Zoner Council Restructuring

[DAnvilFan]

.::Incoming Transmission::.
Message to : Aurelia Silvan
Comm ID: Shipmaster, (]c[)
Location: Freeport 15, Omicron 74


CoZ was created by Malaclypse, leader of TAZ, the supreme Zoner faction in Sirius at the time. The only reason why CoZ had any validity to begin with was because TAZ endorsed it. Later as ZTC and OSI grew, they endorsed. If it were not for Malaclypse and TAZ, there would be no Council.

Miss Silvan, you seem to overlook where the power of the Council came from. We are Zoners. There is no sovereign body that controls all Zoners but ourselves. The reason why the Council could enforce edicts upon all Zoners is because in addition to the independant delegates it had dozens of representatives from the TAZ, OSI, (]c[), and ZAS. There was no one in the Zoner community to rival the CoZ because nearly everybody was in it.

But the factions have left and took a chunk of power with them. As such, the Council can no longer claim sovereignty. Neither can the Factions. We must now learn the very difficult process of "sharing." I have heard rumours that the Factions are preparing to endorse CoZ's supreme control over a number of regions. One of these regions is O-49 and a good number of bases. I am uncertain if this motion will pass but I can gurantee you that "dissolving" and "replacing" SHIZL is not going to help it.

Instead of trying perform a take over, why not work to reform the SHIZL? Allow the Council and the Factions to work together and reach a compromise. You are probably wondering why in such a case did the factions leave the Council? The reason is relatively simple: Factionalized delegates and Independant delegates are idealogically on two opposite sides of the coin.

Recall the motion that passed regarding O-49 being a no-fire system. Most of those who opposed it were Faction members. Now if you were to revisit the motion you would have a drastically different result and that says something about the extremes of our political differences.

A divorced couple may sleep in different beds but that doesn't mean that only one of them can discipline the children. This is why the SHIZL needs to remain intact and only for the purposes of preventing Zoner abuse. What SHIZL did by conducting diplomatic matters without CoZ's consent was a mistake. Reform the SHIZL and prevent it from happening again, but don't proceed to cut off its head.