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I have an idea for a new proposal, and I have spelled it out, below. I have yet to present this to any delgate. I am presenting it first to my fellow representatives here in this forum for debate and discussion.

RESOLUTION: The Writing of a Proposal

Section I:
Resolution 425A Proper Grammar shall be revoked as it is unsupportable.

Section II:
All proposals submitted for vote before the NS UN should be written in english. All proposals submitted for vote before the NS UN should be written in clear, precise, succinct, and understandable language.

The goal of this is to foster clear communication and to lessen the possibility of misunderstandings arising from lack of clarity and to reduce the chances of giving offense to those who may take offense at poor use of the language of which they are so proud. The choice of english as the language to use is made because it is the most commonly known language among the persons who represent the NS UN's member nations. No distinction is to be made between the dialects of the english language for this purpose. All that is needed is clarity, precision, succinctness, and understandability. Writers of proposals should get their point across. That's all that is required.

Section III:
All proposals failing to meet the standards outlined in Section II, above, shall not be allowed to reach the Voting Floor.

Should any proposal failing to meet the standards outlined in Section II, above, somehow reach the Voting Floor, it should be immediately removed from the Voting Floor. Any and all NS UN members voting 'yes' to any such proposal shall be considered to be in violation of this Resolution of the NS UN.

Would 'Political Stability' be an appropriate category for this proposal?

The goal of this is to foster clear communication and to lessen the possibility of misunderstandings arising from lack of clarity and to reduce the chances of giving offense to those who may take offense at poor use of the language of which they are so proud. The choice of english as the language to use is made because it is the most commonly known language among the persons who represent the NS UN's member nations. No distinction is to be made between the dialects of the english language for this purpose. All that is needed is clarity, precision, succinctness, and understandability. Writers of proposals should get their point across. That's all that is required.


Here is a different approach.

Instead of making rules that will need to be enforced, how about picking a hot topic:

I suggest the environment or human rights.

And writting what you consider to be a well structured proposal. Lead by example, not by dictation.

10kMichael

The goal of this is to foster clear communication and to lessen the possibility of misunderstandings arising from lack of clarity and to reduce the chances of giving offense to those who may take offense at poor use of the language of which they are so proud. The choice of english as the language to use is made because it is the most commonly known language among the persons who represent the NS UN's member nations. No distinction is to be made between the dialects of the english language for this purpose. All that is needed is clarity, precision, succinctness, and understandability. Writers of proposals should get their point across. That's all that is required.

Lollerberries.

Can you see anything wrong with that paragraph? Are you aware what words like 'succinct', 'clarity' and 'clear' mean?

Amazing! Someone actually saw the sarcastic nature of that particular tidbit. ;)