NationStates Jolt Archive

After a terrible civil war over the terrible issue of wheter the barbaric pratice of letting rabbits eat carrots, I am glad to say that the nation of SilentScope has been resurrected, altough the situation is instable. The massive genocides, the ethnic cleansing of trees...I feel reconcilaition is too fragile.

But, ahem. Yes. The new resolution. I'm afraid that this new resolution may be seen as a bit...unconventional. But I believe such a resolution may be necessary to be bought to the floor, especially to promote equality for all.

The NSUN,

COMMENDING the work of the United Nations gnomes in running all of the UN committees,

UNDERSTANDING of the hard work the gnomes do in trying to run the UN most effectively,

DEEPLY CONCERED that the gnomes only represent a small portion of all the intelligent and sapient races in the Nationstates United Nations,

WORRIED that the gnomes may seek to do something that may not be in the best interest of all these other species,

BELIVING that having other races play a role in deciding UN policies ensures that the UN can most effectively address the needs of those races, as well as those NationStates who are composed of those races,

1. MANDATES that all NSUN Committees must devote at least 25% of their seats to non-gnome races who reside in a country that belongs to the NSUN.

2. CREATES the 'NSUN Commitee Equality' Committee.
a) The Commitee must follow the mandate of ensuring that at least 25% of the Commitee be composed of non-gnome races.
b) The Commitee's main goal is to monitor all the other Commitees in ensuring that the comply with the above mandate.
c) If a non-gnome believes that he is being discrimnated against in the NSUN halls, he may appeal to the 'NSUN Commitee Equality' Committee. The Commitee will be granted enough power to help resolve this crisis and stop any discrimination from happening.
d) The 'NSUN Commitee Equality' Committee has the right to expel any gnome member from any other Commitee if they feel that said gnome is not allowing the non-gnome to perform his duties as a member of the NSUN, provided that they have a 2/3rds majority voting in favor of the explusion.

3. DECLARES that all people on the NSUN Committee, regardless of race, must not favor one NationState over another NationState and must remain fair and unbiased in their desicons.

I am afraid that this may weaken the gnomes' position, but at the same time, I beliee that other races like faries, vampires, cyborg, clones, humans, etc. should be able to get onto the commitee too. As long as it is stressed in Clause 3 that no commitee member can be controlled by a NationState, I hope it would be a legal proposal.

Illegal for metagaming.

Seriously? Okay, I think you've really misunderstood the whole "UN Gnomes" thing.

I think you've really misunderstood the whole "UN Gnomes" thing.
OOC: But some of the people around here do RP the term as having that meaning... ;)

OOC: But some of the people around here do RP the term as having that meaning... ;)

But it's still illegal for metagaming.

I don't think it's illegal for metagaming as many people did in fact roleplay that gnomes do in fact control the UN committees, and that it will still not allow nationstates to sit on those committees, which is exactly why the whole "UN Gnomes" thingy existed.

The reason I did this resolution is to make the divide between RL UN and NSUN more clear. I think many resolutions deal too much with RL issues and not NS Issues. I do hope that the mods do rule this a legal resolution.

I don't think it's illegal for metagaming as many people did in fact roleplay that gnomes do in fact control the UN committees, and that it will still not allow nationstates to sit on those committees, which is exactly why the whole "UN Gnomes" thingy existed.

The reason I did this resolution is to make the divide between RL UN and NSUN more clear. I think many resolutions deal too much with RL issues and not NS Issues. I do hope that the mods do rule this a legal resolution.

No. Roleplaying=metagaming. Gnomes are a funny way of saying that the changes just happen to your nation, and that the beings that sit on committees just spring out of nowhere. UN Gnomes are a joke, not an actual gameplay device.

But hey, if you're wanting a legality ruling, I have the feeling the mods are going to tell you the same thing.

UN Gnomes are a role-playing explanation for a Game Mechanic. They are, by their very nature, meta.

So if your delegate drinks with some of the gnomes on a regular basis he may want to see a gnomish shrink (pun intended) (hey this sounds poetic?)

*sees a shrink*

This delegate joins in with a couple bottles of Chardonays. (that's wine for those who don't know).

I have a gnomish shrink, his name is Ray. I'm taking this as a joke, as it makes no sense. It's funny, so that's what it's going down as.