Is CR pointless?

[HFrance]

GAC was not dissolved, it was redesigned. It is an organ of administration and planning. The department in charge of directing and supervising the operations is the GAB. The GACC is advisory only and responds only to the copyright holder and designer.

CANTR ORGANISATIONAL CONSTITUTION

Jos Elkink, Dublin, February 13, 2009
(original: July 23, 2003 and amended March 1, 2000

Jos Elkink, Dublin, February 13, 2009

(original: July 23, 2003 and amended March 1, 2006) Game Administration Board

The main governing body of Cantr II will be the Game Administration Board.
The Game Administration Board will consist of the Game Founder or his representative and the Chairs of all staff departments.
The Game Administration Board will take its decisions by simple majority vote, unless otherwise stated.
The Game Administration Board will be chaired by the Game Founder.
The Game Founder or his representative can overrule any decision by the Game Administration Board, but will do so judiciously.
The Game Administration Board decides on all staff appointments and promotions.

General staff

All new appointments to staff become initially members, until promoted to senior members.
In principle, only members that are deemed trustworthy enough for access to Player Department files, program source code, and program database, should be promoted to senior member.
All staff members will have to work to preserve or stimulate: (1) the unique character and original concept of Cantr II; (2) the professionalism in the approach of players; (3) the quality of the program code and the integrity of the game database; (4) the international fame and accessibility of the game.

Game Advisory Council

The Game Advisory Council is appointed by the Game Founder or his representative.
The Game Advisory Council advises the Game Founder or his representative and the Game Administration Board upon request.
These bylaws can only be changed by the Game Founder or his representative.
Advice from the Game Advisory Council is mandatory in case of bylaw changes.

[Joshuamonkey]

Thank you HFrance. I meant to reply to this post a couple days ago after MonkeyPants' post, but ran of time.
MonkeyPants, your post is very good and well thought-out.

It's really the GAB (in the absence of Jos) that has the final say on interpretation and application of the capital rule, including the fact that player bans only occur through a vote by the GAB. Players department members once trained do have to make some independent decisions about how to handle specific situations to uphold the capital rule, but these are revised by multiple staff members such as the chair of the Players Department.

The GAB consists of the chairs of the different staff departments. Having department chairs and GAB separate would most likely create unnecessary awkward conflict and slow down decisions (they're slow enough as it is).