Regarding, the University - it has continued to suffer from inactivity. Personally I do not necessarily believe it is the Government's responsibility to fix - but something the community as a whole could address. Nonetheless, I am wondering if you have any one in mind who you would consider nominating to lead the university?
I think, as with most things that have activity issues, the key is leadership. The university needs someone who can consistently be involved in it, consistently contribute to it, and who will identify likeminded people to be involved in it.
If I had to think of someone I felt could excel in all of those areas? My two options would be Wonderess or yourself.
Forest also has been mentioned a few times. I hope that goal can be realised, as I think it would be in the best interests of both regions.
Agreed. I think we share too much common ground. I am aware that various attempts have failed but it makes too much sense to me to not to at least try.
Would you keep the position of Press Secretary?
I absolutely would keep the post.
TNP is a particularly secure and stable region. I am interested to know what regions do you think are particularly vulnerable at the moment to a coup or further instability?
The Pacific is an interesting case with recent changeover. As is The South Pacific. I find their new treaty to be fascinating in this case.
TEP is a close ally of ours, perhaps our closest, and we need to do our part to ensure that the post- coup government remains stable.
What process would you take to banning or ejecting nations from the region? Generally, I have required the GA's to seek approval before banning (except in obvious cases of spamming/recruitment).
I have experience from moderation in dealing with trustworthy mods who none the less have itchy trigger fingers (love you all, team <3). I would require them to seek approval, save for the truly obvious situations you outlined.
Would you be in favour of changing the regional flag?
I think the proposal
@Darcania and I put forward was a superior banner that still reflected TNP's values and history, and I would love to see a proper discussion of the flag occur.
With that being said? I think my attentions as Delegate will be better spent elsewhere. I would encourage debate on the subject if it came up, but it would not be a priority of a government led by me.
What is your position on RMB recruitment spam by other regions?
I think it should be an instant ban.
Do you have any ideas for discord based activities we could do? (Think like Themed Thursday type ideas)
Themed Thursdays are certainly something I would keep around and direct the Ministry of Culture to pursue.
I would also make regularly scheduled viewing parties for tv shows and movies a thing, as well as promote activity in the game server.
Can you tell us a little bit about your background? When were you founded? Have you been active in other regions? If so, what positions have you held in those regions? Are you currently active in any other regions?
I began life in NS as Inglo-Scotia in 2006, back in my grade twelve year of high school. I cannot remember what region I was founded in, but I was quickly recruited to the Lexicon by a chance telegram.
It was in the Lexicon that I met a number of people who I remain in contact to this day, and who have played significant roles in TNP in the past. Not to mention the present.
I was part of an up and coming crop of roleplayers that began to become very prominent. The Lexicon's founder, Insane Power, felt like the region was being "overrun" by newer people like us. We were all banjected.
We all founded Taijitu, and I settled into a RP Mod role there. Eventually I began to get more involved in Taijitu's GP politics, serving in the Taijitu Senate, a brief stint in the Army, and eventually as Vice Delegate to my good friend
@SovereignDixie
My first case of NS burnout occurred following my term as Vice Delegate. I returned to NS to join A World Power at the behest of a friend from Taijitu named Ranholn, where I served as the RP cartographer for a brief stint before returning to Taijitu.
I remained in Taijitu as Inglo-Scotia until 2014. Taijitu RP was being rebooted and I wanted a bit more freedom than the UK expy that was I-S offered me. So I created Prydania.
I was around on and off in Taijitu until 2016 when I left for good in frustration. Both due to an unreliable RP scene and a bad falling out with some of my fellow Taijitu co-founders, which left a bad taste in my mouth.
I arrived in TNP in 2017, feeling like I wanted to RP Prydania again. I chose TNP because I had heard that it had developed a thriving RP community from people I still knew from Taijitu.
So I popped in during the summer of 2017. It's now spring 2020 and I'm still going strong. I have served as a member of the WA Affairs staff, Deputy Speaker, and three full terms as Culture Minister in that time. Not to mention being on staff as a RP mod since 2018.
One of McMs strengths has been that he appears to be everywhere, all at once. He makes an extraordinary time commitment to the job. Do you believe you will be able to invest the hours needed to be an effective delegate?
My duties as Lead RP Mod would certainly demand a degree of my attention, but I have a dedicated RP Mod staff I believe in, and would trust to pick up slack as I focus more time on duties as Delegate.
I'm also a teacher, and summer is right around the corner. Which means I should have the free time to dedicate to the position should I be elected.
What is going to be your biggest challenge if elected?
Probably avoiding being overwhelmed. Being someone who deals with clinical anxiety won't make that an easy task.
With that being said? I've never let that cripple me in any way. I've dealt with it long enough that I can handle it effectively, and I'll have a reliable cabinet to trust with effectively managing the big picture.
What will be your criteria for approving World Assembly proposals?
Is the proposal in line with the values of The North Pacific? Does this proposal attempt to commend someone who we believe is a friend to The North Pacific? Is this a proposal my WA Affairs staff believe in?
These are the questions I'd go by when making that call.
Do you think cards can be used more or less in the region?
I think that Praebae and R3n have done a fantastic job with the Cards Guild, and I look forward to having GAs promote cards and adding the Cards Guild to the API telegrams to inform new players of it.
Oh I do have a question. What are you going to do for WALL?
Reconnect with our WALL allies, take a more proactive approach in internal WALL discussion, and propose WALL expansion.
), and as you can see? I believe in this concept deeply.
My first full term as Minister of Culture saw the University become the centre of a controversy over what could and couldn't be presented by the government. The decision was reached by myself as Minister of Culture and Fiji as the then-Delegate to make the university private. This would allow the University to continue to promote a number of non-NS related topics without it seeming like the government was sponsoring that content.
