Congratulations and welcome S:reu Belkin.

WHEREAS Aleksandr Belkin has completed all the legal requirements for admission to the Kingdom of Talossa, and has satisfied the nation and us of his interest in Talossan citizenship (the Best Thing Money Can't Buy), of his intention and desire to participate in our national life, and of his loyalty to the Crown, we are pleased and honoured hereby to admit Aleksandr Belkin to the exalted status of the 556th NATURALISED CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF TALOSSA, and of the province of Atatûrk , with all the rights, privileges, and duties thereunto appertaining.




Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 17th day of May in the year of the common era 2022, in the 13th year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 43th.

Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretary of State

The Oath of Citizenship has been sent via PM.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, MoFA on May 16, 2022, 01:38:26 PM
WHEREAS it has been more than a fortnight since @Aleksandr Belkin first posted on Wittenberg, following his introduction to the citizens of the Kingdom by officers of the Immigration Ministry, and

WHEREAS he has in that time demonstrated an active, genuine, and continuing interest in Talossan life, culture, and language, and

WHEREAS he desires citizenship in the Kingdom of Talossa, and

WHEREAS by all indications it appears that he would be a loyal and dedicated citizen, and a credit to this nation if he obtains the grant of citizenship he requests, and

THEREFORE I, Mic'haglh Autófil, a citizen in good standing of the Province of Benito and of the Kingdom of Talossa, do by these presents petition the Secretary of State @Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM to issue a grant of citizenship to Aleksandr Belkin, as specified by law.

His first post was on May 2, 2022. A petition can only be accepted once the prospective citizen has at least 15 days (counting the day of the first post). This petition is one day early, and instead of rejecting it outright, I will therefore act on this petition tomorrow, May 17, 2022.

All senate fees have been received, so I therefore declare the senators from Maricopa, Fiova, and Maritiimi-Maxhestic elected.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Thank you. I do not see any issues with either the blazon or the emblazon, so unless there is an issue raised by the Dean, I'd say this achievement is good to go for the next Honors day, which appears to be the St. Aaron's Day Honours on June 22, unless the King plans to use Juneau Day Honours on May 28.

-REH

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, MoFA on May 05, 2022, 02:34:09 PM
If "badges and banners may be adopted by armigers at will," does that mean only armigerous Talossans may register badges?

That is a good question and one we should clarify. My personal thoughts are that any Talossan can be considered an armiger if they have made a request for Arms. The question then should be, can a citizen create and register a badger when they either have no granted arms, or have not officially begun the process of a grant of arms? What do my fellow heralds the @Noir Eagle Herald and the @Noir Raven Herald think?

-REH

Quote from: Antonio Montagnha, Ed. D. on May 05, 2022, 08:36:36 AM
Curious... any critique or feedback?

Sorry, I think this got buried with other posts. I don't see anything inherently wrong with the design, so unless the Dean has issues, it should be good to go.

-REH

Happy Star Wars day!

Quote from: Vitxalmour Axhairsegol on May 03, 2022, 07:27:53 PM
i cast
Breneir Tzaracomprada because he is very nice and dependable in my opinion

You need to cast a first choice and a second choice vote for this to be valid.

Gotcha. I'll move it. (I didn't read through the entire thread  :) )

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on May 03, 2022, 11:29:26 AM
I hereby request a top level discussion board for Fora Talossa be added to the Wittenberg under the "Special Interests" heading. I further request that the threads referenced below be moved to this board:

http://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=1405.0

http://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=1382.0

http://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=1168.0

http://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=1125.0

Board created. I moved the first three topics, as they were specifically about Fora Talossa (as indicated by their titles). The fourth one was not moved.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on April 16, 2022, 06:20:04 PM
Well, that's cool :)  What a banner day!  First my eldest, Adiens, finds the afikomen at Seder... and now this!

I had to look it up as I'm not terribly familiar with Jewish customs, but that's pretty neat AD.

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on May 02, 2022, 05:15:13 PM

Quote from: Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, Esq., O.SPM, SMM on May 02, 2022, 04:29:27 PM
There is a lot of rhetoric being flung around. The simple fact is the outcome is not known with certainty, no matter what one side keeps suggesting, and that is why we go through this democratic exercise. There are a lot of situations that could change the outcome. Let's keep our eyes in focus and instead of throwing verbal abuse, figure out a way to make the process work better so your exhausted Secretary of State can implement a smooth process that we can all agree on.

I probably shouldn't have asked for a seat, I am very passionate but hell, I'm a truck driver so I ain't the smartest guy in the world, not even in the top 50 here in Talossa LOL

That being said I do see a need for a fix I just don't really know how to go about crafting legislation and wording it properly. It should be a simpler process so that you don't get bombarded with work trying to keep everything straight and in my opinion if we are going to require MC's to choose two candidates it should be on some sort of a points basis (which would make more work for you) which would make it slightly more possible to win if you are not in the majority or conversely just have a straight up vote, one MC, one vote and that would remove the possibility of overturning the intent of the voters in the general election. Again, I know I'm not very smart

We do in essence have a point system, in that each MC has one vote for every seat, so for example you have 1 seat thus 1 vote. I'd be happy with removing the "two choices" required option if we only have two candidates, or we make it that every party must nominate a candidate, which increases the chances that there will be more than 2 choices.

As an aside, if you're smart enough to log into Talossa and engage with us, you are plenty smart enough to write legislation, etc. That's why we have the processes in place that we do.

Greetings,

Did you intend to attach a tentative emblazon? I don't see it if you did.

-REH