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Show posts MenuQuote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on April 19, 2023, 05:04:15 PMEstimat Túischac'h, I rise to deliver a Terpelaziun to the Minister of Technology, as authorized by El Lexhatx H.2., in regards to his recent announcement re: the website talossa.com. I would have preferred this to ask this as a Supplemental to the recent TERP by my party colleague Üc Tärfa MC, but the Túischac'h has confirmed that we can't do that.
My questions:
1. Given that talossan.com has always been a privately owned and operated website, albeit using a domain name owned by the Kingdom, how is the Ministry in a position to "delegate the administration of the website and server of Talossan.com"? How can the Government delegate something it never owned?
2. What advice did the Minister of Culture, responsible for oversight of language issues, give to the Minister of Technology before making this decision?
3. The Government is aware that the information contained on talossan.com is outdated, incorrect and misleading. We know the Government is aware because the Ladintsch Naziunal / convenor of SIGN has explained this in detail on the national Discord and elsewhere, in conversations involving the Distáin.
Given this, and given the Minister's reply to point 6 of cxhn. Tärfa's recent Terpelaziun: what reason does the Minister have for continuing to allow use of this domain name by s:reu Ventrutx, a less active citizen who is not actually a Talossan-langauge speaker, rather than handing the domain name over to el Bureu del Glheþ, or SIGN, to set up an accurate website?
4. If the Government is determined to keep talossan.com in the private hands of cxhn. Ventrutx with the Distain acting as his de facto webmaster - which would be keeping with the current Government's seeming determination to have everything under the personal control of their leaders and their political allies, rather than accountable to legislative oversight - I therefore amplify the question raised by cxhn. Tafial MC:QuoteWhat can or will the Minister do to ensure that the contents of the website are factual and useful for learners and scholars, living up to the tagline that he gave it in the Delegation of Website administration notice?
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I thank the Minister in response for his answer. I understand that he "likes to stay away from the Ziu", but unfortunately being politically responsible for decisions is the fundamental part of a Cabinet Minister's job, and I would suggest that if he doesn't like being hassled with Terps, he could take up a purely administrative role and pass the Ministerial portfolio on.
Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on April 11, 2023, 05:53:02 PMEstimat Túischac'h, me alçéu à cumpientar această terpelaziun eftir Lexh.H.2.6.
tandi qe
- the Ministreu gave in his answer an acess list to talossan.com which was, by his own definition, "not comprehensive.";
- the Ministreu said that he doesn't know who's paying for the hosting of that website;
- the Ministreu said his "plan to bring that website into 100% compliance is to have an official delegation of responsibilities over it; the domain name remains a property of the Kingdom, while website administration will be delegated to the current maintainer of that site.";
- the Ministreu also said that he is "paying for the hosting on DigitalOcean.com out of my own pocket. My plan is to have services remain there at least until everything is documented properly. Data security, stability and documentation are the three objectives of this endeavor, and I'm very happy with the first two and the partial work that's been done on the third";
- Lexh D.2.9.3. says "The Talossan Web Registrant shall inform the government of any payments due or made towards domain registration and hosting of any government operated websites and domains and shall be reimbursed for any payments made as soon as is practicably possible and in accordance with all law relating to the governmental budget";
terpeléu el Ministreu per säpar
- fullfilling his duties according with the law, the full list of those who have access to that site and who's actually paying for its hosting;
- why S:reu Ventrux and S:reu Davinescu privately administer and have access to the backend of a website that shall be administered by his Ministrà and should have come under Kingdom contol when other domains and hostings were incorporated;
- when the Distain had access to that website while both current and former Ministreux dàl Tec'hnoloxhà weren't given access contra legem to the associated hosting of a State-funded domain;
- as the Ministrà must administer talossan.com in accordance with Lexh.D.2.9.2. if the Ministreu will ask, in compliance with Lexh.A.20, that the Government enforces the transfer of that website to the Kingdom's hosting;
- if the Ministreu will then direct members of the same Cabinet he is part of that have access to that website, in compliance with the above, to move its contents to the Kingdom's hosting;
- if the Ministreu does agree with me that, given the nature of the contents of that website devoted to our national language, its contents management should be better delegated by his Ministrà to el Büreu del Glheþ Talossán and/or SIGN that have official duties related to el glheþ, and they might delegate other people to perform the manangement of the webiste it if they see fit, and not to the current mantainer(s);
- if the Ministreu believes that the Kingdom's websites under the administration of his Ministrà should be hosted on the hosting spaces that is paid for by the Treasury;
- if I am right in assuming that as I speak all Kingdom's websites whose domains are State-funded are now hosted on privately paid webspaces;
- the exact date when talossa.com and its subdomains were redirected to digitalocean.com and the Kingdom's website hosted there;
- if the Kingdom's websites on DigitalOcean.com are hosted on an ad hoc bought hosting space or on an hosting space already bought and paid for by Ministreu before the transfer there of the Kingdom's websites;
- if the Ministreu has and can provide us a timetable for the transfer of all Kingdom's websites to an hosting that is or will be paid for by the Treasury.
Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.
Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on April 04, 2023, 04:30:23 PMAzul. I'm not a member of the Ziu, so I would understand if you simply refused, but may I ask a question in regards to this terp, S:reu Túischac'h?
Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on March 28, 2023, 04:47:23 PMEstimat Túischac'h,
I thank the Ministreu for his replies and I'll add supplemental questions:
Tandis qe
- the Ministreu said that talossan.com will expire this term and will be likely renewed;
- indeed according to whois services that domain is registered to the former Web Registrant for the organization "Kingdom of Talossa";
- the Ministreu also said that, and I quote, «I do not have information of where that site is hosted nor who has access to it.»;
- the Distain on discord #gleþ-dev on the 7th said «i have server access» and he certainly has access to the WordPress
- according with Lexh.D.2.9.2. «The Government shall own the domain name talossa.com, and may purchase and maintain any other Talossa-related domain names as they see fit, following normal budgetary procedures. These domain names and their associated webhosting shall be administered by the Ministry of Technology.»;
- in sight of these, as the talossan.com domain is State-funded it should fall under the administration of the Ministrà;
terpeléu el Ministreu per säpar
- after a consultation with the rest of the Cabinet, where talossan.com is hosted, who has access to the webhosting, server and wordpress site;
- who's paying for the hosting of that site as, according with the answers previously given, clearly its not hosted on the national hosting space;
- what his plans will be to fully bring talossan.com administration in compliance with the law and who's going to be in charge of its contents;
- who's paying for the hosting of the other state web services on digitalocean.com and for as long he thinks they will be hosted there.
Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.
Quote from: Üc R. Tärfâ on March 18, 2023, 05:04:56 PMEstimat Túischac'h,
I thank the Ministreu, If I may I'd like to add that in the 5th question I made a mistake: I wanted to ask about talossan.com and not talossa.com. If the Ministreu would answer to that as well it would be helpful.
I'll add a follow-up question after that.
Méirci, smestéu el tarleu.
Quote from: Üc R. Tärfâ on March 14, 2023, 01:01:17 PMI rebuilt them completely from scratch. I will update the Lesser State Arms on the wiki soon.
I tried to make the original squirrel slightly less scary, and I used the one suggested with few fixes. I still believe it is too comic-ish.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 10, 2023, 10:47:01 AM@Danihel Txechescu One thing I've noticed is I am not able to log out. Normally I would use the display box which appears when hovering over your name in the top-left. But that option is not available.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 11, 2023, 08:06:19 PM[...] Articles 7.4 to 7.11 are amended as follows:Quote[...]7.6. VUODE PROVINCE. Talossan citizens living in the following areas shall be assigned to Vuode Province: The City of Milwaukee (WI) and the U.S. states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; And the Mexican States of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Queretero, and Zacatecas. Internationally, the nations of Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.[...]
7.7. MARICOPA PROVINCE. Talossan citizens living in the following areas shall be assigned to Maricopa Province: the Wisconsin counties of Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Richland, St. Croix, Sauk, Trempeleau, and Vernon; the U.S. states of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas; the Mexican States of Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal (Mexico City), Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan. Internationally, the nations of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, uruguay, and Venezuela.
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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 10, 2023, 02:53:29 PMEstimat Túischac'h, I rise to deliver a Terpelaziun to the Minister of Technology, as authorised by El Lexhatx H.2.
Given the Minister's comments elsewhere on Wittenberg that he does not see his role as a political one, can I ask for:
a) an explanation of who in Cabinet sets the political priorities for the Ministry of Technology, i.e. who decides what is to be done, rather than how it will be done?
b) a description of the working relationship between the Minister and the Permanent Secretary of Backend Admin? I am aware that the Minister and the PermSec get on well and there's no friction: what I am asking for is how responsibility for 'doing the work' is shared between the two, or whether there is a duplication of roles.
Grült méirci.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 09, 2023, 09:03:34 PMQuoteI think it's also worth nothing that I'm not part of the TNC. I was invited to join (like I've been approached by other parties in the past) but I am certain that politics is not for me
That's... odd, given that you're a Cabinet Minister. The role of a Cabinet Minister is essentially a political one. Surely if you want to be non-political, you should be a Permanent Secretary of the same status as Lüc, answering to a political Cabinet Minister.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 08, 2023, 06:48:31 PMQuote from: Danihel Txechescu on March 08, 2023, 04:33:25 PMNow, I understand the Web Registrant can be a multi-year role. I'm really not concerned about the future, I'm here for the long term, and not only am I willing to serve for such long term, but the renewal or dealing with technical details will be at the entire disposal of whoever a future government (or SoS, or His Maj, or the aliens) decide to appoint in the future as Web Registrant. As stated, I have a mission here and my plan is to improve things and to leave them in better shape on my departure.
You see, this is a bit of a worry to us, because you seem to be one of several people who "went on strike" during the years of centre-Left government, but came back into action as soon as the conservative-monarchist party regained office. If reformists or Republicans won the next election, that makes us worry that you'd just disappear again.
My attitude is that the senior figures in the Royal Civil Service and non-political appointments should be - not necessarily politically neutral Talossans - but those with a track record of working well with all shades of political opinion. Come to think of it, that's my preference for Head of State as well.