Ribbon Act

[devintheroaster]

Ribbon Act


Category:
New Legislation


Author: Wileyshire



Chapter I: General Provisions

1. This act may be referred to as the Ribbon Act, or RA.

2. This act will come into force upon it's passage.

Chapter II: Ribbon Act

1. This bill creates a new legislative document to be maintained by the Secretary-General with the following text:

Section 1 – Declaration of Responsibilities and Rights

1.1 The Secretary-General shall be responsible for maintaining a public record of the ribbons and achievements of the DSA and her members.

1.2 The Secretary-General shall do their due diligence in ensuring ribbons are as accurate as possible.

Section 2 – Declaration of Ribbon Selection

2.1 Ribbons shall be of two statuses: Mandated and Freelanced.

2.1.1 Mandated ribbons are those which Congress has mandated to be kept.

2.1.1.1 For a ribbon to be mandated, it must be put up to vote with a name, description and an image of the ribbon, as well as the order of precedence of the ribbon. The vote requires a majority of voters to vote in favor of the mandate to be officially mandated.

2.1.1.2 Similar to passing a mandate, to remove a mandated ribbon from the rolls, you need a majority of voters to vote in favor of removing the mandate.

2.1.1.3 Mandated ribbons may be edited with a majority of voters voting in favor of the edit put up to vote.

2.1.2 Freelanced ribbons are those being tracked and awarded by the Secretary-General that have not received a mandate. These ribbons are intended to be tested for popularity and either mandated or dropped after a time.

2.1.2.1 It is recommended to include the community on ribbon design and to hold contests, votes or other community events to design on specifics of ribbons.



Section 3 – Mandated Ribbons

3.1 This section’s subsections are to denote all mandated ribbons in order of precedence, the highest being the first mentioned. (Example: 3.1.1 is of the highest precedence.)

3.1.1 DSA Commendation Recipient

3.1.1.1 Awarded when commended by the Congress of the DSA.

3.1.1.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.2 Service as President of the DSA

3.1.2.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as President of the DSA.

3.1.2.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.3 Service as World Assembly Delegate of the DSA

3.1.3.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as World Assembly Delegate of the DSA.

3.1.3.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.4 Service as Secretary-General of the DSA

3.1.4.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Secretary-General of the DSA.

3.1.4.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.5 Service as Minister of Justice of the DSA

3.1.5.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Minister of Justice of the DSA.

3.1.5.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.6 Service as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DSA

3.1.6.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DSA.

3.1.6.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.7 Service as Minister of Domestic Affairs of the DSA

3.1.7.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Minister of Domestic Affairs

3.1.7.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.8 Service as Minister of Immigration and Regional Promotion of the DSA

3.1.8.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Minster of Immigration and Regional Promotion of the DSA.

3.1.8.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.9 Service as Minister of Roleplay of the DSA

3.1.9.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet as Minister of Roleplay of the DSA.

3.1.9.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.10 Service as Minister of Cartography

3.1.10.1 Awarded for service in cabinet as Minister of Cartography of the DSA.

3.1.10.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.11 Service in the Cabinet of the DSA

3.1.11.1 Awarded for service in a cabinet of the DSA.

3.1.11.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.12 Service as High Judge of the DSA

3.1.12.1 Awarded for service in a term as High Judge of the DSA.

3.1.12.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.13 Service as Administrator Emeritus to the DSA

3.1.13.1 Awarded for services as Administrator Emeritus and re-awarded for every 90 days service as Administrator Emeritus.

3.1.13.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.14 Service as Discord Administrator or Forum Owner of the DSA

3.1.14.1 Awarded for service as Forum Owner of the DSA and re-awarded for every 90 days service in this position.

3.1.14.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.15 Service as Discord Administrator

3.1.15.1 Awarded for service as Discord Administrator of the DSA and re-awarded for ever 90 days in this position.

3.1.15.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.16 Service as Director of Cartography

3.1.16.1 Awarded for service as the Director of Cartography of the DSA and re-awarded for every 90 days service as the Director of Cartography.

3.1.16.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.1.17 Membership in Congress

3.1.17.1 Awarded for becoming a Member of Congress. Current members get an additional ribbon to denote active membership. Leaving the rolls of Congress takes away this additional ribbon.

3.1.17.2 Ribbon Image TBD

3.2 This section is to denote attachments to represent additional ribbons.

3.2.1 Lesser General Attachment

3.2.1.1 This attachment is the default attachment to represent an extra ribbon. It shall be centered on the ribbon to represent a single additional ribbon.

3.2.1.2 Attachment Image TBD

3.2.2 General Attachment

3.2.2.1 This attachment is the default attachment to represent 5 extra ribbons, and will replace the 4 Lesser General Attachments that were present before it on the award of the 5th ribbon.

3.2.2.2 Attachment Image TBD

3.2.3 Greater General Attachment

3.2.3.1 This attachment is the default attachment to represent 25 extra ribbons, and will replace the 4 General Attachments and 4 Lesser General Attachments that were present before it on the award of the 25th ribbon.

3.2.3.2 Attachment Image TBD

3.2.4 Active Congressional Attachment

3.2.4.1 This attachment is awarded to current members of Congress upon joining or rejoining. This ribbon will be stripped upon leaving Congressional roles for any reason.

3.2.4.2 Attachment Image TBD

Section 4 – Requirement of this Act

4.1 This requirement (the entirety of Section 4) will be removed from this document on 1 April, 2021 or upon completion, whichever is later.

4.2 Each ribbon and attachment shall have official images voted on and passed no later than 1 April 2021.

This bill may also be downloaded here: Ribbon Act.docx (28.55 KB) (This is the original version without changes to ribbon details based on scrutiny in the attachment.)

Chapter III: Reasoning

1. This is to be added as a fun (though exhausting) way to track our legacy here in the DSA. This is intended as a start to a document to grow and I hope to add department directors, cabinet aides and more down the road.

[liossalde]

A very good idea! It promotes and rewards (in a fancy way) the activity within the community. I'm gonna vote in favor of it!

[devintheroaster]

Mar 25, 2020 2:26:23 GMT Atma Kathina Vela said:

This is a fun and creative idea, I like it. However.

Service as Discord Administrator or Forum Owner of the DSA

These should be two separate ribbons as they are two entirely separate things with vastly different responsibilities. And besides, I want to make my own ribbon.

I was on the fence about whether it should be a singular or individual ribbons. I was thinking one for the low number of people who will actually hold this ribbon. It could be called the "Off-Site Administration Ribbon" and have both. That said, aesthetically if it were two different ribbons then we get more art and Discord-specific colors are kinda nice. I could go either way personally and will request more people to chime in as to what you think. 

[Alvero]

Okay so I definitely like the idea Wiley, but I do have three things I disagree with on this:

1. We shouldn't be creating new documents with such small scope. When we consolidated the laws into the three we have now, I think we were trying to avoid having little laws like these laying around. I think it makes more sense to treat this like we would treat commendations, and include it in the Rules and Procedures. I think this is a very important point, and I would vote against this bill based on this.
2. Congress, not Secretary-General, should give these ribbons. I think this is really outside the scope of the Secretary-General's responsibilities, and I think it would make more sense to treat this like a commendation and have it be something proposed and voted on by congress.
3. The number of ribbons should be reduced. This is a smaller point for me, but I think perhaps it makes more sense that rather than have an individual ribbon for each position, maybe it would make more sense to have like a couple ribbons, and then describe what they're being nominated for. Like have a ribbon for exceptional service for your congress or cabinet members who have excelled in their positions, and then perhaps a ribbon for people that have gone above and beyond and have become an important cornerstone of this region, like your Ivory Rhodes, Student Loan Debt, Dekks, etc.

[Deleted]

Various awards should be able to be given by the various positions and bodies of the DSA, whether independently or in cooperation, on their own terms, and at their discretion. The Secretary-General's job should be to document what these awards are, what the grounds are for recieving them, how recipients are chosen, and who has recieved them.

[devintheroaster]

Addressing Alvero's points one at a time:

1. This doesn't fit into the realm of laws and procedures very well and will be accompanied with a record of individuals record, and as such, I see it fit to have this as it's own document.

2. The awards are automatically given for reaching certain criteria. The Secretary-General, as the administrative position of the DSA, will make official notice of the award. The Secretary-General is tracking and publicizing here and cannot deny people their ribbons when the meet criteria. They just get it. Sec-Gen already keeps the records necessary for this, I don't see how this is outside of the Sec-Gen's area of control? Maybe events or something could be MoDA ran, but Sec-Gen keeps records and it seems that this is a record to be kept.

3. Maybe it's because of my military service, but I was hoping to expand the amount of ribbons with time. More ribbons allows folks to show off their achievements and history within the DSA and ribbon racks don't look as good with 3 or 4 ribbons versus 8+.

[Dekks]

I would atleast be in favour of removing the ribbons for defunct positions such as the MoIRP.

[devintheroaster]

Mar 25, 2020 18:31:07 GMT Dekks said:

I would atleast be in favour of removing the ribbons for defunct positions such as the MoIRP.

I intend to record records retroactively from the first cabinet forward. I don't think we should skip any position that once was.

[Alvero]

Mar 25, 2020 17:34:27 GMT devintheroaster said:

Addressing Alvero's points one at a time:

1. This doesn't fit into the realm of laws and procedures very well and will be accompanied with a record of individuals record, and as such, I see it fit to have this as it's own document.

2. The awards are automatically given for reaching certain criteria. The Secretary-General, as the administrative position of the DSA, will make official notice of the award. The Secretary-General is tracking and publicizing here and cannot deny people their ribbons when the meet criteria. They just get it. Sec-Gen already keeps the records necessary for this, I don't see how this is outside of the Sec-Gen's area of control? Maybe events or something could be MoDA ran, but Sec-Gen keeps records and it seems that this is a record to be kept.

3. Maybe it's because of my military service, but I was hoping to expand the amount of ribbons with time. More ribbons allows folks to show off their achievements and history within the DSA and ribbon racks don't look as good with 3 or 4 ribbons versus 8+.

1. This would be a major sticking point for me. I think we should be very cautious about setting precedent of creating new documents with a small scope like this. I think this fits into Rules and Procedures just as well as Commendations, as it's a new category for congress to vote on, so establishing the rules for what is allowed to be voted on and how it would be implemented makes sense to include in Rules and Procedures.
2. I misunderstood what you were suggesting, you can disregard this point.
3. It's not a big point, it's more of just a preference for me and I would still vote for this if this was the only disagreement I had. But I just think it's just a lot more to manage, and if we were to want to add or remove ribbons we would need to modify the law. And there's nothing stopping multiple ribbons for multiple accomplishments. 

So basically the big problem I have with it is that it's creating a new law. I like the idea, but that would be a big issue for me and I would vote against this legislation. If you were to incorporate it into Rules and Procedures, I'd even co-sponsor this.

[devintheroaster]

Mar 25, 2020 19:08:43 GMT Alvero said:

Mar 25, 2020 17:34:27 GMT devintheroaster said:

Addressing Alvero's points one at a time:

1. This doesn't fit into the realm of laws and procedures very well and will be accompanied with a record of individuals record, and as such, I see it fit to have this as it's own document.

2. The awards are automatically given for reaching certain criteria. The Secretary-General, as the administrative position of the DSA, will make official notice of the award. The Secretary-General is tracking and publicizing here and cannot deny people their ribbons when the meet criteria. They just get it. Sec-Gen already keeps the records necessary for this, I don't see how this is outside of the Sec-Gen's area of control? Maybe events or something could be MoDA ran, but Sec-Gen keeps records and it seems that this is a record to be kept.

3. Maybe it's because of my military service, but I was hoping to expand the amount of ribbons with time. More ribbons allows folks to show off their achievements and history within the DSA and ribbon racks don't look as good with 3 or 4 ribbons versus 8+.

1. This would be a major sticking point for me. I think we should be very cautious about setting precedent of creating new documents with a small scope like this. I think this fits into Rules and Procedures just as well as Commendations, as it's a new category for congress to vote on, so establishing the rules for what is allowed to be voted on and how it would be implemented makes sense to include in Rules and Procedures.
2. I misunderstood what you were suggesting, you can disregard this point.
3. It's not a big point, it's more of just a preference for me and I would still vote for this if this was the only disagreement I had. But I just think it's just a lot more to manage, and if we were to want to add or remove ribbons we would need to modify the law. And there's nothing stopping multiple ribbons for multiple accomplishments. 

So basically the big problem I have with it is that it's creating a new law. I like the idea, but that would be a big issue for me and I would vote against this legislation. If you were to incorporate it into Rules and Procedures, I'd even co-sponsor this.

My thoughts regarding this as it's own document was so that if you theoretically had a physical copy, once you turned the last page, you'd own into the documentation of who has why ribbons. Potentially adding whatever I come up with as the public record as an addendum at the end that the Sec-Gen continually edits with updates to the list of achievements, not needing to be voted on as it's a record, not legislation. If it's that much of a sticking point still, we could potentially talk about it and have a section denoted as the "record-section," a section to be the exact same thing within another document, but that doesn't seem like it'd fit within the rules and procedures whatsoever to me. 

[Alvero]

Mar 25, 2020 20:21:57 GMT devintheroaster said:

Mar 25, 2020 19:08:43 GMT Alvero said:

1. This would be a major sticking point for me. I think we should be very cautious about setting precedent of creating new documents with a small scope like this. I think this fits into Rules and Procedures just as well as Commendations, as it's a new category for congress to vote on, so establishing the rules for what is allowed to be voted on and how it would be implemented makes sense to include in Rules and Procedures.
2. I misunderstood what you were suggesting, you can disregard this point.
3. It's not a big point, it's more of just a preference for me and I would still vote for this if this was the only disagreement I had. But I just think it's just a lot more to manage, and if we were to want to add or remove ribbons we would need to modify the law. And there's nothing stopping multiple ribbons for multiple accomplishments. 

So basically the big problem I have with it is that it's creating a new law. I like the idea, but that would be a big issue for me and I would vote against this legislation. If you were to incorporate it into Rules and Procedures, I'd even co-sponsor this.

My thoughts regarding this as it's own document was so that if you theoretically had a physical copy, once you turned the last page, you'd own into the documentation of who has why ribbons. Potentially adding whatever I come up with as the public record as an addendum at the end that the Sec-Gen continually edits with updates to the list of achievements, not needing to be voted on as it's a record, not legislation. If it's that much of a sticking point still, we could potentially talk about it and have a section denoted as the "record-section," a section to be the exact same thing within another document, but that doesn't seem like it'd fit within the rules and procedures whatsoever to me. 

Okay, I understand your thought process but I think we should keep the records separate from the law itself. We can keep track of these the same way we track commendations or anything else. We could have an external google doc, similar to the legislative log, to track this, or even add a new section to the forum to track them the same way we have a Passed Commendations folder. I think we have some options here, but I don't think it makes sense to track it within the document itself. I think we should incorporate the rules and procedures for what ribbons are and how we give them to people in the Rules and Procedures, and have a completely separate, non-legal, document to track ribbons.

[Dekks]

It's a good idea which is why I supported it but keep it as simple as possible, if you have to legalize something you should do that but if you don't have to you should try to find an alternative to execute your idea anyways without that.