[Passed] [ga]: Repeal: “Museums Of Musical Heritage”

[Lenlyvit]

General Assembly Resolution

Repeal: “Museums Of Musical Heritage”

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#86

Proposed by: The Serendipitous

General Assembly Resolution #86 “Museums of Musical Heritage” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Whereas the efforts to catalog music of local, national, and international importance set out by General Assembly Resolution #86, "Museums of Musical Heritage", have now been in place for over a decade,

And whereas the target has no binding clauses, only suggesting that nations and entities within nations contribute music,

And whereas having no mandates makes the resolution toothless, as any entity trying to destroy culture by prohibiting music can simply not allow the donation of relevant materials,

And whereas the resolution fails to properly address access to the musical museums themselves, instead suggesting the dissemination of the database, which falls short in the preservation of these heritage artifacts, which may still be readily withheld from public knowledge,

And whereas the manner in which the resolution attempts to accomplish its goals is largely inefficient, with the creation of two bureaucratic entities in order to accomplish its goals, wasting the precious resources this assembly has on a process that is largely unnecessary in order to truly preserve musical heritage, and that this inefficiency prevents further funding into other subject areas, including fundamental human rights and safety mandates,

And whereas any resolution that simultaneously does not accomplish its goals and prevents the World Assembly from achieving its more pertinent tasks does not deserve to stay on the books,

Therefore, be it resolved by the World Assembly that General Assembly Resolution #86, "Museums of Musical Heritage", is repealed.

This is the discussion thread. To cast your vote, go HERE

[Jabberwocky]

The fact that the resolution is not perfect is not reason enough to repeal it. Each nation can deal with what they perceive as inadequacies. The author seems to suggest that failure to contribute music to a global database should be punished. Music is voluntary. Against.

[Pantso]

Text of Resolution 86: www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolutions/council=1?start=85
Resolution 86, which this resolution would repeal, accomplishes 3 things:
1. It creates a Museums of Musical Heritage (MoMH), which is a partnership of museums dedicated to preserving music;
2. It creates a Museum of Musical Heritage Database, which is a digital library of recordings;
3. It asks for donations and provides for the purchase of musical works to be added to the library and requests that nations make the database available to its citizens and participate in the MoMH.

The Republic of Pantso sees no reason to repeal 86. The fact that there are no mandates is irrelevant - the WA should not be *demanding* donations anyway. The second complaint in this repeal, that any nation can forbid donations, is also irrelevant - it doesn't prevent other nations from donating in any way. The repeal resolution further suggests that establishing a database of musical work and encouraging museums to work together to collect and preserve work somehow doesn't qualify as preserving and disseminating, which is bizarre.

One wonders if the author of the repeal would be satisfied if Resolution 86 established heavy-handed and punitive mandates to force countries to hand over their citizens' musical works and require cultural "education" seminars to ensure proper dissemination of musical works. Otherwise, the repeal author just comes across as spoilsport who hates music.

Pantso will vote Against the repeal and asks the Delegate and all music lovers to do likewise.

[Zebastani]

Ignoring the fact it isn't the greatest way to present a repeal, the resolution itself doesn't make very good counter points to the original proposal. I will vote Against

[Pantso]

I also discovered this morning that the author of the repeal plans to introduce a replacement which is substantially the same as the the resolution he seeks to repeal, with primary difference that it actually does include a mandate for nations to submit music to the WA. Now I'm super-duper extra Against.

[spratlyislands]

Most of the WA repeals are like this. There never seems to be anything wrong with the legislation, other than a few tweakes that are not necessary to be changed. Although I love music, it is not really a necessary part of a society. My vote is against.