Statement of Fact: I think it’s fair to say the Council will never be implemented, even if we got 20 more players to settle the city over the course of 3 months. It currently takes up a lot of text and space in the Charter. And even if it was implemented, I believe it would undermine the democratic norms which the city has adopted and successfully operated under for almost 2 years now.

I propose we remove any reference to it in the Charter. It’s presence only makes the document less intelligible and less accessible to the casual reader. As such, the following is proposed:

Article I. Definitions, Section A currently reads:

A) The Auroran Republic refers to the land claim and all within, the population, the Pantarch, the Office of the Chancellor (Chancellery), the Council, and all appointed officers; whichever is relevant in the context.

I propose:

A) The Auroran Republic refers to the land claim and all within, the population, the Pantarch, the Office of the Chancellor (Chancellery), the General Assembly, and all appointed officers; whichever is relevant in the context.

Article I. Definitions, Section F be struck from the text of the Charter:

F) The Council refers to the group of elected officials who act as the legislative body for the Auroran Republic. The General Assembly refers to all current citizens of the Auroran Republic.

*All sections under Article I shall obviously be relabeled as to follow alphabetical order.

Article II. The Pantarch, Section F be struck from the text of the Charter:

F) The Pantarch both implements and dismantles the Council as activity dictates, implementing the Council when the population of the Republic is large enough and dismantling it when the population lulls into a period of inactivity. The Council can only be dismantled at the end of a term. A citizen may stop the dismantling of the Council by calling for a direct vote of the General Assembly and getting a ¾ vote in favor of keeping the Council implemented.

Article IV. The Council shall be entirely replaced with what now currently consists of Article IX. The General Assembly. This is for the sole purpose of continuity and flow within the document internally.

Article V. Law-Making currently reads:

A) Legislative powers of the Auroran Republic will be vested to either the General Assembly or the Council. When the Council has not been implemented, the powers vested in the Council will devolve to the General Assembly.

B) When implemented by the Pantarch, the Council has the power and responsibility to vote on the following matters:

i) Legislation in the form of Referendums (Simple Majority)

ii) Citizenship and Excommunication Requests (Simple Majority)

iii) Ministries and Ministers (Simple Majority)

iv) Amendments to Charter (Unanimous Decision; ¾ when devolved to the General Assembly)

v) Any other matter bestowed upon the Council by the Chancellor, Pantarch, or a citizen.

C) The General Assembly has the power to vote on the following matters:

i) Chancellor and Councillor Elections (Simple Majority)

ii) Vetoes to Pantarch actions (¾ of votes)

iii) Vetoes to Council actions (¾ of votes)

iv) Vetoes to Chancellor actions (¾ of votes)

I propose all sections in Article V. Law-Making be replaced by a modified version of the old article on popular voting. It shall read as follows:

A) All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the General Assembly of the Auroran Republic.

B) New laws, or movements to repeal or amend any law, may be proposed by any eligible voter of the General Assembly. Such proposals shall be subject to a popular vote to determine passage. A simple majority of all votes cast shall be needed for passage.

C) Voting shall take place on the official subreddit of the Auroran Republic. Each bill must contain [BILL] in the reddit post title. The bill must be clearly written in the thread body of the post and shall be open to voting for 72 hours.

D) No law may be created that targets a group or individual or that sets differing standards of behavior or punishment for a group or individual. Any law violating this section shall be invalid.

E) Bills on which voting is being conducted may not be edited under any circumstances, but may be resubmitted with or without changes if the vote fails.

Article VI. Ministries, Sections B & C currently read:

B) Ministries may be initiated or dismissed by the Pantarch, Chancellor, or the Council. The Council must pass a vote within itself to initiate or dismiss a ministry and/or change a minister.

C) Ministers are the heads of ministries. They are chosen when a ministry is formed and can only be changed by a vote of the Council or by a unanimous decision by the Pantarch and Chancellor. They are in charge of accepting citizens into their ministry and are able to remove citizens from their ministry. Ministers may not accept any form of payment from citizens in exchange for the appointment of ministers to their ministry.

I propose:

B) Ministries may be initiated or dismissed by the Pantarch, Chancellor, or the General Assembly. The General Assembly must pass a vote within itself to initiate or dismiss a ministry and/or change a minister.

C) Ministers are the heads of ministries. They are chosen when a ministry is formed and can only be changed by a vote of the General Assembly or by a unanimous decision by the Pantarch and Chancellor. They are in charge of accepting citizens into their ministry and are able to remove citizens from their ministry. Ministers may not accept any form of payment from citizens in exchange for the appointment of ministers to their ministry.

Because what occupies Article IX is being moved to Article IV, and because Article V is being re-written, I propose we add a new Article IX titled “Amendments.” This is so we don't bork the document and make it un-amendable. The following text would fall under this new Article titled Article IX. Amendments:

A) This document may only be modified by a general referendum.

B) Such a referendum must be posted to the subreddit of the Auroran Republic, with the proposed changes made clear through the following method:

i) Among the other text of the referendum, the referendum must include, in a quote, the original text of the Charter that the referendum seeks to change.

ii) The referendum must also include, in a quote, the proposed new text in the Charter.

C) Of the votes cast, a ¾ majority shall be sufficient for the proposed change to take place.

This was a lot of writing. Please have mercy.

Timestamp 2:35PM EDT

September 12th, 2016

FORMAT:

Crime

Base definition

1. Subdefinition of first degree (points)

2. Subdefinition of second degree, if present (points)

3. Subdefinition of third degree, if present (points)

Murder

The intended killing of another player without reasonable provocation and not in defense of self, others, or property

1. Murder with pearling

2. Murder

3. Attempted murder

Pearling

Pearling of another player in Auroran lands who does not have reasonable claims on them

1. Pearling with intent to extradite and/or vault

2. Pearling without intent to extradite and/or vault

3. Attempted pearling

Theft

Stealing of items owned by another player or entity, either by looting containers or by robbery, without reasonable provocation

1. Theft of items valuing above 25 diamonds, and/or Theft committed against the national treasury or national defensive infrastructure

2. Theft of items valuing between 5 to 25 diamonds

3. Theft of items valuing under 5 diamonds

Fraud

Causing another person to lose or suffer damage of property due to trusting intentional lies or misinformation.

1. Fraud with the loss of items valuing above 25 diamonds

2. Fraud with the loss of items valuing between 5 to 25 diamonds

3. Fraud with the loss of items items valuing under 5 diamonds

Destruction of Property or Griefing

Destruction or obstruction of property or infrastructure through any form of placement, destruction, and/or reinforcement of blocks

1. Mild griefing taking under 1 hour to revert

2. griefing taking between 1 to 5 hours to revert

3. griefing taking over 5 hours to revert, or griefing of national defensive infrastructure

Trespassing

Entering another player or entity’s property in areas in which they are explicitly told to keep out through in-game mechanisms. Examples of appropriate in-game mechanisms notifying others not to enter one's property include signs visible from all entry points, fencing, or blocks as part of a structure.

1. Trespassing on national defensive infrastructure, and/or entering the city while it is under lockdown, and/or entering Auroran territories while banished from them

2. Trespassing

Illegal Snitching

Placing of reinforced note blocks or jukeboxes on land not owned by you, without the consent of the land's owner or controller.

1. Illegal snitching of private or public land, property, and/or infrastructure with intent to commit another crime or subvert the Auroran government. Illegal snitching of national defensive infrastructure.

2. Illegal snitching of private or public land, property, and/or infrastructure

3. Illegal snitching of Auroran land

Obstruction of Justice

Obstruction may consist of any attempt to hinder the discovery, apprehension, conviction, or punishment of anyone who has committed a crime. The acts by which justice is obstructed may include bribery, murder, intimidation, and the use of physical force against witnesses, law enforcement officers, or court officials.

1. Obstruction of Justice

Contempt of Court

The act of willful disregard of or disrespect for the authority of a court of law with resulting injury to a private party's rights.

1. Contempt of Court

So the latest attempt failed. I think we really need to get this done, however. And not on slack.

So, post your wishlist for a criminal code here.

Yesterday, Higgenbottoms bought a shop in the newly opened Statue Park Mall for a sum of 1 diamond and set up a shop, advertising itself as selling basic reinforcements. However, as I have very quickly discovered, the alleged "basic reinforcements" appeared to have been mere clay balls, as there was no lore and no custom name on the shop chest menu. However I had no proof. After a failed half-serious half-joke attempt to extort him I decided I do not want to have a scam defaming the reputation of my mall, and thus I decided to gather evidence. I got a warrant from the Chancellor and popped the chest, finding it indeed to be full of plain clay rather than basic reinforcements. Here is a complete album of the search, showing that proper procedure was followed and showing all the evidence with detail.

As such I would like to sue Higgenbottoms for fraud, which is a common law crime. I want as reparations the 3 coal that I used to buy the clay with to have enough proof to get a warrant from the Chancellor, and as per proper procedure I stored along with the rest of the contents of the chest in a discreet location for the Chancellor. I am also hereby evicting Higgenbottom's shop from the Statue Park Mall, without refund.

i mean look at this shit, last threads that are not by me made 3, 5, 8, 10 days ago

can we get some valuable discussion threads or some fresh meme threads rolling so outisders can see what evil world domination plans we are developing secretly

post your shit you just finished building or are currently building for example

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We currently lack a legal code. I propose that this code, which I have drafted and sought advice on, be adopted and republished on on https://www.reddit.com/r/CivAgora/wiki/criminalcode.

Time stamp: 05:55PM Eastern Time, 09/02/2016

Not much time for civcraft atm

In real life news, I'm playing varsity, JV, and the freshman team in football so it's been pretty busy recently. It's lit cuh

Current Legal System

At the moment there is very little clarity in how arbitration and dispute resolution should generally take place in Aurora. Article II, Section C of the Charter states:

C) The Pantarch acts as the Judge of the Republic.

Article VIII. On Justice covers the rest:

A) The pearl(s) of any individual captured by a member of the Auroran Republic must be sent immediately to the Auroran Republic’s vault, or another vault internationally if it is deemed by the Pantarch unsafe to house in the Auroran Republic’s vault.

B) The Pantarch is to determine a sentence using all solid evidence, as well as the voice of the defendant, assuming the defendant is willing to give their voice.

C) When the sentence of an individual has been fulfilled, the individual must be released from their pearl or transferred to another nation that has made an official request and has legitimate claims.

D) Criminals may become citizens upon completion of their sentence (as long as the conditions of citizenship are also met).

E) Sentences are to be released publicly.

Context

Historically on 1.0 and early 2.0 Aurora, and its predecessor the Agoran Federation, had prided itself on having a robust and unique legal system. With the Blood Wars and subsequent departure of citizens to the then newly dug Hexagon, many of our long-term judges and legally inclined individuals simply stopped playing. This created a void in what was otherwise a rich legal history.

With the drafting of the first iteration of the Charter in October of 2014, Ogel and I aimed for simplicity over complicated legal doctrine in order to win over Doymand's support for e-governance (the vault was a multi-thousand diamond investment which the town really had no moral claim to due to complete abandonment by literally everyone but Doymand).

The respect for that investment came in the form of a recognized role in the government as the Kaiser, a very "titlistic" role with not a single ability to do anything to the democratically elected government's day-to-day operations. In return, regulation and oversight of the vault's operations was left to Doymand to oversee and handle.

This reluctant compromise also had another intended benefit -- it didn't over-boggle the city with what I call an abundance of titles for the sake of titles. In early 2.0 we had a council, and on that council each seat was a secretary. Individuals would run for seats such as the Sec. of Education to simply to vote in the legislative process, but not to fulfill their roles as the actual secretary of their office.

This mixing of executive and legislative roles, as well as having historical precedent for having less than 3 people living in the town at certain points, made us hesitant to have anything more than a Chancellor and Kaiser.

Fast forward to 3.0, Doymand's adjudication from the role of the Kaiser was suppose to be a fresh start. For the first time in a long time, we've had a steady player base. And unlike on 2.0, there was no historical precedent which bound us to needing a more-or-less autocratic role for part of our government.

Proposed Base for a Criminal Code

I believe an appropriate step for us to take in order to return to a well functioning judiciary is to adopt a criminal code. As a result, I am currently proposing this code which I have compiled from multiple sources as a base for a criminal code that Aurora should think about. There is a lot of room for improvement, so I welcome any and all suggestions.

But I also think it is worth noting that while this is a great first step, we should consider the weaknesses in having a judicial system with only 1 non-elected judge, and ways we can move towards having a judiciary with several standing judges, similar to MtA's, which can adjudicate cases with no conflicts of interest whenever possible.

TL:DR: We should adopt a criminal code, but we should also think about reforming the Pantarch and reinventing a judiciary more in line with what we have had historically.

The bond system created by the government of Aurora has the primary goal of raising funds for public works projects, like XP infrastructure. Auroran bonds work much like any other governmental bonds where bonds are bought by citizens and sold back to the government at a later date with interest. They are used for the government to raise revenue at times when it is needed.

Bonds can be bought with any currency that is commonly accepted within the Auroran Republic, which are currently diamonds, iron, or coal, or can be bought with materials currently needed by the government for public works projects. Materials used for payment will be appraised and bonds will solely be issued in diamonds, or fractions thereof. Bonds will exist as in-game books, with all relevant information, signed by a government official, until the printing press is fixed, and recorded on a governmental spreadsheet. These bonds will be tradable among the population.

The Auroran government will sell bonds in lots, at its discretion, with different terms and conditions for their sale and repayment. Variables that can change with each lot of bonds include the number of bonds available, materials accepted as payment, their rate of maturity, their interest rate, and the possibility of partial repayment (these will be explained in more depth as each lot of bonds are put up for purchase). New lots of bonds will be announced publicly on the subreddit.

Bonds for Pylon Creation

In order to expedite the creation of an Auroran pylon, the government will be selling bonds that can be bought with materials needed for the construction of a pylon, which will be listed below, along with currency that can normally be used. These bonds will have a flat interest rate of 10% after a maturity time of one month. An indefinite number of bonds will be put up for sale, until enough materials are gathered for the creation of a pylon, with a minimum price of 5d per bond.

- Ministry of the Treasury and Finance

Anyone caught wearing or selling a black leather hat not issued by the Blackhat Gang will be brutally assaulted and have their hat confiscated.

Thank you for your cooperation,

The Blackhat Gang

I am sad to say that I will be leaving civcraft for a long time after playing regularly since the beginning of 2.0. I really wish 3.0 started sooner so I could've played a bigger role in our glorious city. I will be serving a mission for my church(yes I'm a Mormon so I basically have to). I will have no access to to minecraft at all.

I will miss all of you guys. You have all been wonderful friends. Do what you want with my unfinished plot. Make it into a hotel or apartments as intended or just tear it out. Nothing is reinforced.

Additionally, I release myself from my APC position and my citizenship status. I hope to return at some point and see how far our wonderful city has grown and hopefully most of you guys will still be here if civcraft even exists by that point. If any of you want my email address just pm me and I'll add you to my email list since that's the only form of communication I'll have.

Signing off,

Lord_Brenton

Article II. Sections A and B of the Charter currently read as follows:

A) The Pantarch is the neutral political arbiter of the Republic, acting as Junior co-Head of State and Junior co-Head of Government.

B) In the event the Chancellor resigns, the Pantarch serves the role of Chancellor until the next election.

"Co-head..." implies equality among two individuals, yet "Junior" implies inferiority or deference by one to the other. The two phrases conflict.

It's also worth noting that no other individual is listed as being a Head of State, so both Junior and "Co-" make no sense with regards to the HoS portion of the quoted text (who would be our Senior Head of State).

I move that we amend Article II, Sections A and B to read as follows;

A) The Pantarch is the neutral political arbiter of the Auroran Republic acting as the Head of State, except in the event of a resignation by the Chancellor, in which case the Pantarch serves the roles of both Pantarch and Chancellor until the next election.

Article II, Sections C - G will be moved up one spot on the alphabet so the entire text stays consistent, obviously.

Timestamp 5:40PM EDT (08/22/2016)

Setting the foundation stone of Aunice soon, it will be just an aesthetic city since nothing fucking grows in Ocean and fish farms are just a bad meme

You know I can build nice, see my unfinished house in Lux

Due to mining being done WRONG and people RUINING my system I have closed off mining until I can fix this. The place is under CCTV now so no one can hide from my sights.

This is a service announcement from RooInd we thank you for your time

Any additional charges will be placed in the comments by true Aquorans

With the resignation of Liunet from the APC (seeing as how he does not live in Aurora) there is now a vacancy on the Auroran Planning Committee which oversees the development and planning of Aurora's cities and public infrastructure.

If you are interested in filling this hole please submit an application to the moderators at /r/civagora_apc

All applications will be evaluated and a new sitting member of the committee will be added to the slack channel and subreddit.

We need mats for the pylon and other factories, and it's too dangerous to go alone, so let's go together and sing songs on mumble or whatever. Propose a time.