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Cabinet Meeting 8.2; opened 7 December, closed 25 January
Topic Started: 7 Dec 2013, 19:51 (1,031 Views)
StJames
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Given recent events and fresh ideas from our fellow region members, I believe a new place to discuss them would be appropriate. I will hope that a Cabinet meeting for every 25 days will remain feasible, though its return is just an experiment for right now. I shall still ask each of you to regularly update the Cabinet on the status of your ministries and share any concerns. I have again proposed an agenda to carry over from the previous meeting and provided each ministry with a small list of items to address, though again you need not discuss all of these at once as long as you get to each of them eventually.

Therefore, I declare open the second meeting of the Eighth Cabinet.

---Agenda---

1. Region Tags
This had come up during my term as MoC, but little was ever done on this. I would like to get the Cabinet's and possibly Congress's opinion on this and edit them appropriately.


2. Leftist Alliance (Continuation of IRALL)
The discussion resumed and stagnated on the NS forum. This would essentially be an alliance of leftist regions in the same vein as IRALL.

3. International and Embassy Expansion
I would still like to see us expand our links further, see a couple more embassies established and encourage more nations, especially active ones, to serve as ambassadors.

4. Forum Activity
Of particular concern to me is the lack of activity amongst the Congress outside of elections and a relatively slow forum in general. I would like to get some resolutions and laws passed through Congress to start the ball rolling, have the MoRP encourage more role plays in the Gymnasia and see the MDA do the same in the Great Debate Hall.

5. NS World Fair
The People's Socialism is currently in discussions with the South Pacific on the DSA's role in the World Fair. Our region may want to start getting its presentation ready.

6. DSA-TI Relations
Given the continuing military zone in force in the Internationale and the continuing evacuation of non-WA nations, I would like the Cabinet to determine a future for the as of yet unofficial and limited DSA involvement in the situation.


7. Proposals from region-mates
Commendation of Haltari for service as P/WAD and MIRP
Fifth Cabinet entry in Capitol Factbook (proposed by Grobladonia, in progress)
Ministry of World Assembly Affairs (proposed by United Federation of Canada)

---Items for individual ministries---

Secretary General (SG):
1. Make sure everything is updated (Amendments, Charter nations, etc.).
2. Organise an evaluation of the Eighth Cabinet before the end of the term.
3. Appoint an advisor, if desired.

Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
1. Make embassy recommendations to P/WAD.
2. Try to find new regions to potentially establish embassies with.
3. Monitor ambassadors for potential inactivity.

Minister of Justice (MoJ):
1. Audit region for Civil Rights (CR), Political Freedoms (PF), and National Categories (NC) compliance.
2. Make recommendations to P/WAD for nations to eject, if any.

Minister of Immigration/Regional Promotion (MIRP):
1. Keep tabs on the auto-telegram system and make sure its working properly.
2. Continue negotiations and discussions on the NS World Fair.


incoming Minister of Domestic Affairs (MDA):
1. Come up with new debate ideas.
2. Try to come up with a new contest or game.
3. Update the DSA Capitol factbook.
4. Appoint an advisor, if desired.
5. Contact Suceavija or Arahu to familiarise yourself with the position.

Minister of Role Play (MoRP):
1. Verify all nations on map are:
--Existing
--Reside in the region (domestic puppets okay, too)
2. Keep the map current and updated.
3. Encourage new roleplays in the Gymnasia.
4. Appoint a chair for the DSA currency discussion.
Edited by StJames, 25 Jan 2014, 00:19.
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StJames
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I'd like to start this new meeting off by introducing a proposal from Chester Pearson/United Federation of Canada:
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This would of course require a Charter amendment, but I believe this proposal could come to life in many different forms. I'd like to inquire about the Cabinet's opinion on this.
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Gervase
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I've sent final warnings to the following nations:

New Schweden
Warzikstan
Smartopia
Analdomination
Lesser Aeonia
Land of Confucian Humanity
Democratic saxophone socialist republic
Rapidstatis (replied, working with MoJ)
33 Heavens
Bourdieuland (replied, working with MoJ)

If they don't respond in 24 hours, feel free to eject them.

U. F. Canada has an interesting idea there, though I'd like to know more about how it works out in the North Pacific.

Also, I've officially opened the case "In re Ban of Fantastiana" in the Court of the DSA. I hope everyone takes a look: http://s1.zetaboards.com/DemocraticSocialist/topic/5311465/1/#new
Edited by Gervase, 8 Dec 2013, 21:40.
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I just contacted UFoC on how the system works in the North Pacific. I got the following response from him:
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Of course, I don't think that we necessarily need to have a separate ministry for it, but it would be a great idea for an advisor to introduce to our government and get us more involved in the World Assembly.

Gervase, I will go ahead and carry out the ejections as soon as possible tomorrow.
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I'm concerned about our MIRP, the Peoples Socialism. As the Charter stipulates,

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Clause I. If Members of Congress violate the requirements for Membership in Congress, the Secretary General shall impose a probation period of seven (7) days, beginning the day that the Minister of Justice gives notice of probation, in which the non-compliant Member of Congress may become compliant once again in order to be spared further disciplinary action. Failure by the non-compliant Member of Congress to become compliant within the aforementioned probation period shall immediately result in the loss of Membership in Congress for the non-compliant Resident and full suspension of that Resident from participating in Congressional activities, thereafter only being subject to the Conditions of Residency.


Has that nation been below the minimum PF for seven days since the SG notified it? If so, they're out of Congress and therefore out of the Cabinet. This is serious business given that recruitment is on life support at this point and TPS hasn't logged in for over two days.
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It's only been five days since I made that despatch (TSS hasn't been doing that and he kind of needs to start). But I fully agree that the situation with TPS is concerning. I have recruitment running through NS++ right now, but I would like a new MIRP to be elected as soon as possible.
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As for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a minor ambassador crisis has been avoided as three very trusted nations have been appointed.
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While we're on the subject of absentee Cabinet members, where has Corujea been? TSJI, I noticed your message on the common currency thread about trying to track them down. Apparently they logged in two hours ago, but they don't seem to be doing much.
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I could get used to the leather swivel chairs we have in here xD
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incoming Minister of Domestic Affairs (MDA):
1. Come up with new debate ideas.
2. Try to come up with a new contest or game.
3. Update the DSA Capitol factbook.
4. Appoint an advisor, if desired.
5. Contact Suceavija or Arahu to familiarise yourself with the position.

I'm on it, Mr. President!

1. I've got a few debate ideas already lined up, including: "The life and merits of Nelson Mandela", "Reform or Revolution?", "How should a socialist economy work?"
2. On the RMB, you guys have successfully pressured me to do another scavenger hunt. I could organise that for Friday next week (I have an exam next week, but I should be able to carry out the normal MDA duties fine in the meantime, I just need a little extra time for planning that).
3. I'm working on that now. I haven't read the full threads from the past cabinet meetings yet, but I see that it was suggested a factbook entry should be devoted to the fifth cabinet. Whatever happened to that? Is someone working on it? If not, I suppose I will start interviewing people and write one up.
4. Let's see how things go :P
5. Suceavija has kindly messaged me about my duties :) I'll be sure to ask them if I have any further questions!
Edited by Lemur Isles, 11 Dec 2013, 02:47.
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I've offered Suceavija a Administrator Emeritus nomination and I'd like to see what your opinion is on that. Also, I'm thinking about appointing a WA affairs advisor to get somewhat of an idea of how Chester's proposal would work.

@Terlibe: I've a good feeling about these new ambassadors, though I'm a tad disappointed that we can't nominate them to be Admins Emeritus.

@Gervase: I haven't heard back from Corujea and there's a backlog of work to be done in his ministry. I'm going to be keeping an eye and an ear out. I don't want to be caught off guard again, like I was with TPS.

@Lemur Isles: I've already bid you welcome, but welcome! Methinks I can cross out number five. And on the Fifth Cabinet factbook, if you'd like to write it, go ahead! There's not exactly anything we have started right now, but I'd love to see what you can do. ^_^
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