The North PacificBoard

I am Skaraborg and might not be the most familiar face you’ve seen here in The North Pacific. I usually hang around the rmb, I’d say that is my natural habitat, and served as Gameside Advocate for two terms now. I also served last term as a deputy speaker. Last election I ran for speaker and lost to East Isles. My campaign was woeful and something I just want to forget as I do not stand behind a lot of what I said and especially answered when I replied to your questions. I am very thankful for East isles giving me the opportunity to work as a deputy since I believe I have gained a lot of experience during the previous term. Something I lacked when I ran last term. The last term’s deputy speakers were a really good group of nations that worked well and helped each other when help was needed. Main issue of the term was an issue we had with rmb and forum checks always showing up as indeterminate however the issue was resolved and the deputies were informed that they inserted links the wrong way into the spreadsheet. I wouldn’t however blame the deputies on this but rather miscommunication because this problem must have existed before our term since I was taught to insert checks the wrong way at the start of the term. That has been changed since and the checks work fine now. Otherwise I think it was a solid term. East Isles definitely performed well as a Speaker and I don’t think too much needs changing.

Deputy Speakers and Citizenship

The most important thing next term will probably be that all deputies feel that they are part of the team and that all deputies do checks on the day they’re assigned as often as possible. I think last term became a bit of a one man show with Venicea doing a lot of the work and taking responsibility when someone was unable to do checks. I think it’s great to see nations so passionate about doing their job but I don’t necessarily think it was the best for the team. I would rather see the workforce more evenly distributed during my term as Speaker.

Activity will also be important. If deputies are not active or do not do their job properly enough I will replace them with new nations that are willing to become deputies. Of course someone might have irl issues (or away on holidays etc.) and not be able to stay active during a time period. As long as I am informed that shouldn’t be a way to get removed. However if a nation doesn't do checks 2-3 weeks in a row without communicating I’ll probably try to find a replacement. I’ll always contact the nation before to try and find a solution and find out why they haven’t been doing checks. I think it’s important to have a dialogue with my deputies and not just suddenly replace someone but so that no day falls behind, I want my deputies to be active. I do not hope we come to the point of removing a deputy, I seek to sign 6-7 deputies that I believe will be active, but I think it’s important that there also are requirements that you must try and stay active without putting too much pressure on the deputies.

It will also be important to teach the deputies how to manage the citizen registry. I am interested in recording a tutorial so that miscommunications don’t happen because the deputies can always go back and watch the tutorial, or ask me questions of course, if they feel unsure. That will hopefully prevent future issues with the sheet. Otherwise I don’t see any problems with how we handle citizenship and don’t think any improvements are necessarily needed.

Regional Assembly

I really believe that Venicea would have done a great job as Speaker as I agreed with a lot of ideas they brought up. That’s mainly the reason I didn’t run for Speaker until now. I particularly agreed with the idea of the Speaker review poll. I believe they are important feedback for the Speaker and Deputy Speakers. I would also like to see the creation of a bulletin board (maybe will change the name) for the Regional Assembly where the Speaker can post messages listing what is currently at debate and at vote. It’ll be a way to give everyone access to an oversight of what is currently going on in the Regional Assembly and what has been at vote/debate.

Last time I ran for Speaker I mentioned one thing particularly:

1. Make the speaker’s role more familiar to the people on the rmb.

I think the gameside nations who aren’t in discord are quite separated. I believe that the Speaker and the deputies should get involved more on the rmb, introduce nations to the job Speaker and introduce people to the Regional Assembly and how it operates and. I believe a good amount of people, especially on the rmb, have bad knowledge of the speaker’s role, the Regional Assembly and who the speaker and deputies are. A way to test that is of course with the Speaker’s performance review and I would also like to send out telegrams to all our citizens when there is legislative voting going on in the Regional Assembly to get more people involved in the legislative body of the government. I am also keen to send out telegrams through Home Affairs to introduce new nations to the Regional Assembly.

Conclusion

I do believe that I am the best candidate for Speaker because during my term as deputy I’ve gained a lot of experience with handling citizenship checks, I am very familiar with the laws of TNP, I can promise activity and I will be able to just start immediately from where last term ended whilst the other candidates might need time to adapt to their role as Speaker and become familiar with how the role as Speaker works and how to manage the resident/citizenship sheet. I appreciate you reading my campaign and I’m willing to answer any questions you may have. Ask them here or on the rmb! Have a lovely day!

Your favourite hamster,

The Democratic Kingdom Of Skaraborg