Coreyo for Blue Canaria North

[Coreyo]

Hello Grub (Lenlyvit), Delegate(Aersoldorf), Senators, Regional Reserve Chairwoman(Ayunli), TITO Knights, and fellow 10000 Islanders, I'm Coreyo from TIP,
and I have decided to run for the senatorial position of Blue Canaria North. I joined 10000 Islands in August 2014 and won
the Rookie of the Quarter award in October 2014. I am continuing to contribute to the growth of 10000 Islands by recruiting
new nations. In fact, in just 16 days of recruiting, I have sent close to 10,000 recruitment telegrams, and recruited close
to 300 new nations. I intend recruiting in that fashion for a long period of time.

I would like wish good luck to The Jensmonian Empire in this race, and if you have any questions for me, I would be happy to
answer them.

[Great Britain & Scotland]

All the very best Coreyo.

[Coreyo]

May 8, 2015 2:31:29 GMT -5 Great Britain & Scotland said:

All the very best Coreyo.

Thank you!

[Barry]

Good luck, Coreyo!

[Coreyo]

May 8, 2015 4:23:06 GMT -5 Barry said:

Good luck, Coreyo!

Thank you, Barry!

[Louisistan]

I'm going to be blunt and frank here.

The last time you took up a government position in XKI (Deputy Senator) you CTE'd in office. Can you promise that that will not happen?

[Coreyo]

May 8, 2015 4:43:37 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

I'm going to be blunt and frank here.

The last time you took up a government position in XKI (Deputy Senator) you CTE'd in office. Can you promise that that will not happen?

I can promise you that will never happen. Unlike a few months ago, I have enough time in my hands to devote to XKI, and that won't change for a long time.
In addition, senatorial work in XKI will be a priority in my agenda.

 

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Good luck Coreyo!

[Coreyo]

May 8, 2015 13:56:54 GMT -5 Witchcraft and Sorcery said:

Good luck Coreyo!

Thank you, Witchcraft and Sorcery!

[Maguai]

I would like to add that Coreyo is one of our most active members in the forum, and quite the prolific spammer to boot. His presence and activity on the forum makes him highly accessible.

Additionally, his activity in recruitment does not end with spamming telegraphs. Coreyo consistently makes a point to greet new members by name, and provide assistance with their growth in our region, and our community.

If you've spent anytime with Coreyo you can see evidence of many of the qualities we should all value in a Senator.

He is intelligent, and well spoken, but most importantly he is compassionate with a deep seated love for our region. I have every confidence that he will serve admirably as Senator for Blue Canaria North.

[Coreyo]

Thank you, Maguai!

[Great Britain & Scotland]

Yeah. I like this mate. He's the guy who first welcomed me!

[The Candy Lane]

Coreyo, What do you hope to achieve while in office? What are your goals?

[Coreyo]

May 9, 2015 14:46:17 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

Coreyo, What do you hope to achieve while in office? What are your goals?

If I become a Blue Canaria North senator, I would like to continue the tradition of compiling XKI Monthly Reports that are accurate and informative, so that, when the reports are approved by the Delegate and sent off to other regions, other regions can see and consider 10000 Islands a vibrant and active place. In order to achieve the aforementioned, I am willing to spend hours, if needed.

Furthermore, I would like to continue the tradition of featuring nations, which shows that the region cares a great deal about its nations and considers them special. I normally enjoy having and getting to know nations that are in XKI, and I think that displaying their national profiles and assets to the entirety of XKI through the Featured Nation program would be a very enjoyable task.

[Coreyo]

In the Candidate Thread, I mentioned that I recruited close to 300 new nations. Officially as of today, I have recruited over 300 new nations to 10000 Islands.

[Lower Columbia]

Here are a few questions for you, Coreyo.

Being a senator involves more than just the responsibilities specific to your seat (in your case, Blue Canaria North). 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've come up with a list of questions for you, Coreyo.

1. Fill in the blank. "If I vote for Coreyo, 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 the TKI Update Report over the next four months? What about the featured nation program?

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. You were previously a deputy senator here then ceased to exist. You then returned to the region under a similar, though, different, name. I think it's safe to say that on returning you confused quite a few people here. Do you care to comment on this for the public?

[Coreyo]

May 9, 2015 19:56:44 GMT -5 Lower Columbia said:

Here are a few questions for you, Coreyo.

Being a senator involves more than just the responsibilities specific to your seat (in your case, Blue Canaria North). 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?

Thank you for providing me with questions, Lower Columbia.

1) I have several laws, which I would like to propose, and they are predominantly about accommodating new and veteran nations. If you have any more questions on this response, I can answer them.

2) When I started recruiting and new nations were recruited by me, I have received a great deal of feedback that they appreciate how nice the region is and the many features the region has to offer. As a result, I began to enjoy recruiting, welcoming, and having new nations into our region. The level of activity in the RMB has certainly increased and has becomeeven more lively; however, I have not seen that much of activity boost in our forum. Therefore, I would like to improve on how we can have more new nations join the forum and participate in its daily activities, such as spamming, political discussions, games, recruiting, governmental activities, and even TITO.

3)Each discussion and each vote has a grave impact on proposed laws, thus the future of 10000 Islands. I will make sure that my responsibility in governing 10000 Islands is a priority. I devote a great deal of time, as witnessed, in this forum, and I can assure you I will be extremely active in discussions and votes on proposed laws.

[Coreyo]

May 9, 2015 20:21:13 GMT -5 Klopstock said:

I've come up with a list of questions for you, Coreyo.

1. Fill in the blank. "If I vote for Coreyo, 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 the TKI Update Report over the next four months? What about the featured nation program?

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. You were previously a deputy senator here then ceased to exist. You then returned to the region under a similar, though, different, name. I think it's safe to say that on returning you confused quite a few people here. Do you care to comment on this for the public?

Thank you for providing me with questions, Klopstock.

1) One could say that, "If I vote for Coreyo, I can expect a caring and active Senator who will place other nations and XKI before himself over the next four months."

I will place the region before myself by compiling the XKI Monthly Reports, as honestly, accurately, and informatively as possible, so that other regions can see and consider 10000 Islands a vibrant and active place to join, and be proud of the fact that they have established embassies with our region.

I will place other nations before myself in the Featured Nations Program by bringing out the true assets and specialties of each featured nation, in contrary to what I deem worthy to mention, so that the featured nations can see that 10000 Islands cares for them and considers them special.

In addition to my senatorial duties, I will continue recruit, welcome, and accommodate new nations, so that they discover the true fun and friendliness of joining 10000 Islands and become more active in the region all around.

2) As I have stated earlier, my domestic policy vision is to have even more new nations and current nations(WA or non-WA) to be more active on the RMB and forum. I believe that with a wealth of time that I have, I can help achieve the vision by recruiting, welcoming, and accommodating new nations, so that they discover all of the captivating aspects of 10000 Islands.

3) My biggest strength would be my level of activity in the forum and RMB. With the wealth of time I have for a while, I believe I can help bring new laws and keenly participate in discussions.

4) My biggest weakness would be that I have very little experience as a Senator. It is true I was elected Deputy Senator a while ago; however, I have not had enough time to hone my senatorial skills and gain experience in between the time I was chosen as Deputy Senator and the time my hiatus from NS started. However, I can definitely improve upon my weakness, once I am elected Senator, by taking things slowly at first and asking questions, thus eventually, gaining a know-how on working as a BCN Senator.

5) As I have previously mentioned, I will compile the XKI Monthly Reports as honestly, accurately, and informatively as possible. As for the Featured Nations program, I will try to bring out the true assets and specialties of each featured nation. I would personally want to conduct an interview with the prospective, featured nation by asking questions on what information from the factbook or the nation profile they feel is the most outstanding. This allows me to know what the featured nation considers proud about their nation, so that I post, not what I feel is relevant for the Featured Nation, but what the featured nation feels is relevant.

6) Honestly, foreign affairs is not my specialty. However, I would be keen to contribute and prudently read on discussions that result in voting for inter-regional affairs, so that I can vote in a way that puts 10000 Islands ahead in its foreign affairs. Outside of legislations, I believe the role of a Senator to help the Delegate in his work, in order to make this region much more peaceful and beneficial for all of us. I would be actively encouraging new and existing nations to join the World Assembly, so that, not only the Delegate receives more endorsements, providing more security for the region, but also have a greater say in World Assembly and Security Council proposals. I believe this makes our region much more powerful and peaceful, compared to many other regions.

7) First of all, after becoming the Deputy Senator back a while ago, I felt extremely reluctant to go on a hiatus. I really love 10000 Islands in its entirety, and I did not want to lose all the fun. However, in real life, sometimes, you have to give up what you sincerely cherish temporarily or even permanently. Due to a busy schedule, I had to take some time off NationStates. However, as I have stated in a previous response(Response for another user), as of now, I have a wealth of time for a while, and I will not be leaving XKI and NS, and I can assure you I will place senatorial work as a priority and not CTE.

The question I had when I came back from my hiatus and re-joined the forum was, "Why don't you log in with your actual account,'Coryo', so that it can be re-activated? Why did you make a new account, 'Coreyo'?" The answer to this is that I forgot the forum password and the password for the e-mail adddress with which I registered in the XKI forum for my 'Coryo' account. I put an utmost effort in trying to remember the password, but, unfortunately, I could not remember it. However, luckily, I remembered my NS password(password for Nationstates Coryo account), and was able to verify myself to Grub by sending a telegram via the 'Coryo' NS account, saying that I want to return to XKI, but I forgot my forum password and the password for the e-mail address with which I registered in the XKI forum. Grub suggested that I make a new account, and that is what I did.

Why did I choose a similar name? Well, I wanted to log back in as 'Coryo', but I could not, so I made a name that sounds similar to 'Coryo', because I wanted to retain my name.

[Klopstock]

Thanks for your answers, Coreyo!

[Coreyo]

May 9, 2015 23:36:57 GMT -5 Klopstock said:

Thanks for your answers, Coreyo!

My pleasure, Klopstock!

[Louisistan]

Continuing down "blunt and frank" lane and picking up on your answer concerning your return:

Why did you act as if you weren't Coryo? It confused the hell out of several people.

[Coreyo]

May 10, 2015 11:22:32 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

Continuing down "blunt and frank" lane and picking up on your answer concerning your return:

Why did you act as if you weren't Coryo? It confused the hell out of several people.

I did not want to reveal who I was at the time I decided to come back to 10000 Islands. I wanted to make people believe I am new.
Although the primary reason I left 10000 Islands in the middle of October 2014 was due to busy schedule, one other reason I left was due to someone(who is not in 10000 Islands forum anymore and who I would not like to mention) mocking basically the nationality of one of my family members. If it were not for he(since the forum is predominantly male), I probably would have come online at least once a week or two, despite my busy schedule.

When I heard him say those things, I was slightly incensed, but kept quiet. I anticipated that others might add fuel to the fire and continue mocking in front of me. I quietly left the forum, knowing that I have a busy schedule, and wanting not to talk about this, for I did not want to even be seen as talking behind his back. I believe, as a 10000 Islands member, I should not be doing that. Of course, when I came back, I still did not want to be the target of such mockery, so I told people I am new.

What would I do, if this incident were to happen again? I personally wouldn't care. In fact, I realized all that mockery does not affect me but himself.
Would I act the same way, if I were to be affected in some way, similar to this incident? No. I deeply regret what I have done, and, at that time, immediately decided never to conduct myself in that fashion again.

Thank you for your question, Louisistan. It had to come at some point.

[Louisistan]

And now it's been cleared up. Thank you!

[Coreyo]

May 10, 2015 14:38:34 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

And now it's been cleared up. Thank you!

My pleasure.

[Hahiha / USSR]

I have the utmost important question here, what can you do for me?

[The Candy Lane]

May 10, 2015 14:37:03 GMT -5 Coreyo said:

What would I do, if this incident were to happen again? I personally wouldn't care. In fact, I realized all that mockery does not affect me but himself.
Would I act the same way, if I were to be affected in some way, similar to this incident? No. I deeply regret what I have done, and, at that time, immediately decided never to conduct myself in that fashion again.

Thank you for your question, Louisistan. It had to come at some point.

I'm glad to hear this issue resolved itself and you're comfortable on the forum with us. I hope that if this issue arises again you will talk to someone like Grub or a Co9 member that you trust. We've had members leave us for overt and covert bullying and if a third party had been involved the problems could have been resolved.



Back to the campaign... You mentioned that there are some new laws you would like to introduce - What are they and why aren't you making them part of your campaign?

[Ater Nox]

Good luck Coreyo!

Do you have any changes in mind for the XKI Report or featured nation program?

[The Candy Lane]

This is related to my last question and I'll ask this for Mal since he is less active lately.

Sept 6, 2014 16:41:26 GMT -5 Mal said:

I ask this every time we have a new candidate up for office:

What kind of Senator will you be? In modern democratic politics, elected positions have evolved so that there are basically two types: The type who says: "Trust me" to make the decisions I need to make to ensure you are represented well and that you are served properly, v. the "Trustee" who in essence simply takes the pulse of his constituents and votes whatever way will be most popular with the majority.

Thus the question which is also the title of the thread:

Will you be a trustee or will you tell us to "Trust me?"

[Coreyo]

May 10, 2015 19:00:32 GMT -5 The Candy Lane said:

This is related to my last question and I'll ask this for Mal since he is less active lately.

Sept 6, 2014 16:41:26 GMT -5 Mal said:

I ask this every time we have a new candidate up for office:

What kind of Senator will you be? In modern democratic politics, elected positions have evolved so that there are basically two types: The type who says: "Trust me" to make the decisions I need to make to ensure you are represented well and that you are served properly, v. the "Trustee" who in essence simply takes the pulse of his constituents and votes whatever way will be most popular with the majority.

Thus the question which is also the title of the thread:

Will you be a trustee or will you tell us to "Trust me?"

I would like to have the best of both worlds. While I will mostly strive to listen to the majority(the whole of XKI) and carry out decisions based on what they have to say, when an opinion is not divided by a majority and a minority, but equally as in similar to 50/50, I will put my utmost effort to make a decision that benefits XKIers the most, and I would ask for them to trust me on that.