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The Consulate of Equinox

June 2nd, 2015 | Issue #1
Current Regional Population: 419 | Current Delegate Endorsements: 117
Forum Posts: 235,538 | Forum Members: 896

Chancellor: Asylum
Founder: Falconias
Secretary of Engagement: approximate psychosis
Secretary of Equinomics: yumyum36
Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce

Speaker of the Senate: Hospitlar
Guild Senators:
Industrialists Senator| Captian Mordor | RGarrettGamer | Lords Senator | Scooby Gang Senator

World Assembly Delegate: Asylum
QUICK NEWS:
- The New Constitution was ratified on May 30th, 2015
- The first election under the Guild Electoral College was a success, with candidate Asylum/Island Union winning the Chancellor election with a 3-0 vote, and Equinox Hall of Fame candidate Hospitlar defeating new comer RGarrettGamer for the Speaker of the Senate with a 2-1 vote.
- RGarrettGamer went on to be named The Mafia's appointed Senator, while Captain Mordor was named the Guild of Doom's Senator. Senators for Scooby Gang, The Lords Guild and Industrialists are still waiting to be announced.
- Chancellor Asylum's selections for Secretary of Engagement, Equinomics and Lifestyle were all approved with a 2-0 vote from active Senators.
- Secy of Lifestyle Ceapoyce begins a Role Play section of the forum and takes notes and suggestions from Residents who are interested in playing.
- Secy of Equinomics yumyum36 beings to engage with those residents who are interested in what the regional forum economy can do and provide for them.
- The Mafia's raiding military wing begins construction, expect The Cronies to hit a region near you soon!
- Sr. Admin Asylum begins to unveil new forum images, starting off with the new guild images.
- The Foreign Index is expanded and organized, now accepting applicants to visit foreign regions and make new friends around the world!

Current Guild Membership Levels:
Guild of Doom: 11
The Mafia: 9
Scooby Gang: 3
Lords & Industrialists: 2

Thanks for the update! I like the simple format, and really like the banner...simple and quick, but stylish.

Thanks for the update! I like the simple format, and really like the banner...simple and quick, but stylish.

lol, thats the point I got tired of writing one LONG update each month. This way we can do an update twice or three times a month in a simple yet informative format

Trying to get people even to submit a single article for a foreign dispatch is a pain. You should see our latest Orendi planning topic...very low on submissions.

June 23rd, 2015 | Issue #2
Current Regional Population: 434 (+15) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 108 (-8)
Forum Posts: 238,524 (+2,986) | Forum Members: 913 (+17)

Chancellor: Asylum
Founder: Falconias
Secretary of Engagement: approximate psychosis
Secretary of Equinomics: yumyum36
Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce

Speaker of the Senate: To Be Elected
Guild Senators:
The Aurors Senator | The Equinox Avengers Senator | Supreme Leader| Captian Mordor | RGarrettGamer | Scooby Gang Senator | Suicide Squad Senator

World Assembly Delegate: Asylum
QUICK NEWS:

--Chancellor Asylum raised the guild requirements to have 3 Active Members, putting The Lords Guild & Industrialists on official warning of closure. At the last second, the Industrialist's leader; Supreme Leader returned and approved a pending member saving it from closure. Sadly, the historical Lords Guild was closed.

--Using recently returned Falconias' idea, Chancellor Asylum introduced a Probationary Period for new Guilds. Any guild can be created with just 1 member, and they must have 3 members by the end of a 14 day period. As such 3 new guilds were created. The Aurors, based off the Harry Potter universe. The Equinox Avengers, based off the Marvel characters. And lastly the Suicide Squad, based off the DC Comics characters. Each guild has until June 30th to gain the needed requirement of members.

--Historically speaking Equinox has not been one to Role Play, however under the guidance of Secretary of Lifestyle Ceapoyce, Role Play is slowly becoming a common activity in Equinox. Currently a war wages over an assassination, and a text adventure has kept popular, as well as the month of June's themed role play of Steampunk!

--Contests have been a mainstay as well. A Photo Caption contest was held and the winner received Steam's Weekly Bundle, and a nice chunk of Equins (Equinomics currency), as well as residents could participate in an Emoticontest for new emoticons on the boards!

--The Senate had a bit of activity has The Mafia's appointed Senator, RGarrettGamer lead the charge with 3 separate proposals about Amending the Electoral Guild College periods, to the Impeachment process. Chancellor Asylum also proposed the Arnhlem Treaty for the Senate's consideration. All proposals were met with a general approval of the Senate and were awaiting processing by the Speaker to be voted upon.

--Speaker of the Senate Hospitlar was forced to resign his position, to focus on his Guild of Doom, which brought about an emergency holding of the Guild Electoral College. With the polls opening on June 24th and closing on June 26th the new Speaker will be tasked with calling for votes on 4 different proposals.

--The Admin Team recently re-hauled the forum making it smaller and easier to navigate by eliminating unnecessary sub-forums and re-sizing of the forum banners to a smaller size in hopes of making it easier to find things and more new-member friendly. Also going smaller? The amount of account colors. Account colors are now only subjected to those who join guilds. Up until recently Residents, Admins, Moderators and foreign Ambassadors a special color to make them easier to identify.

--Chancellor Asylum and his cabinet are in the process of making a series of dispatches on NationStates to help educate and get nations more familiar with participating in Equinox. The general hope is that these will be completed by the end of the month.

--The Cabinet recently polled the region asking nations what they are looking for specifically on the Equinox forums, a large chunk of those voters are looking for more Online Gaming, Role Plays, and Activities to do.

--The Mafia recently created raiding military wing, named The Cronies, have been recently seen in founderless regions as Consigliere Talidania (known as Carnation in Equinox) lead them into battle with help from DEN and others.

--The Official Government and Staffing Records are now published, displaying any government or staff member since March of 2015.

The Guilds of Equinox, A Quick Power Ranking & Information:

1. The Mafia, 13 Members, Leader: Asylum/Island Union
2. Guild of Doom, 9 Members, Leader: Hospitlar
3. Industrialists, 3 Members, Leader: Supreme Leader
4. Suicide Squad: 2 Members, Leader: Falconias
5. Scooby Gang: 3 Members, Leader: Wopruthien
6 (TIE). The Equinox Avengers, 1 Member, Leader: Geekyfox
6 (TIE). The Aurors, 1 Member, Leader: Lord Khan

July 23rd, 2015 | Issue #3
Current Regional Population: 332 (-102) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 58 (-50)
Forum Posts: 242,127 (+3,603) | Forum Members: 930 (+17)
Chancellor: Asylum
Founder: Falconias
Secretary of Engagement: approximate psychosis
Secretary of Equinomics: To Be Appointed
Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce

Speaker of the Senate: To Be Elected
Guild Senators:
Supreme Leader | KevinWasserman | Spontaneous Lunacy | yumyum36

World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman
NEWS FROM EQUINOX

--The Guild Probation Period was not a success, ending the short lives of The Equinox Avengers, The Aurors, and Suicide Squad.

--When Hospitlar resigned the Speaker of the Senate, RGarrettGamer and newcomer Spontaneous Lunacy both ran. RGarrettGamer won with 3 Guilds voting for him.

--When Speaker RGarrettGamer took over, he quickly presented 4 bills for Chancellor Asylum to sign. Equinox officially signed the Arnhelm Recruiting Treaty, The Voting and Debate Limits, the Impeachment Act, and the Electoral Reform Amendment. Debate was heated with a debate on the powers of the Speaker, after the Speaker edited legislation to his liking in regards to the Equinomics Budget for the term. Chancellor Asylum quickly vetoed the altered budget and then implemented it without the Senate's blessing.

--Mounting complaints of Speaker RGarrettGamer's conduct on the offsite forums and Skype, were brought forward by multiple high-standing Equinoxians to Chancellor Asylum. After filling in Founder Falconias of these, the decision to ban RGarrettGamer and his nations, North Gralend and Southern Gralend, from Equinox was announced. Met with a general approval of the residents on the forums, Equinox has already moved on.

--With the banning of Speaker RGarrettGamer, the Senate is now leaderless. This and the overall inactivity of the Senate has brought forth a discussion lead by Chancellor Asylum to amend the Constitution and dissolve the Senate, giving any powers it had to the Chancellor and the Guild Electoral College. The debate so far, seems to be leaning in favor of dissolving the legislative body of Equinox.

--Secretary of Equinomics yumyum36 approached the Chancellor in late June asking for a removal of office. Chancellor Asylum agreed, removing him from the position. Instead of appointing a new Secretary, the Chancellor absorbed the responsibility and set forth making the foundation of the regional economy.

--Equinomic's foundations have been laid, and several personal properties have been built, and several businesses have expanded such as the Admin Shoppe, and Ye Old Photo Shoppe owned by Ceapoyce.

--Delegate Asylum announced his resignation so he could help focus his efforts on the raiding military of The Mafia. A quick election was held with KevinWasserman winning a popular vote over residents Falconias, Ceapoyce and now banned RGarrettGamer.

--The Forum Staff grew, when Senior Admin Asylum announced the appointment of Equinox favorite, Captain Mordor, as a new Moderator.

--Secretary of Lifestyle Ceapoyce, aided by her assistant Captain Mordor and Chancellor Asylum, has been busy presenting quizzes, crossword puzzles, and new Pointless Polls of the Week, all with incentives of the Equins to aid growth in Equinomics.

--Happening Now; In Equinox, was launched to better aid residents to find activity on the board. 5 different sections are now displayed below the forum, helping them find something to do in The Senate, Equinomics, Lifestyle & Culture, World Assembly Affairs, and Announcements.

--Forum Staff announces new forum theme of "Touch the Sky"

--The Cabinet voted in two new members to the region's Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Griff, and Mekhet (better known in NS as Zaolot).

Guild Power Rankings

1. The Mafia
Leader: Asylum, Members: 15
A change in The Mafia has paid off for its military, as any new member to The Mafia is now required to serve in it's raiding military. Any member of La Famiglia before the change is grandfathered in and can still opt-in only to the military. The Mafia to date has raided 136 regions, and has been on the battlefield with the likes of DEN, Funen, Lone Wolves United, and has been recently re-enforcing the Osiris raid in Founderless.

2. Guild of Doom
Leader: Ceapoyce, Members: 8
With Hall of Famer, and Leader Hospitlar attending to RL matters, Ceapoyce has taken over leadership of the Guild. Guild of Doom recently gained a new member to the Equinox Hall of Fame with Mekhet (Zaolot), and has been steadily active in the region's Lifestyle and Culture activities.

3. Industrialist (TIED)
Leader: Supreme Leader, Members: 3
After appointing himself as their Senator, Supreme Leader has been quiet. Luckily for them they have The Cat! Equinox's official Cat, Alunya has been the most active ambassador for the Ambassador Corps, arranging the embassies in the Feeders has been her mission and has been quite successful with her efforts.

3. Scooby Gang (TIED)
Leader: Wopruthien (PAGING WOP, PAGING WOP), Members: 3
Finally appointing yumyum36 as their Senator, Scooby Gang is still the most quiet guild. A jump start by an active Wopruthien would be nice. Maybe he can get some of his defender buddies to come and start up the Scooby Gang's military to rival the raiding Mafia? (If Wop is found, please return him, we miss him )

What did RGarnerGamer do offsite / on Skype to get banned?

What did RGarnerGamer do offsite / on Skype to get banned?

Here is part of the statement that Falconias issued;

--Harassment of a female member of Equinox, both on the forums and on Skype
--Hostility towards other members of Equinox
--Abuse of mod powers - editing other members' posts, and deleting his own posts instead of holding himself accountable
--Generally being an all-around asshat to people on the forums.

On top of that, several of our most active members complained about him and wanted to leave Equinox because of that.

Thanks for the update!

I'm sorry to hear about RGarnerGamer...it seems he was very active in Equinox, so it must suck that that it ended up that way. Not sure why someone would be so active if they were an asshat like that though...you'd think they'd just give up and go away if they didn't like people like that.

What did RGarnerGamer do offsite / on Skype to get banned?

Here is part of the statement that Falconias issued;

--Harassment of a female member of Equinox, both on the forums and on Skype
--Hostility towards other members of Equinox
--Abuse of mod powers - editing other members' posts, and deleting his own posts instead of holding himself accountable
--Generally being an all-around asshat to people on the forums.

On top of that, several of our most active members complained about him and wanted to leave Equinox because of that.

Does Equinox have a court system?

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What did RGarnerGamer do offsite / on Skype to get banned?

Here is part of the statement that Falconias issued;

--Harassment of a female member of Equinox, both on the forums and on Skype
--Hostility towards other members of Equinox
--Abuse of mod powers - editing other members' posts, and deleting his own posts instead of holding himself accountable
--Generally being an all-around asshat to people on the forums.

On top of that, several of our most active members complained about him and wanted to leave Equinox because of that.

Does Equinox have a court system?

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Kind of?

We have the Founder's Court, where Falconias serves as the Founder of Equinox. The Founder resolves disputes, law reviews, handles banning, etc.

He felt it best to just outright ban Garrett, without the chance of appeal due to the amounts of evidence against him.

The reason behind our Founder's Court system is to have a quicker system, and not have politics interfere. Equinox has always been more of a focus on our Lifestyle, culture and humor, rather than politics and debates. Its shown in our History as well, as we have had a Chief Justice/Court system before but it was one of much inactivity and never used much.

We're having a long-running debate about our judicial system, and one of the suggested solutions is either a Founder or Monarch sort of court.

One of the best solutions in which the only problem is they're scared you might leave us one day...
I'm still mad about this.

We're having a long-running debate about our judicial system, and one of the suggested solutions is either a Founder or Monarch sort of court.

Its what we have, and it works? We really havent had a chance to test it out, which I think is a good sign