Preamble: To ensure that it is clear when an elected government official has resigned and the process to replace him or her must begin. To also provide a record of such resignation, and provide a check and balance to ensure that resignations are acted on.
An elected member of government who wishes to resign will do so by submitting a notecard to the LRA and to the Dean of the SC indicating that he or she is resigning; he or she will also post a notice of their resignation in the relevant discussion Forum of his or her arm of government:
-Chancellor in the Executive Branch Announcements Forum
-RA member in the Representative Assembly Discussion Forum
The LRA will immediately post a notice of the resignation in the RA Announcements Forum and by in-world notice in the C.D.S. group and request that the process for replacement begin.
If the LRA chooses to resign, he or she will do so by notecard to the Dean of the SC, who will immediately post a notice of the resignation in the SC Announcements Forum and by inworld notice to the C.D.S. group, and begin the process for replacement.
If the Dean of the SC has received a notecard of resignation and the individual resigning has posted their resignation in the designated Forum, the Dean of the SC will proceed with the process of replacement, even in the absence of a notice or request from the LRA.
Passed by the 20th RA, May 6, 2014