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Cheesy Tots wrote:Hallo, I declare my candidacy for Councilor of World Assembly Affairs! Ping for Refuge Isle!

I wish to run because I believe WA stuff is super kewl, always wanted to have a WA-Minister position somewhere, and at least for now I have motivation + lots of free time at least during the summer! I've also wanted to always help out Refugia as a Councilor at least once, so now that I have the motivation and interest I believe now is a good time to put in my run.

Here's what I'm thinking of doing:

[spoiler=Click!]Appointing someone to help w/ GA stuff - I'm mostly a SC nut and therefore am not the biggest fan of GA stuff, meaning I'm not really too experienced in it. I'd like to find someone who has more GA experience than I do and work out how we'll tackle GA duties, whether it's them fully handling GA stuff or just advising me on certain things I may be confused about. This way, we'll continue doing well when it comes to GA things as we always have! And if I unfortunately cannot find someone, I'll just tough it out anyways and do my best.

Releasing IFVs for select resolutions - IFVs take a whole lot of effort to write, which is why you rarely see long multi-paragraph ones (like epic Refugi ones) or really short and honestly meh short ones. I believe longer IFVs are more interesting to write and read, but beyond that they can serve a neat purpose if we only do them for resolutions that promote the most notable qualities Refugi care about. Done properly, this can make our voice in the WA a really unique one that promotes certain qualities in WA resolutions.

For the GA I honestly am not truly aware of what Refugi values are (again, not GA experienced), but at the very least I'll try focusing on GA resolutions that will seem to have a strong impact on the environment, either favorably or negatively! I'll also talk with the other Councillors and WA-experienced members of our region to see if there's other key points we should focus on.

For the SC, definitely resolutions that have strong narrative and great quality (i.e. how well they are generally written) will receive IFVs. On the against side, IFVs for resolutions we feel are of poor enough writing quality that we cannot support them, regardless of the nominee's achievements.

Discussion posts! - This is a great practice (not to mention legally part of the job) so I'll continue posting discussion posts for upcoming resolutions. Due to the extensive rigor and attention this requires, I can't promise doing this for every single resolution but I'll do my best to keep up!

How Does: SC Writing - Ok so as a disclaimer I haven't authored anything. HOWEVER, I have been through the authoring process twice, once almost to vote and the other one up until forum drafting. :x

Point being that I'm not an SC author nor do I plan to be one in the future as of now (just isn't fun for me), BUT I do have a little bit of experience in SC writing, enough I feel to write a guide for others (esp. in terms of a resolution itself and in terms of whether its RP, issues, or GP & R/D). Plus, we have multiple SC authors I can ask for help in parts I'm not as knowledgeable in like researching! Ultimately the goal is to create a kewl Refugi guide that can guide people through the SC writing process.

Now, I'm gonna be honest again and say I absolutely cannot guarantee that this will be finished by the time my term ends. It's a large project and whether I'll have the motivation to finish this is, well, unknowable. But I promise I will at least outline it and start writing it.

WA Refugi Resolution Dispatch + IFV Records & Discussion Posts Dispatch - Currently we specially list out Refugi-authors, but why not go further and list all of the resolutions Refugi have made in our own regional dispatch? We have quite the regional pride in Refugi resolutions, but we can go further!

Also, let's start recording things the WAA Councilor does! :D Besides being a nifty resource, it'd help future WAA Councilors format discussion posts and how Refugi IFVs should look like.

Need help? Telegram me! - I think it's generally expected to create a welcoming environment for WA authorship in Refugia and I will continue that practice like other Councillors have done - by offering up myself to help out in whatever capacity I can to get Refugi resolutions passed. I imagine this will mostly be editing work as that's what I'm good at, but if help with other stuff is needed I'll still be available as a resource (either directly or to re-direct to other Refugi more knowledgeable with what specifically needs addressing)![/spoiler]

So that was a lot! I hope y'all like it!

One last thing before I close this campaign! I know my campaign seems kinda iffy in certain parts with me directly saying "I may be unable to do this", and that's simply because I'm trying to be honest with how well I think I'll do the job. Primarily, I'm not sure I'll be attentive enough to capture every single WA proposal for a discussion post just as a fact, but I firmly believe I'll get most. However, I will say this: if I feel I am not preforming the basic functions of the job, I will definitely resign. I firmly do not believe in hogging a position and doing nothing in it, but I believe as of now that I have enough motivation and capabilities to do this post's basic functions which is part of why I'm running.

[spoiler=Also, quick conflict of interest]I'm involved in The East Pacific's military, serve in the Inner-Circle of Foreign Affairs (FA leadership), am equivalent to deputy speaker of the regional legislature, help manage registration for voters, and some other less important stuff. I'm also a Senator in the Union of Democratic States as well as a member of UDS's delegation to the Partnership for Sovereignty (PfS is a WA alliance between multiple regions). (Most important thing to note is that should I be elected WA Councilor, I will not write any IFV for PfS as I'd be doing so for Refugia instead.)[/spoiler]

So that's it! Questions, comments, & concerns welcome! Sorry this is so long >.<

Accepted

Remnants Of The Pacific wrote:I would like to announce my campaign for OPS councilor

-I will make sure to keep Refugia safe and stable from external threats and internal threats

-I will make sure to have plans for N-Day, Z-Day, and other events that might come our way

-I will make sure to stop harassment in the RMB and anywhere else in Refugia

-I will keep an inclusive community in Refugia for everyone

-I will also help keep the RMB alive

-But overall I will make sure to keep a safe and inclusive community for everyone.

Accepted

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Nametane

Tiralta wrote:Possibly a silly question, but what does IFV stand for?
I think in this context it stands for Information For Voters, it’s actually in the current RRS if you go to the dispatch and use ctrl+F to search for it

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Adawu, Tiralta

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I think in this context it stands for Information For Voters, it’s actually in the current RRS if you go to the dispatch and use ctrl+F to search for it

clearly the context makes it stand for Infantry Fighting Vehicle!

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Ladita

Tiralta wrote:Possibly a silly question, but what does IFV stand for?

Risca Junobal wrote:In Vitro Fertilization.

Adawu wrote:clearly the context makes it stand for Infantry Fighting Vehicle!

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I think in this context it stands for Information For Voters, it’s actually in the current RRS if you go to the dispatch and use ctrl+F to search for it

E. All of the above

But yeah like Pacific said, its the Information For Voters dispatches! The purple head ones Minskiev sometimes posts that give an argument for/against a WA resolution.

Also, not a dumb question! NS has too many acronyms :x

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Adawu, Tiralta, Ladita

Portmanteau wrote:Looking them over, I think they're an excellent foundation on which to build. Purely from an aesthetic view, they are quite nice looking. It has something of the feel of what I imagine an actual tourism brochure would look like, or what a national tourism department would construct on their website - classy and well-arranged and engaging. Obviously, if they are feeling like an impediment to moving forward, definitely don't hesitate to wipe the slate clean, but if not, there's a lot of great stuff there. (I will say, it can sometimes feel pretty good to wipe the slate clean and start fresh).

By the way, I had to know where that main image came from, and was delighted to learn about Park Güell, a place that I'd had no previous experience with. It's so beautiful! All of the wonderful tile-work and mosaics, and the way that the buildings kind of look like fairytale gingerbread castles...seems like quite a place.

This is genuinely some of the kindest things someone has had to say about my RP work for my nation, I'm genuinely touched.

I decided I'm just gonna keep the factbooks, and simply rewrite them - it's easier to do that rather than have to create whole new ones from scratch.

Thank you for the gentle words, it honestly made my day in its own unique way :)

Cheesy Tots, Typica, New Pi-Ramesses, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Adawu, Tiralta

New flag up!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I think in this context it stands for Information For Voters, it’s actually in the current RRS if you go to the dispatch and use ctrl+F to search for it

Argh I didn't think to look through the RRS for the answer, I just googled "IFV NationStates" and...

Adawu wrote:clearly the context makes it stand for Infantry Fighting Vehicle!

This came up as an answer so I was extremely confused and just decided to ask my silly question lol.

Thanks for all the funny answers though!

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Ladita

Talvezout wrote:made my day

:D

(New flag is good, too)

Cheesy Tots wrote:NS has too many acronyms

This gave me a laugh, well done.

Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta

Lo-fi hip-hop beats to study/relax to or I riot

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta

Hello Refugia! I’m Moon and as I’ve declared in this post here, I’m running to become your Councilor of Foreign Affairs for the next four months. You might recognize me from my decidedly mediocre term as the Councilor of World Assembly Affairs a couple months back, so I hope that I can convince you to look past that unimpressive stint and choose me for the job ^_^

As for what actual experience I have in conducting FA stuffs, I’ll readily admit that I don’t have a long history of doing these type of things. But that doesn’t mean I’ve got nothing to speak for me at all. I’ve been fairly involved with the foreign affairs apparatus in The South Pacific for over a year now and have served at an ambassadorial capacity to various regions, including our friends at 10000 Islands. I’ve also amicably worked with the leaders of various military organizations around NationStates during my tenure as TSP’s Minister of Defense and have handled the region’s broader FA direction over the last three months as its incumbent Prime Minister. And finally, I’m also an ambassador to Europeia on the behalf of The Order Of The Grey Wardens, where I serve as a Warden-Lieutenant (junior officer). So yeah, I’m confident enough to handle whatever challenges the position might throw at me, thanks to what these roles have taught me.

This is the part where I’d normally say that our entire system is flawed and denounce the current elite ruling the region with an iron fist and growing too complacent…but I would be lying at that point :P I think Emily’s done an amazing job as our FA councilor this term and I'm pretty happy with where we stand at the moment. So...what I'm going to actually do?

[list][*]Find new friends! The search for wonderful, similarly-minded communities to make the best of this hellhole with never ceases, and I'll continue that during my term. But that doesn't mean we'll form relations with other regions willy nilly. As Emily lays it out in the official FA dispatch, we have a cool set of criterias to determine whether a region will be a suitable fit or not, and I don't plan on budging from that front one bit.

[*]Monthly FA updates! This one's pretty self-explanatory. Within the first full week of each month, I'll write up a hopefully pretty dispatch explaining what things our region did over the previous month. Emily already does this at the beginning of each term, but I hope to make this a regular thing, at least for my term.

[*]Not burn anything! I pride myself for not catastrophically fumbling too many things, a trait that I've consistently displayed over my time in this stupid site. I promise to bring this very useful talent with me if I get elected, and utilize it whenever I deem it necessary to do so.[/list]

And yeah, that would be all! It's kind of a short campaign, but I'll be happy to answer any questions you have ^_^

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Nangka, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta

Referendum Notice:

The RRS referendum New Year(?) New Goals was passed by unanimous consent: https://vote.calref.network/results/30

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Dacay, Tiralta, Ladita, Kaltea

Referendum Notice:

A referendum regarding modification of the Refugia Revised Statutes has been submitted, entitled The Ultimate Evolution of the Shadow Council authored by Refuge Isle and seconded by Lac Champlain. Having met all requirements, a vote is triggered at this time and all Member States are entitled to vote on its integration into Refugia's system of law.

You may review the text of the measure here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1713985

You may cast your ballot on our secure off-site voting suite, Vote.CalRef, here: https://vote.calref.network/vote/31

Voting concludes in one week, the 9th of June at 14:00 in Pacific Daylight Time.

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Dacay, Tiralta

Welcome Finder003, Orfellie, Evilest Evil, Werstonal, Risca Junobal, Baependy, Fordsica, North Azerkhadia, Bbqa, Eldhan, John Lend, Roseven, Take Care Of Yourself, Castv, Hobohouse, and Grispa to Refugia!

It's so nice to have you all here! There’s a lot of great information in the welcome telegram you’ve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server, and have been recently making our way through the Studio Ghibli catalogue. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.

If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!

If you join the World Assembly now, you'll be a Member State in time for the elections beginning in just a few days! It's a perfect time to get involved.

If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think we’ve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Risca Junobal

How often does the voting list get updated? I’ve been here for 7.79 days according to the leaderboard but I’m not on there. I’m assuming it’s because it just hasn’t been updated since I hit the 7 day mark.

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta

The Pacific Northwest wrote:How often does the voting list get updated? I’ve been here for 7.79 days according to the leaderboard but I’m not on there. I’m assuming it’s because it just hasn’t been updated since I hit the 7 day mark.

It's updated twice a day, at 1am and 1pm Pacific time (GMT -8), so you'll likely be added in a few hours.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Lac Champlain, Tiralta, The Pacific Northwest

Hello everyone

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Haibaria, Kaltea

Crabani wrote:Hello everyone

Hi! I love your flag!

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Haibaria, The Pacific Northwest

Good evening, everyone

Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Aumbura

Crabs are literally perfect. Thank you for appreciating them, Crabani. Do you have a favorite species of crab? I am partial to graceful crabs (think Dungeness, but smaller and a bit more purple), because I have the most experience with them. But arrow crabs are adorably goofy looking.

Talvezout, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Crabani

im literally brand new to this

Talvezout, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia

The crab flag is absolutely adorable, I think it’s my favorite that I’ve seen on here so far.

Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Haibaria

Sad Cats The Iiii wrote:im literally brand new to this

Oh, really?

Typica, Refuge Isle

The current resolution at vote got a surprisingly anarchistic bent to it. I feel like I just got to vote for it, if only for the precedent it sets that non-state actors and sovereign states should follow the same rules.

Refuge Isle, Floofybit

how are you friendos

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia

Kaltea wrote:Crabs are literally perfect. Thank you for appreciating them, Crabani. Do you have a favorite species of crab? I am partial to graceful crabs (think Dungeness, but smaller and a bit more purple), because I have the most experience with them. But arrow crabs are adorably goofy looking.

I like crabs.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia, Surely Not A Puppet, Kaltea

We're a little less than half way through the nomination period. As far as I know, there is a candidate for each office, but no office is contested. If you are interested in running for a councillor seat, it's still an ideal time to do so.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Dacay, Tiralta, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Risca Junobal

Hello Refugi!

I’m here to officially announce my candidacy for Councillor of Operations. I think Chacapoya has been an incredible Ops Councillor, and has really reshaped the office into something much more effective and specialised than it was before. While I haven’t held the office before, I think that my experience on Nationstates and my familiarity with the various aspects of the site will be helpful in adjusting to it.

First of all, I am one of the most active people in the community, so I will be able to quickly eject and ban people who are harmful or dangerous. People can ping me in the server if I’m not immediately looking, but I’ll usually catch something happening before that.

Secondly, N-Day is coming up this term. We’ve had an interesting history with N-Day. In 2019, Refuge Isle, Chacapoya, and myself attempted to defend a Refugia alliance and didn’t last very long. But it was a good learning experience. In 2020, we joined the Ba Sing Se alliance, where the two most visible players- Refuge Isle and Feu de Glace- were both Refugi. Last year, we didn’t do very well by comparison, with the Catgirl Hivemind alliance not lasting very long. This year, I’d like to join with our regional allies (FA gang rise up) in the Potato alliance. Most of our friends are in one spot, so I think it would be a good, fun way to get closer as regions to survive the nuclear apocalypse together!

I hope that my history of being an advocate for this community and the safety of its residents will make people feel comfortable and happy with the idea of voting for me.

Thanks!

-Emily

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Dacay, Tiralta, Cotha Gab

Sylh Alanor wrote:Hello Refugi!

I’m here to officially announce my candidacy for Councillor of Operations. I think Chacapoya has been an incredible Ops Councillor, and has really reshaped the office into something much more effective and specialised than it was before. While I haven’t held the office before, I think that my experience on Nationstates and my familiarity with the various aspects of the site will be helpful in adjusting to it.

First of all, I am one of the most active people in the community, so I will be able to quickly eject and ban people who are harmful or dangerous. People can ping me in the server if I’m not immediately looking, but I’ll usually catch something happening before that.

Secondly, N-Day is coming up this term. We’ve had an interesting history with N-Day. In 2019, Refuge Isle, Chacapoya, and myself attempted to defend a Refugia alliance and didn’t last very long. But it was a good learning experience. In 2020, we joined the Ba Sing Se alliance, where the two most visible players- Refuge Isle and Feu de Glace- were both Refugi. Last year, we didn’t do very well by comparison, with the Catgirl Hivemind alliance not lasting very long. This year, I’d like to join with our regional allies (FA gang rise up) in the Potato alliance. Most of our friends are in one spot, so I think it would be a good, fun way to get closer as regions to survive the nuclear apocalypse together!

I hope that my history of being an advocate for this community and the safety of its residents will make people feel comfortable and happy with the idea of voting for me.

Thanks!

-Emily

Accepted

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta

and.. i am back

Cheesy Tots, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia

I am an island.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Adawu, Hendraw

Nangka wrote:I am an island.

Sick.

Floofybit

Even though there is still 3 months left, I am really excited for halloween, I don't really celebrate it where I live, I just like the online vibe, AND it will be my second Z-day, back then I didn't know how it worked, lol.

Cheesy Tots wrote:how are you friendos

I just remembered NS all of a sudden, logged back in, and wanted to check on Refugia, short answer: I am doing pretty good thanks for asking!

Crabani wrote:I like crabs.

who doesn't? crabs are amazing.

Sad Cats The Iiii wrote:im literally brand new to this

Welcome!

Nangka wrote:I am an island.

It really is better being isolated surrounded by water than having annoying borders.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Crabani

Nangka wrote:I am an island.

Hi an island, I'm Moon.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Yondoria, Hendraw

Dacay wrote:Hi an island, I'm Moon.

internal screaming

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Everetunga-Hari, Dacay

Aephony wrote:It really is better being isolated surrounded by water than having annoying borders.

Pfft borders. My border is how far you can swim from the beach.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Ladita

i m b a c k

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tovenia

Also, since the vote in the Security Council is overwhelmingly (as of now 24-4) against my vote, I am bound by the duties of the delegacy to explain why I have voted against the majority.

So, essentially, I think that Andusre (Andy) gets a lot of benefits for being the leader of a region that houses an independent military (not aligned with either raiders or defenders). Defender military organisations and regions like ingratiating themselves with indie orgs in hopes that those orgs will side with them over raiders, and occasionally the opposite happens as well, though much less often. What bothers me is that, because of this, it's hard to say what his actual accomplishments outside of Thaecia are. He's been given co-author badges and some of his resolutions have passed simply because people are trying to gain favour.

I think that region-building is commendable. I don't have an issue with Thaecia as a region, though if I'm being honest it's because I haven't really looked at them and just haven't heard anything bad. I like that they were founded within a week of Refugia, and that we have similar growth patterns over time. We've maintained our numbers and gradually grew while they've had a really rough last couple of months, but over a three year timespan, our regions are very similar. But because the region is on a significant downswing, I think the timing of a commend based on it is awkward. You can commend over past events, but they should be pretty firmly in the past if that's the case, usually you don't commend someone for doing something that is currently in the process of failing.

So overall, I think this is a very badly-timed resolution for someone whose list of accomplishments I don't think is accurate. And, since I think that way, I cannot vote in favour.

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Haibaria, Michis

Please pour one out for Astralania, which just accidentally became capitalist 😔 I will right this wrong! ...eventually.

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Kaltea, Gratison

Hello everyone!

Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Everetunga-Hari

Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on Repeal "Preventing Identity Theft".

Repeal "Preventing Identity Theft" repeals GA#576 for a provision that, at face value, makes perfect sense. It is "n cases where victims were affected financially by the relevant identity theft, the total sum of losses shall be repaid to the victim". The repeal points out that this would lead to exorbitant sums that member states would have to pay if they were unable to recover the stolen money from the perpetrator of the identity theft.

I agree with the proposal's argument. Often, the perpetrator might not have the money to recompensate the victim, which would force the member state to pay out of its own pockets to not violate WA law. And since many, many many scams occur daily, this would lead to a huge taxpayer money drain from important programs like education or welfare. The second claim, that people may fake identity theft to get money, is less objectively true but I feel that it's still colorable and valid. All in all, this proposal, as good an idea as it is, leeches government funds, and the repeal is IMO necessary.

What are your thoughts?

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Talvezout, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta

Sylh Alanor wrote:Also, since the vote in the Security Council is overwhelmingly (as of now 24-4) against my vote, I am bound by the duties of the delegacy to explain why I have voted against the majority. --[SNIP]--

DV-IV will be abstaining (not voting). This is not a recommended course of action. But I'd just hate to vote against this commendation.

On another note:

Delta Vega IV celebrates today our reclassification from an Inoffensive Centrist Democracy to a Left-Leaning College State. Hurray!

Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta

Guys, I'm back! I was preparing for an interview that was very important to me recently, so I didn't check my messages. Tomorrow is the first round of the interview, I feel very nervous!

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Kaltea

Godish Godion wrote:Guys, I'm back! I was preparing for an interview that was very important to me recently, so I didn't check my messages. Tomorrow is the first round of the interview, I feel very nervous!

Good luck! Blast through it, friendo!

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Godish Godion

Godish Godion wrote:Guys, I'm back! I was preparing for an interview that was very important to me recently, so I didn't check my messages. Tomorrow is the first round of the interview, I feel very nervous!

If you've prepared, then you've done the right thing and you should feel good about your performance regardless of the outcome. You can't control what they decide, but you can make sure you've done your best.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, St Leone, Godish Godion

Hello everyone!! I'm Marzipassion! (Marzipan and passion... Like what I did there? lol) I'm an optimistic bunny and NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone

I unlocked the right to have a custom banner and it's a bunch of adorable sea urchins.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Haibaria, Marzipassion

Kaltea wrote:I unlocked the right to have a custom banner and it's a bunch of adorable sea urchins.

Adorable!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Kaltea

Anyway, hi Kaltea! (Is that how you say your nation?) It's very nice to meet you and the other kind people of this nation!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Kaltea

Marzipassion wrote:Hello everyone!! I'm Marzipassion! (Marzipan and passion... Like what I did there? lol) I'm an optimistic bunny and NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!

Hello and welcome!

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Hendraw

Marzipassion wrote:I'm Marzipassion! (Marzipan and passion... Like what I did there? lol)

That's a nice portmanteau!

Welcome to the region :P

Kaltea wrote:I unlocked the right to have a custom banner and it's a bunch of adorable sea urchins.

I never thought of sea urchins as an animal that could potentially be adorable, but you're right, those are some lovely urchins.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Marzipassion

Marzipassion wrote:Hello everyone!! I'm Marzipassion! (Marzipan and passion... Like what I did there? lol) I'm an optimistic bunny and NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!

Welcome to Refugia! Enjoy your...stay? idk...im just some King im not qualified to greet people cx

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau

Portmanteau wrote:That's a nice portmanteau!

Welcome to the region :P

I never thought of sea urchins as an animal that could potentially be adorable, but you're right, those are some lovely urchins.

You should see them when they've just metamorphosed. I used to raise baby green sea urchins (not as larvae, those are microscopic) and they've been my favorite critter ever since. A tiny baby urchin wrapped up in a blanket of kelp just melts my heart. Is there some way I can share photos?

EDIT: @Marzipassion "Kaltea" is pronounced "kal-TAY-uh" the way I say it, but I have an American accent. There's no wrong way to say it.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, St Leone

Kaltea wrote:You should see them when they've just metamorphosed. I used to raise baby green sea urchins (not as larvae, those are microscopic) and they've been my favorite critter ever since. A tiny baby urchin wrapped up in a blanket of kelp just melts my heart. Is there some way I can share photos?

:O

This is the kind of conversations one expects from a nationstate game

love it. :3

(and we have a discord i think that could work for pictures? idk if there is a way to do it in Nationstates :P )

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau

Kaltea wrote:You should see them when they've just metamorphosed. I used to raise baby green sea urchins (not as larvae, those are microscopic) and they've been my favorite critter ever since. A tiny baby urchin wrapped up in a blanket of kelp just melts my heart. Is there some way I can share photos?

I looked up pictures, and definitely adorable. So tiny, they look like those spiny seed pods certain trees drop.

Please tell all about what it was like raising sea urchins and how you came by that :)

As for pictures, I highly recommend imgur:

https://imgur.com/

It's quite user friendly and intuitive, with little by way of the junk you find on other image hosting platforms.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Kaltea

what happened to the green week, wasnt it supposed to end like yesterday?

Floofybit

Portmanteau wrote:I looked up pictures, and definitely adorable. So tiny, they look like those spiny seed pods certain trees drop.

Please tell all about what it was like raising sea urchins and how you came by that :)

As for pictures, I highly recommend imgur:

https://imgur.com/

It's quite user friendly and intuitive, with little by way of the junk you find on other image hosting platforms.

I used to work at an aquarium and the babies would just appear in the tanks sometimes: aquaria far from the sea tend to mix up their own saltwater, but we were lucky enough to be on the coast and so just piped in water from outside, containing whatever plankton happened to be in the water. Most marine invertebrates, including urchins, start out life as microscopic plankton and we didn't filter the water so that the plankton eaters would get food. Our adult urchins spawned regularly, but I suspect none of their offspring made it through the filtration system. They were highly vulnerable to predation by our sea stars and crabs, so I moved them to a tank with only other herbivores and filter feeders, mostly pinto abalone. Pinto abalone are considered extirpated where I live, so we were helping to raise them to help with reintroduction efforts.

Raising them was a pretty hands-off affair, but I cherished it anyway. Sea urchins are omnivorous, but the species we had adore bull kelp above all else, so that was the main food I gave to them. To keep the abalone from devouring it all, I would cut it into strips and wrap a strip around the baby's spines. It would grab on with its tube feet (little tentacles tipped with glue pads) and its pedicellariae (little pincers on stalks) and slowly shift the kelp blanket down to its mouth, which is on the bottom of the urchin. They have five cute little teeth in a circular orientation and munch away quickly and cutely. Adult urchins, especially the bigger species like red sea urchins, primarily use their long spines to grab onto seaweed as it drifts by them, but the babies are too wee for that to be effective. I swear my babies grew faster than normal, probably because I gave them so much high-quality food.

EDIT: We had green sea urchins, red sea urchins, purple sea urchins, and at least one white sea urchin. Some of the greens may have been green-white hybrids. I am entirely self-trained in marine biology, so my identifications could very well be off.

The Star Enpire, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau

Ladita wrote:what happened to the green week, wasnt it supposed to end like yesterday?

There's been a little delay, it'll be ending this coming week sometime. Nothing to worry about!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Haibaria, Ladita

Kaltea wrote:[spoiler=sea urchins]I used to work at an aquarium and the babies would just appear in the tanks sometimes: aquaria far from the sea tend to mix up their own saltwater, but we were lucky enough to be on the coast and so just piped in water from outside, containing whatever plankton happened to be in the water. Most marine invertebrates, including urchins, start out life as microscopic plankton and we didn't filter the water so that the plankton eaters would get food. Our adult urchins spawned regularly, but I suspect none of their offspring made it through the filtration system. They were highly vulnerable to predation by our sea stars and crabs, so I moved them to a tank with only other herbivores and filter feeders, mostly pinto abalone. Pinto abalone are considered extirpated where I live, so we were helping to raise them to help with reintroduction efforts.

Raising them was a pretty hands-off affair, but I cherished it anyway. Sea urchins are omnivorous, but the species we had adore bull kelp above all else, so that was the main food I gave to them. To keep the abalone from devouring it all, I would cut it into strips and wrap a strip around the baby's spines. It would grab on with its tube feet (little tentacles tipped with glue pads) and its pedicellariae (little pincers on stalks) and slowly shift the kelp blanket down to its mouth, which is on the bottom of the urchin. They have five cute little teeth in a circular orientation and munch away quickly and cutely. Adult urchins, especially the bigger species like red sea urchins, primarily use their long spines to grab onto seaweed as it drifts by them, but the babies are too wee for that to be effective. I swear my babies grew faster than normal, probably because I gave them so much high-quality food.

EDIT: We had green sea urchins, red sea urchins, purple sea urchins, and at least one white sea urchin. Some of the greens may have been green-white hybrids. I am entirely self-trained in marine biology, so my identifications could very well be off.[/spoiler]

Wow, I never would have imagined there was such drama in raising sea urchins. The "spontaneously generating" sea urchin babies was the best, and quite unexpected! Touching to hear how you nurtured them along their journey. I now regret all of my choices in life that lead me away from working in an aquarium :P

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Remnants Of The Pacific

Ladita wrote:what happened to the green week, wasnt it supposed to end like yesterday?

I know this has already been briefly answered but I thought I'd jump in and just give a quick update! ^^

I've had a major irl thing going on that the other councillors know about, unfortunately it has meant I've not had the time to do the Green Week final results (or the midweek update I was planning last week). This is also why I've been pretty quiet on discord for a few days.

It's going to be at least another few days before I'll have time to do it, but one of the things I am determined to do is get the Green Week results up and the prizes given out!

Also, just on a side note, everyone in Refugia and CalRef has been unknowingly making my life so much better the last few months while irl has been pretty rubbish, so thanks for being awesome people :D

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Talvezout, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Ladita

Heard there are plenty queer folks 'round here

Talvezout, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Kaltea, The Pacific Northwest

Nassao wrote:Heard there are plenty queer folks 'round here

There's me!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Nassao, Marzipassion

Kaltea wrote:There's me!

And me!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Kaltea, Marzipassion

Who would win in a fight, Stuart Little from Stuart Little or Jerry from Tom and Jerry?

Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Kaltea, Risca Junobal

Jerry. Dude's a total sociopath, he'd show no mercy. Cut the brakes on Stuart's little car and watch him careen into a drainage ditch.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Aumbura, Bus House, Kaltea, Risca Junobal

Yeah, poor Stewart is too tender-hearted to tangle with a cold-blooded killer like Jerry.

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit

Hey everyone!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, St Leone

Kaltea wrote:If you've prepared, then you've done the right thing and you should feel good about your performance regardless of the outcome. You can't control what they decide, but you can make sure you've done your best.

Thank you. I'll do my best.

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Kaltea

I have been inactive for a bit. I come back to 192 messages, Great.

Can someone give an update and tell me what is going on? I see I received a telegram about elections.

Delta Vega Iv, Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, St Leone

I have a question for the 41 nations choosing option 1 in the recent poll:

If I fill a sink or tub with water, then place a earth-filled flower-pot in its middle, is that an island?

Tiralta wrote:I know this has already been briefly answered but I thought I'd jump in and just give a quick update! ^^

I've had a major irl thing going on that the other councillors know about, unfortunately it has meant I've not had the time to do the Green Week final results (or the midweek update I was planning last week). This is also why I've been pretty quiet on discord for a few days.

It's going to be at least another few days before I'll have time to do it, but one of the things I am determined to do is get the Green Week results up and the prizes given out!

Also, just on a side note, everyone in Refugia and CalRef has been unknowingly making my life so much better the last few months while irl has been pretty rubbish, so thanks for being awesome people :D

I feel similarly about our great community and am glad I have the opportunity to be part of it. Take your time.

Marzipassion wrote:Hello everyone!! I'm Marzipassion! (Marzipan and passion... Like what I did there? lol) I'm an optimistic bunny and NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!

Marzipan and Passion-fruit? Sounds like an interesting combination. Would love to try it out sometime. Too bad passion fruit is not very common in our fruit markets.

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta

I answered one to the poll and I would say no to the flower pot: that would be a boat.

Talvezout, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Ladita

Delta Vega Iv wrote:If I fill a sink or tub with water, then place a earth-filled flower-pot in its middle, is that an island?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowerpot_Island

Kaltea wrote:I answered one to the poll and I would say no to the flower pot: that would be a boat.

I concur. Flower pots are just boats waiting to be put to sea. Flowers are sailors.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Kaltea

One of my chickens died suddenly today. Her name was Vesuvius and her body didn't show any obvious signs of disease. She was kept in a safe enclosure with her sisters and mom and she was still quite young, less than six months. I'm very afraid she had avian flu and might have passed it onto the others. I'm not entirely certain of her breed. Perhaps a Sapphire Gem or Andalusian.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Bobesville-Sholstine, Caretakers And Clockwatchers

Crabani announces NTF protection program.

Newts , toads and frogs will be under special protetion in crabani.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Haibaria, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Kaltea

Hey guys! I'm bored. :( Anyone online??

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Letargia, Bobesville-Sholstine

Hi all! I was lost but I am now found. :)

I'd love to endorse back all of you who did me, but it seems like I can't. I'm sure there's a reason, but could someone give me a tldr?

Also I lost my flag in the process, which I really liked... maybe I have it somewhere.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Lassistan, Bobesville-Sholstine

Letargia wrote:Hi all! I was lost but I am now found. :)

I'd love to endorse back all of you who did me, but it seems like I can't. I'm sure there's a reason, but could someone give me a tldr?

Also I lost my flag in the process, which I really liked... maybe I have it somewhere.

Aww, nice to meet you! I'm new to this Nation, and the game to be honest, but it's nice to meet you all the same!

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Letargia, Bobesville-Sholstine

Marzipassion wrote:Aww, nice to meet you! I'm new to this Nation, and the game to be honest, but it's nice to meet you all the same!

Nice to meet you, too! :)

I haven't done much, and even stopped doing that for a while (reasons, and other reasons). But I'm back (?) hehe 😄

Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Bobesville-Sholstine, Marzipassion

Letargia wrote:Nice to meet you, too! :)

I haven't done much, and even stopped doing that for a while (reasons, and other reasons). But I'm back (?) hehe 😄

I haven't done much! I used to have a nation a year or two ago but then it crashed and burnt... Now I'm Marzipassion which is fun :) Also, my nation began with a Qu but I can't remember what it was it was a while ago lol.

Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia

Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on Against Inflationary Practices.

AIP is a declaration disavowing inflation and its forms of manipulating the market, devaluing inherently valuable cards like legendaries.

As a former cards player, I am in full support of this. Inflation is a plague that has essentially ruined the fun of cards. You no longer collect actually valuable cards to increase DV, you cheat the system and abuse the market to spike the value of worthless cards. It’s also exclusive to only the richest nations, which really makes things awful. All in all, inflation is a harmful practice that should be condemned in a resolution like this.

What are your thoughts?

Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho

Marzipassion wrote:I haven't done much! I used to have a nation a year or two ago but then it crashed and burnt... Now I'm Marzipassion which is fun :) Also, my nation began with a Qu but I can't remember what it was it was a while ago lol.

Lol

Qu-itter maybe?? 😄

Jk

(Found my flag!)

Minskievian Refugees wrote:Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on Against Inflationary Practices.

AIP is a declaration disavowing inflation and its forms of manipulating the market, devaluing inherently valuable cards like legendaries.

As a former cards player, I am in full support of this. Inflation is a plague that has essentially ruined the fun of cards. You no longer collect actually valuable cards to increase DV, you cheat the system and abuse the market to spike the value of worthless cards. It’s also exclusive to only the richest nations, which really makes things awful. All in all, inflation is a harmful practice that should be condemned in a resolution like this.

What are your thoughts?

Hmm, I think that is pretty awful! If I was whoever created this, I'd definitely not choose to do this.

Floofybit

Letargia wrote:Hi all! I was lost but I am now found. :)

I'd love to endorse back all of you who did me, but it seems like I can't. I'm sure there's a reason, but could someone give me a tldr?

Also I lost my flag in the process, which I really liked... maybe I have it somewhere.

Welcome back! Yeah, unfortunately when your nation ceases to exist, you don't retain the flag or World Assembly status when you refound your nation.

You'll need to rejoin on the World Assembly page on the left side of the page, and then we can all endorse again!

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Letargia

Letargia wrote:Lol

Qu-itter maybe?? 😄

Jk

(Found my flag!)

First of all: Probably not... knowing me! I know you're joking, don't worry 😁

Also, YAY! You found your flag? Go you!

Floofybit, Letargia

Also, can someone remind me how you can create issues? Is that still a thing? I remember making my own issues for other people to try and sending them off. Does it ring a bell for anyone?

Floofybit, Letargia

Sylh Alanor wrote:Welcome back! Yeah, unfortunately when your nation ceases to exist, you don't retain the flag or World Assembly status when you refound your nation.

You'll need to rejoin on the World Assembly page on the left side of the page, and then we can all endorse again!

Great to be with you all again!

Thank you, I'll do that.

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau

Letargia wrote:Great to be with you all again!

Thank you, I'll do that.

It's good to be with you too :)

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia

Marzipassion wrote:Also, can someone remind me how you can create issues? Is that still a thing? I remember making my own issues for other people to try and sending them off. Does it ring a bell for anyone?

Create issues?? I only ever had them handed to me 😄

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit

Letargia wrote:Create issues?? I only ever had them handed to me 😄

Yeah, I think I remember making some. If I figure out how to do it, I'll definitely tell you. Right, about to search the whole website for one thing!

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia

Marzipassion wrote:Yeah, I think I remember making some. If I figure out how to do it, I'll definitely tell you. Right, about to search the whole website for one thing!

If you have over a certain population, you'll be able to click a link at the bottom of the issue page that says create new issue. You'll want to go to the 'Got Issues?' subforum on the NS forums and draft the issue and let people give feedback first, though!

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Letargia

Marzipassion wrote:Yeah, I think I remember making some. If I figure out how to do it, I'll definitely tell you. Right, about to search the whole website for one thing!

Ok, I just googled it and it said to press "issues", and scroll to the bottom. Apparently there should be something saying Do you want to create issues for Nationstates? But there isn't one so I think it's been deleted which is kinda sad :(

Letargia

Sylh Alanor wrote:If you have over a certain population, you'll be able to click a link at the bottom of the issue page that says create new issue. You'll want to go to the 'Got Issues?' subforum on the NS forums and draft the issue and let people give feedback first, though!

Ok thank you sorry I didn't see this before!!

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia

Marzipassion wrote:Ok thank you sorry I didn't see this before!!

All good. Yeah, your nation currently doesn't meet the population requirement, but it will after a couple weeks, which should give you time to get involved in drafting!

Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Letargia, Marzipassion

Marzipassion wrote:Also, can someone remind me how you can create issues? Is that still a thing? I remember making my own issues for other people to try and sending them off. Does it ring a bell for anyone?

Piggybacking off of what Sylh Alanor said, if you check out the latest News item, they discuss an ongoing issues writing contest being conducted by site staff. There, you will find links to the relevant pages and guides. But here's the main link to the forum guide:

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=424657

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On a completely unrelated note, every time I see your nation name, I think of a variety of passionfruit that tastes like marzipan :P

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia, Marzipassion

Portmanteau wrote:Piggybacking off of what Sylh Alanor said, if you check out the latest News item, they discuss an ongoing issues writing contest being conducted by site staff. There, you will find links to the relevant pages and guides. But here's the main link to the forum guide:

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=424657

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On a completely unrelated note, every time I see your nation name, I think of a variety of passionfruit that tastes like marzipan :P

Thank you guys! Also, you know of marzipan that tastes of passion fruit? Tell me your ways!!

Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Letargia

Marzipassion wrote:Thank you guys! Also, you know of marzipan that tastes of passion fruit? Tell me your ways!!

Sadly, I do not. I don't believe I've had the good fortune to have ever tried the dessert. But I can imagine a variety of passion flower tree that grows fruits made of marzipan!

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Letargia

Minskievian Refugees wrote:Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on Against Inflationary Practices.

AIP is a declaration disavowing inflation and its forms of manipulating the market, devaluing inherently valuable cards like legendaries.

As a former cards player, I am in full support of this. Inflation is a plague that has essentially ruined the fun of cards. You no longer collect actually valuable cards to increase DV, you cheat the system and abuse the market to spike the value of worthless cards. It’s also exclusive to only the richest nations, which really makes things awful. All in all, inflation is a harmful practice that should be condemned in a resolution like this.

What are your thoughts?

So that it's posted here as well, I've written about my thoughts a little beforehand: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=39674562#p39674562

Basically I don't think it makes sense to treat inflation as a threat, or to canonically condemn its practice. For, without inflation, the leaderboard to would be totally unreachable except by people who started years ago and have gotten cozy with their stupid levels of wealth -- largely created by exploiting TCALS, which most players have never heard of. Until the next season is released and/or new mechanics are invented that level the playing field, inflation is a mechanic (and a player-sourced one at that) which does what it can to accomplish this.

Against.

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit

Letargia wrote:Hi all! I was lost but I am now found. :)

I'd love to endorse back all of you who did me, but it seems like I can't. I'm sure there's a reason, but could someone give me a tldr?

Also I lost my flag in the process, which I really liked... maybe I have it somewhere.

Hello! I'm new as well and just can't figure out how to endorse either

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Letargia

Salzar wrote:Hello! I'm new as well and just can't figure out how to endorse either

Welcome! If you go to a nation page (click on my nation name in green for an example) and scroll to the bottom, you'll see a button that says "Endorse (nation name)". You can then endorse them, and every other WA nation in the region by the same method.

Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Letargia, Salzar

Election Notice:

So, I don't think I got any further declarations of candidacy after the first couple days. This means that we will only have one election, and skip the rest.

By default, the following candidates will become the next councillors for their respective seats:

• Councillor of Foreign Affairs

Dacay

• Councillor of Culture

Tiralta (Re-elected)

• Councillor of World Assembly Affairs

Cheesy Tots

Congrats to the above. The transition period will start in one week, during which Floor 16 will be rather crowded, and the actual next term will start in two weeks.

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Election Notice:

I received two valid candidates for the Operations Councillor seat, from Remnants Of The Pacific and Sylh Alanor, respectively.

Consequently, there will be an election to determine the next Operations Councillor, running from June 8 to June 14th. All Member States are eligible to vote in this election, which you can find here:

https://vote.calref.network/vote/32

Candidates' message:

Remnants of the Pacific: https://www.nationstates.net/region=refugia/page=display_region_rmb?postid=47731279#p47731279

Sylh Alanor: https://www.nationstates.net/region=refugia/page=display_region_rmb?postid=47763235#p47763235

Candidates may also answer questions from Member States regarding their candidacy here in the RMB or in #ground-floor of the community Discord server.

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Referendum Notice:

Today is the last day to vote in the referendum regarding overhauling the position of Operations Councillor. Please toss in a vote for that if you have not done so already:

https://vote.calref.network/vote/31

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Dacay, Tiralta

Sylh Alanor wrote:Welcome! If you go to a nation page (click on my nation name in green for an example) and scroll to the bottom, you'll see a button that says "Endorse (nation name)". You can then endorse them, and every other WA nation in the region by the same method.

Thank you! I didn't realize the button would be so far down

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho

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