I don't think I'm in the Nimlet anymore but I offer my assistance as the author of the legislation creating the Florencia Journal. Once we have a governor we should make progress on this along with constitutional reforms.

I think we're safe to announce that the State Opening will indeed be next Sunday, October 25th, at 9 PM Central European / 8 PM British / 4 PM Eastern / 3 PM TDT-Central / 1 PM Western / 9 AM NZDT (of Monday 26th). This link is still valid if you want to convert to an arbitrary timezone: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20261025T200000&p1=157&p2=158

At a bare minimum the session will consist of:

• The Swearing-in of the Seneschal
• Address from the Government, (delivered by His Majesty King Txec)
• Rebuttal from the Opposition

and it seems like there's room for more in the allotted hour, such as addresses from other members, Terpelaziuns and, like I mentioned earlier, debating bills in the Hopper. I would be very interested to hear from those who plan to attend if they have any ideas or wishes.

(Looking to sprinkle some Talossan into your speech?  Pirmeis, doualaiset, petosch, and finalmint are adverbs that mean firstly, secondly, moreover, and finally.  The more you use it for little things, the easier it becomes to understand others!)

Estimats Membreux del Ziu:

I strongly feel that Government should not be a black box: the people should not be left to wonder what's being done in their name.  They deserve to know.  But not everything is worth a full post on its own -- plus, some of our public servants are working quietly on helping others.  So this is a very-much-not-comprehensive look at some of what's happening in the background.

Pirmeis, Distain @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be has been doing good and quiet work.  He helped nudge along @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC 's efforts to lock down heraldry for our newer ministries and supplied flyers for distribution in the GTA.  Many might also not know that he's our national Scribe, and he's been doing that quietly without complaint for years.

Doualaiset, Minister of Foreign Affairs @xpb has been working on his own flyers for distribution when he goes to represent us at a micronational event, as well as decking himself out in a uniform he's invented for the occasion (top to toe!)  He's been planning our nation's contributions to the event for months.

Petosch, Minister of Culture @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC has been incredibly responsive, chiming in to help others and diligently following up assigned tasks.  She has the most managerial responsibilities, but her time as a record-setting seneschal show she's developed great skills in that respect -- at last count, she was quietly assisting with half a dozen offices, either helping find candidates or assisting the incumbents.

Finalmint, Minister of Finance @Françal I. Lux has already gathered budget requests and assembled them together, and he will soon present a budget.  He also has his people to help, although it's funny to note that one of the people he supervises is the distain!

Others will also have things to report, as they work on their plans... but combined with my own efforts with the map and the wiki, I think we've made enormous strides in a few weeks!

If anyone has any questions, I will be happy to answer them.  I am thinking particularly of Leader of the Opposition @Crement Itravilatx , who I thought might have some questions.

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on <strong>Today</strong> at 02:52:43 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on <strong>Today</strong> at 01:05:14 PMReally nice map, one thing that would be good, in my opinion, would be to inclute metric measurements as well, it's our offical system of measurment after all.

Other than that the map is really well done.

Isn't the map already metric...?

It looks to in both metric and Imperial.

-Txec R

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on <strong>Today</strong> at 01:05:14 PMReally nice map, one thing that would be good, in my opinion, would be to inclute metric measurements as well, it's our offical system of measurment after all.

Other than that the map is really well done.

Isn't the map already metric...?

Azul, as the new Permanent Secretary of the newly estabilished Office of the Symbols of Nationhood within the Ministry of Culture I figured I would provide a plan of what I want to do.

First and foremost, I will continue to update and refresh the Talossan Manual on Road Signage and Signals. Additionally I will work on including a number plate design for low and zero emission vehicles (plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, etc). I hope that the number plates will be avaliable as plastic decorations one could hang up on the wall or put behind the windscreen of their car or as a keychain with custom text.

Second, if I recall correctly, there was a concept of an oval registration sticker with RT on it, of which there even were physical versions of it. I want to bring that back, except it will have the ISO 639-3 code TZL on it, along with other designs and other Talossan stickers.

Third, if it would be allowed, I would improve my existing driving licence concept and make a Talossan passport concept which should be a fantasy passport with clear disclaimers that it's a fantasy passport and therefore not a real document. The driving licence should get similar disclaimers as well.

I hope that my plans are going to be received well and here's to hoping that I will actually make the stuff listed here.

Really nice map, one thing that would be good, in my opinion, would be to inclute metric measurements as well, it's our offical system of measurment after all.

Other than that the map is really well done.

Beautiful work!

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