I do support Anjoux's and Rosie's approach as really pragmatic solution. We should enact it accordingly to ease the unpleasant issue we have right now. It is, however, likely not the final solution of the potential "Chancellor candidate shortage" we have since a couple of terms.
"Tor will remain Chancellor until such time as a byelection can be held" can just be an interim solution when there will be eventually another candidate willing to serve. But what if this is not the case? The dilemma of the two-terms-in-succession remains, because Tor would still not be allowed to run for another term, so it will just postpone the issue.
Another idea we should discuss is whether we may invent a formal RA approval for candidating after two terms in succession when there isn't any other candidate. That would prevent a "hereditary monarchy" that a single individual becomes automatically Chancellor again and again simply because there isn't any other citizen willing to run for this office.
To reply to Lilith's objection the RAs of the past refrained to think of worst-case scenarios when there is nobody willing to fill the Chancellor role: I always have been eager to intercept this and other possible situations when the Chancellor is not available for longer. When we worked on the reform of the Constitution, I wanted to establish the formal role of a Vice Chancellor, but the majority of the RA was not in favor of it. Therefore, we still don't have indeed appropriate solutions how to fill that gap once it would occur.
I think that the structural problem behind the shortage of potential Chancellor candidates is that it is an office you need some prerequisites in executive matters like Estate Manager knowhow, but also some sense and engagement to work with social media. You need to know what to place in which media best, and to keep in touch with parties in and outside the CDS for advertising and public relations. That takes some efforts and time, and over the years, the role became more and more complex. For example, I personally wouldn't dare to run for this office because I'm lacking these things a Chancellor should have, and you know how reluctant I am to use platforms outside SL and this Forum. Everybody who has these traits and capabilites has already been Chancellor for one or more times in the past, so the group of candidates is not grown over the years.
We thus should be thankful to have citizens like Tor and take care for legal conditions that allow him to continue his admirable work as our Chancellor. On the other hand, we must also think of winning and qualifying further citizens for the Chancellor role in the future, and also simultanously ponder how this office could be cut back to something that is not a full-time "Jack-of-all-Trades" job anymore.
Almut
