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Wintreath Thane Elections
Nominate and Stand for Election!

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 Friday, June 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.
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 in September?
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, the Jarl over the position will vet and either approve or reject your candidacy based on your activity and contributions/history in the area that you are running in, and I reserve the right to reject your candidacy based on your fit within the current Cabinet or regional security concerns. Nominations will be open until Friday, June 1st, and the list of positions open are below:

Ministry of Culture, led by Gerrick

Thane of Roleplay (voted on by citizens in the RP Guild):

• 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;
• 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 Werewolf (voted on by citizens who have participated in a regional game of Werewolf):

• Represent the Werewolf community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions;
• Manage and moderate the "Werewolf/Mafia" board;
• Lead the Werewolf Taskforce (a small group to help with its duties) and appoint its members;
• Start and host games or help others to start and host games of Werewolf;
• Help out beginners and answer any questions they may have;
• Keep the stickied threads updated;
• Other duties determined by the Werewolf Taskforce;
• Must ensure at least one game of Werewolf is started during its term.

LGBT Thane (voted on by LGBT citizens and citizens who have posted in "The Pride" board during the previous term):

• Represent the LGBT community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions;
• Manage and moderate "The Pride" board;
• Facilitate the growth of the LGBT community in the region;
• Welcome new citizens who may be LGBT and introduce them to the Pride and its community;
• Foster inclusivity and support for the LGBT community and its allies;
• Must start/post at least one new LGBT-related discussion or news article per month during its term.

Thane of Gaming (voted on by citizens who have participated in a regional non-forum game):

• Represent the gaming community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions;
• Manage and moderate the "Gaming Lounge" forum;
• 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.

Thane of Integration (voted on by all Citizens):

• Represent the gaming community in the Riksrad and regularly take part in Cabinet meetings and discussions
• Ensure that Citizen applicants are properly welcomed to the region and given information of use to them
• Assist in determining the previous experience, skills, talents, and interests of new applicants and direct them to areas of Wintreath that may interest them
• Encourage Citizens to remain connected and engaged with the community
• Encourage Citizens who have gone inactive to come back and give our community another chance
• Encourage participation in multiple areas of Wintreath (ie. forums, Discord, the region page)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by Gattoartico

Thane of Embassy Dispatches (voted on by ambassadors and Orendi article writers from last term)

• Manage our monthly dispatch, the Orendi, and ensure that a new edition is published monthly
• Brainstorm new ideas to improve activity in our foreign embassies
• Write materials to dispatch to foreign embassies, including Orendi articles
• Assist event/activity hosts in creating compelling and informative invitations to events

Ministry of Regional Affairs, led by TBD (Wintermoot will vet candidates)

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 Friday, June 1st.

Candidates - Candidates in yellow still need to meet requirements
Thane of Dispatches (Foreign Affairs)
taulover

Thane of Gaming (Culture)
Kane Lives
Gattoartico

LGBT Thane (Culture)
Pengu
NyghtOwl

Thane of Integration (Culture)
Kane Lives

Thane of Werewolf (Culture)
Pengu

Thane of World Assembly Affairs (Regional Affairs)
BraveSirRobin

Outstanding Nominations
Cinciri - Thane of Roleplay

Sorry for the delay...nominations/standing is open!

I will stand for Thane of Gaming and Thane of Integration.

I will also nominate @Cinciri for Thane of Roleplay.  I can't think of other nominations at the moment but I will post them as I do think of them.

I'll stand for LGBT Thane and Thane of Werewolf

I’ll stand for Thane of WA Affairs. I should have far more time to do fun things over this summer than I have presently! (Ie for next week/two)

I'll stand for reelection as Thane of Embassy Dispatches.

I'll stand for LGBT Thane.

I have updated the election status...welcome to the election, @Pengu, @Kane lives, and @BraveSirRobin!

@taulover and @NyghtOwl, you still need to create a campaign that includes the information requested in the OP.

@Cinciri, you have a standing nomination to accept or decline.

I'd like to nominate @Gattoartico for Thane of Gaming, as he's been doing an incredible job of bringing out new games for us to play, starting a new Wintreath YouTube gaming channel, publicizing the Wintreath gaming community, and creating and self-hosting a new Minecraft server.

I'd like to nominate @Gattoartico for Thane of Gaming, as he's been doing an incredible job of bringing out new games for us to play, starting a new Wintreath YouTube gaming channel, publicizing the Wintreath gaming community, and creating and self-hosting a new Minecraft server.

I shall accept.

I’ll be posting my campaign thread tomorrow then.


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@NyghtOwl still needs to make a campaign topic, and @Cinciri stilll needs to accept or decline his nomination.

Nominations will end and elections will start in roughly 24 hours!

Apologies. I just had a big old heap of responsibilities dumped into my lap that's going to take a good chunk of my time. So for now I'll withdraw. I'll try again next elections. I'm really hoping we can get these boards jumoing. Especially the pride board.

Nominations are now closed! Congrats to @taulover (Thane of Dispatches), @Pengu (LGBT and Werewolf Thane), @Kane lives (Thane of Integration), and @BraveSirRobin (Thane of WA Affairs). You will assume or resume your offices in one week.

@Gattoartico and @Kane lives will compete in an election to determine who will become Thane of Gaming. Good luck to both of you!

The position of Thane of Roleplay is now officially vacant, and @Gerrick is free to fill it as he wishes.

And that's where we are right now.