Post by Grub (Lenlyvit) on Aug 10, 2014 18:49:04 GMT -5
Today I have taken the unprecedented step of ejecting & banning our Delegate, Benevolent Thomas, for conduct detrimental to our region. More specifically, as a sitting Delegate of 10000 Islands, BT has been secretly planning on starting his own offshoot region while in office. Being Delegate of the 10000 Islands is a special honor. As Delegate, those nations are held to a higher standard than most & should be supporting & helping the 10000 Islands in every way they can. To have a sitting Delegate actively planning on starting their own region while in office is disgraceful & goes against the very ideals of that office. The Delegate of the 10000 Islands should be our biggest cheerleader, but instead, we had one who was secretly plotting to take from the region once he left office.
The plans of BT were all in secret & it was only when I confronted him that he admitted to his plan. BT claimed that he did indeed plan on leaving the 10000 Islands once his term was over & would start his own offshoot region. He also told me that he wasn't planning on trying to take any 10000 Islanders with him. I did believe that he planned on riding out his term, but I did not believe that BT wasn't going to try & take from our region to build his own.
I thought about this decision for a long time before BT was banned. In the past, we have had other nations leave our region to start their own regions. Some have stayed away & some have even returned. The thing that was most troublesome is that the Delegate of the 10000 Islands is a special position, the highest elected position in the region. Thomas was the Delegate & he was disrespecting the office; he was betraying the trust of us all with his disdain for those he (to their faces) supported and interacted with. For months, BT has made it clear that he didn't like the setup of the 10000 Islands with myself having the power of a Founder as is it plainly written in the 10000 Islands Constitution. These are rules that have helped us to thrive & survive over the past 11 years. Yet he agreed to abide by them publicly while undermining them in private to multiple 10000 Island residents.
I do not take this decision lightly. I realize that BT has already or will be contacting some of you to join his region in the near future. While I would hate losing anyone, if you agree that the 10000 Islands Constitution is not your cup of tea, then you may be better off elsewhere. We want nations that support our region & are 10000 Islanders to the core. There is a reason why we have been one of the most successful regions in NationStates & why TITO is the force it is today. Our system works & we have a history of having great nations here. I want nations that love the 10000 Islands to be here. If you don't like that, then feel free to head elsewhere as I would wish you luck. In my 11+ years in NationStates, I have learned that a reason for our great success is having nations here that share a common goal. We help others in NationStates when those other regions cannot defend themselves. We have done that 2,000+ times. We also have a system that works & has helped us achieve many things.
Here is how things will work during this time of transition. At the next update, the nation here with the most endorsements will become the placeholder Delegate. That nation will have no power & will not be recognized in our all time list of Delegates. During this transition, I also ask that nations refrain from endorsing others unless instructed to my me. Any nation that has a sizable uptick in endorsements is subject to a 24 hour ban before they can return. This will be at my discretion. We will next have a week where nations can declare their intent to run for Delegate & then we will have a week of voting. After that, our next Delegate will serve about 30+ days longer than most terms as our next Delegate election will take place about seven months down the road to realign with the existing Delegate election schedule.
One last thing, I would like to thank the nations responsible for alerting me to what Thomas was up to. I know they did not take any joy on reporting what was going on, but it was something the region needed to know.
Sincerely,
Grub
Founder - 10000 Islands/TITO
The plans of BT were all in secret & it was only when I confronted him that he admitted to his plan. BT claimed that he did indeed plan on leaving the 10000 Islands once his term was over & would start his own offshoot region. He also told me that he wasn't planning on trying to take any 10000 Islanders with him. I did believe that he planned on riding out his term, but I did not believe that BT wasn't going to try & take from our region to build his own.
I thought about this decision for a long time before BT was banned. In the past, we have had other nations leave our region to start their own regions. Some have stayed away & some have even returned. The thing that was most troublesome is that the Delegate of the 10000 Islands is a special position, the highest elected position in the region. Thomas was the Delegate & he was disrespecting the office; he was betraying the trust of us all with his disdain for those he (to their faces) supported and interacted with. For months, BT has made it clear that he didn't like the setup of the 10000 Islands with myself having the power of a Founder as is it plainly written in the 10000 Islands Constitution. These are rules that have helped us to thrive & survive over the past 11 years. Yet he agreed to abide by them publicly while undermining them in private to multiple 10000 Island residents.
I do not take this decision lightly. I realize that BT has already or will be contacting some of you to join his region in the near future. While I would hate losing anyone, if you agree that the 10000 Islands Constitution is not your cup of tea, then you may be better off elsewhere. We want nations that support our region & are 10000 Islanders to the core. There is a reason why we have been one of the most successful regions in NationStates & why TITO is the force it is today. Our system works & we have a history of having great nations here. I want nations that love the 10000 Islands to be here. If you don't like that, then feel free to head elsewhere as I would wish you luck. In my 11+ years in NationStates, I have learned that a reason for our great success is having nations here that share a common goal. We help others in NationStates when those other regions cannot defend themselves. We have done that 2,000+ times. We also have a system that works & has helped us achieve many things.
Here is how things will work during this time of transition. At the next update, the nation here with the most endorsements will become the placeholder Delegate. That nation will have no power & will not be recognized in our all time list of Delegates. During this transition, I also ask that nations refrain from endorsing others unless instructed to my me. Any nation that has a sizable uptick in endorsements is subject to a 24 hour ban before they can return. This will be at my discretion. We will next have a week where nations can declare their intent to run for Delegate & then we will have a week of voting. After that, our next Delegate will serve about 30+ days longer than most terms as our next Delegate election will take place about seven months down the road to realign with the existing Delegate election schedule.
One last thing, I would like to thank the nations responsible for alerting me to what Thomas was up to. I know they did not take any joy on reporting what was going on, but it was something the region needed to know.
Sincerely,
Grub
Founder - 10000 Islands/TITO