Session December 2767

Revision as of 03:48, 29 December 2014

Presiding Magistrate: Gaius Aemilius Crassus, Consul

Quorum:

Decius Iunius Palladius is on Leave - his Proxy is assigned to Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and therefore as per XI.J of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV he is deemed present.

There are 21 voting members of the Senate giving a minimum quorum of 14 voting members.

21 voting members are present.

The quorum is achieved.

SCHEDULE:

00:00 AM Rome Time of pr. Non. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 4th 2014): Call to order. Debate period commences.

00:00 AM Rome Time of a.d. VIII Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 6th 2014): Recess of session.

00:00 AM Rome Time of a.d. VII Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 7th 2014): Restart of debate.

11:59 PM Rome Time of a.d. VI Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 8th 2014): Debate period ends.

00:00 AM Rome Time of a.d. V Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 9th 2014): Call to vote. Voting period commences.

11:59 PM Rome Time a.d. IV Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (December 10th 2014): Voting period ends.

11:59 PM Rome Time a.d. III Id. Dec. 2767 AVC (October 28th 2014): Call to close issued before this time.

AGENDA:

I- Senatus Consultum on the Budget for 2015 (Debate and vote).

II- Senatus Consultum on the Tax rate for 2015 (Debate and vote).

III- Senatus Consultum on the Increase Class fee (Debate and vote).

IV- Senatus Consultum on the Database migration bids (Debate and vote).

V- Senatus Consultum on Outreach into Second Life (Debate and vote).

VI- Senatus Consultum on Access to the Censorial Database (Debate and vote).

VII- Senatus Consultum on the Assignment of the Province of Activity to the Senior Consul for 2768 AVC (Debate and vote).

VIII- Senatus Consultum on the Assignment of the Province of Activity to the Junior Consul for 2768 AVC (Debate and vote).

IX- Senatus Consultum on the Process of Approval of Citizenship (Debate and vote).

X- Senatus Consultum on the Award of the Title Pater Patriae to Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Debate and vote).

XI- Senatus Consultum on the Process of Dealing with Misinformation/Falsehoods in Citizenship Applications (Debate and vote)

ITEM I- SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE BUDGET FOR 2015 Budget Webhosting: $200.00 Go Daddy Registerred Agent: $250.00 Ainsworth Annual Report: $40.00 State of Maine QuickBooks: $550.00 Quickbooks Office and Budget Supplies: $50.00 Mail Box Rental $75.00 Paypal Fees $50.00 Discretionary Consular Fund $250.00 Per Consul for a total of $500.00 Domain Renewal Costs $200.00 Total $1,915.00 Outsource Web Work per item IV Pending Amount

ITEM II- SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE TAX RATE FOR 2015 Tax Proposal for 2015 2014 2015 Class I 38 38 Class II 32 32 Class III 22 22 Class IV 14 14 Class V 8 8 No Change Recommended this year due to the cost of the Outsource and QuickBooks Costs. In 2016 with the stablization of webhosting the taxes will decrease.

ITEM III- SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE INCREASE CLASS FEE The fee to purchase up a class level in the Comitia Centuriata is set to $30.00 US.

Item IV- SENATUS CONSULTUM ON DATABASE AND SERVER MIGRATION The Senate, in recognition of the need to maintain access to and control of the corporation's information assets and technology services decides: I- The CIO may solicit bids for consulting services necessary to complete the migration. II- The Information Technology Task Force (ITTF) and the CIO will jointly evaluate all such bids. III- The ITTF is authorized to accept bids on behalf of the corporation for consulting services related to the migration if: a) Three or more bids for the work are received b) All such bids are based on the same requirements and information regarding the work to be performed. c) No bidder shall be given information that is unknown by or not provided to other bidders. d) No bidder shall be given special treatment or consideration withheld from other bidders. IV- The Senate authorizes the CFO of Nova Roma to make such monetary payments as are necessary to ensure a safe and thorough migration of data and services from the current server located in Sweden to a server located in the United States of America to the maximum amount of $3 000 US. V- Any amount above the stipulated in IV needs to be approved by a new Senatus Consultum. VI- This authorization shall last until the Senate decrees otherwise.