As Premier of Maricopa I would like to ask why our senator @Béneditsch Ardpresteir failed to vote and represent his province in the 4th Clark.

RZ8 passed the Cosa 134 - 66 and the Senäts  5-1. The VoC passed 165 - 11.

Senators Tamoran and Ardpresteir did not vote. Neither has lost their seat as the third Clark had no business before the Senäts.

Quote from: Þon Txoteu É. Davinescu, O.SPM on December 09, 2021, 08:22:29 PM
RZ8: Për
VoC: Yes

Sorry... long week! lol

Thanks

Quote from: Iason Taiwos on December 05, 2021, 07:52:37 AM
RZ8: Per

Are you abstaining on the VoC?

Quote from: Françal I. Lux on December 08, 2021, 02:33:01 PM
RZ8: për


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Are you abstaining on the VoC?

Quote from: Þon Txoteu É. Davinescu, O.SPM on December 09, 2021, 08:22:29 PM
RZ8: Për

Are you abstaining on the VoC?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 06, 2021, 08:45:04 PM
Here are some of my ideas, some of which I've mentioned before.

Centralize
Government business and party business should be relocated to Witt, as much as possible.  Right now, nearly all of that is invisible, which just feeds the impression that nothing is happening in Talossa (even when a lot is purportedly happening behind the scenes).  This can't be mandated for obvious reasons (like freedom of speech and associated), but it looks like literally everyone needed to make this happen is in this thread and people could just agree to do it.  No money, new laws, or supermajority support would be required to do this.

Tweet
Log onto the Kingdom Twitter on Tweetdeck and schedule a bunch of posts based on upcoming holidays (using the wiki page on them) and just general silliness.  A bunch can be quickly written and scheduled, and hashtagged with "#conlang #micronation #talossa".  It will require not much more than an hour of work every couple of months.  It will be much easier than actually consistently using our nearly-dead social media, but still gin up a good presence as a start to begin building back up opportunities for future real engagement.  For bonus points, use IFTT to automate cross-posting to Facebook and Instagram.  No money, new laws, or supermajority support would be required to do this.

Knights
We're in dire times, and vigorous support for these initiatives or others should be rewarded as an act of patriotism in service to Talossa.  If someone knocks off a few things on this list, they probably should be in line for a knighthood.  We don't want pay-to-play, and the dignity of titles has to be preserved if it's going to actually mean anything to anyone, but we should reward people who rise to the occasion of their country's emergency.  No money, new laws, or supermajority support would be required to do this.

Ads
We have a decent amount of money.  Abandon the plans to spend it on stuff like a registered agent, and instead start an advertising campaign.  The Government can run a contest for the copy and images, and then appropriate funds with a PD or bill.  Target some key words like "micronation" or "conlang."  This would require significant expenditure and laws, but not much beyond that (no opposition is likely to appear).

Centralizing is a good thought. I don't see why at least some of the business of the FreeDems can't occur in a dedicated forum. We already do post information on our party conventions, which are open to anyone. I'd also like to see the Cabinet using the forum in the private forum we've set up for that purpose.

As for the tweets, do we know who has the login information for our Twitter account? I spend a lot of time tweeting for my author business so I'm well versed in scheduling and the logistics. I'd be happy to take that on if we can figure out who has current control.

The knight business is a bit of a sore spot owing to the fact that so few have been honored and we have a nice list of people who I believe would be eligible, even without the list you put together AD.

Ads are a good idea. Sponsored ads on Twitter might be a good place to do this.

Quote from: Viteu on December 06, 2021, 11:54:18 AM

Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on December 05, 2021, 09:45:14 PM

Uppermost Cort
El Lexhatx puts the Clerk of Corts in charge of administering the Cort. This might work well if the Clerk were consistently active, but Clerks have generally not been active for most of the position's history. If the law were followed, this would make it very difficult to conduct any legal business. However, for the past several years, parties to cases and Justices alike have essentially agreed to pretend the position of Clerk does not exist and handle all administration themselves. This has allowed the Cort to function, although it does so in a make-it-up-as-we-go manner that no one quite understands and is ripe for future controversy.

There's been some positive movement since 2019, of course, but it's inhibited by two necessary components--a lack of active judges and a lack of an active clerk.

Who is the current Clerk? Perhaps its time to remove and reappoint someone active?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 05, 2021, 06:13:31 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on December 05, 2021, 02:00:26 PM
Anyway, I think someone once said that if you stop people doing what they want with Talossa, they won't do what *you* want, they'll do nothing.

Yes, it should certainly be plain by now that you can't force people to be interested in something.  I've said it many times, and I'm glad you've taken it to heart. If I was suggesting passing a law to require enthusiasm for tackling our most important problem, then I would be foolish.

Instead, I'm calling for leadership. We can unite in common cause to save our country, without anybody forcing us to do so.

We clearly are in dire straits, and we need to make a change. Business-as-usual isn't working. And there will come a point of no return.

We should try a new approach. We might fail, but Talossa is worth the effort.

I agree changes need to be made. What raises my ire here in at least some small part is when people who shout from the rooftops that something needs to be done come in every now and then, shout their pronouncements, then disappear for a month or longer.

The good baron gives us food for thought without having to actually DO anything. I challenge him to put his actions where his fine words are and actually do something. I know as soon as I'm done the baron will point out times he was stifled and prevented from doing something. That's not good enough. Practice what you preach. Form a party of your own, take over an existing one, become a permanent secretary of something, etc.

The December 2021 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=56&clark=4

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/December2021Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

I've included the bill in the Clark.

Having once sat on the CpI, I can understand the tendency toward complacency. However, when something did come up, I always bestirred myself. If our CpI isn't functioning, I support this move.

An MC loses his or her seat for failure to vote on two consecutive Clark's. Your Mac didn't fail to vote once, but twice. You can reassign them if you like, but they'll lose them again if they don't vote.

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the December 2021 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=56&clark=4 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=56&clark=4 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 30th of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on December 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of December), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

The VoC passed 115-19-0

MZ's @Cresti da Ion Nouacastră-Läxhirescu, @Iason Taiwos, @Jordan Placie did not vote for a second consecutive Clark and have lost their seats in the Cosa

Party Leaders will need to reassign the lost seats.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat