Minutes
Representative Assembly Meeting
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 11:00 SLT
Attending: Almut Brunswick, Jerry McNally, Kyoko Jarvinen-Barzane
Also attending: Agatha Macbeth, Anjoux Landau Herbit, Callipygian Christensen, Moon Adamant, Tanoujin Milestone, Tor Karlsvalt
1 Administrative Business
1.1 Approval of the Agenda
Motion to approve the agenda as presented. Jerry 1st, Kyoko 2nd, all in favour, motion carried.
1.2 Review and Approval of the Minutes of the Seventh RA Meeting on April 13, 2024
Motion to approve the minutes as presented. Almut 1st, Jerry 2nd, all in favour, motion carried.
1.3 General Reminder to submit Candidacy Notecards for Chancellorship and RA to the Dean of the SC
The LRA announced that Kyoko had submitted her candidacy for the next term's Representative Assembly, though this was subsequently declared void as the submission was not via inworld notecard to the Dean of the Scientific Council by the stated deadline. Anjoux was successful however, in submitting his candidacy for the Assembly. An issue had been identified with Tor's candidacy for next term's Chancellorship, which would be his third in a row: Even though the Constitution is silent on the matter, CDSL 13-05 Chancellor Election Act states that Chancellors can hold at most two terms in succession. Following a debate, the LRA suggested a way forward: she will propose an amended law in the Forum, that will then be voted on at the next Assembly meeting. Motion to change CDSL 13-05 Chancellor Election Act, paragraph 1: "Chancellors are elected for a 6-month term." by deleting "...and can hold at most two terms in succession." Almut 1st, Jerry 2nd, all in favour, motion carried.
2 Executive Report
Tor began with a summary of recent events, including the BBB CDS Embassy anniversary, May Day and the First Sail celebration in collaboration with Etopia and Amiais. He then outlined the CDS application for SL21B, which will respond to its theme of 'The Elements' by highlighting the estate's natural environment and will feature mountain streams, forested paths and meadows, and wind chimes and bonfires. He will arrange a meeting to help with this soon, to be announced in the Forum and placed within the CDS Calendar, and will call for volunteers.
3 Artisan Guild Report
Postponed.
4 Old Business
4.1 RA-20240413-5.1: LRA to review CDSL 34-02 Transparent Region Development Act
As highlighted at the last meeting, references within the CDSL 34-02 Transparent Region Development Act to the LUC need to be replaced with the Artisan Guild. A forum post to discuss this and explore whether other changes were needed was published, but no further comments were made.
4.2 RA-20240302-2.1: Contacting the Scientific Council regarding ongoing management of the Discord server through the Chancellor
The LRA acknowledged that she had received the MoCAso password, but the Chancellor still has actions to take with the Discord admin and the SC.
4.3 Website Refresh Project
Jerry reported that he has been working on the webpage templates for the active, repealed and archaic laws, and pointed out examples. Most of the pages have been created and the links between them should be online within the next few days.
5 Citizen Concerns
A citizen attending the meeting offered an apology regarding their conduct as a member of the previous term's Representative Assembly. The apology was accepted.
6 RA Member Concerns
A member of the Assembly sought clarity regarding the invalid application of candidacy at item 1.3, which as provided by an attending member of the Scientific Council.
7 Announcements
Almut shared with the Assembly a MoCA update from Tori: The deadline for submissions to the Elements community exhibition has been extended to May 8th, with the opening party scheduled for May 18th from Noon to 2pm. Additionally, the Fantasy Faire Tribute garden is now open, featuring works by Bryn Oh, Cica Ghost, and Garvie Garzo – including interactive statues. This garden will remain open even after Fantasy Faire concludes on May 7th. Finally, the museum has applied to SL21B and, if successful, will create a stylized Elements-themed build with museum information.
Moon announced the opening of a new exhibition at Zoey Rhodan's Black Tulip Gallery, 'A Woman's World', on Sunday May 5, 13:00 SLT.
Upcoming CDS events are displayed on the CDS Google Calendar, as shown on the CDS Events webpage.
8 Next RA Meeting
Saturday, May 18, 11:00 SLT.
9 Adjourn
Adjourned at 12:42 SLT.
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Actions
RA-20240504-1.3: LRA to propose an amended Chancellor Election Act in the Forum, that will then be voted on at the next Assembly meeting (see subsequent forum post)
RA-20240504-2.1: Chancellor to arrange an SL21B planning meeting, to be announced in the Forum and placed within the CDS Calendar (see subsequent forum post)
RA-20240413-5.1: Identify whether further changes are needed to the amended Transparent Region Development Act proposal in the Forum, that will then be voted on at the next Assembly meeting