Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 09:10:57 AM

Quote from: Sir Lüc on June 23, 2026, 10:18:21 AMGot it! Just wanted to make sure.

If someone's interested in being added as a co-sponsor, would that still be possible? I've gotten an inquiry about adding someone: @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP has asked to co-sponsor.

Sure, anytime before the Call closes is fair game.

Please don't necropost on threads this old; six months old is bad but tolerable, three years is way too old. I suppose it's not explicitly discouraged by Wittiquette, but it makes historical research much more difficult when threads are suddenly heavily out of order.

--SoS

Got it! Just wanted to make sure.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 23, 2026, 06:19:19 AMThe States isn't in your list, probably for understandable reasons right now, but if you ever want to come visit (probably post-Trump) you'll have a free place to stay in Massachusetts!

I hope I will be able to take you up on that offer some day!

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 23, 2026, 07:30:19 AMThe Democracy Act and Amendment

There are no proponents listed here or in the Hoppered version. Who's sponsoring this bill?

The call for bills for the July 2026 Clark (the sixth of the 62nd Cosă) is now open. You may post a link to a bill's Hopper thread underneath in the usual fashion, provided it has passed the Hopper according to Lex.H.2 and you are entitled to Clark bills.

I will accept for Clarking any such bills (except for any that fall foul of H.2.7) that are presented between now and June 30th 11:59 PM TST, as I will begin assembling the Clark on the European morning of July 1st.

Other than my home country, I've been to, in rough order of first visit:

• Austria (all landers except Voralberg; 3x Vienna, among my favourite cities)
• Germany (2x Munich, 2x Berlin, 6x FFM/Mainz/Hesse)
• England (4x London, shamefully)
• France (I really need to visit again)
• Czechia
• Portugal
• Belgium
• Vatican City, fwiw
• Slovakia
• Ireland
• the Netherlands, visiting dear friend @Glüc last year

Gaping holes in the map and/or new places I want to visit next:

• Anywhere outside Europe (but I will travel to Istanbul in September for PhD related stuff)
• Spain (too hot. I don't like hot.)
• Switzerland (almost visited once, but the composer/conductor friend who invited me to play for their national holiday concert fell ill. Probably too expenso to visit in the near future, just like Scandinavia.)
• Slovenia/Croatia (if you live in NE Italy, pretty popular for beach holidays. Not with my parents, apparently)
• Hungary (but I am determined to pay homage to Magyar Peter by sneaking in a trip soon)

All of this contingent on my meagre PhD salary and saving up to fund my expensive skiing habit.

Done - inserted 7.6.8 and also modified 7.6.4 to better outline the Chancery's need to send necessary mailers without explicit consent, rather than just saying "exempt from every requirement of this section", which is unnecessary.

This bill has been moved to the CRL.

4 seats formerly held by Francesco Manzella are now available to the Green Party for reassignment. @Breneir Tzaracomprada

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 bill:

62RZ25 - The Freedom of Conscience Act
Agreed to by the Cosă 91-72 (35 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 4-4.


The Cosă passed a Vote of Confidence in the incumbent Government 106-25 (67 abstained).

Francesco Manzella (MC-Green) and Marcüs Causch (MC-URL/NC) both did not vote for a second Clark in a row and have therefore vacated their seats.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 20, 2026, 09:30:43 AMOkay, it took me a couple of extra days, but I did it.  I think it's all set.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL for review.

Done.

Actually, no, nevermind. I thought a little more about it, and it seems to me that it does make sense to keep partisan government announcements and nonpartisan news separated. I also think the different timing restrictions I wrote in the bill are adequate and justify the need to maintain separate lists.

I will add one final bit to deal with allowing provincial officials to send mailers through the Chancery, and then I think the bill is ready for the CRL, unless someone can help improve the language.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 17, 2026, 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 June 17, 2026, 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:)