Quote from: Sir Lüc on Today at 12:43:55 PMBy precedent, nominations will remain open until a week from me calling for them, so a little less than two days for any other nomination!

I believe our precedent here is 2 weeks based on our constitution  and how things have been run before

I will say, I do have anxiety about such things so I won't be able to join in this (this is a long term thing, and have mentioned a few times over the years)

But I hope it goes well, and if needed I can send a prepared remark to be read out by someone at the event

As long as it's Latin.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on August 22, 2026, 02:44:09 PMProduction on the next batch will be during the next Cosa term.

Is there any update on the Talossan ID cards for the next batch?

At the risk of it shutting down can I say this is a fantastic discussion on consciousness and sentience? We might want to move it to a dedicated thread and I was thinking why don't we have a Philosophy Club?

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on Today at 12:18:07 PMThe AI consciousness debate feels to me like this with extra steps:


I'm not sure we'll ever get anywhere productive with this. Nor do I think that subjective conscious experience will ever be objectively measurable. It's a whole bunch of non-starters and circular logic.

Oh I've seen this a few times. Makes me laugh. I am okay with allowing time and science to answer whether we will be able to measure subjective experience.

By precedent, nominations will remain open until a week from me calling for them, so a little less than two days for any other nomination!

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on October 02, 2026, 11:46:19 AM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on October 02, 2026, 10:44:38 AM[...]

1/2) As I understand it, the Lexhatx doesn't allow the Cosă to set its own rules like it does the Senäts (Lexh.H.3.1), so these rules would not be strictly binding.

This is absolutely true, but I suspect we're in "the law doesn't explicitly allow something, so it must mean it disallows it" territory. These rules basically only govern how an informal session operates and entirely operate within the limits of existing legislation, for example when dealing with bills, or when saying the Túischac'h maintains order. By comparison, the Senate rules are completely different and much more consequential; for example, they precisely set the terms of office of senators, which is something the Cosă doesn't need, since an MC gains their seat when they're appointed and (normally) loses it on Dissolution.

QuoteI hesitate to add these rules to the Lexhatx directly because internal processes really shouldn't be a matter of national legislation in the first place.

Fully agreed.

Quote3/4) To the surprise of perhaps no one, these rules I worked out together with AD last term are heavily based on how associations in Germany usually govern themselves, and under this framework, all the points I mentioned are in fact points of order. The idea is that an agenda is set beforehand, and everything that interrupts or distracts from the agenda is a point of order, and the chair adjourns the session once the agenda has run its course. My choice of inspiration doesn't imply that German associations have a better internal structure than the House of Commons, it was moreso a framework that was already familiar to me and easy to adapt to our circumstances here, and I wouldn't mind changing them in the direction of the Commons if there's enthusiasm for it.

That's fine, it's just odd that we'd choose a framework specific to Germany over something more international. And I'm saying that while also firmly believing we shouldn't parrot what any specific legislature does; my "a motion is not a point of order" objection is more grounded in an English dictionary definition and in common procedure, tbh.

Quote5) That would be nice, but you can't really force MCs to be more proactive than they have to be. That's something I've been struggling with during my two terms as Túischac'h at all times.

I fully get what you're saying, as a four-terms-and-a-bit Túischac'h and Mençei - but I'm sure nudging the Seneschal to move to adjourn when we're done is not an unreasonable expectation.

Any further nominations?

-Txec R

To be frank, I started this discussion with the intent to spur on outside of the box thinking. I don't expect that it would ever be acceptable for me to sit as the sole member as Crown-in-Parliament. However, the idea of appointing me or someone else as Deputy Secretary of State for this purpose is the kind of ideas we need. I think this is a workable idea and should be satisfactory for the political class as a Deputy SoS can be dismissed whereas a King is much harder to get rid of.

-Txec R