Neenee

I've been part of a few "my way or the by-way" situations (including some in THIS region) and this doesn't feel like that to me. This feels more like an honest effort from a delegate eager to try something to encourage activity. "We need more activity" has been a point for a while here, I know I heard it while I was delegate. I just didn't have it in me to enact any sweeping changes. Part of that was likely because of the reaction I was sure that I would get, from both in and out of the region. Halo, apparently, does.
I'm iffy on some aspects of this, there are certain things I'd have preferred to have seen done differently. I didn't participate in the conversation, and that was my choice; I'd seen the TG about it. However, I'm down to see how this goes. It could end up amazing. But if it sucks, I trust that Halo will make an effort to adjust things so they do not suck.
When things don't change, we end up in a place with a good ol' boys club. I've seen it happen here before. 
So, really, the way I see it, the worst thing that happens with this is people are cranky, it doesn't work, and Halo adjusts it. The best is that it's actually fun and new people get active on some level, participating.

I've been part of a few "my way or the by-way" situations (including some in THIS region) and this doesn't feel like that to me. This feels more like an honest effort from a delegate eager to try something to encourage activity. "We need more activity" has been a point for a while here, I know I heard it while I was delegate. I just didn't have it in me to enact any sweeping changes. Part of that was likely because of the reaction I was sure that I would get, from both in and out of the region. Halo, apparently, does.
I'm iffy on some aspects of this, there are certain things I'd have preferred to have seen done differently. I didn't participate in the conversation, and that was my choice; I'd seen the TG about it. However, I'm down to see how this goes. It could end up amazing. But if it sucks, I trust that Halo will make an effort to adjust things so they do not suck.
When things don't change, we end up in a place with a good ol' boys club. I've seen it happen here before. 
So, really, the way I see it, the worst thing that happens with this is people are cranky, it doesn't work, and Halo adjusts it. The best is that it's actually fun and new people get active on some level, participating.

I've been part of a few "my way or the by-way" situations (including some in THIS region) and this doesn't feel like that to me. This feels more like an honest effort from a delegate eager to try something to encourage activity. "We need more activity" has been a point for a while here, I know I heard it while I was delegate. I just didn't have it in me to enact any sweeping changes. Part of that was likely because of the reaction I was sure that I would get, from both in and out of the region. Halo, apparently, does.
I'm iffy on some aspects of this, there are certain things I'd have preferred to have seen done differently. I didn't participate in the conversation, and that was my choice; I'd seen the TG about it. However, I'm down to see how this goes. It could end up amazing. But if it sucks, I trust that Halo will make an effort to adjust things so they do not suck.
When things don't change, we end up in a place with a good ol' boys club. I've seen it happen here before. 
So, really, the way I see it, the worst thing that happens with this is people are cranky, it doesn't work, and Halo adjusts it. The best is that it's actually fun and new people get active on some level, participating.

Hey everyone, Rizorien here!
You all may have been wondering about the recent talk of a "Ministry of Education..."
What could that be? Well, as the Deputy Minister of Education, its my job to give you the heads up! Basically its a new department that aims to educate folks about the history, lore, and general info of TWP and NS that newer folks may not have heard about. Its part of a new initiative to get players more involved in the Region of the West Pacific. If you have any questions or would like to get invloved, contact me or the Minister, Dalimbar today! Also we have a Discord channel within the main one, the link is on the TWP homepage. Once youre there be sure to contact @Rizorien or @Dali for more details! See you there!!!

I’m going to keep my statement fairly short…
 
Being Delegate of The West Pacific is an honor and a privilege. When Dave came to me to be Delegate, I was thrilled. I was looking forward to being able to do all the things and work toward keeping the region amazing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to live up to my own expectations. The region deserves someone who can be consistently active and around. Due to RL things, I have not been able to give The West Pacific the time or energy it deserves to have from its delegate. I tried and kept telling myself that as soon as this thing or the other sorted out, that it’d be fine, but that hasn’t happened, and I can’t in good faith continue. I’ll be able to be around still, I’m not retiring or anything, just taking a step back.
Thankfully, The West Pacific is full of wonderful people. So, even though I must step away from the Delegacy, there is someone else ready, willing, and more than able to take on the role.
It is my great pleasure to announce that @Saint Mark will be the next delegate of The West Pacific. I am confident that he will do an amazing job. His passion for The West Pacific shows in everything he does, and his natural energy will give the region the boost it has been needing.
Please, join me in welcoming and congratulating Halo! <3

I’m going to keep my statement fairly short…
 
Being Delegate of The West Pacific is an honor and a privilege. When Dave came to me to be Delegate, I was thrilled. I was looking forward to being able to do all the things and work toward keeping the region amazing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to live up to my own expectations. The region deserves someone who can be consistently active and around. Due to RL things, I have not been able to give The West Pacific the time or energy it deserves to have from its delegate. I tried and kept telling myself that as soon as this thing or the other sorted out, that it’d be fine, but that hasn’t happened, and I can’t in good faith continue. I’ll be able to be around still, I’m not retiring or anything, just taking a step back.
Thankfully, The West Pacific is full of wonderful people. So, even though I must step away from the Delegacy, there is someone else ready, willing, and more than able to take on the role.
It is my great pleasure to announce that @Saint Mark will be the next delegate of The West Pacific. I am confident that he will do an amazing job. His passion for The West Pacific shows in everything he does, and his natural energy will give the region the boost it has been needing.
Please, join me in welcoming and congratulating Halo! <3

I’m going to keep my statement fairly short…
 
Being Delegate of The West Pacific is an honor and a privilege. When Dave came to me to be Delegate, I was thrilled. I was looking forward to being able to do all the things and work toward keeping the region amazing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to live up to my own expectations. The region deserves someone who can be consistently active and around. Due to RL things, I have not been able to give The West Pacific the time or energy it deserves to have from its delegate. I tried and kept telling myself that as soon as this thing or the other sorted out, that it’d be fine, but that hasn’t happened, and I can’t in good faith continue. I’ll be able to be around still, I’m not retiring or anything, just taking a step back.
Thankfully, The West Pacific is full of wonderful people. So, even though I must step away from the Delegacy, there is someone else ready, willing, and more than able to take on the role.
It is my great pleasure to announce that @Saint Mark will be the next delegate of The West Pacific. I am confident that he will do an amazing job. His passion for The West Pacific shows in everything he does, and his natural energy will give the region the boost it has been needing.
Please, join me in welcoming and congratulating Halo! <3

I’m going to keep my statement fairly short…
 
Being Delegate of The West Pacific is an honor and a privilege. When Dave came to me to be Delegate, I was thrilled. I was looking forward to being able to do all the things and work toward keeping the region amazing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to live up to my own expectations. The region deserves someone who can be consistently active and around. Due to RL things, I have not been able to give The West Pacific the time or energy it deserves to have from its delegate. I tried and kept telling myself that as soon as this thing or the other sorted out, that it’d be fine, but that hasn’t happened, and I can’t in good faith continue. I’ll be able to be around still, I’m not retiring or anything, just taking a step back.
Thankfully, The West Pacific is full of wonderful people. So, even though I must step away from the Delegacy, there is someone else ready, willing, and more than able to take on the role.
It is my great pleasure to announce that @Saint Mark will be the next delegate of The West Pacific. I am confident that he will do an amazing job. His passion for The West Pacific shows in everything he does, and his natural energy will give the region the boost it has been needing.
Please, join me in welcoming and congratulating Halo! <3

Done.
Altino was already masked as a Citizen (secondary) and Military (primary.)  
If that needs adjusting, please let me know how you would like it to be done.
Welcome to TWP citizenship!  
 

Done.  Welcome new Citizens! 

Bumping this because a little grave digging buried it and I think we were having a great discussion here before the interruption.

Sun Tzu called it the 'Divine Manipulation of the Threads'.
When these five kinds of spy are all at work, no one can discover your secrets and systems. 

1. Local spies - services of local inhabitants
2. Inward spies - making use of officials of the enemy
3. Converted spies - using the enemies spies for your own purposes
4. Doomed spies - taking false information to the enemy 
5. Surviving spies - execute operations based on information gathered or situations created by other spies
 

That's great, and I think something that simplified will be useful (because yes, people don't want to read), and will probably handle a lot of the questions/behavior that would otherwise come up on the RMB.
I think my concern is the people who want the human contact, so to speak. They want to interact and ask questions. Obviously though, it is preferable that they read the things first and then ask, and we should encourage that. But, as long as the attitude is "Here, this will help" and not "Can't you read?" that should make a difference.

Glitter, books and conspiracy theories about the Empire.

If you don't have chocolate, I have some you can use to give to Dark.
 
Anyways, hello there!

*provides tea and cookies*

I'm going to respectfully disagree. IRC was essentially the same as Discord, but without the bells and whistles (Skype is terrible, though). That being said, I used IRC, AIM, and MSN for years to communicate with others, across a wide variety of time zones, including the UK and Australia, and the eastern US for that matter. Being on the West Coast doesn't always make the timing right for me to have conversations with people in this country, but I managed on IRC, and now on Discord. The point, though, the chat systems are functional, and they can work.
I do agree that the forums have helped in the past, I always advocated for forums. But, I disagree that Discord has killed forums, or anything like that. Forum usage had been down for a while. That's part of why I never came home to stay before. There wasn't consistent activity on the forum that I could see that would be easy to start participating in, maybe just some spam games, I was still logged into IRC but it was mostly not used, Skype was sort of used, and the RMB was difficult to break into, even for me, and sometimes what I saw was not what I remembered this region to be.
But, anyways, I do think the forum and Discord can coexist, just the same way forum and IRC did for so long.

*provides carrots*

I'm going to respectfully disagree. IRC was essentially the same as Discord, but without the bells and whistles (Skype is terrible, though). That being said, I used IRC, AIM, and MSN for years to communicate with others, across a wide variety of time zones, including the UK and Australia, and the eastern US for that matter. Being on the West Coast doesn't always make the timing right for me to have conversations with people in this country, but I managed on IRC, and now on Discord. The point, though, the chat systems are functional, and they can work.
I do agree that the forums have helped in the past, I always advocated for forums. But, I disagree that Discord has killed forums, or anything like that. Forum usage had been down for a while. That's part of why I never came home to stay before. There wasn't consistent activity on the forum that I could see that would be easy to start participating in, maybe just some spam games, I was still logged into IRC but it was mostly not used, Skype was sort of used, and the RMB was difficult to break into, even for me, and sometimes what I saw was not what I remembered this region to be.
But, anyways, I do think the forum and Discord can coexist, just the same way forum and IRC did for so long.

Last week I dismissed four Guardians from their posts. The action itself is not what caused issue, but rather the manner in which I handled the dismissals. Each Guardian has served TWP with honor and distinction and I failed to treat them with the respect and dignity their service demanded.
Their devotion to TWP is unquestionable and their professional character is beyond reproach. Failure to recognize that - however temporary - constitutes a gross misjudgment on my part.
I want to personally apologize to Elegarth, Yy4u, Wickedly Evil People, and Bhang Bhang Duc. Furthermore, I would like to apologize to the rest of the region for the undue stress and anxiety caused by this situation.
Going forward, I pledge to earn back the trust in me that has been shaken, and to continue to serve the region and her interests to the best of my abilities.

I'm going to respectfully disagree. IRC was essentially the same as Discord, but without the bells and whistles (Skype is terrible, though). That being said, I used IRC, AIM, and MSN for years to communicate with others, across a wide variety of time zones, including the UK and Australia, and the eastern US for that matter. Being on the West Coast doesn't always make the timing right for me to have conversations with people in this country, but I managed on IRC, and now on Discord. The point, though, the chat systems are functional, and they can work.
I do agree that the forums have helped in the past, I always advocated for forums. But, I disagree that Discord has killed forums, or anything like that. Forum usage had been down for a while. That's part of why I never came home to stay before. There wasn't consistent activity on the forum that I could see that would be easy to start participating in, maybe just some spam games, I was still logged into IRC but it was mostly not used, Skype was sort of used, and the RMB was difficult to break into, even for me, and sometimes what I saw was not what I remembered this region to be.
But, anyways, I do think the forum and Discord can coexist, just the same way forum and IRC did for so long.

Important Announcement from the Office of the Delegate
Ladies, gentlemen, wild animals and creatures of all types,
Today is my 200th day as the Delegate of The West Pacific!  We are now the 3rd largest region in the game!  I want to thank you all for the privilege of serving the region in this role.  I appreciate each of you for your confidence in me!  Throughout my 200 days, I have worked hard to place TWP in the spotlight deserving of a region of this quality for all of the NSverse to look at and envy!
I have always said that the number one resource of The West Pacific is great creative, snarky, and hardworking people of the region.  I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by the best group of people a no0b Delegate could hope for.  I would like to thank the guardians for their assistance and guidance in assisting me in developing and establishing plans for the betterment of the region.  The seven of you have provided me with so much and without you TWP, nor I, could not be successful.  
I would like to thank the members of my NS family, House Rahl for their support, mentorship and guidance!  Contrary to the belief of some, they never have imposed or dictated business here, moreover respect and collegiality of this group as well as their experience is what makes their brilliance!  Rather they have empowered me with the knowledge and confidence to be a Delegate and lead the region.  Without the people around me, whether it be the former Delegates and Guardians of TWP or House Rahl this job would not be nearly as much fun nor would TWP be the shining star and leader in the NSverse!
On a personal note, I would like to welcome my NS bride-to-be to the region @bellahtrix!  She goes by the name Rigel on our forum and discord server.  She has been a member of KGB and Exodus before joining us here in TWP.  We will be married on 4/28.  There will be more details in the forum.  I hope that you will all welcome her to the region!
When I first became Delegate I said that activity was going to be my first and foremost priority.  I am proud to say that our regional forum, discord server and RMB are brimming with activity.  Our foreign affairs, internal affairs, and military were three aspects I was going to focus on to help build activity.  Today each of these areas is having immense success.
Through a stroke of luck or genius, I was able to procure four of the best, hardest working NS’ers in the game to takeover these endeavors (@yuno_owl, @davelands, @doppio_giudici and @theparis)  and I am forever indebted to you for making me look good as the region swells with activity in all of her platforms.
Each of these ministers have worked their tails off for you the citizens of The West Pacific!  Our foreign affairs have become one of the largest webs of information and outreach in the NSverse under the guidance of @Davelands.  I am proud to say we have opened up new relationships and treaties with a number of regions including the relationship I am proudest of The Kingdom of Great Britain.   Meanwhile we have expanded relations and activities with old friends in regions like The Pacific and Osiris.  Furthermore, we have worked to diligently to provide stability and leadership in several organizations we belong in the GCR Sovereignty Accords and CAIN.
Our military has been bustling with activity ever since @yuno_owl came on board to provide her leadership.  Our numbers of soldiers are at an all-time high.  We are operating on nearly every update leading operations and providing support for our friends and allies.  The work she has done in recruiting and keep active this force is to be commended!  I am so proud of TWPAF, their capabilities and knowledge.  We will flex our muscle to set foreign affairs policy, protect our allies, or smite those who attempt to harm TWP!
Internal affairs is the ministry that I see the most work in because of the hustle and creativity of the co-ministers:  @doppio_giudici and @theparis.  We have always joked that TWP was the place for RP to die.  These two have done a tremendous job in changing that fact and developing opportunities for RP in discord and the forum.  They recruited players from other regions to help and play.  The newspaper continues to thrive and our newly developed TWP radio is expanding.  Our internal affairs went from one of the most forgotten about aspects of TWP to a healthy thriving and contributing member.
All of these things have made a mark in the greater NSverse for TWP!  We are gaining experienced members of NS from a multitude of regions that are coming here to be a part of our activity!  We are now 3rd most in the world in population!
I am excited about the work done here in the last 200 days.  However, I am more excited about our future. Looking forward to our next 200 days I am anxious to see our activity continue across the board as we build a better and stronger standing for TWP becoming the type of region that others look to for inspiration, leadership, and action!  I am looking forward to the work of The Hall of Nations as we work together to forge the future of The West Pacific!  
As I have said in the past, young nations I challenge you to make a difference in your region.  Join the Hall of Nations!  Join one of the ministries!  Veteran nations I challenge you to find a place where you can assist to make TWP the greatest, most powerful region in the game!
We have many exciting opportunities for nations looking to get involved in any aspect of the region.  Please TG the respective ministers to find out what you can do to help TWP achieve.
Together we can be Brilliant!  
tl:dr


 

Nation in The West Pacific: Neenee
World Assembly (WA) Nation: Neenee

Please list any other names or aliases you use in NationStates: Minineenee, Lady Phedre

Please list regions or organizations with which you are currently affiliated as a resident, citizen, or member: Currently a citizen in Osiris, and have a nations in The East Pacific and The Beech Beach House.

Please list regions or organizations with which you have in the past been affiliated as a resident, citizen, or member: The Empire, Gatesville, LWU (Retired Wolf there, so it could go here or in the current), ADN (by virtue of The West Pacific)

Would you like to join (check all that you wish to join)...

[ ] The West Pacific Armed Forces
[ ] Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Corp
[X ] The West Pacifican Newspaper Staff
[X ] Ministry of Recruitment and Citizenry Staff
[X ] Ministry of Internal Affairs Staff                                                                                   


Please swear the following oath of citizenship:

I, Neenee, swear that I have, to the best of my knowledge, been completely truthful in applying for citizenship in The West Pacific and that I have no other NationStates identity that has not been made known in this application. I swear my allegiance to The West Pacific and its citizens, and I swear not to engage in hostilities against The West Pacific or to violate The Manners of Governance, the constitution of The West Pacific, or any laws made pursuant to that constitution.

To join the Royal Wedding Discord Server, click here.

One of the things I would like to do is get an authorship for a WA proposal and as my "expertise" does lie in the SC and as I think it's about time the publicity The Invaders have been seeking paid off here's a slightly salty draft.
Comments etc welcome.