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Royal Bar Association,

Now that the charter chrisis seems resolved, the association can move on to the next item of business, the formal election of a President, as the office is technically vacant at the moment.

XVII. When the office of the President is vacant the most senior member of the board of trustees shall take up the responsibility of the office until the election is resolved.

An investigation of the membership shows Sir Wyatt-James to be the most senior member of the board of trustees, and as such he shall be the acting president until the election resolves the matter.

XIV. The association shall elect, from its members, a President which shall represent the society in all official capacities with respect to the Throne and in all legal matters and shall be responsible for same.

Therefore we direct acting president Sir Wyatt-James to conduct a proper election to determine the President of the association following this schedule.

Nominations from now till end of day 2004-06-15 (tuesday).
Voting from start of 2004-06-16 to 2004-06-19 (saturday).
Tally and announcement 2004-06-20.

All times are in Hanover universal time, of course.

Post your nominations for President as a reply to this thread.

All other arrangements shall be per the acting Presidents regulation.

Regards,
HM Alexander of Hanover

I hereby nominate Sir Wyatt-James T McIntyre.

Good Afternoon To Everyone,


I second the nomination of Sir Wyatt James T. McIntyre.


Thank you.

Thank you, I accept the nomination and declare my candidacy. Thank you for your time and consideration.

I just ask myself if it is possible to serve as chief justice and be a member of this association at the same time?

If this is an association of barristers, this should not be possible, as one cannot be a judge and a barrister at the same time.

If this is the consenus opinion I will resign my membership

Good Evening To Everyone,

I genuinely feel that one can adequately serve as a Judge and a Barrister at the same time - after all, one must first be a Barrister before one can become a Judge.

It can be said that becoming a Judge is a stepping stone from being a Barrister, so that the two tend to mesh hand in hand.

In my opinion, Chief Justice Wyatt-James T. McIntyre would be a more than adequate Chief Justice for the Nation of Hanover,

How should that work? This could probably work if we had many courts and many judges. But as we have only one court, how could anyone be judge and barrister at the same time then?

I did not say and do not mean that Mr McIntyre is not suitable for being a barrister or Chief Justice - he perfectly is. But as I see it, noone can be both.

Sorry to butt in here people. In macronations, judges are taken from the ranks of lawyers, but presumably those people are still eligible to practice as lawyers, if they give up being a judge, or whatever. So, do they stay a member of the Bar? You don't have to be a practicing lawyer to be a member.

I agree with Dennis that Wyatt shouldn't actually practice as a lawyer, but I think he should be able to stay a member (and stay President) of the Bar Association.

Good Afternoon To Everyone,

May I please express my opinion concerning Sir Wyatt-James T. McIntyre.

I would very much be in favour of him continuing on as a Chief Justice, and as the President of the Royal Bar Association.

In my opinion, he has done a very good job as the President of the Royal Bar Association, and I am sure that in his Post as Chief Justice, he will be a credit to Hanover.

Sincerely,