@luc-troubleshooting and @Danihel Txechescu
This has been mentioned by a few others. When the darker theme was first activated it appears to present broken icons. This has not changed since that time. When creating or responding to posts the editing icons are black boxes. This is affecting the menu options as well.

A quick note for others preparing to participate in this initiative:
If you are looking for a good resource for "get-to-know-you" questions I used this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/groups/getting-to-know-you-questions.cfm

Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on April 17, 2023, 12:07:26 PMI for one don't see a problem with ad hoc reviews. There's almost no difference between "active citizens" and "government" anyway.

I do. We are at an unfortunate impasse currently. I will hope others chime in with additional suggestions.

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on April 17, 2023, 11:37:35 AM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 17, 2023, 11:21:32 AMCatchment area review needs to be standardized and predictable.

Catchment areas reform cannot be standardized or predictable unless we define principles for their standardization and predictability. (For example: the old "open/closed provinces", which I'm not advocating, was a sort of standard). Otherwise any reform deriving from any kind of review will always be and "ad hoc" change of the catchement areas that is not "standardized" but "subjective". Even the need of a review is subjective: what defines that a changement area needs to be reformed?

Any law-mandated review doesn't change the status quo (a subjective need for a reform), but simply repeat the status quo at fixed interval creating a law-mandated time consuming task to the MinImm potentially useless and without any objective definition.

The section suggested by Aledandreu instead adds a standardized mechanism that to the status quo removes the need for a reform just to change deprecated  names or countries no longer existing. This is an improvement.

Going by what you just stated this change only addresses name changes and country changes and does not address population imbalances or other similar issues arising over time which is what the current round of catchment reform addresses. It may be an improvement but appears insufficient to address the issue. @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu Correct me if I'm wrong here.

"Potentially useless" is pretty subjective as well. I am hopeful others will chime in with suggestions to address all concerns here.

I don't want this to be point which torpedoes the bill so I want to ask @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB ,as the proposer of that change, for suggestions to accommodate the concerns of Uc and Ian.

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on April 17, 2023, 10:56:45 AMThe issues are still those explained by Senator @Ian Plätschisch:

Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on March 11, 2023, 08:42:12 PMMy point has been the time consuming part of this is not the part where the Minister types a report, it's the part where they do the review, which must be done whether or not a report is issued. Sorry that I did not make this distinction clear.

Suggestion: add to the data on immigration on the Infoteca aslo the provinces the immigrants were assigned to, in order to have informations on which province get new immigrants. In this way every data is readily available and is not necessary to do a law mandated review to gather those data.

Of course any Minister of Immingration can do whichever review they seems fit anytime, there's no need for requiring by law a time-consuming review that could be useless.

I agree, it is true that the Immigration Minister can do a review at anytime. You are referring to the status quo and it has repeatedly led to ad-hoc and haphazard reviews of the catchment areas such as the one we are currently undergoing.

I am all for expanding Infoteca immigration reporting but I am still opposed to the status quo where we depend on very active citizens to do the work that Government should be required to do. Catchment area review needs to be standardized and predictable.

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on April 17, 2023, 09:00:59 AMThis is wonderful news! The real question is who is... what are you going to wear!?
My vote is for the King Ben Special:

That kingly attire is grand  ;D But I am planning on wearing the Seneschal's chain of office. I can tell you it is appropriately heavy...

@Bråneu Excelsio Minister Excelsio, I am very pleased to report Audrada Roibeardet has expressed a wish for her drink reimbursement ($12) to be donated to the BHAID! I'll be transmitting via Paypal soon.

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on April 16, 2023, 03:59:43 PM

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on April 13, 2023, 10:31:55 AMI oppose the reporting/reviewing requirement you brought back in the encouraging language only when the bill arrived to the CRL to address Alexandreu concerns that can - and are - resolved by the simpler section he proposed (with the correction I made).

It seems like I have to repeat myself... We do have issues with reporting/reviewing requirements in that law.

What are the issues with the proposal from @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB ?

Quick update: I have received the recording of the Baron and Ian's second entry in their show The Dialogue. I am planning to have this posted on Fora Talossa within the next few days.

And I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to @Audrada Roibeardet for a wonderful conversation today. In thirty minutes we covered favorite books to favorite foods. That will be posted this coming week as well!

Quote from: Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu on April 11, 2023, 06:04:07 PMRZ5 Con
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Quote from: Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu on March 29, 2023, 06:13:06 PMEnthusiastically approve.  Clark it.

@Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu Senator, I wanted to ask what caused you to change your mind concerning the Land Acknowledgment Act? I was under the impression as I have quoted above that you approved of the bill.

As the Government pledged in the Throne Speech, I just officially registered for MicroCon 2023 after getting clearances for work vacation time and personal budgeting. This will be the Kingdom's first attendance at the micronational conference since 2017.

Azul Coletx,

As the new Bureau for Humanitarian Aid & International Assistance (BHAID) Administrator, Foreign Affairs Minister Excelsio has authorised me to request a new organisational symbol. The BHAID is also nearing its ten-year anniversary so I thought it would be good for the organization to flesh out its personality as one of Talossa longer standing agencies.

Please let me know if there is a better venue for this request.

Breneir

Thanks again @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB
This suggested edit has been entered into the bill currently in the CRL thread.

Citizens,

I am announcing my resignation as Grefieir d'Abbavilla. There have been some warm-hearted concerns expressed about the toll the wide array of responsibilities I have taken on may take personally. I have heard them and taken them to heart. To remain focused on the most important priorities and discharge my responsibilities with competence and respect for the people I will leave this role to be assumed by someone else.

I assume I will be in a caretaker status until a new appointment is made. I share this notification with the Avocat-Xheneral @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

Thank you,
Breneir