Paffnia's Office

[Paffnia]

Updates today:

Taco Island Charities has launched its World Assembly Rewards program to encourage and reward the authoring of World Assembly resolutions by Islanders: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37617/world-assembly-rewards. Thanks to the generous support of HumanSanity, TIC also has given out HumanSanity World Assembly Retroactive Rewards: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697663/thread
The Council passed NS 297-2: Amendments to the Role of Minister of Education 7-0, with 1 abstention and 1 vacancy: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37607/297-amendments-minister-education-passed. I voted FOR because I support the reorganizations and refocusing that the bill effects: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697311/thread. I have updated the list of Buddies thread to reflect the merger of the Buddy Program and the 10000 Islands Official Welcome Committee included in the law: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697404/thread and relabeled the old 10000 Islands Official Welcome Committee seal as a logo of the Buddy Program: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697406/thread
The Council rejected NS 297-3: Coromandall Ban Appeal 0-7, with 1 abstention and 1 vacancy: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37618/297-coromandall-ban-appeal-rejected. I voted AGAINST for the reason given: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697690/thread
I have de-established the wages of two jobs that no longer exist: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37612/wage-adjustments
The Golden Taco Scavenger Hunt that Chief Executive Markanite put on has ended, with Hakketomat winning: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697316/thread. Old Regional Reserve - CTE is giving payouts for the hunt as well: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697357/thread
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has named @thx1138 the latest Featured Nation: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37611/10000-islands-featured-nation-thx1138 and has updated the list of Featured Nations: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697435/thread
Technical Liaison Kortexia has started a "Suggestions" channel on Discord: discordapp.com/channels/323174758957187072/604043143310213121
TITO Executive Officer Aschente has started a thread to report ad redirects on the forum: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37449/report-any-redirects-get-forum
Delegate Lenlyvit has named Ayunli Ambassador to The Rejected Realms: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697697/thread

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News:

Declarations for Senate are open: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/118/10000-islands-election-board
A reminder to read over and follow Old Regional Reserve - CTE's advertising rules for the forum, Discord, and RMB this election cycle: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34968/friendly-reminder-on-advertising
The Senate seat for Blue Canaria North is now vacant, as Tanzoria has CTE'd: www.nationstates.net/page=boneyard?nation=tanzoria
Senior Senator Dominion of Compassion has posted the Council Report for August: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37545/monthly-council-report-august
Senior Senator Dominion of Compassion has also posted the back Council Report for June and July: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37540/monthly-council-report-june-july
The Council passed 7-0, with 1 abstention and one vacancy: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37636/297-lwu-threat-reduction-passed. I voted FOR because I don't think LWU deserves to be singled out for declared war any longer: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1698241/thread. Delegate Lenlyvit has changed the regional flag to our flag in peacetime and issued an address to the region: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37637/delegate-address-islands
The Council rejected NS 297-4: 21st Century Rome Embassy Request 0-7, with 2 vacancies: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37643/21st-century-embassy-request-rejected. I voted AGAINST because the region is still tied to raiding and other causes against what our region stands for: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1698508/thread

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Updates:

I have posted the latest payroll report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37646/august-payroll-report
Delegate Lenlyvit is leading a weekend visit to Forest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37649/weekend-visit-forest
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has posted The Department of Immigration's latest report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37630/august-immigration-report
Official Endorser dustwind has reached 1 million influence on NS: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37623/congratulations-dustwind
Delegate Lenlyvit has shared the latest issue of The Mad Surfer from Editor-in-Chief Jabberwocky and Staff Writer @thx1138 on our NS GP thread: forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=36129746#p36129746
Casino Manager Twobagger is holding a raffle for sought-after NS nation trading cards at The New XKI Casino: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37635/legendary-card-raffle
Senator for New Republica South Dominion of Compassion has joined my transparency pledge: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1697889/thread
The deadline for initial claims for spots on the new regional map is September 12^th: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1698674/thread

[Paffnia]

News today:

Voting is open for Senate: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/188/voting-booth
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has started a pilot program at Old Regional Reserve - CTE to claim Tacos for posts made on mobile and bonuses for all posting in Mortimer Reports: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37673/claim-mobile-posts-pilot-program
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has named Haganham Old Regional Reserve - CTE's Account of the Quarter for Q2 2019: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37239/account-quarter-winner-q2-2019 and me Old Regional Reserve - CTE's Account of the Quarter for Q3 2019: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37672/account-quarter-q3-2019. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has started a thread to record past winners: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37678/list-accounts-quarter
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has changed the policies behind awarding Old Regional Reserve - CTE's Account of the Quarter award: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699601/thread
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of Mayors of Shelter's Taco Island: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699824/thread and Knights of TITO: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699817/thread
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has posted the latest Mortimer Report at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37674/2019-idate-explodes-weapons-sales
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has announced holiday bonus payments and a rebate in honor of 10000 Islands Distinguished Service Medal Day at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699643/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit is considering a new way to do WA voting: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699869/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has created a new Map Archive sub-board better organize the Map Board: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/213/map-archive
Delegate Lenlyvit has announced a Quest event with The Rejected Realms: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37666/quest-trr-xki
The visit to Forest led by Delegate Lenlyvit has concluded: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37649/weekend-visit-forest
Claim your spot on the new regional map by tomorrow!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37605/claim-spot-new-regional-map
Delegate Lenlyvit has named Marxist Germany as Emissary to The Hole To Hide In: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1699920/thread
The latest issue of The Mad Surfer is out, courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Jabberwocky, Staff Writer @thx1138, and guest writers Echolilia and Neutrality United: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37656/mad-surfer-september-2019
I have opened a statue design job for the Knight Statue of Sargon Reman: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37681/knight-statues-needed

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Updates today:

HumanSanity, United Royal Islands, and Aschente have won their Senate races: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37691/elections-concluded. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of senators: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700641/thread, and I have updated the "Government Officials of 10000 Islands" thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700689/thread
Flemingisa has been promoted to Senior Senator: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700676/thread
The Council has rejected NS 298-1: Southfield Embassy Request by consensus: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37698/298-southfield-embassy-request-rejected. I was AGAINST, as the region is still small and has yet to prove itself dedicated to its embassies: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700662/thread
I have archived Council discussions from the latest term and posted the latest batch of non-secure Council threads to the Council Debate Archives: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700664/thread

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News:

I have posted the new XKI regional map!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37700/map-10000-islands
I have updated the thread to claim a spot on the regional map: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/4799/post-added-map-qualify
I have added map links to the OP of this thread.
I have named Free Earthian Yap as Deputy Cartographer-General: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37701/earthian-named-deputy-cartographer-general
Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands has announced the latest House Cup, Shield, and Sceptre Competitions: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37712/house-cup-shield-fall-2019
Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands has also announced the Prolific Posting Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37713/october-2019-prolific-posting-contest
Delegate Lenlyvit is hiring an Emissary to The Western Isles, Emissary to Portugal, and Emissary to Forest: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1700903/thread
I have established wages for Deputy Cartographer-General and Taco Island Town Councillor: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1701568/thread

[Paffnia]

Updates:

N-Day has almost begun!: www.nationstates.net/page=news/2019/09/22/index.html. XKI will be joining the Canopy faction: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37727/day-4 and discordapp.com/invite/8s5HSGG
Chief Executive Markanite has updated the map profile drop-down box to be your nation color on the new XKI map: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37722/new-map-profile-option
In conjunction with Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands, Taco Island Charities will be funding the prizes for the latest Prolific Posting contest, named in gratitude for Hakketomat's recent contributions to TIC: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1701970/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit has hired as @thx1138 as Emissary to The Western Isles: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1701966/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit has also hired as The Valencian Federation as Emissary to The Coalition of Democratic Nations: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1702138/thread
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has hired Sargon Reman as a Buddy: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1702140/thread

[Paffnia]

News today:

I have posted the latest payroll report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37780/september-payroll-report
I have also gone ahead and posted the September Council Report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37778/council-report-september-2019
Chief Executive Markanite has updated a bunch of account maskings: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1702430/thread
Our N-Day faction, Canopy, fared well in the latest N-Day event; Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the N-Day records thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1702384/thread
Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands has announced the start of the Prolific Posting Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1702796/thread
The House Cup, Shield, and Sceptre Competitions, run by Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands, have also begun: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37712/house-cup-shield-fall-2019

[Paffnia]

Updates today:

Delegate Lenlyvit has hired Al0neForever as Emissary to Middle Earth: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1704192/thread
Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity has hired @thx1138 as Deputy Senator for Blue Canaria North: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1703894/thread
I've posted a new public comment on changing the job duties of the Senator for New Republica South: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37827/public-comment-modify-duties-senator
I've posted another public comment on closing XKI University: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37826/public-comment-close-xki-university
I've also posted a proposal from Sargon Reman on paying stamp recruiters: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37828/public-comment-payment-stamp-recruitment
Delegate Lenlyvit is leading a weekend visit to The Hole to Hide In: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37783/weekend-visit-ththi

[Paffnia]

News:

I've opened up the latest Poet Laureate Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37856/poet-laureate-contest-10-19
Chief Executive Markanite has named HumanSanity Senior Senator: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1704912/thread
Senior Senator HumanSanity has named @thx1138 the latest Rookie of the Quarter: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37854/october-2019-roq. HS also recognized Ammotangandia and Marxist Germany, to whom Taco Island Charities has given prizes as well: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705524/thread. I have updated the list of Rookies of the Quarter: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705195/thread
The Council has passed NS 299-1: Close Embassies with Four Inactive Regions 8-0, with 1 abstention: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37846/299-close-embassies-regions-passed. I voted FOR because the regions are completely inactive and have been on historical status long enough: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1704638/thread
The Council also passed NS 299-2: The World Assembly Secretary Act 8-0, with 1 abstention: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37860/299-world-assembly-secretary-passed. I voted FOR because I support the fostering of WA authorship and participation: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705533/thread
The inter-regional visit to , organized by Delegate Lenlyvit, has concluded: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37783/weekend-visit-ththi
I have updated a bunch of old TinyPic images: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1703569/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit and Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity have posted the latest emissaries report: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705271/thread and www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1268193
Delegate Lenlyvit recently telegrammed the region about WA discussion threads and voting polls: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1097118 and emissary job openings: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37610/emissaries-needed

[Paffnia]

Updates:

Senior Senator HumanSanity has posted the latest Council Report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37862/council-report-october-2019
The Council dismissed NS 299-3: Bharat Embassy Request by consensus: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37868/299-bharat-embassy-request-rejected. I supported the dismissal because the region is too small: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706051/thread
I have color-coded the law thread titles in the Law Archive: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37864/laws-color-coded
I've posted a number of old laws and reordered the Law Archive: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705933/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit posted a roll-call thread for emissaries: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37509/roll-call-update
Taco Island Charities' Second Louisistan Time Capsule is still open: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706320/thread
I have established wages for World Assembly Secretary and Deputy World Assembly Secretary: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706309/thread
I have posted a job opening for World Assembly Secretary: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37871/world-assembly-secretary-sought
Delegate Lenlyvit has hired Haganham as Emissary to Forest: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706333/thread

[Paffnia]

News today:

Delegate Lenlyvit has posted a statement on the coup attempt in The East Pacific: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706544/thread and www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1270303
Voting in the Poet Laureate Contest is open: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37884/voting-poet-laureate-contest-19
Senior Senator HumanSanity has updated the list of Foreign Affairs Secretaries thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1705639/thread
The Council passed NS 299-4: Lazarus Embassy 7-0, with 2 delegations to the delegate's prerogative: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37885/ns-299-lazarus-embassy-passed. I voted FOR because Lazarus is a large region and a powerful friend: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1707108/thread
Marxist Germany's WA resolution, GA #470: Repeal: "Prohibit Private Prisons," passed: www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolution/id=470/council=1. I have updated the list of 10000 Islands resolution authors: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706342/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has selected Marxist Germany's Knight Statue of Sargon Reman: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706718/thread
I have updated the regional map: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37700/map-10000-islands and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706380/thread
I have updated the Hall of Heroes with full nation tagging and war records links: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706377/thread
Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands has extended the October Prolific Posting Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1706988/thread

[Paffnia]

Updates today:

The Council passed NS 300-1: Hartfelden Embassy 6-0, with 3 delegations to the delegate's prerogative: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37912/ns-300-hartfelden-embassy-passed. I voted DELEGATE'S PREROGATIVE because I don't have a lot of background on the region and defer to Delegate Lenlyvit's knowledge of the region in her ongoing embassy outreach: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708392/thread
The Council passed NS 300-2: Re-establish The East Pacific Embassy 8-0, with 1 delegation to the delegate's prerogative: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37915/establish-east-pacific-embassy-passed. I voted FOR because establishing relations with a friendly GCR after helping them fend off a coup makes sense for both regions: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708419/thread
Poet Laureate voting is still open: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37884/voting-poet-laureate-contest-19
Taco Island Charities' Louisistan Time Capsule has been buried for the year: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708449/thread
Happy fourth century of NationStates!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37909/happy-nationstates-year-300
I have made a few edits to some old laws under the Law Text Clean-up Act: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708250/thread
Happy Empire of Power Annexation Day: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37903/empire-power-annexation-day
Happy belated Commendation Day, Islantines Day, and NationStates Day: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/5770/regional-master-calendar
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has posted the latest Mortimer Report at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37906/thermionic-desalination-breakthrough-oct-2019
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has also sent out a Commendation Day holiday bonus at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708049/thread
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands has hired Chief Executive Emeritus Woonsocket as Deputy Regional Reserve Chair at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37917/deputy-rrc-announced
Delegate Lenlyvit has hired Hakketomat as Emissary to The East Pacific: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708446/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit has also hired HumanSanity as Emissary to Lazarus: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708446/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit has hired Aschente as Emissary to Hartfelden: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1709063/thread

[Paffnia]

News:

Aersoldorf has won the latest Poet Laureate Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37935/poet-laureate-winner-10-19. I have updated the list of Poets Laureate: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1709600/thread
I have added Marxist Germany's Knight Statue of Sargon Reman to the Hall of Heroes: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1710483/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has dressed as Grub and posted a Halloween scavenger hunt: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37933/10000-islands-spooktacular and 10000islands.proboards.com/page/scavenger-hunt
The Islands is facing some spooktacular attacks!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37949/spooktacular-attack, 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37953/spooktacular-ambush-political-party-rally, 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37957/house-spooktacular, and 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37963/close-encounter-ghoulbagger-ball.
The Islands is prepping for the annual Z-Day event: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/36267/zombie-army-wanted and www.nationstates.net/page=news/2019/10/27/index.html
Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands has announced the winners of the latest Prolific Posting Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1708531/thread, who have won Taco Island Charities' Hakketomat Prolific Posting Contest Prizes: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1709204/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has named Sargon Reman the inaugural World Assembly Secretary: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37938/new-wa-secretary-announced and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1710495/thread
The Council unanimously passed NS 300-3: Close Embassy with International Northwestern Union: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37954/300-close-embassy-inwu-passed. I voted FOR because the region does not share our values and demeans others: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1710506/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has added restore XKI custom smileys to the list of forum smileys: and

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Updates:

I have published and paid out the latest payroll report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37972/october-payroll-report
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has posted the latest Immigration Report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37970/october-moi-report
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman is also holding an immigration competition this month: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37928/november-recruitment-competition
Haganham has been named Deputy World Assembly Secretary by World Assembly Secretary Sargon Reman: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37956/deputy-wa-secretary-appointment
Deputy Minister of Education Na Kanaka Isles has named Haivon the latest Featured Nation: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37968/10000-islands-featured-nation-haivon. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of Featured Nations: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1712038/thread
The Islands has survived the latest zombie apocalypse: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/36267/zombie-army-wanted. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated our zombie records: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711848/thread
Haganham and Free Earthian Yap have designed new symbols for XKI positions: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1712552/thread

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News today:

Declarations for Senate are now open: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/118/10000-islands-election-board
A reminder as always about advertising rules this election cycle: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34968/friendly-reminder-on-advertising
Senior Senator HumanSanity led a celebration of Wootsockens Day in honor of former Field Commander Wordy and Chief Executive Emeritus Woonsocket, featuring a poem from Poet Laureate Aersoldorf: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37977/happy-wootsockens-day
Senior Senator HumanSanity also led the celebration of Ananke II Day, also featuring a poem from Poet Laureate Aersoldorf: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37981/happy-ananke-ii-day. In her honor, Senior Senator HumanSanity has restated the "Book Talk" thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37980/book-talk-2
Deputy Cartographer-General Free Earthian Yap has made some alternate versions of the XKI map: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37982/xki-map-versions
Deputy Cartographer-General Free Earthian Yap has also helped launch a new trade pacts and trade routes system: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37984/introducing-trade-routes-pacts and 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37983/trade-pacts-regional-map
Chief Executive Markanite has done more work updating maskings and forum powers: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1712843/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit has moved our embassies with Wysteria, Valhalla, and Australia to historical status due to inactivity: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31039/current-list-emissaries

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Updates today:

The Council passed NS 300-4: Modify the Duties of the Senator for New Republica South 7-1, with 1 abstention: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37965/300-modify-duties-senator-passed. I voted FOR because I think the old duty for NRS was ambiguous and not in line with other senators' workloads, while the new duties are clear and further a valuable regional goal: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711484/thread. I have updated a number of threads in response: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713451/thread, 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713452/thread, 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713453/thread, and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713448/thread
The Council passed NS 300-5: XKI University Closure Act unanimously: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37966/300-xki-university-closure-passed. I voted FOR because while XKI University has served a valuable role in the region, but it has long since become inactive despite efforts to revive it: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711495/thread. I have updated a number of threads in response as well: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1712950/thread, 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711614/thread, 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711615/thread. I have also de-established wages for the positions eliminated by the law: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1711612/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit and Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity have posted the latest emissaries report: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713125/thread and www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1279714

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News:

Voting is open in Senate elections: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/188/voting-booth
Remember that posting is not allowed in the Voting Booth: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/35448/notice-posting-allowed-voting-booth
Senator for New Republica South Aschente has posted a Senate debate: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38015/himes-west-election-debate
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has announced the closure of XKI University: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37950/university-closure
Senator for Lyonnesse East has announced the winners of the House Cup, Shield, and Sceptre: the House of Wordy, House of Sargon Reman, and HumanSanity of the House of Echolilia, respectively: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714176/thread. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated our House competition records: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714326/thread, 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714328/thread, and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714327/thread
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of ministers of XKI: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1713794/thread
Nominations for the Defender Awards are open over at The South Pacific: tspforums.xyz/forum-449.html and forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=474829
I've posted a job listing for Emissary to The Hole To Hide In: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714568/thread
Almonaster has designed some new medals for N-Day and Z-Day: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714566/thread

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Updates:

Voting in the 2019 Defender Awards is open!: tspforums.xyz/thread-7599.html
Voting is also still open for Senate: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/188/voting-booth
Deputy Regional Reserve Chair Woonsocket has posted the latest Mortimer Report at Old Regional Reserve - CTE, complete with a holiday bonus from Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38036/meteor-hits-islands
The now-closed XKI University board has been archived: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/157/xki-university
Two new issues of The Mad Surfer are out, courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Jabberwocky and Staff Writer @thx1138 : 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37848/mad-surfer-october-2019 and 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/37998/mad-surfer-november-2019
Mayor of Shelter's Taco Island Louisistan and Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity are judging a Gravedigging Contest in honor of Shelter's Taco Island Day, with prizes co-sponsored by Taco Island Charities: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38019/shelters-taco-island-gravedigging-bonanza
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman and Senator for Lyonnesse East United Royal Islands have been named to the Taco Island Charities Board of Directors: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38018/tic-announces-board-directors and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714590/thread
Post count bonuses have been added to Mortimer Reports at Old Regional Reserve - CTE: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714595/thread
I have updated the "Ways to Make Money in the 10000 Islands" thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714583/thread

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News today:

Marxist Germany and United Royal Islands have been elected to Senators: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1715758/thread and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1715757/thread
Voting is still open for the 2019 Defender Awards: tspforums.xyz/thread-7599.html
The Council passed NS 301-1: Close Embassy with the Radiant Republic 8-0, with 1 abstention: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38045/close-embassy-radiant-republic-passed. I voted FOR to clean up an outdated embassy with a dormant region: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716017/thread
HumanSanity and I have launched the Liberal Understanding and Agreement on Commerce trade pact: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38044/liberal-understanding-agreement-commerce-luac
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has started recording the Delegate's WA endorsement count: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38027/10000-islands-delegate-endorsement-count
Regional Reserve Chair United Royal Islands announced Delegate Lenlyvit as Old Regional Reserve - CTE's latest Account of the Quarter: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38025/account-quarter-q4-2019. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of Accounts of the Quarter: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1714808/thread

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Updates today:

Congrats to Lenlyvit, Twobagger, Kanta Hame, Benevolent Thomas, everyone involved in the liberation of Anontia, everyone who defended TEP, and all of TITO on wins in the latest Defender Awards!: tspforums.xyz/thread-7633.html. I have updated the list of Defender Awards winners: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716323/thread
Following the closure of XKI University, Chief Executive Markanite has archived and locked its board: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/157/xki-university
I have archived another term's worth of non-secure Council debate threads: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716313/thread
Chief Executive Markanite and I have added Haganham and Free Earthian Yap's symbols to the list of symbols of XKI: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716325/thread
Chief Executive Markanite and I have updated some threads with Almonaster's N-Day and Z-Day medals: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716327/thread and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716328/thread

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A special congratulations and thanks to Delegate Lenlyvit on her World Assembly Security Council Award at this year's Defender Awards! I am in debt to Lenlyvit, who, along with her many other contributions to the Security Council since the past awards and all-time, generously authored my commendation. Congrats again!

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News:

Season 2 NS trading cards have been announced!: www.nationstates.net/page=news/2019/11/28/index.html
The Council unanimously passed NS 301-2: The Southern Islander Accords: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38070/301-southern-islander-accords-passed. I voted FOR to strengthen relations with a valuable ally: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716705/thread. Delegate Lenlyvit has announced the treaty: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38064/southern-islander-accords
Delegate Lenlyvit has announced a cultural exchange event with The North Pacific: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38065/announcement-xki-tnp-cultural-exchange
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has named Dorab the latest Featured Nation: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38061/10000-islands-featured-nation-dorab. I have updated the list of Featured Nations: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716715/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has updated the "List of Senators and Political Party Affiliation" thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/23456/list-senators-political-party-affiliation
Senior Senator HumanSanity has updated the list of government officers: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716383/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit is hiring an Emissary to Middle Earth and Emissary to The North Pacific: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716519/thread
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has named @thx1138 to replace Escanaba as Deputy Minister of Immigration: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38000/deputy-moi-appointment

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Updates:

I have posted and paid out the latest payroll report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38085/november-payroll-report
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has posted the latest immigration report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38076/november-immigration-report
Senator for Himes West Marxist Germany, Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman, and Delegate Lenlyvit have passed WA resolutions recently: www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolutions/council=1/start=476, www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolutions/council=2?start=287, and www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolutions/council=2?start=289. I have updated the list of Islander WA authors and resolutions: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716722/thread
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman, Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity, and Pollster Jabberwocky have won The Department of Immigration' November immigration competition: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716960/thread
Mayor of Shelter's Taco Island Louisistan has announced the winners of the Shelter's Taco Island Day Gravedigging Bonanza: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717081/thread. Taco Island Charities has distributed prizes: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717112/thread

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News today:

I have update NS Years up to NS 600 in the "NationStates Relative Time" thread: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717273/thread
After the passage of the Southern Islander Accords, Delegate Lenlyvit has promoted the role of Emissary to The South Pacific to Ambassador to The South Pacific: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1716759/thread
Senior Senator HumanSanity and Escanaba have been added to the Taco Island Charities' Walk of Fame: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717125/thread
I have posted a job opening for Casino Manager: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38105/casino-manager-needed
World Assembly Secretary Sargon Reman is hiring an Awards and Badge Designer: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38110/awards-badge-designer
I have updated the Map of XKI: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717544/thread
TITO Executive Officer Hakketomat has added the Paffnia Prize, the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ruby Prize, and the Baden-Wuerttemberg Opal Prize to TITO War Records: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/142/war-records
Delegate Lenlyvit and Deputy Minister of Immigration @thx1138 have passed a WA resolution, SC #291: www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolutions/council=2?start=290. I have update the list of XKI resolution authors: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1717775/thread

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Updates today:

Senior Senator HumanSanity has posted the latest Council report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38118/council-report-december-2019
Technical Liaison Kortexia has updated the Discord rules upon agreement of the Council of Nine and TITO Command: discordapp.com/channels/323174758957187072/575762082981740574
Season 2 of NS Trading Cards has begun!: www.nationstates.net/page=news/2019/11/28/index.html
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has made a list of Epic and Legendary NS Trading Cards in XKI: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38115/epic-legendary-cards-xki
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has posted a policy on paying stamp-based recruitment: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38066/stamp-recruitment-policy. I have updated the list of ways to make money in the Islands: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1718294/thread
I have posted a public comment thread on the Supreme Court: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38119/public-comment-rules-supreme-court

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News:

Chief Executive Markanite wished the Islands a happy holidays: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38152/happy-holidays-all
Chief Executive Markanite also added a presents-gifting feature for the holidays: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1719665/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has opened a suggestions thread for the new decade: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38174/new-decade-approaches
Chief Executive Markanite wished the Islands a happy new year as well: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38183/happy-new-year
There's a new World Census Report category for value of NS trading card decks: www.nationstates.net/page=list_nations/mode=g/censusid=86. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of World Census Report categories: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1719131/thread
There's a new issue of The Mad Surfer out, from Jabberwocky, @thx1138, and Marxist Germany: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38117/mad-surfer-december-2019
Delegate Lenlyvit, Senator for Blue Canaria North HumanSanity, and Deputy Senator for Blue Canaria North @thx1138 have posted the latest emissaries report: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1718403/thread, www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1293502, and forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=36518372&sid=13bc1f58ff01ca310953c0ad9569daa9#p36518372
Taco Island has hit 100 pages: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38177/celebrating-100-pages-taco-island
Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has named Libraziland the latest Featured Nation: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38167/10000-islands-featured-nation-libraziland and has updated the list of Featured Nations: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/23562/featured-nations-past-forum
Delegate Lenlyvit has named Dorab Emissary to Middle Earth: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721303/thread
Delegate Lenlyvit is also hiring an Ambassador to The Rejected Realms: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721303/thread
The TSP-XKI Festival with The South Pacific has begun, organized on our side by Delegate Lenlyvit and Senator for Himes West Marxist Germany: www.nationstates.net/region=tsp_xki_cultural_exchange, discordapp.com/invite/Nz2A9Uq, and docs.google.com/document/d/1QnFLiHegrJCJc_zOM9egSZIWv6njVIiNNIcciccAnVc/edit?usp=sharing
World Assembly Secretary Sargon Reman has announced World Assembly Secretariat Engagement Awards, designed by @islesofmetanoia: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38176/wa-secretariat-engagement-awards and 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721309/thread
Delegate Kuriko has passed a WA resolution, SC #292: Repeal: "Liberate Aurelia": www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolution/id=292/council=2. I have update the list of XKI resolution authors: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721314/thread
Delegate Kuriko and Deputy Senator for Blue Canaria North THX1138 have passed another WA resolution, SC #293: Commend Markanite: www.nationstates.net/page=WA_past_resolution/id=293/council=2. Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has updated the list of commended Islanders: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1720204/thread
Taco Island Charities is running a Commendation Giveaway for Chief Executive Markanite's commendation: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38192/commendation-giveaway-markanite
I have posted a job designing a banner and splash image for the regional Discord: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38193/discord-images-needed

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Updates:

Nominations for Taco Island Charities' latest Paffnia Prize have opened: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38205/nominations-eighth-annual-paffnia-prize
I have posted and paid out the latest payroll report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38204/december-payroll-report
A new feature on NS, adding a link to Notice Subscriptions on the Settings page, has been added at my suggestion: forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=478440
World Assembly Secretary Sargon Reman has released the first World Assembly Secretariat Report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38189/vol-1-inaugural-edition
Senator for Himes West Marxist Germany has launched a National History Competition: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38197/january-national-history-competition
Haivon has been named the latest Rookie of the Quarter by Senior Senator HumanSanity: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38207/january-2020-roq. I have updated the list of Rookies of the Quarter: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721594/thread
Chief Executive Markanite has moved the Grand Debate Hall to the front page of the forum: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/180/grand-debate-hall
Chief Executive Markanite has also created a new World Assembly board with WA discussions, forum votes, and drafts/proposals: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/135/world-assembly
At the suggestion of Senator for Himes West Marxist Germany, Chief Executive Markanite has rearranged the Role Play Board a bit: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/26/role-playing-forum
The Council unanimously passed NS 303-1: Amendment to Delegate Vacancy Act: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38215/303-amendment-delegate-vacancy-passed. I voted FOR because I think the language avoids listing a set of offices when really the delegate should not step down to take almost any other office: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1721762/thread

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News today:

Declarations for Senate are open: 10000islands.proboards.com/board/118/10000-islands-election-board
A friendly reminder to check Old Regional Reserve - CTE's advertising rules this election cycle: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/34968/friendly-reminder-on-advertising
Nominations for Taco Island Charities' latest Paffnia Prize are still open: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38205/nominations-eighth-annual-paffnia-prize
The Council passed NS 303-2: Cultural Office 6-0, with 3 abstentions: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38223/ns-303-cultural-office-passed. I voted FOR because cultural events are important and have been previously overlooked, though I would have preferred the office under the Minister of Education: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1722032/thread
I have opened a job listing for Cultural Officer: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38232/cultural-officer-sought
I have also posted a job listing to design the seals for the new offices: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38233/new-seals-needed
The Council unanimously passed NS 303-3: Ministry of Education Incentives and Awards Versatility Act: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38224/303-incentives-awards-versatility-passed. I voted FOR because changing the way Buddies are paid will hopefully reward and encourage nations who go above and beyond in their welcoming: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1722037/thread
I have established and de-established some wages as a result: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1722043/thread
I have divested my personal XKI shop investments from fossil-fuel-intensive and gun industries: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38231/divestment
Senior Senator HumanSanity has posted the latest Council Report, with my update within: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38219/council-report-january-2020

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Updates today:

Minister of Education The Tasmanian Islands has unveiled the new pay structure and medals for Buddies: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38230/welcome-buddies-achievement-medals
Minister of Immigration Sargon Reman has posted the latest immigration report: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38188/december-2019-immigration-report
Delegate Lenlyvit has posted a thread for requesting and documenting WA proposal approvals: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38200/approved-proposals-1-20-3
The Council rejected NS 303-4: The Times Newspaper Embassy Request by consensus: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/38244/times-newspaper-embassy-request-rejected. I was AGAINST because the region is not a real community with an investment in an embassy: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1722325/thread