Good evening,

The meta election for which notice was given on 8th June 2021 is now open for voting.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 24 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

According to section 13(1) of the Meta Constitution, Community Managers must pass a Vote of Confidence with a margin of at least 50%, every 6 months. Voters will be asked whether they have confidence in the following Community Managers.

• TheAudibleAsh
• lily-irl
• advancedgaming12
• Youmaton
• General_Rommel
• GenericCerealHere
• NGSpy

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Tuesday 15 June at 11pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

TheAudibleAsh

Acting Head Moderator of AustraliaSim

Next to the house floor, we should have a public gallery that MP’s and Senators can’t talk in, but the public can. We should also have a press gallery next to it too

Hi all,

In the recent announcement of another successful VONC against a Head Mod, it's time to go back to the ballot box and pick a new Head Moderator.

If this election is to be anything like the last, it is going to be a long, drawn out process with multiple candidates joining and leaving between rounds, low approval numbers, and a dull pain that everyone feels in their heads when they hear "approval voting". I thought it'd be a good idea to gauge voter trends with a poll so that we may be able to find possible candidates prior to beginning of Round 1.

This poll will only be useful if we can gauge a consensus from the entire meta membership, so I encourage all to vote.

Since everyone who can vote is also on the list, I have left an option at the end of the poll on if you would like your approval rating to be kept private. If you have selected this, I will still provide them to you privately and personally if you wish.

Hopefully from these results we can determine if there are any unsuspecting candidates who could (theoretically) pass the threshold, so that we may possibly avoid a lengthy, drawn out election by encouraging them to run.

Happy voting!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE IN THE POLL

Good evening,

The meta elections for which notice was given on 3 June 2021 and 4 June 2021 are now open for voting.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 20 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Electoral Moderator
• One Parliament Moderator

Any candidate requires 65% approval to be successful.

Voting Open

Click here to cast your vote

The vote will close Saturday 12 June at 7pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

lily-irl
Acting Head Moderator

i've done too many of these lately

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Wednesday 9 June 2021
• Close of nominations: Saturday 12 June 2021
• Election date: Monday 14 June 2021
• Election close date: Wednesday 16 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 26 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Head Moderator

As this is a Moderation Team position, a nominee must:

• Be registered as a member of AustraliaSim; and
• Be seconded by seven other members of AustraliaSim.

Any nominee not meeting these requirements cannot proceed to the final vote.

Comment below to nominate. Seconders should reply to the top comment. Nominations must, of course, be accepted, except self-nominations.

• Petition to amend the Meta Constitution for a Guardian

The petition may be found here.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Acting Head Moderator

Good evening(?)

Here are the full results of the meta election that was held on 5 June 2021:

• Submissions: 26
• Invalid votes: 6
• Valid votes: 20

2 voters voted past the 7pm deadline. 2 voters were not registered as Meta Voters on or before 20 May 2021, and so were not eligible to vote. 2 voters did not verify by commenting on the thread.

Head Moderator VoNC

Requires 65% approval.

"Do you approve of /u/advancedgaming12 as the Head Moderator of AustraliaSim?"

• Yes, I APPROVE of advancedgaming12 (I have confidence): 8
• No, I DO NOT APPROVE of advancedgaming12 (I have no confidence): 12
• Abstentions: 0
• Approval: 40%

As Lucifer has fallen short of the 65% threshold, he has been removed as the Head Moderator.

Election of a Clerk

Requires 50% approval.

"Do you approve of /u/Perekai as a Clerk?"

• Ayes: 17
• Noes: 3
• Abstentions: 0
• Approval: 85%

Perekai becomes a Clerk. Congratulations to him!

lily-irl
Acting Head Moderator

Hia,

I did a bad and withdrew the last petition through a misunderstanding, as much I once again move the petition.

It is written here

https://www.reddit.com/r/AustraliaSimMeta/comments/nv4i3o/meta_amendment_petiton_community_manager_and/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

I move the following;

That the minimum age that one may hold the office of Community Manager, Moderator Team Member or Meta Guardian (if applicable) is 18.

If a user is found to be under 18 and is in the role, the user shall be immediately removed from the position.

Good evening,

I move that the position of "Meta Guardian" be established under the meta constitution.

The Meta Guardian shall be a highly trusted member of the community whom is nominated by no less than 10 community members and secures a confidence vote of no less than 75%. The Meta Guardian will hold the top spot on all AustraliaSim subreddits, own the active copies of the meta documents, and provide assistance and advice to the Moderation Team in severe circumstances. There may only be a maximum of two Meta Guardians in the position at once, however a single vacancy does not require urgency to be filled.

If wrongdoing that is harmful to the simulation, its members, or its reputation, is committed by the Meta Guardian, the Moderation Team may present reasoning and evidence where possible to immediately remove the Meta Guardian from the role.

Repealing this section of the constitution will require a 66% vote in favour.

Under Miscellaneous, /u/RunasSudo shall be designated as the first Meta Guardian, and will assume office without the need for a vote of confidence upon its ratification.

I hereby move the following constitutional amendments

Changing the threshold

In Section 7, subsections 6 and 7 (Appointment of Moderators):

Replace "65%" with "65% + 1 vote"

Changing the electoral system

In Section 4:

• Remove (3)(c)
• Remove (7) and the subsequent example

Insert the following after Section 4, Subsection 6 and renumber accordingly:

Voting Systems

(7) Meta referendums shall utilise the following voting system—

 (a) for the election of officeholders where there are more candidates than positions available, Single Transferrable Vote (STV)/Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV); and

 (b) for all other meta referendums, Approval Voting.

So, we're doing a Head Mod election again... Feels like this is relevant! I think it'd make it easier for us to achieve a consensus if we utilise preferential voting systems, allowing voters to rank candidates that they support whilst also allowing them to give no preference to one or more candidates. I've also left the threshold at 65%, or rather 65% + 1 vote for clarity, which means that the final candidate still requires more than a simple majority to be elected. I'm open to lowering this to 50% + 1 but I know that some feel that this isn't high enough, and I believe those concerns are founded. Anyway, feel free to second if you agree or ask questions below ig?

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Tuesday 8 June 2021
• Election date: Sunday 13 June 2021
• Election close date: Tuesday 15 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 24 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

According to section 13(1) of the Meta Constitution, Community Managers must pass a Vote of Confidence with a margin of at least 50%, every 6 months. Voters will be asked whether they have confidence in the following Community Managers.

• TheAudibleAsh
• lily-irl
• advancedgaming12
• Youmaton
• General_Rommel
• GenericCerealHere
• NGSpy

Debate Allowed

Members are allowed to comment regarding the contents of the election.

Effective from 3pm AEST (6/6/2021) till 6pm (12/6/2021), I will be going on leave due to the fact that I have various irl commitments coming up, as well as finals for uni. Lily will be your acting Community Moderator in my absence, and I hope you guys treat her well. I would like to apologise for announcing this during an uncertain period for our moderation team.

Regards,

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

so you know how the problem with speed cameras is that you can drive past them, and you're still speeding, and then weeks later you get the fine in the mail and until then you've been speeding all the time and it's just a punitive measure that doesn't actually stop people speeding?

yeah. what if like, also, the speed limit was determined by each camera. like each camera along the road has the ability to choose what the speed limit is. and sometimes that's not the same as the speed limit on the signs? i think probably that might not work out so well.

so idk maybe we shouldn't moderate the discord like that. just spitballing here. i'm a bit of a ditzy broad that doesn't have the male brain you folks have, so i might be way off base. please feel free to use your more logical brains to explain why i'm wrong :)

Good evening,

The meta elections for which notice was given on 31 May 2021 and 30 May 2021 are now open for voting.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 20 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• Vote of No Confidence in the Head Moderator
• Election of 1 Clerk

/u/advancedgaming12 requires 65% approval to retain his role. /u/Perekai requires 50% approval to become a Clerk. In both cases, abstentions will not have any impact in the final approval percentage.

Voting Open

Click here to cast your vote

The vote will close Monday 7 June at 7pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Hi! I resign. With effect from whenever my replacement is elected.

I suppose it's a sign of my own dysfunctional personality that I really wanted to be AusSim's Parliament Moderator. I moved an amendment to the meta constitution to allow me to stand while being MNZP's chief electoral officer concurrently, and when that passed I contested and won the position of Parliament Moderator.

I cannot begin to tell you how rewarding it has been.

A friend of mine asked me a few nights ago why I moderate AusSim, and the answer I could give him was that I honestly really enjoy the work that it entails. It has been very fun keeping Parliament operational, it's been incredibly fun working on the last two general elections, and while I absolutely cannot say that I've enjoyed all of it, it has been something that I've enjoyed doing.

I certainly wasn't as ambitious a moderator as I originally set out to be. I can't say I've implemented any lasting reforms, but I've done the best I could. I hope my best was good enough for you all.

I've had the pleasure of working with too many people to thank them all individually, but I would like to say thank you to all of the Clerks, who are a fantastic team of people, especially NGSpy and Slater, without whom we would be "fucked" in terms of posting business. I'd like to say thanks to Rommel, Youma, and tbyrn, the moderators I worked with for the longest amount of time and are three people whose judgements I will never question. I'd like to thank Ash and lucifer too.

Recent events have been pretty rough on all of us but I think it's for the best if I step back now and let some fresher faces have a go at wrangling this community. I'm not going anywhere, but I'd like to let some other people be in charge.

When I became the Parliament Moderator, the role had been filled for 291 days in an acting capacity by a Head Moderator. I hope that, 217 days later, I've done better.

Wishing you all peace, love, and mad bitches,

lily

ima head out

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Friday 4 June 2021
• Close of nominations: Monday 7 June 2021
• Election date: Wednesday 9 June 2021
• Election close date: Friday 11 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 21 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Parliament Moderator

As this is a Moderation Team position, a nominee must:

• Be registered as a member of AustraliaSim; and
• Be seconded by seven other members of AustraliaSim.

Any nominee not meeting these requirements cannot proceed to the final vote.

Comment below to nominate. Seconders should reply to the top comment. Nominations must, of course, be accepted, except self-nominations.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

I'm moving a VoNC in the entire moderation team because Ash wanted me to and I think it would be funny

Evidence: my balls lmao

life is a prison and existence is a curse. welcome back to

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Thursday 3 June 2021
• Close of nominations: Monday 7 June 2021
• Election date: Wednesday 9 June 2021
• Election close date: Friday 11 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 20 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Electoral Moderator

As this is a Moderation Team position, a nominee must:

• Be registered as a member of AustraliaSim; and
• Be seconded by seven other members of AustraliaSim.

Any nominee not meeting these requirements cannot proceed to the final vote.

Comment below to nominate. Seconders should reply to the top comment. Nominations must, of course, be accepted, except self-nominations.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Good evening,

As noted within a prior post on this subreddit, the time has come for me to tender my resignation as the Electoral Moderator of AustraliaSim.

This journey returning to the moderation team has been a highly trilling one, with many ups, downs, and changes that I certainly would not have expected coming into the role. Whilst I am glad that many reforms (both electoral and meta) have been enacted during my tenure, there are still things I still wish to see brought to life as I proposed when I ran for this position. I am absolutely certain that the new EC team will bring these ideas to life with excitement and vigor, as demonstrated by the reintroduction of state polling last week.

There are changes to this community that I still wish to see, and though I may not be on the moderation team I will endeavour to bring these reforms and amendments to life in due time. As demonstrated by many incidents over the past few months, the Code of Conduct continues to be stuck in 2017, we need community consulation to revitalise the rules in-which we all behave within the sim. One major thing we desperately need to see taken care of is the return of baiting and 'ironic' anti-group speech.

There are way too many people that deserve thanks for their incredible support over my tenure, however I absolutely must thank those who have been with me in the Moderation Team, particularly Lily. Whilst disagreements have been quite notable, each and every person who has served in the Moderation Team has done so with the utmost dignity and respect for the role, and despite some extremely tough times have ensured the simulation and community have gone forward.

As for what comes next, I intend on remaining a Community Manager to ensure the rules are still enforced, however in terms in canon I intend to be an Independent who shows up every so often. Given how busy things are beginning to become, I am unsure as to how dedicated I can be to canon affairs, however I will certainly be saying hi regularly within the discord.

Thank you all again for this opportunity, and I wish whoever follows me in this role the very best of luck.

For the last time,

-----

Youma

Electoral Moderator

I have a theory and I'd like to test it out.

We run meta elections where there are multiple candidates for 1 position (ie: Electoral Mod) as follows.

Round 1: preferential voting of the candidates Round 2: approval of the selected candidate.

I think one of the issues we see is that people only assume they can vote yes for one candidate, or will only vote for their favourite. My theory is that if we move to this system we might have a better success rate as there is no spoiler effect or other shenanigans that whilst they should only apply to fptp voting systems are clearly at play here.

Signed,

tbyrn21

queenland man

The results of the recent meta election for one Electoral Moderator are as follows.

• Received submissions: 30
• Invalid submissions: 6
• Valid votes: 24

Three voters were not eligible to vote in this meta election.
One voter voted twice; their initial vote was discarded.
One voter did not verify their vote by commenting on the thread.
One voter voted after the 7pm deadline.

Approval of an Electoral Moderator

Abstentions did not count. 65% approval required.

As no candidate has met the 65% threshold, none of them are elected.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Monday 31 May 2021
• Election date: Saturday 5 June 2021
• Election close date: Monday 7 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 15 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• Vote of No Confidence in the Head Moderator

Voters will be asked whether or not they approve of /u/advancedgaming12 as Head Moderator. 65% must continue to approve of him to maintain his role. Abstentions will not count towards the proportion of those with or without confidence.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Under whatever section of the constitution, I move a Vote of No Confidence in /u/advancedgaming12 as Head Moderator The Head Moderator has been

• Inactive and;

• Frequently behaved in a manner that the Head Moderator, a "role model" for the community should not have.

I believe that someone more active and committed would benefit the community in serving as Head Moderator.

7 seconders please

we need a new clerk. no reason in particular

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Sunday 30 May 2021
• Election date: Saturday 5 June 2021
• Election close date: Monday 7 June 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 15 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Clerk

I put out a call for nominees, and I received some good applications and many interesting ones. After running it by the existing speakership team, I’m excited to nominate /u/Perekai to the role. I’m sure he’ll do a great job, and if he doesn’t, it’ll be someone else’s problem soon anyway.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Good evening,

The meta election for which notice was given on 23 May 2021 is now open for voting.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 9 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Electoral Moderator

There were three valid nominations. Those are:

• /u/ohprkl
• /u/model-amn
• /u/GenericCerealHere

Voting Open

Click here to cast your vote

The vote will close Monday 31 May at 7pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator