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<p>[QUOTE="Burtonia, post: 1341, member: 26"]I haven't forgotten about this, but progress will be slow. Let's put a few of these into clause format, feedback appreciated (especially since the prevailing format for these lends itself well to awkward sentences). Incomplete proposal:</p><p><br /></p><p>DISMAYED that World Assembly funds are being used to administer a program to regulate luxury goods when there are far more pressing concerns that affect the world's poor,</p><p><br /></p><p>CONCERNED that the definition of "precious stone" mistakenly includes precious metals if geologically and economically accurate definitions of "mineral" and "valued for relative qualities of its appearance far beyond its intrinsic value" are used,</p><p><br /></p><p>DISAGREEING that every single gem should be tested, when it would be far more cost-effective to implement a program wherein producers and retailers are kept honest by testing a random selection of their inventory,</p><p><br /></p><p>ALSO UNDERSTANDING that the mandate to test coloration of all gems is similarly inefficient when many minerals commonly exhibit certain colors naturally,</p><p><br /></p><p>FINDING the bureaucratic division between the IGA and IGL counterproductive and unnecessary,</p><p><br /></p><p>BELIEVING the resolution's ban in non-certified gemstones to be unacceptably illiberal,</p><p><br /></p><p>DISAPPOINTED that the resolution does not make exceptions for old jewelry known to be authentic, instead requiring difficult and potentially damaging in-situ testing if those items are to be resold,</p><p><br /></p><p>CONCLUDING that the Gem Trading Accord and associated bureaucracies are a gross misallocation of resources and irredeemably inefficient at achieving the resolution's goals,</p><p><br /></p><p>HEREBY REPEALS General Assembly Resolution #113, "The Gem Trading Accord."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burtonia, post: 1341, member: 26"]I haven't forgotten about this, but progress will be slow. Let's put a few of these into clause format, feedback appreciated (especially since the prevailing format for these lends itself well to awkward sentences). Incomplete proposal: DISMAYED that World Assembly funds are being used to administer a program to regulate luxury goods when there are far more pressing concerns that affect the world's poor, CONCERNED that the definition of "precious stone" mistakenly includes precious metals if geologically and economically accurate definitions of "mineral" and "valued for relative qualities of its appearance far beyond its intrinsic value" are used, DISAGREEING that every single gem should be tested, when it would be far more cost-effective to implement a program wherein producers and retailers are kept honest by testing a random selection of their inventory, ALSO UNDERSTANDING that the mandate to test coloration of all gems is similarly inefficient when many minerals commonly exhibit certain colors naturally, FINDING the bureaucratic division between the IGA and IGL counterproductive and unnecessary, BELIEVING the resolution's ban in non-certified gemstones to be unacceptably illiberal, DISAPPOINTED that the resolution does not make exceptions for old jewelry known to be authentic, instead requiring difficult and potentially damaging in-situ testing if those items are to be resold, CONCLUDING that the Gem Trading Accord and associated bureaucracies are a gross misallocation of resources and irredeemably inefficient at achieving the resolution's goals, HEREBY REPEALS General Assembly Resolution #113, "The Gem Trading Accord."[/QUOTE]
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