Making Sure Everyone Finds His Slice of Pie

[Tomb]

The Ministry of Home Affairs was very quiet when Delegate r3naissanc3r received the delegacy. Though through great innovation and administration, the ministry today stands in The North Pacific as one of the most active and most impacting ministries. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been following the agenda set up by the Delegate and carried out by the Minister of Home Affairs, The Democratic Republic of Tomb and the Home Affairs Executive Staff. Generally, the agenda of the Ministry of Home Affairs involves recruiting nations from in-game NationStates to the online forum where they can participate in the many different types of activities available such as the Regional Assembly, North Pacific Army, the Executive Staff, and the newly formed Democratic Union (for roleplaying purposes.)

The ministry has sent over 600 manual telegrams during the Z-day event alone, and has sent over 2,000 telegrams carrying out its various recruitment programs. These programs range from recruiting for the Regional Assembly to recruiting for the North Pacific Army to answering issues and getting input among many other things. The effectiveness of these programs can be seen easily if you visit The North Pacific’s online forum. The North Pacific has many new faces in the community, and the number of Regional Assembly members, North Pacific Army soldiers, Executive Staff applications, and participants in regional roleplaying and the Democratic Union has skyrocketed. In addition to that, the Home Affairs Ministry provides an excellent mentoring program to new members who join the forum making sure that each member is aware of the opportunities and different interest fields found in The North Pacific.

The bustling and busy activity of The North Pacific stands in all of its field from government to role playing to spamming games stands evident to the great efforts and work ethics of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In addition to that, the Ministry of Home Affairs recently launched a Press Release program where they will be posting short dispatches whenever an event occurs. This program has also been very successful in bringing more talents and interests to The North Pacific. The Ministry is continuously working to make sure that TNPers are in the best environment and have the best resources and activities to ensure that everyone finds their slice of pie in The North Pacific.

[PD - making some edits. Not complete]

 

[Tomb]

Editors, feel free to edit it and break it up as you decide. I am opened to all suggestions and improvements.

Thanks in forward,

~ Tomb

 

[mcmasterdonia]

My suggested edits:

The Ministry of Home Affairs was very quiet when Delegate r3naissanc3r received the Dellegacy. Though through great innovation and administration, the Ministry today stands in The North Pacific as one of the most active and most impacting Ministries. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been following the agenda set up by the Delegate and carried out by the Minister of Home Affairs and the Home Affairs Executive Staff. Generally, the agenda of the Ministry of Home Affairs involves recruiting nations from in-game NationStates to the online forum where they can participate in the many different types of activities available such as the Regional Assembly, North Pacific Army, the Executive Staff, and the newly formed Democratic Union (for roleplaying purposes.)

The Ministry has sent over 600 manual telegrams during the Z-day event alone, and has sent over 2,500 telegrams carrying out its various recruitment programs. These programs range from recruiting for the Regional Assembly to recruiting for the North Pacific Army to answering issues and seeking input to improve the region. The effectiveness of these programs can be seen easily at The North Pacific’s online forum. The North Pacific community contains many new faces, fresh ideas, new conversations and debates, and the number of Regional Assembly members, North Pacific Army soldiers, Executive Staff applications, and participants in regional roleplaying and the Democratic Union has skyrocketed.

In addition to that, the Home Affairs Ministry provides an excellent mentoring program to new members who join the forum making sure that each member is aware of the opportunities and different interest fields found in The North Pacific.

The bustling and busy activity of The North Pacific stands in all of its field from government and is self-evident of the great efforts and work ethics of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In addition to that, the recently launched Press Release program comprising of short dispatches continue to keep residents abreast of important developments. The Ministry is continuously working to make sure that TNPers are in the best environment and have the best resources and activities to ensure that everyone finds their slice of pie in The North Pacific.

 

[r3naissanc3r]

A further edit:

Among the ministries comprising the executive government of The North Pacific, one finds the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is currently the newest addition to the government, though ministries with related portfolios have existed in the past under other names. What is it responsible for? Recruitment. "But feeders don't recruit!", I hear you contend. The term "recruitment" in NationStates context usually refers to inviting nations to join a region, which is not critical for feeders and indeed conventionally not practiced by them. But there's a lot more to it.

The Ministry of Home Affairs works to increase nation retention and encourage nation participation in the government and regional activities, especially participation on the regional forum. You could describe it as the regional advertising agency: The ministry designs and runs campaigns to promote the many different things nations can do in TNP, such as become citizens, legislate in the Regional Assembly, protect regional interests in the North Pacific Army, run the government in the Executive Staff, roleplay in the Democratic Union, endorse and vote in the World Assembly, and so on. By the nature of its portfolio, Home Affairs is a very interdisciplinary department. The ministry staff work closely with officials from other ministries or areas of government, to understand their needs and organize for them the best advertising campaigns possible.

Home Affairs uses many different means to advertise the region. Telegramming is, naturally, a large component of the ministry's campaigns. Various target groups of nations are contacted for activities that they are likely to be interested in, through automated, mass, and manual telegrams. More than 100,000 telegrams, including more than 5,000 manual telegrams, have been sent as part of campaigns by the ministry since its creation eight months ago - and that excludes region-wide and welcoming telegrams sent by the delegate using the regional administration tools. At any given time, there are at least seven standard automated telegrams and one specialized telegramming campaign going on.

The ministry also makes effective use of dispatches. This includes the Press Release program, which produces short announcements keeping nations abreast of important developments, as well as longer reference and promotional material such as regional handbooks and activity guidelines. The ministry staff coordinates to make sure its publications are strongly upvoted - there are always at least two TNP dispatches near or at the top of both the New and Best dispatches page. Other gameside activities coordinated by the ministry include frequent promotional posts on the Regional Message Board, regional polls, as well as extensive region-wide surveys gauging nations' views on various issues. And the ministry's work continues after nations join the forum, with more reference and promotional material and initiatives such as the mentoring program.

The effectiveness of these efforts is reflected clearly on the bustling activity seen nowadays in TNP's regional forum. The forum community contains many new faces, fresh ideas, conversations and debates. The number of citizens, North Pacific Army soldiers, Executive Staff members, RolePlay and World Assembly participants has increased greatly since the creation of the Ministry, and posting activity has remained consistently among the highest within gameplay regional forums. Constant effort is required to sustain these rewarding statistics. For this reason, the Ministry of Home Affairs continues to work to make sure that TNPers have the best resources available to them, and to ensure that everyone finds their slice of pie in the region.