Yeah, I would agree on the ministers side, especially in respects to the security council. I'd also agree to stealing Ator's format as well.
As to everything else:
Recent Events - Can be a little tricky if its a slow couple of weeks. Personally I'd say the ongoing Olympics discussion, the TNP Stock Market could go here. Possibly the Invader/Defender convention discussion as well (although I'm kind of 50/50 on including that). I think UN votes would also belong here. Also foreign affairs (almost forgot those
), so anything we do (couple of new consulates if I'm not mistaken), as well as any news from the MoD.
Regional Assembly - Unless something importants going on, I don't see the problem with just taking the 4 most recent priliminary discussions/votes and placing them here. Assuming we're never going to have a 'Should we invade the feeders?' topic on going, I would just cut and paste them. Ones of note currently are the 'Colonisation and Annexing' proposal, Grosse's tidy up amendments, and the definition of treason one. The RA merger vote has concluded since our last update as well, so thats an important vote to mention.
OOC Thread - I wouldn't put anymore work in that than virtually picking three at random and putting them in. Deal or No Deal seems to be hot at the moment, Where am I? is always a favourite, and any of the 'I am', 'I Just', 'Pet Peeves' etc. are always good. Occasionally a seasonal or short term thread will turn up thats good forom a variety point of view.
Hope thats helpful. Hope that made sense.
If we can all get into the habit of posting reminders here when we see topics of interest, or when vote results are made, we should be able to cut most of the hard work out of this update process. I think.