As the next Microcon will be quite literally in my area of California, I have every intention of going.

-Txec R

Well I take a break for a few hours and then see this thread has exploded. Let's keep it on point - as it is about the Royal Commission. Thanks.

-Txec R

My apologies! I will edit my post.

-Txec R

Some grace is warranted as the A-X is new to Talossan politics and the Terp process. However, the term "failed to report" is a very loaded statement implying malfeasance. You've used it twice now S:Reu Tzaracomprada. Perhaps a different choice of words would, in the words of Mary Poppins, "help the medicine go down."

-Txec R

I'll start:

• Bring back the Talossa Assistant program
• Embargo in a citizens only area public debates within the Ziu
• The King has the power to grant Charters to organizations. I'd love to give out a bunch of these
• I can't recall the name, but citizens who helped bring in other citizens used to be decorated by the Seneschal (I received one myself). We should do that again.

I have a lot of other ideas, but I'll add more as time goes by. Let's get sharing!

-Txec R

In this thread, I invite the members of the Commission to post all the useful or zany ideas you might have in regards to improving the immigration system or immigrant engagement.

Members of the public, while you are not able to post here, I openly invite you to send a message to any of the members with your ideas as well.

For public reference, the members of the commission are:

@King Txec (Chair)
Sir X. Pol Briga @xpb
@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu
@Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be
Mieusegnhor @Dr. Pôl dal Nordselvă

-Txec R

Right, so now that the opening remarks are done, I'm going to open a new thread. Our next steps I believe should be a general roundtable discussion listing any and all ideas to "throw and the wall" so that we as a Commission can fine tune them for potential legislation or policy reform ideas.

-Txec R

My thoughts on immigration boil down to a few items. First, as The Right Honourable Autofíl pointed out, applications themselves appear to be on par with most measurements. The problem then is simple: immigrant engagement and interest.

I've said it many times in my years here, but engaging a new immigrant is vital. We used to use the Talossa Assistant program and it worked well for many years. My own TA, Pôl d'Aurìbuérg, who unfortunately renounced in 2016, was quite helpful in navigating the choppy waters of immigration. The program just eventually ended and immigrants now have to fend for themselves. Some are successful, most are not.

Another area of possible corrective action is the tone of Wittenberg. I'm not the only one to point out that at times our national forum can feel heated. One way to possibly fix this would be to have these type of discussions in areas that immigrants and public guests can not see. Every debate in the House of Lords or the United States House of Representatives, for example, are not seen by even most citizens (though most could be viewed if one really wished to). We should treat our public "discussions" in similar ways.

Of course, we should also engaging in as many different activities as possible that are NOT related to legislation or elections or showmanship. The TCAT and Top 20 are great examples. The current run of Talossachess is another excellent example. We need MORE of this kind of thing. El Coletx d'Armeux Rexhital is another of our almost hidden gems. The Coletx used to be mad busy, but not so much in recent times.

In short, we spend way too much time debating each other than we do all the other things that makes Talossa a great place to be. THAT is what is driving our immigration problem. It is not a problem of the current government or Sovereign or Opposition. It is a problem for ALL of us to work on.

-Txec R

Thank you Mieusegnhor Pôl. I will post my own opening thoughts in the morning, followed by our next steps.

-Txec R

Thank you, Minister Autofíl. M:sr Pôl (@Dr. Pôl dal Nordselvă), the floor is yours.

-Txec R

Thank you Baron. @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be, you have the floor.

-Txec R

Thank you. @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu , please share your opening thoughts.

-Txec R

Now that we've established our norms, let us proceed to opening statements. We will do this in order of seniority, which means that Sir X. Pol Briga (@xpb) is invited to share his opening thoughts first. I should state I intend to run the commission based on Robert's Rules of Order.

Sir Pol, you have the floor.

-Txec R

Azul Senator,

It is wonderful to make your acquaintance.

Does your Republic have a website or other online presence? I'd like to take a look at it if so.

I hope to interact with you more and I hope my Minister of Foreign Affairs pops in as well.

Regards,
-Txec R

A Trio of Worlds

Heirs of the Ancients

Act I: A Middle School Drama Anthology

-Txec R