or with which The South Pacific is at war shall be automatically considered Prohibited Groups. The Assembly may further designate Prohibited Groups via a vote with a 60% majority in favor, should the Cabinet and/or CSS request such a designation. The Assembly may rescind a Prohibited Group designation via a vote with a 60% majority in favor.
   
9. The following regions and organizations are deemed Prohibited Groups within The South Pacific: The Greater German Reich, Gatesville Inc.
   
10. The Chair of the Assembly shall update clause 9 of this article to reflect The South Pacific's current Prohibited Groups.
    

Per the Charter of The Coalition of the South Pacific, Article 3.1.5, a 75%+ vote in favor is needed. Per Article 3.1.11, the voting period is 5 days. Voting will start March 17th, 2014 @ 2:00pm EDT and end March 22th, 2014 @ 2:00pm EDT.

Quote:Article 4: The High Court of the South Pacific

Section 1 - Composition and Powers

2. The High Court shall consist of three Court Justices.
   
3. The Court Justices shall select one of themselves to serve as Chief Justice.
   
4. The High Court shall be responsible for determining innocence or guilt in criminal cases, and issuing sentence.
   
5. The High Court may declare any whole General Law, or portions within such law, that conflict with the Charter defunct, and to reconcile contradictions within the Charter.
   
6. The High Court holds the sole power to remove citizenship outside of regular legislation that outlines reasonable upkeep requirements or security imperatives.
   
7. Procedures for the Election of High Court Justices will be defined in the Code of Laws.
   

Section 2 - Criminal Cases

2. If charges are filled against a citizen the case will be held in the High Court.
   
3. The Chief Justice will be responsible for keeping order in the court. He has the power to penalize citizens for being in contempt of the court.
   
4. The Chief Justice and Court Justices, in conjunction with the Assembly, are responsible for establishing a consistent and just set of procedures for hearing criminal cases. This set of procedures must be ratified by the Assembly as a General Law.
   
5. Excessive absenteeism from the prosecution may result in the summary dismissal of the case. Excessive absenteeism from the defense may result in a summary judgment against the defendant.
   

Section 3 - Legal Questions

2. Legal questions will always initially be handled by the High Court.
   
3. Legal questions must be answered within a reasonable amount of time.
   
4. Any and all interested parties may submit an amicus brief in response to a legal question.
   
5. Legal questions and amicus briefs must make reference to the relevant sections of the Charter and Code of Laws, and clearly define the nature of the inquiry. Where this is not the case the High Court will issue a summary dismissal of the legal question or amicus brief.
   

Section 4 - Other

2. The Court Justices are not prohibited from joining the Assembly or any associated organization in the South Pacific, barring political parties and organizations or interest groups.
   
3. The Court Justices shall have the authority to examine laws and make recommendations to the Assembly, however they may not issue an arbitrary judgement or opinion on laws without a specific legal question being filed.
   
4. If a matter even sits before the High Court for 72 hours without response, the Chief Justice shall be temporarily suspended, and a Court Justice will assume the office as Acting Chief Justice. Should no Court Justice assume the office then the Assembly may appoint an Acting Chief Justice.
   

Article 5: The South Pacific Appellate Court
Section 1 - Composition and Powers

2. The Appellate Court shall be chaired by the Appellate Justice. The Appellate Justice shall be appointed by the Delegate, with a 75% majority confirmation vote in the Assembly required.
   
3. The Appellate Court will be tasked with handling appeals relating to criminal cases, legal questions, and administrative team decisions.
   
4. The Appellate Court has the power to overturn any verdict of the High Court, and overturn select decisions made by the administrative team.
   
5. The Appellate Court is the final court of appeal; its verdict cannot be further contested.
   

Section 2 - Criminal Case Appeals

2. To appeal the decision of a criminal case the defendant, his representative or the prosecution must file notice with the Appellate Court within fourteen (14) days of the High Court ruling.
   
3. The notice must include the objections to the ruling and justification for why the appeal should be heard, with reference to the relevant sections of the Charter and Code of Laws.
   
4. The Appellate Court has five (5) days to decide whether to hear the Appeal.
   
5. If the Court chooses to hear the case, it is required to do so in a timely manner. The Appellate Court may issue summary judgments due to excessive absenteeism.
   

Section 3 - Legal Question Appeals

2. To appeal the decision of a legal question an interested party must file notice with the Appellate Court within fourteen (14) days of the High Court ruling.
   
3. The notice must include the objections to the ruling and justification for why the appeal should be heard, with reference to the relevant sections of the Charter and Code of Laws.
   
4. The Appellate Court has five (5) days to decide whether to hear the appeal.
   
5. If the Court chooses to hear the case, it is required to do so in a timely manner. The Appellate Court may issue summary judgments due to excessive absenteeism.
   

Section 4 - Administrative Team Appeals

2. To appeal an administrative team action, a citizen must file a notice with the Appellate Court within fourteen (14) days of the action in question.
   
3. The notice must include a legal argument for why the administrative team action violated the Charter, violated the tenants of democracy, or unnecessarily infringed upon the rights of citizens.
   
4. Actions taken by the administrative team that involve any of the following may not be appealed to the court:
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5. Real life threats or harassment
   
6. Pornography
   
7. Illegal Content
   
8. Spambots
   
9. Exposure of real life information
   
10. Espionage of the region
    
11. Hacking of the Board
    

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• Actions taken by the administrative team that involve any of the following may not be appealed to the court unless the action is argued to be excessive or unjust:
  
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  1. Temporary (being defined as under 96 hours) suspension of a member
     
  2. Placing a member on post moderation
     
  3. Altering signature / avatar content
     
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• The Appellate Court has five (5) days to decide whether to hear the Appeal.
  
• If an appeal is heard the administrative team must select up to two members to defend themselves before the court. Refusal to participate in the appeal process may result in the court issuing a summary judgement in favor of the appellant.
  
• If the Court chooses to hear the case, it is required to do so in a timely manner. The Appellate Court may issue summary judgments due to excessive absenteeism.
  
• If the Appellate Court orders the overturning of an administrative team decision, it must officially notify the administrative team of this decision via a public post.
  
• If the administrative team responds with a majority vote rejecting the appeal court verdict, the Appellate Court decision may be stayed for up to 30 days. If the Administrative Team remains opposed to the decision after 30 days, the Assembly shall hold a formal vote to settle the matter.
  
• Section 5 - Other
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• The Appellate Justice may partially recuse himself from a case by convening a jury to decide the verdict. The Appellate Justice will still be responsible for moderating the case. Any jury convened shall be made up of three citizens selected randomly from a pool of volunteers, with no obvious bias toward one party or the other.
  
• The Appellate Justice is not prohibited from joining the Assembly or any associated organization in the South Pacific barring a political parties and organizations or interests groups.
  
• The Appellate Justice shall have the authority to examine laws and make recommendations to the Assembly, however he may not issue an arbitrary judgement or opinion on laws without a specific legal question being filed.
  
• If a matter even sits before the Appellate Court for 72 hours without response, the Appellate Justice shall be temporarily suspended, and the Assembly may appoint an Acting Appellate Justice.
  

Welcome to The South Pacific, Zye!

We are glad to have you here. Please tell us a little about yourself.

I don't know if its a joke or what so:

 


<div style="font-weight:bold;"><a class="" href="http://www.nationstates.net/nation=hall_empire">The Empire of Hall Empire</a>
<a class="" href="http://www.nationstates.net/page=tg/tgid=5893694">11 minutes ago</a>
 
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Greetings from President Hall of Hall Empire,

I request you read my dispatch and write a telegram to my delegate about the news and a dispatch to both regions on this new policy

 

 

 

This is the dispatch:

 


<a class="" href="http://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=231961">Breaking News</a>
At 1:40 the afternoon, 300,000 Hall Empire troops and 15 air wings have moved from the home country and occupied a 200 square mile are in the South Pacific. Hall Empire's President Hall claim this was a foreign "military base and exercise." Several reports say that this was an act of war and no communication of scheduling was made. Hall empire is waiting for a telegram to be sent from the Delegate of the North and South Pacific. They are also awaiting and dispatch of policy for joint military operations

 

http://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=231961

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World Census researchers spent many arduous weeks lying on beaches and trekking through rainforests to compile a definitive list of the most attractive and best cared for environments.


As a region, the South Pacific is ranked 4,728th in the world for Most Beautiful Environments.


1 (15th) Crazed monkies 12517.75

2 Danimal 7640

3 Kiasu-ism 4989

4 Gauthier 4451.25

5 Chuck69 4322.75

6 Lakarian 4168

7 Ganiax 3950

8 Anti Ringtone Songoria 3622.5

9 Tessiertopia 2991.75

10 Potatodom 2464.75

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4567 Harmonious Paperclips -1990.75

4568 Vrolinstad -2132

4569 Lord Booze -2168.25

4570 Headingtonia -2462.25

4571 Vazal -2645.25

4572 Tremulistan -2713.25

4573 Destroing -4674.25

4574 The Very Ignorant -5645

4575 (166th last) Aramanchovia -6071.25

4576 (150th last) Sehlysdre -6451.25


Closer to last place than I thought here, think I was only third last when this category was last ranked. I'm only ranked last in 3 categories, this might be one to add to that in future.

What do you guys think of Cormac's repeal? I think the Cabinet should reach a unified position on this. Personally, I'm torn. While the "war" is pretty laughable, the GGR war is the underpinning of SB's antifa ops. Gatesville is largely irrelevant now, so I'm fine with repealing that war declaration.

 

However, that declaration included more than just a war against Gatesville. It includes the PNG status of Douria and Nevadar, and diplomatic sanctions for those supporting Nevadar and Gatesville. I could accept reversing Douria's PNG status. But Nevadar is nothing but bad news, and I don't think we should support people getting into bed with Gatesville either, should they ever arise again.

<p class="bbc_center"><a class="bbc_url" href="http://forums.thesouthpacific.org/topic/6052-modernization-and-renewal/">Major changes in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced by MoFA!</a>

<p class="bbc_center"><a class="bbc_url" href="http://forums.thesouthpacific.org/topic/6065-admin-team-shakeup/#entry121396/"> Changes in the Admin Team</a>

Category: Human Rights | Strength: Mild | Proposed by: <a class="" href="http://www.nationstates.net/nation=elke_and_elba">Elke and Elba</a>

1. not been certified to be mentally incompetent to give any form of informed consent,
   
   
2. attained the minimum age of voting,
   
   
3. not been disenfranchised due to conviction of a criminal offence, and;

1. nothing in this resolution forces member nations to hold elections where no elections are held,
   
   
2. nothing in this resolution disallows member nations to extend suffrage to citizens and inhabitants not covered under this resolution, and,
   
   
3. nothing in this resolution forcibly sets a minimum age of voting on member states, which are free to set one as the respective member states deem fit.

Welcome to The South Pacific, akator!

We are glad to have you here. Please tell us a little about yourself.

(I'm incredibly tired at the moment as I've been dealing with a situation that has gone on half the night involving a case of OOC harassment from one NS player to another, the second report of this type I've been made aware of in less than a week and it's the same type of characters, so I'll try and keep this short and to the point, please get in contact with me to discuss things further or ask for clarifications.)

 

 

1.  Have you previously held the position of Global Moderator/Community Leader on another internet forum?  If so, when and how long?

Owner of Hogwarts Rebuilt, 2011/13 (forum is active but closed to the RP group), it was a vBulletin Forum. Numerous former alliance forums for Travian  (phpBB3, InvisionFree, ProBoards) 2008-11. Super Moderator for Travian Games Pakistan (vBulletin, 2011), Forum Administrator for Travian Pakistan (vBulletin, 2011).

The New Galactic Empire, IPB forum, then SMF Froum, July/August 2013 - present. 

Administrator of the OFO forum, January 2014- (Zeta).

 

2.  Have you held moderation policies here or on another NS forum before?  If so, what were your overall feelings towards having these powers? Never on the South Pacific, I have preferred to stay out of the government to prevent any possible conflicts of interest with Osiris, Balder or The North Pacific.

 

As an Administrator of the Osiris Forum, it is necessary for me to act as necessary for the security of the region if needed. To date I have been involved with the security bans of two individuals for the safety of our region, one being Unibot. The other I will not name out of respect to the victim and the fact that said person was also a citizen in this region. Have I enjoyed it? No, but I will do whatever is necessary to protect the users of my boards from those who would cause them discomfort or persistent trouble.

 

On the New Galactic Empire as Head Administrator... I regret even offering to help Thrawnn when he was converting to IPB, as it opened me to complete and utter hell from the community who disliked me on principle, gradually they warmed up and accept me as one of their own and after a few teething problems where I publicly refused point blank to budge on security issues, there was an accord struck that allowed things to be handled positively - and one that has prevented any further problems over the last six months. I'm pleased that I hold the role that I do with them and that it's allowed me to help the community through difficult situations internally, such as when Thrawnn deleted the boards.

 

3.  What is your overall feeling towards our current moderation methods?  How can we improve and what should we abandon? 

 

I think that the members of the government who are given moderation powers for their duties need to undergo mandatory training sessions to understand how the forums moderators control panel works, as well as work on identifying the need for staff intervention rather than judicial intervention. IPB isn't a complicated system for new people, but it can be daunting, and the best thing that the staff can do for members of the government is give them a solid foundation in how to use this boards appropriately.

 

In many ways, I feel moderation may be too lenient on people who attack our community, naming no bots in particular, I feel that said person has long since given up the pretence of being part of the community and has sought time, and time again to divide our community simply because of his dislike over governmental and regional allies, which I find is unacceptable and a testament to said persons inability to separate IRL/OOC and IC.

 

4.  What is the most important part of being a Global Moderator?

 

Conflict resolution, mediation and the ability to remain upbeat and positive whilst working to find solutions to problems that can effect the community.

 

5.  Will you have a considerable amount of time to dedicate to carrying out your moderation duties?

 

Certainly, I very much doubt I'll have to warn very many people, people tend to behave when I recommend it for some reason. I spend enough time reading various things so it's not all too difficult to combine the two.