Rules Change Guidelines

In later August, Elysium's AGM is held, primarily to address the rules changes.

Everyone is invited, and is asked to put forward anything they believe needs changing within the system, or even within the club itself. These proposed changes are debated by those present. The meeting is overseen by the Head Ref, who is expected to be impartial, and is the only member of the society who is not allowed to effect the rules changes.

The proposed changes are posted on the website later that evening after the meeting is over. All members then have one week to vote 'aye' or 'nay' to each change via email to the Head Ref. These votes are collated and the results announced.

The current ref team and the future ref team then cooperate to implement these changes - this must be done by the end of September. The new rules are released when the old ref team steps down.

Email your proposed change to the Head Ref, along with up to one paragraph of reasoning why you think this change is needed. The Head Ref will then read this out at the AGM, along with your one paragraph (Warning: If you have submitted more than one paragraph, they may read just the first and then stop). They will not argue on behalf of your change, they will merely propose it for you. Your proposition will then be debated like everyone else's.

We have a lot to get through on one night of the AGM, and any change that people have thought of around Christmas time may have been forgotten by the time August rolls around. These boards are for any ongoing debate of possible changes that you think of now. Members will not be able to vote for these changes until the AGM, but they can decide which way they are going to vote now.

The more specific the better, generally. 'I think Earth mages are overpowered' may be very easy to get people to agree with, but that doesn't mean the ref team will end up changing the rules the way you would like them to - they may respond to it by boosting fire mages, for instance, which is not what you wanted.

A proposal such as 'I would like endurance moved up by a level, as I think it gives Earth mages too much of an edge' is far easier to understand and to implement.

Better yet, give an example; 'I think this is the case because Rain, who is an elven mage, ended up outlasting the warriors last week while they were fighting a death knight - this doesn't strike me as the sort of thing a mage should be able to do.' is brilliant for illustrating why you would like something changed.