Azul, and thanks, all, for continued near-perfect voting attendance for this Cosâ as of the January 2021 Clark (3rd of this term).  Happy Valentine's Day!

GV, Mencei

https://freedems.proboards.com/thread/112/freedems-convention-2021-thread-welcome

All are welcome to attend - and vote FreeDems!

GV, Party Secretary

SoS, please Clark - GV, Senator

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A Resolution in memory of John Carl Eiffler aka 'Art Verbotten'

WHEREAS John Carl Eiffler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - a part of the Miwaukee 'East Side' 'Old-Growth' group of friends including R. Ben Madison, Xherált L. Conâ, JJ, Josh Forziun, Sandee P., Dan Lauriér, Roibeard dal Már, and others and known to Talossans worldwide as 'Art Verbotten' since ca. late 2004, was in the Talossan community from at least 1980 onward and was active from the mid-1980s through ca. 2010.  In Talossan, he was 'Ián Carlüs Valadéir', but never used that translation.

WHERAS as the leader of the one-man Kingdom of Thord, he was a belligerent in the Conâ Wars and one of the founders of the now-defunct League of Secessionist States (LOSS) which for a time was a force in the micronational community.

WHEREAS he was an active citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa and later of the 2004-2012 Republic of Talossa and whose April 2004 renunciation of the Kingdom helped (along with Bill Cooper's renunciation the same night) throw the full light of clarity and truth on Ben Madison's vendetta against Kane Gruber,

WHEREAS his presence in Talossa was one of consistency, approachability, and a continual fount of wisdom,

WHEREAS he was rightly called the 'Conscience of Talossa' for at least thirty years by Ben Madison and others,

WHEREAS he was born 14 July 1964 and died on 10 January 2021, though the Kingdom did not hear of it until a fortnight afterward,

WHEREAS with only a few pointed and gracious words, he could distill any argument to its essence, putting everyone in their place and calling all on their b-s,

WHEREAS his obituary may be had at https://www.krausefuneralhome.com/obituary/john-c-eiffler/

WHEREAS he was just plain cool and his loss is a profound one to the Talossan Kingdom community, the micronational community at-large, the Talossan expatriate community, and most of all to his family and friends outside of Talossa,

THEREFORE, the Ziu and the whole of the Kingdom of Talossa extends its profound sympathies to Eiffler's family and friends as well as to R. Ben Madison, Xherált Conâ, Ián U. Metáiriâ (aka JJ), Danihel Lauriér, and all the greater Talossan nation.

May John Carl Eiffler aka 'Art Verbotten' be remembered for his wisdom, wit, and for being a giant who walked among us.  The Kingdom of Thord has left the building.

Rest in peace, brother.

Uréu q'estadra så Gödefrïeu Válcadác'h, Senator on behalf of the entire Ziu and the Kingdom of Talossa

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Hoppered 28 January 2021
Edited in Hopper 30 January 2021
Final edits in Hopper 19 February 2021
Sent to SoS via Hopper-edit to be Clarked 19 February 2021

WHEREAS John Carl Eiffler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - known to Talossans as 'Art Verbotten' - was in the Talossan community from at least 1980 onward and was active from the mid-1980s through ca. 2010.

WHEREAS he was an active citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa and later of the 2004-2012 Republic of Talossa and whose April 2004 renunciation of the Kingdom helped (along with Bill Cooper's renunciation the same night) throw the full light of clarity and truth on Ben Madison's vendetta against Kane Gruber,

WHEREAS his presence in Talossa was one of consistency, approachability, and a continual fount of wisdom,

WHEREAS he was called the 'Conscience of Talossa',

WHEREAS he was born 14 July 1964 and died on 10 January 2021, though the Kingdom did not hear of it until a fortnight afterward,

WHEREAS he was just plain cool and his loss is a profound loss to the Talossan Kingdom community, the micronational community at-large, the Talossan expatriate community, and most of all to his family and friends outside of Talossa,

THEREFORE, the Senäts of Talossa extends its profound sympathies to Eiffler's family and friends as well as to R. Ben Madison, Ián U. Metáiriâ, and all the greater Talossan nation.

May John Eiffler be remembered for his wisdom, wit, and for being a giant who walked among us.

Rest in peace, brother.

to be proposed by Gödefrïeu Válcadác'h pending final vetting of draft

<end of draft>

Any thoughts, anyone?

GV, Mencei

https://krausefuneralhome.com/obituary/john-c-eiffler/

I will be in shock over this a very long time and will have more words on this in Oraclâ and on Witt.  There are luminaries to be found everywhere, but then there are giants of men - John Eiffler was one of these.

Miestrâ, thank you for letting us know through the 'Chat' forum one or two days ago.  I'm only now coming across this news.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 10, 2021, 01:19:39 PM
For those interested, the discussion re: the 50 word statements went like this:

ME: "Here's the Option 1 50 words. You should put them all on a page on talossa.com."
THE SOS: "I haven't got Option 2 and 3's 50 words."
ME: "FREAKIN' YIPES!"

... and it was all sorted out in less than a day. Amazing enough that me doing my best to make sure the Status Quo and Dual Monarchy options got their statement on the ballot is being spun by the Regent into something shameful and corrupt.

The Regent is quite right on points of procedure.  My question is: why didn't the proponents of options 2 and 3 get their fifty-word statements to the SoS in time?  And why was it the leader for Option 1 the person who got the fifty-word statements for the opposing options onto the ballot?

GV

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eXytUDHKO0jyoKhUibNEkJy5jqW1_m8x

This is the direct folder at libraryoftalossa.com - my first Oraclâ issue in almost five years, believe it or not...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19Fq6jpa1DDBgOaIReKTdBVFRAvLjmtn_?usp=sharing

Give this a few minutes for upload to the above link.  Again, a janky presentation, but it works.

Yet another giant Royal Archives project done.

GV, Royal Archivist

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GhLsbR2omSpjtvtbsm-HwLv5lwDzH9w3?usp=sharing

I am very happy to present, for the first time ever, the extant archive of Støtanneu in an online-friendly format.

Yes, the presentation is visually horrible, but the online privacy of many people is protected while giving everyone a huge primary-source text for the first four years of the Cybercit Era, Ben Madison's over-bias and all.

Enjoy!

GV

Açafat del Val, Munditenens Tresplet, and I have been tasked by the Seneschál to put together a group of people to give recommendations to the Seneschál, government, and people as to how Talossa can be incorporated in such a way that:

- Intellectual property rights will be respected
- We can register domains and get web-hosting
- More than one person 'owns' or 'controls' the legal entity-person so that no one person can hold domains, etc. hostage.
- a legal framework can be set up for the long-term preservation of physical Talossan objects when the holders of those objects are no longer able to care for them

This Think-Tank will be an official committee tasked with giving to the nation one or more recommendations as to how we can go about this.

The Government and coalition will have the final say on this, but I'm hoping to have a full report transmitted from this group to same by the dissolution of this Cosâ or 30 April 2021, whichever comes later.

I have a few names in mind, but I'm putting a full-blown appeal for legal-beagles and rules-nazis to get actively involved with this.

If you want to be on this committee, PM me.  I want to get everything started on 15 January 2021, and I will send more details as to 'meetings' or whatever as we get closer to that date.

Many thanks, all!

GV, Senator-Fiôvâ

Hello, all, and happy new year!  Please read the above thread about a Virtual Living Senäts.  I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and/or end-of-year or other festivities.

As to the lack of Order Papers, yes, I've not been good about that and will not be until the 56th Cosâ, assuming I'm returned as Mençéi.

We are in the 3rd (Edited: Thanks Txec for the catch) Clark and have reached the midpoint of this term of Cosâ.  I continue to be pleased with our all having a perfect voting record for the first two Clarks.  I expect to see the same when December 2020 Clark results are finalized at talossa.ca

Thank you all as always for serving.

GV, Mençéi

In Talossan history, a 'Living Cosâ' is one in which all members of Cosâ who are able to attend come together physically to cast their votes.  When an MC is unable to attend, they submit their votes through proxy MCs who can.

Even without COVID-19 restrictions, we seven are too far-scattered for a true Living Senäts to work.  But I do believe a virtual one can, and I'd like to schedule one for the last Clark of this Cosâ (April 2021).  Scheduling for April gives us plenty of time to schedule the best date and to put together rules for proxy-voting.

We could invite the Seneschál or any other Talossan, and yes, I'd like to have such a 'Zoom' recorded for posterity and transparency.

I believe it is legal for us to do this, but I'm asking the AG about this, of course.

Unless I am very mistaken, there was no Speech from the Throne made this past Independence Day.  We all wish for John long life and good health.  What I require is simply an update as to when he will be able to resume his duties as Monarch.

Many thanks!

GV, Senator, Fiôvâ

I became Royal Archivist upon King John's appointment in May 2012.  And for the first five years or so, I did very little with it.

The year 2018 saw the daughter of a good friend of mine being murdered along with seven other students and two teachers in a school-shooting at Santa Fe High School.  To me, it was the same hurt, if not worse, than that I felt when we lost our nephew at birth in 2014.

I refer to that only because it gave my brain a reset.  I began to re-evaluate things in my life and made a number of changes in Talossa and outside of Talossa.  One of which was to get serious about the Royal Archives, and the direct result was and has been the 'https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UzbMyC8EOgg8J85rIZEY5C44z3Pqbj70dB2UMmZ9OW4/edit?usp=sharing', a three-year plan of action with specific goals and deadlines for the Royal Archives to be completed by Talossa's 42nd anniversary at the end of what is now this year...

The 42 Project was borne out of a sense of duty to Talossa, but also had and has an ulterior motive.  It is my intent to write my Talossan biography, and for that, I need primary-source documents safe to put online so that future researchers can put my opinions and facts to the test.

However, the 42 Project was also put together out of a realisation if I did not finally get everything organized on my end, my brain would not have let me rest.  With every project I get done, my soul feels better.

Finally, the 42 Project and everything that has come from it has been out of the desire to make at least one good thing out of the tragedy of Santa Fe.  For the shooter to have never gone to school that day or any thereafter with such malice, I would gladly give up my life.

The 42 Project began in September 2018, and along with that beginning was the doing of something I should have always done with anything executive in Talossa: get buy-in from those around me.

As I went through my Talossan archives, I knew I would need guidance and input from one or more people.  Those people needed to be in some sort of official group.  In 2017 or 2018, I put together the latest incarnation of the Royal Archives Think-Tank, the sole duty of which would be as consultants who never would have to lift a finger save to give me guidance and advice when I asked for it. 

Without the Royal Archives Think-Tank's support, encouragement, and advice, I would have never been able to do what I've been able to accomplish the past two-and-a-half years.  This is especially crucial in that I am only now coming to a point where I can actually call upon people to do certain archival projects, which may be found at talossa.net in the jobs-listing. 

Of course, this begs the question as to why I've not delegated work before now.  The answer is that which I've given countless times: only now have my Talossan physical and digital archives come to a state where someone other than I can make sense of them.  In August 2018, my digital archives were in a right mess.  Now, they are mostly organized.  Mostly.

September 2018 and the rest of that year saw me put out self-set fires with getting the Scribery caught up.  Other things were done as well, but there is no need to go into too much detail about any of this.

2019 was the year in which the 42 Project began to be accomplished in earnest, and its greatest day was 20 June.  20 June 2019 was the day Danihel Txechescu got me the first results of his work with a script to name-translate into Talossan everything of the Lytheria Codex (Witt X archive to 1 June 2004).  I believe he was able to get all or part of that work done that day, and when he was able to accomplish that, something in brain was finally unjammed: I was able to get the Archives organized for real.  We were off to the races.

Unfortunately, even Danihel's work could not get past the ancient formatting of the Big History and Talossan National News.  I had to use Apple Preview on both with name-substiuttions for the Big History (completed in January 2020) and TNN (completed November or December 2020).

TNN and the Big History were only two of 2020's achievements.  The first and second editions of my PM archives were put together as were online-suitable editions for Onward, Upward, Forward and Invasion of the Androids.  Work was also done on other projects, and I estimate the pandemic allowed me to get to where we are now at least a year faster than if the virus had never hit.  A small silver lining gladly given back for the virus to have never become significant or to have never existed.

Late 2020 and early 2021 saw me make another significant change.  I officially removed all my Talossan archives from the Royal Archives.  I can now announce the establishment of the collection TalossanaGV and its permanent loan to the Talossan Royal Archives in trust to the nation.  Not included in that collection is the JJarkiv, which is its own collection called 'JJarkiv' and on permanent loan to the Talossan Royal Archives.  A fully catalog of everything is forthcoming.

2019 and 2020 saw the organization of libraryoftalossa.com - This domain directs to the publicaly-available Talossan digital archive not including Witt, wiki, or talossa.ca  libraryoftalossa.com is where you can see the fruits of the Royal Archives' labors. 

Lastly, and most significantly, is the present government's work toward the establishment of some sort of Talossan legal person.  I believe something on the lines of finding a legal agent in Wisconsin by whom we can do deals with domain registrars and the like is being worked on, but I leave it to the government to fully detail everything on order.

The work of the Royal Archives will never be completed, but the catching up on projects I frankly should have done ten years ago has been significantly accomplished, but there is still plenty to go.  If I have my way, this work will be accomplished by year's end and the 42 Project will be declared completed, done, and dusted.

Happy new year, everyone!

http://www.libraryoftalossa.com

GV, Royal Archivist
1 January 2021

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The sudden departure of Lüc da Schir this year (may he come back to us) threw us (or at least me) for a loop.  There are too many people I could mention, but they know who they are.  They are all stepping into the breach and up to the plate.

The new talossa.net is but one of the brilliant things that are going on behind the scenes along with the new Witt, the continued excellence and continuity of talossa.ca and the Wiki.

Provided the Abyss is not opened too soon, 2021 could be a banner year for the Regipäts.  Let's all do our parts to make it happen!

GV, former Seneschál

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QWvE3b7oOuAsmrsKe1ETA-vzxrS8wb53?usp=sharing

For the first time ever, online-friendly editions of the entirety of Talossan National News (TNN) is available online and at the above link.  While I am by no means pleased at the online legibility of some of these digital files, I believe everything prints out decently enough.

I really cannot put words to how important this is for Talossan scholarship.  I've discovered Fritz Bucholtz was more Talossan than he thought.  Part of the reason why annexing Shorewood and Whitefish Bay was considered way back when was because Napoleon's gaming store held shop in Shorewood.  Fritz was well-known to all Talossans even thirty-something years ago, and he is mentioned in TNN at least twice.

Unfortunately, the internet's prediliction for causing trouble has forced me to redact original-language names a great deal.  And in at least four instances, JJ's errant hole-punches did not help.  It's amazing I did not find more JJ-hole-punch carnage in the TNN master-copies.

For the Talossan Royal Archives, this is a singular accomplishment.  At least six-hundred pages of dense TNN text was going through hoping to find original-language names here and there to redact for privacy.  The three individuals who did not get such treatment are Ben (because I know he would not care), Bill Renzi (because he's been dead thirty years) and Robert Dobberpuhl (who has been dead about the same length of time).

Like any human being JJ is biased.  But when he gives statistics, names, dates, and other objective information, as far as I can tell he is accurate.  Detailed source-notes for TNN will be forthcoming.

GV, Oraclâ Press and the Talossan Royal Achives

Për for all bills.

GV, Fiôvâ

The Clark is here (or will be at this writing).  When the SoS gets the Clark up later today (hopefully), it will be at www.talossa.ca

UPDATE: I thought we had a Clark in October - my bad - lol.

Thanks, all!

1. Deputy Mençei: Per Standing Orders 2.4, Açafat del Val, I'd like you to continue in this role.
2. What do we need to do with the Electoral Commission appointment?
3. Who was on the Rules committee for last time?
4. Where on the wiki did Lüc put all the past Order Papers?  One is coming for this month sometime this week.

I know I should know all this, but I'm having difficulty finding stuff on this Witt or old Witt.

As for the Wiki Senäts pages, they will be updated in time, but not today.  Thanks, all!

GV, Mençei