No, I can move it too, I just thought that "is this ready to take to the CRL?" meant "is this draft final or do you have further suggestions?"

The time allotted for voting on the Clark has expired.

As no bills or resolutions have passed both the Cosă and Senäts, Royal Assent is not required.

The Cosă and Senäts have disagreed on the following resolutions:

63RZ01 – Sense of the Ziu: No More Loyalty Parades
Agreed to by the Cosă 115-85, rejected by the Senäts 4-4

63RZ02 – Sense of the Ziu: In Support of Decoloniality
Agreed to by the Cosă 66-22 (112 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 1-1 (6 abstained)

63RZ03 – Sense of the Ziu: When Agents Go Rogue
Agreed to by the Cosă 51-44 (105 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 1-1 (6 abstained)

63RZ04 – Sense of the Ziu: Climate Consequences
Agreed to by the Cosă 66-22 (112 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 0-2 (6 abstained)

The Cosă passed a Vote of Confidence in the incumbent Government 190-10.

All Senators and Members of the Cosă voted.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on October 19, 2026, 04:52:43 PM@Sir Lüc is this ready to take to the CRL?

Yeah, I think your draft looks good.

The holidays in the calendar are just the preloaded SMF ones; swapping in our own is one of those things that never happened due to me going on a hiatus and noone else picking them back up, like the News and Newsletter features, theme/UI tweaks and fixes, and translating the interface to Talossan. Again, no point in bothering to do any of those now that we're hopefully moving out very soon.

I think we're safe to announce that the State Opening will indeed be next Sunday, October 25th, at 9 PM Central European / 8 PM British / 4 PM Eastern / 3 PM TDT-Central / 1 PM Western / 9 AM NZDT (of Monday 26th). This link is still valid if you want to convert to an arbitrary timezone: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20261025T200000&p1=157&p2=158

At a bare minimum the session will consist of:

• The Swearing-in of the Seneschal
• Address from the Government, (delivered by His Majesty King Txec)
• Rebuttal from the Opposition

and it seems like there's room for more in the allotted hour, such as addresses from other members, Terpelaziuns and, like I mentioned earlier, debating bills in the Hopper. I would be very interested to hear from those who plan to attend if they have any ideas or wishes.

I don't think there will be time for a further SMF update before we move to Discourse, but once we do, there will likely be a running thread for news and updates.

Again, it was not necessary to create a fresh account. I will delete the old one then.

Edit: Deleted the old account and merged it into the new one.

Non neceßevás creatar ün profil noveu - eu put simplămint modificar-te acest. 

The Chancery acknowledges the same, effective after the closure of Clark business for this month.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

Quote from: King Txec on October 13, 2026, 11:05:02 AM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 10, 2026, 07:03:38 PM@Sir Lüc

Might you be willing to clarify for King Txec and Miestra as you have added the title to my profile,  I think? That is why I stated I am the Opposition Leader. I think it has to do with the current No votes. Crement voted for the government, ahem, which is certainly not matching with my vote (mentioning that obvious fact for those desperate to tie us politically at the hip.)

Thanks. One issue with reading the latest posts is we don't see the sidebar which lists each person's position.

-Txec R

Yes, sorry, this went unannounced but I remarked elsewhere I had only marked Crement Itravilatx as "provisional LOTO" prior to the Clark beginning because of his standing as the leader of the largest party not in Government. Once he and Garth Spencer both voted Üc, Tzaracomprada became "official LOTO" by virtue of holding 7 "Non" seats vs Muhammad Yasir's 3 "Non" seats.

If I may return to the main topic, I strongly suggest the Society add to its bylaws some provisions dealing with lapsing membership for non-contributing members. Especially since a large amount of those non-contributing members did not even produce a single piece of scholarly work when joining the Royal Society, let alone since then. Quoting the Seneschal in 2020(!):

QuoteAnyway, from what I can see, very few of the members of the Royal Society have been measuring up to the requirements of their positions.  Fellows and Senior Fellows (including the President) are expected to deliver annual lectures to the Society that pertain to their scholarly interest.  I can name perhaps one or two Fellows who have done this in any reasonable form.  Fellows are also expected to produce a twice-yearly symposium, but I am not aware of one.

I also strongly suggest that the ridiculous and self-aggrandizing post-nominal "vote" be stricken off the face of the Earth.

Nobody else returned the poll since my last message, so it indeed seems like we're going with that time and date.

Heh, I actually do use QGIS for work though! I even taught a lab module for an undergrad course about natural hazards using QGIS last year, and this semester as well (though we might switch to ArcGIS instead - gonna have to settle on that pretty soon)

That's so neat, congrats! If you want to tweak the basemap further, I suggest the plugin NextGIS QuickMapServices for a bunch of alternative OpenStreetMap styles and many more providers. QuickOSM is also a plugin I use to grab objects off OSM, if you want to actually edit the individual geometries.

Some new places to display could be Clark's Print Shop/Graphics and Gay House, and I'm sure there's more!

Looks like we have 7/7 available on Sunday 25 at 21-22 CEST / 3-4 PM TDT! (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20261025T200000&p1=157&p2=158)

Do those who haven't answered the poll yet think they could attend? Particularly interested in opposition representatives since they have the right to deliver an address after the Speech from the Throne.

Quote from: Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir on October 07, 2026, 04:58:19 PMI will say, I do have anxiety about such things so I won't be able to join in this (this is a long term thing, and have mentioned a few times over the years)

But I hope it goes well, and if needed I can send a prepared remark to be read out by someone at the event

That's totally fine. If you (and anyone else) would still like to assist, you are welcome to join with no mic and no camera!

Quote from: Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir on October 07, 2026, 04:59:33 PM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on October 07, 2026, 12:43:55 PMBy precedent, nominations will remain open until a week from me calling for them, so a little less than two days for any other nomination!

I believe our precedent here is 2 weeks based on our constitution  and how things have been run before

I am going off of this: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?msg=10998 - one week for nominations, then two for voting.

By precedent, nominations will remain open until a week from me calling for them, so a little less than two days for any other nomination!

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on October 02, 2026, 11:46:19 AM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on October 02, 2026, 10:44:38 AM[...]

1/2) As I understand it, the Lexhatx doesn't allow the Cosă to set its own rules like it does the Senäts (Lexh.H.3.1), so these rules would not be strictly binding.

This is absolutely true, but I suspect we're in "the law doesn't explicitly allow something, so it must mean it disallows it" territory. These rules basically only govern how an informal session operates and entirely operate within the limits of existing legislation, for example when dealing with bills, or when saying the Túischac'h maintains order. By comparison, the Senate rules are completely different and much more consequential; for example, they precisely set the terms of office of senators, which is something the Cosă doesn't need, since an MC gains their seat when they're appointed and (normally) loses it on Dissolution.

QuoteI hesitate to add these rules to the Lexhatx directly because internal processes really shouldn't be a matter of national legislation in the first place.

Fully agreed.

Quote3/4) To the surprise of perhaps no one, these rules I worked out together with AD last term are heavily based on how associations in Germany usually govern themselves, and under this framework, all the points I mentioned are in fact points of order. The idea is that an agenda is set beforehand, and everything that interrupts or distracts from the agenda is a point of order, and the chair adjourns the session once the agenda has run its course. My choice of inspiration doesn't imply that German associations have a better internal structure than the House of Commons, it was moreso a framework that was already familiar to me and easy to adapt to our circumstances here, and I wouldn't mind changing them in the direction of the Commons if there's enthusiasm for it.

That's fine, it's just odd that we'd choose a framework specific to Germany over something more international. And I'm saying that while also firmly believing we shouldn't parrot what any specific legislature does; my "a motion is not a point of order" objection is more grounded in an English dictionary definition and in common procedure, tbh.

Quote5) That would be nice, but you can't really force MCs to be more proactive than they have to be. That's something I've been struggling with during my two terms as Túischac'h at all times.

I fully get what you're saying, as a four-terms-and-a-bit Túischac'h and Mençei - but I'm sure nudging the Seneschal to move to adjourn when we're done is not an unreasonable expectation.

Sure