Sam Spade v. President Porce

[Brandon H]

Question for AWN:

Is there a head of AWN? Since the GM decides what events occur in Atlasia, if there is a disgreement among its members, who has the final say, or how is it resolved?

As stated in this thread, John Ford resigned as GM to run for governor and when Sam was appointed GM, he resigned his Senate seat. I believe a current official serving as GM is a conflict of interest. I am not completely sure who the entire staff is, but it seems either all are either current members of the senate or candidates for senate.

On the other other hand, this position has been vacant for a while and it is becoming harder and harder to find qualified people for all the positions in Atlasia. One only has to look at the low number of candidates running for Senate in the coming election.

Given there were very few people active enough to fulfill the role of GM that were not already in office, and given that AWN was an active (and the only currently active) news outlet, I am not sure the President had many options available. However, I do think the Senate needs to address the issue of the GM such as the requirements, nomination process, and checks and balances on the position.

Also due to the limited number of active participants in the game, something else should be considered. I have suggested that as the number of people increase in the game, so should the available positions, particularly the number of senators. Perhaps we should look at cutting down the number of positions as the number of active participants decrease.