Elegarth

If NPS indeed participated as part of the DEN team, we may as well elevate the decision to our judiciary system, which is flexible enough to simply be called to act.
I do like to point out this attitude is troublesome, Malv:

If you have FACTs, then just show them and I'm sure the advocate can simply put this in the hands of our judiciary articles, without anyone throwing a tantrum...

The delegate in twp is not an elected-by-forum position. I'm the current delegate till I step down and elect a successor, or the guardians consider I'm no longer fit and ask me to quit, or the region arises in rebellion due to incompetence/behavior issues on my behalf or the region is taken over by someone else. The rules for electing delegates are game rules, no forum institution has any power over it.

So, how do we turn this into a small modification to our existing charter, so we don't have to start over from scratch? I can take a stab at it

I would love to be able to allow Guest Posting, but that's just a HUGE invitation for link spam.  I'm actually amazed it hasn't happened already.  Forum must have been hidden enough to avoid it.

How about "No". And may four winds blow you somewhere.

I don't think anyone is going to go filling out forms that require their email.

Yeah!!!! I love this idea and am actually really excited of doing something like this! !!

Possible flag and banner
(my own work)

Warzone Sandbox would like to request an embassy.

Can't say how much I like this!!

The delegate in twp is not an elected-by-forum position. I'm the current delegate till I step down and elect a successor, or the guardians consider I'm no longer fit and ask me to quit, or the region arises in rebellion due to incompetence/behavior issues on my behalf or the region is taken over by someone else. The rules for electing delegates are game rules, no forum institution has any power over it.

Not true. Before Eli ripped up that particular rule book Delegates were elected by the legislature, whatever form that took. Totally agree with your last sentence though and I would not like a return to the "old rules".

Does your missus know about your predilection for stunning blondes?

My main concern at this time is: how is changing the way the forum government is run going to increase forum activity?

when there are no laws to break there is no reason for adjudication
 
 
 
seems rather North Pacifican to insist on having judges.

The Ministers could appoint assistants couldn't they?

FOr me: BOARD GAMES. I own about 25 of them, with Risk being just the simplest oldest most common one I have.
 

Simple: there are two decks of cards, Black Ones that have "QUESTIONS" and white ones that have "ANSWERS". As it is usually played, the players get a hand of white hands, and then a black question card is drawn and you - the player - need to select your answer to it, trying to be AS AWFUL AND HORRIBLE a person as possible.
The reason that I use "questions" and "answers" in quotes, is because many of them are just incomplete sentences or single words.
So you have a real example here:

In it, the white cards take the space of the Blank. Then, whatever is the most awful/funny/terrible one wins and you go on. On who win and how a winner is selected, the game itself has several options. I play it so that the best answer is voted.

Ok. BBB put together a text, I want to send a TG as incoming delegate by tomorrow, and I can include anything from the contest or what else. Malv, Drach, anything else we want to send out? Write it down and I'll gather it all in a single tg

FOr me: BOARD GAMES. I own about 25 of them, with Risk being just the simplest oldest most common one I have.
 

Simple: there are two decks of cards, Black Ones that have "QUESTIONS" and white ones that have "ANSWERS". As it is usually played, the players get a hand of white hands, and then a black question card is drawn and you - the player - need to select your answer to it, trying to be AS AWFUL AND HORRIBLE a person as possible.
The reason that I use "questions" and "answers" in quotes, is because many of them are just incomplete sentences or single words.
So you have a real example here:

In it, the white cards take the space of the Blank. Then, whatever is the most awful/funny/terrible one wins and you go on. On who win and how a winner is selected, the game itself has several options. I play it so that the best answer is voted.

when the offsite government attempts to impose its will upon the Delegate, that never works. 
 
 
I'm ok with the Delegate being Chief Executive, the Guardians being the 'cabinet' and having the Voice be the legislative body.

True, finding the balance of each region is the thing. We could easily send one every couple days without issues during normal times, events allow us for more. But balance is the key.

I think there is a lot of merit in everyone's answers.
Much of TP's activity started with RPing and it worked. THen they tried new things and it worked.And it continues to try new things and it works.
In TWP, we have had in the last year ups and downs in activity, with usually chaos and issues bringing activity and calm and stability bringing inactivity. That of course is a normal thing. We need to find a balance and make it work. The newspaper, the diplo, all seems to lack push. I guess I could give it to them as Delegate once I take over Medio, but is not my job, is the Advocate's job and I know BBB has been trying. He consults me, and Medio, and we try to offer advise. But if I get more involved, it could seem disrespectful towards BBB since I do not hold a position in the Voice.
I'd like to see TWP regain the activity it had during the time me and Llamas used to argue DAILY, without any two people having to antagonize like that again. I know for a fact that is also what URA wanted before going bat-shit stupid. He did it the wrong way. I'd like to try to do it the right way. And within the existing off-site government, by candidating myself as advocate once BBB's turn is over.
I'd also like to help BBB further if he accepts it, but within the organization. Not from outside. But that is something for me and him to discuss privately.
I've been sort of LOAish till today, End of October is a hard month at work. I'm back now.
Let's get this ball rolling? Do I hear SOLUTIONS?

[parenthetic comment follows, I don't intend to disrupt this conversation's flow]
 
The opening post (and the follow-up discussion, as well) is useful and I'm glad that That Called the Vlagh initiated it.
And it is useful indeed, because our need for increased participation is a given — irrespective of persons involved or approaches being used.
It is therefore important that we pursue an intense and sustained level of participation even if we have started seeing positive results.

It just means those are the leading nations for developing the cure, which usually are the top 5 biggest nations that started developing a cure right at the beginning.  I think anyway.

I spent the last two hours going nation by nation on the census page searching for zombies. I started at the bottom and went through 1000 nations. I picked up quite a few stragglers.
I think next year we should break this down and assign smaller sections to different people. At first they can report nations not searching for a cure. Then at the end they can cure stragglers.