Mage Council Plotting!

[mythalenaste]

Hear ye, hear ye!

As of this meeting taking place on 3 Firstfall, the mages of the Inquisition have agreed (somewhat) to form a Council of Magi for the purpose of organizing the mages of the Inquisition, ensuring their rights and enforcing a code of conduct.

The number of members of the Council has not been decided, but there is a vague idea that different sects from within the mages present in the Inquisition will be represented.

This post is to hammer out the details of this council, as well as compile a list of topics that need to be addressed by them presently.

Everybody come in and talk about things!

Comments

[mythalenaste]

I for one would really rather membership OOCly be a sort of sign-up rather than a popularity contest. For every mage PC, there are a billion mage NPCs being led by this council, right? ICly of course we can say there were elections.

[liberalum]

yeah, ive been thinking of how to manage it too and coming up with not much. one thing i did think of, if we were to go a more nominations angle, is having a fixed number and characters must be nominated by another character (which can be oocly arranged, no big deal) and put their names forth, then some element of randomisation overseen by mods (seeing as they oversee the mage population) chooses the final lot if there's more than that fixed number. and then re-elections only as necessary -- people can step down, the council can vote in new members, etc.

which doesn't take into account your suggestion of keeping it entirely open and the other one of unlimited numbers, but if we wanted an election model and put some weight in membership, that was my idea. hitting the balance between being considerate/fair and empowering characters is a tricky one.

but open sign ups is fine too. i guess my only worries there would be potentially massive, unwieldy council, how do we distribute tasks the way christine suggested, and also we're definitely trusting people to be individually responsible for the likelihood of their own characters being elected -- which isn't too imply irresponsibility so much as it is it can be hard to judge for yourself. that last one is more abstract, but the first two might need troubleshooting.

[mythalenaste]

It would be an interesting experiment to keep it open and see how people self-regulate. I've heard people express temperance here, and I don't think the council would be as huge as one might assume if left open.

[liberalum]

werd. it can be revisited if it becomes somehow problematic.

maybe when people sign up, they can state their preferred focus and intention, and roles can be agreed upon after the fact? and being mindful of overlap.

[mythalenaste]

Ooh yes, all about mindfulness. That's a fabulous idea!