Hello fellow North Pacificans! My name is Ruben (Halsoni on NationStates), and I’m here to ask for your vote to continue to be your Vice Delegate. I don’t expect this campaign to be very long, but here we go. There will be an itemised list at the end for anyone who wants a tl;dr.
Who is this Vice Delegate guy?
I've been active on NationStates for nearly four years and have spent just over two of those years in The North Pacific. Throughout my time here, I've taken on various roles, including Deputy of Everything (trademark pending), Minister of Communications and Culture, Chief of Staff, and now I proudly serve as Vice Delegate for a full term. I've detailed my experiences extensively in my previous campaign, which you can find here.
What has this guy done as Vice Delegate?
In my platform, I promised the following:
- Responsibly chair the Security Council, listen to their advice, and create a synergy to successfully combat security threats to the region.
- Work with the Security Council on declassifying logs and plough through the backlog by regularly initiating conversation through various means.
- Halt the fall in endorsement numbers by requesting the Security Council to actively gather endorsements in multiple ways, utilising the WADP, and creating a cooperative culture with the RMB community to more effectively stimulate endorsement swapping.
- Swiftly process citizenship applications and consult the Security Council whenever I have concerns regarding an applicant.
- Regularly report to the region with Vice Delegate Reports on a biweekly schedule and divert from this whenever a serious situation calls for it.
- Stay up to date with the executive and be ready and briefed in case of a foreign threat.
- Stand strong and lead the region in an Acting Delegacy in case the elected Delegate resigns or goes rogue.
The Struggles
I’m pleased to say that I’ve managed to follow through on nearly all the promises I made. However, I’ve struggled with two specific areas: the declassification of logs and the utilisation of the WADP. Unfortunately, the latter has been out of my hands since I lack the necessary tools to create it. I had to rely on someone else, who, for reasons I can only assume were related to their personal life, often fell short in delivering it. This has led to the WADP not being published consistently, resulting in a significant absence of WADP Awards throughout most of the term. I'm quite disappointed that things didn't go as I envisioned, but I do have some solutions in mind, which I’ll address later.
As for the declassification of the logs, I take full responsibility. I haven't quite found my groove and still struggle with determining what should or shouldn’t be declassified. Coupled with my numerous other commitments, this makes it tough to carve out time for it. Since making real progress likely requires a full term, declassification has unfortunately taken a back seat on my list of priorities. It’s a rather tedious task, but it’s one that must be tackled. Additionally, it hasn’t helped that I couldn’t arrange moments for someone from the Security Council to assist me in getting started with the declassification process.
What has this guy learned as Vice Delegate?
For starters, I’m now familiar with pretty much everything the Vice Delegate does. I’m aware of the process with the citizenship applications, potential absences (both mine and the Delegate’s), what plans are realistic and what aren’t, how to effectively chair the Security Council without being too overbearing or forcing my own will, how to approach certain situations, what my position requires of me as a person and so much more. This has truly been an amazing learning experience, and I’ve been able to do what I love and what is most effective for me: learning on the job.
While there are certainly things I would’ve done differently, I am glad to say I’m proud of what I’ve been able to do this term. I’ve consistently been able to meet my campaign goals whenever they were within my control, and I’ve assisted the executive government in many ways, especially when I was appointed as the Delegate’s Chief of Staff. This term served as a learning experience for the most part, but now that I’m familiar with the job, I’m excited to be a little bit more ambitious with my plans.
What is this Vice Delegate guy going to do?
Well, I will continue to push what I’ve been doing over the last term. I commit to the biweekly Vice Delegate Reports, including the liquor cabinet update, the pinging dispatch, and the other regular duties you see me perform. Along with that, I will discuss with the various tech people who have access to the WADP code how we can fix the issue of missing WADP Awards over and over again, and if it’s possible, give me the tools to generate it myself.
In my second term, I will also be endeavouring to stay more on track with the citizenship applications, as I noticed that at the start of the term I was a bit wishy washy with keeping up with it. Later on, I got the hang of it a bit more, and now it’s smooth sailing, but I’d like to prevent that from repeating itself this term.
Conclusion
I reiterate both what I’ve said in this campaign, as well as in my first one. All those goals remain the same, but if I find an area that needs more attention, I will be sure to give that my full attention.
During my Vice Delegacy, I will…
- Commit to all my previous goals laid out in my first campaign.
- Endeavour to do better regarding the declassification of logs.
- Open up discussion about the WADP Awards and how we can streamline their release.
- Create structure for myself so I stay up to date with the tasks I need to perform.
- Remain a strong presence in the executive and support the Delegate’s agenda whenever they need it.
There are Banners of Appreciation available for those who wish to show public support for my campaign. Send me a DM if you’re interested! Thank you in advance for your support.
For the North!
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