May Embassy Update
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
UDS Invited To Participate In NSGE
For those unfamiliar with the NSGE, this is the Exhibition’s inaugural year as a self proclaimed “premier yearly event for regions and nations alike to share their ideas, culture and history”. As such the Exhibition is also hosting numerous talks and interviews over the period May 29 to June 1st. For more information on the NSGE please check out the dispatch gameplay thread and the offsite forum
New Legal Obligations For Union’s Executive Ministers
The Ministries Act, originally proposed by sponsor Senator Dome Artan and cosponsors Senators Glaciosia and The Noble Thatcherites way back on the 25th of March, became Union law this month. The long journey of the Act through the Union’s legislative branch even saw it voted down by its sponsor and cosponsors at one point after the General Assembly (the Union’s lower house, comprised of all citizens) had approved amendments the Senate claimed threatened the usefulness of the Act.Post this unusual occurrence the Ministries Act was introduced a second time almost a month after its first introduction, retaining its initial sponsors and cosponsors. After passing the Senate once more the General Assembly has handed the Act for a second time. This time around the amendments proposed and approved by the General Assembly were accepted by the Senate which approved it unanimously on May 10th. Following the Union’s legislative process it was then subject to President Phoenix Coalition’s approval which was granted and signed into law on May 14th.
The Act established the internal chain of commands in the region’s executive ministries but more immediately relevant to the Union’s five ministers was the now mandated posting of ministry organizational charts, the maintenance of accessible application threads on the Union’s offsite forum, and monthly reports of ministry work to the Union,
Endorsements all the Rage in the UDS
While May might have been relatively uneventful in UDS on a governmental front, it did see the beginnings of multiple new World Assembly focused initiatives. The first of these was UDS WA Stats which charts the progress of the Union on multiple WA related fronts. The weekly reports have captured the region’s recent surge in WA membership, influence and endorsements with the most recent having been released June 1st,Two weeks into the stats program came the launch of PIG in the UDS with its lovable (and democratically named) mascot Hamlet. PIG, Promoting Influence Growth, encourages the widespread sharing of endorsements among Unionists, something which fell out of practice since the shuttering of the WAIP. The program initially ran twice weekly but after the fourth edition it was shifted to a weekly release with the Endobacon Awards dispatches taking the place each week’s second edition.
As a result of the renewed focus on UDS WA membership and endorsements many Unionists have taken it upon themselves to engage in massive endotarting drives, primarily within the last week. Whether this recent endo happy activity is merely an end of spring fling only time will tell.
UDSAF Update
The UDSAF had an incredibly busy month of May, participating in 20 updates, a high point in the last several years of the region. Under the leadership of Comlogical, Kanglia, and Khevo, the UDSAF has been revitalized in a way that has not been seen in years within the region. The UDSAF’s increase in activity is expected to continue into June.Originally published in the UDS Gameplay Forum Embassy
