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Hello Osirans,
nobody really expected me running for Pharaoh, and most certainly not after a whole three months in the region. And I had no plans for running until very recently. The last attempt at an election was, without a doubt, the messiest election I've ever seen in my NS career. Rumors on a 'Byzantine conspiracy' scale flying around, candidates going after one another, not to mention this public statement and the ensuing bloodshed, then people voting for RON as a last resort, now the drama keeps going while we're making another attempt at electing a Pharaoh. All of this shortly after the Predator debacle, which brought another generous helping of drama to the region.
Osirans, what are you doing? This is a region with a lot of tradition and history, for better or for worse, with a lot of able and experienced NSers. This is a region with a lot of potential. There is no reason why Osiris couldn't be a consistent powerhouse, a highly active, eminently respectable region... if it wasn't for what I'd like to call the Osiris Twostep: Every time there is an opportunity to bring us forward and get the region going the way it's supposed to, drama ensues. Unfailingly. And the sitting Pharaoh is either taking a head dive right into it, or simply falls inactive, together with half of his cabinet. I would like an opportunity to try and change that.
As I said in the course of the RON discussion, I know I'm rather unqualified in terms of Osiris experience. But this might not be a disadvantage here. I don't have a long history of conspiracies and plots and Osiran soap operas where I was involved. (Actually, the last time I set foot in Osiris, some time ago, I ran for my life after a while.) What I do have, however, is a history of leading a region. Until yesterday I was the President of Spiritus, for a full year until I hit my term limit. During my time in office, Spiritus's military went from 'dead' to 'GP award-winning'. We became more active in the FA department, ultimately delivering two treaties after years of having none. We put out somewhat regular FA updates, some of which I wrote myself, until I was able to find a motivated newcomer to take on some responsibilities, whom I trained to eventually succeed me in the office of MoFA... and who's my successor as President now. Most importantly, the region is just as active as when I took office, but nearly free of drama, which... hasn't always been the case. Before that I served the region as MoFA, before that I was an elected legislator. Before that, I was active in Equilism, holding a number of offices from plain old Senator to Chief Minister.
Yes, I know, Spiritan credentials don't buy a cup of coffee here, but what I'm trying to say: I have experience with regions in a similar state to ours, and a record for actually finding solutions for most of the serious problems. As for RL, I have a lot of time at the moment, since I'm changing jobs. I'm on terminal leave from #1, and #2 doesn't start until June.
Since this is essentially an improvised campaign, I don't have a lot of specific policies to advertise, so I'm hoping for a lot of questions. I could just plagiarize from other current and former candidates and promise what everyone else has been promising, but that's not my style. What you'd get from a Pharaoh Rogamark is solid, active NSing without potentially region-breaking experiments - and I believe that and nothing else is exactly what Osiris needs right now.
nobody really expected me running for Pharaoh, and most certainly not after a whole three months in the region. And I had no plans for running until very recently. The last attempt at an election was, without a doubt, the messiest election I've ever seen in my NS career. Rumors on a 'Byzantine conspiracy' scale flying around, candidates going after one another, not to mention this public statement and the ensuing bloodshed, then people voting for RON as a last resort, now the drama keeps going while we're making another attempt at electing a Pharaoh. All of this shortly after the Predator debacle, which brought another generous helping of drama to the region.
Osirans, what are you doing? This is a region with a lot of tradition and history, for better or for worse, with a lot of able and experienced NSers. This is a region with a lot of potential. There is no reason why Osiris couldn't be a consistent powerhouse, a highly active, eminently respectable region... if it wasn't for what I'd like to call the Osiris Twostep: Every time there is an opportunity to bring us forward and get the region going the way it's supposed to, drama ensues. Unfailingly. And the sitting Pharaoh is either taking a head dive right into it, or simply falls inactive, together with half of his cabinet. I would like an opportunity to try and change that.
As I said in the course of the RON discussion, I know I'm rather unqualified in terms of Osiris experience. But this might not be a disadvantage here. I don't have a long history of conspiracies and plots and Osiran soap operas where I was involved. (Actually, the last time I set foot in Osiris, some time ago, I ran for my life after a while.) What I do have, however, is a history of leading a region. Until yesterday I was the President of Spiritus, for a full year until I hit my term limit. During my time in office, Spiritus's military went from 'dead' to 'GP award-winning'. We became more active in the FA department, ultimately delivering two treaties after years of having none. We put out somewhat regular FA updates, some of which I wrote myself, until I was able to find a motivated newcomer to take on some responsibilities, whom I trained to eventually succeed me in the office of MoFA... and who's my successor as President now. Most importantly, the region is just as active as when I took office, but nearly free of drama, which... hasn't always been the case. Before that I served the region as MoFA, before that I was an elected legislator. Before that, I was active in Equilism, holding a number of offices from plain old Senator to Chief Minister.
Yes, I know, Spiritan credentials don't buy a cup of coffee here, but what I'm trying to say: I have experience with regions in a similar state to ours, and a record for actually finding solutions for most of the serious problems. As for RL, I have a lot of time at the moment, since I'm changing jobs. I'm on terminal leave from #1, and #2 doesn't start until June.
Since this is essentially an improvised campaign, I don't have a lot of specific policies to advertise, so I'm hoping for a lot of questions. I could just plagiarize from other current and former candidates and promise what everyone else has been promising, but that's not my style. What you'd get from a Pharaoh Rogamark is solid, active NSing without potentially region-breaking experiments - and I believe that and nothing else is exactly what Osiris needs right now.
