[Discussion] Cabinet Appointments

[New Rogernomics]

I'll be certainly looking to appoint a deputy for Regional Events/Media, when the Cabinet is confirmed.

What would you be looking for in such a deputy? What kind of leadership role would they take within the Regional Events and Media Cabinet Office? Furthering the question to all nominees, I'd like to ask the following: how do you plan to staff your departments? The entire Assembly should be in concurrence that one person (or even one person with several deputies at their side) is in no way fit to run an entire Office of the Cabinet. Currently, in our Application Forms forum, there aren't applications for any 'civil services' of any kind. Would your Office work with the Delegate and others to invite Citizens to join your staffs? Personally, I would think this to be beneficial for combating apathy and increasing political and governmental awareness.

I thank all nominees for their considerations of my questions.     

Well, generally the purpose of a deputy is to act in absence of the Minister, or to act in conjunction with the Minister to delegate tasks. It would be reasonable to suggest that in Media and Events, they might take a role of a GameMaster and/or participate in writing the Gazette. Department numbers are dependent on the duties involved, for instance Media and Events numbers will be dependent on how much oversight is needed for the Gazette, and how extensive the Events are that we hold in Lazarus.

With Media and Events, it could potentially be run with a limited number of people, so long as we are only running a few Events each month. At most Media and Events might need a deputy to help in the Gazette, three or four Gazette writers, and two or three GameMasters.

The actual scope of each department is for the Assembly and the Delegate to decide on legislating in the future, till that happens it will be an ad-hoc system of a Minister, their deputies, and staff added as necessary.

Application Forms will be the purview of each department, but it would be assumed that once the Cabinet is appointed, forms would be created for the purpose of recruiting staff.