The Equilism Spring Review 2021
Governor General: Westwind
WA Delegate: Isaris
Population: 117
*stretches slowly after winter hibernation*
Okay, so ya know that Equilism is pretty quiet these years, right?
So to begin with, let me give you a quick recap of the Fourth Quarter of 2020 in Equilism.
2020 In Equilism
Equilism Township Government Fails
Equilism Mayor, Town Hall Moderator, and World Assembly Delegate Barron Bones (better known as Tarricoe) Ceased to Exist on August 29, 2020, leaving Equilism with no government and an accidental Delegate.
When the Equilism Township government was formed, Co-Founder Westwind was not confident in it's success, and it's first candidate for office was Tarricoe, who choose run for all three elected offices. However, others joined the election race, and tarricoe waited until he was Barron Bones to try again to be elected to all three offices in 2019. Among the programs he planned but never completed was to establish a new offsite forum home for Equilism, as Westwind indicated no interest in continuing to maintain it's current forums.
Former Mayor and Delegate Isaris had the most endorsements following Barron Bone's CTE, and thus became WA Delegate without election.
Co-founder Westwind contacted Acting Delegate Isaris and inactive Founder Whamabama about what to do about the situation. No one in the region was interested in new elections. Founder Whamabama was only interested in a massive recruitment drive to restore activity to the region, but had no intention of leading or participating. Recruitment than no one wants to do.
Equilism Elects a Governor General
In the past when governments have failed in Equilism, Founders have stepped up to lead the region into a new government organization. However, with the lack of interest in elections, the Township Government was dead.
Co-founder Westwind noted that according to Article 4 of the Township Charter:
Founder Whamabama made no appointments, leaving the entire region without leadership or direction.
So Westwind turned to the never used Article 6 of the Township Charter: Voluntary Officials:
Westwind called for an Election-at-Will, creating the office of Governor General
Westwind was elected Governor General unanimously, 2 - 0.
Governor General Westwind issued three Executive Orders to restore regional governance
The Governor General issued Executive Orders to bring Equilism back into a governable state. You can read the orders in this Dispatch:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1455926
- Executive Order #0001: Occupation of The Executive offices
- Executive Order #0002: World Assembly Delegate Confirmation
- Executive Order #0003: Judicial Process
Equilism Turns Out for Z-Day 9!
In recent years, Equilism wakes up annually to participate in Z-day, and once again made an excellent showing. Equilism prides itself on never closing it's borders and becoming a safe haven for cures. In 2020 Equilism placed, 3rd, 4th, and 6th place!
Not bad for an inactive old region, eh?
That was 2020, This is 2021!
News from the Office of The Governor General
March 2021
- After a month long struggle with a cranky forum database, it appears the problems on the forum have been resolved. The forum and theme software have been upgraded in the process.
- All Banned accounts have been deleted, as a pruning of forum membership begins.
- International Avenue has undergone a renewal, having been cleansed of outdated Embassies and unnecessary clutter removed to the archives. I hope that Ambassadors and Visitors from our friends around NS will find the clean-up has made their visit more tidy, and their Embassies easy to access.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?/forum/27-international-avenue/
- A review of access to Private Foreign Affairs has resulted in the removal of access for 12 inactive accounts. Other access reviews are ongoing. Military Access has also been reviewed and inactive accounts removed.
- Equilism has appreciated the interest of Republic of Conservative Nations in establishing an Ambassador exchange, however our activity level does not allow us to engage with them at that level of relations at this time.
- The Office of the Governor General is issuing a new policy for ingame Embassy exchanges. It has been Equilism policy to deny most ingame embassy request that did not coincide with an offsite embassy exchange. Times change though, and Equilism Governor General Westwind and World Assembly Delegate Isaris may accept ingame embassy requests from regions with at least 15 nations. Smaller regions may be considered on a case-by-case basis for cultural, event, and personal relationships with Equilism. Any ingame embassy request may be denied for any reason, but usually would occur in an instance where the two regions are of an incompatible nature. For example, Nazi regions embassies will not be accepted.
- The Equilism Archives have been moved to the University of Equilism, and the Equilism/AOSS Treaty negotiations of 2010 have been declassified. http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?/forum/502-public-archives/
- Enjoy Spring!
And Thank You for reading!
