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A Word from the Monarch
One Year of the Frosty BugleAlmost one year ago, I put together the first edition of
The Frosty Bugle.
The Frosty Bugle isn’t the first publication to try to combine news and information from our many platforms and areas into a single publication. Early in the history of Wintreath I ran
For Your Information, which was a daily NationStates RMB publication. Later on, HannahB would run
The Frosty Realm Record, which was a daily and then weekly NationStates-based publication. However, both publications failed due to the burnout of one person putting together a regular publication.
The Frosty Bugle is the longest-running and most comprehensive attempt to put everything together.
We started last April with a focus on government/cultural announcements and new forum topics. We still do those things, but we’ve grown so much more since then:
- In June, the Word of the Monarch section became a permanent section where I discussed my thoughts about some aspect of Wintreath. This replaced the less regular lengthy State of the Region addresses that took a lot of time to write for little response.
In July, we started putting out a NationStates edition, which quickly became more popular than the original forum edition and opened us up to an audience beyond our own Citizens and members. - As we were gathering more editions, we needed a dedicated forum to keep them in, which morphed into the ability for all our Citizen publications to have a dedicated space for their editions. In addition to my regular publication, Wintreath in Statistics, we’re also proud to host Michi’s The Posh Penguin and Svipjoth’s Uppsalaskyrslan. We also began promoting our regional publications in a new section called Read More About It!
- Around the same time, we began accepting subscribers who would be notified when a new edition was released. At this time, we have 2 subscribers to the forum edition and 13 to the NationStates edition!
- I also developed custom BB tags and a script that converts each edition to the NationStates and forum formats at the same time, saving me at least a half hour of work every week that I previously had to spend manually coding the format of each edition.
And here we are, one year later.
I think there are two reasons that
The Frosty Bugle has become the most extensive publication in Wintreath’s history. First, from the very start I’ve focused on making a publication that’s quick to skim and quick to write. From writing the Word from the Monarch section to compiling the data for the other sections to getting it posted on the forums and NationStates, it takes less than 3 hours to put together each edition of
The Frosty Bugle.
But secondly, because I think
The Frosty Bugle plays such an important role in our region. Ultimately, it doesn’t just bring together information from all our platforms or even just explain what’s going on in Wintreath. It tells the story of who we are as a region and a community, as told by the things we do and care about week by week. That is why I hope you enjoy reading about Wintreath through
The Frosty Bugle as much as I like putting it together.
Here’s to many more years of
The Frosty Bugle!
Stay frosty,-Wintermoot
The Welcome WagonAloha to our new and returning Citizens!
Sadly, we did not gain any new Citizens in the last week. However, if you would like to become a Citizen of Wintreath, all you have to do is join our off-site forum and then fill out this form. Citizens gain full rights under our regional constitution, gain access to Citizen-only areas of the forums and Discord, and can participate in our government from our all-Citizen assembly to the Cabinet that runs the day-to-do operations of Wintreath.
Upcoming EventsAll times Eastern. Check out our Discord for the latest gaming events!
- Minecraft Night - April 24th, 8PM Eastern (Wintreath Minecraft Server)
- Cards Against Humanity - April 25th, 8PM Eastern (Discord #zaphyr Channel)
- Among Us - April 28th, 9PM Eastern (Discord #In-Game/#voice-chat-text Channels)
What's Happening NowNews from Wintreath
New Civil Service Branch: The Dungeon MastersThe Dungeon Masters will help organize and run gaming nights, which have become popular in Wintreath in the last month. This is also the first branch of the Civil Service that doesn’t involve NationStates, which may be great for our Citizens who have moved on from the NS side. If you’re interested in becoming a Dungeon Master, please contact Thane of Gaming Marzipan on Discord.
Wintreath World Assembly Tool Released!Wintermoot released a tool on the website for Wintreath’s World Assembly nations to check who they are endorsing and who are endorsing them. This is part of an initiative to boost the region’s World Assembly presence, and since the release our delegate has had a modest boost in endorsements. Check out the tool at the link!
Read More About It!Publications from Wintreans about anything and everything
Uppsalaskyrslan - April 14th, 2022In this first edition,
Svipjoth shares news, events, and announcements from the perspective of their nation! This edition covers some opening thoughts, closure of their national network, an embargo against another nation, and the results of the 1st Annual Wintreath Fair. Check it out!
New Forum Discussions
Here are the new discussions on our off-site forums! If one of them interests you, why don’t you add to it with a reply?
Looking for Group
The Hearthkeepers: Wintreath's Welcome WagonThe Hearthkeepers help keep Wintreath a warm and welcoming community! They welcome and help new members, post daily questions for the community to discuss, create weekly events, and more. Would you like to help keep Wintreath a warm place? Check out the link and contact Michi / Penguin Dictators to join!
Winbassadors: Wintreath’s Face to Other CommunitiesAmbassadors (named Winbassadors on the Discord because ambassador was already taken) represent Wintreath to other communities. This involves joining their forums and Discord, keeping track of what’s going on there, posting our dispatches and information, and contributing to our foreign dispatch, the Auora Borealis. If you’re a Citizen and would like to join the Winbassador program, contact Ruguo on Discord!
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@TGN @Marzipan