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*tap tap*

Is this thing on? Hello?

Okay thanks.

*microphone feedback*

WHATUP MY GLIP GLOPS?

Let's hop right into this, because I have a meeting in an hour. No joke pals. I'm pretty qualified to serve as Chief Vizier (again). I served as the Vizier of WA Affairs twice under the glorious fearful successful reign of former Cheif Vizier Adytus. During this period, I served as Chief Scribe for a single term where I accomplished quite a bit, which was surprising due to the fact that there isn't many things for the Chief Scribe to do except be on time with moving things to the voting floor. One of these notable achievements was the creation of the Guide to Ma'at, a beginners guide to the Scroll of Ma'at and all of its articles, sections, and provisions, along with a guide to both the Legal Code and the Rules of the Council of Scribes. It wasn't an easy job, but I promised it in my campaign because I thought it would help newcomers in Osiris, and indeed it has. Another of my notable achievements as Chief Scribe was the creation of the Legislation Templates (Amendment section to be updated) that were made to be utilized as a tool for those writing legislation. My term as Chief Scribe was successful, as was my term as Chief Vizier.
I served as Chief Vizier before Altino, and had quite the successful term there as well. I promised few things in my campaign, because I was not planning on letting Osiris down. Once I ascended to office, I posted a checklist of ideas that I wanted to accomplish. We tended to do all of them, aside from the festival with TSP, which was an issue with their foreign affairs -- so nothing we could control; the GCR Sovereignty Accords Festival, which was an idea passed down to my successor Altino; and lastly an idea by one of our Legionnaires that ended up working... halfway. All other things such as the Pharaoh's Day Festival, the Monthly Endorsement Swap Dispatch (which is still sort of a thing, as I updated it last month), and more.
I have been a citizen of Osiris for over a year. I am extremely qualified to serve as Chief Vizier oncemore, even moreso than I was when I was elected 6 months ago.

My policies are the same as they have been, so I'll keep it short and simple:

Foreign Affairs can be a b*tch. But I love b*tches. My term will be very weighted toward our Foreign Affairs, because I believe that is where Osiris has been struggling the most for quite some time. I might not be able to fix it, but we have plenty of room for improvement -- and improve is what we will do. An active Vizier of Foreign Affairs that also has past experiences in Foreign Affairs is what we need. I've said this once, twice, probably quite a few times -- and I'll say it again -- Foreign Affairs isn't just about updates. I could truly not care less if we post out a FA update or not. I am not going to force others, or myself, to write one up if nobody wants to. Although if someone enjoys writing those types of things, then by all means, I won't get in your way. Foreign Affairs is about our relations with other regions. If anything were to happen to us, which of our GCR allies would be here to back us? Would we back them if something happened to them? How can we do that without possibly upsetting one of our other allies? Sometimes quick decisions need to be made, and I am always available if need be.

Our Community Affairs is in a fantastic state at the moment. I have never been quite good at this ministry, but I will be sure to appoint someone that is the most qualified and good at community affairs in order to accommodate for my one and only weakness. :P We can always do better. This doesn't mean more festivals, because those are a pain in the arse, but it means getting the members and citizens of Osiris more involved in the community itself. See the correlation? Community --> Community Affairs.

The Sekhmet Legion has been very successful recently, and I plan for it to remain in such a condition during my term. They have participated in several operations within the past couple months, and I am proud of them. GCR militaries are not easy to manage, especially those in Sinkers, but we have managed to show up some other raider organizations on the battlefield in terms of skill and discipline.

Lastly, WA Affairs is one of my other proficiencies. I am the author of SC#225 and the creator of the Security Council Resolutions by Author thread. I am not an expert in the General Assembly, but I am very familiar with the Security Council and its functions and predicting delegate votes, which could come in handy. When I served as Chief Vizier, I created the Osiris Endo Swap dispatch upon ascending office, and later I updated it with The Egyptian Swap (a much better name). This ministry is sort of tricky, because there is nothing to do because there is so much that is possible. If desired, we can write proposals as a region, or just manage World Assembly Affairs within our in-game region. There are plenty of opportunities and possibilities in the WA sphere of NationStates. We do not have to seize all of them, but we should definitely get our World Assembly Affairs department back in business.
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If you have any questions regarding my campaign or its contents, you can shove them up your a$$ post a reply here or DM me on Discord. :) I have discord set up on my phone, so I am able to respond to anything important fairly quickly.

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A very solid platform. Good luck with the elections.
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[6/4/2016 8:28:54 PM] Lord Mazrim Rahl (Biyah): [6/3/2016 17:12:42] Gradea Sanguine: On 04/06/2016, at 7:18 AM, Yuno wrote:
> I-II finished all my regents!
Regents?
[6/3/2016 19:34:30] Lord Mazrim Rahl (Biyah): obviously she was gathering spell regents, so she could cast her end-of-term mass death spell. Young sorceress' must kill their Master before they are allowed to leave.
[6/3/2016 19:35:52] Gradea Sanguine: Makes sense
[6/3/2016 19:36:39] Lord Mazrim Rahl (Biyah): Hence, pray she learns well and doesn't have a dunce as a teacher... else the next generation that kills her will be weak, snobby and only half-trained. That is how society falls
[6/3/2016 19:37:30] Lord Mazrim Rahl (Biyah): I am a proud member of MAWS. Men against weak sorcerers/eses
[6/3/2016 19:38:13] Lord Mazrim Rahl (Biyah): (When Yuno comes back, she's gonna blink a few times)
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Where do you stand re: Osiris-Lazarus (both sides) relations?

When you talk about Foreign affairs you said "If anything were to happen to us, which of our GCR allies would be here to back us?" does that mean you don't care as much about our UCR allies, are more concerned some of our GCR allies may not be interested in backing us or just... forgot about our UCR allies (Including but not limited to the LKE).
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Same thing I said in Kowassati's thread:
Just popping in for a minute to point out that The Land of Kings and Emperors has been among our most consistent allies. They rank right up with Balder in terms of both the longevity of their treaty (it's been in place since 2014) and their steadfast commitment to our alliance.

We really need to be doing more with them. We don't need to be dismissing them because they aren't a GCR.
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Was sorta busy over the weekend. I’ll answer these questions shortly. Thanks!

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Kylia Quilor wrote:Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:25 pmWhere do you stand re: Osiris-Lazarus (both sides) relations?

When you talk about Foreign affairs you said "If anything were to happen to us, which of our GCR allies would be here to back us?" does that mean you don't care as much about our UCR allies, are more concerned some of our GCR allies may not be interested in backing us or just... forgot about our UCR allies (Including but not limited to the LKE).
Cormac wrote:Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:43 amSame thing I said in Kowassati's thread:
Just popping in for a minute to point out that The Land of Kings and Emperors has been among our most consistent allies. They rank right up with Balder in terms of both the longevity of their treaty (it's been in place since 2014) and their steadfast commitment to our alliance.

We really need to be doing more with them. We don't need to be dismissing them because they aren't a GCR.
I suppose I can sorta shoot two birds with one stone here. UCRs do matter. Especially those that have had our backs for years, such as the LKE. Those that we have treaties with. But we do have to remember one thing: we are a sinker. A game-created-region. We provide these other regions with their fruits, currency, whatever you want to call it. We are the weak, and they are the strong - in that aspect. This does not mean we need to hate them, hell no. It doesn't mean we need to suck up to all of them - that just makes it worse. If we can rely on a UCR to back us when we need it, and they can trust us to back them when they need it, and hold true to our alliances - we should treat them the same as our GCR allies, and both types of treaties should be considered as equals.

I care as much about our UCR allies as I do Balder, The West Pacific, and any other GCR ally. We should be able to trust both the GCR allies and the UCR allies to stand behind us, as we will do to them, whenever needed.

I probably could have worded the part of my campaign that you quoted a bit better, to reduce this confusion.

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Syg, I completely support you!
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"But we do have to remember one thing: we are a sinker. A game-created-region. We provide these other regions with their fruits, currency, whatever you want to call it. We are the weak, and they are the strong - in that aspect."

What does this mean?

I'm not going at you or anything - I just... maybe its because I don't think like a GCRite, but... what does this mean? I can't make heads nor tails of it.
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That's all I mean. We must make sure to not allow our UCR allies (and in some cases our GCR allies, but not often) to exploit our alliance in order to further their region's various agendas.

(This is not an accusation of our current UCR allies, because I know for a fact that they are legitimate.)

We just must remember our identity.

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