Now I provide some further clarifications. These holes here were noted in different conversations long ago. Corpora-weariness was feared an issue for the populace and so priorities were maintained as far as what came first for Corpora revision—the whole everybody’s doing fine now and we’ve gotten along for years without it, don’t stir the pot for a bit, give it a rest mentality followed a few marathon althings and hundreds posts. Given recent current events, I say let’s get these puppies fixed. These are not really biggies in my mind, but affirmations of what is in the spirit of what is said in the Corpora (to a degree mentioned in different areas when the line of succession runs out) and what our process always turns out to be in special situations where no candidates are qualified.1.23 Ensures all subgroup Prime Ministers provide Amtgard: Rules of Play to Dues Paid members.
1.24 Ensures all subgroup Prime Ministers provide Amtgard: Corpora of the Golden Plain to Dues Paid members.
4.1 Althing
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4.13 The Althing may do the following:
4.131 Discuss and vote on expenditures of the club treasury.
4.132 Discuss the future and priorities of the Kingdom.
4.133 Discuss possible reasons for removal of club officers and special circumstances for them retaining their positions.
4.133 Hold the special elections of officers for positions that normally require persons who have qualified per the Crown Qualifications process, but where no person successfully qualified (see sections 4.4 and 6.2 for additional requirements), or where an officer has left her post and the line of succession has failed (see sections 1.35, 1.381-3, 1.461-3, 1.751).
4.134 Exercise the Monkey Rule (see section 8.7).
4.4 Elections
4.41 All elections shall be held and votes shall be gathered and counted by the Prime Minister and a dues-paying member at large chosen at random.
4.411 Prime Minister elections shall be held by Monarch and a dues-paying member at large chosen by the Regent.
4.42 The winner of any election requires a simple plurality vote.
4.421 All elections of club officers shall be done by secret ballot.
4.4211 This includes special elections for replacement officers or when no candidate qualifies per the Crown Qualification process (see sections 4.133 and 6.2).
4.42111 For special elections with candidates who attempt but fail to qualify, the Qualifications Coordinator must document the performance of the candidates, and the populace must elect an officer from the list candidates that attempted to qualify for that position (follow section 4.133)
4.42112 If no candidates attempted to qualify, then the populace must nominate willing members who at minimum must be eligible per the Resident and Active requirements to run for an office (see section 4.45 and 4.133)
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4.45 Eligibility to run for club positions:
4.451 Eligibility to run for Kingdom Monarch, Kingdom Regent, and Champion:
4.4511 Shall be Active
4.4512 Shall be signed-in on the Prime Minister's sign-in sheet the day of pertinent election.
4.4513 Shall be Dues-Paid at least one (1) week prior to pertinent election.
4.4514 Shall pay $5 for each position one is running for. Qualification fees are due before entering any item/event in Crown Qualifications. Unless special arrangements are made with both the Kingdom Treasurer and Kingdom Prime Minister during the week prior to the election.
4.45141 If the Treasurer of the B.O.D. is running for a position, the Crown Qualifications Coordinator shall act as Treasurer in this instance.
4.4515 Must pass the Reeves'/Corpora test.
4.4516 Shall be a Resident (specifically, a Resident of the subgroup if a subgroup election, or of the Kingdom if a Kingdom election; see also section 8.0)
4.4517 Shall have been a Resident of the Kingdom of the Golden Plains for six months prior to running for any Kingdom position.
4.45171 For a member of a Duchy, Barony, or a Shire which has been in existence for over 6 months, to run for Monarch, Regent, Champion of their local group, member shall have been a resident of that group for three (3) months prior to the election.
4.4516 and 4.4517 may seem redundant, they aren’t exactly, at least not after adding the parenthetical. I can’t jump into GP in IG for 2 months and then run to DO for 1 and be good to run for office in DO, the majority of credits must be in the subgroup specified. The Kingdom level stuff is a different requirement: 6 Months in the Kingdom before you can run in kingdom-wide stuff.
6.2 Crown Qualifications
6.211 Crown Contestants shall announce in a written format to the Prime Minister which position/positions one is running for at least two (2) weeks before elections are held. Included in this announcement shall be a proposal for the locations of all regularly scheduled althings for their reign.
Minor issue, conflicts with the table that precedes it (used to say 3 in one place 2 in another). Don’t know why it was ever this way. Squire Smiley noted it and it has apparently been wrong for a heck of a long time.
6.2A Crown Qualifications shall be scheduled for cultural events on the first day, and warskill events on the second day at the Subgroup designated by the current monarch.
6.2B Final voting results shall be announced no more than two (2) hours after warskill events are completed.
6.2C If, after the Crown Qualification process, no persons qualify for Monarch, Regent, or Champion, then an emergency Althing must be held immediately to those positions without a qualified candidate, (see sections 1.3 and 4.4).
Note: I am ongoing in a pursuit to make this fully functional for subgroups and Kingdom, I am leaning toward a supplement that documents how things work As described this document, but just dealing with that which applies or must be interpreted for subgroup use.
yeehaw...
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