Amendment Package Deal (Passed May 05 2009)

Amendment Package Deal

The following is a collection of Amendments to previous legislature passed in the GIA

Repeal of the laws “Inactive Nations“ and “Amendment to “Inactive Nations“ Law“

Enacting this law would repeal the laws stated for the following reasons.

1) Nations that are “Inactive“ by our standards are still useful to us during wartime.
2) These nations still have a functioning economy, and so are still a valuable trade vessel.
3) It would be wise for us as an alliance to keep our strength in numbers, especially if we plan to proceed with the PAPA.

So, rather than kicking them out of the alliance, with the creation of this law, The President will create a new rank of “Economic/Wartime Servicer“. This rank will be sub–voter nation, and will have no power.

In doing this, we may keep our alliance strong in trade and wartime, and we may have a distinction from our citizen nations, and their inactive counterparts.

Amendment to “Election Legislation“

With the passing of this legislation, the following changes would be made to the following sections of “Election Legislation“

Section 5, 5b, and 6 shall be revised to the following

5) Nominees for President shall be named in an official Nomination Forum thread two days before the election process begins.

5b) The nominating process will last for two days.

6) Once nominations have finished, the current President will create an official Voting Thread, where the president will list all of the nominees and their VP nominations. Nations will then have 72 hours to vote, which during they may ask the candidates questions and debate

With these changes, we can have a more stable and deliberate election process, and no nation may feel rushed to either nominate, or vote.

Amendment to “Appointment Regulations and Committee“

Sections 2–3 and 6–1 shall be changed to the following

2–3) The Appointment Committee shall consist of at least 3 members, but no more than 5 members, with one member acting as the “chair“ of the committee, and never having an even number of voting members.

6–1) Repealed

There will also be an addition of sections 6–2, 6–3, and 5c

6–2) The chairs of all committees enacted during or after the passage of this legislation

6–3) The committee members appointed by the chairs of their respective committees of all committee enacted during or after the passage of this legislation

5c) With the enactment of this legislation (APD), it is the duty of the chair to remove nations form the committee to reach the desired size

Making all of these changes will increase the efficiency of the Appointment Committee, in both member activity, and making appointments a faster process.

Guidelines and Changes to the Appointment Process

All Committees created at the point of this legislation’s enactment should abide by these guidelines:

1) The current President shall appoint the chair of the Committee

2) This appointment must follow due process until he/she takes power

3) Once in power, the Chair must appoint the rest of his committee, who will in turn follow the same process

These points should be viewed as guidelines for later created committees, but they will be enacted as law for the following committees already in place:

1) Domestic Committee
2) Appointment Committee

With all of these changes in place, the GIA can have a more streamlined and efficient governing body, with less red tape to cut, and more evenly distributed power down the line.

With it, we can be assured that we‘ve voted for the right leader, and that we maintain our strength in numbers.

With these internal changes to our already solid system, the GIA can become the greatest example of Peace and Prosperity that we hope to reflect in World 112.