A defection would be any case in which a member did not arrive on time or participate fully. Period.
I’m suggesting that there be a formal process by which a member arrives late, performs ten pushups, and joins the event in progress. At the conclusion of the event, he says “My Uber driver was involved in a minor collision on my way here and that delayed me for too long to arrive on time.” and (by secret ballot?) the Army votes and some adequate margin of them excuse the failure.
The other aspect I suggested is that a Dragon might say “[event] is next week and I would like to attend but it conflicts with exercise. May I be excused from exercise for [event]?”. Again, the Army would vote and decide if the absence is excused.
I’m at a loss as to what to do to sanction a member who is not excused. The military has a long list of ‘corrective actions’ and ‘punishments’ that they can apply only because they don’t constitute ‘kidnapping’ or other crimes. I guess you could possibly make those ‘[task] or removal from the Army’, but that runs straight into the eviction problem. I think that it’s absolutely critical that there’s a credible threat underlying the discipline, precisely so that it is less likely to be needed, and the only one I find plausible is ejection, which becomes complicated because of Housing law and morality.
A defection would be any case in which a member did not arrive on time or participate fully. Period.
I’m suggesting that there be a formal process by which a member arrives late, performs ten pushups, and joins the event in progress. At the conclusion of the event, he says “My Uber driver was involved in a minor collision on my way here and that delayed me for too long to arrive on time.” and (by secret ballot?) the Army votes and some adequate margin of them excuse the failure.
The other aspect I suggested is that a Dragon might say “[event] is next week and I would like to attend but it conflicts with exercise. May I be excused from exercise for [event]?”. Again, the Army would vote and decide if the absence is excused.
I’m at a loss as to what to do to sanction a member who is not excused. The military has a long list of ‘corrective actions’ and ‘punishments’ that they can apply only because they don’t constitute ‘kidnapping’ or other crimes. I guess you could possibly make those ‘[task] or removal from the Army’, but that runs straight into the eviction problem. I think that it’s absolutely critical that there’s a credible threat underlying the discipline, precisely so that it is less likely to be needed, and the only one I find plausible is ejection, which becomes complicated because of Housing law and morality.