Taijitu
Forum Meta => Archive => Taijitu Constitutional Convention => Topic started by: Gulliver on January 07, 2007, 07:26:21 PM
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Good evening! I Pragmia will, with the expressed permission of Interim Delegate Sovereign Dixie, be your Ratification Officer for the night and coming week.
Well, the time has finally come! After much discussion, revision, review, editing and nit picking, Sovereign Dixie, The G Rebellion, Eluvatar and I have come to the conclusion that our founding Constitution (http://wiki.taijitu.org/index.php?title=The_Constitution_of_Taijitu) is as ready as it’ll ever be any time soon.
In accordance to the spirit of democracy on which Taijitu is founded and more importantly Article VIII of the Constitution, which states:
2. This document shall require the signature of three quarters of those interim citizens of Taijitu present at the time of signing.
...it is now time to open this document for a good and proper bout of ratification, or so I hope.
First off, Article VIII also states that:
1. All interim citizens of Taijitu shall be allowed to freely sign this document.
...and it is with that we shall be running along here, and as Myroria has said:
If you moved here from The Lexicon, you already have citizenship in Taijitu.
I shall be taking that to mean that all former Lexiconians who have since moved here at the beginning of Ratification are valid to participate.
Should you choose to participate, your options are simple: you can either sign this document or withhold your signature. Either way, please make a post here expressing your intention. If that intention was to sign (as I hope it will be for most of if not all of you) then you may proceed to the Constitution (http://wiki.taijitu.org/index.php?title=The_Constitution_of_Taijitu) and attach your signature after having registered with the wiki. It is quite simple and will make it easier to keep track of the proceedings. Also when doing so it would be greatly appreciated if you were to leave a summary of your edit informing us of just who you are.
When signing, simply put "#~~~~" on a new line. If you have an account and are logged in it will do all the work for you.
And as for any funny business, don’t try it. This thing’ll record all edits and histories virtually forever, and I’ve got an original right here with me safe and sound. That, and we’ll gladly ban any IP which we find responsible from the Constitution and the forum in its entirety if we have to.
And now the final matter of business. Article II, Section 4 states:
4. Those among the undersigned who have met the conditions to be determined by the Ratification Officer at the time of the ratification of this document shall be granted the office of Senator at the time of the ratification of this document, excepting those who choose to forgo the office.
Seeing as I am Ratification Officer, and as it is now the time of the ratification of this document, I will proceed to comply with this clause and announce that all undersigned who held Senatorship in the Lexicon shall qualify for automatic induction into the Senate.
If you do not wish to be a Senator, or Citizen then please state that you forgo the office explicitly here when signing.
This thread will be open for seven days, a week, no longer. After that the process will be complete and with any luck we'll officially be up and running. And by signing, you confirm that you have read, understand and agree with the body of the Constitution.
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*affixes signature to document, which glows with a pale blue light for some reason*
I wish to continue with both Citizenship and Senatorship, if you please.
*goes to edit name into Wiki*
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EDIT: Sorry about that, what I meant to say was, and this is very important...
When signing, simply put "#~~~~". If you have an account and are logged in it will do all the work for you.
Sorry I forgot that.
And I of course will be signing.
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What teh hell...? Taijitu has it's own wiki?
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Yeah, I'm signing!
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Signed, I wish to thank all those who have laboured on this, ensuring Taijitu a democratic future.
I would like to continue both as a citizen and as a senator.
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*Withdraws fountain pen and signs*
The Confederate States of Sovereign Dixie
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Signed.....
Daimiaen......
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I will sign.
I'm not sure whether you are citizen yet, Dai.
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Signed by the Big Cheese of Durnia.
I would like to reinstate my Senatorship and Citezenship.
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Oops I didn't notice that I had to post intent here. I have signed the Constitution.
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I just signed. And I wish to continue as a citizen.
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First to sign! w00t!
I want to continue citizenship and Senatorship.
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The Aristocratic Thalassocracy of Myroria.
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I signed and would liketo be citizen and senator
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I have signed as citizen
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I have signed as a citizen and a senator
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(Just as a heads up, my edit was to link this with the calendar ^_^ :P )
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Signed
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"Long live democracy!"
Signed.
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signed
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Edit: oops. I am not allowed to sign. Sorry.
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I have signed the Constitution as a citizen.
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/signed
Hail Taijitu!
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signed, as a senator and a citizen
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Actually Flem, seeing as how you signed up for an interim Taijitu citizenship I wouldn't object to you signing it.
Keep in mind, we live in an anarchy currently anyway :P
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Actually Flem, seeing as how you signed up for an interim Taijitu citizenship I wouldn't object to you signing it.
Keep in mind, we live in an anarchy currently anyway :P
That's why I signed...I thought interim citizenship was a qualifier.....
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i would like to sign as a intern cizten
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*signs as citezen and senator*
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signed
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Signed
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Signed- Talstadt
Hail Taijitu!!
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in that case, Signed.
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Unless I have made a terrific mistake, the period in which Ratification proceedings were scheduled has expired, and it seems as if the Constitution has passed with overwhelming support!
It's all done and official now: This document is now the supreme law of Taijitu, and we've got a semblence of government! I only hope that there is no error to aggregious in there...
Always can be amended thankfully!
As required, election procedures for both the Delegate and the Speaker will begin shortly. We'll be up and running in no time with any luck!
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YAY!!!!
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parise the lord!
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Signed :)
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I apologise, but I am removing my name from the Constitution.