Wintreath Thane Elections
Nominate and Stand for Election!
Members of the Landsraad (all Citizens): In this topic you may stand or nominate someone else to stand for election for one of these thane positions in the Ministries of Culture, Foreign Affairs, and Regional Affairs! Only Citizens can be nominated for or stand for elections. Once you have stood for election, you must create a campaign topic before Thursday, September 1st that at a minimum provides the following information:
1) Why are you running for this position?
2) What do you aim to accomplish as thane? As part of this, you must include at least one thing that you promise to do beyond the minimum listed duties of the position during your term. It should be measurable, so that it's black and white whether you fulfilled this mandate at the end of the term if you are elected.
2a) If you are an incumbent running for re-election, did you fulfill your mandate from the last election? If not, why didn't you?
3) What qualifications or experience do you have in the area that you are running in?
4) How do you plan to have the time to fulfill the duties of the position until the next election?
5) Are you currently a part of any other NationStates regional or organizational government? If so, please include those regions and positions.
Once your campaign is posted, I or the Jarl over the position reserves the right to reject your candidacy based on your fit within the current Cabinet or regional security concerns (candidacies no longer explicitly require approval). Please be aware that serving on the Cabinet requires that you be on the Discord server under an account linked to your forum profile. If you're on the server and your name is not white, you're probably good to go. Candidates that don't meet this requirement at the end of nominations will be invalidated.
The list of positions open are below:
Ministry of Culture, led by Michi
Thane of Roleplay (voted on by all Citizens):
- Represent the roleplay community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions;
- Manage and moderate the forums in the Roleplayers' Gathering (http://wintreath.com/forums/index.php#c15);
- Encourage roleplay and facilitate its growth in the region;
- Serve as the Patriarch of the RP Guild;
- Work with the Council to manage the RP Guild and its roleplays by helping members start up and host roleplays, helping find a new host for a roleplay if the host goes inactive, and helping decide whether to reboot or archive inactive roleplays;
- Welcome new citizens who may interested in roleplay, introduce them to the RP Guild and the Roleplayers' Gathering, accept new members into the RP Guild, and help out beginners with roleplaying;
- Other duties determined by the RP Guild.
Thane of Gaming (voted on by all Citizens):
- Represent the gaming community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions;
- Manage and moderate the "Gaming Lounge" forum (http://wintreath.com/forums/index.php?board=100.0);
- Facilitate the growth of the gaming community in the region;
- Promote playing non-forum multiplayer games together as a region (such as Minecraft, Civilization, Town of Salem, Paradox games, and MMOs);
- Welcome new citizens who may be interested in gaming and help them to join regional games;
- Must set up at least one regional game night per month during its term.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by Dawsinian
Thane of Foreign Releases (voted on by all Citizens)
- The Department of Foreign Releases is tasked with compiling, organizing, and releasing Wintreath's Monthly Foreign Dispatch, aiding in the improvement of activity within our Diplomatic Missions, and assist in the advertisement of regional events and activies abroad. Additionally, it is also tasked with reviewing Foreign Publications pursuant to Section 3 of Decree 006 for approval.
Thane of Embassies (voted on by all Citizens)
- The Department of Embassies is tasked with managing and maintaing our Diplomatic Officer and Mission Programme to other regions and organizations within NationStates.
- The Diplomatic Officer Programme, as ran under this ministry, is to rank each Diplomatic Officer with a general ranking, which the gaining of higher ranks includes privileges and other incentives for the performance of Ambassadorial duties. The exact specifics of this organization are left to the Thane of Diplomatic Officers and Missions.
- The Department of Embassies is also tasked with: scouting out and finding new and promising regions to reach out to and form relations with, aiding the planning and implementation of cross-regional events, and to extend help to regions that might desire aid from Wintreath in certain manners.
Ministry of Regional Affairs, led by Stigya
Thane of Regional Affairs (voted on by all Citizens)
- Duties as assigned by the Jarl of Regional Affairs
Thane of World Assembly Affairs (voted on by Citizens with a NationStates nation in Wintreath, candidates must have a NationStates nation in Wintreath)
- Determine votes on World Assembly proposals or determine systems to determine their vote
- Ensure that their NationStates nation has the highest number of endorsements possible, at least the highest number in the region.
- Represent Wintreath in communications regarding the World Assembly.
Voting will begin on Thursday, September 1st.
Candidate Status - Legend
Has stood and completed all requirements to be on the ballot
Has stood but has not completed all requirements to be on the ballot
Is nominated, has not stood
Declined nomination
Thane of Embassies (Foreign Affairs)
Altrio
Thane of Foreign Releases (Foreign Affairs)
Thane of Gaming (Culture)
Marzipan
Thane of Roleplay (Culture)
Svipjoth
Thane of Werewolf (Culture)
Arenado
Thane of Regional Affairs (Regional Affairs)
TGN
Thane of World Assembly Affairs (Regional Affairs)
Dawsinian
Just to clarify, I seek reelection for Thane of Roleplay, but I am not seeking reelection for Thane of Regional Affairs. It is my firmest belief that TGN is a more than qualified candidate. Now, onto the prompt:
1) Why are you running for this position?
I am running in order to maintain and further develop the growing, but still fledgling, Rollspelskra.
2) What do you aim to accomplish as thane? As part of this, you must include at least one thing that you promise to do beyond the minimum listed duties of the position during your term. It should be measurable, so that it's black and white whether you fulfilled this mandate at the end of the term if you are elected.
I aim to continue developing and promoting the importance of Rollspelskra. I would like the program's amount of posts to be over 500 by the Winter election, since the founding of Rollspelskra. I would also like to finalize the involvement of house families in some form of roleplay.
2a) If you are an incumbent running for re-election, did you fulfill your mandate from the last election? If not, why didn't you?
Yes, because since my election in Summer, Rollspelskra has been able to recruit many members and promote issue-free roleplays that extend beyond strict war simulations between nations.
3) What qualifications or experience do you have in the area that you are running in?
With my previous two election seasons of managing my position as Thane of Roleplay, I have plenty of experience to continue this role.
4) How do you plan to have the time to fulfill the duties of the position until the next election?
While Wintreath is not only a hobby but a priority of mine, I am not seeking reelection for Thane of Regional Affairs so that I may properly maintain both of my positions as Thane of Roleplay and the Second Landsraad Chancellor.
5) Are you currently a part of any other NationStates regional or organizational government? If so, please include those regions and positions.
Other than Wintreath, no.