Communications: September Report

We made it to the end. We did fall short of our goals, unfortunately, though we got far enough that the ball can be passed into the next term. If you want something done right, you take your time. We have an issue of TNL that is well on its way to being complete, and I am confident this ministry can finish the work on it early in the next term. I am also confident that the next TNS will be released at the start of October, just as the others have been released at the start of their respective months.

I am very pleased with our latest NBS show. If nothing else, I hope we can reliably produce special shows like that or the WA Symposium one. NBS is our white whale, and we will keep hunting it until we figure out a reliable, consistent way to release quality programming under the NBS banner.

It was a rough summer, but the machine kept humming. Reliance on the same in-house authors is obviously not a way to go, and with the decline in outside author response rates, we have our work cut out for us. Future TNL releases will need to adapt to this inconsistent availability of authors, and we may have to alter our approach for outreach. The new delegate may have some ideas on which approaches to take, or how to alter the publication so that we don't run into the same issues.

I want to thank the team we had helping us put everything together. Special thanks to the individuals who locked themselves into certain roles, such as frequent contributors to TNS, or Fiji for still doing a lot of everything. Fiji deserves our thanks for taking on so much of our portfolio despite the bigger and better things he had going on. We couldn't have done it without him, and I was pleased that we could replicate the vision he had for this ministry in the prior term. You guys did good work, with all the challenges that came your way. Congratulations, take a bow, and then it's back to work.

-Ghost


Legend (Key):

* denotes a larger scale project such as TNS, TNL, RPR, or NBS
^ denotes a smaller, subsequent assignment or task to a project

With only one month remaining in the Delegate's current term the Ministry of Communications here in the North Pacific has completed the following tasks since our last report for the month of June:

[1.] The North Star (TNS) Issue XI Planning^ (Completed 6 August 2019)
[2.] The North Star (TNS) Issue XI Publication & Release* (Pending Release Today/Tomorrow)
[3.] DRAFT for TNS XI: NPA Bulletin^ (Submitted 10 September 2019)
[4.] DRAFT for TNS XI: The Spotlight #20^ (Submitted 2 September 2019)
[5.] DRAFT for TNS XI: WA Digest^ (Submitted 18 August 2019, Added Onto Each Resolution)
[6.] DRAFT for TNS XI: RA Highlights^ (Submitted 1 September 2019)
[7.] CODING for TNS XI: Off-Site Distribution^ (Pending)

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At the present date, the Ministry of Communications (under the leadership of appointed Minister @Pallaith) is actively working to complete the following projects:

[1.] The Northern Lights (TNL) Issue XXX Planning^ (On Hold)
[2.] The Northern Lights (TNL) Issue XXIX Publication & Release* (Indefinite)
[3.] The North Star (TNS) Issue XII Planning* (Pending Assignment September 2019)
[4.] DRAFT for TNS XII: NPA Bulletin^ (Pending Assignment September 2019)
[5.] DRAFT for TNS XII: The Spotlight #20^ (Pending Assignment September 2019)
[6.] DRAFT for TNS XII: WA Digest^ (Pending Assignment September 2019)
[7.] DRAFT for TNS XII: RA Highlights^ (Pending Assignment September 2019)
[8.] Communications Point & Ranking System Update* (Ongoing)
[9.] Weekly Northern Broadcast Service (NBS) Shows* (Recent Release)

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Once again, in accordance with the Ministry of Communications' point and ranking system that was introduced and implemented by former Minister of Communications, @El Fiji Grande, the following totals have been accumulated and accounted for in an effort to update the program for this month's activities:

INTERNAL BREAKDOWN:

As of the ninth (9th) of August in the year two-thousand and nineteen (2019), the most up-to-date totals for each member of the Executive Staff serving the Ministry of Communications' term points were calculated. In addition, each member of the Executive Staff serving the Ministry of Communications' legacy points were also recorded. Keep in mind, both a member's term points and legacy points are cumulative. Meaning that in such a case where an Executive Staffer was to appear on and participate in ten shows brought to you by the Northern Broadcast Service (NBS). they would accumulate thirty points in total that would culminate into their total points for the term.

The only difference between the two values being that term points reset upon the conclusion of each four-month period, whereas legacy points are constant and do not reset. With that being considered, here are the newest totals for each member of the Ministry of Communications:



(DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that you, as a viewer on this thread, will have access to all of the links herein as they relate to the appropriate destinations for each project completed or for each project currently in-progress. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact either the Minister of Communications @Pallaith or myself - Deputy Minister @Robespierre.)

Thanks for your service this term as Minister of Communications, Ghost. Nice work.