Session February 2765
SESSION RESULTS
Aulus Liburnius Hadrianus Tribunus Plebis Quiritibus SPD Senate Voting Results published on 3/12/2012 PRESIDING MAGISTRATE: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Consul
The announced schedule was:
Debate period commences at 07:12 AM ROME TIME 09-FEB-2012 Debate period ends at 05:53 PM ROME TIME 23-FEB-2012 Voting period commences at 06:52 AM ROME TIME 24-FEB-2012 Voting period ends at 06:31 PM ROME TIME 27-FEB-2012 Results announced at 06:33 PM ROME TIME 29-FEB-2012
QUORUM: No absences posted to the Senate list. No proxy votes assigned. All 19 Senators, or voting members of the Senate, are therefore present for this session and the quorum is achieved. The necessary majority for the passage of a Senatus Consultum is 10 votes in favor. "UTI ROGAS" indicates a vote in favor of an item, "ANTIQUO" is a vote against, and "ABSTINEO" is an open abstention. The following 19 senators, or voting members of the Senate can cast votes. They are referred to below by their initials and are listed in alphabetical order by nomen:
M. Cassius Julianus (MCJ) Sta. Cornelia Aeternia (SCA) M. Cornelius Gualterus Graecus (MCGG) L. Cornelius Sulla (LCS) C. Equitius Cato (CEC) L. Equitius Cincinnatus Augur (LECA) Q. Fabius Maximus (QFM) Ti. Galerius Paulinus (TGP) Cn. Iulius Caesar (CnIC) T. Iulius Sabinus (TIS) D. Iunius Palladius Invictus (DIPI) M. Minucius Audens (MMA) C. Petronius Dexter (CPD) G. Popillius Laenas (GPL) Q. Suetonius Paulinus (QSP) A. Tullia Scholastica (ATS) P. Ullerius Stephanus Venator (PUSV) G. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (GTVG) G. Vipsianus Agrippa GVA)
The following 3 senator or voting member of the Senate did not cast a vote or did not cast a vote on time and absence was not announced or justified in line with the Senatus Consultum on Defining a Quorum and the LEX OCTAVIA DE SENATORIBUS:
- Q. Fabius Maximus (QFM)***
- P. Ullerius Stephanus Venator (PUSV)***
- G. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (GTVG)***
THE AGENDA – ITEMS FOR THE VOTE
A) Item 1.a: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing] B)ITEM I.a SC Senate committees.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE CREATION OF STANDING SENATE COMMITTEES I. The following standing Senate committees are forthwith abolished: A. The Senate Committee on Rules B. The Senate Committee on Incorporation C. The Senate Budget and Finance Committee D. The Senate Scholarship Committee E. The Senate Conventus and Public Events Committee F. The Senate Committee on Provincial affairs G. The Senate External Relations Committee H. The Information Technology Committee II. The following standing Senate committees are forthwith established: A. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) B. The Senate Communications Committee (SCC) C. The Senate Public Enterprise Committee (SPEC) D. The Senate Civic Education Committee (SCEC) E. The Senate Policy Committee (SPC) III. The mandate and scope of the committees at II.A to II E inclusive shall be as follows: A. Senate Finance Committee: 1. To act in an advisory role to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma in respect of the functions of the CFO as per sections 7 to 10 inclusive of the Senatus consultum on the position of CFO, passed in January 2765 A.U.C. Such advice shall be non-binding upon the CFO. 2. To review all areas and/or processes of financial planning, the collection and disbursement of monies, the handling of any monetary investments, held in the name of Nova Roma Inc., and any other matter of finance and to make recommendations on any such matters that it sees fit to do so, to the CFO. 3. To make recommendations to the CFO for fundraising activities and/or projects. B. Senate Communications Committee: 1. The delivery of consistent messaging both internally within Nova Roma, and externally. Such messaging shall only reflect the policies and goals of the Senate as defined within Senatus consulta or the work of the SFC, SPED, SCEC and SPC. 2. To seek new ways to publicize Nova Roma externally by means of articles, postings and communications on other electronic message boards and to maintain messaging to any such existing means of communications that Nova Roma utilizes and/or is featured in. 3. To prepare and deliver such content as the committee sees appropriate to do so that assists in the performance of its duties at III.B.1 and III.B.2. 4. To make recommendations to the Senate on the advisability and benefits, or otherwise, of any contact with a reconstruction, reenactment or otherwise ancient Roman themed group with a similar and/or compatible mandate and goals to Nova Roma. Such recommendations to the Senate shall include the presentation in the form of a draft Senatus consultum of any memorandum of understandings with such groups, as the committee considers appropriate and beneficial to Nova Roma. C. Senate Public Enterprise Committee: 1. Oversight over any official Nova Roman project or undertaking, as established by lex, Senatus consultum or edictum. 2. To assist citizens in the creation, and management of projects, either proposed or actual, that it considers worthwhile and beneficial to Nova Roma, by means of promoting networking opportunities internally within Nova Roma, and externally, for the organizer(s) of such a project. 3. To identify ideas and projects suggested by citizens, or developed by the committee, that it finds worthwhile and beneficial to Nova Roma and to make recommendations to the Senate that any such idea or proposed or actual project that it considers worthwhile, should be adopted by Nova Roma as an official project. D. Senate Civic Education Committee: 1. The establishment and/or oversight of programs, either self-study or delivered, that offer educational or informative content concerning the Rome, in all its aspects, from the founding of the City of Rome in 753 BCE to the removal of the altar of Victory from the Senate in 394 CE. 2. The establishment and/or oversight of programs, either self-study or delivered, that offer informative content concerning Nova Roma. 3. Such programs may be offered internally to Nova Roman citizens, or externally. E. Senate Policy Committee: 1. The research and development of strategic plans for the advancement of any goal and objective of Nova Roma, as described in the Constitution, or in any lex or Senatus consultum, or as determined by the committee. 2. The selection of items of policy to be included in any Senatus consultum that provides direction to the consuls in pursuit of maintaining any strategic plan or setting goals for their term of office. 3. Oversight of any plans that are created and/or recommended by the SFC, SCC, SPEC and SCEC in order to ensure that such plans do not conflict with the work of another committee. 4. To provide such direction to the SFC, SCC, SPEC and SCEC as is necessary to ensure that conflicts between the mandate and scope of those committees and its own scope and mandate is minimized or prevented. Those other committees must comply with such directions issued by the SPC. 5. To act as, and assume the mandate and scope of, any committee where the membership of that committee is zero. IV. Recommendations made by a committee shall be by means of posting to the Senate list. V. Each committee shall present an annual report on its work to the Senate, by means of posting it to the Senate list after January 1st and by no later than February 1st of the year following that year which the report speaks to. VI. The consuls must include any such recommendation at section IV, or annual report at V, in the next formal meeting of the Senate in session following the posting of such to the Senate list. The chairperson of the committee posting such a recommendation or report shall supply to the presiding magistrate of such a session, the text for any proposed Senatus consultum that the committee wishes to be put to the vote, based on such recommendations or annual report. The presiding magistrate must include such a proposed Senatus consultum on the Agenda and must put such a Senatus consultum, unaltered in any way, to the vote. VII. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. VIII. If an issue of interpretation of this Senatus consultum, on any matter pertaining to this Senatus consultum, arises then the opinion of the majority of the SPC shall determine the issue. IX. Upon enactment of this Senatus Consultum the senior consul Gnaeus Iulius Caesar shall: A. Poll voting members of the Senate for their preferences as to which committee they wish to be assigned to. Voting members shall indicate which committees they wish to serve on and rank them in an order of preference. B. Select such members for each committee, where the maximum number of committee that each voting member of the Senate shall be allocated to shall not exceed 3. The maximum number of members of any committee shall be calculated by the formula ((X ÷ 5) × 3 = Y), where X is equal to the number of voting members of the Senate and where Y is rounded up to the next whole number. That result shall be the maximum membership number for each committee. Voting members will be allocated between the committees using their preferences as a guide. The complete list of appointments to the committees shall then be posted to the Senate list. C. Appoint a chairperson. The chairperson of each committee shall determine the internal rules under which it operates. D. Create a separate Yahoo! Group list for each committee and invite its selected members to that list. X. Each member of a committee shall serve a term of five years, commencing on their date of appointment and at the expiry of that period shall be automatically prorogued for another five-year term unless he/she posts to the Senate list prior to the anniversary of his/her appointment a notice of resignation from that committee. XI. A member of a committee may be removed from membership of that committee only by majority vote of the other members of that committee and only with the consent of the princeps senatus. XII. Such removal at XI shall only be permitted and lawful when such a member has failed to participate in any discussions by way of a minimum of one post to the committee Group list within any period of 90 days, unless the committee has received prior notice of a period of absence that covers that 90 days or more. Such notice of forthcoming absence must be posted to the Group list of the committee. XIII. A person who becomes a voting member of the Senate after the posting of initial membership at IX.B must within seven days of his/her joining the Senate list be asked to supply their preferences for committee membership, using the same process at IX.A. This shall be the responsibility of the chairperson of the SPC, who shall follow the process at IX.B in order to allocate committee membership to that new voting member of the Senate. XIV. It shall be the responsibility of the chairperson of each of the committees the voting member of the Senate is a member of to send him/her an invitation to their committee’s Group list. XV. A member of a committee may every year, between January 1st and January 7th, request the chairperson of the SPC to allocate them to a new committee of their choice, if that committee has not already reached its maximum membership number. XVI. The chairperson of the SPC shall, before any allocation at XV, first allocate any voting member of the Senate who is not yet a member of any committee to any committees of their choice, if such committees have not already reached their maximum membership number, using the process at IX.A and IX.B. If after this process the committee of choice for the committee member at XV has reached its maximum membership number, then that request at XV shall be denied. XVII. At the expiration of the term at X of a member of a committee who is also a chairperson, that committee may, should he/she be prorogued for a further term at X, either confirm him/her in that role, or elect a new chairperson by simple majority. XVIII. The owners of the committee group lists shall be the current committee chairperson and the princeps senatus. The owners of the group lists of the abolished committees shall be the censors and the princeps senatus. These shall be maintained for archival purposes and any voting member of the Senate wishing access to any such list shall be added as a member. XIX. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV XX. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at XX.A of this Senatus consultum. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - ANTIQUO For me the Senate must keep the might to create one committee for one problem as he likes according to the cases, at its discretion.
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - UTI ROGAS with considerable reservations, particularly about the rigidity of this approach. The final provision (concerning revision) in several of these items is quite troubling, as are those concerned with contempt of the Senate and other punitive measures in this and other items presented in these agenda.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.b: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing] B)ITEM I.b SC Provinces of Activity.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON PROVINCES OF ACTIVITY I. The Senate of Nova Roma establishes the following process for annually assigning one or more goals to each of the following year’s consuls for the purpose of ensuring the continuance and realization of Senate policy decisions. II. The Senate Policy Committee (SPC) must annually before September 1st select of items of policy that shall assigned to the consuls for the following year, where such items are determined according to the mandate and scope of the SPC. III. The chairperson of the SPC shall be responsible for initiating debate on the selection of policy items at II, and shall put all items suggested by members of the SPC during the course of such a debate to the vote. Each item put to the vote shall also have a date of completion appended to it that shall be on or before November 30th of the following year (the year being represented in the A.U.C. format). Members of the SPC will register either YES to include the item, NO to reject it, or ABSTAIN if they wish to make no choice on a particular item. For an item to succeed and be passed on such a vote it must obtain a simple majority of members of the SPC. If all members of the committee vote ABSTAIN on an item it shall not be included at IV. In the case of a tie the chairperson of the SPC shall cast an extra vote to decide the issue. IV. After the vote at III, the chairperson of the SPC shall be responsible for initiating debate on which of the items that passed shall be allocated to the senior consul and which to the junior consul for the following year. The chairperson shall then put the items to the vote to decide which are allocated to which consul and which, if any, should be shared between both. The members of the SPC shall indicate against each item to be voted upon SC for senior consul, JC for junior consul, SHARED for both consuls, or ABSTAIN if they wish no make no choice on a particular item. For an item to be allocated it must obtain a simple majority of members of the SPC voting to allocate it to a specific consul, or to be shared. If all members of the committee vote ABSTAIN on an item it shall not be allocated. In the case of a tie the chairperson of the SPC shall cast an extra vote to decide the issue. V. The SPC shall then prepare two draft Senatus consulta titled: A. “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY TO THE SENIOR CONSUL FOR XXXX A.U.C.”. B. “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY TO THE JUNIOR CONSUL FOR XXXX A.U.C.” XXXX in both V.A and V.B shall be replaced with the A.U.C. form of the following year. VI. The text of the draft Senatus consultum at V.A shall: A. Commence with the following “The senior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C. is instructed by the Senate of Nova Roma to pursue the following items to a successful completion on or before the date indicated during his/her year in office. The senior consul shall post a progress report monthly to the Senate, by means of posting to the Senate list, detailing the steps he/she has taken to bring these items to a successful conclusion. Between December 1st and December 15th of XXXX A.U.C. the senior consul shall post his/her final progress report to the Senate list. If he/she has not brought any item below to a successful conclusion, then he/she will explain in detail to the Senate the reasons for his/her failure to do so.” “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. B. The content of the draft Senatus consultum at V.A shall then list those items at IV that received a majority of votes marked SC or SHARED. VII. The text of the draft Senatus consultum at V.B shall: A. Commence with the following “The junior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C. is instructed by the Senate of Nova Roma to pursue the following items to a successful completion on or before the date indicated during his/her year in office. The junior consul shall post a progress report monthly to the Senate, by means of posting to the Senate list, detailing the steps he/she has taken to bring these items to a successful conclusion. Between December 1st and December 15th of XXXX A.U.C. the junior consul shall post his/her final progress report to the Senate list. If he/she has not brought any item below to a successful conclusion, then he/she will explain in detail to the Senate the reasons for his/her failure to do so.” “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. B. The content of the draft Senatus consultum at V.B shall then list those items at IV that received a majority of votes marked JC or SHARED. VIII. The process for the Senate voting upon the draft Senatus consulta at V.A and V.B shall be: A. The chairperson of the SPC shall post the draft consulta at V.A and V.B to the Senate list between September 1st and October 1st inclusive. B. The consul holding the rods for the month in which they are posted must within 5 days of their posting obtain the auspices for a formal meeting of the Senate in session within the month in which they are posted, the debate period of which must be no less than 168 hours in length. C. If the auspices are favorable the consul at VIII.B must issue the call to convene for the proposed session for which the auspices were sought, and include the draft Senatus consulta at V.A and V.B as agenda items in that call to convene. D. The consul at VIII.B must put the draft consulta at V.A and V.B, unaltered in any way, to the vote, which shall be by way of simple majority. E. On January 1st of the following year: 1. If the draft consulta at V.A succeeded at the vote and passed, then the citizen who was elected senior consul shall be automatically assigned the personal responsibility for bringing each item in the now passed Senatus consultum, as at V.A, to a successful conclusion on or before the date of completion for that item. 2. If the draft consulta at V.B succeeded at the vote and passed, then the citizen who was elected junior consul shall be automatically assigned the personal responsibility for bringing each item in the now passed Senatus consultum, as at V.B, to a successful conclusion on or before the date of completion for that item. IX. Between January 1st and January 31st each year the consul who holds the rods for that month must issue a call to convene a formal meeting of the Senate in session and must include, in addition to any other items, an agenda item that must be put to the vote by way of simple majority as a proposed Senatus consultum, with the title SENATUS CONSULTUM TO ENDORSE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY RESULTS XXXX A.U.C, and the following text within: C. “The Senate of Nova Roma endorses the fact that the senior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C., AAAA, discharged the requirements placed upon {him/her} to the best of {his/her} ability.” D. “The Senate of Nova Roma endorses the fact that the junior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C., BBBB, discharged the requirements placed upon {him/her} to the best of {his/her} ability.” “XXXX” shall be replaced with the previous year in A.U.C. format. “AAAA” shall be the full Nova Roman name of the senior consul for the previous year, while “BBBB” shall be the full Nova Roman name of the junior consul for the previous year. “{him/her}” and “{his/her}” will be amended to the correct choice for the gender of the consul concerned. X. Item IX.A and item IX.B must be put to the vote as separate items. If IX.A or IX.B does not succeed in passing, then the item that fails shall be removed from the Senatus consultum and the one that succeeds shall remain and form the only text in the body of the Senatus consultum. If both items fail then the Senatus consultum fails in its entirety. XI. In the event that one or both of the items fail to pass the vote at IX, then automatically such a failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate by the former consul concerned at IX.A and/or IX.B for the purposes of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. Such contempt of the Senate shall be dealt with by the princeps senatus by the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. XII. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. XIII. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning. XIV. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV XV. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at XV.A of this Senatus consultum. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS I have some reservations about this item and overall it's a good idea, but personally I do think in some aspects modifications are needed.
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - ANTIQUO This SC seems to me "une usine à gaz". The consuls are magistrates. They are not the servants of the Senate as the Senate is not the chamber of registration of the wishes of the consuls.
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO Several of the reasons given above also apply here. This is extremely rigid, and constrains the consuls in ways we should not; this rigidity and desire for control seem to do more harm than good to us.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.c: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing] B) ITEM I.c SC Legal drafting.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON LEGAL DRAFTING I. The Senate, recognizing the need of some magistrates to have assistance in drafting legal instruments in English, authorizes the Gaius Equitius Cato to identify citizens of Nova Roma with an excellent command of the English language, as evidenced by their grammar, punctuation and vocabulary whilst also demonstrating clarity of meaning in their posts. II. Gaius Equitius Cato will ascertain whether those citizens identified at section I above are willing to be identified as potential scribes for magistrates wishing to draft legal instruments. III. Those citizens so willing shall have their names entered onto a dedicated page on the Nova Roman website/wiki. IV. Gaius Equitius Cato shall develop a recommended standard format for each type of legal instrument and shall ensure that those citizens at III are proficient in the use of each format. He shall also ensure that such citizens are knowledgeable as to the contents of all existing legal instruments in force. V. A magistrate wishing the use of the services of such a citizen shall, after ascertaining that citizen is available and willing to undertake the task, appoint him/her as a scribe. VI. Gaius Equitius Cato shall evaluate any negative feedback on the performance and/or quality of work of any such citizen selected at V, and if he feels it appropriate to do so shall remove their name from the page at III. VII. Use by a magistrate of such citizens at III is not mandatory. VIII. In the event that the content of a proposed legal instrument would create either a conflict with an existing legal instrument, or a legal ambiguity, then either the scribe at V. and/or Gaius Equitius Cato, shall draw that to the attention of the magistrate at V. IX. Gaius Equitius Cato shall execute this commission for a term of three years. Prorogation for a further term of three years shall automatically occur if the Senate does not address the matter of his prorogation before the three-year anniversary of his first or last appointment.
C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - UTI ROGAS
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.d: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing] B)ITEM I.d SC New member Provocatio.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ADDITION OF A NEW MEMBER TO THE PROVOCATIO COMMITTEE The Senate appoints Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix as a member of the Provocatio Committee. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO Sulla should have enough to keep him busy without this.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.e.i: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing] B) ITEM I.e.i SC Citizenship reapplication_rev_1.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE REAPPLICATION PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP I. The Senate, recognizing the absence of a procedure to regulate the process of reapplication for citizenship by a person who resigned from Nova Roma, or had his/her citizenship removed for failing to register during a census, or who was classified as a socius, or who was legally stripped of his/her citizenship, enacts the following procedure. II. This Senatus consultum shall be considered for the purpose of section V of the Lex Minucia Moravia de civitate eiuranda the “prevailing legal procedures” that govern reapplication for citizenship. III. The censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) shall not enter any person who reapplies for Nova Roman citizenship into the reapplication process for citizenship, as specified at section VI of the Lex Minucia Moravia de civitate eiuranda, nor shall the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) approve the grant of Nova Roman citizenship to such a person, if that person at any time while holding, or subsequently while not holding, Nova Roman citizenship was/is a member and/or participant, or is suspected and/or listed as being a member and/or participant within the records of the Senate of Nova Roma, of any organization that the Senate has deemed by any Senatus consultum to be a competing organization. IV. If the censors acting in a collegiate manner believe that mitigating circumstances exist to justify accepting such an application at III, then they shall request the consuls to include on the agenda of the next formal meeting of the Senate in session, and item concerning this reapplication. The presiding magistrate of that session may include this matter on the agenda, and may put the item to the vote. In the event the matter is put to the vote a draft Senatus consultum shall be presented requesting the Senate to approve the reapplication of the person at III. V. In the event that the person at III making the reapplication was, in addition to being a member and/or participant, or is suspected and/or listed as being a member and/or participant within the records of the Senate of Nova Roma, also a member of any Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational body that serves the same or similar purpose of control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or Senate, then the Senatus consultum at IV shall require an extraordinary majority in order to be successful. All other cases the Senatus consultum at IV shall require a simple majority in order to be successful. VI. Any failure on the part of the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly), whether accidental, negligent or deliberate to abide by the terms of this Senatus consultum, shall invalidate the process of reapplication and regardless of whether the person at III was subsequently classified as a citizen, shall invalidate his/her citizenship, as that person shall not be a citizen of Nova Roma as a result of that failure. VII. Upon discovery of such a failure at VI, the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) and/or consuls must immediately inform the person that he/she is not a citizen. Should that citizen have subsequently stood for election for any position within Nova Roma and been successful, or been appointed to any position, or reclaimed any position, such a position shall be automatically deemed vacant. The censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) must also immediately correct all censorial records to indicate that the person is not a citizen. VIII. In the event of such a failure as at VI, then the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) may be deemed to be in contempt of the Senate if in the opinion of the princeps senatus such a failure was due to negligence or was deliberate. If the princeps senatus deems it to be contempt of the Senate, then he/she shall proceed to deal with the matter according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. IX. In any other case where a person reapplies for Nova Roman citizenship that does not involve membership and/or participation, actual or suspected, of a competing organization, as at III, then the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) shall at their discretion proceed with the process of reapplication. X. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. XI. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning. XII. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at XII.A of this Senatus consultum. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - ANTIQUO I think that we must ask the people to vote upon the process of citizenship in submitting a law or an addendum to the Lex Minucia Moravia to the Comitia Centuriata. Because the process of citizenship exceeds the frame of the Senate.
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO This again is overly rigid. Mere membership in another organization with a similar focus should not be construed as detrimental to Nova Roma. Is the Roman Way a competing organization? How about the Societas Via Romana, which supposedly has also experienced a drop off in membership?
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.e.ii: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing] B) ITEM I.e.ii: SC RPR Competing Organization.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE RES PUBLICA ROMANA AS A COMPETING ORGANIZATION The Senate of Nova Roma deems that the organization known and/or operating as the Res Publica Romana, currently operating at the time of the enactment of this Senatus consultum under the internet domain name of http://www.respublica-romana.com/, is a competing organization. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO I don’t know much about this group, but it may well appeal to a group of people different from those interested in NR. In any case, this sort of rigidity and fear of other organizations seems counterproductive
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item 1.f: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing] B) ITEM I.f: ITEM I.f SC Conflicts of Interest.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST I. The Senate, recognizing the need to prevent conflicts of interest arising for members of the Senate, enacts the following. II. If a member of the Senate of Nova Roma shall be found, or reasonably suspected, to be at the same time a member of any Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational body that serves the same or similar purpose of control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or Senate, of an organization that the Senate has deemed by any Senatus consultum to be a competing organization, then he/she shall be in contempt of the Senate for such a conflict of interest and the princeps senatus shall proceed to deal with the matter by way of the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. III. The CFO shall: A. Refund the full amount of the tax paid, whether by the member of the Senate or by another on his/her behalf, for the tax year in which it is discovered that the member of the Senate was in such a conflict of interest at II. B. The CFO shall refund it to the member of the Senate, or if paid by another and that other person can be identified then to him/her. C. 15 days after the member of the Senate is found to be in a conflict of interest and if the conflict of interest still exists, then the CFO must refund the tax. D. Under 15 days the decision whether to refund the tax shall be at the discretion of the CFO, based on advice from the princeps senatus as to whether the conflict of interest is likely to still exist by the 15th day. IV. The CFO shall notify the Senate list when such a refund has been issued, and the censors shall then immediately endorse the censorial records for the member of the Senate that he/she is capite censi. It is not necessary for the CFO to prove that funds have been deposited in the account of, and/or accepted by, the person to whom they are refunded but just that the refund has been issued. In the event that the refund cannot be issued via PayPal then the CFO will issue a cheque, or purchase a US Postal Money Order, and mail them to the mailing address for member of the Senate as recorded on the censorial database. Additionally issuing the refund by services such as Western Union, if the CFO deems suitable, shall be proof that the refund has been issued. V. For the purposes of III.D of the Lex Apula de assiduis et capite censis the refund of taxes at III of this Senatus consultum shall be deemed to be a non-payment of taxes by the member of the Senate, and the censors must, immediately after recording the status of capite censi at IV of this Senatus consultum: A. Revoke the member of the Senate’s membership of the Senate as per III.D of the Lex Apula de assiduis et capite censis. B. Remove that member of the Senate from the Senate list as per XII.C.2 of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. C. Notify the Senate list of the completion of V.A and V.B. VI. Should the member of the Senate also be a voting member of the Senate then the CFO shall immediately after V.C remove him/her from the list of directors of Nova Roma Inc. VII. The CFO shall not accept any subsequent payments of tax by or on behalf of that now former member of the Senate until the conflict of interest has been removed by proven resignation from the Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational body that serves the same or similar purpose of control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or Senate, of the competing organization. VIII. In the event of a failure of the princeps senatus, CFO or censors to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. IX. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. X. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning. XI. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at XI.A of this Senatus consultum. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO Here again we are exhibiting an irrational fear of other organizations. What is to prevent the Senate or a future consul from declaring the Metropolitan Museum or the Archaeological Institute of America or the Junior Classical League as a competing organization? What about the SVR? Or the other groups some former citizens founded? This may look good to some, but to me it does us no good.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item II.c: [passed option C, with 11 votes] B) ITEM II.c: SC Structure of provinces.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF THE PROVINCES OF NOVA ROMA I. The Senate determines that the future structure of the provinces of Nova Roma shall be: A. To abolish all provinces and replace them with nothing. B. To keep the existing provinces in principle and just not appoint anyone for now pending a finite solution. C. To keep the existing provinces in theory and alter the criteria to more realistically reflect when a geographical area gets a governor and becomes a province. D. To abolish the provinces as they are and move them into continental groupings. E. To keep the existing provinces and appoint as normal. F. To abolish those provinces where there is less than 5 citizens and no governor. G. To assign the more dormant provinces to adjacent governors. H. To assign the more dormant provinces to senators. II. Voting members of the Senate may cast a maximum of two votes, for example “C and G” III. The item in I.A to I.H inclusive, or any combination thereof, that receives the most votes shall be the only item/combination to appear in section I in the published version of the Senatus consultum after the call to close. C) Votes for option C
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - (did not vote)
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - (did not select this option)
- DIPI* - (did not select this option)
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - (did not select this option)
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - (did not select this option)
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
Please note that the following options also received votes: option E 2 votes (*CPD* and *ATS*) option H 2 votes (*CPD* and *SCA*) option D 1 vote (*TIS*) option F 1 vote (*MCGG*)
A) Item II.d: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing] B) ITEM II.d: SC Nova Britannia.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE DIVISION OF NOVA BRITANNIA PROVINCE I. The Senate of Nova Roma hereby divides the province of Nova Britannia into two provinces, Nova Britannia Citerior and Nova Britannia Ulterior II. Nova Britannia Citerior shall be comprised of the States of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. III. Nova Britannia Ulterior shall be comprised of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island. IV. The Senate appoints Marcus Cassius Iulianus as pro consul of Nova Britannia Citerior. V. The Senate appoints Marcus Minucius Audens as pro consul of Nova Britannia Ulterior. VI. Should this Senatus consultum be enacted it shall supersede the provision of I.T of the SENATUS C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - ANTIQUO We are talking about a tiny geographical area. It seems counter-intuitive and wholly unnecessary to have TWO governors for such a very small area when we have ONE governor (Caesar) for TWO provinces covering a comparatively vast geographical area.
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO Many of our provinces are larger (and less populated) than either of the proposed divisions of Nova Britannia. Either of these gentlemen would make a fine governor, but one wonders why we should make this division among such small states.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item III.a: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing] B) ITEM III.a: SC Tax rate formula_rev_3.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE PROCESS FOR SETTING THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX RATE I. The Senate establishes the following process for determining the annual tax and this process shall be the only method used for that purpose. II. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) must annually between July 15th and July 31st obtain from the Senate Policy Committee (SPC) details of any policies (actual or proposed) that have a known, or estimated financial, cost. III. The SFC shall debate and vote upon such policies at II for the purpose of determining the content of the draft budget for the following year. In the event that one or more of the policies at II cannot be supported financially, the SFC shall inform the SPC of this fact no later than August 15th of each year, in order to allow time for the SPC to modify such policies and resubmit them to the SFC. IV. Between August 15th and August 31st the SFC must set the annual tax rate, which must be in USD dollars. V. The annual tax shall consist of five separate rates, one for each of the five classes of the Comitia Centuriata. VI. Using the most recent data available from the censors the SFC shall determine which centuries fall into which of the five Comitia Centuriata classes, by using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis. VII. The SFC shall, using the known and estimated expenses, as determined at III and from data supplied by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. determine what rates of tax in each of the five classes are necessary in order to generate a revenue amount at least, or greater than, the known and estimated expenses. The SFC shall then debate and vote upon the tax rate to apply to each of the five Comitia Centuriata classes. VIII. The SFC shall conclude the debates and votes on the draft annual tax and the draft budget before September 1st annually. The tax period, to which the annual tax shall apply, shall start on January 1st and end on December 31st of each year. IX. The SFC shall present the draft annual tax and draft budget to the CFO. The CFO must approve or reject the draft annual tax and draft annual budget. If he/she rejects either or both, then he/she must supply a reason to the SFC, which may resubmit to the CFO an amended version of the rejected item(s). X. Once the CFO has approved both the draft annual tax and draft budget, then the SFC shall prepare: A. A draft Senatus consultum titled “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ANNUAL TAX RATES FOR XXXX A.U.C.” XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. This shall have in its text the draft annual tax. B. A draft Senatus consultum titled “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE BUDGET FOR XXXX A.U.C.”. “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. This shall have in its text the draft budget details. XI. The process for the Senate voting upon the draft Senatus consulta at X.A and X.B shall be: A. The chairperson of the SFC shall post the draft consulta at X.A and X.B to the Senate list between September 1st and October 1st inclusive. B. The consul holding the rods for the month in which they are posted must within 5 days of their posting obtain the auspices for a formal meeting of the Senate in session within the month in which they are posted, the debate period of which must be no less than 168 hours in length. C. If the auspices are favorable the consul at XI.B must issue the call to convene for the proposed session for which the auspices were sought, and include the draft Senatus consulta at X.A and X.B as agenda items in that call to convene. D. The consul at XI.B must put the draft consulta at X.A and X.B, unaltered in any way, to the vote, which shall be by way of simple majority. XII. If the draft Senatus at X.A succeeds and is passed, then the CFO shall post to the Forum list (aka Main List), the Nova Roma announce list, and the website/wiki details of the annual tax rates for the next year. XIII. All taxes must be remitted by the means specified annually by the Chief Financial Officer of Nova Roma prior to the commencement of a new tax period, such means being one or more of the following payment options: A. PayPal 1. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD. 2. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account. 3. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified annually by the CFO. 4. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified annually by the CFO. B. Personal check / bank draft / bank money order 1. This must have an encoded sequence of banking numbers on it, to prevent it having to be sent on collection by Nova Roma’s bank. 2. The details of what style of name of Nova Roma checks should be made payable to will be specified annually by the CFO, 3. The address which checks must be sent to will be specified annually by the CFO. 4. The other details required on checks will be specified annually by the CFO. 5. Any citizen whose check, or bank draft or bank money order was rejected for payment by his/her financial institution, for insufficient funds or other reasons, shall have the amount of any fees that are charged to Nova Roma Inc. as a result of the return added to the amount due and payable by him/her in respect of the annual tax due and payable. Should that citizen have been classified as assidui the CFO will re-classify him/her as capite censi. Payment of the amount of such fees owning shall be required in full before that citizen can be again classified as assidui. Such fees owed shall be treated for the purpose of this Senatus consultum as arrears owed on the annual tax. XIV. The annual tax for a particular year is due and payable in full by March 31st of that particular year. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at section X.A of this Senatus consultum for the class he/she is in, which in turn is determined by the century he/she is in, as at section VI of this Senatus consultum. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class 2 then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class 2. The annual tax due and payable each tax period by a citizen is based on the class and century a citizen is in at a time: A. After the enactment of the draft Senatus consultum at X.A B. Between the commencement and end of that tax period C. Of the actual payment of the annual tax due and payable by that citizen. Should the full amount of tax due not be paid before any recalculation of the century a citizen is in, the final amount of annual tax due and payable by that citizen shall always be the rate for the highest class and century a citizen was in during any tax period. Any payments made by a citizen before XIV.A and XIV.B shall not be considered payment of the annual tax and shall be treated as a donation to the general revenue of Nova Roma. For a payment of the annual tax, whether partial or full, that complies with XIV.A and XIV.B to be recorded as such a payment of the annual tax, then the transaction method must include clear notation that it is paid towards the annual tax due and payable by the citizen concerned. XV. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for a particular year by March 31st of that particular year then between April 1st and September 30th of that particular year he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at section X.A of this Senatus consultum for class 1. XVI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for a particular year by September 30th of that particular year then between October 1st and October 31st of that particular year he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at section X.A of this Senatus consultum for class 1. XVII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into the following tax period and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for that following year. XVIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-bycase basis. XIX. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum its provisions will take effect for the planning and setting of the annual for the year 2766 A.U.C. The tax period the tax period for the year 2765 A.U.C. shall run from March 1st to December 31st. Subsequent years will be as per VIII and shall start on January 1st and end on December 31st of each year. For 2765 A.U.C. only the following sections will be modified as follows: A. XIV will be modified to read “May 31st” instead of “March 31st”. B. XV will be modified to read “May 31st” instead of “March 31st” and “June 1st” instead of “April 1st” XX. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. XXI. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. XXII. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning. XXIII. The following Senatus consulta are repealed: A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma. http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html E. ITEM IV: Enact a policy enabling late payment of taxes http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-06-01-results.html XXIV. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at XXIV.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - ANTIQUO I think that this process is too rigid and too complex with interaction between committees. We need something more easy and more flexible which leaves open doors in acting that a tax year is always a year of 12 months from the 1st January to the 31December even if the period of the tax may begin after the establishment of the budget proposed by the consuls each year. I think too that we may have more alternatives than the "only" way proposed in this SC according to the cases.
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO This is heavy-handed, and overly restrictive
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item III.b: [passed - 13 in favor, 2 opposing, 1 not voting] B) ITEM III.b: SC Tax rate 2765_rev_3.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C. I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. This tax period shall run from March 1st 2765 A.U.C. to December 31st 2765 A.U.C. inclusive. Class 1 rate - $42.00 Class 2 rate - $34.00 Class 3 rate - $25.00 Class 4 rate - $17.00 Class 5 rate - $ 9.00 II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide. Class 1 rate – Centuries 1 to 15 Class 2 rate – Centuries 16 to 27 Class 3 rate – Centuries 28 to 37 Class 4 rate – Centuries 38 to 45 Class 5 rate – Centuries 46 to 50 III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal: A. All transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD. B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account. C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO. D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO. IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for the class he/she is in, which in turn is determined by the century he/she is in, as at section II of this Senatus consultum. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class 2 then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class 2. The annual tax due and payable each tax period by a citizen is based on the class and century a citizen is in at a time: A. After the enactment of this Senatus consultum B. Between March 1st 2765 A.U.C. to December 31st 2765 A.U.C. inclusive C. Of the actual payment of the annual tax due and payable by that citizen. Should the full amount of tax due not be paid before any recalculation of the century a citizen is in, the final amount of annual tax due and payable by that citizen shall always be the rate for the highest class and century a citizen was in during any tax period. Any payments made by a citizen before IV.A and IV.B shall not be considered payment of the annual tax and shall be treated as a donation to the general revenue of Nova Roma. For a payment of the annual tax, whether partial or full, that complies with IV.A and IV.B to be recorded as such a payment of the annual tax, then the transaction method must include clear notation that it is paid towards the annual tax due and payable by the citizen concerned. V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at section IV of this Senatus consultum, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for class 1. VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at section IV of this Senatus consultum, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for class 1. VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C. VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-bycase basis. IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed: A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma. http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html E. ITEM IV: Enact a policy enabling late payment of taxes http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-06-01-results.html C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - (Did not vote)
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - ANTIQUO I think that is an error. A tax year must begin on 1st January and end on the 31 december following, as the debts we paid are
calculated on the year.The price for the class 1 (centuries 1 to 15) is too expensive. For me taxes are necessary to cover the annual expenses provided by the budget and are not the prices for the position of the citizens within the centuries. I think that this SC will force many citizens to become "capite censi" due to the level of these tax rates.
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO This is also heavy-handed and overly restrictive, plus the requirement to remit the tax by PayPal and add its fee (as in the above item) puts an added burden on the citizens. Not everyone has such an account, or wants one. The bank accounts were supposed to have been put in our control so that checks could be used; one wonders why this has not been done.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item III.c: [passed - 14 in favor, 1 opposing, 1 non voting] B) ITEM III.c: SC Tax payment validation.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE VALIDATION PROCESS FOR TAX PAYMENTS I. The Senate establishes the following as the process for validating annual tax payments made by citizens. II. In order to comply with the requirements of the Lex Galeria de privatis rebus the censors are directed to appoint and maintain the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. as a censorial scribe. III. The CFO shall annually post to the Forum list (aka the Main List) and the Nova Roma announce list that citizens making tax payments shall be deemed to consent to the CFO accessing their album civium record in order to validate the payment where insufficient details are provided to identify who the payment relates to, as well as ensuring assidui status is updated promptly. The CFO shall ensure that this is also posted to the website/wiki next to the link to the Nova Roman PayPal account.
C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - (Did not vote)
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ANTIQUO A consular quaestor should take care of this. If we don’t have them, perhaps we should call for a suffect election.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item V: [passed option C - 5 in favor] B) ITEM V: SC Nova Roma seal.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE SEAL OF NOVA ROMA I. The Senate of Nova Roma approves the choice of the item below as the seal of Nova Roma. A. nrsealbig B. NRsealBIG2 C. NRsealBIG3 D. Nrsealsmall E. Nrsealsmaller F. NRsealSMALLER3 G. NRsealSMALL2 H. nrsealsmallest II. The item in I.A to IH inclusive that receives the most votes shall be the only item to appear in section I of the published version of the Senatus consultum after the call to close. The following options received votes: option c 5 votes (*TGP*, *MMA*, *MCJ*, *SCA*, *LCS*) option e 4 votes (*CnIC*, *QSP*, *CEC*, *TIS*) option a 2 votes (*ATS*, *GVA*) option f 1 vote (*GPL*) option g 1 vote (*MCGG*) option b, d and h had 0 votes Senator L. Equitius Cincinnatus Augur abstained on all choices. Senator D. Iunius Palladius did not vote for any choice. Senator C. Petronius Dexter objected to all choice since the wording "SPQR" is still used officially by the city of Rome and appear on her flag and coat of arms.
A) Item VI.a: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing] B) ITEM VI.a: SC MMP funds transfer.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE DEFUNCT MAGNA MATER PROJECT I. The Senate authorizes the Chief Financial Officer of Nova Roma Inc. to identify all donations made from the funds of Nova Roma Inc. in the name of Nova Roma Inc., also operating as Nova Roma, to the now defunct Magna Mater Project (aka MMP) and to transfer those funds back to the general revenue of Nova Roma Inc. II. The Senate requests the collegium pontificum take such steps as it considers necessary by way of conducting a public piaculum as a result of: A. The creation of the Magna Mater Project B. The transfer of funds donated in the name of Nova Roma from the MMP back to general revenue C. Any refund of funds, past or future, from the MMP back to the original donor
C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - UTI ROGAS with reservations.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item VI.b.i: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 abstaining] B) ITEM VI.b.i: SC AOI corrections.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE RATIFICATION OF AND CORRECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I. The Senate of Nova Roma Inc. as its Board of Directors ratifies the Articles of Incorporation dated October 2002 and the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated November 2003, purported to be, and shown here as being, filed with the Attorney General of the State of Maine: http://www.novaroma.org/aerarium_saturni/nrinc.html. II. If it is determined by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. and the censors as cosecretaries of Nova Roma Inc. that the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated November 2003 has not been so filed then the CFO and the censors are authorized by the Senate to take such steps as are necessary to so file that amendment providing that amendment is judged by the CFO and censors to be correct, and if it is not correct then to file any amendment(s) required in order to accurately reflect the current state of the class of members of Nova Roma Inc. as exists as a consequence of the provisions of the bylaws of Nova Roma Inc. III. The Senate authorizes the CFO to pay such fees as are required by the Attorney General of the State of Maine to file and/or correct the amendment(s) to the Articles of Incorporation.
C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - UTI ROGAS
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - ABSTINEO pro tempore at least.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
A) Item VI.b.ii: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing] B) ITEM VI.b.ii: SC AOI ratification process.pdf SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE PROCESS OF RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I. The Senate of Nova Roma Inc. as its Board of Directors establishes the following as the process to amend the Articles of Incorporation of Nova Roma Inc pursuant to the provisions of TITLE 13-B MAINE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT. II. If a change to the Constitution and/or the enactment of a lex passed in comitia would cause a conflict with the Articles of Incorporation already filed with the Attorney General of the State of Maine, then after such a change or enactment occurs a proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall be presented to the Senate in the form of a draft Senatus consultum that shall require a vote by way of extraordinary majority to succeed and be passed before the Articles of Incorporation can be so amended. III. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. the censors as co-secretaries of Nova Roma Inc. shall be the only members of the Senate authorized to file an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation with the Attorney General of the State of Maine. IV. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus consultum that also appears in that list of definitions. V. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning. VI. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum: A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden. B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts, negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at specified at VI.A of this Senatus consultum. C) Votes
- MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
- SCA* - UTI ROGAS
- MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
- LCS* - UTI ROGAS
- CEC* - ANTIQUO For three reasons
1. I am reflecting again on the assignation of power after power to the princeps senatus which is unnecessary and unhistoric. I simply don't like it. 2. Power to amend the Articles of Incorporation should - in my own opinion - belong to the membership of the corporation; this is common practice across the board in institutions which follow parliamentary procedure. 3. The "protective" phrase is simply too restrictive and abrogates the rights of a future Senate to decide for itself, in normal business circumstances (not this "extraordinary majority"), whether or not it wants to keep this SC as it is. My opposition to these two will not stand, I know, seeing the votes that have already been cast; but though I truly admire the consul's efforts so far - and continue to overwhelmingly support 99% of his agenda - I cannot help but feel in some way that the future of the Respublica is being put into an ever-decreasingly-sized box any deviation from which may prove to be impossible no matter how future consuls or senates feel. I am not afraid of the consul's intentions, but the law of UN-intended consequences is simply too inevitable to ignore.
- LECA* - UTI ROGAS
- TGP* - UTI ROGAS
- CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
- TIS* - UTI ROGAS
- DIPI* - UTI ROGAS
- MMA* - UTI ROGAS
- CPD* - UTI ROGAS
- GPL* - UTI ROGAS
- QSP* - UTI ROGAS
- ATS* - UTI ROGAS Again, this is rather rigid and heavy-handed, but with reservations, uti rogas.
- GVA* - UTI ROGAS
