Implemented Yamatai: Remove Senators whose players have been inactive for a year or more

[hyralt]

Reading Senate of Yamatai on Star Army Space Roleplay I discovered how many inactive players still have Senators:

• Anisa System TBA Legix
• Elysia Novus Karael Malarch META_mahn Represents the Elysian Celestial Empire
• Daichi System Bordolf, Gunther Nashoba
• Tami System Maeda Yusuke raz Staff Taisa, Ninth Fleet

After some lively discussion in Discord (thanks @Andrew @Ethereal @FrostJaeger @Soban ), I think the simplest thing to do is to remove Senators whose players have been inactive for at least a year.

 

[Andrew]

Here are some more -

Bordolf, Gunther - Diachi -
Maeda Yusuke - Tami
Tofuku Rin - Vironica
Wularu - Gashmere
A. Winsbury - Anisa
Erik Reinhardt - Kilnar
Iwase Tamako - Ahrbeg

 

[hyralt]

Not part of my proposal, but a suggestion:

I say that we justify it IC by having an IC rule that if Senators don't show up for a year, they are removed. But they can be added again if the system chooses them again, allowing players to come back after a break but forcing them to go through the OOC Senate application process again.

 

[Ethereal]

I think we mentioned in Discord that because each world has its own rules for how to choose and keep their Senators, we can chalk their removal down to behind-the-curtain politics, which means there shouldn't be anything against reelection unless the world's lore says otherwise. (And given Senators are OOC and IC responsible for developing their home world they can always change that). So I think that works, Hy

 

[hyralt]

I think I'm not being clear. I think it's clear that my suggestion is an OOC rule.

I am also trying to raise the possibility of an IC rule that the Senate can reject a system's Senator if they don't participate for a year. Not a behind-the-curtains thing, but an official in-character rule at the Senate level that however a system chooses a Senator, if they don't participate in the Senate for a year, they are removed and the Senate kindly asks the system to choose someone else.

 

[Wes]

Please implement this suggestion, Hyralt. Thank you!

 

[hyralt]

Done. I removed all senators marked as inactive and added a section on the removal of senators of inactive players. Senate of Yamatai on Star Army Space Roleplay

 

[Andrew]

Nice to get this cleaned up.