Goodness, I haven't even posted a campaign, yet, and already this thread is filling up!

(01-04-2019, 02:59 AM)Tsunamy Wrote:

(01-04-2019, 12:36 AM)The Sakhalinsk Empire Wrote:

(01-03-2019, 11:05 PM)Roavin Wrote:

(01-03-2019, 08:44 PM)The Sakhalinsk Empire Wrote: Considering you've been a Delegate for quite a while now, I suggest you let the newer nations try their bid. I've supported your Delegacy before, but it's 2019 and we should allow newer nations to try to run.

Erm, Seraph had only served one term. Tsunamy is the current Delegate.  

Oh yeah I forgot. But he's served for quite a long time in the government already and it would be nice to see a fresh face in the Delegacy. 

To jump in here, Seraph served ... one delegate term? And one term as MoRA? That doesn't seem excessive.

In the interests of strict accuracy, I have served three terms as MoRA, two of which consecutively, and apparently hold the record for longest-serving MoRA in recorded TSP history.

(01-03-2019, 10:34 PM)North Prarie Wrote:

• What is your opinion on the current debate between Sandaoguo and Kringle about whether a High Court justice should have a security background or not?
  
• As a legcomm member, do you believe that there should be more requirements for legislatorship, and/or do you believe the background check should be tougher on legislators? i.e, not allowing legislatorship to anyone who has ever been a citizen in, say, Balder or the Black Hawks?
  
• What do you believe is the most necessary approach to prompt gamesiders to vote forumside? 
  
•  Do you believe that evidence should be released publicly when an individual is banned or has their legislatorship status taken away? (Excluding situations like Yuno, Solorni, or 5-million population RMB spammers)
  

Apart from the question about gamesiders, I don't think these questions are terribly relevant to the delegacy, but I'll do my best to answer them anyway.

• I don't believe that a security background is necessary to be a High Court Justice. All that should matter is a strong ability to interpret the law fairly and consistently.
  
• I'm reasonably happy with our requirements as they stand at the moment. Whilst there might be some merit to preventing former members of hostile regions from joining, I'd be reluctant to deny those who have genuinely recanted in the process and fear it might be a step too far. Our current processes allow us to consider if anyone requesting Legislator status might be doing so in bad faith, which would cover those with such histories if we do not believe they have really moved on.
  
• Your use of the word 'necessary' is interesting. I think the best approach is to give them general information about what is going on in the forums and the Assembly, explain the advantages of joining the forums and of being a Legislator and then leave it up to them. If they do not wish to take part, that's fully their right, but they should at least know what it is they don't wish to be a part of.
  
• This would have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Given how lenient we can be as a region, the majority of bannings will be either of the generic trolling/spamming kind, for which the evidence is usually already publicly available, or of the safeguarding or anti-harassment kind, for which the evidence may be sensitive and should not be shared without the express permission of those affected, if at all.

What are your thoughts on the state of The South Pacific as a whole? Where do you believe we can improve on?

(01-04-2019, 03:47 AM)Amerion Wrote: What are your thoughts on the state of The South Pacific as a whole? Where do you believe we can improve on?

I believe we're a fantastic region which, if anything, should spend a little more time celebrating what makes us great. We tend to focus a little too much on the arguments and debates, which are, for the most part, healthy, so it would be good to offset those (not replace) with more celebration and fun. We can go too far in that direction, too, of course. Last year's event fatigue was real (and I helped contribute to it), but there are lots of little things we could do all the time to promote the best of TSP to all its member states.

As has been highlighted many times over the years, most recently by Viet, we could also do more to improve our integration, although we have certainly taken some positive steps in this direction since I first joined two and half a years ago. The pace is not rapid, but change is happening and that's not nothing.

Finally, I think we could benefit by expanding SWAN towards a full WA ministry, but the issue of having the right people and culture behind that remains a big one and one for which I don't think there's a simple solution. It will take time and it's not clear where we need to start the ball rolling, either.

(01-04-2019, 03:54 AM)Seraph Wrote: Finally, I think we could benefit by expanding SWAN towards a full WA ministry, but the issue of having the right people and culture behind that remains a big one and one for which I don't think there's a simple solution. It will take time and it's not clear where we need to start the ball rolling, either. 

I can't believe we're halfway down the second page of this thread and we haven't even gotten to the campaign. Um, I was wondering what exactly you mean by "expanding SWAN towards a full WA ministry"? I mean, I'm not really sure exactly what you're implying this Wa ministry would do. I'm pretty sure I misunderstood something about what you're saying here so I would appreciate some clarification in what you mean by expanding Swan to a full Wa ministry.

(01-04-2019, 06:18 PM)Poppy Wrote:

(01-04-2019, 03:54 AM)Seraph Wrote: Finally, I think we could benefit by expanding SWAN towards a full WA ministry, but the issue of having the right people and culture behind that remains a big one and one for which I don't think there's a simple solution. It will take time and it's not clear where we need to start the ball rolling, either. 

I can't believe we're halfway down the second page of this thread and we haven't even gotten to the campaign. Um, I was wondering what exactly you mean by "expanding SWAN towards a full WA ministry"? I mean, I'm not really sure exactly what you're implying this Wa ministry would do. I'm pretty sure I misunderstood something about what you're saying here so I would appreciate some clarification in what you mean by expanding Swan to a full Wa ministry.

I'm always happy to clarify.

SWAN was inspired by and modelled after the World Assembly Development Program of our ally, the North Pacific, but in TNP the WADP is accompanied by a full World Assembly ministry, headed up by a cabinet minister, whose job it is to ensure engagement with the World Assembly at all levels from encouraging nations to become members to helping those members vote and even draft WA legislation. TNP is majorly engaged in the World Assembly and that, along with their WADP is why they are so successful with endorsements and so influential in WA votes. To get anything like that would take a very long time and a lot of work and isn't something I'd expect to see achieved in the course of a delegate term, but it is something I still feel we should aspire to.

HELL YEAH

(01-04-2019, 06:58 PM)Seraph Wrote: SWAN was inspired by and modelled after the World Assembly Development Program of our ally, the North Pacific, but in TNP the WADP is accompanied by a full World Assembly ministry, headed up by a cabinet minister, whose job it is to ensure engagement with the World Assembly at all levels from encouraging nations to become members to helping those members vote and even draft WA legislation. TNP is majorly engaged in the World Assembly and that, along with their WADP is why they are so successful with endorsements and so influential in WA votes. To get anything like that would take a very long time and a lot of work and isn't something I'd expect to see achieved in the course of a delegate term, but it is something I still feel we should aspire to.

*awkwardly bumps myself into the conversation*
Can you elaborate on how you can get this accomplished? How similar to TNP's will you try to make it?

(01-05-2019, 12:11 AM)Midand Wrote:

(01-04-2019, 06:58 PM)Seraph Wrote: SWAN was inspired by and modelled after the World Assembly Development Program of our ally, the North Pacific, but in TNP the WADP is accompanied by a full World Assembly ministry, headed up by a cabinet minister, whose job it is to ensure engagement with the World Assembly at all levels from encouraging nations to become members to helping those members vote and even draft WA legislation. TNP is majorly engaged in the World Assembly and that, along with their WADP is why they are so successful with endorsements and so influential in WA votes. To get anything like that would take a very long time and a lot of work and isn't something I'd expect to see achieved in the course of a delegate term, but it is something I still feel we should aspire to.

*awkwardly bumps myself into the conversation*
Can you elaborate on how you can get this accomplished? How similar to TNP's will you try to make it?

I would stress that I don't know that I could get this accomplished, in fact, I know that I alone could not. This is not a campaign promise, just an aspiration for the region.

That being said, as I see it, to accomplish a functioning WA ministry we would need:

• A base of existing players engaged with the WA and willing to contribute
  
• Experienced and talented WAers willing to promote debate on and analysis of resolutions as they are proposed
  
• A creative/technical team willing to produce propaganda, guides and other materials
  
• Full backing and involvement from the delegate, LC, MoRA and the cabinet in general.

This is just what we would need to get the ball rolling to produce enough of a culture of WA engagement to actually need a WA ministry. It is not a small job and the has to be an actual desire to see it through from a whole host of parties. It might be a pipe dream, but, if I'm making any kind of promises on this for my delegate campaign, it's that I'll keep on probing the community and raising the profile of the WA to prepare the ground.

Just to let you all know, I've updated my campaign in my opening post

Hi, my dear co-candidate~

What do you plan to do if things do not seem to go your way, like if the various ministries or other governmental bodies do not seem to be willing or capable of cooperating with you in the way you want or cannot carry out your plans for the region?

What is your opinion with the relations we have to other regions? Is there some region you would like to strengthen or weaken our bonds with?