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I would be more than happy to serve as Ridgefield's first delegate (after its refounding). I will make sure to base all of my WA Delegate decisions on the Ridgefield popular vote.
Sorry for not being active earlier, by the way.
You won? Congrats!
[Also, is double posting allowed? It's the reason I've deleted my two previous posts.]
Sounds great! We will definitely have a culture-related position. I will try to have the government structure posted later tonight.
We also need people to help with recruiting, if anyone is interested. Since I am doing all the writing, it is an easy job.
Good question. No rule has been posted on that yet, but I really dislike double posting, and in keeping with Ridgefield's objective as a region of high-quality content, it is going to be prohibited. Now, nobody is going to be ejected from the region for double posting--the worst that will happen is suppression, which hides a post but otherwise has no effect. Nothing to worry about.
(By the way, if anyone here really likes double posting, you should check out our Discord! Posting two, three, or ten consecutive times is perfectly acceptable there. It is also a lot of fun.)
I could recruit but it would have to be manual as personally I'm not one to pay money for a game.
I feel the same way. All AA regions recruit using a mixture of API and manual (that is, when they are recruiting, which is not all the time). Do you have a constant or near-constant connection?
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I don't... I was thinking to do full manual recruitment, even though it might not be the best way it's at least a start.
The government dispatch (known as the Statutory Code) has been updated with RMB rules/guidelines and the official hierarchy. Pretty much everything is still subject to change, but you can get a good idea of the final product by looking at it.
| AUGUSTIN ALLIANCE | GOVERNMENT | HISTORY | INFORMATION CENTER | MAP | REFERENCE | STATISTICS |
This section contains the rules regarding the Statutory Code document itself.
1. Authority.
a) The statutes in this document are the final authority with regard to the actions and decisions of all the region's residents and government officials.
b) They are to be created by the Executives, enforced by the Council, and interpreted by the Courts.
c) They are not to be superseded by any other document or proclamation short of a Founder decree.
2. Amendments.
a) Any resident may propose an amendment to any section of this document at any time.
b) Any proposed amendment must be sent to the Judge, who will review the text for legality.
c) Should the amendment be ruled illegal, it may be revised and re-submitted at any time, unless the Judge makes a Statement of Approval or Statement of No Merit.
d) The former Statement must be made publicly. Upon approval, an amendment proceeds to a region-wide referendum, to be held onsite.
e) The latter Statement may be made privately at the Judge's discretion, and prohibits the resident in question from re-submitting the same amendment.
f) Should the amendment pass the referendum with a majority vote in favor, it shall be added to the Statutory Code by the Founder.
This section contains the regulations concerning regional appearances.
1. Regional image.
a) Residents shall strive to act in a way that presents the region in a positive light, and avoid actions that will tarnish its appearance or reputation before the outside world.
b) Residents shall speak coherently and sensibly, keeping in mind that they represent the region as a whole, especially on foreign properties.
c) Residents shall take care to stay within site rules at all times, and avoid bringing moderator attention upon the region.
2. Consequences.
a) Minor violations may be met with post suppression, post deletion, or private censure, depending on the circumstances and location.
b) Major violations may be met with any of the above, as well as temporary or permanent bans from the region or particular offsite property, public reprimand, or removal from office if applicable, depending the severity of the offense.
c) The responses to violations of 1.a-c) are determined by Court decision.
This section contains a full explanation of Ridgefield's policy requiring WA membership, and instructions for obtaining an exemptioin.
1. Requirement.
a) All residents are required to be members of the World Assembly at all times (see "Exemption" below).
b) A puppet may be used to join the World Assembly, but only that nation may remain in the region.
c) Non-WA nations without an exemption will be issued a reminder within a week of their arrival or resignation.
d) Nations not in compliance one week after the reminder will be ejected, but not banned.
e) There are no rules regarding endorsements of other WA members.
2. Reason.
a) Ridgefield strives to maintain a certain quality of content and community. Puppets, which are frequently anonymous and of low value to their owners, degrade this quality.
b) The only way to prevent a flood of puppets with total surety is to rely on the game's automatic anti-multiing functionality, which prevents players from cheating by entering multiple nations into the WA.
c) A high-quality region full of active, contributing residents is preferable to a much larger region that has been inflated with inactive puppets.
d) Finally, a high concentration of WA nations strengthens our voice in international affairs, and increases our overall regional influence by orders of magnitude.
3. Exemption.
a) Prior to August 14, 2017, there was an exemption offered for members of the Joint Task Force (JTF). With the dissolution of that organization, the exemption is no longer valid. Should the JTF be revived in the future, the exemption will be reinstated.
b) The founder nation is exempt from this policy, but the founder will not be permitted to own puppets within the region.
This section contains our official embassy policy, which is currently subject to change at any time. Foreign ambassadors should read carefully before making an in-game embassy request.
1. Please telegram a request to the Foreign Liaison, or if unavailable, the Founder. The request should include at least one good reason why we should accept your request. All regions collecting embassies will be categorically denied.
2. Embassies do not signify alliances, but good inter-regional relations. We are a neutral region, and an embassy with another region should not be taken as a sign of ideological or gameplay alignment with that region.
3. Keep in mind that nations in embassy regions have RMB posting ability in our region.
This section contains all rules concerning our RMB.
1. Consecutive posts.
a) Do not post more than once in a row. Multiple consecutive posts will be suppressed with no exceptions.
b) Instead, reread your post before submitting, check for typos, and hit Preview to look over your formatting.
c) Deleted posts cannot be suppressed and therefore do not count toward this rule, but it is asked that you avoid posting consecutively and deleting the posts.
2. Objectionable posts.
a) Spam is defined as completely meaningless content, or at least six consecutive posts, including deletions. Three or more consecutive posts with completely meaningless content will be considered aggravated spam.
b) Obscene material is defined as gore, nudity, shock images, or highly R-rated text (sexually explicit or containing excessive profanity).
c) Spamming the RMB will result in a telegram warning and suppression of all offending posts, issued by the Chief of Police. Aggravated spamming will result in summary ejection, by the same.
d) Posting obscene material will result in summary banishment, issued by the Chief of Police.
3. Embassy posts.
a) Nations in regions that have embassies with ours are able to post on our RMB.
b) Frequently, though not always, you will have the same ability to post in those regions. Be thoughtful of other regions when posting on their RMBs, as your posts reflect on our region as a whole.
This section contains details of our government's hierarchy, including all titles and responsibilities.
Executive
Founder
a) Permanently occupied by: Ridgefielders
b) Responsibilities:
i. Acting in the best interests of the region as a whole, at personal discretion.
ii. Along with the Mayor, convening every two months to assess candidates and appoint officials.
iii. Holding veto authority over any proposed legislation or amendment that is deemed inconsistent with the founding vision of the region.
iv. Maintaining official regional dispatches.
c) Authority: Executive
d) Selection: None
Mayor (WA Delegate)
a) Currently occupied by: Helaw
b) Responsibilities:
i. Overseeing other officials and ensuring the smooth operation of the region.
ii. Along with the Founder, convening every two months to assess candidates and appoint officials.
iii. Posting all at-vote WA resolutions on the RMB, with a recommended vote or abstention, and the underlying rationale.
iv. Gathering as many endorsements as possible to strengthen the region's voice.
v. Appointing and dismissing Regional Officers.
c) Authority: Executive
d) Selection: Elected through endorsement system
Council
Speaker of the Council
a) Currently occupied by: [none]
b) Responsibilities:
i. Composing and distributing region-wide announcements and keeping the WFE up to date.
ii. Coordinating legislation proposals and government/citizen relations.
c) Authority: Appearance, Communications
d) Selection: Chosen based on evaluation from Founder and Mayor
Cultural Curator
a) Currently occupied by: [none]
b) Responsibilities:
i. Organizing and promoting games, events, and contests for the region.
ii. Thinking of original, interesting questions for the region, and posting them as polls on a regular basis.
c) Authority: Communications, Polls
d) Selection: Chosen based on evaluation from Founder and Mayor
Foreign Liaison
a) Currently occupied by: [none]
b) Responsibilities:
i. Enforcing the region's embassy policy by rejecting requests from regions that are collecting embassies or fail to provide an adequate reason for the request.
ii. Reaching out to other regions to establish relations by constructing onsite and offsite embassies and deploying ambassadors.
c) Authority: Embassies
d) Selection: Chosen based on evaluation from Founder and Mayor
Chief of Police
a) Currently occupied by: [none]
b) Responsibilities:
i. Enforcing the region's RMB and WA policies by sending warnings and suppressing posts.
ii. Removing residents who are actively posting aggravated spam or obscene material.
c) Authority: Communications, Border Control
d) Selection: Chosen based on evaluation from Founder and Mayor
Courts
Judge
a) Currently occupied by: [none]
b) Responsibilities:
i. Overseeing and making the final decision in court cases.
ii. Interpreting the laws of the region.
iii. Selecting and notifying the jury members for each case, and receiving their votes.
c) Authority: N/A
d) Selection: Chosen based on evaluation from Founder and Mayor
Jury
a) Occupied by: Five residents
b) Responsibilities:
i. Attending court cases when selected.
ii. Using best judgment to vote on trial outcomes.
iii. Pledging impartiality, or if unable, willingly stepping aside.
c) Authority: N/A
d) Selection: Random number generator, cycled with every court case
This section contains details concerning our official selection process.
Executive
Founder
a) The Founder is permanent and unchangeable.
Mayor (WA Delegate)
a) The Mayoral Office is tied to the position of WA Delegate.
i. Twice a day, the region updates, and the endorsements of all nations are tallied. The nation with the most endorsements at this point automatically becomes the Mayor.
ii. Under no circumstances shall any resident or residents be removed from the region as a result of surpassing the standing Mayor in endorsements.
iii. Under no circumstances shall any resident or residents be ordered to endorse the Mayor or a candidate for Mayor.
b) Residents are not prevented from seeking the office of Mayor.
i. There are no term limits for the office of Mayor. They may hold office for as long, and for as many separate periods, as residents collectively decide.
ii. Campaigns for the office of Mayor are permitted at any time by any resident. RMB posts, telegrams of any sort, and Discord posts are valid methods of campaigning.
Council
Councilors
a) The Speaker of the Council, Cultural Curator, Foreign Liaison, and Chief of Police are appointed by the Founder and the Mayor.
i. Any resident interested in running for one or more of these positions must create a campaign, which may be initiated at any time.
ii. Standing councilors interested in re-running are also required to create a campaign for reappointment.
iii. Residents may be appointed to an unlimited number of consecutive terms.
b) The Founder and the Mayor shall convene in the first week of odd months to consider all campaigns presented since the last round of appointments.
i. Should the two deciding officials disagree on the appropriate candidate for a position by the fifth day, the Judge shall be required to submit a tiebreaker vote.
ii. The discussion between the Founder and Mayor shall be kept private, and if the Judge's involvement is required, their considerations shall be separate. In this case, the Judge's vote shall be sent to both deciding officials simultaneously.
iii. At the conclusion of the one-week decision period, the Mayor shall appoint all new officials as Regional Officers with the appropriate titles and authority.
Courts
Judge
a) The Judge is selected in the same manner as the Councilors.
b) Should a court case involve the Judge, a temporary replacement will be appointed by the Founder.
Jury
a) The Jury is selected by the Judge at the beginning of each court case.
i. Using the random number generator at 
Random.org, the Judge sets the upper bound to the region's population at the time, then generates five integers.
ii. These integers are matched by rank to the nation names of five residents, sorted in alphabetical order. As puppets are prohibited within the region, all jurors should be individual residents.
iii. Should a court case involve a selected juror, the Judge will select a replacement juror using the ordinary method.
Created by August. Do not reproduce, in whole or in part, without explicit permission.
Kentalia and Nottister
Just had a look, cultural curator might be more my thing. But I think the central roles might be better filled first.
Interesting. So every two months one can stand and the mayor and Founder convene on a decision?
There is no clause specifying what happens if the Founder and Mayor disagree. Would there be a popular vote to sort it out or another solution?
Btw will we have any offsite forums or will we remain in-site?
We most likely won't have an offsite forum, since most communication is done through the Augustin Alliance TS.
Makes sense.
Weren't you running for that issue contest as well?
Yeah, I did, there's apparently still some slots open, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Hey, everyone! I just spent all weekend out of state with friends, with little to no time for NS. Definitely good to take breaks, but I am back.
As many of you probably noticed, we have a mostly-complete document outlining our government and rules. There are several positions open at present, and they need to be filled. This will happen when the region's population reaches 20 nations and we have a WA delegate. Please contact me about recruiting to speed this process up.
I can always help in manual recruiting. Do you already have a template or not yet?
We don't currently have a template but if you are willing you may be able to make one and forward it to Ridgefileders so he can send it out to everyone. I feel like if we have a template we may be more successful in recruiting
Copied from the LE RMB:
Here is the problem. I do not have time to run multiple regions at once, plus recruiting, considering my intense real-life schedule. I make it online a couple times a week, but when nobody gets anything done in my absence, things fall apart quickly. However, that does not mean I have forgotten about this region. As you may have noticed, I put in a lot of work a couple weeks ago, writing TGs, a new WFE, informational dispatches, and the Government document. That is not going to waste--it is an ongoing effort.
That region is in a situation similar to this one, so the above applies here too. Yes, things go a little quiet whenever I am not around to drive activity. These things take time and patience.
Things are a bit quiet here now, how is everyone here doing?
Wow, a week since the last post? Time does fly. For anyone looking on, here is a quick update. The construction phase is nearing completion, and the opening of the region is close at hand. A section containing rules for residents, as well as a legislative process, will be added to the Statutory Code before long. Please keep in mind that this region, while related, is very different from regions like Conch Kingdom and Cape of Good Hope. Consequently, its launch cannot be conducted in the same manner.
The Statutory Code is now complete. Recruitment will begin... well, when I have time.
The Ridgefield map is now open!
Instructions on how to make a claim can be found within the dispatch.
Most here will not be acquainted with how I approach WA Proposals as Delegate. To explain, I post my voting recommendation on all at-vote proposals here on the RMB. This is to give people an objective perspective on the fundamental workings of a proposal. So, without further ado:
Proposal: Internet Neutrality Act
I urge a vote AGAINST, for the following reasons:
• The definition of 'Internet' is, much like the last proposal on this topic, too broad. In its current state, it could apply to things such as USB devices being plugged into computers.
• The definition of 'Bandwidth Throttling' fails to specify exactly what kind of connection it is dealing with. Emotional connections? Connect-the-dots?
• 'Lawful content' is presented as a 'get-out-of-complying-to-this-proposal-free' card. A WA nation can simply declare a certain piece of content illegal, then block it.
• This proposal allows no leeway in terms of blockage. Schools would not be able to block inappropriate content.
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