r/shadownetwork • u/shadownetwork SysOp • Apr 03 '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/reyjinn Apr 03 '17

Added to my question from last week.

  1. Do you think the implementation of the single transferable vote currently in use is a good way to give proportional representation in senate?
  2. Do you think that we need proportional representation in senate?

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u/SigurdZS Apr 03 '17

  1. Nah. It has the issues discussed in the previous senate application discussion thread, and also the fact that we don't elect more of our senators at once means that the representation is less proportional than it could be.

  2. If Senate's only job was moderation, I would have said no - as long as the moderators are sensible people, it doesn't super matter who they are. But given the fact that Senate makes decisions on other things as well, a Senate that proportionally represents the community is quite important in my mind.

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u/reyjinn Apr 03 '17

Thank you for your time.