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Pragmatic Conservative
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« on: January 10, 2018, 10:36:23 PM »

This seems like one of these great ideas in theory that sadly just gets forgotten and ignored in a few months of being implemented. As we have seen with offices such as the National archivist they have a tendency to go inactive with no action from congress to force the appointed official to be active.  We have seen many candidates be able to organize debates on their own such as the Fed primary, past presidential elections. I am also not sure why we need an officially sanctioned organization couldn’t someone independently just work with candidates to organize debates on their own. 
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Pragmatic Conservative
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2018, 11:54:11 PM »

I get the intent here, but I worry that the practical effect of Section 1 would be to add one more task to the game engine's already-expansive list of official responsibilities. I've organized debates before, and pulling one off successfully is a lot of work; there's no way I can take that on as a regular monthly gig, in addition to my other duties as GM, without neglecting one or the other—particularly as I have serious real-life responsibilities that take up most of my time. Transferring the responsibility to the deputy game moderator only shifts the problem down a rung.

Furthermore, while hosting more debates is certainly a good goal, it's not clear to me how this relates to the original constitutional understanding of the game engine's role in Atlasia. This bill rather reminds me of how the old Senate kept adding new jobs to the SoIA position, culminating in one person being responsible for about a dozen different departments in addition to acting as chief legal counsel, wiki secretary, and deputy GM all rolled into one.

Hmm. What could you suggest as a replacement?
Perhaps the Secretary of Internal Affairs or, alternatively, the National Archivist? Congress lacks the constitutional authority to create new cabinet offices, but that would be a bad idea regardless.
Both of those offices are currently inactive as is so giving them more work might not be that advisable at the moment.
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Pragmatic Conservative
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2018, 12:30:20 PM »

While I am still unsure of my position on a final vote I will support this amendment.

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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2018, 12:45:35 AM »

Nay
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2018, 10:56:36 AM »

This bill has enough votes to pass and representatives have 24 hours to change their vote or add their vote if they haven’t already.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2018, 12:21:06 PM »

This bill passes on the following divisions

Aye  (5): wxtransit, Peebs, North Carolina Yankee, Rfayette, Govanah Jake

Nay (1): 1184AZ

Didn't vote (3): Leinad, ReaganClinton, Oakvale
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2018, 12:27:27 PM »
« Edited: February 04, 2018, 12:29:59 PM by Former Game Moderator 1184AZ »

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Sponsor: Wxtransit
House Designation: HB 1185
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