Questions pertaining to item two:
#1 How will the non-Texas parks be effected if the Althing item about the Confederacy fails?
They will remain exactly as I have encouraged them to be... a collection of parks with regional spirit being as inter-cooperative as possible and as self-governing as allowed because they are plenty far enough away (at least a four hour drive from where I am north of Dallas) to be a kingdom someday by the regulations on page 65 of the rulebook.
#2 Are all the parks up north going to be included in the Confederacy?
No park will be forced to join a confederacy; however, if an EH park does not opt-in to join a local-to-them EH confederacy and that union does eventually become a fully recognized kingdom by the Circle of Monarchs then the EH should release that park from their contract (to be a freehold) as an act of respect for the 75-mile exclusive radius of another kingdom, in keeping with the spirit of page 65 of the rulebook.
Specifically, Souls Crossing' (Tennessee) has decided that they are much too far afield to join Dreadmoor (Oklahoma-ish). In fact, if this passed and they were so inclined they could rally the freeholds around them to start a pre-kingdom in that unclaimed region.
#3 How do we include those parks/players in EH things such as their running for office--how would that work with them being so far away?
Currently it's the same as if Brock Argenta of the Rising Winds had won his bid for Monarch so many years ago before RW achieved Kingdom status. As it stands the same rules apply to them as us. Assuming one has declared residency, is dues paid and is active they can run for office and are equal to any other EH citizen, with the exception of voting on spending/the treasury.
#4 If this passes, what then?
Nothing, in the short term. We will have allowed for the creation of confederacies, outside the EH centralized authority, in our bylaws; however, there will be no mechanism for creating them. You will notice that the corpora doesn't include the mechanism for creating ANY park, it just *defines* them.
My vision, which I have discussed with the BOD (well anyone who would listen and the BOD is a captive audience with contract experience and a relevant authority) is to create an contractual addendum page that could be added to the existing contract of any park that both qualifies for a confederacy membership and chooses to opt-in to any such entity.
Just like the existing contracts (the petitioning and the official) legal provisions are a natural part of the document. If the citizens of EH feel there are holes to be plugged some may be appropriate as a legal provision of the contract addendum while others may belong in the bylaws... some may have a place in both.
Furthermore, the addendum should only be an option to "official" EH parks; that is, a confederacy addendum shall never be part of a petitioning contract as far as I am concerned. A new park should have to petition EH, meet the stipulations outlined in the petition like any other park, and then, IF they are offered an official contract, would have the *option* of joining a local-to-them confederacy.
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I'm sure I haven't answered everything, in truth, I expect an encourage more questions... the agenda item is an invitation to open a public discourse! Voting to allow the formation of confederacies under EH law, and define a standardized path to Floating Crown kingdom-hood in the process, is only the first step.
If you are nervous about your question(s) feel free to contact me privately (by private message or
monarch@amtgard-eh.com).
Thy Queen