None of my usernames or passwords seem to be working, but I've probably forgotten them all in some way.

Who is the person to reach out about this?  Thanks so much, everyone! - GV

...we Dared Something Worthy.

As badly as we in the 2004-2012 Republic handled things, we still spoke truth to power.

I also look at 20 April 2012 in a personal way as my greatest day in Talossa.  With Reunision, the "Split" was healed and the Talossan Cold War came to a peaceful end.

As always, I encourage all of you to read "A Nation Sundered" at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tkPfJZWnop153bl1Djy3bgUib6LOrHQ3/view

GV

Greets, all!

The Houston Chamber Choir (www.houstonchamberchoir.org) will be doing a four-concert tour in Tallinn, Riga, Stockholm, and Uppsala on 9-17 June of this year.  We are incredibly excited, and I can't wait to see every Talossan in Europe at our concerts.

The Tallinn concert is free.  Make sure to get there 30 minutes early.  I'm trying to find out re Riga and Uppsala.

Tickets for the Stockholm concert at https://musikstorkyrkanstjacob.com/en/konsert/to-everything-a-season/

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Houstoni kammerkoor (Houston Chamber Choir - www.houstonchamberchoir.org) teeb selle aasta 9.-17. juunil neljast kontserdist koosneva turnee Tallinnas, Riias, Stockholmis ja Uppsalas.  Oleme uskumatult elevil ja ma ei jõua ära oodata, et saaksin meie kontsertidel näha iga Talossani Euroopas.

Tallinna kontsert on tasuta.  Jõua kohale kindlasti 30 minutit varem.  Üritan Riia ja Uppsala kohta teada saada.

Piletid Stockholmi kontserdile aadressil https://musikstorkyrkanstjacob.com/en/konsert/to-everything-a-season/

I don't find it on talossa.com or on Witt.  Thanks, all!

I will vote in a little bit, but let's get this going

Nominations for Mencei have begun as of now: Saturday 26 April 2025

To facilitate a quick vote on this, your nomination in this thread will also be your vote.

Hope this clears up things, everyone.

GV, Acting Mencei

John Woolley and the late Fritz von Buchholtz must be mentioned in the same breath.  In the spring and summer of 2005, neither could have stood up to Ben Madison alone and have the inadvertent, but potent result of persuading Tomás Garçeir to take his own stand against Ben regarding keeping the Talossan language accessible to all, a fully-unintended result that directly led to the unintended result of Ben's and Amy's abdication and renunciation, liberating the Kingdom and driving a stake into the heart of the 2004-2012 Republic, even if the Republic took eight years to realize this and come to its senses.

John may have had ulterior motives for welcoming us back into the Kingdom in 2011-2012, but as the 2005-2011 Kingdom was becoming moribound and stagnant (nothing compared to the Republic's woes, I must add), it was in his and the Kingdom's best interest to let Reunision happen.  When push came to shove, John did not stand in the way of progress, even if by doing so, he might have inadvertently driven his own stake into the heart of the 2005-2011 "SCA-Talossa" culture under which a lot of Talossans were still having a lot of fun.

Two incredibly difficult and ultimately-positive events from John's reign come to mind where his leadership and mere presence on the Throne was critical.

First, we had a citizen convicted in a court of law of crimes unbecoming a Talossan.  When this came to light, the entire country ran around like a chicken with its head cut off at a PR disaster that never came to pass.  When we were all understandably pining for this citizen to be expelled immediately, John remained calm, quiet, and advocated for this citizen's removal by legal and appropriate means, so long as it was done in a timely and orderly fashion.  In an orderly and timely fashion, this removal came to pass.

Secondly, in June 2019, Ben Madison made a serious attempt at persuading the country to let him back in.  I was one of the Senators at that time who would have blocked a për vote on his citizenship-restoration, should it have ever come to pass, but in the end, I will always suspect Ben knew John never forgets, even if he is not vindictive.  The prospect of having to deal with John Woolley, not to mention a vociferous cadre of Talossans who also remembered, caused Ben to think twice and persuaded him to leave Wittenberg and not make contact with us any longer.

John Woolley has always loved Talossa.  Even if he has certain ideas of how Talossa should be run, he has still loved Talossa.  He served with competence and for a long time, before that serving brilliantly as Secretary of State.  He and Fritz both are titans of Talossan history. 

John, as much as you have dropped some large eggs, they have only ever been in the full and sole context of Talossa.  I still thank you for everything, and from all I've heard about you, I continue to wish I'd known you, Manus, and your families outside Talossa, even as I've known a number of you within.

Gödefrïeu Válcadác'h, PLN
Dean of the Senäts and former Mençéi
26th and 29th Prime Minister of Talossa

60RZ17 Për
60RZ18 Contrâ

- GV, Fiova

Inquiring minds want to know.  :-)

GV

RZ14: Contrâ
RZ15: Për
RZ16: Për

GV, Fiova

Houston Chamber Choir (www.houstonchamberchoir.org) is taking a tour of two of the Baltic countries plus Sweden.

Of course, I will want a massive Euro-Talossan presence at our performances.  As we get closer, I will have a firm itinerary.

@Ián Anglatzara, that means you.  :-)

@luc-troubleshooting Where do I go to make Witt and Wiki backups?

Many thanks! - GV, Royal Archivist

@luc-troubleshooting Where do I go to make Witt and Wiki backups?

Many thanks! - GV, Royal Archivist

[WITHDRAWN]

WHEREAS Lex D.8.9 seals Cabinet discussions for seven years following the demise of the government of the time of said Cabinet,

WHEREAS Lex D.8.9 gives the responsibility of preservation of those records for seven years to the Royal Archivist,

WHEREAS a stopgap needs to be in place in case of something happening to the Royal Archivist before said records are released under Lex D.8.9,

THEREFORE, the Ziu adds the following to El Lex:

D.8.9.2 The Royal Archivist may designate the current Monarch of Talossa as a Cabinet Deputy to the Royal Archives who is tasked solely with also preserving Cabinet archives per D.8.9. [end new text of El Lex]

The current Lex D.8.9 shall be renumbered Lex D.8.9.1

[end of proposed and withdrawn bill text]

GV, Senator, Fiova on behalf of the Royal Archives

Haha, Glüc...  Beat ya to it!

60RZ3 Contrâ
60RZ4 Contrâ
60RZ5 Contrâ
60RZ6 Për
60RZ7 Për
60RZ8 Për
60RZ9 an enthusiastic Për - long may Txec reign
60RZ10 Për
60RZ11 Për
60RZ12 Për - Duce!!
60RZ13 Për

- GV, Fiova

Since we've no Mencei just yet...

Për to both bills - GV, Fiova

If I remember rightly, Mencei should or must be from an opposition party.  Who wants to stick their hand up this time 'round?

GV, Fiova
Dean of the Senäts

I was unopposed this time.  Many thanks to all for your continued confidence!

- GV, Senator

First of all, my life outside of Talossa has been incredibly hectic in the past year, owing mainly to helping in taking care of my father, whom our family and with his voluntary blessing put into assisted living at least on 19 May of this year.  He is doing very well there, and I've moved into a friend's guest-room for six months to a year.

Hence the reason why today almost passed me by.

"A Nation Sundered" describes Mad King Ben in March 2004 accusing another Talossan citizen, Kane Cavier, of domestic violence, a charge I continue to believe to be utterly false, even if his long-ago record of petty crime to that point might give a different impression cosmetically.  I still believe Kane.

Ben by doing this wanted Kane out of Talossa, and he figured things would get so hot for Kane he would flee the country and the greater Talossan nation altogether.

Ben did succeed in driving Kane out of the country, but ten of us and more soon thereafter went with him to form the 2004-2012 Republic of Talossa.

Unfortunately, mistakes were made.  We never should have kicked everyone but us off of Wittenberg X.  Only Ben and Queen Amy needed to have been tossed out.  Had we done things that way, I think we would have gotten far more sympathy from far more people, but at this time, no-one was thinking with a clear head.

Moreover, talossa.com was in the hands of "one of us" and was redirected from the kingdom and to the Republic's new webspace. This should have been done with far more sensitivity, to be sure.  It is late, and I do not have the time to fully discuss that point other than to say we should have done something different with talossa.com

Both these mistakes affected innocent people, and for those mistakes, we have continually been sorry they occurred.

The colossal edifice of the history of the Republic vs. King John and so much else will be best told by others.  Moreover, even the Republic itself was anticlimactic.  When Ben falsely accused Kane of domestic violence online in a public forum, the situation became fully untenable, and "old Talossa" was irreparably damaged.

The healing of Talossa began on 1 June 2004, and it continues today.  In fits and starts, perhaps, but since Ben left, no Talossan has appeared with the same level of vindictive spite Ben Madison had toward those he didn't care for, even with his many, many good qualities both as a Talossan and as a person outside Talossa.

The 2004-2012 Republic of Talossa is a cautionary tale that ended miraculously with Reunision on 20 April 2012.  I still find it unbelievable so many of us "down south" came to the Kingdom who had never been in the kingdom before, and in my mind, Reunision was a nigh-on complete success.

May Talossa live on, and may it continue to be free, fun, and fair. - GV

Starting the thread immediately lest I forget to vote later on...

Për on the bill in question - GV, Fiova

Për to all bills - GV, Fiova