Thoughts and Suggestions

agreed. some good suggestions alright. just a few things:

Jury System-While its compulsory if picked ICly, OOCly it should be made optional (perhaps it should work with a OOC sign up system?). That way, ppl can sign up for a trial when they're avail, and those who arent interested wont end up being forced into something they wont like-remember, its a game and it should be fun. (And in any case, forcing rp upon others esp if they dont want it is PG'ing).

City Council/More Player-Management Involvement-Sounds like a good idea for the most part. Especially with the expansion comming on its way and the possibility of admins being pulled out of regular admin duties to build, it may make things easier/smoother for everyone if the admins can get lower ranked, elected aid to help with more minor administrative duties (such as security and maybe even moderation). My only thing is that the OOC Estate Management should be involved with any OOC decisions, especially major ones such as things regarding group leads-as group leads play a large role in the upkeep of the sim and are considered an extension of management (if not already holding a higher management role at the same time) and thus I think such major decisions should be best made jointly by citizen reps and higher ranked estate management as well.

Compound Sentencing, with regards to Driving Laws/Records-while Im not entirely against the system of enforcing traffic regulations as they are in RL and making traffic stop rp compulsory for any driver violating traffic laws, it should be taken into consideration as well that this is SL not RL and its a lot harder for some to control a vehicle in SL than RL b/c of factors such as scripting, lag, etc. My biggest pet peeve with the driving system here (and im sure im not the only one who feels this way) is that after a few tickets/drives, I cant really go out to drive and inevitably offend anymore w/o risk of unwanted IC consequences for a char I'd like to keep clean. Also, in RL, points (that would be used for compound sentencing) stay on the record for only so long (in my state 2 points are deducted from the driving record each year, and also if the driver attends a course, etc. the actual violations/details stay visible forever but dont count after its points are taken off). Perhaps points for traffic violations/minor misdemeanors only stay on the record for like a week or two, or maybe for every week or two a certain amount of points can be taken off?

That'd be all for now. Thanks for reading!