Flemingisa for New Republica South.

[Flemingisa]

"Hello! My name is Flemingisa and I am writing this to officially announce my intent to run for the political office of New Republica South.

I have been in the Islands for the last three years serving in TITO, XKI recruiting, and the Dean of the University as well. I have also created The Islands Gazette to help spread the words of the Islands to the fellow members of 10KI both on the forums and the RMB. I also recently was appointed Ambassador of The South Pacific as well.

I am currently Running the Nation Factbook Contest to help promote interest in the forums as well as encourage role playing in the region. I am still an active TITO updated as well as recruiter which I shall continue to do. I intend to start The Islands Gazette back up and hire writers and editors to try and involve people in the business part of the forums as well as a way for our talented writers to express themselves.

I am running for NRS because I believe that while the political parties have increased in activity since I've joined I still think that it can be improved even more than it is currently until it is the pinnacle of our very forums. These political parties are the heart of our government and to encourage these parties to grow and recruit newer members will ultimately help the region as a whole.

A major issue i believe to be facing the region is recruiting. Last month alone all of the recruiters combined did not equal half of what he could typically do. Escanaba deserves the break he is taking from recruiting but it is up to us to help keep newer nations coming into our great region. I intend to combat this by proposing a Political party recruiting event in which monthly the top political party that sends the most telegrams will win one award, while the party that brings the most recruits in will win the other, similar to the house cup and shield event.

I hope to offer the region fresh ideas, activity and devotion as well as determination in making our region the envy of all other regions. I have a goal of one day reaching 2000 nations again and with an extremely vibrant community with a healthy and active political community. I hope to work with my other islanders in achieving this lofty goal.


I appreciate your time in reading this and I hope you'll vote for me come election time! If you have any questions just ask and I'll answer them as soon as I get a chance to as i am currently at work or i shall answer them when i get off work.

Thanks!
Flemingisa

[Lethoica]

Hi Flemingisa,
Can you expand on your idea about the political parties recruiting event? Also what would you do besides that to boast activity within the political parties?

[Ater Nox]

Good luck Flemingisa!

[Louisistan]

1.) Can you honestly say that you have always been entirely truthful with everything you have posted on this forum and on NS and in your interactions with other TITO members?

2.) Are there any particular ideas for improvements you have for the political party system besides the ones you described above?

3.) Are there any other ideas you hope to bring before the Council?

4.) What is your stance on XKI's foreign policy? Any changes you'd like to see there?

5.) Do you consider yourself a reformer seeking to make our region a better place or a loyalist seeking to preserve the best that TKI has to offer? Please explain your answer.

6.) What people would you say have shaped your views and values in this region? How would you use those experiences if elected?

7.) What is your worst moment in this game and how have you learned from it? How would you apply lessons from that experience to your responsibilities if elected?

8.) After being elected, your parent, dorm RA, landlord, or other person or entity responsible for your internet access transforms into a monomaniacal super villain bent on denying you access to the digital world. Despite your best efforts, this person successfully prevents you from accessing NationStates or this forum from the comforts of your residence and place of work and/or study. Do you continue to try and fulfill your duties? If so, how?

9.) You wake up one day to find that Max Barry, seeking to promote his latest book on the merits of dystopian chaos, has unexpectedly and randomly culled a significant minority of nations from the game. This just so happens to include all founders and delegates, and is prelude to his following ban forbidding offsite forums from being mentioned in WFEs and TGs. All remaining members of the Council of Nine accordingly vanish, and you are left to lead the region on your own. What do you do?

[Alkasia]

Best of luck, Flemingisa!

[Paffnia]

Glad to see you running, Flemingisa.

[Alkasia]

Also, I'd like to expand upon Lethoica's great question.

About your event to spur recruitment:

I remember my predecessor DoC tried a similar idea of accreditation- in which the party that had recruited the most members to their party would receive awards or accreditations. While this was an interesting idea (and had the potential to work), it fell flat when it failed to garner much interest amongst the parties and their members.

How does this idea, extended to Island recruitment as a whole, differ from DoC's earlier idea (other than the expansion in target)? And how do you plan to generate the interest needed to maintain it?

[Paffnia]

What are your thoughts on some issues currently under discussion?:
- 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34905/councilmembers-option-receiving-pay
- 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34875/tacos-elections-act
- Any other current,ongoing political/legislative discussion

If you had to choose one option for the political parties, which would you prefer?:
1. Political parties that are fun and relatively harmonious but are also rather similar, without definite political stances each, with little political discussion, bouts of general inactivity, and low competitiveness between them.
2. Political parties that have distinct political stances, with high political discussion and activity and competitive elections but also more nastiness and fights between them.

[Flemingisa]

To Answer Lethoica the basis of the event, starting on the first of the month all members of political parties would either start recruiting or apply for an accelerator account, points would be awarded for amount of telegrams sent, amount of recruits into the Islands, as well as any of said recruits that join the forums and a political party.

I'd also like to have a Taco Prize for the winning party to be split amongst the members of said winning party to encourage participation.

As to other ideas I have for the parties I'd like to organize monthly debates between parties. I'm still working on the details but it would amount to each party choosing 2 participants who would then debate on the topic at hand with the the three judges making a decision on the winner.

As to Alkasia I believe that with agressive promotion (as in heavy amounts of it.) as well as active self participation in the political parties and the forums we can achieve success in completing it.

As to Louisistan once I get to work I will be able to type out a well though response to all your questions.

[Flemingisa]

Jan 3, 2018 15:35:04 GMT -5 Paffnia said:

What are your thoughts on some issues currently under discussion?:
- 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34905/councilmembers-option-receiving-pay
- 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34875/tacos-elections-act
- Any other current,ongoing political/legislative discussion

If you had to choose one option for the political parties, which would you prefer?:
1. Political parties that are fun and relatively harmonious but are also rather similar, without definite political stances each, with little political discussion, bouts of general inactivity, and low competitiveness between them.
2. Political parties that have distinct political stances, with high political discussion and activity and competitive elections but also more nastiness and fights between them.

For the Pay for councilmembers I originally was for but after discussion and reflection I feel that they should not get pay. As someone had tried for political office before he only reason I ran was to try and better the Islands. It is an honor to serve on the council and the option to receive pay I feel lessens the honor.

As for the tacos in elections act I feel that hey should have no part in influencing elections, if someone has to get paid in order to run they aren't doing it for the betterment of the Islands. Anyone runnignshoudl be doing it for thier love of the Islands not tacos.

As for which one I would choose if I had to, I would honestly choose the first one. I would love a compromise of both but I would like to avoid nastiness and fights between parties and people. Things like that in an online situation have the opportunity to go sour and South real quick and there is no reason that we can be competitive in elections and be somewhat elections. Of course I wouldn't like to see parties inactive for long periods of time either but compromises have to be made in places according to the two options.

I hope this answers your questions Paffnia and if you have anymore don't be afraid to ask!

[Flemingisa]

Jan 3, 2018 14:42:21 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

1.) Can you honestly say that you have always been entirely truthful with everything you have posted on this forum and on NS and in your interactions with other TITO members?

2.) Are there any particular ideas for improvements you have for the political party system besides the ones you described above?

3.) Are there any other ideas you hope to bring before the Council?

4.) What is your stance on XKI's foreign policy? Any changes you'd like to see there?

5.) Do you consider yourself a reformer seeking to make our region a better place or a loyalist seeking to preserve the best that TKI has to offer? Please explain your answer.

6.) What people would you say have shaped your views and values in this region? How would you use those experiences if elected?

7.) What is your worst moment in this game and how have you learned from it? How would you apply lessons from that experience to your responsibilities if elected?

8.) After being elected, your parent, dorm RA, landlord, or other person or entity responsible for your internet access transforms into a monomaniacal super villain bent on denying you access to the digital world. Despite your best efforts, this person successfully prevents you from accessing NationStates or this forum from the comforts of your residence and place of work and/or study. Do you continue to try and fulfill your duties? If so, how?

9.) You wake up one day to find that Max Barry, seeking to promote his latest book on the merits of dystopian chaos, has unexpectedly and randomly culled a significant minority of nations from the game. This just so happens to include all founders and delegates, and is prelude to his following ban forbidding offsite forums from being mentioned in WFEs and TGs. All remaining members of the Council of Nine accordingly vanish, and you are left to lead the region on your own. What do you do?

1. I never have and I never will lie or have lied about any information i have given to anyone in XKI Zoe TITO.

2. In addition to the ideas above I mentioned I believe a new way intrest could be increased is to add a World Factbook Entry on the region wall in NS with a Desription of each of the current parties plus links to the pages for them with a link to the political party sub-board in general.

3. I hope to work with the Council of 9 about the recruiting situation that Lethoica and @kozmix have mentioned recruiting ideas and I have discussed ideas with them. If elected I hope to continue working with them plus others to try and implement them. I also agree with revising RMB rules. Back in 2015 when I used the RMB a lot none of the debates and discussions that took place would not have happened had the thirty minute rule been enfotced, I believe they were created with the most valid reason and I belvie most of them are good but some should be reviewed.

4. I believe that the foreign policy of XKI is good right now and I wish to continue that. We have meaningful alliances with old allies plus new ones such as the Philippines and if we continue this we shall be good. Of course TITO being such a force for good should stay and I'm proud to be a member of it.

5. I would consider myself more of a reformer. Don't get me wrong, there are tons of things that make the region great that should stay. But there are things that I believe that if added or changed in ways will make our region the pinnacle of Nation states

6. The person I thank the most would have to be Klopstock , he inspired me to keep running after all my defeats as well as to create my newspaper "The Islands Gazette" and for that I thank him as my number 1. My number two would have been Paffnia , the dedication that he has shown the region in updating all the graphs as well as serving the islands in all aspects serves as a shining example of how to serve the Islands.

7.my worst moment would have been the time I lost my third election for NRS. I was only 16 at the time and I was immature and I was hurt, I was doing horrible in school and I couldn't focus on anything plus i was in trouble for failing. I snapped and broke down. I took my break from Nationstates as most people know but I was able to focus on myself and growing as a person and once I felt capable of handling this position and my real life I came back. If I didn't think I could balance the two I wouldn't have came back.

8. I currently have 3 different avenues in which I can reach NS, my mobile device with unlimited data, my laptop with unlimited useage at home, and my computer at Amazon, if they were somehow able to shut down most of my access I would inform the council of my perdicament and if unable to continue at the level required of a senator I would either appoint a deputy and reduce some of the responsibilities or step down until such time as I can resolve the issue.

9. The first thing I would do in this nightmare scenario is consolidate all known active members of or forum such as all TITO nations and command and recall them for the time being to provide regional security against raiders. I would then immediately issue a statement assuring the region that everything shall work out and be resolved and I would be getting into contact with the removed leaders and work out a plan of action. If they were unable to come back I would immediately order emergency elections to elect a new government in order to establish some stabilty in the leadership. During this time I would have TITO in the region to provide numbers against any possible raider attempts until such time that we have rebuilt the power that we lost when Max when psycho. Once all this has been done we should be able to resume normal operations until such time that the remove nations could return.

I hope these answer your questions Louisistan and if you have any more don't be afraid to ask!

[Louisistan]

Thank you for your detailed answers.

[Flemingisa]

Jan 4, 2018 8:36:06 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

Thank you for your detailed answers.

no problem! I love answering questions so if you or anyone else have any don't be afraid to ask!

[Lethoica]

Jan 3, 2018 18:05:38 GMT -5 Flemingisa said:

2. In addition to the ideas above I mentioned I believe a new way intrest could be increased is to add a World Factbook Entry on the region wall in NS with a Desription of each of the current parties plus links to the pages for them with a link to the political party sub-board in general.

Flemingisa, Could you expand on this please?

[Flemingisa]

Great question Lethoica, if elected I plan on working with the Lyonesse East senator to create a similar contest to the War of the Houses, there will be two phases to the contest. The first part is a recruiting contest where each party will receive 1 point per telegram sent and 20 points for each nation recruited. After this there will be a recruiting to the political parties themselves. point totals are still being worked on but there will be two awards to be given out to the party to keep until the next event which I hope would take place every 4-6 months.

I also am going to be discussing a new idea I have every day until the elections. if anyone has any questions don't be afraid to ask!

Also of Note I now have a signature! if anyone would wish to use one simply message me and ill get you set up.

[Flemingisa]

Voting is up! Don't forget to vote!

[Siuts]

Congratulations for running an excellent campaign and commiserations for not becoming the Senator for New Republica South. I was looking forward to working with you on the Council, so I do hope you will run again next election.

[Flemingisa]

Thank you. while it is diasppointing Ater Nox, ran an amazing campaign and im happy somone who cares about political parties is in office. Rest assured i will still run again Siuts,

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Great campaign Flemingisa!

[Flemingisa]

thanks Tuga Nation's Dragon,

[Ater Nox]

Commiserations Flem, I hope to see you running again soon

[Deleted]

You had an amazing campaign Flemingisa. Commiserations and all the best for your future campaigns!

[Paffnia]

Commiserations Flemingisa, and great job on the campaign.

[Hakketomat]

Commiserations, Flemingisa