I see just in time for the Historic Compromise, the King awakes from his slumber.  His timing has not gone unnoticed.  Once the Compromise goes down in defeat, will we see him return to a peaceful hibernation?

I certainly hope not.  Talossa needs an active and engaged sovereign, and Talossa needs an active, engaged, and interested John Woolley.  I, for one, welcome his return to active Talossanity.

As for you as Regent, Alexander, well-done indeed.  I echo the Seneschál's words and reflect on your calm and competent leadership with the emergency situation we had with a fellow Talossan a few months back - a situation resolved in the best way possible for this individual.

While I've certain differences with you on Talossan matters, I've never for one second doubted your love for our nationette.  Talossa needs more people like you.  Thank you for six months of leadership with a fierce welcome back to John.

GV, Senator - Fiôvâ

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on April 18, 2021, 01:56:52 AM
It's been a while since we used this, but please familiarise yourselves with the Standing Orders of the General Assembly. One thing we might consider: should we bring in a quorum for GA decisions, either set in the Constitution or the Standing Orders?

A quorum would be very good: 50%-plus-one turnout of all eligible voters?

Quote from: Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on April 14, 2021, 10:19:33 PM
Thank you for your message.  At this time, I intend to veto the bill on behalf of His Majesty.  This seems to be my clear duty as regent, since the proposed bill would immediately remove the sovereign from the throne.  I have communicated the situation to His Majesty, however, and he may direct as he pleases.

Please be aware that my name doesn't have any accent marks in it, for future reference.

If John had been active over the past year, it never could have come to this.  Why can't we have a sovereign who actually wants to be active in their own country?

Quote from: Ián Tamorán S.H. on April 15, 2021, 05:34:35 AM

Quote from: GV on April 10, 2021, 07:51:15 AM
...Had the lifetime monarchy won out convincingly, the Compromise never would have existed.  This is not what happened.  As with Brexit in the United Kingdom, and even more than with Brexit, the people gave themselves a split-decision.  Brexit was 52-48.  The monarchy referendum of 2020 was much closer. 
...

As an aside: Brexit is a ****ing disaster. Total ****ing disaster  :( :( :(

I know, I know...  :-(  Two different situations entirely, but I agree with you re Brexit.

Meu fluenceu ineu Talossán c'est muy mál und sehr schlecht.

 :D

1. Which orthography is to be used?  Pre-Arestada?
2. Include numbers (cardinal and ordinal) with great liberality.  In my few years in Spanish class, numbers were always neglected.  The same was true in typing class, oddly-enough, though my typing teacher was still quite good.
3. A phonics approach is crucial.  International Phonetic Alphabet, if it works for Talossan, needs to be a part of the curicullum.  Whole language approach = I run for the hills.
4. It will take years for us all to become even a bit fluent.  No one, two, or even five people working 24/7 on the language will be enough.
5. If the Talossan language is not worked on, Talossa dies.  Period.
6. Which group of people are the current Talossan language academy?

"Veto this bill, AD.  The world is better off with life-time monarchy". - Sincerely, Henry VIII; Carakowa; and Commodus.

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The strategy is not to have a monarch, but a 7 year president with veto powers, who can be re-elected, accomplished by the same techniques outlined in http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~unger/articles/irv.html (see "some electoral suprises" ) while a simple "do you want a hereditary King or Queen - yes or no" was diluted by shaded options to confuse the issue and split the vote.
Fait accompli.

Good or bad, a King or Queen is outside the bounds of election, (similar to a Justice of the Supreme Court in the US) after their initial appointment, until their demise or resignation.  This is fundamental concept.

This fundamental concept was Ben Madison's greatest weapon against Kane Gruber in 2004. 

I echo everything Miestrâ and Viteu say elsewhere in this thread.  Elsewhere on Witt, I have given a rudimentary summary political history of the Kingdom (from my perspective) since 1 June 2004.  Read it and learn.

Bear in mind, we went about putting the Compromise together in the right way.  Knowing we needed buy-in from the population in a profound way, we surveyed the populace by way of non-binding referendum with the promise what came from this referendum would be acted upon in some way.

Had the lifetime monarchy won out convincingly, the Compromise never would have existed.  This is not what happened.  As with Brexit in the United Kingdom, and even more than with Brexit, the people gave themselves a split-decision.  Brexit was 52-48.  The monarchy referendum of 2020 was much closer. 

In this, the people were clear: a reformed monarchy was the way to go.  Preserve Talossan tradition, and hold the sovereign accountable periodically while still giving them a long term and breathing room.  Thus, we have the Compromise.

Much of the opposition to the Compromise stems from personal affection for John Woolley and a desire to not curtail him in any way.  Well, with his faux-abdication and complete refusal to be transparent about his intentions for the monarchy as well as appoint in Alexander Davinescu the most offensive individual to the 'republican' side possible as Regent-for-Life, he has showed in a very benign fashion the modern Talossan monarchy can be abused.

The Compromise will pass the Ziu, putting the question to the people.  The people will answer this question.  The Convocation will then meet, and John will either be tossed out of the kingship or retained for seven years.  This is not only a referendum on the mechanics of monarchy, but I believe in the minds of many, it is a referendum on John's own leadership, especially since August of 2020, which is when his rest and relaxation began and when the monarchy was dehereditized.

No-one is attacking you, by the way.

Quote from: Txosuè Éiric Rôibeardescù on April 09, 2021, 03:35:45 PM
So you want the republic back again? As noted... How well did that do? You where down to 20 members and no activity? And you want to return to that? You returned to the fold to mold the kingdom back to your own image, doing away with king and regent, doing away with active citzans (perticulely those who disagree with you) and to hell with everything else. The republic didn't work or you would have let go, moved on and left the monarchy in the dust, but you didn't and apprently you couldn't let go because of what King Ben did to you. You Brought that attitude back with you, how dare king John succeed where you failed, how dare he re-envigarate the kingdom with out you, how dare he not call you back to the fold knowing that you would most likely hate him because you hate what he stands for, he has succeeded where Ben failed and you hate him for it. Plain and simple.


I already want withdraw my candidature, because I already can't stand for what I believe him without getting attacked form all angles. Even our Regent had to take a step back when you and he agruged to the point that there was no going back, he returned.

Id even go so far and renounce my citzanship too, but what would that change? Another monarchist run out of town who dared to raise his head. Oh no I'm staying. I brought myself a popcorn machine.

When I look at 2005-2011 Talossa, and as I've said elsewhere, I see a Kingdom with excitement, with purpose, and a Kingdom which for the first time since, really, the late 1980s was genuinely having fun.  It was like the Republic in its first months: the canvass was blank, Ben was gone, and the world was ours to make in our own image.

Talossa comes and goes and ebbs and flows.  This has been mainly due to the answer to the question: 'Is there a new way for Talossa to evolve?'.  In the mid-to-late 1980s, there was: JJ was a brilliant political foil for Ben, Talossan National News was at its peak, and the possibility of a change in monarch to another monarch had never been tried before. 

Ben loved, I think, running Talossa from behind-the-curtain.  This, I think, is why we had Kings Robert II and Floretzia in the first place.  The late Robert II was a true puppet (though he really did exist as a living human) and Flo (by all accounts a vivacious and really nice person) in the end only took the gig because she liked Ben and wanted to help him out. 

What I'm saying is: libraryoftalossa.com has everything everyone needs (save language stuff, alas - I need to fix this) to do Talossa and learn about our past.  What we also need re-learn in Talossa is the concept of 'self-initiative' and 'self-starter'.

Here is a perfect example: to the College of Arms, I submitted a draft personal blazon.  BenArd has not been able to get to it, himself, and no-one else has stepped up to take the ball: getting a graphic image to me and giving me counsel as to how to better my rationale, blazon-values, and what-not.

My father and I had a discussion about Talossa this past week.  I made one thing clear to him: Talossa is important precisely because it is pointless and absurd.  In a world taking itself all-too-seriously with gender pronouns, 2nd Amendment rights, Trump vs. OBiden, a pandemic if left to its own devices would be bad enough to take down our hospital system, the most severe government reaction to a pandemic in the history of the world, and the fact WW3 could start at any moment, Talossa stands as a refuge of 'freedom, fun, and fairness' everyone can enjoy (to borrow from Ben's words).

What I'm saying to all you 'disenfranchised conservatives' is get involved again.  If you want the halcyon SCA-hippie days of 2005-2011 again, then ask the people to make it happen.  Defeat the Compromise at the polls (or the Ziu) with sound arguments. 

The only thing the Compromise is doing is putting periodic term-limits on the monarchy.  The monarchy is preserved, and when enacted, the seven-year term limit will hold 'Sleepy John' and future rogue-monarchs much worse than he ever thought about being to account.  What's wrong with that?

As to the lifetime appointment to the monarchy, we are all spoiled by the shining example of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who in the wake of Prince Philip's death I believe will not be long for this world.  Instead of thinking on Lilibet, let's think on a real King - a monarch of real compassion who loved and cared for the Irish people with a true Christian example - King Henry VIII. 

Or perhaps the proto-hippie Uncle David who as Edward VIII could have helped to Nazify the United Kingdom.  Bessie, thank you for everything.  Prince Charles will make a wonderful monarch.  ;-O

Get involved, people, or stay quiet and vote silently.  Talossa needs all of us.

Quote from: Txosuè Éiric Rôibeardescù on April 09, 2021, 08:55:38 AM
From my perspective my facts are correct. We have had a drop off activity from long term citizens of talossa. Disenfranchisement is often cited as the reason. As leader I will attempt to reach out to these citzans to hopefully bring them back into the fold. If your having a mental health brake from talossa that is perfectly acceptable, which is as I have already said, applies to everyone. I myself required this in recent times for medical reasons. I see the referendum as what it was constently spouted as, non legally binding and of people currently active. That currently active majority is mostly republicans because more monarchist and conservatives have been driven away by aggressive retoric. Shout at all the people that disagree with you untill your the only one left in the room, then elect yourself president as you have the majority.

As has been said this is a leadership 'election' and I welcome any of my fellow LCC members to also run for the position. I don't wish to argue with them, I wish to build each other up.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on April 09, 2021, 06:35:19 PM
BUMP. GV "liked" this post, does that mean he likes both the suggested reforms?

I don't care one way or the other.  I just want this province to be active again.

Quote from: Txosuè Éiric Rôibeardescù on April 09, 2021, 07:48:15 AM
I have no insider knowledge for you, however again we are all entitled as citzans of talossa to prioritize or extra talossa activities should we see fit as we must respect each other in that.

Not when he is well and is monarch.  If I can go incommunicado for one week as PM (way back when) and have the country up in arms, we can get up-in-arms over King John's rest and relaxation.

Hee, hee...  You get to do this all over again on 2 May, Alexander.  #DeaconJohn #OrthodoxEaster

If John is not well, we need someone to say, "John is not well.", and he will receive from me and all Talossa all the support in the world.

It is not lost on me he went inactive at about the same time the monarchy was de-hereditized by a vote of 2-1 in referendum.  It is also not lost on me he appointed AD as Regent-without-end-amen only after I publicly called on the King to give clarity to his absence.

We look forward to his immediate return to his once-normal level of Talossan activity and attention.