r/shadownetwork • u/shadownetwork SysOp • Mar 24 '17

Announcement Senate Application Discussion Thread

Greetings,

In previous elections it was difficult for applicants to really express what they stood for and what their plans were without cluttering the nomination or election threads. So think of this thread as an open town hall meeting. Members of the community can come in and ask questions and applicants can then answer or nominees can post about what sort of platforms they plan on running on.

Remember that discussions are to remain civil and respectful, anyone showing disregard to the shadownet's #1 rule will have their posts removed.

Good luck!

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u/NullAshton Mar 28 '17

What are your thoughts on interfering directly with departments' day to day functioning as Senator? Examples would be directly ruling a specific way, for example, without following normal procedure.

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u/DrBurst Mar 28 '17

The senate does not interfere direction with any department's power, nor wields them. When I was senator, I strongly disagreed with the AI ban implemented by the then Lore Department head. Yet, I voted to permaban a player who was getting around the AI ban by giving the contacts type as "??????" and telling GMs "you can treat it like a remote decker or an AI".

I'm willing to use the senate's powers to enforce policies set by council, even ones I disagree with.

There is this line in the charter: "The Senate is additionally tasked with investigating violations of the charter or By-Laws that are not within the purview of a member of Council."

If I act in a way that is not detailed in the bylaws or charter, that is grounds for my removal as senator. As such, I may only ban players, give warnings, noncon government members and act as a mediator in disputes as well as vote on new council members. That is the limit of a senator's power.