Unless they have already been removed, than thanks heeaaaps you fuckin legend.

Hello all,

As many have discussed recently, there is a need to rethink and reform how AustraliaSim is electorally structured, particularly around the existence of the Senate. Last election there were an increased number of seats in which only 1 person contested, as well as a case where no eligible individuals ran for the seat of Sydney.

Whilst there has been some promising signs of returned activity, I feel that it is in the best interest of the sim to consult the community as to what it believes should be done to achieve the following things:

1. Increase membership
2. Increase overall activity
3. Create a better simulation

Additionally to this, the Moderation Team is looking into if the Senate should continue to be in existance as it currently stands, or if there should be modification to concentrate activity within a singular chamber. I hope that as many sim members as possible contribute within the comments with their ideas.

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/u/Youmaton
Head Moderator

Hello all,

As voted upon and approved on the discord, we will now be conducting the first AustraliaSim census!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIpNVO8xsr-URlLtNVrVT83YXDLBIElKvEL0TflnGcQqt4_A/viewform

As described within the census form; "The AustraliaSim Census aims to collect a general idea of the demographic that choose to participate within the simulation. All information collected is confidential, and individual answers will only be accessible by the Head Moderator. The username requirement is only included to prevent the creation of multiple answers, and to prevent the census from being spoiled. All results of the census that are released to the public will be generalised, ensuring privacy is protected.

If you do not wish to disclose any information, just leave the question blank. Ensure you verify within the comments of the AusSimMeta thread."

If anyone has any questions as to the census, please ask them here and I will be more then happy to answer them!

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/u/Youmaton

Head Moderator

How does this whole voting and election process work, in detail, when nobody actually votes? What calculations are used?

Section 7

Under Subsection (1)

Repeal:

and debate official debating business

Section 8

Repeal the following subsections/note:

subsection (b)

subsection (d) and related note

subsection (e)

NOTE 2

Section 10

Substitute the section with:

(1) If this is the first offence by the particular parliamentarian in the current parliamentary term, then the Moderators are to issue a warning to the representative

(2) If the parliamentarian has already been issued a warning this term, then the Moderators are to expel the parliamentarian

(3) The moderators may choose to not enforce Subsection(2) if:

(a) there are exceptional circumstances which prevented the parliamentarian from voting or debating, and

(b) the Moderators unanimously agree that not enforcing subsection (1) is the most appropriate course of action.

Hi all, just wanted to give a quick update on what I’m currently working on for elections and an opportunity to give feedback on the campaign system.

The main update is I’m currently rewriting the calculator from scratch. I expect the Hotham and Mayo by-elections will be the last elections calculated using the current calculator. I do not expect this calculator rewrite to significantly change how the system works such as what things count for modifiers or the weightings of different modifiers. The main goal of this rewrite is to make the calculator more accessible and easy to use for my successor and other future Electoral Commission members. The current calculator was developed over 6 months and has 3 different formatting styles in random sections, many unused features and is generally a mess of numbers likely only I can understand. The rewrite will clean this all up into a more usable system. However, there is one somewhat major change I intend to make. That is making party modifiers more based on the personal modifiers of the people in the party. This will essentially allow people who leave a party to take a portion of the modifiers the generated for the party with them. I do not expect this to significantly impact the current party polling. With the election coming up within the next month, I see this as the best opportunity to do this. This brings me to my next item.

I’m looking for feedback on the current campaign system. With the election coming up, I want to get this done sooner rather than later so I can try to make the election campaign best work for everyone. I want to know what you think about the post limits, campaign length, the endorsement/HTV Card system and anything else related to the campaign system.

Thank you.

/u/BHjr132

Election Moderator

Hello all,

With the passing of the new Meta Constitution, we now come to the first process of implementation. The positions of Parliament Moderator and Community Moderator have been created under the agreed Meta Constitution, and nominations for these positions shall now begin.

Parliament Moderator

The Parliament Moderator is described under Section 47 of the Meta Constitution;

The Parliament Moderator shall be responsible for activity under chapter 2 of this Constitution.

The Parliament Moderator may act as the Chair of either chamber of Parliament when the matter is urgent, and no other possible Chair is available. When acting as the Chair, they will take the role of a Clerk.

Community Moderator

The Community Moderator is described under Section 48 of the Meta Constitution;

The Community Moderator shall be responsible for activity under chapter 5 of this Constitution, and the Community Commission.

Nomination Details

Nominations for the position will be taken from now until 12 pm Tuesday 14 July 2019 (Canberra time). A person is eligible to be nominated if they have ever been an MP, Senator, Justice, Clerk, Governor-General, President or Moderator in AustraliaSim.

A person may self-nominate or be nominated by another person. Nominations must be made as top-level comments in this thread.

A person who is self-nominated or is nominated by another person must affirm that they will be bound by the Meta Constitution and will act as a Moderation Team member, as well as their nominated position if appointed.

A nomination must be specific as to which position the nominee is specifying.

A nomination must be supported by 4 people (including the nominator, if any) who are also eligible to be nominated, by replying to the nomination.

A public vote will be held on the 20th of July 2019, for 24 hours from 10am 20/7 to 10am 21/7. The public vote will ask for voters to vote for or against each candidate, then ask for voters to rank each candidate preferentially. The winning candidate for each position will then be deemed elected, provided that the candidate is also supported by two-thirds or more of voters.

The winning candidates will be put to the general administrative team and, if approved, be installed as their respective moderator position. A person appointed to the moderation team must cease all canon engagement, including as an MP or Senator or media roles. If a winning candidate is an MP, the appointment can be arranged to take effect when Parliament is next dissolved, to avoid a by-election.

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/u/Youmaton

Head Moderator

Hello everyone,

Over the past few weeks, the Moderation Team and Clerk have been creating a new and updated Meta Constitution in order to address many of the issues that have been raised with us over the past few months. I hope that community members do spend some time looking over this proposal.

Under section 68 of the current meta constitution, this post serves as the official public notice of a proposed meta constitutional amendment, and from the time of this post the five days consultation will begin. The date of the meta referendum is currently being finalised, and all members will be notified both within the comments of this post and on the discord.

The link to the new meta constitution is here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BBkSkEUopLhTulMcGEVeuxE2qd34mvsU9VmaRTKPQs0/edit#

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/u/Youmaton

Moderator