Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 08:41:51 AMOk, fair enough.  I apologize for not reading carefully enough to see that post!  I don't quite see why it's still better to separate News and Governmental, but I'm happy to defer to you in that regard.

To be fair, I do think we should revisit the cultural mailing list later if we can strike a balance regarding the issues I raised there. And for what regards separating News and Governmental, I mostly just outlined why it's been written this way; at the end of the day, it probably does make sense to just merge them.

Azul @Moses Henry Emefiele  , this board is meant for the operation of the Ziu, our parliament, and it's not typically open to feedback from prospective citizens.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:50:45 AMI'm wondering why these are separate?  It's not necessarily bad, but it seems like if we're going to have three categories, we might want to think broader.  Probably not a ton of people want La C'hronica but don't want other government announcements.

I think the answer is twofold:

1) Past practice and different purposes. The Government list was necessitated by the current C.1.2.2.5, the News list was created under the new database for a separate purpose. Although, now that I think of it, the legal basis for the delivery of La C'hronică is C.1.2.2.5 as well.

2) The News list was born when putting together the new database, and at that time, I didn't necessarily envision it as delivering La C'hronică only.

I don't think there's much harm in merging the two, but I think keeping them separate provides more clarity when managing consent.

QuoteI wonder if there's a possibility of instead having a Social list for the forwarding of announcements by Talossan organizations?  Any given organization could be limited to two announcements per term or something like that.  I think it would be great to have stuff like TCAT eligible to send out announcements to let people know it's starting, since there might be some cycling fans out there who just never noticed it before.

I addressed this here (I called it "cultural" and you called it "social", but I think the idea is the same): https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?msg=43335

Happy to help as well:)

Any additional feedback? This is eligible for CRL review but if there's any objections beyond form/structure they should be made now, not at the CRL stage.

WHEREAS, occasionally, valid citizenship petitions are presented, but the subject of the petition does not return the oath in a timely manner; and

WHEREAS, in those cases, there is no firm law on when a petition "lapses" due to the prospective's inaction, but 30 days has been estabilished by precedent as an informally accepted threshold; and

WHEREAS, additionally, E.7 as written is incredibly contorted and borderline illegible; and

WHEREAS, E.7 also contradicts E.3.4.1 and contains a reference to a "clause 4" that does not exist; and

WHEREAS, all of E.7's subsections refer to the connected but entirely separate topic of provincial assignment, which is definitely poor form; and


WHEREAS, there are perfectly good empty sections (E.4-5) to unpack E.7's miscellaneous provisions into; so

THEREFORE we, the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa, hereby enact as follows.

El Lexhatx Title E Section 3.4.1 is amended to read as follows:

Quote3.4.1. At any time at least fifteen days after the beginning of the examination period, any current citizen of Talossa,  except for the Minister of Immigration or anyone to whom they have delegated their powers, may petition the Secretary of State requesting that a Royal Grant of Citizenship be issued to the prospective citizen.

El Lexhatx Title E Section 4 and 5, which are currently blank, are re-instated to read as follows:

Quote4. Upon receipt of a petition lodged in compliance with section E.3.4 and relevant subsections, the Secretary of State or a deputy shall, within a week, administer to the prospective the Oath of Talossan Citizenship required by section E.9.

4.1. The Oath may be taken in any form the Secretary of State deems appropriate, whether in public or in private, in person or by text or audio/video link.

4.2. If the prospective does not take or return the Oath within 30 days of the Secretary of State first attempting to administer it, the examination period shall end, the immigration process for the prospective citizen shall be terminated, and their Wittenberg account shall be disabled.

5. After the prospective has satisfied every requirement set by law, the Secretary of State or a deputy shall promptly issue a Royal Grant of Citizenship to the immigrant.

5.1. At the time this Royal Grant is issued, and from that point forward, the applicant shall be a full citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa. Any and all objections raised to the immigration made after this Royal Grant will be moot.

5.2. The Royal Grant shall be posted on Wittenberg by the Secretary of State, so that the new citizen may be welcomed by his compatriots.

5.3. This Grant shall be issued under the Royal Seal, either as applied by the Chancery, or, should the Majesty request, by the Sovereign under his or her own hand. If requested by the Government, the Grant may also bear the signatures of the Seneschal and/or Immigration Minister.

El Lexhatx Title E Section 7, which currently reads:

Quote7. The Secretary of State shall, on a date of his choosing, but within a period of ten days after receiving a petition from at least two citizens, neither of whom shall be the Minister of Immigration or anyone to whom they have delegated their powers, to issue a Grant of Citizenship as described in clause 4, and determine the provincial assignment of the prospective immigrant and issue a Royal Grant of Citizenship to the immigrant. This Grant shall be issued under the Royal Seal, either as applied by the Chancery, or, should the Majesty request, by the Sovereign under his or her own hand. If requested by the Government, the Grant may also bear the signatures of the Seneschal and/or Immigration Minister. The Royal Grant shall be promptly issued coincident with the candidate affirming his fealty to the Royal House and his allegiance to the Kingdom by taking any Oath of Talossan Citizenship specified by law. At the time this Royal Grant is issued, and from that point forward, the applicant shall be a full citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa. The fact of the issuance of this Grant shall be posted on Wittenberg by the Secretary of State, that the new citizen may be welcomed by his compatriots. Any and all objections raised to the immigration made after this Royal Grant will be moot.

is hereby repealed and replaced with the following:

Quote7. Future immigrants to Talossa shall be assigned to provinces based on the provisions of this title.

FURTHERMORE, El Lexhatx Title E Sections 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 are hereby merged and renumbered as 7.1, to read as follow:

Quote7.1. Talossan citizens physically living within the boundaries of the Kingdom of Talossa shall be assigned to whichever province they are actually living in. Citizens living outside the boundaries of Talossa shall be assigned to a province corresponding to a geographic zone. The entire globe shall be divided into eight geographic zones so that anyone living anywhere outside Talossa is automatically assigned to the corresponding Talossan province.

Uréu q'estadra så,

Sir Lüc da Schir (Secretary of State

No valid petition (ie. a petition with two signatures, as per E.7) was presented within 60 days, so the prospective is no longer eligible.

And that's pretty much it. See you in about two weeks for the opening of registrations for TCAT France, and don't forget to check Wittenberg for any stray podcasts that might land in the meantime:)

And lastly, as per recent custom, the

ALL-TIME STAGE WINNERS

	Team	Stage Wins	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
	Banqeu da Cézembre (BDC)	53	11	15	20	5	2
	Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	43	6	5	11	13	8
	Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	19	3	4	4	6	2
	Cyclohexane (CHX)	18	-	8	2	5	3
	Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	17	-	3	9	5	-
	Mençeis/Gagnheirs (MMM)	17	5	11	-	-	1
	Cézembre Fieschă (CFA)	16	-	2	9	5	0
	Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	15	12	2	0	1	-
	Maricopa Cabana Boys (MCB)	13	-	7	3	3	-
	Dead Last (DED)	12	-	3	4	5	-
	Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	10	-	-	-	10	-
	Rexhitais/Cantzelerïă (REX)	8	-	1	1	4	2
	Kinetic Racing (KIN)	4	3	0	-	1	-
	Team In The Wind (KIN)	3	-	-	-	-	3
	els Averatxeirs (ATX)	2	-	2	-	0	-
	Valcürïăs (VAL)	2	2	0	-	-	-

Two teams, Ardita and Manilows, took part in at least a TCAT leg but did not win a stage.

A couple of updates to finally complete this edition's coverage.

SIDE CLASSIFICATIONS

As a reminder, the Climbers, Sprinters and Combativity classifications respectively mimic the real life King of Mountains, Points and Combativity classifications (well, the latter doesn't actually exist anymore), by tallying up only the points making up the relevant categories: summit and daily KOM for Climbers, intermediate sprints and daily PC for Sprinters, and breakaway points for Combativity.

And we have a sweep: Cyclohexane wins all three side classifications, thanks to Ciccone (KOM winner), Milan (best placed TCAT in PC) and their plethora of breakaway riders. This is their first sweep and the fourth overall (GHST swept in Spain 2022 and Italy 2025, and MCB swept in Spain 2023). This is also Cyclohexane's third win in the Sprinters's classification, their first in the Climbers' and their second (with a likely points record) in Combativity.

Sprinters's classification (podium only)
Cyclohexane 551
Gordon Hiatus Support Team 367
Els Talossaes Rexhitais 269

Climbers's classification (podium only)
Cyclohexane 718
Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs 699
Team In The Wind 657

Combativity classification (podium only)
Cyclohexane 300
Gordon Hiatus Support Team 100
Cézembre Fieschā 100

Mailers sent out. Please remember to either tag me here or send me an email I can forward out.

Should I send this out?

Idk man. https://bracket26.com/b/3gT7NtOujW

Quote from: King Txec on June 08, 2026, 11:41:29 AM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on June 08, 2026, 10:01:59 AMI for one am happy to report that, for the third edition in a row, my home country is boycotting a World Cup held in an authoritarian regime. (For a country so obsessed about football, we sure are rubbish at it lately. Luckily, I dislike both the game and the obsession, so I shall continue blissfully ignoring the plight of my compatriots.)

Didn't Italy simply fail to qualify for the World Cup? I don't think that's a boycott unless you say they played badly so they didn't have to go? :-)

-Txec R

Duh, the decades long ineptitude and mismanagement in the Italian football federation is obviously all a long ploy to avoid Russia, Qatar and the US.

I for one am happy to report that, for the third edition in a row, my home country is boycotting a World Cup held in an authoritarian regime. (For a country so obsessed about football, we sure are rubbish at it lately. Luckily, I dislike both the game and the obsession, so I shall continue blissfully ignoring the plight of my compatriots.)

E.11.4 for new citizens, and D.7.6.2 for existing citizens (which references a tool that already exists: https://database.talossa.com/citizenship/privacy)

There we go. 7.6.6 and 7.6.7 need a bit of work but otherwise this should be pretty complete.

Despite past discussions on the topic, I did not include in my draft a hypothetical "cultural" mailing list, because:

• I think it would be undesirable to chuck vastly different endeavours under that label, but conversely, it would be pretty onerous to implement separate lists for each (I think there should be a reasonable limit to what the Chancery is expected to do for what isn't really one of its core tasks); and
• I think it would be difficult to define who could use that list without either someone being the arbiter of what counts as a "legitimate cultural entity" (and someone also deciding if a specific mailer qualifies as a cultural mailer), or potentially exposing citizens to massive spam by simply not making that call and letting anything go.

I would obviously welcome input regarding how this could be implemented, but this can also be safely deferred to some future piece of legislation.

WHEREAS, during the electoral campaign for the 62nd Cosa General Elections, issues regarding the then-existing and outdated provisions on privacy and electoral communications were brought to light; and

WHEREAS, those issues were generally amicably resolved between contesting political parties and the Chancery, through the issuing of 61PD01 and certain stopgap provisions in the Election Rules for the 62nd Cosa General Elections; and

WHEREAS, it is regardless evident that Talossa needs a more permanent framework for data protection, resulting from open discussion between all stakeholders and data protection experts; and

WHEREAS, it is now necessary to have such a framework in place, so that Talossa is fully compliant with macronational data protection standards, and so that campaigning for the next General Election can be held under stable, democratically set rules; so

THEREFORE we, the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa, hereby enact as follows.

El Lexhatx Title D Section 7.4 is repealed in full and amended to read:

Quote7.4 Data Protection
7.4.1 Personal information such as, but not limited to, private mailing addresses, contact telephone numbers, private email addresses, given names, ages, dates of birth, and national identification numbers shall be held on file by the Chancery and shall only be accessed by the Secretary of State or The King, except where the citizen to whom the data relates has given explicit, informed, and freely given consent for such access or disclosure.

7.4.2 The Chancery shall ensure that all personal data collected, stored, or processed by any body of the Kingdom complies with the following principles:
a. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the citizen to whom it relates.
b. Purpose limitation: Personal data shall be collected only for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with those purposes.
c. Data minimisation: Personal data shall be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
d. Accuracy: Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. Inaccurate data shall be corrected or erased without delay.
e. Storage limitation: Personal data shall not be retained in identifiable form for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
f. Integrity and confidentiality: Personal data shall be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction, through suitable technical and organisational measures.
g. Accountability: The Chancery, as the data controller, shall be responsible for and able to demonstrate compliance with all of the above principles.

7.4.3 Citizens shall have the right to request access to any personal data held about them by the Chancery, to request correction of inaccurate data, or to request deletion of their personal data unless retention is legally required for citizenship verification or archival purposes.

7.4.4 All personal data shall be securely stored, encrypted when technically feasible, and automatically deleted or anonymised after two years of inactivity, unless required for lawful archival purposes.

7.4.5 Any unauthorised disclosure, misuse, or negligent handling of citizens' personal data shall be treated as a data breach, and reported immediately upon discovery or knowledge of such breach to the citizen to whom the breached data pertains and the Uppermost Cort, which may order appropriate remedies and sanctions.

El Lexhatx Title D Section 7.6 is created to read:

Quote7.6 Mailing Lists
7.6.1 The Chancery shall serve as an email forwarding service for a number of purposes outlined in this section. To this end, the Chancery shall maintain a number of Mailing Lists for each separate purpose, such that 1) senders do not have access to citizens' personal email addresses; 2) messages are distributed only to citizens who have provided valid consent to receive them; and 3) all data processing complies with the principles set out in D.7.4 and its subsections.

7.6.2 The Chancery shall provide a simple and accessible mechanism for citizens to withdraw consent for the use or sharing of their personal data at any time, for what concerns any or all of the purposes listed below. Upon withdrawal, the Chancery shall ensure that the data is no longer used for the specified purposes.

7.6.3 No personal data, including email addresses, shall be disclosed to anyone unless a citizen has given explicit, informed, and specific consent for such disclosure. Consent to receive forwarded communications for any purpose shall not be interpreted as consent for direct data sharing.

7.6.4 Emails containing the Clark or electoral ballots, or reminders for voting on the Clark or on a General Election, or invitations to respond to a Census, or any other communication that originates directly from the Chancery and that the Chancery must send as a result of its operations, are exempt from the requirements of this section.

7.6.5 An Electoral Mailing List shall be maintained by the Chancery for the purpose of enabling electoral communications.
7.6.5.1 The Electoral Mailing List shall only be accessible to the Chancery for the purpose of forwarding electoral literature on behalf of political parties that are fully registered and have paid their registration fee.
7.6.5.2 Political parties shall not have direct access to the Electoral Mailing List. Each registered party shall be entitled to submit electoral literature through its leader or an agent authorised during registration, which shall be forwarded by the Chancery within a day to all citizens who have opted in to receive electoral communications.
7.6.5.3 Up to one communication may be forwarded prior to Balloting Day, and up to two communications may be forwarded between Balloting Day and the subsequent Election Deadline, no fewer than a week apart.
7.6.5.4 Each communication shall be titled and clearly identify the author, the person submitting the literature, and the registered political party on whose behalf the literature is being sent.
7.6.5.5 The Chancery shall maintain an auditable record of all parties that have submitted electoral communications and the dates on which messages were forwarded.

7.6.6 A News Mailing List shall be maintained by the Chancery for the purpose of sharing monthly gazettes compiled by the Government.
7.6.6.1 Communications shared in this way shall entirely consist of news about Talossa and drafted by the relevant Government minister.
7.6.6.2 Such communications may only be forwarded up to once per calendar month.

7.6.7 A Governmental Mailing List shall be maintained by the Chancery for the purpose of sharing information about Government business.
7.6.7.1 Communications shared in this way must entirely pertain to official Government business.
7.6.7.2 Such communications may not include publicity for, or any other business pertaining to, any political party or candidate for election, or any particular outcome for a specific referendum.
7.6.7.3 Such communications may only be forwarded no fewer than thirty days apart, and not in the period between a Dissolution of the Cosa and the Certification Deadline for the subsequent General Election.

El Lexhatx Title D Section 7.7 is created to read:

Quote7.7 GDPR Compliance
7.7.1 The Chancery shall be the designated data controller for all personal data processed in connection with the conduct of elections, referendums, censuses, or official communications.

7.7.2 If Talossan law conflicts with the data protection laws of a citizen's country of residence, the Chancery shall interpret and apply Talossan law in a manner consistent with those laws to the greatest extent possible. No officer of the Kingdom shall be compelled by Talossan law to act in a manner that would breach the applicable data protection laws of their country of residence.

7.7.3 The Chancery may, in consultation with the Technology Minister and the Uppermost Cort, issue regulations governing the technical and procedural aspects of this system, including encryption, password protection, and secure message forwarding.

7.7.4 The Chancery shall publish an annual Privacy Notice summarising the categories of data collected, the lawful bases for processing, and the data protection rights of citizens.

FURTHERMORE, El Lexhatx Title C Section 1.2.2.1. be amended by removing the clause "The Chancery will provide an option for respondents to share their email address with party leaders, pursuant to D.8.5.4."

FURTHERMORE, El Lexhatx Title C Section 1.2.2.3. be amended by removing the clause "The only exception is that citizens may opt to have their e-mail address shared with party leaders, pursuant to D.8.5.4."

FURTHERMORE, El Lexhatx Title C Section 1.2.2.5. and all its subsections, whose purpose has been transferred to El Lexhatx Title D Section 7.6.7 and its subsections, be repealed in full.

FURTHERMORE, El Lexhatx Title E Section 11.4 be amended to read:

QuoteIf, during the immigration process, a prospective citizen states that it is OK for Talossans to contact them by email, the prospective shall be opted-in to the Electoral, News and Governmental Mailing Lists once they are granted citizenship. The Secretary of State shall notify the new citizen that they may opt-out from any of the Mailing Lists at any time by contacting the Chancery.

FURTHERMORE we, the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa, hereby pay tribute to Baroness Cjantscheir of Tamoran Beach, and recognise her invaluable input in the drafting of parts of this bill, while regretting that medical reasons leave her unable to support the bill further.

Uréu q'estadra så,

Sir Lüc da Schir (Secretary of State)

FWIW, this is still on my radar so that a bill can be Clarked in the Sixth Clark.

I'm currently beginning to draft something that incorporates both Litz's draft and what I assume is the general agreement that there should be a couple mailers during election time only - I'm thinking one mailer allowed immediately after registering, and one or two mailers allowed in the actual balloting fortnight, with perhaps an additional provision to have the Chancery keep a (read only, replies allowed on separate threads) running Wittenberg thread of mailers as they get sent out.

No, I simply moved back to the Hopper (and tagged as "Clarkable") all the bills that are deemed to have passed the CRL by laying there for over a month. I thought it would be helpful if the CRL sub-board only contained bills actively under the scrutiny of the CRL, which those bills no longer would be.