Embassy of The East Pacific

Dear Heronlord: Please check out this thread there are all sorts of wonderfully useful threads in TNP. Foreign Envoy mask is a good mask to have. Here is a link to the admin requests.

hmmmm k, thank you

Seasons greeting from TEP!

The East Pacific Newspaper
Volume Four, Issue One

Hey, group!

From the Desk of The Delegate, Chairman Todd

Cascading like a stone across a glacier with bits of molasses speckled in between

Brighter days are ahead for The East Pacific. What once was a region heading toward a slow decline has begun to pick up speed and move forward once again, reaching for the stars it was destined to obtain all those years ago when we rose like a phoenix from the ashes, reborn and free, rightfully taking our place as a leading community. The people have spoken: we want our region to thrive.

But it's not a pipe-dream type of a cry. We've accomplished much at the tail-end of A Mean Old Man's delegacy, reaching from our region and bringing new people into the forums. These new people are now leaders in our government. New mixed seamlessly with the old, creating a creole of old values with new and vibrant ideas. A torrent of activity soon followed, requiring new outlets for this whirlwind activity. Over the past month, we've re-established a debate contest, held between TEP, TNP, and Osiris. We're holding a State of the Region IRC chat to discuss novel changes for our region and bring newer individuals up to speed. Our army is being established and will begin training drills shortly. A summit on our roleplay will soon follow, helping to invigorate it further and solve some nagging issues. And we've already converted the forums to zetaboards, supplying the region with three updated skins.

It isn't a faint cry either. We've experienced a growth in good citizens to the region. Many people have joined in and realized The East Pacific is not some region controlled by a few stiffs - it's a community of many, controlled by many in the region, motivated by the care of others in the region. Truly, we're a region on the rise.

So I invite you, check us out. See the growth as we push forward. Get involved in the fun, if you wish. We've just started something great, and we're on the verge of something even greater. 2013: the year of The East Pacific!

-Todd McCloud


Minute for the Magisterium
by Heronlord

The Magisterium of The East Pacific is going through a restructuring period as its active members begin to dig into the business of TEP. The Magisterium recently passed a law on Citizenship requirements which require announcing WA nation status at voting, and allows any citizen to put a hold on a Magister application, forcing an up or down vote on the new legislator. When put to review however, TEP discovered its Conclave (judicial branch) had fallen asleep and Drakk the previous Viceroy could no longer maintain activity due to getting married in RL (congrats Drakk). Thus there is currently a shake down of TEP's judicial branch. This is important as there has been a recent question in regards to the removal of citizenship status and the legal requirements to go to war. These questions have even more weight as interest in a TEP military branch is growing, and possibilities for valid military action as considered. With its new Delegate in Todd, the foreign policy of TEP is currently going through review and associations are being vetted for thier value to the region in general.


Chicken Soup for TEP
by Bachtendekuppen

Serving as a faithful Magister for some months now, I feel I could a share an insight or two about my experiences and hopes for our new newspaper issue. As a fresh and naive new Magistrate I saw TEP evolve fast and learned, as quickly as I could, everything I needed to be able to follow this process(and contribute a little). TEP came back from a long period of inactivity I learned and through renewed and big efforts, life came back to it.

One of the most important changes back then was the reform of the Magisterium which drew in new minds (such as yours truly) and proved to be a success in accelerating activity and new initiatives. Some much needed decisions were taken (MPA withdrawal, new arbiters, new viceroy, new provost and deputy provost) and more reforms were drafted (citizenship and voting), which I won’t discuss in detail since another piece is written about that in this same newspaper.

What does TEP need now and is our government ready for a new phase of ongoing renewal? As nothing more then a humble Magister I am foremost happy with, actually, the new plans for the Conclave. This part of our structure stands, according to Jurisdictions, our newly elected Viceroy (Congratulations) before a new project. Not much is released about it by him now, but it seems that big reforms are on the schedule.

The Magisterium itself has changes coming to it’s Standing Orders once the referendum on the Concordat amendment is held (citizens of TEP, vote on this!). My hope is these changes will be able to capture our new revival and retain the involvement and activity.

TEP needs, as any great region, a competent, active, efficient and decisive government and our 3 powers of state (Conclave, Magisterium and not but not least, Executive) are at the core of this task. Interaction between these powers is important and essential. I would like to thank all the people involved already and encourage all others to join in and give us the kick in nuts that all good idea’s need to spring up and come alive.

Lastly I would like to thank AMOM for his service and commitment to TEP in his delegacy and wish all the best to our new Delegate (another celebrated member of TEP) Todd McCloud. 2013 can and will bring an exciting new time for TEP with lots of projects and changes (not mentioned yet here were the Army, Newspaper, Debate contest, our new role play map, and more).

Bachtendekuppen, Magister of The East Pacific


"Leaves"
by Tano

Boom Boom, the veins throb
Patter Patter, the rain falls
Whoosh, the wind blows, the leaves sigh

Green, the leaves say au revoir
Gold, the leaves greet
Red, the leaves turn, the leaves are

Cold, the leaves feel
White, the leaves see
Regret, for a moment, until death

Spring

Boom boom, the veins throb……


Debate Contest
by Todd McCloud

Like to debate? Want to impress your friends? Looking for something to do? Well, The East Pacific, Osiris, and The North Pacific are hosting a 2013 Debate Contest. What fun! Go here for more details and sign up!

Humor
Wah wah wahhhh

The Pax temporarily take over citizenship duties.




Want an Embassy in TEP?
The East Pacific is looking to get more connected on an NS-worldly spectrum. We currently have 44 active embassies, and would be honored if your region would consider setting up an embassy on our forum. Here's how it works:

Go to the forum here, and post a message with the topic title being your region's name. In that topic, please include your region's name, a link to your forums, approximate number of nations in your region (optional), and a potential ambassador (this may be changed - we understand selecting ambassadors may take time).

We will then review your request shortly. Once the request has been reviewed and passed, a sub-forum will be created for your region's representation and news. The address will be posted as a reply in this thread, and your ambassador may begin posting immediately!

Also, here is the link to TEP's main forum index page.


And Finally...


You know the drill. Read it in his voice, post in this thread.


Until we meet again!

Thanks for the update heronlord! Great to hear things are going well for The East.

they are interesting, we just got over the holiday slump and some legislative rigamrole had emerged. It should be in febs issue. I am also gonna try to add some stuff about the RP's i hope to the feb issue as well.