Especially the proviso "majority of MZs" is confusing to me. Would, when voting on procedure, every attending MZ get one vote? Considering how the Cosă is composed, this seems unfair to me. But on the other hand, if MCs get as many votes as they have seats, how many votes do Senators get? Just one (extemely unbalanced), 25 (=200/8, but sort of arbitrary), some other number?

As a sidenote, it's because of things like this that I think of the status quo as a hindrance to more face-to-face events that needs to be overcome rather than something worth hanging on to.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 04:35:02 PMThis obviously heavily draws from my experience in local government and activist groups, using rules for order common to a lot of groups.

That's perfectly fine. Most of my 'experience' with these things come from watching Bundestag broadcasts, so I'm grateful for every bit of real know-how that I can get!

If the plan is to have Informal Sessions every month, maybe it is time for us to determine some basic rules of procedure so we don't have to reinvent the wheel each time.

As I understand it, the last time we had anything of the sort was in 2022, during the 57th Cosă, with the now-Seneschal as Túischac'h. As such, would you like to share your experience with me and assist with writing a new set of hopefully permanent rules, @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu ? If all goes well, I'd like to have the rules passed as a bill once they're finalised.

If anyone else has questions or ideas, feel free to share them here.

By the way, if anyone plans on giving a speech during the debates, please let me know beforehand so I can try to sort speakers in a way that makes sense. I know I coined the term "Informal Session" myself, but I don't want it to end up in shouting or people talking over each other or anything, and I don't want there to be any confusion on the procedure. Of course, if no one 'pre-registers', I'll just try to do things on the fly.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on December 31, 2025, 05:04:55 PMThis is inaccurate. PMQs in my country and I believe in Britain are submitted with a few days notice so that the Government can prepare a proper answer. That said, supplementary questions are extemporary.

Could I get those sent to me in advance as well, considering they are formally addressed to the Túischac'h?

I, too, will wait until the Informal Session to cast my vote.

Actually, I believe we have strayed too far from the main topic of this thread, namely the "Sense of the Ziu: Restoration of National Honour". If I can't compel MZs to get back on topic, I would least highly encourage everyone to do so.

Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 31, 2025, 05:03:44 PMYk I really wish everyone spoke French rather than English as the global lingua franca (and Gaeilge as the main language in Éire)

Well, then we would still have the same problems except that except Anglos being complacent, itd be Francophones. It wouldn't actually solve anything.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 31, 2025, 03:01:04 PMI have updated the front page of our website (talossa.com) with an announcement, time zone table, and itinerary.  Please let me know if you see anything I got wrong or that I can improve, anyone.

There are some formatting things, like that rogue linebreak in the last line of the time zone table, or the use of the spelling "Cosa" instead of "Cosă". I'm also not sure if calling it the 46th Session of the Cosă is accurate since every Clark is a session really, rather its the 46th Cosă.

Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 31, 2025, 01:34:51 PM

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on December 30, 2025, 05:01:39 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 30, 2025, 04:37:38 PMI have asked for a word to be coined for this new approach, and we intend to do them fairly regularly.

It could be as simple as Seßiun Rustitsch (Informal Session).

Or in Talossan Latin, "Sessio Rustitiscus"! :D

It's feminine.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on December 31, 2025, 12:05:17 AM@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP
Seneschal, Tuischach:

One idea that popped up during the last campaign was to have an informal question period of some kind at least once during this term. If the Opposition were to send the Government the questions a week or two in advance, would that be something that might fall under one of the informal sessions?

I believe PMQs are usually answered spontaneously, instead of being sent the questions and having the answers prepped in advance. We can, of course, have Terps during the Informal Session if time permits it, but I would expect them to at least be answered live.

Hmm.

I don't own a webcam, but at least all attendees will be able to hear me speak Talossan!

Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 30, 2025, 06:20:59 PMI believe the point RBM was trying to make is that Talossan was only well-known by people in Talossa, not necessarily that Talossan was "forbidden" from being spoken outside Talossa.

No, that was exactly the argument he was making. Namely, that people who are not already citizens need some sort of permission to be able to learn and speak Talossan, lest they commit plagiarism and copyright infringement. You can read that in the links I posted as source.

Quote from: Xheralt Del'Encradeir on December 30, 2025, 05:29:53 PM"Promotion" is a slippery concept, especially in the commercialized internet age.  Using Talossan for promotion was a feature to mention, in order to to attract other language nerds, to say "hey look, we have something other micronations don't!", promotion in that sense.

Right, I understand that. But even in that sense, reducing the language to just a means of promotion is, in my opinion as a language nerd, doing it a massive disservice. And I also understand Sir Tomás' upset: I, too, wouldn't like to be told that I've spend literal years of my life studying and advancing a promotional tool.

Quote from: Xheralt Del'Encradeir on December 30, 2025, 05:02:47 PM

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on December 27, 2025, 05:00:18 PM

Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 27, 2025, 04:54:26 PM

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on December 27, 2025, 04:52:37 PMI am interested in its history. That's why I have been, among other things, researching Archaic Talossan as it was first created by Ben in December 1980. What you're doing has nothing to do with its history, and how dare you make these sweeping statements when you don't know the first thing about it?

Instead of Ben, who only ever saw the language he created as a marketing ploy to get nerds to join his kingdom, I would love to see the return of the second person ever to speak Talossan, and the first person to truly love it: Sir Tomás Gariçeir.

Well, looks like we're both in a pickle now, eh?

I have no idea what you mean by "pickle". Sir Tomás has always been well respected for his services to the language.

"Marketing ploy?"  You really do misunderstand him.  He loved languages, period.  He studied Russian, Icelandic, various others -- some of the ghelp's odder elements were retained from its Icelandic influence and inspiration, before the Berber mythology got folded in.  Asserting copyright was NEVER about the money, it was real-world efforts to recover control of "Talossa", something he could point to and say "I created this and deserve to be compensated for my work", as would any published creator.  This move of course ultimately failed.

I never said it was about money. I'm refering to this statement (source):

Quote from: King BenThe language was created to promote Talossa [...]. That is what the language exists for.

, which does leave a bitter taste in my mouth. I would hope that el Glheþ is more than merely a promotional vehicle for Talossa.

Evidently, I'm not the only one who read it like that (source):

Quote from: Tomás GariçeirIf things have degenerated so much that the Talossan language now exists "only to promote Talossa", then for Heaven's sake, somebody let me know and I will not waste another second working on it. The day that our venerable, beautiful, noble language becomes nothing more than a mere marketing tool to attract new members for our little club, whose use is restricted to the tiny handful of human beings in the world who are members of our little club and have received "authorisation", is the day I pack my bags and join the Republic.

I understand that you were there when it happened, so it's a bit silly for me to quote 20 year old forum posts at you, but in retrospect it's difficult to read though these threads and not get that impression.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 30, 2025, 04:37:38 PMI have asked for a word to be coined for this new approach, and we intend to do them fairly regularly.

It could be as simple as Seßiun Rustitsch (Informal Session).

Right after the State Opening, there will also be an unofficial quasi-Living Cosă. Members of the Ziu are encouraged to attend the event to debate the Clark and vote on it in person. Those who cannot attend will be able to cast their votes through conventional means following the usual timetable.

If there are any questions, feel free to ask them in this thread.

It will be held live. A link to the video call will be posted in due time.  The session will feature:

• The Swearing-in of Seneschal Alexandreu Davinescu, Baron Davinescu del Vilatx Freiric
• Address from the Government, delivered by His Majesty King Txec
• Rebuttal from the Tanaischteu
• Terpelaziuns
• Seßiun Rustitsch (Informal Session) of the Ziu, with debate and voting on Clarked bills

I ask the Seneschal and Tanaischteu to prepare their Government speech and rebuttal, respectively.

Fair enough. I don't mind this. (This was probably the wrong place to have this discussion in. I'm sorry, Lüc...)