The Constitution
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Any of you play MapleStory? Or Ragnarok Online? Cabal? DoTA?
Or any online game for that matter?
Now, imagine if everyone used hacks, cheats and bots and stuff. That’d be quite a wrecked game for you.
That isn’t the worst case scenario.
Imagine if your opponent gets +2000 000 off a normal creep 5 seconds into the game. Enough to buy a Black King Bar, Guinsoo, Dagon and any other item he wants. Enough to go on a killing spree for the rest of the round. GG for you.
You know what? He’s not doing anything wrong. He’s not hacking, cheating or whatever.
Why?
Because, in this example, there’re no rules saying what is right and what is wrong, what is cheating and what is not cheating.
Of course, this is quite an exaggerated example. Of course, DoTA has such rules. But, I know something which doesn’t have rules.
The Students’ Council.
Five years of existence. Five years of people saying that the Students’ Council represents the Students. Five years of other people saying something else.
Five years of confusion and uncertainty.
Time has come for us to set things straight, once and for all, to put things down on paper, in black and white.
Time has come for the Constitution of the Students’ Council.
The Constitution will be our set of rules, the rules we play by. You’ll know when we’re cheating (read: not doing our job) because the Constitution will tell you clearly and specifically what we’re supposed to do. We will know what to do because the Constitution tells us clearly and specifically.
2009 will be different. 2010 will be different. 2011 will be different. 2012 will be different.
The Constitution makes this difference.
From now on, look forward to a Council with a clear direction, one that is more responsible to you. Not just for this year, but for the years to come.
I will be following this post up with a posting of the actual draft of the Constitution, in-depth posts on certain crucial clauses, and plans for the approval of the Constitution.
_______________________________________________________________________________
The President
Students' Council 2009
is currently on a productivity streak which is expected to end pretty soon.
Or any online game for that matter?
Now, imagine if everyone used hacks, cheats and bots and stuff. That’d be quite a wrecked game for you.
That isn’t the worst case scenario.
Imagine if your opponent gets +2000 000 off a normal creep 5 seconds into the game. Enough to buy a Black King Bar, Guinsoo, Dagon and any other item he wants. Enough to go on a killing spree for the rest of the round. GG for you.
You know what? He’s not doing anything wrong. He’s not hacking, cheating or whatever.
Why?
Because, in this example, there’re no rules saying what is right and what is wrong, what is cheating and what is not cheating.
Of course, this is quite an exaggerated example. Of course, DoTA has such rules. But, I know something which doesn’t have rules.
The Students’ Council.
Five years of existence. Five years of people saying that the Students’ Council represents the Students. Five years of other people saying something else.
Five years of confusion and uncertainty.
Time has come for us to set things straight, once and for all, to put things down on paper, in black and white.
Time has come for the Constitution of the Students’ Council.
The Constitution will be our set of rules, the rules we play by. You’ll know when we’re cheating (read: not doing our job) because the Constitution will tell you clearly and specifically what we’re supposed to do. We will know what to do because the Constitution tells us clearly and specifically.
2009 will be different. 2010 will be different. 2011 will be different. 2012 will be different.
The Constitution makes this difference.
From now on, look forward to a Council with a clear direction, one that is more responsible to you. Not just for this year, but for the years to come.
I will be following this post up with a posting of the actual draft of the Constitution, in-depth posts on certain crucial clauses, and plans for the approval of the Constitution.
_______________________________________________________________________________
The President
Students' Council 2009
is currently on a productivity streak which is expected to end pretty soon.
