Request for New Ministry Symbolism

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

The Government has some requests for advice from the Coletx for updating or inventing new symbolism for difference offices.

1.  The Poet Laureate currently does not have any badge for his office, and we should remedy that.

2.  The Directorate of STUFF should probably inherit the symbol for the Ministry of STUFF, but I thought I'd seek input first.

3.  The Ministry of Propaganda needs some sort of badge.

4.  The Ministry of Public Records also needs some sort of badge.

5.  And finally, it's 2026: do we want to possibly change the Ministry of Culture's badge?  Last time we voted to retain it, but it's open to misinterpretation and it can be seen as an insensitive "mascot" rather than a Berber tribute, especially considering that the overwhelming majority of people who see it won't know about the Berber thing.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

• For this one I would have suggested something with a quill, but since it would use the quartered gules/vert background found in Civil Service positions, it would be too similar to the Scribery (which uses...a quill).
  
  
• I'm not opposed to retaining the bridge emblem for the Directorate of STUFF, though we may choose to again update the background to the quartered Civil Service version. Open to what others think here.
  
  
• My first thought here was some kind of megaphone as a charge, but actually -- and by happy accident aligning with the arms of the incumbent -- what about a trumpet or horn?
  
  
• I actually have two concepts for this one drawn up some time ago:
  
  
       
  
  The first is, depending on how you choose to look at it, a form, document, or a bookshelf. The latter is clearly documents.
  
  
• My question here is what would we replace it with? Not opposed to replacing something insensitive in the slightest, but if we're going to change something, let's make it a good one so people don't have second thoughts down the line. (First thought was some interlocking rings, a stylized chain of sorts? Shared culture is ultimately what binds any group like Talossa together, after all.
  
  
• Adding an item to the list (sorry not sorry) to merge in this discussion and point out that I do have a few other SVGs (Seneschal, Finance, Foreign) I've made to tie everything together with the ARD's recommended shades of green and red. Haven't done the entire Cabinet yet though.

- Foxmouth