Ministry of WA Affairs Office

I would like to announce that I have received and accepted the resignation of Deputy Minister East Isles from his position. We are saddened by his departure and would like to thank him for his service to the Ministry. We would like to wish him well in his future endeavors both here and elsewhere.

Given that they have not logged into the forums for 14 days, I have chosen to sack Deputy Minister Morover from his position. I sincerely hope he returns to work and engagement in TNP soon and would like to thank him for his late service to the Ministry. We wish him well in his future endeavors both here and elsewhere.

Two bits of news! A new voting policy has been implemented with the assent of Delegate MadJack. It will come into effect immediately.

Additionally, after interviews with both candidates and some long and hard thinking about their potential as future leaders in this Ministry, I have decided to appoint @Concrete Slab and @Sincluda as Deputy Ministers of World Assembly Affairs effective immediately. They should take their oaths ASAP!

The Minister accepted the resignation of Deputy Minister @Concrete Slab today. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors, both here in TNP and elsewhere. We hope that they will be able to return to active service soon.

The Minister has three brief announcements to make today:

• A new task has been created. This task will involve creating concise summaries of the Proposals at hand for Gameside integration. Interested staffers should ask the Minister regarding receiving a new role in the Executive Staff server entitled @WA - Gameside. The templates for this can be found for staffers in the WA Affairs Headquarters.
• The Minister has asked for, and accepted, the resignation of Deputy Minister Sincluda. While this was a disappointing conclusion to their tenure as Deputy Minister, we still wish them all the best in their future endeavors, both here and elsewhere.
• The Minister has promoted Gem to the rank of Deputy Minister. Gem has been incredibly helpful in WALL-wide discussions and proactive in reaching out regarding Heroes' work. They have a very bright future ahead and we hope you all will wish them luck. They should take their oath immediately.

Brief announcement:

Given that Greater Cesnica is still dealing with real life things and cannot necessarily fulfill his duties of office at the moment, I have decided to appoint @Cretox a Deputy Minister for at least the duration of GC’s leave of absence.

Hulldom:

Brief announcement:

Given that Greater Cesnica is still dealing with real life things and cannot necessarily fulfill his duties of office at the moment, I have decided to appoint @Cretox a Deputy Minister for at least the duration of GC’s leave of absence.

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Thank you, happy to help out at least for the time being!

Hello all,


I’ll be keeping this one brief, sort of out of necessity, sort of out of because there’s not much to report at the Midterm. Briefly, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs has kept up the work of the previous term and is closing in on the goals set out in my Opening Address. Here I’d like to look at what we’ve done in the last two months.

1. On point one: we have completed the draft of the new internal procedures. While some things I had wanted to iron out and include in the circular don’t look like they’ll be included, this draft is basically ready.
2. On point two: we have indeed created a new onboarding task for our new staffers! However, we have not fully managed to incorporate it yet. Staffers can find the template for this in the HQ. I should note that the How-to guides for new staffers are not written yet. They have been assigned and I hope to fully follow through on this by the end of the month.
3. On point three: we are 90% of the way there. Prior to their departure and due to their eye for graphic design, I appointed @Gaudium Aeternum to this task. They have since left but agreed to keep working on it graciously. I am waiting for one last piece of the puzzle to fall in administratively and these should be debuted!
4. On point four: Commend Calvin Coolidge is passing right now! Additionally, I can confirm that work has at least started on one other draft that was not presented to us in the late drafting stages. We anticipate we will move on to working on a new nominee soon. We very well might beat my “at least one resolution passing” goal!
5. On point five: currently, this is something that is private. I will be working shortly with the Deputies to ensure we at least have a public catalog of internal votes by the end of the term.

I’ve also hired two new Deputies since the term started: Cretox and Gem. I am very happy with their work, and all of my Deputies, thus far and certainly hope they can keep it up!

Wishing you all the best,
~~Hulldom

Following discussions with @Greater Cesnica, we have mutually agreed that he should part ways as Executive Deputy Minister (and as a Deputy) for now due to the terms of his deployment and his general inability to contribute. I informed him that he would be more than welcome back if I'm Minister when he can return to regular activity. I wish him all the best with his future endeavors.

Quick appointment here to start off the term! I hereby reappoint @Gem as Deputy Minister of WA Affairs. Their experience in the modern Ministry will be invaluable as we move forward.

Holy smokes more appointments! It's my great pleasure to welcome back a Deputy who served under Hulldom. Also, it's been my long-standing belief that active members of the Ministry should be rewarded for their initiative, as such, I hereby appoint @Fregerson and @Caius as Deputy Ministers of WA Affairs.

Look at this! Another appointment! @Chipoli has shown a dedication to this Ministry and I believe they would make a welcome addition to ministry leadership. Because of this, I appoint @Chipoli as Deputy Minister of WA Affairs.
Please take your oath.

This is not quite as formal and official as a mid-term address, but given that we are reaching our 1 month mark, I just felt the need to provide a short update, and also use this as an opportunity to review the current Ministry Staffer roster. And so I am here.

Firstly, providing an update on the long-term plans. For the WA Accelerator Program, while the outline of the revitalized WA Accelerator/Mentorship Program has been confirmed, I am working out some details, as well as the list of mentors for the Program. Meanwhile, @Hulldom has also brought on TEP onto the Heroes of Valhalla program, and if you are interested in helping out with the commendations of the various nominees, you may join the discussion on our discord.

Secondly, everyone with an eye on the World Assembly may have noticed the General Assembly queue is stacked with proposals, all the way up to April 2023. Because of this, it would have made the IFV writing process easier because we have quite some time to plan out the writing. This would also mean it is an extremely good time for newcomers to come on board to join us - you have a long time to work on IFV. The knowledge of the votes to come will allow us to properly plan out on which of the proposals we would use on the gameside voting trial.

Lastly, for the staffer pruning for this time round:
@Edgeware Govt. and @Namwenia has been removed for not having a resident nation.
@Anne of Cleves @Faradutait @Jedinsto @JOHN ANTO @Kosova @Kronos @Neptune @r3naissanc3r @Turbiatop @Yasanka @Zyvetskistaahn have been removed for inactivity/not responding to the roll call.
If anyone would like to contest their removal, please DM me on Discord separately. Thank you!

For existing/new staffers, they may have realised they are getting new roles on Discord. Details of the role change on Discord would be revealed in the Executive Staffers #wa-affairs channel.

That's all for this update, if there are any questions, you may comment in this forum or contact me privately.

Having quickly become one of the most active contributors to the Ministry, especially through their authorship of IFVs, @AraFuttio is to fill the vacant Deputy position. To that end, they should promptly take their oath. For the sake of documentation (as this was already mentioned in the opening address), @Simone was promoted to Executive Deputy upon my appointment as Minister.

I have no doubt that @Chipoli, having already served as a Minister and Deputy Minister in the Mowaa, will be able to resume their exceptional efforts as a Deputy Minister. They should thus take their oath. This will also be mentioned in the opening address, but for the sake of documentation all Deputy Ministers (@Nutmeg The Squirrel, @AraFuttio, @Robespierre and @Sauron, as well as @Simone as Executive Deputy) will be continuing in their current positions, and should also take their oaths.

Following the appointment of myself as Minister:
My appointment: https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9197712/
My oath: https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/7019276/post-10619361

I am appointing @Magecastle as a deputy minister, depending on his RL commitments. I very much value the intellect and capability of @Magecastle and look forward to him continuing to serve the Ministry as much as he can.

After some discussions and much persuading, @Kenmoria has agreed to take on the role of Deputy Minister, and reinvigorating our IFVs. Kenmoria has a commendation (SC#332) for writing IFVs and should be familiar to all WA regulars, especially GA folks. Please join me in welcoming Kenmoria to the WAA Team. @Kenmoria please take your oath and your other formalities.

Best wishes
Simone

@Cookiemonster has agreed to take on the role of Deputy Minister in WAA. @Cookiemonster (formerly Yohannes, now Isabella_van_der_Feltz) has been in NationStates for more than a decade, had been a gameside mentor, and is commended gameside (SC#149). Please join me in welcoming @Cookiemonster back to TNP and to the WAA Team. Please take your oath and arrange to complete your other formalities.

Best wishes
Simone

I would like to take this opportunity in my capacity as Minister of World Assembly Affairs to congratulate my predecessor @Magecastle and my colleague @Kenmoria on their appointments to NSWA GenSec. Also to congratulate Desmosthenes and Burke from TWP.


Best wishes
Simone

I would like to express my gratitude to @Robespierre who has elected not to retain his DM WAA designation. As he remains a member of the Executive Council (Cabinet) as Minister of Defense we look forward to continuing close cooperation with him.

Best wishes
Simone

I am pleased to announce that @Attempted Socialism has agreed to become a Deputy Minister in addition to his role as DM in Foreign Affairs. He needs no introduction given his long service to our region in several leadership roles. Please join me in welcoming AS to the team. Please bear in mind the formalities.

I am pleased to announce that @Comfed has agreed to become a Deputy Minister in addition to his role as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He needs no introduction given his long service to our region in several leadership roles. Please bear in mind the formalities.

Best wishes
Simone

This Ministry continues to be on a solid footing as it heads into the second half of Kaschovia's current term as Delegate. On the GA side, the queue stretches to late April and IFVs are already in place. On the SC side, there had been some quick votes due to an empty queue, but we have not had any issues with opening threads to garner the opinion of the wider region.

• One change (as per a request) is for alerts for WA votes to go out earlier in order not to directly coincide with the exact time as the update. This has been implemented and GA IFVs are going out about 2-3 hours before vote, rather than at vote.​
• Drafts for commendations for TNP members continue, and drafts have been researched or circulated for Prydania and Sil Dorsett (both involving our Delegate), Magecastle, Wymondham (both with first drafts from me), and Siwale (with Ghost as author). As to the remaining two candidates, Westinor is still to be persuaded to accept a commend, and I have myself asked to postpone a commend.​
• There are plans for a Fourth WA Symposium later this year, but this is subject to the organisations and schedules of other members of WALL, and further updates will be made in due course.

Best wishes
Simone