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If I can hear back from another of the messages I've sent out, I might be able to expand this, but here's the draft of what I've got so far.
Foreign Ministry Introduces Diplomatic Teams
The expectations and workloads of diplomats and ambassadors is always variable. If a region has many embassies, but few ambassadors, those few will be stretched thin to do too many regions each, and the expectations will, assuming a fair Foreign Minister, be comparatively low (post the update, check in once a week for inquiries, usually small things like that). When you have a lot of ambassadors, and few embassies, you can run the risk of what is essentially ‘unemployment’ (that is, more demand for jobs than jobs available). And while opening more embassies can solve than, opening embassies is somewhat more important than just ‘job creation’. Still, an option.
And sometimes you end up with something of an embarrassment of riches - lots of ambassadors, and lots of embassies. And then too many ambassadors still.
Ideally, an ambassador should be establishing a rapport with their assigned region, socializing, flying the flag of your region, and keeping up on all publicly available current events. Sometimes, a region is too active to keep up on everything and stay social and handle whatever else an ambassador has to do.
TNP, proving how robust our regional community is, has reached that ‘embarrassment of riches’ stage. We have more ambassadors than embassies to assign them. And thus, to that end, Foreign Minister Bootsie has launched the creation of diplomatic teams, wherein multiple ambassadors are assigned to one region, for the full purpose of bearing the flag, representing the region and all other duties. The trial regions were The West Pacific and The East Pacific.
So far, the results seem to lean positive in the long run, with one saying they felt that, over time, the program would “steadily produce competent diplomats and would further TNP's good reputation in NationStates,” while another commented that they appreciated the fact that the program made it so that they didn’t have to be “the only one faced with the responsibilities of a region, especially one as large as The East Pacific.”
While so far, it’s too early to tell just what the impact of this program will be, or if it will be extended to other regions, but the only way to find out is to keep our eyes on newly appointed Minister Guy and the rest of the Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Ministry Introduces Diplomatic Teams
The expectations and workloads of diplomats and ambassadors is always variable. If a region has many embassies, but few ambassadors, those few will be stretched thin to do too many regions each, and the expectations will, assuming a fair Foreign Minister, be comparatively low (post the update, check in once a week for inquiries, usually small things like that). When you have a lot of ambassadors, and few embassies, you can run the risk of what is essentially ‘unemployment’ (that is, more demand for jobs than jobs available). And while opening more embassies can solve than, opening embassies is somewhat more important than just ‘job creation’. Still, an option.
And sometimes you end up with something of an embarrassment of riches - lots of ambassadors, and lots of embassies. And then too many ambassadors still.
Ideally, an ambassador should be establishing a rapport with their assigned region, socializing, flying the flag of your region, and keeping up on all publicly available current events. Sometimes, a region is too active to keep up on everything and stay social and handle whatever else an ambassador has to do.
TNP, proving how robust our regional community is, has reached that ‘embarrassment of riches’ stage. We have more ambassadors than embassies to assign them. And thus, to that end, Foreign Minister Bootsie has launched the creation of diplomatic teams, wherein multiple ambassadors are assigned to one region, for the full purpose of bearing the flag, representing the region and all other duties. The trial regions were The West Pacific and The East Pacific.
So far, the results seem to lean positive in the long run, with one saying they felt that, over time, the program would “steadily produce competent diplomats and would further TNP's good reputation in NationStates,” while another commented that they appreciated the fact that the program made it so that they didn’t have to be “the only one faced with the responsibilities of a region, especially one as large as The East Pacific.”
While so far, it’s too early to tell just what the impact of this program will be, or if it will be extended to other regions, but the only way to find out is to keep our eyes on newly appointed Minister Guy and the rest of the Foreign Ministry.
