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| Svez's Platform - Convenor; May 2017 Convenor Elections | |
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| Svez | May 12 2017, 05:51 AM Post #1 |
That One Guy Who Does Stuff
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Svez's May 2017 Convenor Platform Hi, and thanks for looking at my platform for the 2017 Convenor Elections in May. I will be using this thread to introduce myself to the community, as well as address my platform for Convenor during this election cycle. I started on NationStates in 2013 after some of my old friends on The Elderscrolls Wikis (TeS Wikia) told me about it. Initially, I was a part of their "TeS Wikia" region, of which the name escapes me. I then moved to Lazarus by chance, and remained there until a CTE due to school. When I came back, I was a member of The Pacific on another nation - Svezjacael. I remained active on Svez until I finally rebirthed Rushian Kingdom (Rush-eye-an Kingdom) in April of 2015. At a time of political strife, I became the only dual Pacifican-Lazarene citizen that same year. I was mostly active in The Pacific, where I had occupations and other duties to follow up on. I would comment on the RMB from time to time, but couldn't seem to find the activity in Lazarus. (I was a bit of a n00b) Finally, I found the Discord and joined the Lazarene Celestial Armada, obtaining the rank of Paladin. I helped liberate WZAus from Canton Empire, and wrote an article for The Pacific's PNN news network. I found out elections in Lazarus were coming up, and decided that since Lazarus is my home and I wanted to ensure activity, I would run for Convenor to help pass laws that increase activity in The Celestial Union I call home. My platform aims to address three main legal focuses during my term, which I will now lay out - 1) I would like to help oversee laws that bring Lazarus into a more active region with NSGP mechanics. The LCA is already active in the defender realm of the world, but there are many other ways Lazarus can involve itself in NSGP. First, I would propose the idea of Lazarus involving with other universes by sponsoring a unified WarZone Confederacy of sorts. The WarZone regions are oft used for military training, political statements, and general asshattery. By sponsoring the idea of a unified WZC we would be saying that the locals to the WZ regions are entitled to their rights and governments, with the LCA ready to defend the freedoms, cultures, and political powers of the WZ regions. This of course requires WarZone and Sovereign/Celestial Being approval, but I believe such an action could prove very powerful both across NSGP and internally within Lazarus as a celebration of peace in the multi-verse The Celestial Union resides in. 2) I would next like to assist Lazarus with internal laws. The Lazarene Gazette for example, is finally operating again, with another publication being worked on now. This humble department, as well as other internal departments, could be regulated to assist with more activity, set up in a way that allows even busy times of the year (school/uni, work busy-times, etc) to produce activity and entertaining content. Somewhat separate from this, an internal policy would be proposed in cooperating with Funkadelia on restarting the RolePlay department of Lazarus, where TCURP (The Celestial Union's RolePlay) would keep the forums more active when engaged with, allowing some of the RP'ers to branch out more and join other departments of The Celestial Union as they can. These laws would not enforce a quota of sorts on activity, rather, an internalized rewarded pride system with such rewards to internal departments given for activity. This could be in the form of RMB shout outs all the way up to telegrams advertising the activity of a department. The total reward being up to either the bill presented with Council approval, or as designated by the Sovereign/Celestial Being. 3) Finally, I would like to use my position to delegate powers towards the council so that presiding over them does not appear authoritarian or totalitarian. The position I would be taking would rely on The Council to tell me their desires of change, enforcement, and all other matters. Through this, I would bring the power closer to them, amending bills at vote to what they would wish to see most, at times even crossing interplanetary political lines to determine what would be the most beneficial to both the needs of Lazarus and Her Union, and the members of this Union who call her home. This being the longest and most difficult of my tasks, I would also appoint a deputy Convenor to assist me with ensuring the voice of Lazarus was heard in every pitch, rather than the loudest majority baritone tones. Any questions regarding my platform, myself, or anything in between are more than welcome, where I will reply to them in the most timely manner I can. And remember - Don't be a stinker, make me Convenor of our sinker! Edited by Svez, May 12 2017, 11:24 PM.
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| The13th | May 13 2017, 03:02 AM Post #11 |
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I do not know about Svez, but I do advocate for a military in which raiders and liberators can unite as one force against a common enemy (ex. Nazism, TBH, etc). I think we need to pursue further firm action against TBH, but I feel like Svez's idea about having Warzone Confederacies should not be a prioritized move, unless the Warzone is currently held or a host of The Black Hawks, or other malicious raiding groups. We need to unify as a force for good, and strike down the military groups in the world that act solely on malicious intent. Sorry Svez for busting onto your campaign thread  Thanks, The13th 
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| Unified Wakanda | May 13 2017, 03:04 AM Post #12 |
Lazarene
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No offense to you, but I suggest not campaigning in the other candidate's thread. I'm not trying to be mean, but that is just kind of an unwritten rule of politeness. |
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| Aumelodia | May 13 2017, 03:27 AM Post #13 |
🌺 His Divine Eminence
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I think this is definitely a worthy and interesting topic to pursue, and it should definitely get its own thread because I have the feeling it'll spread out a little beyond the control of your campaign thread.  I want to make a couple of points about this, but I'll try to keep them brief. First of all, the idea that taking away and securing warzones from raiders is the true way to punish them may sound good in theory, but in practice no raider gives one smidgen of a care about warzones. The only people who raid warzones as you point out are independents; raiders like TBH have no use raiding warzones or even bothering to take one look at them-- they're simply tiny regions that require little to no effort to tag (let alone raid) and are pretty much only used for training runs like any other small founderless region, as far as I can tell. There really isn't any difference between [region]Warzone Sandbox[/region] and [region]Deziat[/region]. As for asking Independents to change their ways-- I wish, but it's just not going to happen. We can't control what others do, we can only control what we ourselves do. Our plans can't rely on others doing what we want. And really, no one in wider GP takes a "protector of warzones" seriously, because they have a very valid point-- these regions are called warzones for a reason. They're not meant to be quiet, safe, or secure; they're meant to be tossed about, to be raided and re-raided; they're specifically about military invasions and that's coded into the very game itself. It may be nostalgic and all to want to develop a community in a warzone, but building a community in a warzone is like fighting a rising tide-- sooner or later it's going to get to you. Because they're meant to be raided, when they do get raided, no one honestly cares. Even defenders raid warzones. To be honest raiding warzones is good practice, even for the LCA. It's about being able to raid somewhere that you're not actually disrupting a native community (yes, guilt-free raiding).The total combined population of all the warzones is only 111 (with 2/3rds of the WZs having fewer than 15 nations), discounting the raiders currently in Warzone Sandbox, which as of right now has exactly zero natives. WZ natives deserve their freedoms, yes, but honestly that was their choice to live in a region created by the game to be tumultuous and changing. And there have to be actual people there to have those freedoms. This WZC could work, but only if it can be backed up by actual numbers in the warzones themselves. Right now warzones are just some tiny regions that can be raided by anyone because, well, there's no one else there. Back to your campaign: I notice you have a lot of more general goals for the region, such as with the Gazette and Armada. Since the position you're running for is Convenor, not All-Around-Man, how do you plan to incorporate the Cosmic Council into these ideas you have? All in all, very good.  |
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| The13th | May 13 2017, 03:44 AM Post #14 |
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Guy in the Public Eye
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I know, and I did apologize. But like you said, this is a very debatable topic that deserves it's own thread.
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| Doperland | May 13 2017, 04:16 AM Post #15 |
Everybody's favorite Dictatorship
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I have only two questions. Are you thoroughly aware of what your day to day job will be as Convenor? And do you believe yourself qualified? Also, good luck! I'm glad to see some nice long posts on your platform. |
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| Omega | May 14 2017, 02:17 AM Post #16 |
Star Lord
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Do you believe procedure should be strictly followed or that it is a guideline? |
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| Svez | May 14 2017, 03:00 AM Post #17 |
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That One Guy Who Does Stuff
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United Wakanda - Both very good questions. (Also sorry about time delay, Doctor's today) To answer your first, I think the pursuit of Canton was a statement more than it was an operation. Canton had been convicted of crimes against Lazarus to my understanding, and the pursuit of Canton was to show the NS Community that in challenging him in WZAus, we would ensure our safety by all means. As testament to this, my last check showed Canton being delegate of WZAfrica, and Lazarus has not pursued him into the second WZ to call him delegate in the recent month. I am not entirely familiar with Ike's statements on the pursuit, but as a participant of the WZAus operation, to me it was just as stated - a message. I was formerly involved with the NLO, as my background vaguely hints and I have stated on Discord. Since then, after my public apology was accepted, I reintegrated into the Lazarene community, and I was the first dual-citizen after that incident, I stand behind my belief as a way of action. I have seen, first hand, what happens when the claims or attempts of a coup are acted upon, and I would not allow for that to happen again to this region. I do not celebrate the NLO, I do not commend it, and I do not glorify it as anything more than it was - an illegal coup by rogue elements of the NPO that endangered both regions I call home; either in the direct action, or the fallout. As such, I do not want to see either of my homes threatened, and am particularly sensitive to the idea of a threat to Lazarus, being my first home region, one I was involved with the attempted coup, and one I now take pride in (more than I did pre-NLO) living in as a citizen who enjoys both freedom and liberty granted to my by our government. Though I would not control the LCA, I would, yes, advocate Lazarus speak with her allies on fronts against raiders. Though that would be up to the Celestial Being and Sovereign to decide, I believe taking away the fronts of Raiderdom with opposition that could overwhelm is a noble cause. We are already working to constantly liberate their new captures, but old ones and maybe someday their home may be besieged if the world of NationStates can take a united stand against TBH, Hydra, and all other groups who seek to destroy communities, homes, and (as many of us bond and become very well acquainted with one another through our communities) families - all for the sake of their sport. Raiders who are not involved in the ideals of TBH, Hydra, and any mass raider group I would, yes, advocate to join the Liberation effort. Their skills at raiding are easily used for liberating homes from their tyrants, and I believe it would be a wonderful way to redeem the pains they have possibly brought in the past. Though militarization can be taken advantage of, I firmly believe that as long as Raiders exist to destroy our homes, communities, and online families, the brave few who stand against their evil and combat it are righteous and as long as they are properly guided, their cause is just. We need only to create laws ensuring our guidance remains pure, and does not fall as far off the beaten path as theirs has, else we become the enemy we swore to destroy. |
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| Svez | May 14 2017, 03:16 AM Post #18 |
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That One Guy Who Does Stuff
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Aumelodia - I plan to involve The Council by leading with example, and encouraging my fellow councilors to participate. I am working with Archbiship Ike to make The Gazette a running paper, and will (away from my duties) speak about the work we're doing. I would hope that, in talking about the ways to contribute to Lazarus, others would join me. Though I am aware not all would follow me into joining other departments, such as the LCA or Gazette, I firmly believe that others who see me working tirelessly to support Lazarus would follow in toe, just as they would when they see a man broke down on the side of the road. Yes, many will pass him by, not thinking twice, but as time progresses, one soul would join that man to help, before eventually others come to help as well. Even if it is through a recruitment of "would you like to get involved? Let me show you how or help you. What do you want to do to help" method, I would want to show my fellow Lazarene that there are ways to help, without having to be the 'face of Lazarus'. Doperland - To your first, I have read everything I could find regarding the Convenor, but to be blunt - no. I do not know the everyday duties and tasks of the Convenor, as I have not held the position before. Reading all of the official works that describe the position may give me a view of the position, but I feel even if I otherwise would answer this question yes, I could in fact only know the position as well as you ask by having been thrust into it myself, since reading about war and experiencing are two different beasts, I feel the same applies to occupations within government. But, to respond to your second and amend that, yes. I believe I am qualified. I have lead departments in The Pacific, cooperating with my friends there to bring about fruitful results. I never stray from a challenge, from having revived an entire media department I knew little about to overseeing RolePlay in The Pacific. I feel that, if elected, once I take my first week of the job, I would be able to hit the ground running if pointed in the right direction, where I would be able to learn quickly, and even though I will likely trip here and there, I would put my heart and soul into learning the position on a day-to-day basis, as well as ensuring that I neither slack in my duties, nor do I make mistakes that would require resignation. One of the chief reasons to appoint a deputy to my position would be to help make sure I remain on track, even if only to pester me constantly to check every hour on the duties I have. Omega - I think it is a dependent on the procedure in of itself. Of course, there should be forgiveness to a degree for infractions, but some procedures are given purely in the matter of a straight line, where to step off that line is to break it, while others are more of a curve, with wiggle and sway to what is and is not acceptable. At the end of the day, it comes to what the procedure is, how it is adjusted/broken/used, and what the consequence of that sway would have on the person, those around them, and possibly even on those they do not know. |
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