Antillian Constitutional Convention

[ilikeverin]

(OOC) Okay, first off, we need a bit of paradigm shift, here.

You are not Bacon King, or Ernest, or Al, or afleitch, or whoever.  Unless otherwise stated, you are your character.

Now, I can kinda see why this thread would be at least partially OOC; we're discussing OOC matters, to an extent.  But we need to shake off this as our primary mode of thought/discussion.

Re: representation; see how Eutopia did it.  I rather like their idea, if we can adapt it.

(IC) Well, I'll be a plucked chicken!  I heartily accept the nomination for President of this here convention.

[ilikeverin]

Davey "Junior" Jones

Well, I reckon we ought to have a chaplain.  My nephew Robert Lee Jones might want to be the first chaplain; he's mighty smart, and can pray up a storm.  But I figgur you should make a motion if you want to do a rotating chaplaincy or whatnot, because as president of this Convention I'd like to see some sort of order followed. (he waves a copy of Robert's Rules of Order for Dummies)

So I think the first order of business is determining whether we should have a chaplain; this has been seconded.  So then... (he flips through the book) I believe Mr. Denoix was moving to propose an amendment to the "have a chaplain" idea, to rotate chaplains?  Mr. Hordern, can I count your comment to be a second of that?

[ilikeverin]

Well, Mr. Prabhusanjil, that's all well and good, but right now the debate is on rotation of the chaplaincy.  Does anyone have any comment on this, or shall we move this to a vote?

[ilikeverin]

Okay, the vote is on rotation of the chaplaincy.

Cast your votes, please.  I vote "Yea" or whatnot.

[ilikeverin]

((OOC: Beg pardons, 12 hour car rides with internet death at their ends are not pleasant))

Well, I suppose that has a majority... (he checks his book) The motion passes, I believe.

Okay, so back to the debate about the possession or non-possession of a chaplain for this body... Mr. Day-nwa, Mr. Dudley, Mr. Watson, would any of you like to make a motion to close debate on this chaplaincy thingy?

((OOC: Honestly, he'll continue on this bent for as long as you let him))

[ilikeverin]

(he sighs) Well, if we're just gonna jibber-jabber without any order, I resign as president.  Who wants to be it?

Oh, goody, now I can talk! (he rubs his hands together excitedly)

[ilikeverin]

Well, what a disgusting idea, joining the Commonwealth.  But an Antillian Head of State is better than none.

I vote "Aye" to moving it to a vote.  Or, if we're voting on it, I vote "Aye" again.

[ilikeverin]

My goodness, all this confusion.  Why do we not just apportion "MPs" by population, and then allow them to be elected in districts by first past the post?

[ilikeverin]

A convention without a chairman is like a hog auction without an auctioneer... it just doesn't work, folks.

[ilikeverin]

Aye

[ilikeverin]

Nay; the way he argues, this convention might as well become a French-speaking anarchy!

[ilikeverin]

I believe that the number of provincial MPs must be distributed to the provinces equally.  Equal representation for equal provinces!

I agree with Mr. Hornden's proposal for the Prime Minister's Questions.

[ilikeverin]

We want clarification!  We want clarification!