November 9 2008 Rising Winds Althing

Althing was called to order by King Thorvald

King Thorvald presided over the Althing

Champion Dart controlled who had the floor (who's turn it was to speak)

Azmandius and Kraven counted votes.

The following are the results of the items up for vote:

Item One - Proposals for adding additional checks and balances for Knightings

Thorvald removed his proposal

Kaads removed his proposal

Clyde's Proposal: 40 MIGS present

Add

VIII.b.2. The power to grant knighthood rests solely with the kingdom level monarch.

VIII.b.2.a. (Exception) The monarch must submit the names of the person(s) they wish to grant knighthood to to the Circle of Knights at least one month before the next scheduled Circle of Knights meeting. At that meeting the Circle of knights may, by a three quarters(75% ) majority vote (if a quorum is present) , veto the ability of the monarch to grant knighthood to the person(s) submitted. The person(s) may be submitted again for consideration at the next Circle of Knights

For - 20 | Against - 14 Item fails to receive 2/3 approval

Item two - Adding non-ladder awards back into the corpora

Chiba's proposal tabled for further review by king Thorvald

Item three - Change to MIGS attendance requirements

Haydeez tabled his proposal to changed wording

Item four - Change to midreign elections

Kaads' Proposal: 28 MIGS present

At this time the scribe cannot find Kaads' proposed wording. Since it did fail the scribe is ending his search.

For - 0 | Against - 7 | Abstain - 21 Item fails to receive 2/3 approval

Clyde's Proposal

Change section VII.B.3. to read:

"The Monarch shall hold declarations for candidates for two weeks one month prior to Midreign, and shall close declarations at midnight saturday, two weeks before midreign.

Remove sections VII.C.2., VII.C.3., VII.D.3., VII.D.4., and IX.F.1.a.

For - 24 | Against - 3 | Abstain - 1 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item five - Change to seeding

Clyde's Proposal: 29 MIGS present

The comments between the asterisks will be added

d: Of all participants signed up for a warskill event at a major kingdom level tourney, the four with the highest amount of seed points *ACCRUED IN THE PREVIOUS 4(FOUR) TOURNAMENTS* shall be seeded into the brackets with the highest seed point total holder having the number one seed and so on. Ties in seed point totals will be decided first by highest order of the warrior, and failing that, the discretion of the champion.

For - 29 | Against - 0 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item six - Chane reeves guild to 70% to pass

Clyde's Proposal: 29 MIGS present

Change section IV.D.3. from...

Members of the Reeves Guild will consist of those who have taken the Reeves test within the past six months and passed at 75% or better.

..To...

Members of the Reeves Guild will consist of those who have taken the Reeves test within the past six months and passed at 70% or better.

For - 29 | Against - 0 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item seven - Remove "changing rules for safety"

Clyde's proposal: 30 MIGS present

Remove the following line from section VI.D.1.e.

"A rule may be changed by an Althing decision in instances where safety is concerned."

For - 30 | Against - 0 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item eight - Hold quals at least 3 weeks prior to coronation

Clyde's proposal: 30 MIGS present

Change section IX.A.1 to read:

"Qualifications will be held at least 3 weeks prior to the Crown Coronation."

For - 29 | Against - 1 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item Nine - Allow PM to appoint person to run quals if the regent is running for re-election

Clyde's proposal: 30 MIGS present

Change section II.D.1.f.1 to read:

"Should they be running for another term or position, the Prime minister shall appoint a member in good standing to run the cultural qualifications in their stead."

For - 30 | Against - 0 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item 10 - Spelling correction

Clyde's proposal: 29 MIGS present

Change section II.D.1.g. to read:

At the end of his or her term, the Regent shall present a list of awards, titles, and honors given by him/her during his/her reign to the incoming Monarch or Prime Minister.

Adds an "f" in a word fixing a minor spelling error that changes "o" to "of."

For - 25 | Against - 3 | Abstain - 1 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

Item 11 - Standardize quals scoring to a scale of 0 to 5

Clyde's proposal: 28 MIGS present

Redirect section IX.A.9. to IX.A.9.1

Add Section IX.A.9.

"All Crown qualification Cultural entries will be judged on a point scale of 0(zero) to 5(five) with five being the highest possible score."

For - 25 | Against - 1 | Abstain - 2 Proposal received the required 2/3 approval

New Business

King Thorvald announced the he had given Ivey the position of Kingdom Quartermaster. She will present an inventory of Kingdom assets at the next Althing and make recommendations concerning the removal of non-functional assets.

The Althing was closed by King Thorvald.

• Note: an updated Corpora will be posted later this week