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| Third Closed-door meeting of the second cabinet of the DSA; concludes 23:59, Sunday, 16 Sept., 2012; Weekly progress report and check-in | |
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| Suceavija | 9 Sep 2012, 08:47 Post #1 |
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Greetings to you, my fellow comrades of the Second Cabinet! Thank you for your reports from last week, and I will address some of the questions and issues posed in that last meeting here. I apologize for the late start of the normal weekly meeting; it's been a busy week. Below are the various items I would like to bring to address and for which I would like your feedback this week: 1) Progress report from last week’s meeting: a. The three proposed referendums consisting of 28 Charter amendments and two commendations are currently up for vote before the Congress - to date, it looks quite promising that these will all be resoundingly accepted. b. The Map project: I am inclined to keep it simple and easily accessible so that pretty much anyone with basic operating software can edit it (keep it in .jpeg format) rather than limiting its design to those who have access to/are fluent in Photoshop, specifically. Our comrade, [nation]New Andureo[/nation], has created two conceptual maps for our region to consider: Map 1 and Map 2. I am inclined to pick up and run with one of these since they are by far the best ideas brought before us at this time. Subsequently, I will be drafting a new referendum soon that will create a new cabinet ministry: The Ministry of Cartography. Depending on the interest expressed in the Congress for this new position, I will either propose a special election to get someone in this position during our current term, or set it up to begin with the election of the Third Cabinet. c. I have revised the WFE to incorporate Arcomo’s direct link to the opt-in forum; though I have left the original link to the charter itself on the WFE as well. d. There were a few items from last week's meeting that didn't get addressed/resolved for which I would like your feedback: I) Updating the Wiki: Historically accurate only up to early 2012 - are there any volunteers among you to make the appropriate revisions and updates? II) I would like to begin the first of the our cabinet-inspired regional discussions in the forum this week. Arcomo - would you like to present your discussion on the relationship between religion and government at this time? If not I can offer my topic instead, or any of the other members of the cabinet are free to start one of their topics if they've been chosen yet. I would like to extend an invitation to our interregional partners to take part in this as well once it is posted in the forum. III) New Andureo has brought to our attention that the secondary database that was supposed to be established in Article III, Section VII, Clause III, of the Charter is not in service; does anyone know what we can do about this or if this alternative forum exists and is just not properly referenced? IV) I would like each of you to review our regional tags and propose whether or not to add additional tags and/or delete existing tags. I am not proposing any change at this time; but I would like the rest of you to provide input based upon your perceptions of our region and how you think we should present ourselves to the rest of the world, if you think such a change is needed. e. "As for your ethical worries, I think it is very good to think about matters like this. Of course a national government is different from the regional government - after all the same people will never be in both. However, people in the regional government are here because we were chosen to be here, individually. For that reason, each individual member of Congress is representative of our region and its current government; because we are all an inherent part of it. As such, I think it is wise to steer clear from potentially negative PR in dangerous WA politics. Any SC activity seems particularly risky, whereas I think a resolution in the GR will generally be better received. As long as it isn't about male circumcision or cannibalism "Thank you for your perspective, Arcomo. Subsequent this post, I had included in referendum 2012.8.1 an amendment that would allow the President to act on such matters independently since the window of time to approve a WA proposal is brief; but also created the stipulation that the Congress must be notified of any such approval or role in authoring WA proposals to review for ethical oversight, giving the Congress the ability to take appropriate action against the President in the event that a majority finds the President in any violation of their duties to or against the interests of the region as a result of such approval or authoring. 2. Other items I would like to address during this meeting: a. Minister of Foreign Affairs: I) What is the current state of affairs in our troubled interregional partner, The [region]United Peoples Front for Socialism[/region]? What is your recommendation with regard to maintaining embassies with this region? Shall we construct embassies with their temporary/alternative region? II) What is your recommendation for the embassy request from the [region]International Union of Socialist Youth[/region]? I see that they've been busy gaining enough nations to meet our base criteria since the last time. III) What is your recommendation for the embassy request from the [region]Union of Socialist and Democratic States[/region]? IV) What are the statuses of our other interregional partners (if there is any news to report)? b. Minister of Immigration/Regional Promotion: I) What is the status on recruiting in the newly-founded and resurrected nation regions? Shall I place an embassy request within some/all of these regions, and if so, which ones would you like to focus on? II) Is there any news about other recruitment initiatives to report at this time? c. Minister of Justice: I) Are there any nations currently on probation? II) Are there any other issues or concerns to report on? d. Secretary General: I) Is there any news to report regarding your collaboration with Laevendell on the Guide to Recruitment Application? It looks like a description of a very sophisticated script/code - is my perception accurate? I am not opposed to using this as a recruitment tool so long as we aren't contributing to the barrage of impersonal automatic telegrams that besieges new nations upon founding. e. Is there a central sub-forum for those who would like to provide links to various media sources, books, documentaries, interviews, articles, etc. of various RL socialist venues, issues, current events or notable/prominent figures? I wasn't able to locate one in the forum. I recently had the pleasure of viewing a couple quite provocative and interesting documentaries on US foreign intelligence and the rise of plutocracy that I think would be of interest to many in the region. If no such sub-forum exists, I will create one as I think it would be a great way to get a lot of different sources of input for an exchange of RL knowledge and ideas. Thank you all for your time, efforts and input, comrades - I hope you all have a good week! Your President and World Assembly Delegate, [nation]Suceavija[/nation] Edited by Suceavija, 16 Sep 2012, 05:40.
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| Herrebrugh | 16 Sep 2012, 09:49 Post #11 |
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a. Minister of Foreign Affairs: I) What is the current state of affairs in our troubled interregional partner, The United Peoples Front for Socialism? What is your recommendation with regard to maintaining embassies with this region? Shall we construct embassies with their temporary/alternative region? Technically, they simply aren't eligible for an embassy with the DSA anymore. So, based on that, I'd retract it. Though, if anyone disagrees with this, I'm open. II) What is your recommendation for the embassy request from the International Union of Socialist Youth? I see that they've been busy gaining enough nations to meet our base criteria since the last time. This region is quite obviously a puppet-region. And, while the Embassy Reform doesn't specify whether the nations in the region at hand need to actually be players themselves, I personally don't think it counts. (simply: no) III) What is your recommendation for the embassy request from the Union of Socialist and Democratic States? Not enough nations, therefore, no. IV) What are the statuses of our other interregional partners (if there is any news to report)? I don't have any news to report. |
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Getekend, Herrebrugh - Signed, Herrebrugh Eenheid, Vrijheid, Solidariteit | |
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| Diederick Antonius | 16 Sep 2012, 11:53 Post #12 |
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@ Herrebrugh, as I've said earlier in this meeting, I would prefer being more patient with the UPFS. Drawing our embassy back now would be very unhelpful of us. Once they are back where they belong I am all for a critical look at this embassy, because I really don't see the point of it. |
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| Herrebrugh | 20 Sep 2012, 13:11 Post #13 |
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Please, excuse me for the late response. I, as Foreign Minister, have a duty to uphold our law on international relations. According to this law, the UPFS is ineligible for an embassy with the DSA. I personally do not see reason to exclude the UPFS from this law. I even see it as part of the isolationist foundation our members have so agreed on. However, if other cabinet members disagree with my observation, I will be sure to consider those voices. Unrelated, the Kingdom of Grolsch, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the SLU, indicates he wishes to revitalize the UDLR following the unsuccessful raid on the dsa earlier this year. The telegram: "Dear valued friends at the Democratic Socialist Assembly, About half a year ago, we initiated a new form of cooperation, which we have institutionalized through the Union of Democratic Leftist Regions (UDLR). The UDLR has, unfortunately, not seen much activity. The unsuccessful raid on the Democratic Socialist Alliance (DSAlliance) has shown the UDLR did, at the time, not serve much purpose. With the SLU´s new Cabinet and an active Ministry of Foreign Affairs in place, we thought it might be a good idea to try to revitalize the UDLR. We hope you, our closest allies, would like to do so too. We have of course several ideas on how to revitalize the UDLR. However, sharing them now would influence the idea-generation process in both DSAs. As such, we ask both regions, if they wish to do so, to come up with ideas. Once you are having a discussion about this in your region, we ask you to telegram either one of us, after which we´ll of course send the SLU´s ideas on revitalizing the UDLR. Regards, The Free Land of Eggy216 Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Social Liberal Union The Kingdom of Grolsch Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Social Liberal Union" |
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Getekend, Herrebrugh - Signed, Herrebrugh Eenheid, Vrijheid, Solidariteit | |
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