| S1E2 - Special Forces, Regional Affairs, Assembly Activity |
Real Time is a weekly panel discussion that gathers prominent participants from the South Pacific and addresses the latest events in the region. This week we are joined by citizens who will discuss the Special Forces, the Ministry of Regional Affairs and the recent surge in Assembly activity.
Kris Kringle: Hi everyone and welcome to a new episode of Real Time. We have a very interesting panel today, and hope to engage in some interesting discussions. First, he is the Minister of the Army and will run for Delegate in the July General Election. ProfessorHenn! ProfessorHenn: Hello! Kris Kringle: He is the Chief Justice of the South Pacific and Director of the Historical Project, please welcome The Agnostic Collective! TAC: The Collective greets you. Kris Kringle: He is the Minister of Regional Affairs and a very promising newcomer, Feirmont! Feirmont: Hi  Kris Kringle: And last but not least, he is the Chair of the Assembly, former Chief Justice and Real Time regular, please welcome Farengeto! Farengeto: Hello everybody. Kris Kringle: We have a very busy agenda today, so let's get right on to it. Let's talk about the Special Forces. During the Great Council there were calls for demilitarisation, and how it has experienced a revival. Henn recently nominated Resentine as General and opened a recall for Wolf. Is the military where we want it? Do we need something else? ProfessorHenn: I can't, and won't, take all the credit, but thanks anyway. I'll stand back from this one for a little bit. TAC: I don’t know if it's just me, but I still wonder "what, if anything the SPSF is doing". I still think there should be some kind of post-op report/debriefing ProfessorHenn: Indeed. Kris Kringle: That does seem to be a recurring theme. I know that it is quite active nowadays, but the average newcomer (and some who aren't) won't necessarily know. Communication is still a problem. Farengeto: Quite frankly even as a member if the SPSF I still have no idea what’s going on. Kris Kringle: Do you participate in the private section, Farengeto?  Farengeto: Not enough. TAC: Keeping the region informed of our military's actions should be high priority. How can we call the SPSF "our military" if we don't even know what they are doing in the name of The South Pacific? ProfessorHenn: All missions and info is in that private section, so that may be the problem. Kris Kringle: Henn, we are lucky enough to have you in the panel. Are there any plans to improve the communications problem? It seems there is a bit of an internal problem, but the external problem is greater. One thing I had already suggested was a newsletter, similar to TSP Weekly, if you will. ProfessorHenn: Communication is a problem, and I have planned to write up a weekly report. TAC: I think we should take a page from DEN and make a show out of it. Feirmont: What if there was simply a thread, visible to the public that has simply what type of mission, where and who involved? Kris Kringle: That could work, if you made it appealing. There is already a mission log thread, but nobody reads it. You need to make it appealing and visible. I think the roleplaying idea was a step in the right direction. Feirmont: I didn't even know it existed, honestly Kris Kringle: It's also a matter of establishing the SPSF's own identity. We don't all raid or all defend, but we can do things to be appealing. Focus on roleplaying, for instance. ProfessorHenn: Of course. So, Faren, taking notes for the Review? TAC: You mean the Mission thread started by Geomania way back when? ProfessorHenn: Kris Kringle: Someone suggested using the opportunity of raids to help natives get their act together. Some sort of positive raids, I think. ProfessorHenn: Resentine. Kris Kringle: I think I once suggested to Henn acting like raids were TSP taking the summer to other regions. TAC: That was brought up a few times if I recall rightly. ProfessorHenn: That is a good idea. Kris Kringle: Let's talk a bit about the General Corps, now. Resentine comes in, Wolf goes out. What happened there? Is that a confirmation that we thrive when we invest in native talent, rather than just get outside people to lead us? ProfessorHenn: Well, our outside man has done, and this is 100% true, literal shit. TAC: I think it's a matter of putting your money where your mouth is, and Wolf had a very sizable mouth when he started. ProfessorHenn: Our graphic designer has done more for the SPSF, and they only have a ceremonial rank! Nonetheless, I'm aiming to fill the General Corps with SPSF material. Who will be the final one, I'm yet to make a decision on that. Kris Kringle: I agree with TAC. Sure, Wolf knows about military gameplay, but we put him in the position without knowing if he was truly committed to helping here. ProfessorHenn: He's posted a few missions, but as far as I know, nothing came of them. Kris Kringle: I am quite confident though, right now we are in a good moment to finally fill the General Corps, with new recruits. TAC: I'd like to quote Wolf on this one, "I admire that Far wants only the best, natural, homegrown SPSF crops for his General brand cereal, but we're running a bit short on quality stock." - Evil Wolf. Thoughts Henn? ProfessorHenn: What Wolf says is true, in the first part. Kris Kringle: Let's move on to talk about MoRA. We just finished a festival with TNP, and I know we are planning another small event for July. Still, we've seen a reduction in staff. What are your thoughts on MoRA? Feirmont: This shortage of staff isn't the worst we've seen, so I'm told Kris Kringle: That's true. Back in July 2013 was just Escade and me. I think MoRA's situation is a bit mixed. On the one hand, we've had a reduction in staff. On the other hand, the people that stuck around are the ones that work harder, and we've definitely made some progress: cultural festivals, reviving the media section, to name two. TAC: I know I haven't been active in The Historic Project for quite a while, mostly because I'm running out of ideas other than updating what we already have, but also because I feel a sense of satisfaction with what we've achieved. Kris Kringle: I think at this point we just need to publish what we have. I do take some of the blame for that. I have the nation and haven't made the dispatches. Feirmont: The Historical Project has done a great job. TAC: I can admit there is a couple things I said I would take care of and I have yet to do so. Feirmont: It's like you said, all the active members are currently the ones that have given a lot to MoRA Kris Kringle: One thing I did tell Feirmont a few weeks ago. The staff reduction is always reversible. Admittedly, we have a bit of a slowdown in activities late in my term, so naturally people didn't feel interested. TAC: What I really liked was when I revisited Kris' portion of Legislation and saw that he was at least keeping up with new pieces. Kris Kringle: Once we have results, people will see that there are opportunities to get involved, right? Feirmont: I can agree to that Kris Kringle: Last time I reviewed that was when I debated with Wolf on the voting percentages. He still twisted the evidence to prove his point, but it still was fun. TAC: Also, the elected officials are up-to-date as far as the November Elections, something I have to jump on. Kris Kringle: Indeed. What about the Local Council? I like to think they can still define themselves as a strong branch of government, but most of what they have to do seems to be similar to MoRA. TAC: On The Local Council, I was under the impression they were supposed to get the RMB involved with the political side they don't take part in. Help connect with us forumites and such Kris Kringle: In a way, I agree with Glen. The RMB is its own community, and most don't seem to be that interested in the political aspect. TAC: which kind of contradicts the very creation of the LC. Kris Kringle: Now don't get me wrong, I think it's great to involve them, but I don't think we should consider it a failure if they don't respond in kind. I think the RMB on average prefers cultural involvement, and that is completely fine by me. TAC: I view the majority of the RMB as a large group of followers. They like when we put up a poll or something, but they don't really do much on their own. Feirmont: I wouldn't necessarily agree. Some folk don't want to subscribe to a separate forum. Kris Kringle: Sure, we do have some people like that. But I don't think you have enough to say that "the RMB community" wants to get involved in regional governance. Feirmont: If/when the LC does bring some of the forum gameside, I think it would be surprising TAC: During The Great Council, Distortilla criticized me for indirectly referring to the RMB as "apathetic" and I believe there is some truth to that. Kris Kringle: Distortilla's positions are way too extreme for my taste. He wants us to adopt a TWP system. Feirmont: And I will agree to that; but I also think that comes from being a feeder region TAC: Not entirely, I spend just as much time in some UCR's and see the same thing. Kris Kringle: Some UCRs are region-only too. TAC: Europeia in particular, has been discussing the lack of interest in the Senate and the CA. Kris Kringle: Personally, I think the more open the system the better. For instance, I'm not sure I'd want to run for the Senate, but I do participate in the Assembly often, because it's open to all citizens. But Europeia did celebrate recently its 50th Senate, so having one must work for them. TAC: I don't participate in the CA, mostly because things seem pretty iron clad. They actually discussed this on EBC Radio not too long ago. Kris Kringle: And that's why we need a radio! But back on topic, this actually leads us to our last topic. ProfessorHenn: Assembly Activity! Kris Kringle: The Assembly has recently been revived. We have two recalls, one appointment and around three debates. Which does confirm what our small panel from Journal Issue IV said about the inactivity being seasonal. TAC: Yes *recalls a certain debate* I WANT THAT DRAFT KRIS!!!! Kris Kringle: I'll be honest, TAC. I've had a draft since I last posted in that thread, weeks ago. I just didn't post it because I liked the inactivity. Actually, I rewrote the whole Charter. TAC: Now I feel like an ass... Kris Kringle: You are the Collective, you can't feel like an ass! TAC: I think we've gotten to a slow start, but hopefully, the pace will pick up. Feirmont: There. ProfessorHenn: A start fraught with recalls! I've never seen two recalls at once. It is both thrilling, and terrifyingly scary. Kris Kringle: I have. Farengeto: Only one of them is a cabinet minister at least. Kris Kringle: Back in January 2014 we have recalls for both Glen and Hileville. Or was it December 2013? TAC: Back when I first dived into the Assembly, there were quite a few people that aren't around or aren't as active anymore. Kris Kringle: Uh...I feel old now. Feirmont: You are old >_> ProfessorHenn: lol TAC: QuietDad use to be quite active, but now I rarely see him and Gustave needs to make a grand return. Kris Kringle: I am actually amazed at how much our membership has changed in the past two years. I'm reading the Who's Online part, and the names are all newcomers. So different from the names you would see back in 2013. ProfessorHenn: Heh. Kris Kringle: Well' it's been almost an hour, so I think it's time to wrap up. Any final comments from you guys? TAC: GET IN THE ASSEMBLY!!! I NEED MY DEBATE FIX!!! ProfessorHenn: I made a mistake with my words. I'm sorry. Feirmont: Nothing from me, this was interesting at the very least Kris Kringle: I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment, but thanks. Farengeto: Nothing to add from me. Kris Kringle: Alright then! Thanks for coming, I certainly had a great time, and please join us next week for another panel at Real Time. This log was edited for ortography and clarity in the flow of the conversation. While some words have slightly different spelling and some interventions have been placed in different order, the core content of the conversation has not been altered. An original copy of the discussion may be provided upon request. Former Delegate of the South Pacific
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