Effrenata
11-01-2004, 05:09
For Immediate Release
02.36 GMT, 1/10/04
Interdepartmental Committee
Confederacy of Effrenata
EFFRANATA TO RESTRICT TELEMARKETING
Death Penalty Considered
Summary:
Culminating nearly three years of contentious discussion among the Department of Commerce, the Department of Communication’s Infrastructure Division, and the Charter Review Board (University of Effrenata, Ceyce, Maccadon) Administrative Regulations regarding Telemarketing were released today for public comment and final review by the Interdepartmental Committee of Effrenata.
The regulations classify telemarketing as a Class II Nuisance, and categorize telemarketing offenses ranging from Mild Annoyance to Noxious Pest, with capital penalties enabled for the most extreme offenses. A coalition of commercial Interest Groups is expected to appeal to the Pest Control Board under the Restraint of Trade Regulation.
The Interdepartmental Committee seeks comments on the Regulations during the Comment Period, which will close at midnight EEST (Effrenata Eastern Standard time, GMT+20) on January 30th, 2004.
Please direct all comments or requests for additional information to: Medacara Rozan, 2nd Assistant Administrative Undersecretary, Interdepartmental Committee
Full Text:
After nearly three years of contentious discussion, the Effrenata Charter Review Board (University of Effrenata, Ceyce, Maccadon,) released Administrative Regulations on Telemarketing today. Finally recommended by the Figurehead Council, regulation of telemarketing has been under discussion in the Interest Groups Meeting for more than seventeen years, resulting at times in debate that escalated to physical violence. Over a hundred Interest Groups have been formed and certified pertaining solely to this issue, nearly forty of which still hold certification.
The Commerce Coalition, with 1,296 member Interest Groups, has repeatedly blocked referenda proposals on the subject. The assassination of Direct Sales Chair Pro-Tem Vinki Rubloon, in 1993 (still unsolved,) curtailed the last serious attempt to launch a referendum when the Department of Public Peace and Quiet issued a rare Interim Veto, which was upheld by the 1993B Pest Control Board. Torgil Aalfeson, Acting Vice Chair of the Interest Group Uninterrupted Meals (Motto/Philosophy: “A person should be able to eat dinner in peace.”) estimates that Commerce Coalition members have spent upwards of 2.3 billion mercats since 1984, attempting to stave off Administrative Regulation of telemarketing.
“We don’t want to interfere with commerce,” Aalfeson said in a press conference yesterday, when rumors were flying about impending Administrative action, “but the thing is, the telemarketers, they’re interfering with the communications Effrenatan citizens have paid to install in their homes for their own undisturbed use, and we think that’s not too good. We think it’s a nuisance.”
A spokesminion for the Commerce Coalition, contacted for comment, said that the official position of the coalition and its members was that any Administrative Regulation of telemarketing would constitute violation of Restraint of Trade regulations prohibiting the destruction, defacement, or unfair restriction of advertising material.
Support for the Regulations is extremely high on the Figurehead Council, which recommended the formulation of Administrative Regulations to the Communications Department’s Infrastructure Division in March of 2001. The Regional Conference has declined to address the issue. Occasional fistfights still break out from time to time at the Interest Groups Meeting when the subject is raised, but Provisional Chair Margwan Redhorse has consistently declined to allow the issue to reach the Official Agenda, in spite of repeated Votes of Confidence. Escalating support for Redhorse in the last three votes of confidence appears to be behind the Commerce Coalition’s reluctance to propose additional votes after the November, 2002 vote. The Big Mushy Middle has consistently voted in a solid bloc in support of Redhorse’s leadership on this issue, a fact that is considered likely to weigh heavily with the Interdepartmental Committee’s Review Task Force.
The Draft Regulations were released by the Interdepartmental Committee’s 2nd Assistant Administrative Undersecretary for Regulation Review, Medecara Rozan, without comment at this afternoon’s daily Committee briefing in the Media Tank at Committee Headquarters. Committee Spokesminion Keth Deboll declined questions on the topic for the duration of the Comment period.
The Regulations classify telemarketing as a Class II Nuisance (eligible for capital penalties,) and enumerate sixteen specific offense categories, ranging from Inadvertent Solicitation (Mild Annoyance) through Persistent Recidivism (Noxious Pest,) with penalties for each category ranging from Public Notice through the Ultimate Alternative (emigration or execution.) The Regulations enable five classes of Permissible Solicitation based on opt-in variables. Confederacy Peace & Quiet bureaucrats are expected to enforce the Regulations, which have the usual Administrative Hearing and Appeal provisions.
Contact: Murtrin Shavebotham, First Assistant Intern, Office of Committee Communications
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02.36 GMT, 1/10/04
Interdepartmental Committee
Confederacy of Effrenata
EFFRANATA TO RESTRICT TELEMARKETING
Death Penalty Considered
Summary:
Culminating nearly three years of contentious discussion among the Department of Commerce, the Department of Communication’s Infrastructure Division, and the Charter Review Board (University of Effrenata, Ceyce, Maccadon) Administrative Regulations regarding Telemarketing were released today for public comment and final review by the Interdepartmental Committee of Effrenata.
The regulations classify telemarketing as a Class II Nuisance, and categorize telemarketing offenses ranging from Mild Annoyance to Noxious Pest, with capital penalties enabled for the most extreme offenses. A coalition of commercial Interest Groups is expected to appeal to the Pest Control Board under the Restraint of Trade Regulation.
The Interdepartmental Committee seeks comments on the Regulations during the Comment Period, which will close at midnight EEST (Effrenata Eastern Standard time, GMT+20) on January 30th, 2004.
Please direct all comments or requests for additional information to: Medacara Rozan, 2nd Assistant Administrative Undersecretary, Interdepartmental Committee
Full Text:
After nearly three years of contentious discussion, the Effrenata Charter Review Board (University of Effrenata, Ceyce, Maccadon,) released Administrative Regulations on Telemarketing today. Finally recommended by the Figurehead Council, regulation of telemarketing has been under discussion in the Interest Groups Meeting for more than seventeen years, resulting at times in debate that escalated to physical violence. Over a hundred Interest Groups have been formed and certified pertaining solely to this issue, nearly forty of which still hold certification.
The Commerce Coalition, with 1,296 member Interest Groups, has repeatedly blocked referenda proposals on the subject. The assassination of Direct Sales Chair Pro-Tem Vinki Rubloon, in 1993 (still unsolved,) curtailed the last serious attempt to launch a referendum when the Department of Public Peace and Quiet issued a rare Interim Veto, which was upheld by the 1993B Pest Control Board. Torgil Aalfeson, Acting Vice Chair of the Interest Group Uninterrupted Meals (Motto/Philosophy: “A person should be able to eat dinner in peace.”) estimates that Commerce Coalition members have spent upwards of 2.3 billion mercats since 1984, attempting to stave off Administrative Regulation of telemarketing.
“We don’t want to interfere with commerce,” Aalfeson said in a press conference yesterday, when rumors were flying about impending Administrative action, “but the thing is, the telemarketers, they’re interfering with the communications Effrenatan citizens have paid to install in their homes for their own undisturbed use, and we think that’s not too good. We think it’s a nuisance.”
A spokesminion for the Commerce Coalition, contacted for comment, said that the official position of the coalition and its members was that any Administrative Regulation of telemarketing would constitute violation of Restraint of Trade regulations prohibiting the destruction, defacement, or unfair restriction of advertising material.
Support for the Regulations is extremely high on the Figurehead Council, which recommended the formulation of Administrative Regulations to the Communications Department’s Infrastructure Division in March of 2001. The Regional Conference has declined to address the issue. Occasional fistfights still break out from time to time at the Interest Groups Meeting when the subject is raised, but Provisional Chair Margwan Redhorse has consistently declined to allow the issue to reach the Official Agenda, in spite of repeated Votes of Confidence. Escalating support for Redhorse in the last three votes of confidence appears to be behind the Commerce Coalition’s reluctance to propose additional votes after the November, 2002 vote. The Big Mushy Middle has consistently voted in a solid bloc in support of Redhorse’s leadership on this issue, a fact that is considered likely to weigh heavily with the Interdepartmental Committee’s Review Task Force.
The Draft Regulations were released by the Interdepartmental Committee’s 2nd Assistant Administrative Undersecretary for Regulation Review, Medecara Rozan, without comment at this afternoon’s daily Committee briefing in the Media Tank at Committee Headquarters. Committee Spokesminion Keth Deboll declined questions on the topic for the duration of the Comment period.
The Regulations classify telemarketing as a Class II Nuisance (eligible for capital penalties,) and enumerate sixteen specific offense categories, ranging from Inadvertent Solicitation (Mild Annoyance) through Persistent Recidivism (Noxious Pest,) with penalties for each category ranging from Public Notice through the Ultimate Alternative (emigration or execution.) The Regulations enable five classes of Permissible Solicitation based on opt-in variables. Confederacy Peace & Quiet bureaucrats are expected to enforce the Regulations, which have the usual Administrative Hearing and Appeal provisions.
Contact: Murtrin Shavebotham, First Assistant Intern, Office of Committee Communications
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