Quorums
Morotican
13-11-2004, 20:39
With the rapid growth of the game, it seems that it will soon be far more difficult to achieve quorum on the proposal floor. i doubt it, but is there a way to make a proposal to reduce the quorum percentage? I think this is in the interest of the wider community of the united nations, who have an rapidly decreasing chance of ever wielding their voting power. To this end, I would like to suggest the discussion of this among delegates to see if we can get any impetus. I suggest a 0.75% decrease.
The Black New World
13-11-2004, 21:00
I don't see a problem with the way it works now…
also this is probably better in technical.
Giordano,
UN representative,
The Black New World
With the rapid growth of the game, it seems that it will soon be far more difficult to achieve quorum on the proposal floor. i doubt it, but is there a way to make a proposal to reduce the quorum percentage? I think this is in the interest of the wider community of the united nations, who have an rapidly decreasing chance of ever wielding their voting power. To this end, I would like to suggest the discussion of this among delegates to see if we can get any impetus. I suggest a 0.75% decrease.
No, you can't make proposals that mandate a change in game mechanics. It would be deleted by the moderators.
Tuesday Heights
13-11-2004, 22:49
The quorum is all based on how many nations are in the UN at a time as Delegates... I think the system works well for a game of this scope and magnitude of players.
Frisbeeteria
14-11-2004, 01:28
I've seen three or four proposals queued at a time in the past. I've also seen dead stretches, but this may be the longest.
Assuming there was always a backlog of proposals in queue, then we would be able to vote on a new proposal every four to five days. If you look at the UN timeline (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/UN_Timeline), you'll see that the date spread is actually pretty close to that. There are several places where it jumps to six or seven days, and a very few where it exceeds a week.
The problem isn't the percentage needed for quorum. The problem is crappy proposals and crappier repeals. We're in a bit of a dead spot because proposal writers seem to be waiting it out while the repealers fill the List Proposals view with garbage. It'll work itself out.