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Fraser "Razor" Macmillan, Mongrel In Chief (razorfraser) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-01-30 20:07:00

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IC/OOC: The British and Irish Quidditch League Quarterly Commissioners' Meeting: Jan 30, 2018
Because of the size of the crowd, the BIQL Commissioners' Meeting had been moved to the first floor meeting room. It was drafty, and cold, and only barely suitable, but it was large enough for everyone who wanted to see the meeting to be allowed in.

In addition to all the regulars, Fraser noted the attendance of several people he'd identified as team management from other districts.

The meeting began and Fraser let the beuraucratic niceties flow around him. The roll was taken, a quorum was present. The minutes were read and approved. The agenda was discussed and approved. The January meeting was normally quiet, because nothing much was ever done mid-season, but this one looked exciting, or it looked exciting enough to draw a crowd. In addition to the usual quidditch press, there were some international reporters present.

Whatever they did, it was going to be noticed.

OOC: BIQL is democratic! After each section/speech, feel free to ask questions.

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	Report on Public Hearings: Mr. Commissioner Macmillan razorfraser 2018-01-31 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Fraser read the summary of his hearings into the records. 43 people spoke, 23 in favor of the motion, 15 opposed, 5 wanted more information. Fraser listed the key arguments on either side. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Re: Report on Public Hearings: Mr. Commissioner Macmillan

razorfraser
2018-01-31 03:06 am UTC (link)

Fellow Commissioners, Mr. Chairman, and all our guests. I wanted to give my personal testimony about what I saw and heard in these hearings. Many people saw, in the continuance of the sport of Quidditch at a time of war, a dangerous willingness to go along with wrongdoing.

It doesn't matter if we were willing or if we were coerced. It doesn't matter if the sport was, to us, an escape from the horrors of the outside world. It was seen as another injustice. And in the end, at least, when we were playing under the auspices of the combined league and Ministry, it was.

The most serious objection to the motion that I heard was that it would whitewash our history.

We can't change what we did. And we mustn't pretend it didn't happen. But it's fair to say that we didn't have full control over our choices. And it's right to say that we don't approve of what was done in our names.

Before we consider the motion of Commissioner Cavanaugh, I want to propose an amendment to the wording, as follows:

The 1997-1998 season was played without the oversight of an independent BIQL, under the auspices of the Pius Thicknesse Ministry. As this season was played outside of control of the BIQL and did not live up to the BIQL standards for fairness and equality, the season will be recorded in the record books, but will not be used to calculate statistics. Furthermore, all statistics that would otherwise cover this period in official BIQL records shall have a footnote discussing the circumstances of the omission.

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	feelingyou 2018-02-03 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Jason nods as the amendment is read. He's not sure about the whole political play involved, but he can live with the idea of an asterisk season. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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