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January 22nd, 2015 | Issue #6
Current Regional Population: 388 (-12) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 84 (+7)
Forum Posts: 254,942 (+4,028) | Forum Members: 1,072 (+15)


Hierarch: Asylum
Chancellor: Ceapoyce
Secretary of Engagement: Dr.Killjoy
Secretary of Equinomics: Boy101
Secretary of Lifestyle: BeoTheGreat
World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman
Founder: Falconias



QUICK REGIONAL NEWS






-- Equinox experience a brief lull over the holiday season. The holidays were greatly enjoyed here in Equinox, as we hope they were enjoyed by all of you!

-- Elections for the new term were held in January and we're very excited about our new cabinet! It was a tight race this term with two positions being won by a mere two vote margin! Newcomer Dr.Killjoy secured the position of Secretary of Engagement with an 8-6 vote against Cookiesurvival. Dr.Killjoy also ran for the position of Secretary of Lifestyle, but lost to BeoTheGreat in a 10-4 vote race. Former Secretary of Lifestyle Ceapoyce climbed the government ladder this term, winning the position of Chancellor by two votes over her opponent WA Delegate KevinWasserman; the final vote was 10-8.

-- The deadline for the nominations of residents to the Secretary of Equinomics passed before any viable nominees came forth, leaving the position vacant after the elections. It fell to the new Chancellor, Ceapoyce, to select a candidate. Long time citizen Boy101 was selected for the position, via Executive Order #007, and is preforming admirably.

-- Asylum served as Chancellor for all of 2015, and in his most recent term he issued a grand total of six Executive Orders. The most expansive of which was Executive Order #005 The order made several changes to Equinox's constitution, one of which was the addition of a new position entitled, Hierarch. The Hierarch's responsibilities are to ensure the region's survival and maintain the activity of the forums, the region, the Government, the guilds, and all of Equinox. Asylum secured the position himself, running unopposed in the recent election.

-- The changes to the constitution also included the addition of a Citizen's Council. The Citizen's Council allows all members of Equinox to engage in government through the proposal of new legislation and the sharing of ideas. Currently, the council is discussing a proposal for a mentorship program that would assign new members a mentor to help them acclimate to their entertaining new lives on the Equinox forums.

-- Each term the new cabinet convenes to select one member of the forum to enter the hallowed halls of The Hall of Fame. This terms selected member is Quinnicunx! A long time member, Quinn has made many notable contributions to Equinox. Most notably Quinncunx has rescued and redesigned Equinox's economic system several times, serving as Head of Equinomics on numerous occasions. Congratulations Quinn, we love you.

-- Due to a brief CTEing of our Founder, Falconias, a World Assembly Guardian Crew was created. The World Assembly Guardian Crew, comprised of veteran and established players only, actively seek out endorsements of Equinox WA Members. An endorsement cap for the region was also established, any citizen who is not the WA Delegate or part of the WA Guardian Crew may now receive no more than fifty endorsements.
Link to announcement

-- Equinox hosted a medieval themed Grand Tourney in November, the event was well attended and considered a rousing success! Events included; a game of werewolves that came down to a standoff between a rouge vigilante and the bloodthirsty werewolf, a forum where anyone and everyone could alter another's posts entitled The Jester's Mods, hilarity and spam games in The Silver Shotglass Tavern, and The Grand Melee, in which participants utilized a system of fight mechanics and ruthless strategy to beat out opponents. Citizen Cookiesurvival claimed the win in the Grand Melee. We look forward to hosting more events like this in the future!
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-- Embassy Row grew by welcoming our friends from Auralia and DEN
We also welcomed back old friends in, The Alliance of Queens!

-- As role play has seen a slight dip in activity, an RP Crisis Conference was held. Members of the role play community met to discuss the current state of the Arena of Roleplay. Spearheaded by new Secretary of Lifestyle BeoTheGreat, the conference addressed many important issues and much progress was made. Currently the RP department is hosting an "easy to play" RP entitled; 1939-1945 the story is set in Nazi Germany and has already attracted several participants.

-- Contests and games continue to be a favorite in Equinox! Recently held contests and games included, a paper hand-turkey creation contest, a Christmas tree decorating contest, and a game of Driedel. Most contests included Steam games as prizes! Currently we're hosting a Map Creation Contest in which participants are creating maps of Equinox!

-- The Guild of Doom is now hosting games of Cards Against Humanity, where forum members meet in an online version of the game to play and laugh together. The game is enjoyed by many in the region.
Link to Announcement
 
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March 31th, 2016| Issue #7
Current Regional Population: 477 (+90) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 89 (+5)
Forum Posts: 259,617 (+4,675) | Forum Members: 1,135 (+63)


Hierarch: Asylum
Chancellor: Ceapoyce
Deputy of Legislative Process: Lower Coleland
Deputy of Government Welcoming: Katalina
Deputy With No Portfolio: Terrabuena
Secretary of Equinomics: Boy101
Secretary of Roleplay: BeoTheGreat
World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman
Founder: Falconias



QUICK REGIONAL NEWS






-Equinox has had quite and exciting time since our last telegram went out in January! We hope your time has been spent joyously and I apologize ahead of time for the length this post might acquire. :)

-Our changes began with the launch of our fist ever Guild's Fair on January 27th, 2016. Equinox has long been known for its stance as a Guild Confederacy and, while the Guilds are still an integeral part of Equinoxian life, we felt it necessary to shake things up a bit. The Fair was a rousing success and was attended by members of several regions. We acquired three amazing new Guilds, which you'll see short tidbits from at the end of this telegram, and have since acquired a fourth.
Link to Fair invitation

-Time honored member Quinncunx was inducted into the Hall of Fame on January 19th and then became a Junior Admin on February 12th. He also served a brief stint as Chancellor of Equinox from March 9th until he officially announced his resignation and retirement from Nationstates on March 22nd. We adore Quinn and wish him a happy retirement. Secretary Ceapoyce then won the position in a landslide victory over citizen CookieSurvival on March 27th.

- Slimeria, an amazing member of Equinox during 2009 - 2011, was also inducted into the hall of fame recently! Silmeria served as Minister of Culture, twice, and as Senator, twice. She was a very successful and creative Minister of Culture. She was successful in creating a competitive nature between the guilds, in the Guild Point system.Very much as it sounds, it is kind of based off the Harry Potter Hogwart House Points. Guilds would do things to earn points, the guild with the most points won the competition. She is rumored to be the last member from 'old' Equinox to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Link to Hall of Fame topic.

-Prior to Quinncunx's retirement, the government went through a massive shake-up. In the Chancelor's elections prior to the ones ending on March 9th, both potential candidates dropped out of the race a day before its end. Candidates cited regional apathy in their reasons for the protest and, with no viable Chancellor, a state of government emergency was declared on March 1st.

-Our ever calm and collected Hierarch, Asylum, dealt with the situation admirably. He kept our various government departments running smoothly as he proposed the dissolution of the Equinox Constitution and the implementing of our current Charter. The Charter is very simplified when compared to the old Constitution and was passed with a vast amount of popular support.

-After a quick rename the Citizen's Assembly has had several debates regarding Equinox policy since the Charter came into effect. Elections was a big debate as it really helped define the role of the Charter itself, and the Assembly debated if it was necessary to further define elections in Equinox, or if the Hierarch already held the power over them. The very popular Foreign Recruiting bill was re-passed without an opposing vote. With in now in effect, Equinox will no longer hold diplomatic relations with any region that actively recruits from Equinox. And in a somewhat fitting act, the first proposal passed by the then Citizen's Council, The Guilds of Equinox, which passed and was signed by then Chancellor Quinncunx.

-Equinox has continued to grow and change by updating our offsite forums! Forums have new, fresher images and many are being re-named. Citizens may propose new names and then whichever names garner the most support are being put to a vote. Although some cherished areas have kept their names by popular vote. Such as BJ's Bar and Grill, home to our ever popular Spam Game section. The forum was quoted as being "The one little piece of Falc that never left us."-- Viisbyax

-Another new addition to Equinox was the return of NationStates families! Though Equinox has been home to the Corleone family for some time, a new family began with the Marriage of Chancellor Ceapoyce (Cea Cerulean) and Captain Mordor (Captain Angus Mordor). The wedding took place on February 10th in The Alliance of Queens. Though both members are Equinox natives, they are active in the AoQ and found it to be a delightful wedding venue. They adopted Equinoxian citizen Approximate Psychosis as their son shortly thereafter.
Link to Announcement

-Continuing to move forward into the future Equinox has begun to move away from Skype for chatting with members and on to Discord! Discord, is a messaging service that is very much like Skype, without the lag and terrible desktop software, is free when compared to TeamSpeak (mobile applications), and is a modern service when compared to the old IRC Chat we never used.

-In more new and exciting news Equinox has officially signed The Shaded Swimming Pool Treaty with The Universal Allegiance! We are very excited about this new venture in our regional friendship and hope to see many good things come of it.

-In step with all the changes taking place Equinox hosted The New Socks Festival. The festival centered around games that changed or made things new again. A popular hit was The Maze! The Maze is a text based RPG style game in which participants are trapped in a daunting maze that continually changes. Having been such a big hit it was continued after the festival's closing and is still open for participation.

-Equinomics turned Academic, as new member and now Deputy Chancellor, Lower Coleland opened the doors to University of Equinox, and classes began! For a small equin sum, citizens could attend classes on Hippie Sciences, School of History, and Engineering Sciences. So far the University has seen a steady attendance, with high hopes of growing.

-In a stunning Heist, Director P of the Agency (Asylum), and his agents successfully stole the Head Hatter's Hat! Continuing their streak against their rival guilds they sunk the battleship of Yarr! and then took up refuge in the Agency's Blacksite: Red Room of Pain for a final show down with their remaining guild rivals. Only for the Hat, to have been sold on the Black Market?! Only time will tell if the other guilds will seek out revenge!

-Our Embassy Row grew by 4 since our past update, and we are pleased to have welcomed representatives from Cynosure, The Communist Bloc, Vanet, and Terrene! All 4 who opened embassies on the Equinox forums. We are always looking for new friends from across NationStates!






News From the Guilds!
Our newly formed Guilds of Equinox have compiled some wonderful tidbits to let you know about them, and what they've been up to!​

The Agency
The Agency has gone through a quiet mode as agents are completing their missions. During that time, we successfully stole the Hatter's Hat, which drove them into further insanity. We got a nice face lift, with a redesigned guild banner. We lost Director D, Quinncunx, as he left the region, but we will continue to take steps forward

The Secret Police
Hello, Citizen.
Yes, you. No. Not you. The other one. Yes, you.
You.
We have watched you for a long time, Citizen. We have observed and we have listened. We have seen. We even have smelled.
This is why we know that You are the right one for this job. This job of secrecy and mysteriousness. Of weirdness and paperwork. Especially weirdness, but also paperwork. A lot of paperwork.
Come join the Secret Police, the only Guild in Equinox where you are not forced to wear a silly hat but still feel very silly. You are also allowed to wear the hat, if you want to. Contact us by opening a window and shouting "Secret Police" into the darkness. We know that you know that we are there.
You could also just click on that link.

The Hatter's Society
We here at the Hatter's Society have been wondrously preoccupied with our hat making. Our hats are lovingly made with mercury! We offer several styles and- What? No I will not play majong with you right now you silly pelican. Can't you see I'm drafting important jibber-jab here? As I was saying, our spaghetti is just top notch! Perfect for candle lit dinners in your driveway or for tossing at the neighbor's dog! Stop by the Cinnamon Bun Lampost today for your free trial Sham-Wow and alpaca rides!

Yarr!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG MATEYS! Set sail with Yarr! as we drink and fight our way to glory and honor! Grab yer sword, yer peg leg, and yer eye patch and climb aboard!
 
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