Flemingisa for New Republica south

[Flemingisa]

Hello! This is my campaign thread for my second bid to be the NRS senator. Before I begin I would like to extend my congrats to LC for his wonderful job as the senator and I would like to wish Takaram good luck in the elections.. I will be taking questions and I'll be putting more about why i feel qualified later tonight. Thanks!

Long Live ISP

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Good luck Flemingisa!

[The Candy Lane]

Good luck Flemingisa!

What do you hope to achieve when you are in office? What are your goals?

[L4XKI Political Consulting]

If anyone wishes to endorse this fine candidate by putting an ad in their signature, be sure to let us know. We will cover the costs.

[Flemingisa]

May 6, 2015 22:47:37 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

Good luck Flemingisa!

What do you hope to achieve when you are in office? What are your goals?

some of the things I plan to achieve in office is the continued activity I've been seeing in the political parties sections of the forum. I also wanted to have some more competitions between the parties almost like the house cup. One more thing I would like to achieve is to possibly create a inter-regional debate with our contest want being the winning political party of our own debates...

Anymore questions

[Barry]

Good luck, Flemingisa!

[Flemingisa]

May 7, 2015 16:43:36 GMT -5 Barry said:

Good luck, Flemingisa!

thanks! Do you have any questions for me?

[Flemingisa]

Does anyone have any questions for me? I'm willing to answer any questions

[Barry]

May 7, 2015 17:41:54 GMT -5 Flemingisa said:

May 7, 2015 16:43:36 GMT -5 Barry said:

Good luck, Flemingisa!

thanks! Do you have any questions for me?

Okay, Flemingisa, here goes.

I'm heading into the voting booth and faced with the difficult decision of voting for only 1 of 2 excellent candidates - either yourself or Takaram.

Please tell why I should pull the lever for you, rather than Tak.

[Flemingisa]

Well, I can't lie and say that I have more experience than takaram when it comes to game playing.. But I feel like the reason you should vote for me when you go to the polls is the fact that, bar a few days my whole time here. I have been one of the most active people around wether it was spamming, recruiting, and doing TITO missions. While I may not have as much time as takaram I have been more active recently in the political parties section.. Even creating my own party! I also have tons of ideas for the political parties as a whole to increase participation in 10KI and possibly even create debate competitors between other friendly regions with our political parties being our representatives. One other note is that I've never been in danger of CTEing yet and since summer is coming there is even less chance of that happening. I hope this answers your question Barry... Any more questions.. I plan on creating a speech tonight or tomorrow after I complete a flag passing for a deceased veteran.

[Barry]

Thank you, Flem.

[Flemingisa]

Your welcome... Glad to answer your questions... Do you have any more?

[Great Britain & Scotland]

I have a question.
I read that you are running for the Moderator of Political Parties Position. You also are the founder of your own party, not too long ago. While I realise that the decisions that you may make as a Senator will be applied equally and undiminished to all parties, are you certain that the decisions you make in Office, will not be influenced or biased towards your Party and its members?

[Flemingisa]

May 8, 2015 23:38:47 GMT -5 Great Britain & Scotland said:

I have a question.
I read that you are running for the Moderator of Political Parties Position. You also are the founder of your own party, not too long ago. While I realise that the decisions that you may make as a Senator will be applied equally and undiminished to all parties, are you certain that the decisions you make in Office, will not be influenced or biased towards your Party and its members?

i can whole heartedly say that I can easily put my party aside for the well being of the region... I will even leave my party for the time being in order to maintain my my unbiased observations. Also inside my parties mottos is equality. So no matter what I do I'm going to try and be the most unbiased I could ever be. Sorry for the late answer I was sleepijg

[Flemingisa]

I have a few hours to answer questions before I have to leave for a few hours... Anyone have any questions

[Flemingisa]

No one has any questions.. I'm tempted to start tagging people so they ask.

[Lower Columbia]

Okay then, I'll bite.

Being a senator involves more than just the responsibilities specific to your seat (in your case, New Republica South). All senators are expected to be actively involved in governing 10000 Islands. With that in mind, here are my questions to you:

1. What new laws do you want to propose in the Council of Nine over the next four months?
2. Are there any aspects of the XKI government that you want to improve during your term?
3. How active will you be in discussions and votes on proposed laws?

[Klopstock]

I'm sure that I can come up with questions.

1. Fill in the blank. "If I vote for Flemingisa, I can expect _____ over the next four months." Please explain your answer.

2. The Council of Nine handles a wide-range of intra-regional business. How would you describe your domestic policy vision?

3. What would be your biggest strength as a senator? How would you seek to bring this strength to the Council of Nine?

4. What would be your biggest weakness as a senator? How would you seek to make up for this in the Council of Nine?

5. Of course, senators have specific duties. If elected, what do you anticipate doing with political parties over the next four months?

6. The Council of Nine handles foreign affairs related duties as well. How do you view TKI's place in the wider game? How would you handle foreign affairs related matters when they arise?

7. And, because it's a new party, what's the policy platform of the Islands Socialist Party (ISP)?

[Flemingisa]

May 9, 2015 20:05:23 GMT -5 Klopstock said:

I'm sure that I can come up with questions.

1. Fill in the blank. "If I vote for Flemingisa, I can expect _____ over the next four months." Please explain your answer.

2. The Council of Nine handles a wide-range of intra-regional business. How would you describe your domestic policy vision?

3. What would be your biggest strength as a senator? How would you seek to bring this strength to the Council of Nine?

4. What would be your biggest weakness as a senator? How would you seek to make up for this in the Council of Nine?

5. Of course, senators have specific duties. If elected, what do you anticipate doing with political parties over the next four months?

6. The Council of Nine handles foreign affairs related duties as well. How do you view TKI's place in the wider game? How would you handle foreign affairs related matters when they arise?

7. And, because it's a new party, what's the policy platform of the Islands Socialist Party (ISP)?

great questions.. Answer to question one- you can expect multitudes, and I mean MULTITUDES of inter-party games and competitions with hopefully creating a cup for them and doing inter-regional games (more on that later)
Question 2-my domestic policy views are that we need more interacting with the non-forum members to increase activity everywhere... I am an active RMB member and if we tried to include them more than you would see retention rates rise I believe. I also would like to get the MAD ISLANDER or another newspaper started up and staffed with forum and non forum members to spread the news.
3-my biggest strength would be my energy that I believe I have shown to the region and the tons of ideas I have had for Parties these last few months.
4-my weakness that is the biggest I would have to say is my "youth" compared to takaram, while I may not have as much "experience" with NS I think I have made Huge strides, the way I would make up with this is to immediately try and learn from the senior senator and others to learn the ropes quickly.
5-well what I would want to do is to create more competitions similar to the war of the houses but with the parties, I also would like to organize some debate s between parties and the winning party we could debate with other regions and have a Inter-Regional cup.
6- I feel as one of the largest GCR's we have to set the example, even if we don't just give embassies willy-nilly we should at least create a Factbook or something instructing new regions on ideas and tips on how to succeed in order to curb raiding and people staying in NS more.
7-well, we are first and foremost against raiding no matter that we pride ourselves on equality, we encourage people to recruit and be more active... We also want equality for all members of 10KI, I understand that not all people can be citizens but we should still take some opinions of people at least unoffically.

Please ask me more questions, I'm enjoying this.

[Flemingisa]

May 9, 2015 19:53:02 GMT -5 Lower Columbia said:

Okay then, I'll bite.

Being a senator involves more than just the responsibilities specific to your seat (in your case, New Republica South). All senators are expected to be actively involved in governing 10000 Islands. With that in mind, here are my questions to you:

1. What new laws do you want to propose in the Council of Nine over the next four months?
2. Are there any aspects of the XKI government that you want to improve during your term?
3. How active will you be in discussions and votes on proposed laws?

and sorry I didn't see your questions earlier.. I only saw Klops at the moment, but no matter...

1-some new laws I would like to pass would be the revitalization of the mad islander or create a new newspaper, also since the investment corp was disbanded to find people willing to help reopen it later on.
2-I don't know if ambassadors are government but I would like to create assistant ambassadors after seeing all the new people getting interested in being one, it would be good for others to learn about other regions and enhance overall gameplay knowledge.
3-well since the summer is coming around the times elections are over and I won't have a job I will have at minimum 3 hours a day to debate and discuss bills and create bills for the council to help the region.

I hope this answers your questions.. Please ask more

[Flemingisa]

Random question while I wait for a response.. Why does it seem every time I run in always an underdog, I don't mind but it just gets tedious after a while.

[The Candy Lane]

You seem to really like the idea of a regional newspaper, which is great. A few things to keep in mind, firstly the Mad Islander is a privately run corporation, though Co9 is looking at how to revive it. Secondly The Mad Islander that you are familiar with is actually the second edition. We seem to have a problem maintaining a regional newspaper. So what do you think we should be doing to ensure we have an active and enjoyable paper? In your opinion, would a state run paper be better? Do you plan on writing for the paper?

[Flemingisa]

May 9, 2015 21:04:18 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

You seem to really like the idea of a regional newspaper, which is great. A few things to keep in mind, firstly the Mad Islander is a privately run corporation, though Co9 is looking at how to revive it. Secondly The Mad Islander that you are familiar with is actually the second edition. We seem to have a problem maintaining a regional newspaper. So what do you think we should be doing to ensure we have an active and enjoyable paper? In your opinion, would a state run paper be better? Do you plan on writing for the paper?

i didn't understand that the islander was private run but there is no reason we can't have a vibrant news community. I see no reason in not having a private and a "state" newspaper. I would love to write for the paper as long as it would reach all the non-forumites and bring diversity, jobs, tacos and interaction

[The Candy Lane]

Thank you for your answer Flemingisa, and best of luck in the election.

[Flemingisa]

May 9, 2015 21:09:00 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

Thank you for your answer Flemingisa, and best of luck in the election.

thanks! And now for voting solicitation... Would you like a forum signature for free?

[The Candy Lane]

I prefer to abstain from endorsing candidates unless they're from TDP or my deputy like Louisistan was. I do think you are a strong candidate and expect a close race.

[Flemingisa]

May 9, 2015 21:19:25 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

I prefer to abstain from endorsing candidates unless they're from TDP or my deputy like Louisistan was. I do think you are a strong candidate and expect a close race.

i understand.. Always have to try.. Thanks for saying it will be a close race

[Klopstock]

Thanks for the answers, Flem!

May 9, 2015 21:00:45 GMT -5 Flemingisa said:

Random question while I wait for a response.. Why does it seem every time I run in always an underdog, I don't mind but it just gets tedious after a while.

That's just part of joining a community. You're active and engaged -- just keep at it and things will eventually fall into place. Whether it's this election or a bit further down the road.

[Flemingisa]

I am now answering questions again... Don't make me start tagging people.. I kid but I can answer aby and all questions

[Flemingisa]

This is another thing.. When I want to do something I go overkill on it which is why I'm antsy for so many questions... Please voters ask me your quesitions!!