Welcome to the AGM motions page. For the Gory details on how the AGM works, see: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/tt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=155
Assume the following: The AGM will be both long and painful, the sooner it can be gotten out of the way the better.
AGM Motions: For the good of all of us, it is suggested that you write your motion on this page, at which point members of the society with opinions will surely write them here. It is very rude to remove peoples opinions on a motion, even if they have been accounted for. A given motion may go through several rounds of revisions to tighten wording or improve it or make it more agreeable to people. If it is starting to get long, don't be afraid to move all the discussion to a separate page and link to it, keep all the old comments on V1 of motion and totally rewrite up a V2 of motion.
A motion must be emailed to the Exec before a deadline whgich will be announced soon. Putting it up here does not make it happen! A motion must have a proposer and a seconder (someone else who is willing to attach their name to it)
Remember the AGM is LONG! A goal is to keep debate to a minimum. Therefore a good motion is very specific. E.g. A bad motion is "The warrior melee skill is too powerful and should be nerfed." This would produce 20 different arguments at the AGM as to how. A better working is "The melee skill is is too powerful and should be replaced with the following ... (setting out your new melee skill)". This turns the motion into a single argument: "yes or no".
Please remember to thread and sign your comments, it makes discussion so much easier.
For reference, please note that "put single through earlier in streetfighter" failed at the last AGM. Resubmitting the same proposal is thus contraindicated. --Tea
Body of motion, phrased as a yes/no statement.
Explanation of reasoning
This motion is to permit collapsible tip polearms to be used for thrusting attacks, subject to the normal rules requiring two-handed use and polearm competency checks. Individual fighters will be required to be certain they are wielding a collapsible-tip weapon before making any thrusting attacks.
Reasoning: With Odyssey and Empire, among other games, more and more of the society now own collapsible tip polearms. These weapons are safe, effective, and tactically interesting when used to thrust. By not allowing them to be used one-handed, we avoid the potentially dominant fighting style of long spear + big shield, and by only permitting thrust-safe polearms for thrusting we avoid the option of buying a very short 'javelin' and using it as a sword to stab with. Tea is also volunteering to provide the armoury with a collapsible tip spear physrep, so we'll have at least one available in order that new players aren't shut out from using them. Before the AGM, Empire 1 will have happened, which is permitting a mix of both stabsafe and non-stabsafe polearms to be used on the same field in battles, and Tea intends to withdraw this motion in the event that such a mix proves to be a safety catastrophe.
I am being a horrible person and starting the AGM debate, although I hope this one shouldn't be too controversial. --Tea