How long should a term be?

Locutus · November 14, 2002, 10:01

See title of thread: how long should goverment officials (particularly President and Minsters) serve in office before election have to take place again (not counting impeachments)?

Should it be a fixed time, a fixed number of turn, a fixed number of playing sessions (where the number of turns per session is yet to be determined but most likely is variable: it depends on the situation in the game and the orders that are available), or something else altogether?

If you vote for a different or a combination system, please post details (e.g. which systems would you combine?)

Pedrunn · November 14, 2002, 10:14

Thats a hard to decide poll!!!

Lemmy · November 14, 2002, 10:18

1 month...meh, 4 weeks will do then..

Locutus · November 14, 2002, 10:18

I know, but if we don't decide now, we'll still be bickering about this in 3 weeks. That might keep up our reputation, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing

Edit: yeah, Lemmy, that's what I meant with 4 weeks...

Gilgamensch · November 14, 2002, 10:24

hard to decide, I would like to have an option saying flexible.

But as you said, we might have decided once we are dead

Pedrunn · November 14, 2002, 10:27

I guess you are right. Therefore:
I voted "A combination of 2 or all of the above systems, whichever comes first"

Locutus · November 14, 2002, 10:30

Pedrunn,
Could you post which systems would you combine? (I should have added that in the original question)

Pedrunn · November 14, 2002, 10:53

fixed time and fixed number of turns (BTW: turns is wrongly written terms in one of the 'other' options).

Fixed sections is too subjective. Depends on that current moment, the hour, the number of people, ...

EDIT: So far i would go 4 weeks and 25 turns, yet TBD

J Bytheway · November 14, 2002, 11:21

I go for a time limit - that way we can arrange elections etc. with the knowledge of how long there will be.

H Tower · November 14, 2002, 13:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Pedrunn
EDIT: So far i would go 4 months and 25 turns, yet TBD

i really hope you mean weeks and not months.

I like four week terms (every month) because that way it fits in well with a judical election. It seems we want to elect the judges first, and then the president and ministers. If we keep the judges election before everyone else, we will always have a panel of judges to rule on the elections.

A horror story wold be if a case began during the election, and the judges began to work on the case, but then the senior judge's term expires and a new judge comes in.

child of Thor · November 14, 2002, 14:58

Er i clicked the wrong one!!!!!
But as you want a clarification how about a change every 3 rainy sundays in a row

can i recast my vote please?

Pedrunn · November 14, 2002, 20:27

Quote:

Originally posted by H Tower
i really hope you mean weeks and not months.

Oops, I meant weeks indeed!

Gilgamensch · November 15, 2002, 06:26

for me combination of weeks OR turns, whatever expires first, but no option

Martin Gühmann · November 15, 2002, 11:53

I think a long period is good, especially if you consider how long the elections does take, but it shouldn't be too long therefore I voted for 6 weeks.

The problem with a fixed number of turns is that you have at the beginnig actual nothing to do, so the first 100 turn are very fast and we could end with two terms in the first two weeks. If we decide to make it turn dependent then we have the problem if our orders last for more then the specified number of turn.

-Martin

Frozzy · November 15, 2002, 14:06

Seconding Lemmy. A month is ample time. Thats 1/12 of a year

Not that short.

HuangShang · November 15, 2002, 21:06

how am i the only one who wanted turn-based terms....

and whats a session........

H Tower · November 16, 2002, 00:46

Quote:

Originally posted by HuangShang
and whats a session........

a session is a series of turns that the president plays inbetween asking the ministers, (and the people) for advice

HuangShang · November 17, 2002, 14:22

thanx H Tower
i wonder how many turns r in a month

H Tower · November 17, 2002, 15:04

Quote:

Originally posted by HuangShang
i wonder how many turns r in a month

it can vary from month to month, president to president, and cabinet to cabinet.

if its the begining of the game, not much is going on, so the pres can play a lot of turns without asking for new orders. but later in the game things get tricky and more decisions need to be made.

some presidents may stretch the ministers' orders and play a few extra turns per round.

and some ministers' give really detailed, long ranging plans, and others don't have such detailed reports.

Wise Ass · November 18, 2002, 15:47

I say a minimum of 1 month or 20 turns what ever comes second.

Wise Ass · November 18, 2002, 15:49

I voted 25 turns though I should have said a combination of 2 whatever comes last (four weeks or 25 turns).

Gilgamensch · November 19, 2002, 03:21

Locutus,

quick question after reading Wise Ass's comment, did you mean with second (in the vote) whatever expires last?

Then I would have a choice

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The only problem, if this option wins we would have to have a new poll about the length?

Locutus · November 20, 2002, 09:56

Gilgamensch,
Yes, with whatever comes last I meant exactly what Wise Ass proposed.

But it doesn't realy matter as we seem to have an absolute majority voting in favour of a fixed time period, with the 1-month term being the most popular

Child of Thor,
No, you can't recast your vote, but in some cases I (as mod) can change people's votes for them. What did you vote and what did you want to vote?