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| Constitutional question: Newspaper distribution | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 16 2010, 03:57:21 AM (652 Views) | |
| Kandarin | Feb 16 2010, 03:57:21 AM Post #1 |
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Recently, the subject has come up of a regional newspaper - a program that TEPers have run successfully in the past and that could be a real boon to the region again in the future. The project is somewhat on hold, but I believe that this is largely due to the wait for the election of a new Magisterium (which is done) and the absence/busyness of several key players in government and RP (who are no longer absent/busy). With this in mind, I believe we could make a newspaper project work. This is secondary to the question I want to present to the Conclave. In the past, newspapers have been posted in our region's embassies. I want to propose the idea of expanding this distribution, such that a Citizenship is also a newspaper subscription. That is, becoming a Citizen would lead to one receiving telegrammed newspapers unless they opted to decline. However, most Citizens have been here for a while and signed up for a specific set of things when becoming Citizens. This would be new to them, and not necessarily what they originally expected. This is not necessarily a problem, but it still might not match the description of Citizenship in the Concordat. So, I ask the Conclave: Would expanding Citizenship to include a newspaper subscription violate the definition of citizenship as detailed in the Concordat? Would it require a change in the Concordat to work? And could such a thing be 'grandfathered in' to existing Citizens, or new Citizens only? If you are not an Arbiter and wish to comment on the newspaper project, this link is the best place for such discussion. Ditto for discussion of whether the newspaper-subscription thing is a good idea - this is just a discussion of whether or not it's legal. |
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| Allegheny | Feb 16 2010, 11:33:17 AM Post #2 |
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1. I do not see how giving a newspaper subscription upon becoming a citizen could at all possibly violate the concordat. 2. Though a change may not be necessary in the concordat I believe that it should be added in something like a new section in Article F that states: "All citizens are entitled to receive a regional newsletter for the purpose of keeping all citizens up to date on regional matters through the NS telegram system." There should also be a section that states: "All citizens have the right to decline a subscription to the regional newsletter." These two could be merged into one section also, this is to be used as an example for my idea. 3. I think it should be grandfathered in, however all citizens who still exist within the region should be notified and asked whether they wish to receive it or not. That's pretty much how I think it can be done. Please pick my opinion apart at your leisure. |
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| Kurogasa | Feb 17 2010, 11:31:03 PM Post #3 |
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yeah, for what I read the newspaper wouldn't be violating anything in the concordat Personally I don't think it should be added anyway I guess we should just send a message to citizens telling them to subscribe (if they want to, of course) to the newspaper and then send it regularly. it makes more sense than changing the concordat so every citizen can get one just to add a "of course, you can decline" at the end... plus, the message option could take care of the "existing citizens" problem. |
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| Kelssek | Feb 20 2010, 10:45:50 PM Post #4 |
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Unless it contradicted a right assured in the Concordat, I would say it's perfectly legal, and I don't see how there could be a problem unless you forced people to recieve it or something, and since one can decline, I don't believe that's a problem. This wouldn't possibly change the definition of citizenship. There certainly isn't a need, as Allegheny suggests, to legislate it, much less amend our constitution! And if the initiative died out, the regional government would be in breach of the law... are we going to sue the government? What kind of measures are the Arbiters going to take to ensure newsletter delivery? The situation would get quite silly. Sending a newsletter to Citizens doesn't change the definition of citizenship - this isn't the right way to approach thinking about this. Rather, think of it as a new service which the government is providing, where the service is defined as being offered to citizens. This is something the executive can handle without requiring legislation to be passed, other than maybe a mundane sort of bill to establish an agency to do this newsletter and define its responsibilities. |
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