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The 55th Coså budget set a target of ℓ325 ($US487.50) in voluntary fundraising to fund our programme.
I am announcing today the PATRIOT POINTS (https://talossa.com/patriot-points/) programme to encourage broad participation in the fundraising scheme. Every citizen gets one Patriot Point for every $1 of "voluntary taxation" (donations) (click the CONTRIBUTE graphic on the front page of our national website (https://talossa.com)) or stamp/coins sales (https://talossa.com/culture/coinsandstamps/), as confirmed by the Burgermeister of Internal Revenue.
Whoever has the most PATRIOT POINTS on 15th April* this year will receive the Seneschál's Medal for Merit in the regularly-scheduled Investitures Ceremony (El Lexhatx F.40.2). Second prize is a fancy certificate. Third prize is you're fired a slightly less fancy certificate.
Please bear in mind that this Voluntary Taxation Programme is proof of concept. If Talossans respond to it well, we can consider removing other forms of taxation - for example, the fees to run in Cosa/Senäts elections. I'm not personally a fan of pay-to-play democracy, but we can consider abolishing them if Talossans show that they are responsible enough to fund State activities voluntarily.
Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favour.
* or 15th May if we have a month of recess
I've been meaning to purchase a few more coins. Uh, the name I don't care for. How about calling it a "Loyalty Rewards" program? Anymore, the word "patriot" kind of makes me cringe a little.
I have put in an order for a single coin, but also made a separate monetary contribution.
Will the
@Burgermeister of Internal Revenue confirm to me publicly or privately that both things were received succcesfully?
Quote from: Açafat del Val on January 10, 2021, 09:31:55 PM
I have put in an order for a single coin, but also made a separate monetary contribution.
Will the @Burgermeister of Internal Revenue confirm to me publicly or privately that both things were received succcesfully?
I've received one single-coin order (from Kansas) and one $5 contribution (from Colorado) since the 8th. So I probably didn't get both of yours successfully.
Quote from: Istefan Perþonest on January 13, 2021, 09:18:37 AM
Quote from: Açafat del Val on January 10, 2021, 09:31:55 PM
I have put in an order for a single coin, but also made a separate monetary contribution.
Will the @Burgermeister of Internal Revenue confirm to me publicly or privately that both things were received succcesfully?
I've received one single-coin order (from Kansas) and one $5 contribution (from Colorado) since the 8th. So I probably didn't get both of yours successfully.
The order for a coin with the initials "S.K." is the relevant one here.
https://talossa.com/patriot-points/
The league table has been updated with the latest available info.
I intend to get my name on the board in February.
Also, I challenge all Cabinet ministers and FreeDem MZs to do likewise!
I have just purchased $US20 of stamps and coins, which I believe takes me to the lead of the board.
I bought two coins a few weeks ago. I'm not even on the leaderboard
(Not that I even care, really. Just trying to support Talossa. Plus, these coins are cool.)
I've messaged the Burgermeister about this and waiting on a reply. I'd take your word on it all, but I really should wait for formal confirmations from him as he is the only one with access to account statements.
https://talossa.com/patriot-points/
Table updated.
Miestra and GV are joint leaders with 20 each.
Epic work from the Royal Bank and Post! My little girl who's getting into foreign coins will be enthralled
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mAGiXLrsIPiQNuV-cVXV5AlA3XLg4k6Z5xNuaVItD1LqCyn6-qy-s9HjeaP2xsC4AMhQEXBmIf5h8g6Zp_V5wVyBw6LcQ16aBCFeoSU165FCg6qQD0NUSojZmzBnopasSwzd4oY3itVT1HoI79aSOAWIt4S-VvmJnGTzQ2WP0iquoy9_XwGUatdv6E9uyO7XP2IDILXfkVIL2rPah7WVXrx3I2a4-c0oUR1QLnJOXylkFU4ZtaDA3eB4Jm2Bk2WEiL5azb3SCmpXy_lCYgHkL8drtiN6RnmwIzg__AZBfzHZGLR9RDDc-qtVmtIYfIeWbqH1Ok_vcZdXU8w1I8GzYUuO3fuMzS0p6ZmWEO4AjxU3dJNj3mqW86hR-akOP1hZZJe3nROhpQsppPO243o0j8LwT-cr9vXBJ0eHkldEUzFPt9JGtn4w-YqoymZiuZUGOdb4DqsvXPJSdoC03YvHI1SlEyIGHN0b1KGGG2466DMPda60kyBZ1YA4uZHI8a7_CKeIGiooy5Jzfs5np--6fTHmswYwtppxjsVl7h7aSR739K8A2eWLS9fb1S6b2HyWx2htHxvRs79zQyjeG0qUWnRrLl5CMvkdbNjZnYR5V_Dkk5iIKpihmxuUBF7LFkOwRLRFuUw5kiOtfp9Tl1xSNObk9nO49PEf4m1k0uZxU2wJS4okAj_SVMxjHrb08uyS7I5REb3dEAMHln-m6jdsIX5K=w427-h758-no?authuser=1)
Wow that is very cool!
My wife just asked me who designed the coins, and I had to say that I had no idea or had totally forgotten. Was it
@the Burgemeister? We should put that information on a website somewhere.
Yeah, I designed both the coin and the stamp. The crows on each, and the crown and the shield-shape on the coin obverse, were from Creative Commons-licensed files I found on the Internet. Most other elements (incluuding the "Ben" character) were from fonts installed on my computer, then everything thrown together in free-to-me of image design programs (MS Paint, Paint.NET, GIMP, and Inkscape all were used at some point).
Since we didn't release the coins the year of initial design, I went in and deleted the date from my obverse design image file, and we had the die-maker add that.
The coin design was deliberately done in single-level relief because that was substantially cheaper than multi-level for the die. Only place I regret that any is the crow silhouette, since there's something of a blob effect in the middle.
I did ℓ1 and ℓ2 reverse designs made at the same time as the ℓ5, using a a CC-licensed dandelion silhouette and a CC-licensed squirrel silhouette respectively instead of the ℓ5's crow. Dandelion, squirrel, and crow because those are the established national symbols, of course. That order on the coins because each was symbolically "higher" for the higher coin value; dandelion sprouting from the ground, squirrels running around above the ground and into trees, crows able to soar above the trees.
If I'd known at the time of the original design that we were going to make the ℓ5 (my plans at the time of design were to do the ℓ1, with a much larger run of a smaller coin and a Kickstarter to finance it), I might have tossed the "higher" symbolism in favor of the dandelion on the ℓ5 and the crow on the ℓ1, because I think the dandelion silhouette was more visually interesting, and I would have wanted to avoid repeating the crow from the stamp.
Table Updated:
https://talossa.com/patriot-points/
The Burgermeister has informed me that a further donation (voluntary taxation) was received by Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h on March 30th.
This puts GV in the lead by 5 points.
I made another voluntarily taxation amount equivalent and in addition to the Balançeu/Balance party registration to be added to this table.
Cool. I usually update the table once the Burgermeister sends me a message with the payment details.
By the way, are we doing this in 'seasons' or is it just a never-ending league? If it is seasons, when do they begin and end?