jamescfm wrote:Providing an update on the process of updating the
Cultural Protocol Index. At present there are twenty-six countries that have affirmed their cultural protocols and had them approved by Moderation six culturally open countries and twenty-six countries that have not had their cultural protocols approved.
All of the players in the latter group of countries will receive a reminder asking them to affirm their cultural protocol this evening and notifying them that the deadline to do so is 11 July. If countries have still not had their cultural protocols approved by this point then Moderation will make a decision regarding their position in public consultation with players. For this reason any player who wishes to ensure that their country retains its cultural protocols needs to ensure they submit an affirmation for Moderation approval before this deadline.
Please let us know if there are any questions and we'll do our best to offer some clarity.
Okay...so this whole exercise, and indeed this thread, began a month ago with a gentle request from Moderation asking players to pass new Cultural Protocol bills in order to assist with some administrative issues.
Now, with James’s last post, it seems this has now morphed in to a Cultural Protocol affirmation exercise. To explain the terminology for those less familiar with the history of the game, we used to have a system where players were invited to periodically “affirm” their nation’s Cultural Protocol, and if there was no affirmation, there would be a consultation as to whether it would continue.
Some questions...
(1) Could you please provide a full list of which Cultural Protocols are considered by Moderation to be “affirmed” and which ones to be “not affirmed”?
(2) Would you be willing to reconsider the length of the affirmation deadline? Before, players were just being gently encouraged to update their Cultural Protocols, now they are suddenly being told “affirm within 2 weeks or the future of your Cultural Protocol could be in danger”... Is two weeks an unreasonably short period of time for an affirmation deadline? Previously, under the Cultural Eras system, I recall the deadline was more like 3 to 5 months. I would suggest a 1 month deadline would be more reasonable in this situation than a 2 week one. Especially given I’m not sure every player is going to easily understand what they are being expected to do here...
(3) Under the old system, it was possible to simply pass a CP affirmation bill just stating the intention to affirm the CP, rather than including the full CP details in the bill itself. Will this be allowed this time?