SO 2017-76 New Recruitment Initiative Act 2017

SENATE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY UNION

SENATE ORDER 2017-76

New Recruitment Initiative Act 2017

ARTICLE I: Preface
We, the Parliament of the Union, in order to revitalize our existing recruitment system, hereby put forth a new set of initiatives to increase participation in recruitment and boost recruitment rates.

ARTICLE II: Emblems and Honours
1) The Recruitment Council shall affix the following seal on all future official publications: https://i.imgur.com/MJyPoXu.png
2) All sitting appointed members of the Recruitment Council shall be the only members of the Union permitted to use bear postnominal letters “RO” in their titles.
3) A: A new medal is to be created under the provisions of SO#2016-05 (Regional Honours
    Act), Article 13, titled the “Recruitment Service Medal”.
B: The medal shall be awarded by the State College of Heraldry and Honours to the
    appointed member of the Recruitment Council, sitting or former, who has a combined
    twelve (12) months of service as an appointed member of the Recruitment Council.
C: The recipient of the medal shall be the sole members of the Union permitted to bear
    the postnominal letters “RSM” in their titles.

ARTICLE III: Recruitment System
1) The Recruitment Council shall convene, and devise a new recruitment telegram, and replace the current recruitment campaign with the new recruitment telegram. (See Appendix A)
2) The Minister of Development may submit one letter to the Recruitment Council detailing the Ministry of Development’s wishes for the new recruitment telegram.
3) The text of the new recruitment telegram shall be posted in the Citizens’ Forum, and at least five (5) days will be allowed for discussion amongst the members before the new recruitment telegram is formally adopted.

ARTICLE IV: Recruitment Council
1) If there is a vacancy on the Recruitment Council, the President shall work with the Ministry of Communications to fill the position by both telegram and RMB advertisement, with only one of each being permitted to be sent in a seven (7) -day period.
2) A: A “Recruitment Task Force” (hereinafter “Task Force”) shall be formed within seven
(7) days of the assent of this Document, and shall be composed of the Minister of
Development, the Chair of the Parliamentary Development Committee, and the
President, with the latter chairing.
B: The Task Force shall conduct a survey to determine how many members of the Union
have the NationStates++ Browser Extension installed, how many would be willing to
install it if they have not already, how many members are active, and which languages
are represented in the Union.
C: The Task Force shall also brainstorm ideas regarding recruitment.
D: The items in Subclauses B and C of this Clause shall be compiled in a final report
to be submitted to the Recruitment Council and the Prime Minister within sixty (60)
days of the assent of this Document, at which point the Recruitment Task Force will
be dissolved.

ARTICLE V: Conclusion
We, the Parliament of the Union, hereby enact the above positions as law, and order that they be executed in a timely fashion.

October 16th, 2017
Libertarian Democracy, Senator

Appendix A: Current Recruitment Telegram
"Hello, %NATION%!
You will have received a ton of TGs from a lot of regions, but you have received none from a region as unique as Parliamentary Union of Sovereign Nations. Many regions are too small or too big, and have very few RMB posts or an overwhelming amount of posts per week. We have a medium-sized, active, engaged community. And we would like you to join our community.
Here are some more reasons to join:
-We communicate both on the RMB and on our elegant offsite forums
-We have a detailed Constitution and an elected Government and Legislature.
-There may be openings for government and legislative positions!
-Active regional RPs
-A regional newspaper, the Bulletin
So click the button below and join the Parliamentary Union of Sovereign Nations!
Cheers,
Parliamentary Union President"

This proposal is an attempt to solve the inactivity issue that has plagued our region over the past several months. The proposal offers incentives to join the Recruitment Council, updates our recruiting methods, allows the President to request the assistance of the Ministry of Communications for filling empty seats on the Council, and orders relevant data and statistics to be compiled for use by the Recruitment Council and the Cabinet. If any of my Honourable colleagues have any other ideas to contribute, I would love to hear them!

I believe that this is a great initiative that will be beneficial for the region, therefore I wish to co-sponsor this bill.

I also co-sponsor. Moved to debate.