'This meeting concerns only the following /sen/ators, assuming they are still around:Caesar
Comrade Chairman
Weil
Erich
Kolonel Strelok
Myself
The opinions of others may be heard but will not be counted towards a final decision. This decision shall be presented to ObserverStatus for him to veto as he sees fit as board owner.
The six of us are the leaders of the most powerful parties in the senate. According to section 4 of the amendment to the act regulating volunteer powers, and I quote, "4. Punishment of volunteers who don't obey rules shall be decided by committee of 5 party leaders which have the most votes. (Decision can be veto`d by board owner.)" (edited for spelling and punctuation). The full act:
http://pastebin.com/Av13B0rhSo far, the situation is this: NF/KKK Supremo proposed an action to recognize Sabah and Northern Borneo in general as territory of the Philippines. The action failed. He then declared that he was going to take over the region anyways, explicitly without /sen/ate approval because he claimed that the decision was warped by "commie" volunteers. Shitty roleplay ensued. As a means of playing along and trying to end it, the UCFP fired an orbital laser three times at three occupied cities, destroying ~96% of the population. NF/KKK Supremo proceeded to make some even shittier roleplaying decisions by drawing the conflict out, with the general gist being "It's just a flesh wound, most of my soldiers are fine," which they wouldn't be by any stretch of the imagination.
Here's where things get out of hand. At this point, he starts outright shitposting like crazy. Kane bans him and he pitches a fit, ban evading many times until finally he gets tired of the whole thing. It's at this point that Panopticon, who from the beginning thought that /sen/ technically couldn't get involved without jurisdiction over Borneo, claims that Kane broke the rules by banning Supremo when volunteers have no power to ban users.
It is up to us as the six members of the most powerful parties in the /sen/ate to decide his punishment. I'm going to begin by stating upfront and honestly that I think Kane made the right call on this, even though he went around the rules in order to do so. I'm suggesting right off the bat that we amend the rules to allow for volunteer banning of users from this point onwards. If Kane must be punished, so be it, but I think in the future that ought to be an option, considering that board volunteers are the most active means of moderation on /sen/, and they ought to have the ability to ban users to prevent rampant shitposting. I think the right call was made to prevent a lot of garbage that was of a sufficiently poor quality to be below the standards of /sen/ and the standards of roleplaying in general. I ask that you carefully review this case before coming to a decision. I am open to hearing different ideas if you feel they have more merit.