Appointment: Roavin as Chairperson of the Shareholders

[Roavin]

Mandate 12 I.11, this appointment is subject to a simple majority confirmation by the Shareholders of Lazarus.

The appointment announcement by Delegate @"treadwellia":

Also looking to appoint Roavin as successor to McChimp as Speaker, per McChimp's own recommendation regarding Roavin's capabilities. We need an acting Speaker so we can continue on with things!

The recommendation by outgoing Chairperson of the Shareholders @"McChimp":

I would like to recommend Roavin to serve as my successor. His experience as a statesman is indisputable, his participation in the Assembly of late has demonstrated his commitment to Lazarus and there are few players who can claim to match his dedication to democracy itself.

This thread may be used for discussion and motions regarding this appointment.

Note that for reasons of conflict of interest, any further processes regarding this appointment will be handled in their entirety by Deputy Chairperson @"TempestShadow".

-- Roavin, Acting Chairperson of the Shareholders

 

[New Rogernomics]

Some questions, especially since you've said you like answering them:

1. What do you think the ideal role of a Chairperson/Assembly Speaker is?

2. How would you approach organizing a vote on a divisive issue?

3. What do you think you could improve upon in the Shareholders/Assembly, how would you run it effectively?

4. Are there any skills or experience/s you would like to share that make you a good fit for Chairperson?

5. What is your name?

 

[Roavin]

1. What do you think the ideal role of a Chairperson/Assembly Speaker is?

Probably the best place to look for details is my campaign for the equivalent role in TSP back in 2018, which can be found here. But TL;DR: I believe in an active Speaker that takes an active role in guiding the Assembly, but does so with a gentle hand that encourages constructive debate rather than a heavy hand micromanaging everything that Shareholders do.

2. How would you approach organizing a vote on a divisive issue?

I don't see the process of a vote changing based on whether it's a divisive issue or not. What may change is what happens before the vote. Lazarus' Speaker doesn't have quite the plethora of discretionary powers that TSP's Chair does, but there are still quite a few things that the Speaker can do. For example, a vote expected to be unanimous can just be brought to vote when the time expires and the motions are made, but in other cases, the Speaker may determine that not all avenues have been explored and extend that a bit (up to 7 days, as per APA).

3. What do you think you could improve upon in the Shareholders/Assembly, how would you run it effectively?

McChimp did a fine job as-is, so it's really just tweaking details. Probably the biggest thing is that the way amendments are usually presented are, in my opinion, not easy to follow. Other regions usually present the changes in-line with the original text, using something like red strike-through text for anything that's deleted and green text for anything that's new. I'd like to introduce that here (maybe even codify it in APA after a while based on feedback/resonance/etc., though the discretionary power to enforce that differently is already there so it'll be an experiment).

4. Are there any skills or experience/s you would like to share that make you a good fit for Chairperson?

I've done it before, and while I wouldn't say I was TSP's greatest chair ever, I think I was pretty good.

Uh. Well, it's Chris, but I suspect that's not actually what you wanted to know.

 

[New Rogernomics]

Uh. Well, it's Chris, but I suspect that's not actually what you wanted to know.

Well, it was a Monty Python reference. xD

Thanks for your answers.

 

[Deleted1]

Do you plan to appoint any duputies to help you?

 

[Roavin]

Do you plan to appoint any duputies to help you?

Yes. Primarily, I'll be looking for people showing promise to be the next Speaker.

 

[Roavin]

I will motion my own thread purely because the APA requires it. Therefore, I motion to vote.

 

[Deleted1]

I second.