Revision as of 20:28, 20 May 2017

Host:Spectater

Scribe: Aravero

Attendance:

Council Members Present:

• Zedwick
• LadyBountiful
• Spectatre
• Aravero
• Dax22223
• Hominix
• SneakySkeleton
• Memery
• ElixirL
• EmpressBethany

Apologies

• Forseth
• SwayLight
• FunkyTechnician
• ACERPROSPY
• drbwen

No Apologies

• Haztec

Guests

• ABParadigm
• Entity007
• OPEveryDay
• __M
• TropicalAngus

drbwen had been scheduled to host but was not present at meeting time so Spectatre volunteered. Meeting was held in the Command Block Palace.

Topics

Public Tunnel Etiquette - Aravero

Aravero noted that when private tunnels join public tunnels some players are marking their tunnels in ways that obstruct the tunnel or track and wondered if the council felt this needed addressed. It was agreed that any marker that stops or blocks the ice or the rail is undesirable. It was stated that editing the rails in public tunnels is against the rules. Editing the wall of the tunnel to gain access is not a violation of the rules, but it was stated that council strongly prefers these opening be placed between "pillars" of the wall design. (Scribe's note: The border tunnels' wall decoration was designed with this specific intent). Tunnel owners are encouraged to place markings on the "pillars" of their openings, and it was suggested that blocks could be placed in the air space above the actual track as long as those blocks do not stop mine carts or injure players. Players coming upon such an obstruction have been granted permission to fix it once, but are instructed to enlist the aide of a blue before a griefing war starts up should the obstruction be re-built.

• SneakySkeleton offered to amend his "Guide to the Nether" forum post to reflect the agreed upon items.
• It was stated that "public tunnels" refers to the four border tunnels and also the tunnels connecting the hubs at warp towns to spawn and other warp town hubs.
• It was stated that mayors of warp town have the right to allow or disallow private tunnels to connect to public tunnels owned by their warp.
  

Blutopia Tree Fest - Memery

aka "Blutopia's Next Top Tree Murderer"

Memery polled the council's interest in a tree cutting contest event to be held in Blutopia. Most were enthusiastic about the idea and amused. The proposed event will help clear the way for more expansion in Blutopia, so it was noted that there was a certain similarity to a scene in the book Tom Sawyer. Creation of a landmark seems a likely prize in this early planning stage.

UHC Number 3 - Zedwick

Zedwick reminded the council that the third edition of the UHC May 14th at 6pm BST. Everyone present was disappointed to learn that the winner of the last UHC, Memery, would not be able to attend.

Build-Off Number 2 - LadyBountiful

LadyBountiful reminded the council that the second edition of the Build-Off will begin at 4 pm BST on May 28 and continue until 9 pm BST the same date. LB asked if the council preferred to know the build off theme a week ahead of time or on entering the build off area. Most preferred to learn the theme at the build off area, and so it was agreed.

Warp Town Notes

Our intrepid host Spectatre offered the assembled mayors the opportunity to speak for their towns. They had nothing to say.

Nominations/Next Meeting

ABParadigm was nominated and elected into the Zedling Council. Welcome AB!!!! AB agreed to host next meeting May 20, 2017 BST at the Command Block Palace.

• A point of order was raised by Aravero with the intent to clarify how nominations are to be counted when electing a new member. It was agreed that there was some confusion on this point. Council voted that the nomination and seconding stands apart from the actual process of voting the nominee onto the council - the nomination and it's second do not count as the first two votes of the three votes required to elect a new member to council. A separate secret vote must take place after the nomination and it's endorsement.
• As a result of the above point of order the council also voted that any council member may only support one candidate for council member per meeting. (Scribe's note: I think that basically means you can't nominate one person and then vote for another if there are two nominated and seconded canditates for council that week, but I admit I wasn't really sure what was going on with that one)

Super Secret Announcement - Dax

We all cheered after Dax announced that an upcoming Zestygame "Dungeon Dash" was ready for some alpha testing and that two tests would be conducted immediately following the meeting. Two groups of four were formed, and the meeting was adjourned.