"Criticisms come and go, aren't newspapers still the only media here in Lingao?" Meng Xian said, "At least there is a market for recreational reading. Since it has a certain influence, it is useful."
"Find a few pen holders, select a few high-quality girls for them, and let them write about the deeds of Guangzhou and Leizhou. This will help improve the public image of the foreign station." Yan Maoda said as it started to rain outside.
The rain washed away the glass, and the outside was blurry. The wind blew open a half-closed window. Chen Tianxiong stood up and closed the window, and then suddenly opened the door unexpectedly - the corridor was quiet, not a single
Sound. Listening carefully, he could vaguely hear the sounds of the waitresses downstairs chatting and laughing while working.
A strange look flashed across Guo Yi's face. Yan Maoda didn't care at all: "Old Chen, don't be suspicious. We are talking about things that are fair and aboveboard. Could it be that some people with ulterior motives are allowed to corrupt our overseas stations all day long?
Is it beneficial to the executive committee?”
Chen Tianxiong didn't say anything, but came back and sat down. The topic of hiring a pen writer and engaging in public relations activities continued.
According to the Western calendar, this day is January 12, 1630. It was on this day that the Guangzhou-Leizhou interest group was formally formed. This group later evolved into the "Guanglei faction", an important political faction in the Senate.
After careful consideration by the organizing committee, the second plenary meeting of time travelers was finally "successfully held" on January 26, 1630. The venue was chosen as an open-air cinema in Bairen City, and was simply decorated according to the needs of the meeting.
The audience sat in a shell-shaped auditorium. There were no rostrum seats on the stage according to traditional customs. There was only a speaking table with a loudspeaker installed - no seats. The purpose was to compress the speaking time and avoid meaninglessness.
long speech.
Directly opposite this podium are the seats for the moderator and recorder. There are also a number of empty seats with amplification equipment installed, which are used for questioning.
The chairman of the preparatory committee sat on the side of the rostrum and was responsible for all conference affairs. This time, because of the internal conflicts and interest disputes involving the Chuan people, the General Administration of Political Security cleared Bairen City. All the indigenous people, regardless of their origins,
How long have we served in the Time Travel Group, and how close our relationship is, all of them have been temporarily cleared out of the city.
According to the statistics of the conference preparatory committee, excluding the 2 people who have died, there are currently 513 surviving members of the Transmigration Group, including children. The informal Transmigration Group - those who were accidentally involved and those who were abducted and kidnapped: 8 people.
These eight people are the four members of the Ming family, Guo Yi, two ATF agents, and Miss Mendoza, who was kidnapped by people from the North American Branch.
Among these 521 people, the Preparatory Committee stipulated that although children who come with their parents have the same rights and benefits as their parents, they do not have the right to propose proposals and votes before they are 18 years old, and do not need to participate in meetings. However, as long as their parents agree and impose
Necessary supervision is required to attend the meeting and observe.
Because the meeting lasts for several days, even many key departments in Lingao cannot be left unattended. According to the resolution passed by the first plenary meeting, the plenary meeting must be held with more than 80% of the people participating in it to be considered valid. Therefore, in
Before the meeting, in addition to those overseas personnel who were inconvenient to come back and provide authorization letters to trusted people to entrust them to attend the meeting, each department also compiled a list of personnel on duty during the meeting. This group of people gathered in advance and held a small meeting.
At the meeting, various issues and proposals at the meeting were discussed, and then a ten-person election group was freely formed based on the degree of political agreement with each other. One representative was elected to participate in the meeting to express his or her opinions.
This kind of representative does not have the right to vote. Ma Jia believes that as long as people are in Lingao, they can vote after the meeting - there must be minutes of the meeting, and there is no problem after reading the minutes before deciding to vote. It is just a delay in the results of the vote.
It's just a matter of hours.
The meeting will vote on various issues by secret ballot. A supervisory team has been selected at the preparatory meeting to supervise the voting and counting.
The valid votes for each vote must be more than 90% of the people participating in the meeting. General proposals adopt the simple majority principle. As long as more than 51% of the votes are in favor, they are passed. Personnel elections and major decisions adopt the absolute majority principle.
The most energy spent by Majia is on formulating meeting rules. The so-called plenary meeting is essentially a parliament. As for how this parliament should hold meetings to ensure the quality of discussions, probably no one in the whole group has experience.
Ma Jia has seen many different behaviors when Chinese people discuss issues: either they wander off topic and the discussion does not make sense; or it is "one word" and the right to speak is monopolized by leaders, experts and talkative people; or the discussion is very lively and has no results.
Either it is a savage discussion, seizing on a word or loophole in other people's words, and making personal attacks. These problems are particularly to be avoided.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the so-called national character of the Chinese people. Similar problems were common in European and American parliaments in the early years. So much so that the British Parliament proposed legislation to prohibit members from carrying weapons into the venue to prevent them from drawing swords with different political opinions. To solve these problems,
It is necessary to establish a complete and effective system of meeting rules. Majia naturally thought of introducing "Robert's Rules of Procedure", which are meeting rules derived from the British Parliamentary Rules and are widely used in European and American countries. More importantly
There are many domestic enterprises that have more or less adopted this rule, and there is a certain basis for its popularization and application.
Robert's Rules has a set of methods to avoid brutal discussions: it stipulates that the moderator is neutral, everyone has a chance to speak, and stipulates the number of speeches for each person; it requires both parties to the debate to stand up before speaking and make statements to the moderator without questioning each other.
.The rules also prohibit leaving the room, forcing people to speak, and interrupting others when they are speaking.
When discussing issues in public, as long as it is not a rubber-stamp-style parliament, it will not appear harmonious and united. Debating is the minimum. Some lower-level parliaments will also take action for political opinions. As for the Chinese, we have not seen many vests in reality.
Fierce debate scenes, but he had seen discussions on BBS before - all the viciousness and vitriol that he dared not express in reality spewed out in this virtual space.
It is conceivable that in this new time and space where time travelers have almost no scruples, what a public discussion will turn into. If there is no set of hard and fast rules to limit it, Ma Jia will undoubtedly have scenes of barbaric discussions and personal attacks.
, it is probably a common scene to greet people’s ancestors until they come to blows.
In order to avoid barbaric discussions, the most important rule in the rules of procedure is that you cannot doubt other people's motives in the name of morality. There is a special theory behind this: firstly, the motives cannot be verified; secondly, the meeting is to discuss a certain matter
, not a certain person, suspicion and exposure of motives is a deviation from the topic; third, self-interest is a common feature of human beings, and it is not an exaggeration to pursue maximizing interests without harming others.
Ma Jia believes that this is the most important point that the Lingao Senate must pay attention to when meeting. Other issues such as going off-topic during the meeting are serious, but not fatal. As for the leadership expert who is most likely to appear at the meeting, "one word", everyone follows the crowd, "
The phenomenon of "playing with soy sauce" and "hugging thick legs" will not become popular before the political pattern of this time and space has been established - competing for interests without danger is something that everyone is willing to do.
Precisely because the power structure has not yet been established, only by implementing a system in a timely manner can democracy within the traverse group be fully guaranteed. When the power structure stabilizes and vested interest groups grow stronger, it will be very difficult to implement this system. By then, it will not be possible.
I am afraid that using violent means will not make vested interest groups spit out what they have swallowed - and internal use of violence is the beginning of destruction.
However, the Chinese version of "Robert's Rules of Procedure" has nearly 600 pages. It is an out-and-out tome and covers a wide range of content. There are too many and complicated rules, not to mention that the participants have no interest in following them.
, even the person presiding over the meeting probably cannot remember it all. It must be simplified and adapted to the environment.
After discussion, the Preparatory Committee simplified the rules of procedure into a set of simple meeting rules. Later, this set of rules was called the "Majia Rules of Procedure". In this rule, first of all, the meeting has a moderator, who is responsible for
Announce the meeting system, maintain the order of the venue, implement the meeting process, and allocate the right to speak - this is one of the most important powers of the meeting host. All participants must raise their hands before speaking, and no one is allowed to say "I" at will.
Let’s talk about the significance of this first” or “Let me add a few more points.” Whoever raises his hand first has priority to speak, but the speaker must obtain permission from the host of the meeting before he can speak.
When speaking, you must stand up and walk to the speaking table to speak, otherwise your speech will be invalid. Each person can speak for no more than 2 minutes each time, and the timing starts when he arrives at the speaking table. However, the total time from when he is allowed to speak to the end of his speech must be within 3
Within minutes - Ma Jia made precise calculations: for a participant to walk from the farthest seat of the venue to the speaker's seat, it would take about 40 seconds at a normal pace to avoid anyone taking advantage of this distance to delay the meeting.
Once the time is up, the host of the meeting has the right to interrupt the speech immediately. Once the host interrupts the speech, the speaker must obey unconditionally and shall not occupy the podium or continue to speak on the floor. Any speech made after the time limit is invalid. In order to ensure the effectiveness of this rule,
The microphone at the speaker's seat has a switch connected to the conference host's seat, and the host can turn off the microphone's loudspeaker at any time.