So...10 candidates, no replies here, no replies to BSR's topic, and no campaign topics.
We're not exactly coming out the gate swinging here, are we?
So...10 candidates, no replies here, no replies to BSR's topic, and no campaign topics.Maybe this batch doesn't like steak :P
We're not exactly coming out the gate swinging here, are we?
1) Why are you running for Underhusen? What do you plan on doing if you are elected?I'm running for Underhusen to try to step away from my usual spam posts, games, and general lurking, and dive into the governmental aspect of this wonderful region. Truthfully, I haven't been paying that close attention to the government as of late, but I do believe that I can make an attempt at breathing more life into the Underhusen.
2) What have you attempted to accomplish in the region over the past several months? Do you feel you were successful in accomplishing what you set out to do?Over the past several months, I haven't attempted much, usually shying away from debates. However, I have hosted the Summersend Spyfall with the intent of spreading happiness as the summer came to a close. I believe that I was successful in hosting this Spyfall and was able to help kick things into gear as fall rolled around.
3a) If you have been a member of government over the last several months, do you feel that you've put the time and effort into your position that it warrants? Why or why not?N/A
3b) If you have not been a member of government over the last several months, what kind of time and energy do you feel you'll be able to put into the Underhusen?I feel that I can put in a fair amount of time and energy into Underhusenly activities. Instead of wasting my time browsing Reddit or some other outlet, I believe that I can redirect that time and energy toward something more useful, the Underhusen.
4) As a member of the Underhusen, what would you do to promote interest in the Storting and legislative activity?As a citizen, I would occasionally read over the discussions of bills over in either the Citizen's Platform or in the Underhusen, but not really inputting my voice. Obviously, we don't want to push the unwilling into the realm of politics (especially with what's going on in the world today), but I plan on attempting to get more citizens involved.
5) As you may know, the Underhusen has not been all that active for quite awhile now. What are your ideas to change this?I'll try to submit proposals that spark interest in the Underhusen and the community in general. This will be my first time, but I believe that I can give it a shot.
6) Just in general, where do you want to see the region go in the next several months?To start off by winning people over, I'd like to say... all hail the Holy Tuber?? :P Anyway, I want to see the region continue to grow. Whether that be re-adding incentives for recruitment or introducing proposals that spark discussion, I believe that if we can encourage more community events, the region will be off to a better place.
1) Why are you running for Underhusen? What do you plan on doing if you are elected?Because I love Wintreath, and I like being a part of the government that helps with its progression in some form. If elected, I plan on working with my fellow skrifa in continuing in helping push Wintreath into becoming greater than it is. Whether that be coming up with something to finally bring the use of the Krone into reality, finding ways to promote activity or something related...it's something I won't entirely know until I reach the point, but I at least have an end-goal in mind that I want to work towards.
2) What have you attempted to accomplish in the region over the past several months? Do you feel you were successful in accomplishing what you set out to do?
3a) If you have been a member of government over the last several months, do you feel that you've put the time and effort into your position that it warrants? Why or why not?
4) As a member of the Underhusen, what would you do to promote interest in the Storting and legislative activity?I'd encourage ideas from the citizens. One thing that can be a little daunting is when many of the main ideas are coming from individuals who have been here a while or from those who it may be felt as if it would be impossible to have an opinion other than theirs. Every citizen should know that all ideas are welcomed, no matter how silly it may sound, and no matter how bad you might think it sounds at first (we are our own worst critics, after all).
5) As you may know, the Underhusen has not been all that active for quite awhile now. What are your ideas to change this?
6) Just in general, where do you want to see the region go in the next several months?
4) As a member of the Underhusen, what would you do to promote interest in the Storting and legislative activity?Quite a few people don't particularly care for Wintrean regional politics, and stay mostly for the cultural activities. This has progressed to the point where some prominent and active members of our forum community have, at one point, voluntarily become ex-citizens.
More people on the forums = more people interested in regional politics on the forums. It doesn't really get much simpler than that.
I believe IRC is an incredibly powerful tool that is currently inadequately used for the induction of new players in the community. I would not have joined the forums and would not be running for UH had I not joined IRC first. IRC would play a key role in the overhaul of the introduction system I believe is necessary for new people.Although I agree that IRC should definitely be promoted more for new members, I think it's important to recognize that different people will interact with the community differently. For instance, I'm personally not on IRC very often, but I still enjoy having conversations with everyone here, if not in real time.
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Personally, I am here because in all my life, online and off, I have never found a more fun bunch of people to talk to. Perhaps that is the reason for my bias toward IRC, but I would definitely like to talk to people and find out their reasons.
4) As a member of the Underhusen, what would you do to promote interest in the Storting and legislative activity?Quite a few people don't particularly care for Wintrean regional politics, and stay mostly for the cultural activities. This has progressed to the point where some prominent and active members of our forum community have, at one point, voluntarily become ex-citizens.
More people on the forums = more people interested in regional politics on the forums. It doesn't really get much simpler than that.
Do you see this as an issue, and if so, do you have any ideas on promoting our regional legislature?
(This question goes out to all other candidates as well.)I believe IRC is an incredibly powerful tool that is currently inadequately used for the induction of new players in the community. I would not have joined the forums and would not be running for UH had I not joined IRC first. IRC would play a key role in the overhaul of the introduction system I believe is necessary for new people.Although I agree that IRC should definitely be promoted more for new members, I think it's important to recognize that different people will interact with the community differently. For instance, I'm personally not on IRC very often, but I still enjoy having conversations with everyone here, if not in real time.
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Personally, I am here because in all my life, online and off, I have never found a more fun bunch of people to talk to. Perhaps that is the reason for my bias toward IRC, but I would definitely like to talk to people and find out their reasons.
So I ask, how do you propose to integrate IRC more into a new introduction system?
Sounds like you have a lot of great ideas, they just need to be implemented.
The Ministry of Integration has been vacant for some time now...interested in leading it?
I think the very first step would be a survey of existing members (entirely voluntary, of course) to see what they enjoy most about the forums, IRC, the RMB and the community in general.This has been attempted to some degree with trader's census (http://wintreath.com/forums/index.php?topic=3815.0). I do think it probably is time for a new census though, possibly looking for different things about us Wintreans. (I had been working on one for a bit, but I'm more interested in demographic info.)
Secondly, I believe it might be useful to create a small advertising flyer (probably in text format) to post in the region description on the Nationstates page, advertising the aspects people in the region like and perhaps quoting them too.You mean the dispatch (https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=359849) currently pinned to our WFE? Yeah, I think including quotes from established members might be a nice idea.
Thirdly, I believe it might be useful to automatically assign a volunteer mentor to new members (chosen based on the interests the new member has [from a questionnaire] and how many of them are shared with the mentor). When Krone is implemented, I might even suggest a small sum to be payed to the mentors in return for their help.There already is a Mentorship system in place (http://wintreath.com/forums/index.php?board=135.0), though as Wintermoot said, with Point Breeze's long hiatus from Wintreath, the entire Integration Ministry is basically nonexistent now. The system that was existing certainly could use quite a bit more work and improvement; the issue of course if having motivated people work on it.
Fourthly, I believe we should be utilising the greatest asset the region has (its people) in the addition of new members. This is not entirely figured out in my head, but I think it would be good to make sure that at every stage of the joining process, people talk to people. A fill-in-the-blanks form is very good, can process many people and be very good for the purposes of understanding whether or not a person will be interested in joining the UH in the future, it doesn't allow much room for people to jump in to stuff. Imagine how much less daunting the process of joining would be for a person who had just been on IRC, met Hugsim, Tatte, Moot and anyone else there, got Taulover to guide them through the application and then suggest fun stuff based on his own favourite threads, because he is similar in his interests to the new member.
Fifthly, I would like to simplify the laws of Wintreath.Wintermoot has written this really handy guide (http://[quote author=Finrod Felagund link=topic=4256.msg92024#msg92024 date=1486072469) on the government and fundamental laws of Wintreath. The issue is that it's tucked away in the "NationStates Guides" section of the forum, in the top menu. It certainly could use some more visibility.
I appreciate Moot has done a good job of both collecting the important ones together and posting them on the voting app. It is an excellent feature and it makes it much easier for someone who has not yet read all of them to understand more or less how everything works. I think we can still improve on it by effectively creating a "Wintreath for dummies" handbook for new members.
Every region I have been in has had massive texts, often for the sake of having massive texts. It is fun, especially if you're into that type of thing, but nobody is going to read them. They can be simplified, summarised and handed out to new members in a much more digestible format.
That is definitely something I would be interested in, thank you.And done! (http://wintreath.com/forums/index.php?topic=4265) See, great things happen when people become active and talk about things. :P
I think a lot of this is going to be about data collection and an active and informed Unterhusen could really transform the dynamics of the region.
1) Why are you running for Underhusen? What do you plan on doing if you are elected?I always run for UH.
2) What have you attempted to accomplish in the region over the past several months? Do you feel you were successful in accomplishing what you set out to do?Some change in the Judiciary and Legal systems
3a) If you have been a member of government over the last several months, do you feel that you've put the time and effort into your position that it warrants? Why or why not?For the UH, yes...for my Ministry position, no. Not really.
4) As a member of the Underhusen, what would you do to promote interest in the Storting and legislative activity?Make more laws and try and pass them.
5) As you may know, the Underhusen has not been all that active for quite awhile now. What are your ideas to change this?Make more laws and try and pass them...and maybe build a wall...or give people free healthcare or something, I dunno.
6) Just in general, where do you want to see the region go in the next several months?Well I wouldn't mind expanding it and keeping it more in it's NS roots.