Not sure if we common rabble are permitted to speak in the Hopper section but on a point of grammar, "to accede to the throne" and "to ascend the throne" are equivalent terms.

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on April 05, 2024, 09:54:22 AMThe only mass mailers the Chancery can send are to those citizens who have opted in to receive such emails. I would think that in the case of an election, every citizen must receive notice.

So my question then is -- how do we notify citizens who have opted out of receiving emails? Apart from the occasional "someone who knows someone else and can pass the word along" it would seem rather difficult.

I don't want to exclude anyone, but I also question the feasibility of including everyone if some members of {Everyone} have basically said "don't bug me".

One thing I have thought of -- this bill as worded requires a referendum. Presumably, that would require polling Benitians whether or not they are on Witt, which means emails. At this point, would it make sense to wait and send this out as part of the General Election ballot? Can GE ballots contain questions specific to voters from one province, apart from Senatorial elections?

Perhaps @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB could weigh in on what the Chancery's capabilities are?

Quote from: Sir Lüc on April 04, 2024, 02:00:01 AM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on April 03, 2024, 10:32:03 AM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on April 03, 2024, 08:44:46 AMI would like to cosponsor this, and to bring it to a vote as soon as practical.

I mean...you control an outright majority of seats, I'm pretty sure you can vote to approve it whenever you want lol

That's hardly a reason to literally put it immediately for a vote.

I know, I'm just saying you effectively control the entire system. [Unlimited Power meme goes here.]

I have added you as a cosponsor, though.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on April 03, 2024, 08:44:46 AMI would like to cosponsor this, and to bring it to a vote as soon as practical.

I mean...you control an outright majority of seats, I'm pretty sure you can vote to approve it whenever you want lol

WHEREAS the Sovereign Province of Benito has gone by two names throughout its existence; and

WHEREAS the previous name of "Mussolini" had multiple negative connotations and implications, and the name of "Benito" does little to dispel these in the context of its predecessor; and

WHEREAS the Sovereign Province is home to multiple scenic areas along the Manáweg; and

WHEREAS the Sovereign Province is nice enough to be named thrice (but really hopefully no more than that),

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Sovereign Province of Benito is hereby renamed the Free and Sovereign Province of Belacostă (meaning "beautiful riverbank") pending a referendum of the Province's citizenry, and that should this name be approved, all references to "Benito" in current provincial law shall be understood to refer to the same legal entity under its new name.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon approval of this referendum, the Government and Ziu are requested to give effect to this renaming at the federal level at their earliest convenience.

Uréu q'estadra så,
Mic'haglh Autófil MA
Sir Lüc da Schir MA

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on April 01, 2024, 04:03:07 PMI apologise for barging in, but is it possible to adjust the spelling to merely Belacostă or would it require a new poll?

Well nothing about any of this is particularly binding, so if "Belacostă" is the correct spelling of the name proposed above I see no reason why we can't use that instead. (I'm assuming 'ă' doesn't really get used mid-word?)

Name           1st-choice   2nd   3rd   Total
Belăcostă           3        0     0      9
Benschagă           0        1     0      2
Cjartzara           0        1     0      2
Berberïă            0        0     1      1
Cjarföglha          0        0     1      1

As the poll has been open the full week, I guess it's safe to say we have not just our top-three candidates, but our clear favorite. I'll draft something tonight to put forth in the Assembly to make Belăcostă the name of the province.

The province so nice, they named it thrice!

Quote- Have a public consultation on this forum to come up with potential new names;
- Decide on a candidate name by some kind of process of elimination, if needed;
- Introduce and pass legislation at the provincial level amending the Constitution;  <--- We Are Here
- Introduce and pass legislation at the national level amending El Lexhatx.

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on April 01, 2024, 08:48:25 AMThese look great! And I've always been partial to the long flowing lines of Seal Script myself.

-TFF

Thank you! I'm rather fond of it as well -- I will admit I'm a little tempted to try and clean this one up, compared to some instances of seal script it doesn't have quite the same flow to it, but if nothing else it's a good starting point.

- TLF

Something that has been bugging me for some time is the state of the Talossan achievement. I mean... look at this:

There's nothing wrong with it in a substantial sense, but this is 2024, surely we can do better than a low-resolution GIF file. As a result, I've taken the liberty of creating these:



Nothing about these changes from the currently-specified blazon, they are just a rendering of my own. I did replace the crown (which, as previously discussed, is taken from the arms of Spain) with the princely crown of Monaco. I've also replaced the "Ben" character, but only with a different version of it. Specifically, this is still 'ben' but in seal script. Seal script is the style of characters still traditionally used on East Asian seals, ranging in formality from the Privy Seal of Japan (below, left) to my own personal hanko (below, right).

I'm still going to ask Iason to pick two more choices for the purposes of completeness (whenever he's ready, no rush), and I'd like to keep the vote open the full week.

Is there a way to contact a bunch of Benitians at the same time to broaden the response pool, or is this effectively a case of "you snooze, you lose"?

That said, for reference:

Quote- Have a public consultation on this forum to come up with potential new names;
- Decide on a candidate name by some kind of process of elimination, if needed;  <--- We Are Here
- Introduce and pass legislation at the provincial level amending the Constitution;
- Introduce and pass legislation at the national level amending El Lexhatx.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on March 27, 2024, 11:54:00 AMMic'haglh, seeing as we're basically making this a three-man effort to reform the province, I'd like to appoint you as:

- Arvitieir Primă, since you're the obvious candidate for the job, and the current appointee is sadly inactive;
- Maestro appointee to the provincial Senate, so you can have a voice in the provincial legislature and shepherd bills through on that side one last time, and because all other Senators are either inactive, already sit on the Assembly (me and Iason, if he maybe-perhaps-definitely is holding the NPW seats after all), or may not even be allowed to serve (Iason is technically a *current*, not a *former* national Senator)

What says you?

I accept these appointments. Let's get the work done. :)

Congrats and welcome!

In the interest of trying to keep this moving at something describable as a "pace", I thought maybe we could compile a list of the current proposals here and then each pick our three favorites. Three points for being someone's first pick, two points for being someone's second pick, one point for being someone's third pick. Then look at our top three finalists or something.

PROPOSALS:

• Belaschagă ("Beautiful-copse")
• Benschagă ("Good-copse")
• Berucă ("Crag", referring to the former ravines of Riverside Park)
• Berberïă ("Barbary Coast", a nod to a certain independent streak in our province)
• Beatifică ("That which makes one happy")
• Liberacia (Like our province, Liberace was half Italian, and was from Milwaukee)
• Cjartzara ("Oakland", for the name of the street that runs right through the province)
• Cjarföglha ("Oakleaf". There's another street in Benito by that name)
• Vittorio/Bitour
• Taliulă ("Little Italy")
• Belăcostă ("Beautiful Riverbank")
• Garibaldi

Let's keep the vote open for a week, to let people weigh in. Hopefully won't need much more time than that...

For my part, my picks are:

• Belăcostă
• Benschagă
• Cjarföglha

Edit: I completely forgot Iason's proposals, my bad.

Welcome!