Greetings Noble Citizen,
If you are here for a joke campaign, I am going to disappoint you. I am here to bring you my ideas and thoughts on the reality we face as a region. I am here to find what you want our region to be doing, and what you see as our issues. Should you see value in what I have to say and would like to do, then I ask you to cast your vote for me this election.
I am going to eschew the traditional Delegate Campaign format. I have never been good at them and I find it better to show you how everything would work together.
Outside, In, and the Forever War
We knew going into the war with BoM, it would be hard to define when we won. How can you defeat an enemy in a text based game? They have no supply lines, no infrastructure, no economy, and nothing that can be forced to submit. We settled into a war of containment, we would try to oppose them when they acted and try to push them in a corner. We began to lurch from one operation to the other, one crisis to the next. We never really gained a strong foothold on their necks. During this campaign, we discovered that a few of our allies were not willing to support us as we supported them. We were quick to shed off the dead weight and gain new ones. As it stands, we have settled into our comfort zone of hitting them where we can, working to undo their actions when we can, and maintaining the balance.
What can we do going forward? Every Delegate campaign since I have joined the North Pacific talks about recruiting more soldiers. ( Indeed its a laudable goal and the militia initiative is a great program.) But there will never be enough soldiers in the Army. We need to capitalize on what strengths we have, our ability to collation build, to use resources effectively, and our wealth of knowledge on how the game works. We can reach out to smaller frontiers and build bridges, help them learn how to run R/D. A region with 20 active people and 2 who want to participate in R/D gives us 20 new friends and 2 people on the front lines. We have to be willing and proactively reaching out of our established circle. We know how to update in a region and we have many experience people who know how to place a sleeper in a region. I want our opponents to worry about every operation they conduct. While they are over to the left doing a tag run, we are in their role play region spray painting the walls and reciting the Bee Movie. When they are holding a region, we are Delegate tipping their allies.
We have the Foreign Affairs and Defense experience to make this happen, now. We just need to be willing to put it into action.
Inside and Out,
Internally, we are trucking along steadily. Keeping things working is no small task but one our current crop of leadership and staffers have taken to well. With the Summer lull coming, I don't see any major changes needed.
Bring me questions, comments, and concerns. The Government works for you. Tell me what you want to see happen.
Experience does not expire over time, and while I am not a staffer I do keep abreast of the going ons of the Executive as an Admin to ensure that I am able to support as needed. While I do not have my fingers in the day to day of the executive, it is not a fast changing landscape, where there is constant shifts that require retraining. The Executive in regards to internal matters, is more of a herd of Elephants, a steady powerful constant force. As you admit, I was a Minister several times. I am aware and experienced in the running of a ministry, the work involved, how projects get developed, and the trials and tribulations that the ministries face. I know that one of the biggest issues we will constantly face is burnout and talent development.
As for weakness, it would be formal contacts with outside groups. Its something I have thought long on, and its something no one person can correct. You would point out next that one of the goals I have is collation building and my "weakness" would be contradictory to that. I would disagree, it would be a strength as I have no preconceived notions and would be able to act in the best interest of the Region. To account for the "weakness" and to achieve my goal of collation buildings, I want our MoFa to build an internal mini cabinet of deputies with contacts outside of our normal groups and to utilize our experienced diplomats in reaching out to new friends we would not normally consider worth our time.
I would tell them to make a choice based on what they think is best for the region. My feelings would not get hurt. @Pallaith, despite our personal differences, is a strong legal mind and there are people who would be capable and willing to fill my shoes. Of the top of my head, @Vivanco would be an ideal Justice to fill my spot if there was a special election.
If you go on to read the rest of the statement, I go on to talk about collation building. As you no doubt know as the current MoD, our operational success is dependent on the support of other forces in achieving the objective. There is no shame in this, the real world fighting forces are the same way. We should continue to push to build up our military, but one of best ways to do it is to show victories. I have no doubt you know this as your recruitment plan is the same as every delegate candidate before you. We will not be able to del tip day one of the new term, but we can put into place the sleepers we need, reach out to our allies to see who can and will support us, and build up relatshonships with new regions and get their support in this war.
There have been many effective Delegates who have never led an operation for the NPA and it is correct that I have not particpated in an NPA operation. Have I led people in emergency situations? Yes. I lead people today both in urgent matters a regular day to day activites. The key for leadership, especially as a civilian over military matters, is the willingness to listen to those who know how to plan and execute operations. Many people in the region who have worked with me on various regional projects know that I ask questions when I do not understand, willing to test new ideas, and listen to those who do know. All of which are skills any leader in any position anywhere should have.
Culture and Commnications is in a good place overall. I have always been a fan of interacctive events, like game days. I do know the difficulty in getting those things set up and people to particpate. Our smaller events (I generally call them passive events) such as Theme Thursday and the Lennarts, tend to go over better and larger engagement. It is because people are able to particpate on their time and its not time zone tanked ( * A phrase from EvE online, Time zone tanking is conducting an operation in a time zone where others are not avaible like an event occuring during AU prime time vs US Prime Time.) @Simone time as WA Affairs has been stead and on the ball. With Home Affairs, I know there has been an increase in recruitment activites, but there has not been a report done on its effectiveness. During my last run as Delegate, before the F/S update, I highlighted that this was an area we needed to devlope and be proactive in, if elected It would be a focus of the term to see what we are doing and whats working, so we can focus efforts on where it has the best return.
Universally, we as a region have a tendency to burn out our active members in the Executive. Something I would like to look at going in the next term is identifying those up and commers in the Ministries, to incubate them into future Ministers. I would like each minister to identify those who has what it takes, and build them up to succeed. No one should have to worry about how a Ministry will function if they need a break.
Quotes from Former Delegates
If you are here for a joke campaign, I am going to disappoint you. I am here to bring you my ideas and thoughts on the reality we face as a region. I am here to find what you want our region to be doing, and what you see as our issues. Should you see value in what I have to say and would like to do, then I ask you to cast your vote for me this election.
I am going to eschew the traditional Delegate Campaign format. I have never been good at them and I find it better to show you how everything would work together.
Outside, In, and the Forever War
We knew going into the war with BoM, it would be hard to define when we won. How can you defeat an enemy in a text based game? They have no supply lines, no infrastructure, no economy, and nothing that can be forced to submit. We settled into a war of containment, we would try to oppose them when they acted and try to push them in a corner. We began to lurch from one operation to the other, one crisis to the next. We never really gained a strong foothold on their necks. During this campaign, we discovered that a few of our allies were not willing to support us as we supported them. We were quick to shed off the dead weight and gain new ones. As it stands, we have settled into our comfort zone of hitting them where we can, working to undo their actions when we can, and maintaining the balance.
What can we do going forward? Every Delegate campaign since I have joined the North Pacific talks about recruiting more soldiers. ( Indeed its a laudable goal and the militia initiative is a great program.) But there will never be enough soldiers in the Army. We need to capitalize on what strengths we have, our ability to collation build, to use resources effectively, and our wealth of knowledge on how the game works. We can reach out to smaller frontiers and build bridges, help them learn how to run R/D. A region with 20 active people and 2 who want to participate in R/D gives us 20 new friends and 2 people on the front lines. We have to be willing and proactively reaching out of our established circle. We know how to update in a region and we have many experience people who know how to place a sleeper in a region. I want our opponents to worry about every operation they conduct. While they are over to the left doing a tag run, we are in their role play region spray painting the walls and reciting the Bee Movie. When they are holding a region, we are Delegate tipping their allies.
We have the Foreign Affairs and Defense experience to make this happen, now. We just need to be willing to put it into action.
Inside and Out,
Internally, we are trucking along steadily. Keeping things working is no small task but one our current crop of leadership and staffers have taken to well. With the Summer lull coming, I don't see any major changes needed.
Bring me questions, comments, and concerns. The Government works for you. Tell me what you want to see happen.
Experience does not expire over time, and while I am not a staffer I do keep abreast of the going ons of the Executive as an Admin to ensure that I am able to support as needed. While I do not have my fingers in the day to day of the executive, it is not a fast changing landscape, where there is constant shifts that require retraining. The Executive in regards to internal matters, is more of a herd of Elephants, a steady powerful constant force. As you admit, I was a Minister several times. I am aware and experienced in the running of a ministry, the work involved, how projects get developed, and the trials and tribulations that the ministries face. I know that one of the biggest issues we will constantly face is burnout and talent development.
As for weakness, it would be formal contacts with outside groups. Its something I have thought long on, and its something no one person can correct. You would point out next that one of the goals I have is collation building and my "weakness" would be contradictory to that. I would disagree, it would be a strength as I have no preconceived notions and would be able to act in the best interest of the Region. To account for the "weakness" and to achieve my goal of collation buildings, I want our MoFa to build an internal mini cabinet of deputies with contacts outside of our normal groups and to utilize our experienced diplomats in reaching out to new friends we would not normally consider worth our time.
I would tell them to make a choice based on what they think is best for the region. My feelings would not get hurt. @Pallaith, despite our personal differences, is a strong legal mind and there are people who would be capable and willing to fill my shoes. Of the top of my head, @Vivanco would be an ideal Justice to fill my spot if there was a special election.
If you go on to read the rest of the statement, I go on to talk about collation building. As you no doubt know as the current MoD, our operational success is dependent on the support of other forces in achieving the objective. There is no shame in this, the real world fighting forces are the same way. We should continue to push to build up our military, but one of best ways to do it is to show victories. I have no doubt you know this as your recruitment plan is the same as every delegate candidate before you. We will not be able to del tip day one of the new term, but we can put into place the sleepers we need, reach out to our allies to see who can and will support us, and build up relatshonships with new regions and get their support in this war.
There have been many effective Delegates who have never led an operation for the NPA and it is correct that I have not particpated in an NPA operation. Have I led people in emergency situations? Yes. I lead people today both in urgent matters a regular day to day activites. The key for leadership, especially as a civilian over military matters, is the willingness to listen to those who know how to plan and execute operations. Many people in the region who have worked with me on various regional projects know that I ask questions when I do not understand, willing to test new ideas, and listen to those who do know. All of which are skills any leader in any position anywhere should have.
Culture and Commnications is in a good place overall. I have always been a fan of interacctive events, like game days. I do know the difficulty in getting those things set up and people to particpate. Our smaller events (I generally call them passive events) such as Theme Thursday and the Lennarts, tend to go over better and larger engagement. It is because people are able to particpate on their time and its not time zone tanked ( * A phrase from EvE online, Time zone tanking is conducting an operation in a time zone where others are not avaible like an event occuring during AU prime time vs US Prime Time.) @Simone time as WA Affairs has been stead and on the ball. With Home Affairs, I know there has been an increase in recruitment activites, but there has not been a report done on its effectiveness. During my last run as Delegate, before the F/S update, I highlighted that this was an area we needed to devlope and be proactive in, if elected It would be a focus of the term to see what we are doing and whats working, so we can focus efforts on where it has the best return.
Universally, we as a region have a tendency to burn out our active members in the Executive. Something I would like to look at going in the next term is identifying those up and commers in the Ministries, to incubate them into future Ministers. I would like each minister to identify those who has what it takes, and build them up to succeed. No one should have to worry about how a Ministry will function if they need a break.
Quotes from Former Delegates
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