Jedi Council OOC planning

Jedi Gov'nt
Oligarchy: 0
Democracy: 3 (Rawkill, Mahir, Admi)

Before voting, I have a question. As we've seen in the past, whenever anything comes up pertaining to the Jedi, there are suddenly Jedi characters crawling out of the internet, however, as we've seen over the past year, those newly created characters were written for a couple months, then vanished back into the world of the internet. Exactly what does it take to be a 'Jedi writer'? Regular rping? A Jedi character that has been written in the past and no longer exists actively on the boards--does that writer still qualify as a Jedi writer? I think you can see what I'm getting at. When decisions are made, how does one get all the Jedi writers to weigh in? Will there be deadlines? How is this going to work out pragmatically speaking?

For instance, will someone who has never written a Jedi character before, never intends to actively put the research and work into writing a Jedi character, but who creates one specifically to have a voice with the Jedi have as much say in the Order as someone who writes extensively as a Jedi, with a history of being active within the Order?

And before someone mentions it: No, I don't think the Order should be run by one or two people with everyone else being told to jump when they say Toad.

(Also, my roommate is moving out sooner than expected---Yay! But, that means I may lose internet for a few days without much notice while I'm in the process of trying to get my own internet set up. Thrilling.)

As Chris has mentioned, a Jedi Writer would be someone who consistently writer's a Jedi Character (whether they be a Padawan, Knight, or Master). If the character no longer exists or is not actively written, then they don't vote. As with most democratic systems, there will be checks to see if someone has created the character purely to have a vote in the Jedi Order, and quite frankly you'd have to be a pretty low type of person that needs to reconsider their life choices if you created a Jedi char solely to try and sway the decisions of a group of people who write Jedi char's as a hobby.
Honestly, even if someone did create a Jedi char for the purpose of pushing an Imperial or Republic, or Any other faction, type of agenda, then it's up to each of us to take their views with a pinch of salt and make our own decisions. Sure, giving every Jedi Writer a vote means we run into the possibility that someone with an Imp or Republic main will still try push their main char's agenda through the Jedi, but I think, as writer's and people, we can easily see when something shady is going on and head it off.
If we keep treating one another like some of the shady bastards that our characters are, and we start going "well we are true Jedi writer's, and you are just Jedi alt filth" we become the same elitist bullshit group that we are meant to be replacing. I'll admit some writer's can be as shady or shadier then the character's they write, but honestly, when dealing with someone like that, you gotta take a step back and go "holy shit bro, this is just a hobby writing site, not something you need to try and game and be the bestest ruler of everything in. Take a reality check mate".
Time line wise, Chris is right on the ball, set a 1-2 week limit for ideas, then vote on the thing over another 1-2 weeks. We essentially have a 1 month turn around time for decision making, which could end up being shorter, pending how discussions go or how active people are.

Ok. That takes care of most of my objections.

Rawkill, just one tiny thing---I feel like when it comes to giving writers the benefit of the doubt when writing new characters, etc, I'm the one who tries to involve people with a formerly darker reputation. >.< Regardless of how I feel about someone OOC, when they are writing a Jedi character as a reasonably plausible Jedi character, I try to put OOC aside and deal with them solely as a Jedi IC. I wish some of the Jedi would work with me on this...

(Also, I've lost internet at home, for those of you not reading the Corellian OOC thread. I'm using the local library when I can in order to keep up with things, but hopefully I should have the situation sorted within a few days.)

Jedi and fellow rpers...

I've been wanting to get back in the swing of things with Jud, and was hoping that maybe you'd like my idea.

I know it's a sore spot but the mando holy war had an interesting storyline on Ossus o was involved with; in which I gathered as much artifacts as possible from the praxium before the invasion. .. As we all know nothing finished, but I liked the concept so much that I had a thought on how to "finish" it.

Basically somehow, someway, the jedi (shadows, sentinels... some covert sect) have incarcerated Jud for questioning and retrieval of the orders lost history. I'd like to have the high council or just the higher ranking members of the order somehow find out that the Sith Lord has been in a holding cell, without their express knowledge.

Anyway, I think I'd make for an interesting RP for dialog and all around rp for myself and the Jedi that would want to rp a storyline that is off the cuff, and should be fun to elaborate on - with the rough outline I've given. I want this to flow naturally, and not planning everything, or explaining the a, b, and c ' s I think will allow for a lot of delving into motives of the order and Jud.

Thoughts? Takers? Poo poos?

Perhaps we'll cross paths somewhere. Good to see you coming back, Jud.

Aerandir has something to be thankful for this day: The birth of his newest child. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Jedi Government
Oligarchy: 0
Democracy: 4 (Rawkill, Mahir, Admi, Aerandir)

@ Jud: I lack rank and good standing within the order, so I'll have to watch this happen OOC. Glad to see you back on the boards though Jud.