Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on April 07, 2023, 03:18:23 PM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 06, 2023, 08:59:16 AMI'm running my D&D game that night.  Wednesday night?

That should work.

Still available tonight?

I thank the Minister for his response.

If I may ask a follow-up, may the Honourable Minister provide any updates on the other initiatives of his Ministry? In particular I am interested in what he has personally been doing in his Ministerial capacity, rather than duties that have been delegated to others.

Estimat Túischac'h,

May the Honourable Minister inform the Ziu of any plans to attend the upcoming MicroCon 2023 in Chicago?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 06, 2023, 08:59:16 AMI'm running my D&D game that night.  Wednesday night?

That should work.

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Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 05, 2023, 12:59:35 PMI'm sorry, Ian, I meant to do that.  It's been a lot lately -- work stuff, but also Seder this past Saturday and my wife was out of town, so it was just me alone with the kids all weekend!

Would Sunday night work for you?

Sunday is Easter so I don't think that will work. Perhaps Tuesday?

@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu and I still need to schedule episode 2 of our show.

I recently got a new coffee machine so I will be passing on the reimbursement, though.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 22, 2023, 09:47:55 AMThat'd be a good one! But are there ones that talk? I guess I can probably output the text as voice pretty easily, manually.

Speaking of -- @Ian Plätschisch , want to try to schedule another filming for Episode #2 next week?

Sure

I'm not really interested in any reform to how the succession works unless it includes either fixed (renewable) terms or some other way of replacing the incumbent. Otherwise, to take an expression you use a lot, it's nothing but "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." There is no reason to believe King John would need to be replaced under current law for the next several years, so there is little reason to do anything about it right now.

You can get an EIN for free, that's what you need to open a bank account in the organization's name.

I really don't think spending $2,000 on establishing a 401cX is worth it

I actually looked into doing that a couple years ago. I decided it wasn't worth the tax headache it would cause the Burgermeister.

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfâ on March 17, 2023, 08:13:30 PMThe notices in advance are useful only for some categories of expense, but not for everything, in that case I agree it's a useless bureaucracy (like the American shutdowns...).

Heh, those are only useless because they don't shut down enough

In our case I am not sure there is anything so controversial that the Ziu needs to be able to block something that was appropriated a couple months ago.

I'm still failing to see the benefit of the two week notice period, even if in principle it could usually be followed. It provides no additional documentation benefit over immediate notice.

The issue is that sometimes it is very inconvenient if not impossible to wait two weeks before spending the money, and it seems unnecessary given that the spending was already authorized.

Perhaps you could at maximum require a disbursement notice at the time the money is spent?

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfâ on March 13, 2023, 01:24:03 PMLexh § C.1.5.6.2. (a detailed list of all changes in the account balances of the Royal Treasury since the last Report,) and § C.1.5.6.3. (a balance sheet which clearly lists all expenses linking them to the relative sheet items in the budget bills approved in the Cosa,)

A balance sheet lists assets and liabilities at a specific time, not income and expense over time (That is what an income statement does) If C.1.5.6.3 is really phrased that way, it should probably be fixed.

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