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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 Tuesday, 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 June 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 in December?
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. The list of positions open are below:

Ministry of Culture, led by Ruguo

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;
• 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 all Citizens):

• 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.

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;
• 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 Michi

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 Doc

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)

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 Tuesday, 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)
monkey

Thane of Foreign Releaes (Foreign Affairs)
monkey
Barnes

Thane of Gaming (Culture)

Thane of Integration (Regional Affairs)
monkey

Thane of Roleplay (Culture)
Excalibur

Thane of Werewolf (Culture)
Red Mones

Thane of World Assembly Affairs (Regional Affairs)
ogunbiyi

I stand (for Thane of WA)

I nominate (the incumbents)
@monkey
@Excalibur
@Red Mones

I accept my nomination

Thane of Foreign Releaes

Drunk Moot

I also accept my nomination.

I stand for Thane of Embassies.

I stand for Thane of Embassies and Foreign Releases.

As I've been nominated by Ogun for "any open Cabinet position", I am running for Thane of Foreign Releases. Campaign announcement to come.

I also intend to "vote Michi for everything", as I've previously quoted, so I'll nominate him for everything as well

Just Hapi being Hapi I nominate everybody for every open position.

Naturally, I'll be declining any nominations for me and focusing purely on FA this term. 

I stand for Thane of Embassies.

I would like to withdraw from the race. Due to a recent family emergency, I don't feel I'll have the time to properly participate in this election over the next few weeks.

I have updated the OP! At this time Thane of Gaming and Thane of Integration are still completely open, so if you would like to take on either role, there's still time to stand and put your campaign up!

I would like to withdraw from the race. Due to a recent family emergency, I don't feel I'll have the time to properly participate in this election over the next few weeks.

I have to admit, I was curious to see what your ideas were for the job and the Cabinet, but given the circumstances I understand. I'm sorry to hear about your family emergency. Whatever is going on, I hope that it doesn't last long and turns out the best that it can. If you want to talk about it with someone, feel free to reach out to me.

Just Hapi being Hapi I nominate everybody for every open position.

I decline, being too inexperienced and new to all of this. But thank you anyway.

Well, today is the last day to stand for election. If you want to join in for one of the positions, now is definitely the time to do it.

Nominations are now closed! A number of people have won their elections by default, and will take or resume office in one week:

monkey - Thane of Embassies
Excalibur - Thane of Roleplay
Red Mones - Thane of Werewolf
ogunbiyi6422 - Thane of World Assembly Affairs

The position of Thane of Foreign Releases is contested between monkey and Barnes, and that election will go up shortly.