Sure, but that didn't really work out in practice.  That's why two people had nine jobs between them in your Cabinet -- I mean, as we've established, Public Records wasn't really much of a job.   And that's okay!  I have some people doubling up, too.

Plus, there's still jobs with much less work.  MinFor, for example.  A-X usually doesn't have much to do (although not this time!) and MinFin usually doesn't do much.  There's plenty of jobs to go around, still.  But eleven posts is an unrealistically large number right now.

This might just come down to different management styles, also.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 20, 2025, 02:16:14 PMReally?  As it's written, the effects of the bill would start if and only if both a full year has passed and it was ratified.  I think I did it right, anyway.

The wording in OrgLaw IV.2.1 is that statutory changes to party seats "will not take effect until the next election following the passage of a calendar year", and it seems counterintuitive that the statutory change should be rendered null and void even though a technically unrelated referendum handling a separate issue fails. Trying to unify both changes into one bill like this seems much more complicated than to have them be separate bills, though I sincerely appreciate your help.

Really?  As it's written, the effects of the bill would start if and only if both a full year has passed and it was ratified.  I think I did it right, anyway.

I will post the formal Letters Patent when I am able to, but you may consider all of your appointments as made by me official.

-Txec R

Hm, this isn't right either... I don't know.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 20, 2025, 01:41:37 PMpeople probably shouldn't have a job where their only role is to do one thing infrequently

That means the less active people never get to do anything ever. It just makes sense to give a low-salience job to someone who wants to be involved but doesn't have much time. Otherwise, you're pushing everyone out of a job except the hyperactive "Miss Rabbit"s.

This is, by the way, why we split up the jobs. When Defence was attached to Foreign, that meant the Foreign Minister had to do Defence stuff as well, even if they weren't interested in it. Multiple portfolios means that Ministers can "mix and match" jobs according to personal preference.

Sorry about that.  Okay, I think this should do it:

"FURTHERMORE, all the changes described in this bill shall only take effect after ratification by referendum and after a full calendar year has passed, and will otherwise be considered to be null and void."

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on December 20, 2025, 01:40:00 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 20, 2025, 01:35:44 PMThe last provision is "FURTHERMORE, all the changes described in this bill shall only take effect after ratification by referendum," so the statutory change is held up until the referendum passes to ratify the rest.

I don't understand. The statutory changes can only take effect after at least a full calendar year as per OrgLaw IV.2.1, whereas the amendment to the OrgLaw itself would take effect immediately after the referendum has passed. That's the exact timing problem that I was talking about.

Oh, of course.  I forgot that bit.  Let me fix it real quick.

As I recall, the big problem was neglecting the Zuavs.  Putting someone in charge of supervising the Zuavs who otherwise has nothing to do is a recipe for perpetuating that problem.

Generally speaking, people probably shouldn't have a job where their only role is to do one thing infrequently.  Since that means that either (a) you're putting an active person in that job rather than someplace where they could be more useful to the people, (b) you're stacking that job on top of other jobs for an active person, which which we're admitting it's not a person's worth of work, or (c) you put in a relatively inactive person who might not do it.  None of those three make a lot of sense.

It's really just a question of management, which is why I think it makes sense to reorganize things.  I mean, you held four roles in your Cabinet (Seneschal, Culture, Immigration, Deputy A-X), and Mic'haglh held five (Deputy Foreign, Distain, Public Records, Technology, and Finance).  If we're stacking so many jobs, probably we need to take a look at the whole system.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 20, 2025, 01:35:44 PMThe last provision is "FURTHERMORE, all the changes described in this bill shall only take effect after ratification by referendum," so the statutory change is held up until the referendum passes to ratify the rest.

I don't understand. The statutory changes can only take effect after at least a full calendar year as per OrgLaw IV.2.1, whereas the amendment to the OrgLaw itself would take effect immediately after the referendum has passed. That's the exact timing problem that I was talking about.