[Discussion] Appointments (December 2018)

[Aflana]

Aflana, how did you find Lazarus? Did you refound here, or did you move here after founding in a Feeder or after some time in a UCR, and if so how did you hear about the region and what made you decide you wanted to be here?

If you refounded, or if you moved here from a UCR, what were your prior regions?

Thanks!

I had a nation before called Khari when I was just an issues player. I don't believe I was ever in any other region before Lazarus other than the Pacifics as they were feeders and I wasn't into gameplay. I remembered refounding in Lazarus several times before. I don't really talk about my nation Khari cause all I did was answer issues. After awhile I stopped playing nationstates.

But then I came back to nationstates and started to get into gameplay. I wasn't really happy with the name of the nation I had as an issues player. So I created Aflana and got into roleplaying and gameplay. Aflana was founded in a feeder. I was looking back at the regions I was in before with Khari and I found the Undead theme of Lazarus at the time interesting. I found Lazarus to be a fascinating region as it was a place for nations to have a second chance, where they can refound after ceasing to exist.

[Cormac]

Okay, thanks for your answers Aflana. I don't mean to seem like I'm giving you the third degree, I just want to be sure we're thorough with security-related appointments after the Adytus/Feux thing. I hope you can understand that and it doesn't seem like I'm trying to be unfair or anything.

[Aflana]

Yeah. I understand some may not know much about me so that's why you're asking many questions. I'm just trying to be completely transparent about everything.

[Legalist Zombal]

Support for the CLS. Not to sure about the others.

Jo: What is your GP exp? Where else are you in a military? Could that be a conflict of interest?

[joWhatup]

JoWhatup: What military experience do you have? How and where do you plan on leading Lazarus in our war against the NPO?

I served in The Invaders and The Roman Empire, after which I left both. I led The Dictatorial Paradise's military until the founder tolerated KREICH's aid in an occupation, after which I left. I'm currently in Unknown, for which I have led a few raids, and in the New Cruor Federation Armed Forces, a starting region. 

As to the NPO part: I believe it will take time to do, but with a lot of effort abd tactics it can be pulled off, with aid of our allies in this war.

I'll answer all questions tomorrow morning, sorry for the delay. These past few days have been busy.

[joWhatup]

Support for the CLS. Not to sure about the others.

Jo: What is your GP exp? Where else are you in a military? Could that be a conflict of interest?

As to the GP experience, I have listed this above. I currently serve in Unknown and the New Cruor Federation. Neither of which I believe will come into collision with Lazarene interests. Should this, however, happen, I will immediatley resign.

[Wycliffe]

I served in The Invaders and The Roman Empire, after which I left both.

What were the circumstances of your leaving TI and TRE? I think folks would be rightfully concerned about people who have had past involvement in those organizations, and the exact status they held there.

[joWhatup]

I served in The Invaders and The Roman Empire, after which I left both.

What were the circumstances of your leaving TI and TRE? I think folks would be rightfully concerned about people who have had past involvement in those organizations, and the exact status they held there. 

And rightfully so. After I saw the logs, I left TRE, believing TI wasn't so low of continuing to work with them. TI was that low, but TRE left ns not long after. Then, in Boston, an operation I was partially in charge of, involved KREICH pilers, but The Dictatorial Paradise's founder refused to ban them and got TI help. The fact that both organisations were fine with working with Nazis and that TI was fine with working with TRE disgusted me, after which I left both of them.

As to my positions, I have never looked at TI ranks, but I'm assuming I was something like a Private First Class. In TRE I was legionaire.

[Roavin]

Sorry for the delay, Christmas stuffs etc.

For all the appointees: What will your goals be as government officials if confirmed? What kind of culture would you like Lazarus to have, and how will you help build that?

The Court under Mandate 12 has not handled any cases yet. Should I be confirmed, I'll have a rather large responsibility there as the first few court cases will be pivotal in establishing the judicial culture of Lazarus going forward.

I'm personally a fan of the golden rule of statutory interpretation: The literal interpretation should be used unless that leads to an absurd result.

Roavin: What did you do as a Court Justice before? Do you intend to do anything differently if your nomination is approved again?

We didn't handle any court cases; I did discuss various details of court procedures with Asta, and we were going to propose a set of procedures for the legislature to review. We never did finish that, though should I be reconfirmed, and with the addition of Amerion, I think we can finally finish those up and get them out the door.

[New Rogernomics]

So ready for a vote?

I'll first.