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New Rogernomics for Celestial Being
Topic Started: Jan 30 2017, 01:52 AM (272 Views)
New Rogernomics Jan 30 2017, 01:52 AM Post #1
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 As you know we are electing a new government. I had a role to play in writing the new Mandate, but new Mandate, old Mandate, or other Mandate aside, I want Lazarus to succeed.

While there were a lot of disagreements, I think the new mandate has turned out for the best. There are things we like in it, and things we don't too. Over my term we can amend our new mandate and tweak it so it works the way it should.

Here's my plan as Celestial Being for improving Lazarus and making the best of our new Mandate.

Platform:

1) Transition the region to the new mandate, which means we work together to establish lore under a new committee, get the provisions up and running, and the new government elected.

2) Revive the Lazarene Liberation Army (or now Holy Inquisition), and build it back into the defender military organization it should be post-FRA.

3) Define Lazarus again as a Gameplay orientated region, and not just a Role Play orientated one. We need to get back into contact with the gameplay side, as well as develop Lazarus internally. This means keeping active diplomatically, building bridges with other regions, and encouraging talent to come to Lazarus from around Nationstates. Lazarus can do both, being a respected region as any other in the Gameplay world, while improving its culture and activity as a region.

4) Establish reasonable relations with Balder, Osiris, and The Pacific. I know we have our differences with these regions, and many may disagree with how these governments are run, but the best strategy isn't isolationism, but getting along with other GCR's and Sinkers.

5) Establish functioning committees under the new mandate. This means regular monthly updates to our forum-based foreign embassies, which is possible with the foreign update script, as well as putting together festivals and cultural activities.

6) Following on from the GCR Recruitment conference a long while back, I would like to reach out to various GCR regions that considered the possibility of mutual recruitment:
A. Exploring making mutually beneficial agreements where Lazarus can recruit in some or all GCR's, and some or all GCR's can recruit in Lazarus.
B. Eventually developing our own committee tasked with recruitment and welcoming people to Lazarus.
C. Such agreements would allow us to recruit to some extent like a UCR, and bring in people that otherwise wouldn't consider a Sinker region like Lazarus as their first choice.
D. Likewise for other GCR's, allowing recruitment in Lazarus would allow them to bring back old nations into the game that otherwise might give GCR's as a whole a miss and be recruited by some UCR.

7) Encourage Lazarenes to participate in our democracy and improve it. This means making good use of the committees to explore new ideas and try to include as many citizens as possible.

8) Reach out to national residents of Lazarus through bi-weekly telegrams, updating them on what the region is up to, while at the same time not flooding their inboxes.

9) Establish a regional economy, with money, shops, contests, and of course income and taxation:
A. This will mean new citizens of Lazarus will receive an amount of money to start with, and will be able to spend it in shops or in contests.
B. Having a position in the government, or as a Gazette writer,etc will generate an income that is taxed as Pay As you Earn, meaning the tax is already taken out.
C. Lazarus will have a regional bank. The Committee for the Interior (formally Ministry of the Steward), alongside the forum administration team, will run it.
D. To begin with shops will be established as generic ones run by forum admins, but later people will be encouraged to set up their own.
E. Contests could be poetry, writing, or role-play competitions, or they could be lotteries. Really the list goes on.

To sum up, I would like to keep the spirit of the region intact, regardless of where the new mandate takes us.

We can do a lot as a region, if we talk to each other and work together, even when we might disagree.

If you elect me Celestial Being, then I will do my best to respect Lazarene laws, traditions, and values, and try not to mess up the furniture.

Elect New Rogernomics Celestial Being, and let's make Lazarus a more fun place to be! ^_^
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Doperland Jan 30 2017, 02:30 AM Post #2
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 I'll ask you the same thing I've asked everyone else... As you've been in the government for such a long time (you were part of it when I first joined, i think), what are your thoughts on bringing new ideas and people into the government, as opposed to appointing people who've been in the government for some time, such as yourself? Do you have any plans in order to increase the amount of new people in the government?
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New Rogernomics Jan 30 2017, 03:38 AM Post #3
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Jan 30 2017, 02:30 AM
I'll ask you the same thing I've asked everyone else... As you've been in the government for such a long time (you were part of it when I first joined, i think), what are your thoughts on bringing new ideas and people into the government, as opposed to appointing people who've been in the government for some time, such as yourself? Do you have any plans in order to increase the amount of new people in the government?
I think that we need to really improve upon our recruitment strategies. That means doing things like opening up new regions for us to recruit in, and keeping people already here up to date on what is going on.

We need to also give people something fun to do when they get here - I think developing a regional economy, making a new committee or department to create and develop regional lore and RP stuff, and asking people for new ideas will do that.

We should also encourage people to participate in government. I am willing to work with people I disagree with as well as agree with, and really I would encourage anyone to run for office.

My plan is to establish committees outlined in the mandate to welcome people into the region, and get people interested in the opportunities our region has to offer.
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Altmoras Jan 30 2017, 01:01 PM Post #4
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 Roger knows his shit, he'd be the perfect person to guide the region as Celestial Being.
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Lamb Jan 31 2017, 02:42 AM Post #5
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 You mentioned you had a significant hand in establishing the new Mandate, so perhaps you can elaborate on some of these processes for me regarding the committees (Archdiocese).

As far as I can tell, the Mandate establishes that the Cosmic Council (citizens) are the ones who organize and create the committees and that the CB (having to consider advice from the Sovereign) is then able to appoint a cleric (a citizen part of a committee) to reside over it as an Archbishop.

The Council has complete control of what the Archdiocese are, their power in the government as departments, etc. according to this bit:
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Archdioceses

14. The Council shall, so often as it deems it necessary, organize itself into committees, henceforth referred to as Archdiocese, and assign these Archdioceses power, privileges and duties of a cosmic government department.
The only other position that has implied power regarding the committees (aside from the CB appointing Archbishops) is the Convenor, who is elected by the Council to have complete authority over it. Unless I'm missing something (which I could very well be, due to this convoluted Mandate), I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that the CB really has any jurisdiction over establishing and organizing the Archdiocese, beyond appointing a head to them (after they've been established).

This may just be a matter of wording that has my eyebrow raised.
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New Rogernomics Jan 31 2017, 03:19 PM Post #6
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Jan 31 2017, 02:42 AM
You mentioned you had a significant hand in establishing the new Mandate, so perhaps you can elaborate on some of these processes for me regarding the committees (Archdiocese).

As far as I can tell, the Mandate establishes that the Cosmic Council (citizens) are the ones who organize and create the committees and that the CB (having to consider advice from the Sovereign) is then able to appoint a cleric (a citizen part of a committee) to reside over it as an Archbishop.

The Council has complete control of what the Archdiocese are, their power in the government as departments, etc. according to this bit:
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Archdioceses

14. The Council shall, so often as it deems it necessary, organize itself into committees, henceforth referred to as Archdiocese, and assign these Archdioceses power, privileges and duties of a cosmic government department.
The only other position that has implied power regarding the committees (aside from the CB appointing Archbishops) is the Convenor, who is elected by the Council to have complete authority over it. Unless I'm missing something (which I could very well be, due to this convoluted Mandate), I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that the CB really has any jurisdiction over establishing and organizing the Archdiocese, beyond appointing a head to them (after they've been established).

This may just be a matter of wording that has my eyebrow raised.
The C.B. is head of state, and the Sovereign is head of government. The Sovereign gives appointments to the C.B. who ceremonially sends them to the Cosmic Council. The C.B. does not directly appoint archbishops.

The C.B. is still a citizen, same as Sovereign, and were I not to be running, then I would be proposing legislation still.

In a departure from mandate 9, the C.B. has the ability to appoint emissaries to other regions, and can veto legislation. But since we are putting a lot of emphasis on the Cosmic Council, the C.B. has to work with the Sovereign and the Cosmic Council.

Where the C.B. lacks the ability to do things, you can infer this is as a member of the Cosmic Council, or as a member of goverment discussing with those that do have the authority.
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Lamb Jan 31 2017, 06:23 PM Post #7
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 I was referring to the creation of the Archdiocese specifically and the wording surrounding them suggests that the CB doesn't do anything but appoint clerics to them.

A large portion of your campaign focuses on you establishing the Archdiocese, but really, we seem to have the power to do that without you. So why elect you CB when as a regular old Council member you can help achieve most of what you plan on anyway?
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New Rogernomics Jan 31 2017, 07:55 PM Post #8
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Jan 31 2017, 06:23 PM
I was referring to the creation of the Archdiocese specifically and the wording surrounding them suggests that the CB doesn't do anything but appoint clerics to them.

A large portion of your campaign focuses on you establishing the Archdiocese, but really, we seem to have the power to do that without you. So why elect you CB when as a regular old Council member you can help achieve most of what you plan on anyway?
That isn't what the mandate states. The C.B. does not appoint clerics, he gives assent to clerics becoming Archbishops on advice of the Sovereign.
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ARCHBISHOPS

(11) The Celestial Being may, on the advice of the Sovereign, appoint and elevate a cleric to Archbishop; to administer the respective Archdiocese:
A.The Archbishop shall hold office during the pleasure of the Celestial Being, on the advice of the Sovereign.
Actually the C.B. is very useful for helping out with Cosmic Council matters, hence why I am not running for Sovereign or Covenor. The bold powers in particular would be useful.
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SECTION 3 - DIVINE POWER
DECLARATION OF SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER IN THE CELESTIAL BEING

(1) The executive government and supreme authority of and over Lazarus are hereby declared to be vested in the Celestial Being.

(2) The Celestial Being is the Divine Representative of the Order of Stars, from whose teachings, life and the foundation of all societies, is derived from; and of whom must uphold, defend, and respect the Mandate as the supreme law of the Union.

POWERS OF THE CELESTIAL BEING

(3) The Celestial Being with his or her celestial assent may.
A. Refer a bill back to the Council for reconsideration of the Bill’s constitutionality.
B. Refer a bill to the Court for a decision on the Bill’s constitutionality.
C. Appoint the Sovereign, in accordance with the electoral vote.
D. Appoint Archbishops to committees on the advice of the Sovereign, in accordance with the electoral vote.
E. Appoint Prelates, in accordance with the electoral vote.
F. Appoint Guardians, in accordance with the electoral vote.
G. Appoint the Grand Inquisitor on the advice of the Sovereign, in accordance with the electoral vote.
H. Call for regional elections or a universal referendum.
I. Receive and recognize emissaries.
J. Appoint emissaries.

COMMAND OF THE HOLY INQUISITION TO BE VESTED IN THE SUPREME BEING

(4) The political, moral, and spiritual guide of the Holy Inquisition, and all offensive and defensive forces is hereby declared to be vested in the Celestial Being.
Edited by New Rogernomics, Jan 31 2017, 07:58 PM.
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Lamb Jan 31 2017, 08:43 PM Post #9
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 I worded what I was trying to say poorly. I know they don't appoint clerics; I was saying they appoint clerics as Bishops. That was also very clearly stated in my initial post. ;)

Aside from that poor wording, you didn't address the fact that the CB doesn't have explicit powers to form the Archdiocese, unless I'm misreading something here. I don't disagree that the CB isn't an important advisory role to the Council, as the current mandate stands. My initial and current inquiry still stands regarding the powers of the CB in relation to the establishment of the Archdiocese, due to your platform being heavily centered around that fact and the Mandate saying nothing except that the Council itself organizes them.
Edited by Lamb, Jan 31 2017, 08:49 PM.
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Benjamin Linus Jan 31 2017, 10:41 PM Post #10
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 What are your views on our involvement in CAIN, and your opinions on the coalition itself?
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