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Show posts MenuQuote from: Açafat del Val on March 18, 2022, 12:50:04 PMQuote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 18, 2022, 12:45:08 PMQuote from: Açafat del Val on March 18, 2022, 12:25:29 PMI think it's great you're back to Talossa, but in fairness to Miestra, she has been the author of a huge amount of legislation to simplify and reform the way things like the criminal code and a bunch of other parts of the law work. She incorporated the input of others and worked hard to make it happen, and it really improved things. It has been a bright point of this Government. You're coming in really hot and worked-up, but a ton of improvement has already happened, much of it over this past term.
What is the latest news in reform of the bar? Or even the Corts generally? For such a small country as Talossa, our legal code, legal system, and legal everything are embarrassingly labyrinthine, Kafkaesque, and opaque.
There's more to do, especially with the bar, but credit where it's due.
I don't mean to diminish any accomplishments of the incumbent Government – led, no less, by the party to which I am a member – but I felt it fair to ask for an update on bar reform. The law should be accessible, but isn't; judges should be more active, but aren't; and if someone wanted to seek justice under Talossan law at this very moment, they wouldn't even know how.
Quote from: Açafat del Val on March 18, 2022, 12:25:29 PMI think it's great you're back to Talossa, but in fairness to Miestra, she has been the author of a huge amount of legislation to simplify and reform the way things like the criminal code and a bunch of other parts of the law work. She incorporated the input of others and worked hard to make it happen, and it really improved things. It has been a bright point of this Government. You're coming in really hot and worked-up, but a ton of improvement has already happened, much of it over this past term.
What is the latest news in reform of the bar? Or even the Corts generally? For such a small country as Talossa, our legal code, legal system, and legal everything are embarrassingly labyrinthine, Kafkaesque, and opaque.
Quote from: Açafat del Val on March 18, 2022, 11:01:33 AMThey'll be cool to have, but also a promotional tool to show to others. And you never know what might happen in the future once we get this sort of thing going :)
I asked elsewhere, but having read through this thread, I am still wondering if there is a purpose to these cards other than having them?
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 17, 2022, 03:06:59 PM
What the good Baron is doing here is simply dismissing the outgoing Government's very successful legislative programme. What we're being told is that passing laws is insignificant and unworthy - not nearly as worthy as, for example, publishing a cookbook. But I don't know. I think outgoing Túischac'h has said that for him, the Cosa/Ziu is supposed to be the centrepiece of Talossan activity. And certainly that's all that Talossa was, for most of its history. Most of the "cultural stuff" was just King Robert I's weird obsessions. Ordinary Talossans were only really involved when it came to Clark time. I think it's shameful and poor to dismiss the centrality of "passing laws" to Talossanity.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 17, 2022, 03:06:59 PM
There is another point, and that is Point Two of the Free Democrats programme for this term - cutting red-and-green tape. I predict that - without a veritable bonfire of legislative restrictions on Government activity this term - the next Government will find itself in the same trap as the outgoing one did, simply being unable to do stuff because the legislative requirements for "doing stuff" are far too onerous.
Quote from: Caleb Frenibuerg on March 17, 2022, 04:20:26 PMQuote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 17, 2022, 06:58:24 AMI've recently resigned my job, so have a lot more spare time than I did. Point away!
I love the "Talossa's Newest Citizen" thing, and I hope that can be carried forward in the future. Good show on @Mic'haglh Autófil for inventing that.
Caleb, typically we're a "make your own fun" kind of place, where you can seek out to get involved in anything particular you're interested in. Unfortunately, there's not a lot happening these days. There used to be multiple media outlets (newspapers, podcasts, websites), active initiatives (like the Zuavs), clubs or activities (like the Three Word Story or the Talossan Science Fiction & Whiskey Society), or translation efforts (like the Berber of Seville). But for a variety of reasons that can't be blamed on any one person in particular, almost all of these things are defunct at this point. That's actually been a central problem for a while: there's nothing happening, so people aren't interested, so nothing happens.
However, in really just the last couple of weeks some folks like Breneir and Mic'haglh have worked hard to start creating some new ideas and projects. So if you're interested in cooking or media work you should ask Breneir what he needs help with (he's almost done with a cookbook and planning a media thing), and if you're interested in fantasy sports you should join Mic'haglh's Talossan Football plans.
Beyond that, you can start your own thing on whatever topic that interests you. Or if you have energy and are just generally looking to be helpful, there's definitely some things that need to get done that I can point you to and that anyone can do.
Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on August 21, 2021, 10:27:02 PMQuote from: GV on August 21, 2021, 10:05:22 PMI can tell you my intentions and how I operated, if it helps. Here was my founding speech and here is the first recruitment thread, and here is the Witt thread I was using on this Witt after we moved over here. The Wikipedia page also has a lot of this info, plus the list of enlisted when I left office. I was replaced by ESB, and the current Capitan is our Secretary of State, who has more than enough to do around here already.Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on August 21, 2021, 09:56:37 PM
@GV , the program for this Government lists a more active Zuavs as your first priority. I know you have a lot going on, but I'd love to hear some initial thoughts on how that will look.
To be honest, how MinDef can help the Zuaves baffles me. Who is the person (yes, I should know this!) with whom I can best discuss things? The last thing I want to do is to go ahead unilaterally with some weird programme no-else else really wants.
What I think needs to happen is just for someone to directly write each of the people enlisted, letting them know where to submit their achievements, and begin visibly awarding promotions and recruiting once more. Obviously, not a lot will happen immediately, since it's a system based around rewarding activity. But think of it like a big wind -- not enough to lift anyone into the air, but enough to give each set of wings a boost towards the sky whenever someone gives a flutter.
Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 17, 2022, 04:43:28 PMI think almost everything that's actually available is linked or directly uploaded to the wiki.
It's a shame that some of the works on the site aren't linked. I know I'd personally enjoy perusing the "stacks."
Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 17, 2022, 04:46:09 PMYou're too kind! Yes, those were good days. Exhausting, though! Never missed a deadline, largest staff in Talossan history, first corporation, and went for two years straight releasing an issue every fortnight. Difficult stuff.
Ah, Beric'ht Talossan! I'd almost forgotten about that gem of journalism. Ok, I am going to get lost looking through all of this!
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 17, 2022, 04:08:12 PMQuote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 17, 2022, 04:06:07 PM
I only have an amateur's knowledge, but I can most certainly chop and splice video. I've been digitizing some old family videos from my childhood and so I've had to learn a lot about it recently. I haven't done subtitles or anything like that, but it looks pretty easy.
It sounds like you can be helpful. There will definitely be some video chopping and splicing.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 17, 2022, 03:51:41 PMSo I created the library on the wiki as a place to easily keep track of everything, since we were starting to lose poems and stories and things. I'm sure we did still miss things along the way, but it also preserved a great deal. Separately and also excellently, GV has a large Google drive of different primary documents that he's collected over the years. There's a lot of overlap. We've never really bothered to formally sort it out, since I think that GV has created more of a research archive and the wiki has more of a consumer library.Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 17, 2022, 03:45:00 PM
It would not be too onerous a task to publish this cookbook using the tools provided by Amazon in e-book and print book creation. All of my writing (my two novels and my book of plays) are published using this platform.
Thank you Mr. Secretary, that is a great idea. Do you know if the National Library is a standalone online institution or if it is connected with the TalossaWiki? Talossan published works might be an awesome inclusion in the National Library.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 16, 2022, 07:43:42 PMWhat help do you need?>
Does anyone have experience with video editing in Adobe or Mac programs? The Fora Talossa project could use some video editing help.