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1.. First of all, instead of asking “How”, for once I’m asking “Why”. Specifically, why are you running? Why now? Why explicitly choose not to run for a second presidential term and then come back for a second term instead with another in between you? Doesn’t it mean that all your momentum from the previous term is gone? Does it mean that we will get a performance from you as a President that is less than what it could have been? Why?

2.. You mention “long term success and prosperity”. Building off of that, what is your vision for FNR when you leave office, and how will your policies/promises help manifest this vision?

3.. You mention legislative standardizations. I also remember that you focused on legislation in the first election I bullied you in. Why so much focus on legislation as an elected executive leader? Couldn’t you do all that as a private citizen, whether or not you were elected to office? What does it have to do with your candidacy?

4.. You say that things often seem scattered or out of date. Do you think this is an oversight by the last President? What do you find wrong with how they handled it?

5.. “Posts about job opportunities are often random and easily missed.”

What do you mean by random?

6.. Regarding jobs and opportunities, you mentioned a biweekly telegram. What kind of telegrams would your administration send apart from these? How frequent will regional tgs be in general? Why? Do you think we should try to send more or less?

7.. What makes you think that this system for dispatches will actually work, since so many have failed?

8.. Regarding the WA program, why pursue the Presidency for this, as opposed to the Delegacy?

9.. Idk about the whole mandating the Delegate to author resolutions. This is not something that should be strictly regulated by government in my opinion (overbearing and could suck the fun out of it if it’s mandatory), and apart from that I think it’s an unrealistic standard. Few people author resolutions. Making it a job description doesn’t sit right with me. Something I proposed in TEP, however, is a system for the WA Ministry (here it would be the Delegate and Vice Delegate) to offer assistance and act as a crutch for any citizen who wants to write resolutions but is unsure of what to do or looking for help.

10.. How would regionally authored resolutions work? How do we stop it from being an administrative nightmare? How do we do the whole co-author business? Who gets the shiny badge?

11.. What’s wrong with our current endotart program? Is our tech guy open to such an overhaul?

12.. You lay out a pretty clear FA plan. What does this mean for the Minister? What sort of freedom will you give them to adapt this or do their own thing?

13.. You have a significant list of “qualifications”. To me, titles and length of time holding those titles are just words and numbers. What have you learned from these positions? What have you done in these positions? How will you ensure how some of them do not interfere with the time and effort you devote to the Presidency?

14.. What will your administration look like? What Ministries will you have? What appointed positions will you have?

15.. Your first campaign talked a helluva lot about transparency. How will you ensure transparency as our President once again?

1.. I'm quite delighted you're asking "Why" instead of "How." Explaining the how should be the focal point of my campaign, which distinguishes it from my opponent -- its' substance. Honestly, I did not run for a second term for the same reason that the last few presidents have only been there for one term. It's a significant time investment and I accomplished the majority of my proposed ideas. It was quite a revitalizing time then. Most certainly do I stand by the fact that my term has carried on to other administrations and therefore my momentum is persistent. This is why I put such a major focus on setting traditions in stone via legislation. For example, the monthly transparency report, an up-to-date agenda, a regional calendar, on-time monthly updates of good quality, et cetera. You get the point. These are things I have legislated and continue even in My Nation's current administration. At the release of each monthly transparency report, I feel satisfied and proud knowing I have impacted the whole region positively in the long-term. I am prepared and am ready to be a public servant again. At the time, I can provide the surety of enough IRL time to deliver results.

2.. As with my previous term and my judicial background, I encompass the "long term success and prosperity" by setting new traditions in stone via legislation as mentioned earlier. Within my campaign specifically, the majority of my goals for the Jobs & Opportunities Program, Dispatches, and the WA Program can be legislated. I want my goals to continue and be enforced in the future generations of FNR. If there is a strong desire or indication that it is no longer as effective, it can be repealed. But, at least we had some kind of guarantee. Simply, I wish to set quality and standards.

3.. I have partially answered your question in the last few answers. BUT, you are absolutely right and I do legislate as a private citizen. Not too long ago I submitted three major pieces of legislation. They are as follows:
Legislative Standardization Act:

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Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016

Bill Details



Full Name: Legislative Standardization Act
Abbreviation: RL-###


Date: 31/01/2021
Brief Purpose: Standardizes the proceedings of the speaker and ensures a uniform law archive.

LSA., Legislative Standardization Act



Preamble:

ACKNOWLEDGING: the lack of any important standardization.

UNDERSTANDING: that there is no uniform formatting in the law archive, which resembles unprofessionalism.

This piece of legislation hereby amends/establishes/ratifies the following:

Section I: Constitutional Repeal

  1. Hereby repeals and removes Article VI - The Judicial Branch, Clause 10, of the Constitution.

Section II: Ownership

  1. There shall at all times be a NationStates nation designated as the official nation of the region.

  2. Additional puppets may be created to represent the FNR in an official capacity or to conduct other specific administrative duties.

  3. The Speaker of the Assembly (speaker) shall be given permissions or a method to amend and edit the entire law archive of FNR on all applicable mediums.

Section III: Archives

  1. The Speaker shall be responsible for ensuring an up-to-date law archive, with a maximum of 48 hours to implement changes.

  2. A law archive must be established in an official nation of the region.

    1. Within the archive, two separate tables shall be enforced for repealed and failed legislation and another for active legislation.

    2. The law archive must include:

      1. Legislation currently in debate or voting stages.

      2. The current status of a piece of legislation (i.e. repealed, amended, failed, passed.)

      3. The author of the legislation.

      4. The date passed or failed.

      5. If applicable, the date amended and/or repealed.

  3. An additional law archive must be established on an offsite platform belonging to the region.

  4. On a biannual basis, the speaker shall be responsible for backing up all law archives in raw format into a plain text document.

Section IV: Formatting

  1. The Speaker shall ensure that all legislation looks uniform.

  2. If text within legislation is repealed, it shall be changed to the following format: Repealed Text

    [color=red][strike][/strike][/color]
  3. If text within legislation is amended, it shall be changed to the following format: New text. Old text.

    [color=green][/color] [strike][/strike]
  4. Legislation titles shall hereby be enforced in the following manner:

    1. Must be formatted in the Dispatch title as "FNR | Legislation: Name".

      1. If repealed, the Dispatch title shall be displayed as "FNR | Repealed Legislation: Name.

      2. If failed, the Dispatch title shall be displayed as "FNR | Failed Legislation: Name

    2. May not be a duplicate or very similar title to another legislation as per the Speakers discretion.

Section V: Implementation

  1. Upon introduction of this legislation, the Speaker shall have a maximum of 14 days (336 hours) to implement all aforementioned changes.

Proposed & Signed,
Heaveria
Minister of Foreign Affairs &
Founder

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Legislative Cleanup Act of 2021:

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Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016

Bill Details



Full Name: Legislative Standardization Act
Abbreviation: RL-###


Date: 31/01/2021
Brief Purpose: Standardizes the proceedings of the speaker and ensures a uniform law archive.

LSA., Legislative Standardization Act



Preamble:

ACKNOWLEDGING: the lack of any important standardization.

UNDERSTANDING: that there is no uniform formatting in the law archive, which resembles unprofessionalism.

This piece of legislation hereby amends/establishes/ratifies the following:

Section I: Constitutional Repeal

  1. Hereby repeals and removes Article VI - The Judicial Branch, Clause 10, of the Constitution.

Section II: Ownership

  1. There shall at all times be a NationStates nation designated as the official nation of the region.

  2. Additional puppets may be created to represent the FNR in an official capacity or to conduct other specific administrative duties.

  3. The Speaker of the Assembly (speaker) shall be given permissions or a method to amend and edit the entire law archive of FNR on all applicable mediums.

Section III: Archives

  1. The Speaker shall be responsible for ensuring an up-to-date law archive, with a maximum of 48 hours to implement changes.

  2. A law archive must be established in an official nation of the region.

    1. Within the archive, two separate tables shall be enforced for repealed and failed legislation and another for active legislation.

    2. The law archive must include:

      1. Legislation currently in debate or voting stages.

      2. The current status of a piece of legislation (i.e. repealed, amended, failed, passed.)

      3. The author of the legislation.

      4. The date passed or failed.

      5. If applicable, the date amended and/or repealed.

  3. An additional law archive must be established on an offsite platform belonging to the region.

  4. On a biannual basis, the speaker shall be responsible for backing up all law archives in raw format into a plain text document.

Section IV: Formatting

  1. The Speaker shall ensure that all legislation looks uniform.

  2. If text within legislation is repealed, it shall be changed to the following format: Repealed Text

    [color=red][strike][/strike][/color]
  3. If text within legislation is amended, it shall be changed to the following format: New text. Old text.

    [color=green][/color] [strike][/strike]
  4. Legislation titles shall hereby be enforced in the following manner:

    1. Must be formatted in the Dispatch title as "FNR | Legislation: Name".

      1. If repealed, the Dispatch title shall be displayed as "FNR | Repealed Legislation: Name.

      2. If failed, the Dispatch title shall be displayed as "FNR | Failed Legislation: Name

    2. May not be a duplicate or very similar title to another legislation as per the Speakers discretion.

Section V: Implementation

  1. Upon introduction of this legislation, the Speaker shall have a maximum of 14 days (336 hours) to implement all aforementioned changes.

Proposed & Signed,
Heaveria
Minister of Foreign Affairs &
Founder

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Government Employment Act:

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Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016

Bill Details



Full Name: Government Employment Act
Abbreviation: RL-###


Date: 31/01/2021
Brief Purpose: To repeal and replace he Workers Act of 2019 for more readibility and void it of its unsused and unnecessary clause.

GEA., Government Employment Act



Preamble:

ACKNOWLEDGING: that the FNR Workers Act of 2019 at this time is not written within the legislative quality that has been naturally set and therefore its readability was reduced.

UNDERSTANDING: that a multitude of clauses within the Workers Act of 2019 is no longer in use and has not been enforced by the Supreme Court.

This piece of legislation hereby amends/establishes/ratifies the following:

Section I: Repeal

  1. Hereby repeals the FNR Workers Act of 2019 in its entirety.
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Section II: President

  1. The President hereby reserves the right to:

    1. Hire non-ministerial staff at their own discretion.

    2. Remove their own staff at their own discretion.

Section III: Ministries

  1. Each established ministry during a presidential term hereby reserves the right to:

    1. Hire staff members at their own discretion in accordance with The Free Nations Region Apprenticeship Program Act (RL-017).

    2. Remove staff members if a unanimous agreement can be reached between the respective Minister, the WA delegate, and the President.

  2. Each ministry is hereby encouraged to design an awards system for their respective staff.

Section IV: Apprentinceship Amendment

  1. Hereby amends Section II: Registration, Clause i., Sub-Section a. to state:
    "They must be a resident of The Free Nations Region."

  2. Hereby amends Section II: Registration, Clause i., Sub-Section d. to state:
    "They shall visit the appropriate regional Discord channel to recieve a masking for their ministry of interest."

Section V: Judicial

  1. Justices of the Supreme Court as a collective hereby reserves the right to:

    1. Hire court staff at their own discretion.

    2. Remove their own court staff at their own discretion.

  2. Court staff are not allowed to replace the duties of a Justice in a court case or trial.

  3. Court staff may aid in duties regarding law enforcement, archiving, and various court programs.

Proposed & Signed,
Heaveria
Minister of Foreign Affairs &
Founder

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One of them even includes the word "Standardization" in the title. Therefore, I can prove my interest in the betterment of the region and that I stand by my campaign statement that I consistently repeat. Though, as a President, I am able to lead and achieve my proposed ideas with much more momentum and be able to more efficiently jumpstart traditions. In addition, this opens up the whole team for collaboration (Cabinet and various staff.)

4.. I do not believe this deserves to be blamed on Sparsdan. It's simply an FNR way of doing things. Nonetheless, this can be a turning point for a greater initiative. I find it wrong how opportunities are posted all over the place and rarely re-posted. I find it wrong how we have many unused dispatches. I find it wrong that we have outdated materials on- & offsite. I clearly outline in my campaign the exact steps I wish to take to tackle this. No broad promise.

5.. Random as in (1) a minister must take their own self-initiative, (2) re-posts are rare and therefore the opportunities are often missed, (3) there is no centralized register. Aside from this, the random job listings tend to lack detail. Again, I outline the steps to tackle this in my campaign.

6.. At the current moment, we tend to have about two telegrams per month. Usually, ones mandated by law (i.e. transparency report.) I'm still very open to any modification of the timeframe between telegrams. Perhaps three weeks would be more fitting. Either way, I do firmly believe we should send them at a specific interval. It's a common NationStates complaint that players don't understand what they can do and how to achieve that goal.

7.. I would disagree on "so many" in FNR. Lately, more updating has occurred. In addition to that, I'd like to specifically focus on merging data. Removing the excess and create a easy-to-follow pagination.

8.. My campaign encompasses much more. But a WA program and its associated numbers are a big factor in regional stats. In addition, this opens up and broadens more opportunities for my citizens. In this election, there are also more WA opponents with substance. In addition, I am not particularly passionate about the resolutions aspect of the World Assembly which does not incentivize me to run for the office. Nonetheless, I understand its importance and opportunities.

9.. I'm looking to be quite lenient on this and see it as a method of stimulating activity. Lenience in the terms of not needing to pass. Following the steps from drafting to posting and receiving feedback from the NSGP, to submission. In fact, I think it is essential a delegate has attempted this process before they can help others. So, in addition, it also adds to a delegate's qualifications.

10.. The terms and conditions of who receives credit must be laid out in advance -- I am assuming this would be the WA delegate in the majority of circumstances as it is lead by him. Others are to be credited as is required by site rules on plagiarism and our own morals. This should be seen as something new and unique, a teaching experience, and a fun regional activity with a potential real impact on the entirety of NationStates.

11.. I outlined what is missing and what will change. My experience in other regions has shown me and inspired me to what more can be done. Of course, we need to put in the hard work. In addition to Drehtisch, I am also able to help code this. I have coded the verification system we use in Discord's #immigration channel. While I am far from being as experienced as Tigerania, I can be a big help to this particular development.

12.. I'm lenient in their freedoms. I would just like constant communication and a review of major developments (e.g. each foreign update). I will be clear in outlining the administration's agenda and finding a compromise with their goals.

13.. They are just words and numbers. But it is these words and numbers that have inspired me and shown me very different perspectives. I have the perspective of different regional activities and the quality they should entail. I have the perspective of legislative standardization. I have actively participated in the perspective of a developed endotarting program. This allows me to more accurately assess ourselves and translate hardwork from the good experiences I have seen and participated in.

14.. I do not plan on any major changes to the makeup of positions. I intend to keep the ministries (in fact expand on their workload,) have an undefined number of advisors, and consider transitioning the regional newspaper to a ministerial position as it is a big duty.

15.. I truly believe I accomplished the majority of my transparency goals and as aforementioned standardized those traditions via legislation. I will uphold the same quality expected of me in my last term with the traditions set. With a lot of progress on that front, it is now time to progress onto more relevant topics that aren't multiple administrations old.

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My campaign:

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President 2021: Choose Heaveria!




It’s this April 2021 that I announce my bid to become your president for a second term and to build upon the progress of my last term. Much of the revitalization continues until today. Though, I am certain that more can be done and we can be more than stagnant. I am also certain we can set ourselves up for long-term success and prosperity. It is fundamental that we put a focal point on our new members. Through legislative standardization and new traditions, we can ensure that my administration's unique policies centralize and ease the access to opportunities, will continue for multiple generations. We will put an effort into the future blood of FNR.

In addition to the focal point of new members, we need a push out of stagnation and have an increase in our workload. Our World Assembly program has seen few new ideas or implementations of those ideas. Tyulenistan and I have a clear idea of where the WA can head, that we will outline. We also believe that the workload of our ministers is light and can seem slow at times. Unique policies will be implemented to ensure activity whilst assigning more duties in certain ministries.

Thank you for your support in the last term and during my term as Minister of Foreign Affairs. I sincerely hope that our concrete plans and ideas will be a major factor in your continued support.

Centralization & Ease-of-Access
Why? At the moment, things often seem scattered or out-of-date.

Jobs & Oppertunities
Posts about job opportunities are often random and easily missed. We need to simplify the process of showing new people opportunities and how to act upon them. For that, we need to centralize our job listings. That entails:

1. Consistently updated dispatch for job opportunities.
i. With accurate descriptions and a clear path on how to obtain the job.
ii. To include a centralized area for the Apprenticeship Program.

2. Merge apprenticeship information into the Jobs & Opportunities Dispatch

3. Dedicated spot in Discord with all listings.

4. Biweekly prepared telegrams outlining potential opportunities.

Dispatches
For many many administrations, we have promised to simplify and get all dispatches up-to-date. While progress has been made, we must strategically tackle this issue so we can achieve satisfying results.
1. Most importantly, create a schedule with set deadlines. The schedule will span the administration, but depending on staffing could be largely accelerated.

2. Establish a centralized method for requesting dispatch updates. The initial idea is a Google Form, where anyone (especially ministers) can request their changes to dispatches. This keeps a clear queue and logs that allows focused work and oversight by the President.

WA Program
Our WA program has been stagnant for far too long. There are various routes of inspiration to put on our future WA delegate. Unfortunately, our WA program operates on the bare minimum of voting, when there is so much more that can be done.

1. A centralized archive of our decisions in a dispatch with a reason. A prime concept in many well-developed regions.

2. Posting our decisions to vote on WA resolutions on the NSGP forum. This will additionally raise our order in the list of regions and have us stand out more often causing a bump in foreign affairs.

3. Introduce legislation that would mandate the WA delegate at minimum attempt to author WA resolutions.

4. Region-Wide authored resolutions! Not only would bright minds collaborate together and overcome creative roadblocks, but this would be a fun innovative event in which the region collaboratively authors a resolution. This could show to be a door to sparking interest.

5. Majorly enhanced endotarting program. Endotarting is the act of endorsing many nations at once. This would be a two-part program. (1) Through the help of custom code and our bot developer, we could make it easier to receive the list of endorsable nations and receive a direct link to said nation. (2) Through more custom code, we can set up a system in which the WA delegate and his staff are able to filter out new nations that have joined our region. Through this, nations who do not yet endorse the WA can be targeted with telegrams. Not only does a raise in WA numbers positively reflect on the region, but it can a factor in keeping people interested on-site leading to more members.

Foreign Affairs
In order to grow and be successful, it is imperative that the FNR constantly assesses our relationships with other regions in order to focus on those regions that are eager to demonstrate bilateral cooperation. While the FNR has made strides when it comes to our relationship with other regions there are actions that can be taken to strengthen higher-value relationships.

1. Prioritize reciprocal relationships. shutting down embassies, which offer little strategic value to the FNR and that are invaluable partners who cause time-consuming upkeep, can help the region strengthen ties with more beneficial relationships.

2. Appointing ambassadors. In an effort to build a broader coalition of representatives for the region it is imperative that all ambassador positions are filled with knowledgeable and enthusiastic people. The Job & Opportunities Program will help fill positions as needed.

3. Interregional communication and relationship building. By ensuring that monthly updates are posted and that the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture work in conjunction to host relationship-building possibilities that bilaterally help both us and our allies.

Unique Policies
If we are to be a Catalyst for Progress, we must stand out and make bold policy decisions:

1. 8-Day Vote-of-no-Confidence Policy. If a member of government is inactive for 8 days, an automatic Vote-of-no-Confidence shall be submitted to the speaker. As is standard procedure, the people will be able to vote on this. We will remain very empathetic and understanding to those who need to take a Leave of Absence and there will therefore be an exception. Though, we must remain consequent to those who aren’t part of the regions continuing progress.


Qualifications
Some of my other notable positions in my NS include, but are not limited to:

  • Former President - FNR (The Free Nations Region)

  • New Founder - FNR (Current)

  • Co-Founder & Vice-Archmaster - Kaer Solas (Current)

  • Magister - The East Pacific (Current)

  • Chief Justice - FNR

  • Moderator in various servers (including FNR and Consortium)

  • Minister of Census - UDS (The Union of Democratic States) (Retired)

  • Associate Justice - UDS (Retired)

  • Chief Justice - UDS (Retired)

  • TSP Citizen

  • TEP Citizen

  • SPSF Member

  • Haut Conseil Member - The Consortium


Let's take the success of the last term and continue on with progress!


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