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Region: Refugia
Hi folks! There's been a lot of new faces about our (not-so) little region recently and so it's time for a Green Week competition!
Throughout the competition, every Refugi nation is encouraged to raise their eco-friendliness stat so that we become a more eco-friendly region overall. We measure by both pure points and percentage increase which means that every nation has a chance to put themselves on the leaderboard. The competition ends on Sunday 5th June so let's all work together and raise our eco-friendliness!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1710561
There is also still a week to join the Scavenger Hunt. If you need any hints or get stuck, please feel free to telegram me for an extra hint.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Nametane, Pantsari
* sips coffee *
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Nangka, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Bobesville-Sholstine
I have not. I have another year of high school to get through but Im interested in doing a work exchange program in a little over a years time (probably abroad) for various reasons that make working in the US and renting an apartment or going to college quite impractical for me at the moment. Im also pretty interested in sustainable farming, and Id love to spend some time in Norway, so WWOOF seems like a great option. I definitely got the impression that having an extensive knowledge of the native language isnt important, but Im not sure Ill have the time to learn even the most cursory Norwegian next year. I do have an acquaintance who lived in Norway for a while, and he said that most people know at least some English, so Im not too worried about it. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
[edited out a typo]
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Hello ...
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Hendraw
I really like your flag
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Pantsari
Is that so? Thank you so much ! I like the flag a lot, too.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Pantsari
Well, I think you've chosen a great destination. It's definitely a country I hope to visit at some point, both for the natural beauty but also the lovely cities:
https://i.imgur.com/kOo3atM.jpg
*waves hello*
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Nametane, Godish Godion
I changed my flag. (Yes I cheated, I just took one from an existing country)
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Kaltea
It looks nice. I would love to visit the Seychelles some day.
Delta Vega Iv, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Caretakers And Clockwatchers
I agree, and although I'm very new to this region and whole system, it does seem a little obscurely written - I've seen there's a variety in Refugia between supporters and opposers.
I assume there would be few opposers to the actual concept? As in the content of the act? But it does seem mostly redundant as Kaltea outlined. We'll then therefore oppose the bill in following with our WA delegate Sylh Alanor, awaiting a better-worded one.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Minskievian Refugees, Adawu, Tiralta, Kaltea
I will also be opposing the bill due to its poor wording.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta
Hi all, can I ask quickly about the roleplay themes of the website? I understand that the World Assembly is a renamed version of the United Nations, and that obviously nations are just nations. But its regions that get me. My first thought was like the EU? As in you have a delegate to the UN, but all the countries get to vote. as well? But there are loads of regions, so are they all that sort of thing (and it's just a 'bigger' world) or is there a roleplay aspect that correlates to real life I'm missing? The whole reason I created a nation is for the roleplay, so I hope I can understand this better.
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Treasured Refugi,
A referendum regarding modification of the Refugia Revised Statutes has been submitted, entitled New Year(?) New Goals, authored by Lethodus and seconded by Cheesy Tots. 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=1710234
You may cast your ballot on our secure off-site voting suite, Vote.CalRef, here: https://vote.calref.network/vote/30
Voting concludes in one week, the first of June at 18:50 in Pacific Daylight Time.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Dyllonia, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Remnants Of The Pacific, Tiralta, Ladita, Kaltea, Pantsari
Am I too new to vote or is my absence from the list in error?
Araine, Floofybit
You joined six days ago, so you'll be updated as a member state tomorrow! You'll be able to vote before the end of the election ^-^
Dyllonia, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Kaltea, Pantsari
The region bit doesn't really translate to real life, it's just a collection of nations with similar OOC vibes or gameplay styles. Refugia isn't RP heavy, although if you search the RMB (regional message board) for posts authored by Floofybit you'll see a fun baking competition that happened this month - just a little bit of lighthearted RP!
If serious RP is what you want to do, it's very possible to continue to have a more laid back regional experience in Refugia and give the serious RP a go on the main NS forums.
The other option if you specifically want the regional RP experience but you still like our vibes is to create a second nation, which is within the rules as long as you only have one nation in the World Assembly at a time, and then you can have nations in two regions. Quite a lot of people do that - we've got people who have other nations for raiding and defending (otherwise known as r/d), RP, card farming, and people who are delegates or government in other regions here. It's all good!
Chacapoya, Dyllonia, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Aephony, Ladita, Pantsari, Czinsurz
9 as of today! Imagine having a full top 10 with that badge!
Dyllonia, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Caretakers And Clockwatchers
Yay! I gave Floofybit a real flag lol
Chacapoya, Dyllonia, Typica, New Pi-Ramesses, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Aephony, Tiralta, Nametane, Pantsari
Hi
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Tiralta
Hi! What omen does your flag bring today?
Delta Vega Iv, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia
Accelerationism... Nah, If I am being honest, they're mostly meaningless,
mostly.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta
I like the colour scheme!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau
*salutes with tear-filled eyes*
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Nametane, Czinsurz
It looks really good! I like the colors you picked :)
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta
Floofybit I took a gander at your notable areas factbook and greatly enjoyed the naming conventions that you used, specifically the prevalence of delicious and tropical fruits used as placenames. I did something similar, naming all of the islands in our archipelago after local refreshing beverages from tropical and humid climates around the world. This is the way :P
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta
Wow, what a beautiful flag. I love the color scheme
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, New-Sloveny
so really, the only true answer is buying a bunk bed and not sharing it with anyone, therefore having the best of both worlds.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta
This is my personal opinion. My roomate moved out so I currently have both bunks to myself and am living the good life lol
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Haibaria, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta
Looks like an octoped wheel
Floofybit, Tiralta
Well, this is certainly classy. First there's that one incident in the U.S. (You know the one) and then today I get an issue about police going overkill. :|
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit
Last update on endorsments?
Floofybit
The final update on the endotarting competition along with a full scoreboard is in Luca's post below! ^^
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia
100% Economy B)
Typica, New Pi-Ramesses, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta
Hi, a quick message regarding the current Security Council vote - people's views would be appreciated as I've seen highly divided support and opposition of the repealing of the bill. I've noted that our delegate voted against it, and I would love to hear justification for or against.
Thanks!
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Pantsari
My brother moved my nation to another region because he thought it was funny and I lost my 500+ days of residency :(
Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Kaltea, Pantsari
Oh no I'm so sorry. That sucks :c
Typica, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Pantsari
Oh my god that's horrible, I'm sorry
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Pantsari
I voted for it because Topid is a slaver nation. I refuse to endorse or back slavers.
Typica, Floofybit
Ah and child labour, no immigration, I see. I'll also vote to repeal it I just can't condone those views.
Kaltea
I also voted to repeal after seeing that even though I noticed most people in the region had voted no, including the WA delegate.
As an aside, Im new to the region and have a new account but Im not new to the site as a whole. I had a fairly large nation some years ago and yesterday I remembered this site existed and decided to give it another go. I no longer have access to the email account I used for the original so I had to make a new one. I havent been around for maybe three years though so Im still trying to remember everything.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tovenia, Godish Godion
It turns out that, if I had the chance to vote, I would have supported repealing it as well.
Typica, Floofybit, Kaltea
still can
you can sign up for the world assembly here https://www.nationstates.net/page=un
Typica, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Kaltea
thanks for telling me about this i was against it on principal of our WA delagate being against it, but after reading your response, im all in favor of repealing it
Typica, Kaltea
Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try!
Typica, Floofybit
I've submitted a proposal to the General Assembly I would appreciate it if a couple of you would have a look and see if you would support it if it gets passed to the floor, and perhaps if you know any WA delegates ask them if they support it? Thanks!
Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Pantsari
I'm not a general assembly person, so I can't speak to the quality of the proposal (though it looks like you put a good amount of work into it, and it reads well). My only advice would be, for next time, that you first draft your proposal on the forums before submitting it directly. This seems to be the preferred protocol. It allows more experienced folks to help with things you may not have seen, and allows the GA mods to rule on its legality. And, just from my observation over the years, it also seems to act as something of a signal to the wider community that you are willing to go about these things the "right" way.
If you look here, you'll see many other posts labelled "Draft" on the relevant subforum. If you did post and I'm just not finding it, please disregard and accept my apologies.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia
That's a really good idea, thanks. I was considering doing that but when I got to the submitting stage I (warning OOC) had to go walk my dogs so I didn't have much time to consider reviewing it.
I've since withdrawn the proposal and submitted a post to the forum here, so hopefully some people will give me their thoughts.
Chacapoya, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
A few other little tidbits of advice that I've picked up just from being an outside observer on the process of these things: Patience will be your greatest virtue here. The process of successfully drafting these things seem like they can go on for months and months. Behind the scenes, there is a real byzantine web of rules and protocols and previous proposals that you may need to take into account to understand why your particular proposal may need continued work. And sometimes, you may wind up confronted with the fact that, despite the work put in thus far, the potential best route forward is scrapping the thing and starting over anew. All that said, you are also relying on advice and input from other human beings with their own lives and schedules, and so it may take some time for folks to even get around to reading your drafts and offering feedback.
Best of luck. And hope you had a good outing with the pups :)
Chacapoya, Typica, Refuge Isle, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta
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It's so nice to have you all here! I know there's a lot of you, but this time I'm actually only going back 15 days, so it's just that we've had a lot of people join over the past couple weeks!
Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve 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 have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve 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
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Pantsari
As always, if you want to share your reasons then you're very welcome to.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Kaltea
As a friend to all living things, I would fight neither and love both.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Ladita, Pantsari
I would destroy all if I hade the chance
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta
a duck sized horse for a weak person like me. But in real i wont fight with anyone(as i love animals).
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta
Im just wondering what I did to make all those animals hate me
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Pantsari
They're still your friends, they just really love mixed martial arts. After you fight, they'll all go and see a movie with you, their treat.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Nametane, Kaltea, Pantsari, Jazur
I would just stomp on the hundred mini-horses while closing my eyes desperately apologizing for every stomp.
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta
This is simultaneously the most hilarious and horrifying mental image.
Floofybit, Aephony, Hendraw
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Welcome Countries!.
Welcome to Refuga your new home!
If you have any questions feel free to ask people or read the master dispatch.
ᴺᵒʷ ʷᵉ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰᵒˢᵉ ᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗʳᶦᵉˢ. ᴵᵐᵃⁿᵍᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵒᵗᵃᵗᵒᵉˢ ᴵ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵍʳᵒʷ ᵇʸ ᶜᵒᵘ⁻.. ⁿᵒ ᶜᵒⁿᵗʳᵒˡ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵉˡᶠ ⁿᵒ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ʷᵃʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᶦᵗᶦᶻᵉⁿˢ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵖᵉᵃᶜᵉ.
Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta, Nametane, Golden Crown
🤨
Floofybit, Tiralta
Hi folks! I think that other than the Green Week results that will be posted in 8 days, this is my last Councillor of Culture update this term!
First, an update on the Green Week that's running until Sunday 5th June!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1710561
As well as Green Week, to finish out this term, there's also a Kindness Week that will run simultaneously until 5th June (this should have been last week but irl stuff happened, sorry!).
Complete your choice of challenges and be kind to other Refugi this week, and you can get a limited edition badge to put in a factbook or dispatch!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1713042
I've also edited the regional factbook slightly so that it contains the first clue for the Scavenger Hunt again - rearrange the letters that are out of place to find your way to the second clue. There are four clues overall, and the first person to telegram me with the answer to the Scavenger Hunt will win a card! You can also telegram me for an additional hint if you'd like.
Finally, if you want to join us in the discord, I'll be running some games this weekend, feel free to drop in!
EDIT: Someone has queried their score on the Green Week leaderboard and I've found today's extract for them to be incorrect, so I'll be doing another data pull for Green Week tomorrow and manually checking it against 5% of the region to ensure that everything is working as intended. If your numbers don't match with what you're expecting, please don't worry as these aren't the final results, and there will be another update in a day or two which I hope will be more accurate.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Ladita
I know pretty much nothing about any of you! If you'd like, please tell me what your current occupation is and what your dream job is.
I'm currently a public school paraeducator, which means I do what I can to help students who need a little extra support, for behavior or academic reasons. I really like helping kids and supporting my community, but boy howdy do I have issues with US public schools.
I used to be an aquarist at a little aquarium and that is absolutely my dream job. Unfortunately, COVID got the aquarium shut down and they didn't hire back a single member of the staff when it just reopened last week.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta
That sucks about your aquarium job but I'm glad you were able to at least get a new job! This is probably biting off more than I can chew but I have always wanted to be a cardiologist. After getting my two heart surgeries, the heart has always been an interesting topic to me. Hopefully I'll be able to get good schooling on cardiology because I have been having pretty good grades in school lately and I'll have enough time to study because what else am I supposed to do? Play Nationstates? Anyways, I don't have a job yet lol
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta
I'm a support admin working alongside education, which I love. I don't really have a dream job, I think. I like working with children and young people but I feel like I get that from my volunteer work with 4-7 and 10-14 year olds, and I really like organising stuff which I get from my current job. I think the only thing I'd like to do more of is strategic planning stuff really, which I could do if I worked my way up my voluntary organisation I guess.
Maybe my dream job would be to co-ordinate school visits to somewhere like a museum, gallery or aquarium - like lead tours and activities and that sort of thing?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau
Hello
Cheesy Tots, Floofybit, Tovenia, Tiralta
I will fight 100 duck-sized horses and 10 horse-sized ducks at the same time.
New Pi-Ramesses, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta
Im assuming they get the weight of the respective animal theyre the size of, and theres no way Id be able to take a single duck the size and weight of a horse. I might be able to defend myself against a couple tiny horses but something tells me Id be screwed.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Ladita
Oh no, I had never thought of whether it was mass or just height that they took on!
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau
I work currently for a publisher of Jewish Hebrew books, and am now translating into English a book they published years ago in Hebrew.
My dream job would be teaching in a Yeshiva (that's how our religious Colleges are called).
I was once offered such a job as a junior mentor while I was still a student myself, and that was many years ago, but I was too shy and unsure of my skills back then to accept. I regret my rejection of that offer ever since.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta
I've long worked various aid and support jobs, currently as a caretaker since sometime during the pandemic. Previously, I'd worked either in schools or group homes as a one-on-one aid or teacher's aid, similar to your paraeducator work. Working to get my CPR certification, at the moment, so that I can work in hospitals, instead, as I don't really like my current work.
I don't really have a dream job. Maybe as an old-timey lighthouse keeper :)
That's great, translation sounds like such a cool gig, to me. I know it probably gets rather tedious, at times, but I've always held such work in high esteem. Often, when reading a biography of some great writer, I have stumbled across the fact that they began as a translator. So there's a bit of an air of romance to the job when I think about it. But any language work fascinates me, probably because I only know one language, myself...
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
Is it partially or partly?
Typica, Floofybit
Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on Commend Bran Astor.
Commend Bran Astor is a resolution to recognize Bran for his extensive cultural and FA work in The West Pacific (TWP) and The Sasquatch Republic (TSR), including RMB work, RP work, events work, journalism work, festival work, and regional university work, all just culture in TWP. For foreign affairs, they wrote two treaties; one with The Pacific, and another with Karma. Lastly, they organized a few cultural activities for their region TSR.
Bran's cultural work is beyond impressive. Bran, IMO, is an excellent target for a cultural commend. Their FA and TSR work is notable, but it'll never be as noteworthy as their cultural work in TWP. I can definitely get behind this proposal.
What are your thoughts?
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
100 milllion!!!! less gooooo
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta
Strictly speaking iirc partly is for stuff that's something you can see/touch etc., e.g. "it's partly cloudy", and partially is for stuff that's conceptual e.g. "you're partially incorrect".
But in a lot of cases you can just swap 'em and most people won't notice or care.
Delta Vega Iv, Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit
This is the same thing with "less" and "fewer", in that someone made it up as a rule a century ago because they liked how it looked, and now everyone seems to think it's a hard rule. But it's not :D
Delta Vega Iv, Lethodus, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta
Oh for sure! I very much believe that language is primarily a communication tool and you can break as many grammar rules as you like, as long as you're understood.
But I do enjoy knowing the rules so I can occasionally slam dunk the "well, actually" people. :P
Also is it just me or does the RMB have slightly different font sizes for different paragraphs?
Delta Vega Iv, Lethodus, Typica
Its like with laying and lying, I never can remember if its I need to go lay down, or I need to go lie down. Im fairly certain its lie but either way the intent is obvious and no one is going to not understand what Im trying to say so unless its a formal essay or something I would think it should be fine.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta
I'm a journalist at a local tv station, but my dream job is to be a writer.
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
oh shoot did I miss the endorsement challenge?
(it technically isn't the end of may)
It is indeed not the end of May but, as it is written in the dispatch, the competition ended May 22nd. I posted about it then when I pinged that you won. You should also have gotten a notification from receiving your winnings. As well as one when the competition dispatch was updated with the winners.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Remnants Of The Pacific, Tiralta
coming back on nationstates after having been afk for what feels like a month lol
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Remnants Of The Pacific, Tiralta, Nametane
All,
I'm working on an RRS referendum to overhaul the Ops Councillor position and add some security checks on the region. We've been going over this on our Discord a lot over the last several days, but I'm also going to drop a link to the draft here so interested parties can keep up. This proposal is largely the result of myself and Ops kicking around some ideas over the last couple months about issues such as:
1) How can we safely increase border control coverage for dealing with bans when both myself and Ops are unavailable?
2) How can we give people recourse for unjust bans?
3) What are we going to do about these obvious sleepers?
So from that, here's my suggestion.
Proposal:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1713985
Current RRS:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1200707
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Ohh sounds interesting
Cheesy Tots
debating if i should just delete all of my old factbooks or just edit them
Cheesy Tots, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
archive them! just make one dispatch to list them all :D
Talvezout, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
When is this coming into effect? because I always have wanted to get rid of sleepers
Happy pride month folks!
Chacapoya, Lethodus, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Caretakers And Clockwatchers
How can i delete my acc?
You can't. If you're inactive for a month, it'll be archived automatically.
Happy pride month!!!!!!!!! The gayest and best month of the year.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Caretakers And Clockwatchers
Happy gay month
Chacapoya, Typica, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
I was think about submitting it for referendum today
Chacapoya, Tiralta
Hello!
If you like having unlimited power in very narrow, largely useless sectors of influence, such as top 20 regions on NationStates, you may also be keen to note that today's the first day of our election cycle. Now through Jun 7, you can announce your candidacy to run for ANY Councillor Seat, including:
Councillor of Foreign Affairs, overseeing our relationships and interactions with Refugia's friends and the other places too.
Councillor of Culture, running programs and events that celebrates or expand our community's cultural experience.
Ops Councillor, overseeing our regional security, and swinging a unwieldy sword at anything questionable.
Councillor of World Assembly Affairs, producing arguments and recommendations about how we should use our 300ish votes, along with those outside our borders.
You can announce your candidacy here in the RMB or in #ground-floor of the community Discord server by pinging me with your declaration so I will be sure to see it. A week from now, all valid candidates will be entered into election votes for their respective positions.
Check out the current government structure here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847#government
And check out eligibility criteria here in RRS 11.
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Current running ballot:
Councillor of Foreign Affairs
Councillor of Culture
Ops Councillor
Councillor of World Assembly Affairs
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Vikoland, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Dacay, Tiralta
I hereby declare my candidacy for the position of Councillor of Foreign Affairs. I'll get a campaign up within a day or two ^_^
Chacapoya, Talvezout, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Accepted
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia
I would like to put myself forward for Councillor of Culture again!
If elected, some new things I'd like to try are:
- a summer book club (or winter, for those in the southern hemisphere). This will include an option to read a classic or two, so anyone can access the books legally and for free
- more lighthearted RP opportunities
- photography and art competitions over on our discord
- more classic (and not-so classic) philosophical questions in the form of regional polls
- and more incentives to raise your eco-friendliness and environmental beauty!
I've really enjoyed being Councillor of Culture this last month and would love to have the chance to do it again. ^^
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Yondoria
Accepted
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta
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.
Talvezout, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Tiralta
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.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tovenia, Tiralta, Nametane
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 >.<
The Star Enpire, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tovenia, Tiralta
Possibly a silly question, but what does IFV stand for?
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit
In Vitro Fertilization.
Cheesy Tots, Floofybit, Tiralta
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.