By my math -- subtracting the citizens who haven't voted yet from the list of active citizens -- Maricopa is both leading the raw number of votes cast (10, with Fiova in second with 8), and turnout (45.45%, with Vuode in second at 44.44%)

Quote from: Glüc on March 18, 2025, 04:53:27 AMOn what basis is this proposal called "Consensus Plan on Reform"?

Well, the fact that we had

three

different

rounds

of successive national conversations about the best way to forge a path forward -- in which every citizen was invited to contribute, MZ or no, Government or Opposition -- and this was ultimately what emerged from the talks is a pretty good basis.

Obviously, yes, more citizens contributing would always be preferred, but if people can't be hassled to even check Witt, I cannot compel them to speak up.

Earlier this year, a prominent member of Talossa's aristocracy stated that  "Gradual decay is not a plan." He said this in reference to the Consensus Plan on Reform, a roadmap that was debated and refined through several rounds of discussion, with constructive input from all mainstream political parties both within the Government and the Opposition. This Plan was one of the ¡Avant! Coalition Government's stated goals back when it was inaugurated: to facilitate "a wide-ranging and open-ended discussion on Talossa's Organic Law and constitutional structure." This was a promise made and a promise kept.

Given that even the Leader of the Opposition commended the Government's "ability to build consensus" and praised "this latest proposal and the style with which [responsible figures] handled the discussion", it is fair to say the goal of charting the roadmap has been met. Whether or not we stay on course to a brighter future for Talossa remains to be seen -- though the final word rests, as it always should, with the Talossan people.

Given the fact that the aforementioned aristocrat and I are opposed on a host of political issues, it may surprise you to find out that he and I are in full agreement on this one. Gradual decay is not a plan, at least not one any capable government should countenance. The problem lies in the inability to self-reflect and see that it is attitudes such as his own that keep us on the road to decay, plodding along like a cart in a rutted track. Slowly but surely, we roll down the gentle hill of time, until eventually this track dumps us off a cliff and on to the ash heap of history. With all due respect to a member of Talossa's nobility, that simply will not do. We cannot sit in the burning room, sipping our coffee and telling ourselves "this is fine" until we've been charred to a crisp.

It is true that more immigration is always a good thing. It is also true that immigration is something that pretty much every government of this nation, regardless of ideological position or partisan makeup, has attempted to improve, frequently with mixed results. While this Government has enacted improvements to our immigration system, it is a fact that Talossa simply does not have the population to justify the current structure of our state.

We have, at last count, 131 active citizens. It is, however, the same 20 or so who continue to form the core of active citizenry. This is not enough to keep Talossa's posts fully manned. We have too many provinces and too many positions that must be filled, and the most glaring example of this is the Senäts. Eight citizens forbidden from most other positions, including Cosӑ service (understandably so, to be fair), Uppermost Cort seats, and several key spots in the Royal Civil Service. Wouldn't it be nice to have them available to help share a bit more of the workload?

This is not to criticize the concept of provincial representation, to be clear. Both proposals submitted for Cosӑ apportionment, including the Mixed-Member Proportional system ultimately selected for the Consensus Plan on Reform, are intended to sacrifice a little proportionality to ensure smaller provinces are not completely overpowered by more populous neighbors. But they do so in a way that solves what has been termed the "warm bodies problem" – fewer people are required to make things function properly, though there is nothing stating that more people cannot be included – there's nothing wrong with making a large party list and then only giving each person on it a few seats, you know? (By the way, this is one excellent feature of the 200-seat Cosă: it's easily scalable and almost infinitely expandable.)

Perhaps the most sinister motivation at play here is that of self-perpetuation. We can talk about how our systems are broken, about how we do not have enough people to man the ramparts, about how immigration is paramount. But when new prospective immigrants show up, this leaves us in a bind – we are forced to show them a house with its windows smashed in and its paint peeling, only to follow up with "welcome home!" It's no wonder most of them don't stick around! Wouldn't it make the most sense to renovate the house first before having someone move in?

All of these metaphors are to try and emphasize why the Consensus Plan on Reform – CPR – is so necessary. As in medicine, CPR is not undertaken lightly; it is an emergency lifesaving measure, after all. The ¡Avant! ticket is trained in its administration. And you, the Talossan people, will decide with your votes whether we as a nation get the emergency care we need, or whether we will allow ourselves to flatline.

A vote for the ¡Avant! ticket is a vote for democratic reform, a vote for adaptable government, and a vote for Talossa's future. Not just a brighter future, but a future of any kind.

Quote from: mximo on March 15, 2025, 04:25:02 PMWhat happen if a governement failed the VOC ?

QuoteThe Clark must contain, in every edition, a Vote of Confidence. Each MC may answer this question in his Clark ballot every month, either with a "yes" or a "no." If at the end of any Clark the "no" vote outnumbers the "yes" vote, the Leader of the Opposition shall become Seneschal.

Begging the Squirrel Viceroy of Arms' pardon, but S:reu Vilaçafat is the Green Town Pursuivant.

- TLF

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on March 15, 2025, 02:27:00 PMDoes that mean that the next Cosa term will be shortened to match the schedule?

Correct. The schedule chosen was intended to, among other things, make it so the Chancery is never tasked with conducting an election over the holidays. Personally I believe a yearly schedule would be even better suited to avoiding too much over the holiday season, but there wasn't enough support for that yet.

Quote from: Glüc on March 15, 2025, 09:19:03 AMI may have missed something

According to the proposal

QuoteA newly elected Ziu shall convene on the first day of the month after its general
election, to coincide with the publication of the first Clark. Its term shall be equal to
six Clarks, subject to the provisions elsewhere in this Organic Law. During its last
month, the King shall issue a Writ of Dissolution ending its term. Whenever the Cosă
may be dissolved, all its members shall resign.

The next clark would be May, so then the next writ of dissolution will be in October. (Anything else would be inorganic)

The underlined clause was kept from the current language precisely because keeping it allows for things like months of recess to occur without actually affecting the schedule. The term of a Cosa is "equal to six Clarks" -- in other words, six months long. "Anything else" would not be inorganic due to the fact that the second provision you've quoted would be "a provision elsewhere in the Organic Law."

In actuality, the only thing that first provision you quoted is meant to do is correct the fact that the current language of the OrgLaw reads as "seven", not "six" -- under your initial interpretation, this would mean the Crown has been inorganically dissolving the Cosa early for years.

Bumping with the O.Be ribbons as I envisioned them based on the description in C.1.5.

First Class:


Second Class:

I am pleased to inform His Majesty that the renderings as used throughout the nation's records (at least all those on the wiki) are updated with the new rendering.

- Deputy Scribe of Abbavilla

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 10, 2025, 12:27:45 PM

Quote from: King Txec on March 10, 2025, 12:26:16 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 10, 2025, 11:41:21 AMI can't wait for another event like this.

I had a great time. Expect the next event to be Election night. I want to do a live meeting with election returns (maybe @Sir Ian Plätschisch will help with this as I think he's done this in the past).

-Txec R

I just need to know at what time it will be and what day and if it's something I can attend, expect me.

Polls will close at 17:00 Talossan Daylight Time on April 1, which is a Tuesday. This would be, I believe, 22:00 CEST.

I'd be cutting it close, since I have quite the drive home from work on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I get out at 16:00 (same time zone as the GTA). I'd also have to cast an early ballot in Wisconsin's spring election, which happens to also be April 1, unless I'd rather add the time to go to the polls there to my delay for getting online...

(This gives me the rare feather in my cap of having valid votes in my name tallied in two different countries on the same day, I think?)

PdR statements on referenda:

60RZ06: It is only fitting that Talossans who retain their citizenship to the end of their lives should be able to retain it in perpetuity. PdR supports changing the Organic Law to enable such a state.

60RZ21: As one plank of the Consensus Plan on Reform, we support fixing the length of the legislative term as a means to enable more predictable operation of Talossa's institutions and create more space for apolitical Talossans to get involved apart from the din of politics.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 07, 2025, 03:31:48 PM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on March 07, 2025, 03:30:35 PMYour card was not printed because you renounced right as I was finalizing everything for the printer.

So I didn't waste your time.

If anyone would have wasted my time there, it would have been myself.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 07, 2025, 03:25:17 PMSince I'm back, will I get my ID card?

Your card was not printed because you renounced right as I was finalizing everything for the printer. However, when signups come out in the next Cosa, I would strongly advise whoever is STUFF Minister at that point to make sure you go on the list first.

Quote from: King Txec on March 07, 2025, 11:40:20 AM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on March 07, 2025, 10:03:39 AMVol. 3, Iss. 1!

Very nice job, and congrats on accreditation by MicroWiki! This is just one more step to bringing our kingdom back into the international spotlight where it belongs! (also the articles are awesome too!!)

I'll be linking the issue to the Micronations Facebook groups I belong to also if you are ok with that.

-Txec R

I am very much ok with that! Thank you.

Vol. 3, Iss. 1!