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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 05, 2026, 10:01:37 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 29, 2026, 10:50:52 AMHi @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù

I wanted to follow-up on my application for membership and also enquire as to the status of your own which was submitted about two weeks ago. Are there any updates concerning these applications?

@Tierçéu Rôibeardescù I hope you will forgive my additional follow-up. I am genuinely excited by your recent work to renew the Society so wanted to join and contribute in any way I can. I can certainly relate with a need to focus on non-Talossa activities (I am currently transitioning between jobs and the days are long). Once you are able I would love your comments on my application.

So sorry about that! I have been fairly busy myself, partly because I have decided I love academia so much that I do, in fact, want to do my PhD and have been writing proposals and such. I have looked over your submission and would be happy to give feedback; however, I would like to open the submissions's stewardship over to one of our senior fellows, not that I don't have time, more that i fear my understanding of the subject matter itself is outside of my personal wheelhouse of knowledge. I can give it merit on its style, format and such, however I perosally dont feel upto the task to judge its content.

Thank you Madam President. I am open to any questions and would be honored to join the Society and help shape its future.

I appreciate the openness and care and thought that is evident in the Secretary of State's materials here but I agree with Miestra. I would support Option 2.

GROUP 7
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game - 4
Foo Fighters - Everlong - 3
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven - 2
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence - 1

GROUP 8
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd Movement - 4
The Beatles - Taxman - 3
B-52's - Private Idaho - 2
The Cure - A Forest - 1

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 29, 2026, 10:50:52 AMHi @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù

I wanted to follow-up on my application for membership and also enquire as to the status of your own which was submitted about two weeks ago. Are there any updates concerning these applications?

@Tierçéu Rôibeardescù I hope you will forgive my additional follow-up. I am genuinely excited by your recent work to renew the Society so wanted to join and contribute in any way I can. I can certainly relate with a need to focus on non-Talossa activities (I am currently transitioning between jobs and the days are long). Once you are able I would love your comments on my application.

For the 63rd General Election, Fora Talossa is pleased to provide an independent and nonpartisan election statement monitoring as a public service to the Kingdom's voters.

Here on Wittenberg we will be monitoring and reviewing the pronouncements by the major parties (URL, PA, and Green) along with any other new parties that are announced.

There have already been a few statements and remarks by the URL and PA which are ripe for review which will come in the next few days.

Quote from: xpb on August 05, 2026, 07:36:15 AMThanks for keeping in touch on this.  I will have some strategy announcements coming soon (a bit swamped at the moment with trivianationals.org taking place this next weekend).  We submitted a couple of factbook sheets for review by other entities (West Who, Asgardia) but only one (West Who) acknowledged.

XPB, fantastic news on the acknowledgment from West Who! Looking forward to hearing more about the upcoming plans.

Is this effort on hold until after the election?

Quote from: xpb on July 01, 2026, 01:19:00 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on June 30, 2026, 10:31:45 PM

Quote from: xpb on March 14, 2026, 10:23:19 PMnote: data collected by Breneir duing impulse #1 for Asgardia not including SWOT analysis has been submitted to their foreign ministry for review of accuracy - this is an information gathering step only, not establishing any specific relationship

Hey @xpb

In starting to finally get to work on the second report for the Dominion of Vancouver Island I noticed this note concerning the Asgardia report. Have you heard anything back from Asgardian Foreign Ministry?

Asgardia did not reply to my March 2 inquiry: Establishing Asgardia information for Talossan Factbook 2026.  I most recently received from them their general newsletter on June 18th (their unity day) indicating that their upcoming 10-year anniversary 12 October 2026.

meanwhile there's an effort by Microcon/Slowjamistan to create a more terse directory that wouldn't have the details of the fact book but could be a starting point to collect information from.

Hey @xpb

I saw the idea of creating embassies but I wanted to check in on the information sharing project which I am surprised is not a part of the PA campaign. Unfortunately, I've not made any progress for my second report on the Dominion of Vancouver Island. Have any other participants turned in their reports? Any news from Asgardia on my report?

These will go very well with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs garb.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 28, 2026, 10:56:58 AM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 25, 2026, 01:18:43 PMThe vote has begun on a motion to elect @Crement Itravilatx as Green Party leader. Please vote on the Discord channel. Voting to close on August 1, 2026.

Quick reminder to members to vote in the party leadership election. Deadline is in a few days: Saturday August 1, 2026

Greens, final day of voting on party leadership!

Quote from: Sir Lüc on August 01, 2026, 06:28:07 AMIs open now and will remain open until November 13th. Registration can be done by posting in this thread, by PM to me, or by email to the Chancery. No additional information is necessary but you will need to be a citizen of the province whose seat you seek to represent.

Luc, a quick check here that you meant August 13th?

Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on July 20, 2026, 04:12:41 AM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 19, 2026, 09:38:35 PM

Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on July 19, 2026, 08:09:10 PMWHEREAS maybe there should be a more formal but public mechanism for civil servant to be able manner akin to a terpz

What kind of help are you looking for?  If you're looking for direction, you can ask your supervising Government official (the Minister of Culture, @Françal I. Lux ).  If you'd like to establish more policies or guidelines, though, I think you should generally just do it.  Or you can do a public consultation if you're just not really sure.

for this particular point about civil service Terps, its more the point that there is few formal mechanisms for the civil service to be interacted with and  to intact with the state, for example we are unable to post in the ziu,  even to relevant changes in policy (SOS withstanding), there exists no mechanism for the civil service to seek a formal legal opinion thought the courts as I recently found out (AG withstanding). Finally There is no form of accountability or even freedom of information requests built in,  less in the way of needing help rather to be `summonedable` as well as to part of public record.

Tierçéu, I wonder whether revisions to the Freedom of Information laws might help to create some mechanism for terpelaziuns, etc.

GROUP 3
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow - 4
Dave Brubeck - Take Five - 3
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out - 2
David Bowie - Starman - 1

GROUP 4
Johnny Cash - Hurt - 4
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire - 3
Annie Lennox - No More I Love Yous - 2
Stromae - Papaoutai - 1

WHEREAS it has been a fortnight since @Tric'hard Lenxheir made his first post on Wittenberg, the Kingdom's official forums, following his application for citizenship being received by the Ministry of Immigration and

WHEREAS he, in that fortnight, has demonstrated continuous, genuine and active interest in this wonderful nation, its life, language and culture and

WHEREAS he clearly seeks to renew his citizenship, and

WHEREAS he genuinely is a nice and courageous person, and

THEREFORE I, Breneir Tzaracomprada, a citizen of good standing of the province of Florencia and of the Kingdom of Talossa, do hereby petition the Secretary of State @Sir Lüc to issue a grant of citizenship to Prospective Citizen, Tric'hard Lenxheir, as specified by law.

GROUP 1
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 4
Men At Work - Down Under - 3
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1

GROUP 2
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission - 4
Queen - Innuendo - 3
B-52's - Roam - 2
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat - 1

@Sir Lüc and @Glüc

Well done on another TCAT leg. Do you know when the third leg of Season 5 will be?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 29, 2026, 11:06:29 AM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 27, 2026, 09:31:46 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 25, 2026, 01:22:49 PMI have run across the thread a few times and perhaps there has been movement offline. Has there been any progress on the CoA Knightification request by @Iason Taiwos ?

@Iason Taiwos Checking in on this check-in

This is inappropriate, S:reu Tzaracomprada. You are not a member of the Coletx. While your interest is appreciated, an appropriate thing to do would have been to send a private message if you were earnestly inquiring.

Oh sorry, I was not intending to be inappropriate and apologize for that, and I want to clarify that there was no intent to embarass or scold anyone. I was earnestly seeking information as to whether his request had had any movement as I like to encourage movement across Wittenberg on things that might have stalled.

I thank Iason for answering me and confirming that there has been no action and I hope that his request will be completed soon.

Hi @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù

I wanted to follow-up on my application for membership and also enquire as to the status of your own which was submitted about two weeks ago. Are there any updates concerning these applications?

A reminder to all Talossans who like to mix it up in the kitchen. Your favorite original and non-original recipes are welcome.

The Talossan Book of Cuisine through its four volumes has grown to be a premier compendium of deliciousness. Your contributions would be welcome.

Quote from: Iason Taiwos on July 28, 2026, 03:12:00 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 27, 2026, 09:31:46 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 25, 2026, 01:22:49 PMI have run across the thread a few times and perhaps there has been movement offline. Has there been any progress on the CoA Knightification request by @Iason Taiwos ?

@Iason Taiwos Checking in on this check-in

I haven't heard anything

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