Questions for Siuts

[Louisistan]

Siuts

1.) If elected, would you increase your presence on Discord?
2.) What changes, if any, would you wish to implement to the Casino?
3.) You have voted for the Transparency Act. What motivated you to do so? 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/36520/ns-284-transparency-act-passed
4.) We recently saw the first invocation of the Senate Vacancies Act. Are you content with how it played it out or do you believe it should be improved? 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/35801/275-senate-vacancies-act-passed
5.) Knowing that non-secure Council Debates will now be made available to the public eye. Will that impact your behaviour during such debates compared to previous terms you served on the Council?

[Paffnia]

As Senior Senator, you missed posting far over half of the required monthly Council Reports. Obviously, real life can get in the way some times, which is perfectly understandable, but this happened for most of your tenure as Senior Senator. Will this general pattern continue in regards to other job duties, if elected again?

I know you have posted in the past about not liking the Council Reports, but until the rules are changed, they are still required. Indeed, you offered a brief suggestion in your last campaign about reforming the reports, but this suggestion was never fleshed out publicly nor adopted by the Council. Why did you never bring this reform forward yet continue not to regularly post Council Reports?

[Siuts]

Jan 8, 2019 6:39:15 GMT -5 Louisistan said:

Siuts

1.) If elected, would you increase your presence on Discord?
2.) What changes, if any, would you wish to implement to the Casino?
3.) You have voted for the Transparency Act. What motivated you to do so? 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/36520/ns-284-transparency-act-passed
4.) We recently saw the first invocation of the Senate Vacancies Act. Are you content with how it played it out or do you believe it should be improved? 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/35801/275-senate-vacancies-act-passed
5.) Knowing that non-secure Council Debates will now be made available to the public eye. Will that impact your behaviour during such debates compared to previous terms you served on the Council?

Thank you for your questions Louis,

1) I cannot promise that. I do strive for it, because I love the interaction with my fellow Islanders and visiting friends. There are only so many hours in a day and I have a vast list of (IRL and Forum) responsibilities so I have to prioritize.

2) My plan is to reduce from weekly lottery drawing to bi-weekly to create more time to initiate other betting opportunities.

3) Because I believe leaders and elected officials should be accountable and because I feel it is in line with the global call for more transparency. The public doesn't mind having others take decisions for them, as long as they can see the reason and logic behind those decisions. You need transparency for that.

4) I'm fine with the way it played out. Woonsocket used the powers entrusted in him well. But if the general public requests a change in procedure, as a council member I will put that up for consideration to the council.

5) Well, you know me..., I am who I am. I will not hold back or change my behaviour. I will always share my opinions. As a shared responsibility of all council members, I will just have to be a bit more aware of what is secure and non-secure during a debate. We don't want to harm individual nations or put our region's security at risk.

[Siuts]

Jan 8, 2019 11:19:12 GMT -5 Paffnia said:

As Senior Senator, you missed posting far over half of the required monthly Council Reports. Obviously, real life can get in the way some times, which is perfectly understandable, but this happened for most of your tenure as Senior Senator. Will this general pattern continue in regards to other job duties, if elected again?

I know you have posted in the past about not liking the Council Reports, but until the rules are changed, they are still required. Indeed, you offered a brief suggestion in your last campaign about reforming the reports, but this suggestion was never fleshed out publicly nor adopted by the Council. Why did you never bring this reform forward yet continue not to regularly post Council Reports?

Thank you for your questions Paffnia,

Other than comprising the (in my opinion obsolete) council report, I did not neglect any of my other council duties during my terms. Nor will I do so once elected. But if elected, I shall not be senior senator. The law states the longest serving senator (in consecutive terms) shall be the senior senator. So, given the unopposed election, that honor will be bestowed upon Sargon Reman. Having read previous reports from him, I am confident he'll deliver what the law requires.

As to your second question.., I wasn't the senior senator; Jabberwocky is and he did post Council reports, so I'm unsure what it is you're asking. But I'll repeat my opinion here too: With the Transparency Act in place (which I voted for), A monthly Delegate report and other information on region and council happenings widely available elsewhere (i.e. the jobs board, senators offices threads and ministerial department threads) I see no point in maintaining the Council report as it was/is comprised. Should I ever become Senior Senator again, let my first act be to suggest scrapping the report in its current form.