Total side note, but while we're discussing the rules, I want to bring up the following.
I know this was a sensitive issue with some members not so long ago, but I believe the vice president should have more authority in one important instance: the transition between speakers. We had basically a week where nothing really happened because we were electing a speaker. It is possible my unfamiliarity with the rules is showing here (and that the VP was supposed to do something and didn't
), but I think the vice president should have been keeping things going in the debate threads. That short hiatus has thrown a lot of us off... and it strikes me as an unnecessary occurrence.
