Final Endorsement Check and Closing Address
January 10, 2019
Endorsement Check: 1/10/19 (post-major update)
Siwale: 1181 (
+2 from last check) (
+49 from original check)
Pallaith: 1041 (
-1 from last check) (
+60 from original check)
McM: 897 (
-9 from last check) (
+25 from original check)
GBM: 873 (
-1 from last check) (
+9 from original check)
Gladio: 852 (
-8 from last check) (
+65 from original check)
Lore: 839 (
-4 from last check) (
+15 from original check)
Sil: 836 (
-9 from last check) (
+3 from original check)
Bootsie: 830 (
-9 from last check) (
+26 from original check)
SillyString: 828 (
+6 from last check) (
+10 from original check)
Roman: 790 (
-4 from last check) (
-12 from original check)
Artemis: 760 (
+28 from last check)
The featured SC members are Artemis and Roman (in my endotarting telegram anyway, the WFE no longer features specific SC members).
The previous SC alert was for Artemis.
Could be the election, could be just a bumpy week, but we didn't see too many bright spots this week. Artemis continues to pick up endorsements at a decent pace, and declines seemed to be about the same as last week. Given that transitions will be taking place in a matter of days, I have elected not to engage in an alert or endotarting run for this week. All endotarting alerts and messages will be geared toward the new Delegate and Vice Delegate once they are confirmed, I do not want to confuse or overburden the region with communication about endorsements.
Obviously this is my last endorsement check of the term. I hope the next Vice Delegate will continue and develop them further. It is also the last check to feature McM, who resigned from the SC this evening. We wish him well and thank him for his service. I enjoyed working alongside him on the SC, and as VD. I would like to thank the other SC members for their exemplary service as well during this term. We will soon be joined by another old SC member who is coming back to us just as another old experienced hand departs, in the form of Nessuno. In the next week we may also see COE join our ranks. This is the largest the SC has been in a while, and I hope portends a period of renewal and greater activity from what can be a sleepy body. Our work is important, but happens largely outside of the public eye. We watch, we take note, and we endotart, day in day out. It may be that nothing happens, but in our line of work, that is a good thing, and what we want to see. Nevertheless, we made an effort to innovate, to do our jobs better, to make our position of strength even stronger, so the region is only ever more secure than it was the term before. I believe in the work we did and appreciate the part that all of you played in it.
I encourage you to keep up those efforts and take them to the next level. We are entering a period in TNP where the light is shining brighter than ever on us, and even the Security Council must step into that light. We are part of this community, and we have taken greater strides in the last term to be known by our fellow TNPers. Right now it was as names on a list, to gather more endorsements. Next time, I hope it is as fellow players and neighbors who can be part of the regular game experience. Newcomers to the council have much to learn about our ways, but older members of the council have just as much to learn from the newcomers. I hope that we all, myself included, take that to heart in the months ahead. It will be my continued honor to serve with the rest of you, though no longer as the chair. That honor will shortly belong to another, and I wish him well in that endeavor.
To TNP at large, I thank everyone who continues to actively exchange endorsements and dedicate themselves to making the region safer by taking care to endorse the SC and the Delegate. This is an amazing setup we have even before taking into account the various tools that we employ. It can sometimes feel like a lot, but this community takes it in stride and grants us a great deal of patience. Thank you for doing that. I hope you continue to have as much fun as you possibly can with such a simple and sometimes mundane activity, and that you continue to communicate with us, letting us know what we can do better, what you like, and whatever information it is that we can make clearer for you. To those who believe in the work and want to do more, or to join our ranks, never forget that the Security Council is neither a retirement home for giants or a parallel track apart from the community. It is a body of dedicated members of this community who have paid their dues and proven themselves in other parts of the community. It is a position of trust, and trust must be earned, no matter how well-meaning you are. I invite anyone interested in doing this work to consult the Security Council application thread, and see what our advice is for prospective applicants. Whether you join us one day or just participate in the great endotarting web we have going on here, I hope to see you around, shining your own unique light for the rest of us to see.
