Mind giving us a time of reference on that so we know where to look BK?
I suppose it was never part of the Senate's bylaws, but rather just a proposed amendment to the OSPR? I definitely remember something, at any rate. It couldn't have been too long after I joined Atlasia, so probably around 2006. Looking for it right now.
Also, given that I just forgot Kalwejt wasn't even a Senator anymore (along with several other derpy mistakes), I'm need to make sure there's a safety net in place in case so that anything stupid I do can be corrected. Time for some
Patented Bacon King OSPR Loophole Abuse™!
Note that the OSPR doesn't in any way define the term "declared absence"; it doesn't say I can't post or run the Senate when I am on one, it just says that the Dean can operate the Senate if I'm taking one while there's no PPT. So, I hereby announce I'll be on a declared absence until a new PPT is elected, so that Senate Dean NCYankee can correct me in case I have another stupid moment.
I agree that the OSPR needs some significant amending to ensure that everything refers to what it's supposed to. In the future, it'd be best to include a line at the end of all OSPR resolutions to account for it; something to the effect of, "All later sections are renumbered accordingly, and all references to the renumbered sections are also adjusted accordingly."