Hello South Pacificans,

one of my campaign promises was to regularly post these updates to keep you informed and us accountable — ...well, that hasn't worked out as planned, though not for nefarious reasons but rather because of timing and whatnot. I'll shift and move to do one roughly every week from now on, no matter what I actually have to update you on, because then that won't be forgotten.

Now, a quick update on how the ministries are going: Foreign Affairs has been calm in a good way. Tim and the rest of the MoFA Team have kept a tight ship, keeping in touch with allies and generally calming the storm from the previous term's madness caused by the Lazarus coup. The only actual interregional incident was Osiris' decision to proscribe our region, though this was out of the control of the FA team as it was caused by reactionary partisanship than actual substance.

In Military Affairs, the South Pacific Special Forces have been very active as usual. If you haven't seen it, this incredible report by General USoVietnam outlines what SPSF has been doing (and it's been alot). What we are still working on is getting into compliance with the new military code — specifically, we still need to finish the rank requirements. Expect this to be done within the month, however.

And in Regional Affairs ... well, do I even need to say something? The RA has been stupefyingly active; so much so that there was even the thought at one point if such a thing as "festival fatigue" exists. Erinor/Seraph and the rest of the team have been doing incredible work.

By the way, there are always things to do! You don't need to be a legislator or even active forum-side at all to be able to help out, gain experience, and have fun working in the various departments. The FA team currently needs more ambassadors so that we can spread to all the intended regions. The regional affairs department can absolutely use a few more journalists, asking the hard questions and writing the breaking news. And finally, the military is always happy to have a new soldier or two. Try it, you may like it!

Now, of course the Cabinet as a unit has been busy too, and at least the legislators know exactly with what. The assembly recently passed the Legislator Committee Act which reforms the way the South Pacific handles legislator applications. Once fully implemented, it will be a great step toward a faster and more secure process. At the moment, I'm the sole member on the Committee temporarily, handling applications and setting up a framework for the full committee to work with. For the past month, the Cabinet has conducted interviews and had many discussions to find the perfect three people to run the committee and make it the best it can be, and I'm proud of our three choices — The Assembly will soon vote to confirm Feirmont, USoVietnam, and Farengeto to the committee, at which point I will resign from it again.

With that done, we will turn our attention to another Sunshine Act release. This means that we will be declassifying most Cabinet conversations older than 8 months, a further measure toward transparency. We will get on that as soon as my brief stint on the Committee ends (presumably by next week), and that should be done relatively quickly.

Well .. that's all for now. I'll get back to you next week, and as always, I absolutely love answering your questions and could do it all day!

-- Roavin