Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 16, 2022, 09:03:31 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 16, 2022, 08:56:29 PM

Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 16, 2022, 08:55:04 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 16, 2022, 08:44:50 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 16, 2022, 01:43:49 PM

QuoteThe Zuavs rewards activity with pomp and ceremony.  The whole program is already set up.

Cabinet has discussed this. Initiative now lies with the new Minister of Defence.

It's been months.  Is anything going to happen with this?

I guess you missed the recent activity in the Zouavs. Weird, since you commented on it.

The, uh, one new citizen who actively sought out to join, requesting specifically, and has since not received any sort of recognition or promotion for their numerous efforts?

No.  Um.  I noticed.

Dude, using the very rules you set up, the private in question may have done something culturally related within the past week or so, but seeing as I as the Captain personally commended his efforts while at the same time preparing for a national election, you'd think some small courtesies could be made. But then, that doesn't fit your narrative of a do nothing government, even though the Zouaves are not political.

You're not in the Government!  This has nothing to do with campaigning, as you can see because I've been asking about this for six months.  I just don't know why you're pretending the Zuavs are an active force right now.

Like, I was hoping that the MinDef would promote the thing?  Or even the Seneschal (either one)?  And then maybe do the thing where people who actively contribute to cultural stuff get officially recognized with pomp and announcements?

I know that you have a lot on your plate.  You're the Secretary of State, you're the leader of the largest party in the election you're running, you're the most active herald in the College of Arms, you're administering Wittenberg... this isn't your fault.  But the Zuavs are very much not going right now, right?

Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on March 16, 2022, 08:55:04 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 16, 2022, 08:44:50 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 16, 2022, 01:43:49 PM

QuoteThe Zuavs rewards activity with pomp and ceremony.  The whole program is already set up.

Cabinet has discussed this. Initiative now lies with the new Minister of Defence.

It's been months.  Is anything going to happen with this?

I guess you missed the recent activity in the Zouavs. Weird, since you commented on it.

The, uh, one new citizen who actively sought out to join, requesting specifically, and has since not received any sort of recognition or promotion for their numerous efforts?

No.  Um.  I noticed.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 16, 2022, 01:43:49 PM

QuoteThe Zuavs rewards activity with pomp and ceremony.  The whole program is already set up.

Cabinet has discussed this. Initiative now lies with the new Minister of Defence.

It's been months.  Is anything going to happen with this?

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 16, 2022, 01:43:49 PM

QuoteStart an advertising campaign.  Target some key words like "micronation" or "conlang."

Cabinet has discussed this. Finance says we can afford it. Initiative now rests with MinStuff.

It's been months.  Ian P said that his first look at this was too pricey.  Is anything going to happen with this?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 16, 2022, 06:31:11 PM
Well, let's just hold our horses.  Does anyone have him on social media?  Any number of things could be going on, like maybe he just has the flu or COVID-19 or something.

This would still be good to know.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 16, 2022, 07:19:49 PM
your campaign material is quotes from my posts.

Generally, I'd say that whenever the incumbent makes multiple big speeches acknowledging how badly their Government has failed, quoting them is fair game.

I've never really noticed any predictive trends with early returns in the country. Probably Gluc has paid more attention than me, but I think we're just dealing with weird dynamics and too small of a numbers to draw any conclusions. But it's definitely not bad!

Other governments have succeeded at multiple things. I mean, there's just been a basic lack of leadership here, let's be honest. You guys forgot about this PD, and no one really followed up on it until I started asking questions. It's just like a bunch of other stuff over the past year. ID cards, the Zuavs, the New Citizen Packet, social media use... A ton of this stuff has happened only because private citizens started working to supervise a do-nothing Government. I'm not sure why you're pretending like this was inevitable. You have personally made several speeches where you admit all this. It was just a couple of weeks ago when you said it plainly, yet again:

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on February 17, 2022, 02:15:08 PM
This speech is difficult for me because I have to be honest about the consequences of my decisions. I have to admit that the Government of the 56th Cosa has mostly been a failure.

That's the reason for the embarrassing attempts to try to provoke a big nasty negative campaign. The whole country has pretty much been ignoring it, but let's not pretend that we also aren't all aware of what's going on.

Oh, it's definitely done?  You said before there might be changes from other people in the Government.  Glad to hear it's all set.  @Caleb Frenibuerg , did you find it helpful when it was sent to you after your oath?  I'd love any feedback.

Well, let's just hold our horses.  Does anyone have him on social media?  Any number of things could be going on, like maybe he just has the flu or COVID-19 or something.

He's always been trustworthy, just sometimes he gets very busy.

I'm not really sure we should wait to get a test written and administered before we do them.  ID cards are way overdue, since it's been years since the last time they were issued (when I was MinCult, a long time ago).  I'd suggest that for this new run, we should maybe offer them to every citizen without delay.  We can still develop the test and offer it for this or another purpose, but people have been waiting for literally years... let's not make them wait anymore.

I think those two things you added are a good choice, and this looks great.  I was happy to put it together for the country and I hope that people will find it useful.  I don't know if you were requesting that I do that remaining work on it or not?  It's not clear if you're asking for me to do it or someone in the Government.

Yeah, I pointed that out above.  This effort really needed someone to spend like ten minutes putting together some info on the guy from the big history and the wiki.  Hopefully that will happen in the future.

Any update on this?