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Bill: The People's Voice
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2061
Description[?]:
| A new national agency, The People's Voice Broadcast Agency, shall be established to oversee the launch of regional Independent Diversity Broadcasting ventures, which use a national network station to provide regional programming. The agency and regional IDB Trusts shall be funded by the redirection of a limited proportion of personal tax payments at the discretion of the payer. The People's Voice Broadcast Agency shall consist of a non-profit-making trust of 15 non-government regionally-elected members (three from each region), 5 elected representatives from the Lodamun Parliament (selected by the president-councillor, only two of which may be from the largest party, and none from the party of the president-councillor) and 3 appointed by the president-councillor for the period of his/her term of office, from professional broadcast companies. Each regional IDB Trust shall be a non-profit-making body, comprising non-government, regionally-elected membership with the power to appoint up to three ex-officio executives with professional broadcast experience. IDB Trusts may broadcast television and radio programming which is regionally relevant, carries no ads, and consists of only education and information programmes which have been produced entirely by non-professionals. The IDB Trusts shall have access to regional transmission facilities. In addition to revenues from diverted tax payments, programmes may be exchanged between regions and may be sold both abroad and to private broadcast companies within Lodamun. Foreign programmes of an appropriate nature may be bought in. Each regional trust operates independently but may choose to work co-operatively with any or all of the other regions. A Nationwide Independent Diversity Broadcasting Trust shall be a facilitating environment for exchanges of ideas, best practice and the recommendation of training providers only and may not direct, influence or induce the regional trusts in any manner. Each regional trust must guarantee that its programming is: 1. Educational (including the use of drama, documentary and sport for general consumption or directly linked to provision for schools, colleges or universities) 2. Information (including current affairs, comment and analysis) 3. Independently produced by non-professionals 4. Carries no ads or product placements Each trust must also guarantee to work within the financial allocation it receives and may not borrow money against projected income. Private broadcast companies must allow use of their transmitters for regional broadcasts, without charge. Should any trust fail to comply with requirements, The People's Voice Broadcast Agency may disband the trust, freeze assets and hold elections for a new trust. All revenues from sales of any programmes shall be divided thus: 65 per cent to the regional trust which produced it 10 per cent divided between each of the other trusts 5 per cent to the Nationwide IDB Trust 5 per cent to the private companies which provide transmission facilities 15 per cent to The People's Voice Broadcast Agency to fund research, development, exploration and pilots of similarly independent broadcast and publishing ventures using existing and emerging technologies. Private companies, in association with regional trusts, may also, by specific and individual contract, earn revenues from commission on sales of IDB programming to other parties. Such commissions are deducted prior to allocation of revenues. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:19:03, May 28, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | This Bill has the full support of the MLTP. |
| Date | 05:38:27, May 28, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | Considering that we've supported (failed) bills like this in the past, you have our full support. |
| Date | 19:05:34, May 30, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | This bill has been up quite a while now, if there are specific objections, we plan to put it to vote shortly. |
| Date | 21:15:11, May 30, 2005 CET | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | Nothing specific, just a continued objection on the grounds of not seeing a need. |
| Date | 21:29:46, May 30, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | See it as an export opportunity. |
| Date | 22:46:05, May 30, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | The matter is being considered by a party congress. |
| Date | 08:16:26, May 31, 2005 CET | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | An export opportunity? It's nonprofit for the most part, and the revenue that is created goes for the most part to fund itself. Additionally, this is a government-created organization; the government is not in existence to provide exports or business in general. That's what the market is for. |
| Date | 19:04:34, May 31, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | Once again the Amystian Council's recourse to ancient philosphies calls into question its ability to deal with the modern world. Forgive us for posing a series of rhetorical questions but self-guided learning is one of the most effective methods of education. We'd like the Amystian Council to debate amongst its members the following: Is this known as the Communication Age? Is radio one of the cheapest forms of mass communication? Is television one of the most effective forms of mass communication? What happens when people who know nothing about something start to do it volunarily on a regular basis? How much would it cost to run training sessions for tens of thousands of people - and then to shelve their newly-acquired skills? How many companies in the world operate media services? What's their growth rate? How many people do they employ? How attractive to investment would a country with a highly-aware population of skilled communications technicians be? And if that country had a tax-break policy as an inducement to inward investment? etc Exports not in the minor scale of franchised TV shows, exports as in expertise. Exports as in inward investment. It's the people, not the products. Ir's time for the Amystian Council to move forward or move out of the way. The future of the people of Lodamun cannot be held back by communications dinosaurs. Tomorrow is already today. |
| Date | 05:21:54, June 01, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | This bill appears to create a large public education network under local control. That is a prasiseworthy goal. The CCF has always opposed state intervention in broadcasting in the past, bt this bill in our view has reduced state control to almost nothing. Instead. control rests with the local people themselves. Thus we are able to support it, and to commend those who drafted the bill. |
| Date | 07:46:37, June 01, 2005 CET | From | Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | The MLP realise that our vote will affect the outcome of this issue. We will be making a decision shortly before the deadline. |
| Date | 12:08:41, June 01, 2005 CET | From | Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | We have unfortunately decided to reject, 24-31 within the party, this proposal and urge the four supporting parties to change their votes to no, avoiding a loss. We are of the view the Government must not interfere with anything that could be used as a propaganda machine. We may be leftists, but as the name says, "Moderate". Unfortunately, it's a no vote. |
| Date | 15:43:26, June 01, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | The bill clearly removes any opportunity for government interference and it is disingenuous in the extreme to suggest it does in order to vote in accordance with the whip's instruction, deny the people of Lodamun access to their own media and to continue to gag them with a diet of commercial exploitation. Shame on you. |
| Date | 19:22:43, June 01, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | For the reasons already stated, the CCF will maintain its yes vote. This very moderate bill does not appear to contain any government control over the media. |
| Date | 21:59:07, June 01, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the The People's Voice |
| Message | Where are the Fascists when you need them? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 174 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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