Hi Everyone:

As promised, I've been in the job a month so it's now time to discuss some tweaks I'd like to make to the Lords. I assume that what I'm proposing here shouldn't be too controversial but feel free to debate in the comments and make your own suggestions. We'll leave the discussion open until the 1st of August and then we'll have confirmatory votes on suggestions the community would like!

1. Lords Amendment Submission should occur in the Reddit comments of the amendment submission phase and only in the comments. (There's too much variety at the moment and nobody frankly likes it)

2. APs should be permitted to sit without an AR. I would recommend the community stop with the kneejerk reactions that will normally occur with this. We need to remember that people are given APs to celebrate what they've already done for the community, not the future so not voting often shouldn't be considered a bad thing.

Reforms have already happened to OQs by Lords Motions so that's why that's not making an appearance here. The SOs are updated for those who may ask that question.

Your Lords Speaker

~Christos

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