Minister of Finance and Culture Françal I. Lux has let me know about a family emergency, and he will not be very available for the next little while.  He has relatively spotty wi-fi coverage where he's gone to stay with his family.  For the time being, the Distain and I will be handling any matters in these portfolios.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

As I start teaching my students about Australia and New Zealand, I'm showering them with some cultural awareness in the form of

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Ministry of Immigration wishes to announce that our target immigration rate is 1.0 per month on average.  While quality is more important than quantity, a lower bound on the expected rate of naturalizations is a good benchmark of a functioning immigration system.  It is not the whole picture, but it's a useful piece of the picture.

This and other postings will continue to be available on this page, and any significant changes will be accompanied by a public announcement.

Later this week, the Government will be directing the Chancery to send out a public service announcement to citizens, notifying them about the new format of El List del Seneschal.  This announcement will describe the new features of the page, since it's centralizing so much useful information for the first time.  It already had a list of all the Title C and D offices, but now the updated page will:

• list the contact information for everyone, in a single accessible place,
• provide lists of all staff members in different places in government,
• notify people about important policies,
• and list job openings in which people might be interested.

All of this makes our government much more transparent and much more accountable, and we expect the page to continue to improve over time.  Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Okay, I have the green cord and I'll have a chance to print off some drafts this week.  The goal is to get these done and sent out next month.

I don't want to let this die on the vine, so I'm giving a little nudge, @Tierçéu Rôibeardescù, @Mximo Malt, @Barclamïu da Miéletz, and @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP.  Would it be helpful for me to help get some stuff set up?

That's wonderful!  It's a great place to start for a new citizen, as we hope you soon will be :)

Just bumping this: we still need a new Clerk!  This job is important, but it doesn't have a ton of work, so it's a great entry-level job for someone who's curious about the civil service.  No experience is required!

Great question!  I just watched the new Wuthering Heights movie.  It was pretty good, even though it left out half of the book.

I'd like to confirm Adiéns as an implind.  Please also add Tzoncă Davinescu and Suvlavxheu Davinescu, my other daughters.

We have a few videos planned.

The next one will focus more on the monarchy, as already mentioned.  This will try to tap into the heraldry and SCA community with hashtags and tagging accounts.

After that, I plan to do one about ár glheþ.  I'll be tapping some of our resident Ladintschen to get some audio there, and we'll tag some language people.  This will also just promote our language generally!

(Speaking of which, I'd like our Ladintschen to think about what Talossan words or phrases might make good thirty-second videos.  Like a history of the word, or a weird phrase and its explanation, or a description of an unusual thing like Ă.  These will be pretty easy to make.)

If anyone has any other ideas, let us know.

Great news, everyone!  I just checked my email, and it turns out there's a ton of exciting opportunities awaiting the Kingdom of Talossa!

• Our HR Department (which I didn't know about) has emailed to let us know that our salary has increased, and we just have to log in and confirm that we want more money.
• Bank of America and Wells Fargo both want to let us know that our credit line has increased, we have unclaimed funds, we're in danger of losing unclaimed funds, and there's suspicious activity on our card.  We just have to click the link and log in, and we'll be rich.
  
• Various people have sent us invoices, product catalogs, offers of employment, offers to develop new apps with us, and other opportunities.
• A wealthy man in Nigeria is trying to get his money out of the country, and he'll cut us in for almost all of it, as long as we're willing to help him with the wire transfers.

Just wanted to let everyone know about the fantastic opportunities waiting for us.

Under the provisions of El Lexhatx E.4, as this prospective citizen has failed to make a first posting to Wittenberg within thirty days of their introduction by the Immigration Minister, the immigration process for the prospective citizen is terminated.

The Progressive Alliance and the Union of Free Reformists would like to announce a new agreement between the two parties, building on the success of the recent parliamentary pairing which has led to greater levels of trust and cooperation.  The Progressive Alliance has agreed to abstain on votes on The Broosking Swing Mitigation Amendment (62RZ08) and The Pseudo-Real Cosă Act (62RZ11), allowing both to pass.  For their part, the Union of Free Reformists has agreed to abstain on the vote on the budget bill of 62RZ06, as well as abstaining on all future confidence votes for the remainder of the 62nd Cosa.  To the extent that the late agreement means that MZs are unable to change their votes as specified and possibly resulting in an unintended outcome, both parties also agree that they will abstain on the next Clark on fundamentally similar bills, acting in good faith to uphold their parts of the bargain.

I apologize, but you are still a prospective immigrant. When we messaged, I should have seen that - it is not appropriate for us to talk about politics, or for you to join a political party. This is a time in which you should take the opportunity to explore not just the country, but also all different political parties and ways of living in Talossa.

Let's talk again after you immigrate, and after you have a chance to find your feet in the country. I apologize about the confusion!

I should be able to have it tweaked by then and ready. Given the resounding silence, it seems like it's it's already pretty much ready to go!

I've spoken with His Majesty about having him in some as well. And I'll probably do some talking-head style ones.

There's some background noise. Not a lot, but I'm pretty sure I can take it out with very slight effort on Audacity.

I didn't notice the beginning sound, but it's probably an accidental bit of audio left-in from an imperfect clip.