Recently we had some irritation about the proceedings of the LUC. The LUC wants to improve Friedsee, and some work was done without further consultation. The LRA critizised this and the LUC chair resigned. Now there is a consensus the CDSL 21-01 Permanent Land-Use Commission Act needs some overhauling. https://cdsdemocracy.org/faqs/cdsl-21-0 ... ssion-act/
I would like to make 5 initial comments on that:
1) We should not leave the RA alone in adapting a law to the current situation, but see this law as a means to an end and adapt our *processes* of long term planning on the base of a realistic analysis of the situation. So everyone who would like to see cooperative building, parceling, landscaping or even the set up of new regions with a minimum of roleplay, bureaucracy and waste of energy should help to get this on the right tracks.
2) I want to stress the LUC is a creature of the RA. To simplify things it should work like any other Committee or Commission: take up a well defined task, report back and be ready to not only talk about opinions. It should be cristal clear that the LUC has no executive power and does not work for the executive, it exclusively works for the RA to present realistic solutions and solve existing problems.
3) Of course any Chancellor with the slightest idea of the job will closely work with the LUC to avoid extensive discussions with the RA after the fact. It will be the chancellor's duty to get the work done, so they should make sure to be heared in the early stage of the planning.
4) And of course our best Artisans will gather at the LUC, alongside with Citizens eager to monitor the process, have their say and maybe learn about the possibilities. And the Chancellor will find their volunteers to get the work done exactly at that comission. If the same person who made the proposal is to realize the project we have an ideal situation: qualified planning and exact implementation. But that does not mean we can short circuit public control!
5) The way the LUC members are recruited until a prescribed number is reached in a certain proportion to represent different parties and groups is nonsense. We have those capable builders and interested Citizens - call them at the begin of the term to join the LUC and let them.
So far my humble opinion and enough for the day.