Standing Rules and Procedures of the General Assembly

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Standing Rules and Procedures of the General Assembly

AMENDED on August 18th, 2024 by the Amendment to the Standing Rules of the General Assembly, 670

AMENDED on October 23rd, 2024 by the Amendment to the Standing Rules and Procedures (673)

The rules and procedures of the General Assembly are hereby declared in this document and shall be upheld by all General Assembly members. The President of the General Assembly will moderate and enforce these rules and procedures as appropriate.

Article I – Conduct

1.1 General Assembly members are to conduct themselves with civility for all activities present in the General Assembly chambers.

1.2 General Assembly members will adhere to the Code of Conduct Act.

1.3 The President may deliver warnings for breaches of conduct and may also recommend admin action.

1.4 Members of the General Assembly cannot be barred from the General Assembly chambers and discussions for a period longer than 48 hours. Unless they are subject to other breaches of law that also results in their exclusion from the General Assembly.

Article II – Discussions and Proposals

2.1 All members of the General Assembly may bring up topics to discuss in the lobby of the assembly.

2.1.1 Discussion in the lobby shall be limited to issues in the Kodiak Republic.

2.2 Discussions involving the President of the General Assembly may be put in the #ga-president channel of the discord.

2.2.1 All resolutions or proposals intended for debate by the General Assembly must be presented to the President in the #ga-president channel.
2.2.2 Resolutions in this context include all debates that require a General Assembly vote for passage, such as bills, resolutions, treaties, and motions.

2.3 All members of the General Assembly may request a role in order create and present ongoing affairs of the Kodiak Republic in the news channel of the discord.

2.4 All members of the General Assembly may openly discuss resolutions that are presented by the President of the General Assembly.

2.4.1 Presented resolutions will be in the form of a new discord channel.
2.4.2 Members are encouraged to contribute to discussions for legislation and policy in the proposed threads to ensure their concerns are considered.

2.5 Discussions that are not relevant to the General Assembly may be moved to a different location in the Kodiak Republic discord, or deleted if required.

2.6 The President has the discretionary power to moderate discussions and proposals as appropriate, as well as conduct organizational and clerical duties where required.

2.7 Discussions deemed inappropriate by the administrators will be removed from the General Assembly at their discretion.

Article III – Proposal Procedure

The purpose of this article is to serve as a reference for future Presidents of the General Assembly.

3.1 All members may create their resolutions and present them to the President of the General Assembly.

3.1.1 Resolutions presented will have a wiki page created and put onto the Proposed Laws section of the wiki.
3.1.2 Titles of resolutions on the Kodiak wiki must look as such: Title, (Kodiak Year)

3.2 The President of the General Assembly will create a new forum thread in the #proposals forum on the Discord to present

3.2.1 The President will allow for a motion to vote by a member of the General Assembly during debate, as well as hear any objections to a motion.
3.2.2 The President must ensure all items under discussion for the proposal are heard and allowed adequate time for consideration.
3.2.3 A successful motion to vote requires two members to motion to vote before the President may move proceedings to a vote.
3.2.4 The President may deny a motion to vote to allow for legitimate debate to be heard, or if the President deems that not enough time has been made available for debate.
3.2.5 It is at the discretion of the President on how many proposals are on the floor for discussion at one time.

3.3 If amendments are suggested to proposals during discussions, the President may call for members to second these amendments. If there are at least two seconds, excluding the member that proposed the amendment, then the amendment is considered accepted.

3.3.1 Amendments can be retracted or rejected should there be an objection with at least two members that second the objection.

3.4 Proposals must be discussed in the General Assembly for at least 72 hours before a motion to vote may be made.

3.5 Once voting has begun, new discussion, debate, or motions shall cease. Additionally, bills may not be withdrawn once a debate has gone to vote.

3.6 After the vote the President will archive all discussion on the discord channel and will delete the channel after a minimum of 24 hours.

3.6.1 Archived material will go on the talk section of the wiki page associated with the proposed resolution.

3.7 If the resolution has passed then the wiki page associated with the resolution will go into the Kodiak Law Code and be removed from the Proposed Law section of the wiki.

3.7.1 If the resolution has failed to pass then it will be moved to the Legislative Archive under Rejected.
3.7.2 In the circumstance that no vote was held for a resolution and it has remained without discussion for over 72 hours, then the resolution may be moved to the Legislative Archive under Shelved Legislation.
3.7.2.1 Alternatively, at the discretion of the President the resolution may be moved to the Proposed Laws, Policy Discussion section of the wiki.

3.8 Treaties with other regions outside of Kodiak must be put up for discussion within 24 hours.

3.8.1 Voting on treaties must take place within one week of discussion.

3.9 Special resolutions that do not hold legislative power, such as legislatively relevant acts or resolutions, treaties, constitutional amendments; nor executive consequences such as motions of no confidence, impeachment, executive orders or edicts, referendum; may be motioned for a special extraordinary vote unless the resolution is covered by other rules and procedures defined specifically for a type of resolution.

3.9.1 This vote may be held immediately, upon securing at least two seconds in support of the motion and a minimum of 24 hours has passed.
3.9.2 Reasons for motioning an extraordinary vote must be provided to the Assembly and any objections heard.
3.9.3 It is at the President’s discretion whether such a motion is accepted.

3.10 Authors of any proposed act or resolution may request that the bill be withdrawn during debate. The President may, at their discretion, withdraw a bill from debate which will be considered shelved.

3.10.1 All active authors must have formally stated their agreement to the withdrawal before a motion to withdraw may be accepted.
3.10.2 Any authors not able to attend the General Assembly, without prior reasonable notice determined at the discretion of the President, must be given adequate time (at least 24 hours) to agree or object.
3.10.3 The President must hear any objections and approve or reject the motion at their discretion.

Article IV – Voting on Proposals

4.1 When a proposal has successfully been motioned to a vote, the President shall create a poll in the resolutions channel, ensuring the proposal itself is linked to or otherwise available for perusal during voting.

4.2 All votes in the General Assembly shall ask if the members of the assembly approve of the proposed [resolution]: [title]. Strictly three options will be available: 1) Aye, 2) Nay, and 3) Abstain.

4.2.1 Resolution in this context is as defined in Article II, 2.2.2.

4.3 Votes must be open for 72 hours and will be considered passed if there is a simple majority for the ‘Ayes’ against the ‘Nays’.

4.4 Proposals that do not pass will be considered defeated, however may be reintroduced by a member of the General Assembly.

4.5 All polls must be anonymous, preventing any undue influence on each vote.

Article V - Suspension of Specific Clauses

Allows for the GA to approve a suspension of specific clauses in the standing orders to enable special or alternate procedures.

5.1 The General Assembly is permitted to propose and motion an override of specific clauses in these standing orders to apply to an ongoing debate.
5.2 The proposed clauses to override must be specifically stated, and reasoning provided.
5.3 At least two motions in support are required before the President may proceed to a vote.
5.4 The President may deny the motion should they deem that the motion does not provide sufficient reasoning or specificity of clauses to override, until provided.
5.5 The General Assembly shall vote on the override which shall follow procedures outlined in Article IV unless otherwise specified in this article.
5.5.1 The poll must provide the clauses to be overridden, e.g., Does the assembly agree to set aside 3.2 and all underlying subsections of the Standing Orders for the remainder of the debate upon this resolution?, Does the assembly agree to set aside 12.1, 12.3 of the Standing Orders for the remainder of the debate upon this resolution?
5.5.2 The vote shall be open for 48 hours.

Article VI - Vote of No-Confidence Procedure

6.1 - A motion shall be presented in #ga-president with the terms of No-Confidence in the incumbent administration. The tabled motion shall also follow the procedure as set by Article 3. It shall have the utmost priority.
6.2 - Debate shall be open for a minimum of 72 hours.
6.3 - Once debate has concluded, voting shall commence as set by Article 4, bar Section 4.2.
6.3.1 - For the purposes of a Vote of No-Confidence, 4.2 shall be overridden.
6.3.2 - The question put to vote shall strictly be: Has the General Assembly lost confidence in the current administration?
6.3.3 - Strictly three options will be available: 1) Aye, 2) Nay, and 3) Abstain.
6.4 - If a motion is successful at achieving a simple majority, an election amongst the General Assembly shall occur.
6.4.1 - Parties shall have a period of 48 hours to present their respective candidates, at which point a vote shall be held for 72 hours.
6.4.2 - The chancellor removed by the Vote of No-Confidence shall be barred from running.

Contributors - Amber Silmeria Delacroix-Grey (Author), Ulrykk von Guelderlaand (Rykkland), Tobias Virsturm (Vikstein)

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