Title1. This act will be cited as the Regional Reconciliation Commemoration Act.
Purpose2. With this act, the Storting wishes to recognise the great strife that existed in Wintreath in November 2019, known colloquially as the November Crisis and the Great Schism, during which a breakdown of open communications and trust led several citizens, government officials and members of administration to start questioning each other's motives and intent when dissatisfaction was shown about certain incidents and the administration team's handling of them. It is a great tragedy only made possible by a lack of trust and closed-door communications by the respective parties involved, which eventually led to various accusations of conspiracies against those dissatisfied, and similar accusations of favouritism in administration appointments, which we now know to be untrue.
3. It also wishes to recognise the events late in February 2020, where an incident of an administrative nature sparked a series of events including the banishment of several former and current Citizens, regarding threats of forum/site destruction, and the subsequent confrontation and clearing of the air between those who had left and the Discord ops team, which allowed for the reconciliation of the community and the further discovery of a malicious actor that had been playing both sides against each other for the purpose of further inflaming the situation.
4. Additionally, it wishes to establish a regional holiday, the first of its kind, to commemorate how close we came to our destruction, and how we came together at the last minute to begin the process of mending the relationships that had been harmed throughout the incidents.
Declarations5. We declare the month of November will henceforth be known as the 'Month of Remembrance', in recognition of how the worst crisis in Wintrean history started. The Storting strongly encourages the creation of an event to take place annually to help present and future citizens remember the lessons learned in that period.
6. We declare the month of February will henceforth be known as the 'Month of Rekindling', to commemorate the severed ties between our citizens being rekindled, even as this process was sparked by great conflict. The Storting also highly encourages the creation of a celebratory event all citizens and foreign dignitaries can take part in to mark the occasion.
7. We declare that February 23rd will henceforth be known as the 'Day of Reconciliation', in honour of the confrontation and subsequent reconciliations that took place in our main Discord channel and which began on the 22nd. These events saw several banned citizens and former citizens have their bans reversed, initiated their returns to the community, and started the process of rekindling old relationships within the region.
8. Finally, to further highlight the extraordinary nature of the Day of Reconciliation, we declare it to be a regional holiday.
Amendments9. A new Section, numbered Section 4, is to be added to the Wintreath Holidays Act, under the Title of 'Holidays', which is to read as follows:
4. 'The Day of Reconciliation' is on the twenty-third (23rd) day of February. It recognizes and honors the date of a confrontation between significant members of the region, and the rekindling of old relationships and the beginning of a healing process for the region and community.
10. All subsequent sections shall be renumbered accordingly.
Conclusion11. With these declarations, as well as the establishment of the new regional holiday, the Storting wishes to formally record these events as being possibly the most important since the region's founding, and also wishes to remind all our citizens of the importance of open communication and trust when faced with a severe problem. It should also be noted that the involvement of a malicious actor was only successful because of each party's own paranoia, distrust and lack of open communication, and that said malicious actor both cannot and should not be used as a scapegoat for the underlying problems. This act wishes to establish trust and open communication as core principles in any communications current and future Wintreans have, even when it is uncomfortable. May these lessons never be forgotten.
