[Draft] Osiran Holidays and Honors Act

[Cormac]

Osiran Holidays and Honors Act

Section 1: Regional Holidays

1. The following will be celebrated as official civic holidays of the Osiris Fraternal Order:

(a) The Festival of the Creation, celebrated annually on 18 October, will commemorate the creation of the region Osiris on 18 October 2011.

(b) The Festival of the Resurrection, celebrated annually on 10 December, will commemorate the foundation of the Osiris Fraternal Order on 10 December 2013.

2. The following will be celebrated as official themed holidays of the Osiris Fraternal Order:

(a) The Festival of Isis, celebrated annually on 21 March, will celebrate the role of Isis in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a spring festival of renewal that celebrates all new citizens in the preceding year.

(b) The Festival of Horus, celebrated annually on 13 June, will celebrate the role of Horus in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a summer festival of growth that celebrates significant contributions to the region in the preceding year.

(c) The Festival of Osiris, celebrated annually on 4 August, will celebrate the role of Osiris in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a fall festival of remembrance that celebrates veteran members of the Osiran community.

3. Whenever possible, regional holidays will be celebrated in joint events and activities with allied and friendly regions and organizations.

Section 2: Regional Honors

1. The following regional honors are established, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during celebrations of regional holidays or at any time throughout the year:

(a) The Violet Jewel of Atum will be the region's highest honor and will be awarded to individuals who have made longtime, outstanding overall contributions to the region.

(b) The Scale of Ma'at will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional military affairs, security, justice, and law.

(c) The Scepter of Isis will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional integration and culture.

(d) The Eye of Horus will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional foreign affairs and World Assembly affairs.

(e) The Crown of Osiris will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in service in regional leadership offices, or their equivalent prior to establishment of the Osiris Fraternal Order.

2. Regional honors will confer honored citizen status upon citizen recipients. Honored citizens will have a standing invitation to speak in the Deshret, but will not be granted membership in the Deshret except through the process established by the Procedure of the Deshret.

3. Regional honors may be granted to individuals who are not citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order at the time of honoring, but will not confer honored citizen status unless and until the individual is granted citizenship in the Osiris Fraternal Order.

4. Honored citizenship will be automatically suspended upon an honored citizen's loss of citizenship, but will be automatically reinstated should the individual once again be granted citizenship.

5. The Deshret will have the power to revoke regional honors. Honored citizen status and the privileges it confers will also be revoked upon revocation of any regional honor.

6. Regional honors will be automatically revoked from any individual who is convicted of high crimes or felony crimes against the Osiris Fraternal Order immediately upon conviction. Any citizen convicted of high crimes or felony crimes against the Osiris Fraternal Order will not be awarded regional honors.

7. The Pharaoh may award other honors, but such honors will not confer honored citizen status or the privileges it confers.

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Osiran Holidays and Honors Act

Section 1: Regional Holidays

1. The following will be celebrated as official civic holidays of the Osiris Fraternal Order:

(a) The Festival of the Creation, celebrated annually on 18 October, will commemorate the creation of the region Osiris on 18 October 2011.

(b) The Festival of the Resurrection, celebrated annually on 10 December, will commemorate the foundation of the Osiris Fraternal Order on 10 December 2013.

2. The following will be celebrated as official themed holidays of the Osiris Fraternal Order:

(a) The Festival of Isis, celebrated annually on 21 March, will celebrate the role of Isis in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a spring festival of renewal that celebrates all new citizens in the preceding year.

(b) The Festival of Horus, celebrated annually on 13 June, will celebrate the role of Horus in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a summer festival of growth that celebrates significant contributions to the region in the preceding year.

(c) The Festival of Osiris, celebrated annually on 4 August, will celebrate the role of Osiris in the Kemetic pantheon, and will be observed by Osirans as a fall festival of remembrance that celebrates veteran members of the Osiran community.

3. Whenever possible, regional holidays will be celebrated in joint events and activities with allied and friendly regions and organizations.

Section 2: Regional Honors

1. The following regional honors are established:

(a) The Violet Jewel of Atum, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during annual celebrations for the Festival of the Creation, will be the region's highest honor and will be awarded to individuals who have made longtime, outstanding overall contributions to the region.

(b) The Scale of Ma'at, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during annual celebrations for the Festival of the Resurrection, will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional military affairs, security, justice, and law.

(c) The Scepter of Isis, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during annual celebrations for the Festival of Isis, will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional integration and culture.

(d) The Eye of Horus, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during annual celebrations for the Festival of Horus, will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to regional foreign affairs and World Assembly affairs.

(e) The Crown of Osiris, which may be awarded by the Pharaoh during annual celebrations for the Festival of Osiris, will be awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in service as Pharaoh, Vizier, Scribe, Guardian, Keeper, or Elder, or their equivalent prior to establishment of the Osiris Fraternal Order.

2. Regional honors will confer honored citizen status upon their recipients. Honored citizens will be exempt from requirements for maintenance of citizenship and will have a standing invitation to speak in the Deshret, but will not be granted membership in the Deshret except through the process established by the Procedure of the Deshret.

3. Regional honors established by this Act will only be awarded to individuals who hold citizenship in the Osiris Fraternal Order at the time the honor(s) are to be awarded.

4. The Deshret will have the power to revoke regional honors. Honored citizen status and the privileges it confers will also be revoked upon revocation of any regional honor.

5. Regional honors will be automatically revoked from any individual who is convicted of high crimes or felony crimes against the Osiris Fraternal Order immediately upon conviction. Any citizen convicted of high crimes or felony crimes against the Osiris Fraternal Order will not be awarded regional honors.

6. The Pharaoh may award other honors, but such honors will not confer honored citizen status or the privileges it confers.

Section 3: Honored Titles

1. The following titles are established for the following regional honors:

(a) His/Her Grace (HG), Lord/Lady of the Delta for recipients of the Violet Jewel of Atum.

(b) The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), Lord/Lady of Kadesh or Lord/Lady of Karnak for recipients of the Scale of Ma'at.

(c) The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), Lord/Lady of Thebes or Lord/Lady of Giza for recipients of the Scepter of Isis.

(d) The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), Lord/Lady of Alexandria for recipients of the Eye of Horus.

(e) The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), Lord/Lady of Memphis for recipients of the Crown of Osiris.

2. All titles associated with regional honors will be revoked upon revocation of such honors.

3. The Pharaoh may grant the title The Right Honorable (The Rt. Hon.) for any honor that is not established by this Act.

Section 4: Government Titles

1. The Pharaoh will be styled His/Her Majesty (HM), First Lord/Lady of the Nile and King/Queen of Memphis, Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order and Emperor/Empress of Osiran Lands Beyond the Nile. The Pharaoh may adopt additional styling at their discretion.

2. Other government officials established by the State Code of Osiris will be styled The Right Honorable (The Rt. Hon.), accompanied by the government title granted to them.

3. Junior officials and Councilors of the Deshret will be styled The Honorable (The Hon.), accompanied by the government title granted to them.

4. All titles associated with government offices will be revoked upon expiration of an individual's service in office.

5. Former Pharaohs of the Osiris Fraternal Order may style themselves The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), former Pharaoh of the Osiris Fraternal Order. Former Pharaohs of Osiris prior to establishment of the Osiris Fraternal Order who are also citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order may style themselves The Most Honorable (The Most Hon.), former Pharaoh of Osiris.

[Lord Ravenclaw]

Mixed opinions on this. Erm, I know that you liked "His Kemetic Majesty", but I really don't like the word "Kemetic", as gahhhhh, yeah Lord Ravenclaw generally appears as a Mage-Lord/Magister.

Would recommend you leave it as "His/Her/Their Majesty" (Gender neutrality is important I think), and leave a clause allowing a Pharaoh to determine how they are addressed... as what works for you, will not work for me, or Pharaoh number 21 or something.

[Flemingovia]

the ancient Egyptians had a festival for communing with the dead. it was called "the beautiful feast of the Valley". How about using that to honour and share stories about Osirians who have passed away out of the game or the region?

[Lord Ravenclaw]

I like that idea Flemingovia ^

[Asvars]

I would prefer something not "Kemetic" simply because of its links to the previous Osiran Republic.

[Cormac]

Yeah, good points about Kemetic. I think Raven has the right idea with just "His/Her Majesty" and allowing the Pharaoh to further style it.

I like Flemingovia's suggestion as well. I'll see if I can work that in.

[Charles Cerebella]

Agreed with the points raised and otherwise looking good.

[Cormac]

This sort of died, with the House Charter Act essentially being used as an honors system. With the House Charter Act now poised to be repealed in favor of turning it into more of an RP, I thought I would bring this up for discussion again.

One possible flaw I see here is only allowing certain honors to be awarded during certain holidays, which will effectively prevent Pharaohs whose terms may not coincide with those holidays from awarding those honors. It may be better to eliminate the firm connection between the honors and the holidays.

Thoughts?

[Venico]

I enjoy the thought of holidays, but dislike placing people above others with fancy titles and crowns and the like. I see no need for that what so ever and making these things official doesn't sit well with me. But, I've always disliked that though so I'll comment on the holidays and just note my meh-ness to the rest.

I like all 5 of these holidays and they seem like solid ideas. I see two paths here that we can go down for this. A) We can more heavily define the Holiday and its purpose since it's kind of lacking right now with the festivals. This would give more of a guideline and an easier time to future Scribes of Ptah. B) Leave it very bland and up for interpretation so that the Scribe has more leeway and more ability to play and mold the festival when they get their chance.

Now while I definitely prefer the second option because it restricts the Scribe of Ptah less (yay!) it also has a chance if we have an inactive Scribe or a non enthusiastic one, of leading to very little being done. Just my thoughts. I think we could use some structure to our culture though and I think Holidays might be the way to do it.

[Cormac]

I'm glad you like the holiday idea.

My original intention was to leave the holiday descriptions vague, exactly so that the Scribe of Culture could have more freedom in interpretation and plan more unique events so it isn't the same thing year after year, as you said. The concern you noted of an inactive Scribe did occur to me, but to be honest that will be a problem even with better defined holidays I think -- a Scribe who wants to put in minimum effort will probably do so, whatever these definitions say. But I would also be open to more definition if others want that.

In regard to the honors and titles, I somewhat agree with you but I also think it's a good idea to reward service that goes above and beyond, which will hopefully inspire others to do the same. The reason I prefer legally defined honors is to standardize things and prevent arbitrary bestowal of honors created out of thin air -- while this does still allow the Pharaoh to create honors, I suspect with these legally established honors there will be fewer established by the Executive.

What we could do to make this less placing people above others is stick just with the honors and eliminate the corresponding titles. That way a person would be honored for their contributions but wouldn't be parading around with a fancy title that others don't have. We could also consider eliminating the granting of permanent citizenship, though I think permanent speaking rights in the Deshret is a reasonable reward for service to the region.