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April 18, 2005
GNC - Congressional Hearing on Internet Policy II
The Grantonian National Senate - April 18th Session
Convening for the purpose of determining the Imperial policy on internet presence and activity. Second session.
Moi: The second session of the Internet Policy hearing is now in progress.
*all delegates rise and recite pledges of allegiance to the American and Texas flags. All are then seated*
Moi: Mr. Vice-Chairman, you have the floor.
John: Thank you sir. We will now debate message board and instant messenger use, beginning with instant messaging.
The subject of IMing is a very easy one. IMing takes up a lot of time, but is the primary preferred method of communicating with the empire's allies and friends. Scrapping the program completely would result in mass communication breakdowns, which we wish to avoid if at all possible. The question we must answer is which IM client serves the government best, and which of the three must go. I move that AIM be named the primary IM client, and that Yahoo and MSN be scrapped, due to their uselessness.
Gucci: I disagree. I would agree on MSN, since the ads and junk on that particular client are annoying and hamper usability, but Yahoo is extremely versatile, and I would like to point out that it is the ONLY messenger that allows the sending of offline messages. I therefore move that AIM be made the primary client, and Yahoo the secondary, to be used as a message sender.
Robert and Dmitri: Agreed.
Jack: *nods*
John: So the motion has been made to make AIM the primary IM client and Yahoo the secondary, with MSN being cut. All in favor say aye.
All: Aye!
John: All opposed, like sign.
*silence*
John: The motion carries, 6-0.
Now we move on to message boards, which will be a hot topic, because sentiment and memory reign heavily here. Think well on these issues. I move that Apricot Pie be officially declared dead and useless to the Grantonian Empire, and that all ties be immediately severed with the said institution. I further move that Debate and Discussion remain the primary board of activity, and that the government join the Mac 'n' Jesus forums, to obtain something of more substance.
Robert: There are too many issues to be considered with regard to Apricot Pie. The government only reads the Apricot Pie board, and posting is at an all time low. There really isn't any "leaving" to do. It's good to admin the topics and keep up with homeschool friends, so keeping activity at it's current level wouldn't hurt anything. Apricot Pie's mission and function to this government died a long time ago, but it's nice to be able to keep up with some of the members. I move that the Apricot Pie message board be removed from this hearing and disregarded.
All: Here, here!
John: So the motion to remove Apricot Pie from this hearing passes, 6-0, let us continue with the message board deliberations.
Dmitri: I think that Debate and Discussion is the only board still retaining any value whatsoever. Message boards as a rule are places of misunderstanding, accomplishing nothing of value or in the long run of this government. I therefore move that both Debate and Discussion and the BiC message board be kept because of their use, and that Mac 'n' Jesus be considered carefully. This would give the government three message boards, more than it even needs. All the remaining message boards should be scrapped until further notice from this government that another that is worth something is available.
Robert: Agreed. I also move that all message boards excepting Debate and Discussion and BiC be removed from service, and that Mac 'n' Jesus be considered for membership.
John: This motion constitutes a complete overhaul of this government's message board system with an 85% cut. All opposed should voice their opinions now.
*silence*
John: All in favor, say aye.
All: Aye!
John: The motion passes, 6-0
Any final notes or deliberations before this bill is passed?These resolutions will be drafted into a bill, HR-101, which must be approved by a unanimous vote. All in favor of this bill which incorporates the resolutions of this hearing into law, please say aye.
All: Aye!
John: HR-101 has been unanimously approved, which concludes this hearing. Mr. Chairman, you have the floor.
Moi: Thank you sir.
To summarize the proceedings of this session gentlemen, we have determined to have five fully functional email address with the rest of the addresses owned by the government delegated to be junk mail addresses, we have scrapped the Blogger owned by this government while maintaining three blogs for art, personal, and political opinions, we have scrapped the MSN messenger and delegated AIM to become the primary instant messenger client with Yahoo IM as the secondary client, and finally, we have cut all the inactive message boards and retained two with the option of joining the Mac 'n' Jesus forums.
Let us be dismissed in prayer.
*Emperor prays with delegates*
Moi: Gentleman, thank you all, this session of Congress is dismissed.
Posted by Grant at April 18, 2005 03:54 PM
Comments
*strong disliker of MSN praises the decision to scrap that messenger* (The smilies there drive me absolutely insane! Who in the world has eyebrows like that? And when I use those smilies to talk to Katie, does she begin to imagine me with twelve-foot-long eyebrows that waggle in the breeze? *shudders*)
On the other hand, I greatly enjoy the Grantonian Congressional Sessions. :)
Posted by: Sarah at April 21, 2005 06:11 PM
I use Yahoo. It has the best all around experience. I use a program called GAIM that let's you sign on all of your accounts at the same time. Even from different messengers..
Posted by: at June 17, 2005 08:38 PM
That was me.
Posted by: Shane at June 17, 2005 08:39 PM