Quote from: King Txec on June 02, 2025, 11:08:03 AMIs it the intent of this bill to create a new cabinet post? Minister of Production?

-Txec R

That is correct, though the actual title of the post is negotiable. (I just couldn't think of anything that fit better, to be honest.)

WHEREAS, STUFF has a lot of stuff to do; and

WHEREAS, when one has too much stuff, it makes sense to get rid of some of it, even if you're STUFF; then

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following be enacted:

• Title C, Section 1.8 of El Lexhatx is created to read:

  QuoteC.1.8. The Directorate of STUFF, headed by the Director of STUFF, responsible for the production of "physical embodiments of Talossanity", whether for distribution to citizens, to publicise the Kingdom to outsiders, or to sell for profit, at the direction of and in collaboration with the King and the Government.

• Title C, Section 2 of El Lexhatx shall be amended by addition of the bolded text:

  QuoteWith the exception of the Secretary of State and the Permanent Secretaries, every Office of the Royal Civil Service shall be assigned to a responsible Minister of the Government as named below, to report and consult concerning the conduct of their office as and when requested, necessary or useful. Officers are not subject to the direction of their responsible Minister except as required by Organic and statutory law. The Scribe of Abbavilla shall be responsible to the Attorney-General, the Royal Archivist to the STUFF Minister, the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue and the Director of STUFF to the Minister of Finance, and the President of the Royal Society and the Poet Laureate to the Minister of Culture.

• Title D, Section 2.10 of El Lexhatx is replaced in its entirety with the following:

  QuoteThe Minister of Propaganda, heading the Ministry of Propaganda (Ministrà dal Propagandă), which shall be responsible for the internal and external promotion of the Kingdom, all events therein and all things Talossan through public relations, and shall dutifully ensure that the Kingdom and its events are regularly publicised and may use any means and media available to them to achieve this. The Ministry of Propaganda shall be directly responsible for the content of one or more websites and/or social media accounts named as the 'official' website(s) and social media account(s) of the Kingdom.

• Title D, Section 2.11 of El Lexhatx is created to read:

  QuoteThe Minister of Public Records, heading the Ministry of Public Records (Ministrà dallas Adnalăs Püblici), which shall be responsible for ensuring the availability, for all Talossans, of the following:
          2.11.1. The records of the Scribery as described in C.1.2; and
          2.11.2. Any other information necessary for or useful to citizens, including but not limited to reports and data about Talossan life and Government activity.

Uréu q'estadra så:
Mic'haglh Autófil (MC-PdR/¡Avant!)

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on May 29, 2025, 09:25:45 AMSide note: no one is obligated to take up this request, since enblazonments may be done by anyone and they are not strictly part of the remit of the Coletx.

Correct -- while the offer as stated only applies to individuals I assisted with the grant of arms for, I may open it up to others down the line as time permits. In the meantime, however, the Squirrel Viceroy is correct: once you have been granted arms, that's the College's work done. Anyone (including you, the armiger yourself) may depict your blazon in whatever individual style you prefer as long as it is accurate to the blazon you were granted. (Maybe you like the Green Town Pursuivant's shorter heater-style shields as opposed to the Tudor arch? Different shades of a given tincture? It's up to you really.)

Did Mic'haglh Autófil assist you with the creation of an armorial achievement during his time as the Long Fellow? Do you think it could look better? Well it can! Yes, folks, you heard it straight from the fox's mouth. The newly-minted Coletxüt del Fotz Mesquaic has recently upgraded some of his artistic "ingredients" and in celebration of his recent promotion is extending an offer to anyone who had an escutcheon designed by him the opportunity to refresh the depiction of their arms. Keep in mind, this does not mean they may have new arms -- the blazon has already been granted by one of two Kings. Rather, let's look at an example of what I'm talking about:


If you are @Caleb Frenibuerg , @þerxh Sant-Enogat , or @Barclamïu da Miéletz , and the prospect of a bit more professional of a design appeals to you, send the Foxmouth Pursuivant a message and together you'll look over what can be done.

-Foxmouth

Does Talossa have any sort of standards for civic heraldry? As an example, the Vuodean flag features the arms of Vuode, which according to the description provided by S:reu Tafial, do not actually feature any sort of shield. I'm not aware of any other provinces (or subunits thereof) adopting arms, though; is anyone else?

Personally, I like a good rounded ("Iberian") shield for this sort of thing:

Wondering if this is something we could look into more if we're trying to spur activity at the provincial level. Thoughts?

-Foxmouth

Vaes graschiăs à Sieu Maxhestà per acest þonör.

Winging that one, don't skewer me please S:reu Tafial

-Foxmouth

Mr. Secretary, please add the Opposition Redefinition Act to the Clark.

Mr. Secretary, please move this to the CRL at your convenience.
@Sir Lüc

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on May 27, 2025, 10:20:21 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on May 27, 2025, 04:22:50 PMI apologise to the Baron for a sharp reaction, but the questions that he posed - that, outwith "the first step on a slippery slope to abolition", what is the point of at-large rather than provincialised Senäts elections - have been raised many time previously, firstly by @Sir Lüc .

I accept your apology, and I understand your annoyance.  For my own part, I am sorry if we do have to retread the same ground a bit.  My party has pledged to work to preserve the Senats, though, so we have a vested interest in knowing if this plan would just be step #1 in that process.  I'm really not trying to be difficult.  I'm just a little slow and trying to understand why we would possibly want to do this.

For my part, I have accepted that the Senats is here to stay in some form or another for the foreseeable future, so I'm not pushing for abolition if that's your concern.

I do, however, believe that fewer Senators is a preferable change to make Talossa work better for Talossans, and regardless of whether we reduce them now or at some point in the future, decoupling them from provincial representation would be necessary to do that.

However, it may interest you to know that you and I agree on the issue of needing some form of provincial representation in the Ziu overall. (basing my understanding of your position off this quote:)

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on September 25, 2024, 10:59:02 AM-From the look of things, in Option 1 we'd expect Fiova to have as many seats as Maritiimi-Maxhestic and Florencia combined.  And Maricopa would have twice as many seats as Vuode.  That seems like a problem.  Likewise, it also seems like a problem that Option 2 gives no reason for anyone to care about Vuode's interests as a province.

Granted, both of the apportionment methods I'd previously proposed do just that, so at that point, pick your favorite.

I believe we have a link here on Witt, no?

Estimat Tuischac'h,

I thank the Member for this question; the Ministry is working on getting the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue access to the team on DigitalOcean. While we likely could get by on having everything registered under the Ministry's email address, having people use personal funds to pay, and then reimbursing them from the Treasury, it seems to me a much cleaner option for the future to simply set up direct payment now and cut out the middleman.

Unrelated to the Member's question, but if he will forgive me for using this thread to inform the Cosă of a similar piece of (crucial!) Ministry business that has been recently completed, then I would like to take the opportunity to notify the chamber and the nation at large that the talossa.com domain's registration has been successfully renewed for the coming year. It was set to expire before the end of the month.

Quote from: Iason Taiwos on May 23, 2025, 02:14:45 PM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on May 23, 2025, 02:02:57 PMI have updated the list to show that many, many moons ago, Consul Taiwos asked to be assigned to Locust.

I do not remember why I chose Locust. Would it be possible for me to pick elsewhere? If so, I would like to be assigned to Garibaldi/Prospect now. (I understand there is a comic book store in that area. 😁)

Consider it done! It's been well over a year since you requested the Locust assignment, haha

I have updated the list to show that many, many moons ago, Consul Taiwos asked to be assigned to Locust.

There are at least a few things I think we should address in an omnibus bill to amend the BUS:

• We never actually changed the provincial motto to one of the corrections suggested by S:reu Tafial.
• We could, if we want, consider other provincial symbols, holidays, etc., as well as any emblem designs for the Assembly or Council (similar to how the Fiovans do it), or consider asking the College of Arms for a grant.
• We should amend BUS.E.2 to reflect whatever method we decide on for handling undervotes. My personal preference remains to leave vacant choices for the leading preferences, but let's worry about the constitutional amendment first before finalizing this one.
• The Honourable Member, Justice Perþonest raised a good point about broadening the ability to have false claims of Order of Belacostă membership adjudicated by any legal system with jurisdiction in the Province, so we should address that as well.
• What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?