September 2016 Minister Appointments - by Praetor
With Plembobria's election to the position of Delegate from September to the beginning of January he summarily set about appointing Ministers. Ministers are responsible in ensuring that the various aspects of government runs smoothly, to advise the delegate and most importantly to improve the community. Initial appointments returned Gladio to the position of Minister of Defence and Praetor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. As well, Syrixia was appointed Minister of Cultural Affairs. Kasch as well was reappointed Minister of Gameside Affairs. Applications for the remaining Ministries--Communications, Home Affairs and World Assembly Affairs--were opened and filled quickly. Bootsie, Tomb and Palliath were appointed respectively to their positions. Upon asking what expectations that he has for the upcoming term the Delegate commented that "Ministers will get stuff done or be flagellated!". The Ministers have a wide variety of experience between them which will serve the Delegate well in the upcoming term.
Gladio has been the Minister of Defence for the last term and is a General in the North Pacific Army. He is one of the most highly regarded individuals in the North with his commitment to the NPA unparalleled. He initially joined The North Pacific in 2012 and has been a member of the North Pacific Army since 2013. During the spring in 2014 he was made the Deputy of the Minister. r3naissanc3r promoted him to Minister of Defence in May 2014 and he remained as such until January 2015. He lead an impressive renewal and within two terms managed to elevate the NPA from a rarely seen force to being able to field 20 endorsements in a single update. Highly decorated with 44 ribbons, over 100 operations--the most in TNP--for this term "[his] ultimate goal is to break the record deployment number [which is currently at 25]."
Praetor first joined the North Pacific in February 2016 and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by Lord Ravenclaw after his unsuccessful run for the delegacy. During his past term he lead an effort to remove inactive ambassadors and to replace them with active ones as well as recruiting more members. Over 30 individuals joined the Ministry during his term. After another unsuccessful run for elected office--this time for Vice Delegate--Plembobria reappointed him as Minister. Praetor did not respond to the request for comment.
Syrixia is a longtime member of the community joining in October 2014. Highly active in the roleplaying community and a long time member of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs this is his first Minister term. Eager to begin planning a Cultural festival and other activities he wants "to lay the groundwork for [his] plans for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. This plan will be dubbed A.S.S., which stands for 'Activity, Simplicity, Spirit'." Cultural Affairs is responsible for what makes The North Pacific unique.
Kasch is another new member of the community joining in April of this year. In the prior term he applied and was accepted to the position of the Minister of Gameside Affairs. His focus last term was on the creation of a brand new Ministry and the appointments of Regional Mentors, Recruitment Officers and RMB Guardians/Moderators. This term, he is "going to encourage a more active presence on the RMB... make sure that every single one of [Gameside Affairs] members knows what they need to do to get our new players from the game and onto the forums... releasing helpful dispatches and threads, showing people the ropes of recruitment and welcoming new members." The Ministry of Gameside Affairs has a large role in getting new nations onto the forum, it remains to be seen just how effectively it will be able to increase TNP's power.
Bootsie was impartially appointed to Minister of Communications after running for the Delegacy against Plembobria. His prior two terms as Vice Delegate had him heavily involved in the Executive government with last term's appointment to Chief of Staff. He has also previously served as the Minister of Communications as well as the Deputy of Home Affairs. He has been a Deputy Speaker and elected Speaker of the Regional Assembly. With the last issue of The Northern Lights being published in late April there is a lot of pressure on him to ensure one is published. A challenge he will have to face in addressing this is "a lack of dedicated members that want to write 400 word essays... [P]eople love to contribute all day to recruiting or coming up with ideas for a festival, but... there aren't many who'll sit down and write a column for a newspaper." The Northern Lights is one of the major policy tools of the Ministry of Communications, the lack of a publication has harmed TNP's Foreign Affairs, the new edition is looked forward to with much anticipation.
Tomb has an extensive history in The North Pacific previously serving as Minister of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Communications as well as various deputies. He most notably served as Delegate from February to May 2015. Tomb is quickly seeking greater involvement in the off-site community with his team sending almost 4000 telegrams manually in the span of a few days. Home Affairs is a vital ministry as "the minute that the H.A. Ministry goes inactive, the bloodline of new members into the region is directly affected. And so it is important and necessary to keep the Executive Staff active and interested. In the past, we've offered no incentives. This time, I plan to put in place a rewards system to serve as an incentive for people to join the HA Executive Staff as well as a way of rewarding existing members." With Tomb's credentials it is quite likely that he will be able to put in place a system to improve recruitment and retention of citizens.
Palliath is the newest Minister with no prior Ministerial experience. He joined in September just prior to the election. He applied for the position and was accepted by Plembobria. He rolled into a job with only a few hours into the contentious resolution "Commend Benevolent Thomas" went to vote and performed admirably being handled this challenge. He aims "to make TNP a haven for resolution authors and bring WALL back to forefront, so that the MoWA can do its part to enhance diplomacy with our neighbors and put our region's immense influence to even greater use and effect." The WALL stands for the World Assembly Legislative League is an under-utilized treaty designed to enhance the signatories--The International Democratic Union, the Realm of Balder, the Republic of Europeia and The North Pacific--power in the World Assembly. The North Pacific has the largest voting bloc in the world by a longshot, hopefully, Palliath will be increase it further.
The Ministers of The North Pacific have a considerable amount of power, with that power comes a lot of responsibility. Each Ministry is unique and should one not accomplish it's tasks it has a significant impact on the region. The Ministers are not alone in this however, each Ministry has a dedicated staff usually featuring between 20 to 40 members to assist them in their role. With such a large staff communication happens on both the forums and on either the Executive Staff or the NPA Discord Servers. The community of The North Pacific looks forward to seeing what it accomplished this term.
With Plembobria's election to the position of Delegate from September to the beginning of January he summarily set about appointing Ministers. Ministers are responsible in ensuring that the various aspects of government runs smoothly, to advise the delegate and most importantly to improve the community. Initial appointments returned Gladio to the position of Minister of Defence and Praetor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. As well, Syrixia was appointed Minister of Cultural Affairs. Kasch as well was reappointed Minister of Gameside Affairs. Applications for the remaining Ministries--Communications, Home Affairs and World Assembly Affairs--were opened and filled quickly. Bootsie, Tomb and Palliath were appointed respectively to their positions. Upon asking what expectations that he has for the upcoming term the Delegate commented that "Ministers will get stuff done or be flagellated!". The Ministers have a wide variety of experience between them which will serve the Delegate well in the upcoming term.
Gladio has been the Minister of Defence for the last term and is a General in the North Pacific Army. He is one of the most highly regarded individuals in the North with his commitment to the NPA unparalleled. He initially joined The North Pacific in 2012 and has been a member of the North Pacific Army since 2013. During the spring in 2014 he was made the Deputy of the Minister. r3naissanc3r promoted him to Minister of Defence in May 2014 and he remained as such until January 2015. He lead an impressive renewal and within two terms managed to elevate the NPA from a rarely seen force to being able to field 20 endorsements in a single update. Highly decorated with 44 ribbons, over 100 operations--the most in TNP--for this term "[his] ultimate goal is to break the record deployment number [which is currently at 25]."
Praetor first joined the North Pacific in February 2016 and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by Lord Ravenclaw after his unsuccessful run for the delegacy. During his past term he lead an effort to remove inactive ambassadors and to replace them with active ones as well as recruiting more members. Over 30 individuals joined the Ministry during his term. After another unsuccessful run for elected office--this time for Vice Delegate--Plembobria reappointed him as Minister. Praetor did not respond to the request for comment.
Syrixia is a longtime member of the community joining in October 2014. Highly active in the roleplaying community and a long time member of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs this is his first Minister term. Eager to begin planning a Cultural festival and other activities he wants "to lay the groundwork for [his] plans for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. This plan will be dubbed A.S.S., which stands for 'Activity, Simplicity, Spirit'." Cultural Affairs is responsible for what makes The North Pacific unique.
Kasch is another new member of the community joining in April of this year. In the prior term he applied and was accepted to the position of the Minister of Gameside Affairs. His focus last term was on the creation of a brand new Ministry and the appointments of Regional Mentors, Recruitment Officers and RMB Guardians/Moderators. This term, he is "going to encourage a more active presence on the RMB... make sure that every single one of [Gameside Affairs] members knows what they need to do to get our new players from the game and onto the forums... releasing helpful dispatches and threads, showing people the ropes of recruitment and welcoming new members." The Ministry of Gameside Affairs has a large role in getting new nations onto the forum, it remains to be seen just how effectively it will be able to increase TNP's power.
Bootsie was impartially appointed to Minister of Communications after running for the Delegacy against Plembobria. His prior two terms as Vice Delegate had him heavily involved in the Executive government with last term's appointment to Chief of Staff. He has also previously served as the Minister of Communications as well as the Deputy of Home Affairs. He has been a Deputy Speaker and elected Speaker of the Regional Assembly. With the last issue of The Northern Lights being published in late April there is a lot of pressure on him to ensure one is published. A challenge he will have to face in addressing this is "a lack of dedicated members that want to write 400 word essays... [P]eople love to contribute all day to recruiting or coming up with ideas for a festival, but... there aren't many who'll sit down and write a column for a newspaper." The Northern Lights is one of the major policy tools of the Ministry of Communications, the lack of a publication has harmed TNP's Foreign Affairs, the new edition is looked forward to with much anticipation.
Tomb has an extensive history in The North Pacific previously serving as Minister of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Communications as well as various deputies. He most notably served as Delegate from February to May 2015. Tomb is quickly seeking greater involvement in the off-site community with his team sending almost 4000 telegrams manually in the span of a few days. Home Affairs is a vital ministry as "the minute that the H.A. Ministry goes inactive, the bloodline of new members into the region is directly affected. And so it is important and necessary to keep the Executive Staff active and interested. In the past, we've offered no incentives. This time, I plan to put in place a rewards system to serve as an incentive for people to join the HA Executive Staff as well as a way of rewarding existing members." With Tomb's credentials it is quite likely that he will be able to put in place a system to improve recruitment and retention of citizens.
Palliath is the newest Minister with no prior Ministerial experience. He joined in September just prior to the election. He applied for the position and was accepted by Plembobria. He rolled into a job with only a few hours into the contentious resolution "Commend Benevolent Thomas" went to vote and performed admirably being handled this challenge. He aims "to make TNP a haven for resolution authors and bring WALL back to forefront, so that the MoWA can do its part to enhance diplomacy with our neighbors and put our region's immense influence to even greater use and effect." The WALL stands for the World Assembly Legislative League is an under-utilized treaty designed to enhance the signatories--The International Democratic Union, the Realm of Balder, the Republic of Europeia and The North Pacific--power in the World Assembly. The North Pacific has the largest voting bloc in the world by a longshot, hopefully, Palliath will be increase it further.
The Ministers of The North Pacific have a considerable amount of power, with that power comes a lot of responsibility. Each Ministry is unique and should one not accomplish it's tasks it has a significant impact on the region. The Ministers are not alone in this however, each Ministry has a dedicated staff usually featuring between 20 to 40 members to assist them in their role. With such a large staff communication happens on both the forums and on either the Executive Staff or the NPA Discord Servers. The community of The North Pacific looks forward to seeing what it accomplished this term.
