[PASSED] Commend Solorni

[HMS Unicorn]

This draft is based on an older one (from 2014) that mcm and I decided to revisit. We have updated the draft to reflect comments from the earlier discussion, as well as include events that took place since 2014. There was also a brief discussion of the proposal in the WALL drafting forum, and we've incorporated all suggestions from there into the draft as well.

All feedback is welcome.

THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:

NOTES that the government of Solorni also controls Swift Sure.

ACKNOWLEDGES Solorni's fundamental contributions to the establishment of Balder. During Balder's early days, Solorni was instrumental in guaranteeing the security of the region. Solorni was one of the main coordinators of first constitutional convention of Balder, which established a sovereign and democratic government for the region that continues to this day.

HIGHLIGHTS Solorni's long service as WA Delegate and Queen of Balder. Solorni achieved unique levels of support among the region, as evidenced by record endorsement numbers. During Solorni's delegacy, Balder has experienced unprecedented levels of activity, and prosperity. Solorni has encouraged development and innovation in Balder, ensuring that the regional government constantly evolves to serve the needs of its community.

ADMIRES Solorni's contributions to the security and stability of Balder. Solorni serves as the chief administrator for the regional forum. Solorni oversaw the creation of the Royal Council and its transformation into the Monarchy, institutions dedicated to protecting Balder from external threats and safeguarding democratic governance. Solorni has been a member of both institutions throughout their existence.

APPLAUDS Solorni's work in Europeia, where they served multiple times as President and Cabinet member. Solorni's second presidential term marked the foundation of modern Europeian foreign policy, resulting in increased interregional prominence for the region. As Grand Admiral of the Europeian Republican Navy, Solorni instituted systematic training and recruitment programs, resulting in record deployment numbers and transforming the Navy into an interregionally respected military force. Solorni has been one of the most prolific regional recruiters, introducing numerous nations to the Europeian community and, through transformative contributions to the Europeian Citizens' Assembly, encouraging their engagement.

APPRECIATES Solorni's contributions to the historic region of Empires of Earth, where they served in multiple cabinet offices. Solorni led the revival and refounding of the region as Queen and Empress, securing its history for future generations.

RECOGNIZES Solorni as a world-renowned diplomat. Solorni has negotiated treaties resulting in long-lasting alliances between regions such as Balder, Europeia, Osiris, The Land of Kings and Emperors, The North Pacific, and The West Pacific. Solorni has been an active contributor to the successful multi-regional organizations of the World Assembly Legislative League and the GCR Sovereignty Accords. Solorni has been a committed proponent of the ideology of Independence, advocating for a pragmatic approach to diplomacy that prioritizes regional interests.

ACCLAIMS the charismatic leadership style of Solorni, characterized by a strong emphasis on community building and active communication. Solorni has consistently strived to raise awareness about important issues through publications whose reach extends beyond regional borders. In all regions they were involved, Solorni facilitated the successful integration and mentorship of numerous new nations, many of which have continued on to serve as regional leaders.

COMMENDS Solorni.

Co-authored by mcmasterdonia.

THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:

NOTES that the government of Solorni also controls Swift Sure.

ACKNOWLEDGES Solorni's fundamental contributions to the establishment of Balder. During Balder's early days, Solorni was instrumental in guaranteeing the security of the region. Solorni was one of the main coordinators of first constitutional convention of Balder, which established a sovereign and democratic government for the region that continues to this day.

HIGHLIGHTS Solorni's long service as WA Delegate and Queen of Balder. Solorni achieved unique levels of support among the region, as evidenced by record number of received endorsements. During Solorni's delegacy, Balder has experienced unprecedented levels of activity, and prosperity. Solorni has encouraged development and innovation in Balder, ensuring that the regional government constantly evolves to serve the needs of its community.

ADMIRES Solorni's contributions to the security and stability of Balder. Solorni serves as root administrator for the regional forum. Solorni oversaw the creation of the Royal Council and its transformation into the Monarchy, institutions dedicated to protecting Balder from external threats and safeguarding democratic governance. Solorni has been a member of both institutions throughout their existence.

APPLAUDS Solorni's work in Europeia, where they served multiple times as President and Cabinet member. Solorni's second presidential term marked the foundation of modern Europeian foreign policy, resulting in increased interregional prominence for the region. As Grand Admiral of the Europeian Republican Navy, Solorni fostered increased levels of activity and expertise. Solorni has been one of the most prolific regional recruiters, introducing numerous nations to the Europeian community and, through transformative contributions to the Europeian Citizens' Assembly, further encouraging their engagement.

APPRECIATES Solorni's contributions to the historic region of Empires of Earth, where they served in multiple cabinet offices. Solorni was a leading force in the revival and refounding of the region as Queen and Empress, securing its history for future generations.

RECOGNIZES Solorni as a world-renowned and effective diplomat. Solorni has successfully negotiated treaties resulting in long-lasting alliances between regions such as Balder, Europeia, Osiris, The Land of Kings and Emperors, The North Pacific, and The West Pacific. Solorni has been an active contributor to the successful multi-regional organizations of the World Assembly Legislative League and the GCR Sovereignty Accords. Solorni has been a committed proponent of the ideology of Independence, advocating for a pragmatic approach to diplomacy that prioritizes regional interests.

ACCLAIMS the charismatic leadership style of Solorni, which is characterized by a strong emphasis on community building and active communication. Solorni has consistently strived to raise awareness about important issues through publications whose reach extends beyond regional borders. In all regions they were involved, Solorni created conditions for the successful integration and mentorship of numerous new nations, many of which have continued on to serve as the next regional leaders.

COMMENDS Solorni.

Co-authored by mcmasterdonia.

[The Stalker]

Looks good to me, support.

[Willania Imperium]

Hey, that’s pretty good!

Support.

[States of Glory]

Solorni serves as root administrator for the regional forum.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this line seems to me to break Rule Four.

[Unibot III]

Good catch, root administrator would not be legal. "Forum" is only legal because of the double meaning of forum.

You could probably get away with a verb, like "centrally administrates the regional forum" rather than root.

[HMS Unicorn]

"Forum administrator" or "administrator of regional forum" is used in other resolutions, e.g., Commend McMasterdonia, Commend Hobbesistan, Commend Harmoneia, Commend Fudgetopia, and Commend Renaissancistic People. So presumably, forum administrator alone, without "root", is fine.

I edited "root administrator" to "chief administrator", which should preserve the R4-compliant context of "forum" and "administrator".

[United Massachusetts]

Support

[Unibot III]

I edited "root administrator" to "chief administrator", which should preserve the R4-compliant context of "forum" and "administrator".

I'll give that a strong and confident "probably." Yes.

[Lord Ravenclaw]

Looks good. I can't see any opposition to this from TNP.

[Mallorea and Riva]

More details on her EuroNavy involvement would be nice.

[Consular]

It's all a matter of timing, huh. I remember when you didn't want to submit this because Rach was for a time wildly unpopular.

[Fauxia]

I don’t really like the writing style, tbh, but no one else seems to care, so you’re fine. I’ll probably vote for

[Kanglia]

Eh, no real reason to vote against. I'll support.

[HMS Unicorn]

I posted a slightly updated draft. Changes include:

1) The change from "root administrator" to "chief administrator", as discussed above.
2) A little bit more meat in the clause about the ERN, as requested by Mall.
3) Some word smithing here and there, to bring it within the 3500 char limit.

[Mallorea and Riva]

It's more, but examples of deployments or something would be great.

[HMS Unicorn]

I don't think there were any deployments that would be particularly noteworthy on their own.

It was the cumulative effect that mattered, rather than individual outstanding deployments: Instead of deploying once in a blue moon and only in support of whatever other military the GA happened to lead at the time, the ERN was now deploying very regularly (several tag runs per week, plus a hold at least once every two weeks) on operations it was leading. Instead of struggling to get 2-3 sailors together, the ERN would be able to consistently get ~10 people out per operation. Instead of consisting mostly of a bunch of inactive officers who had no idea how update worked, how to do stealth, or how to time an operation, the ERN now had sailors that were trained to do all of these things. That's the kind of effect the sentence I added is meant to convey.

(I'll grant, for the record, that this happened during not just Solorni's GA term, but during a period that included both her and Oliver's terms.)

Additionally, as the sentence is part of a paragraph that is meant to highlight Solorni's total contributions to Europeia, instead of focusing on one specific aspect, I think that expanding it too much would make the paragraph unbalanced.

[The Atlae Isles]

Support. I'd say that Swift Sure is President of Europeia currently, if it wouldn't brush up against the character limit.

[Fauxia]

Support. I'd say that Swift Sure is President of Europeia currently, if it wouldn't brush up against the character limit.

I think the clause about serving as president several times is good enough

[HMS Unicorn]

Yeah, I meant that clause to also include the current term.

[Kylia Quilor]

So this is a thing that's happening.

[Consular]

So this is a thing that's happening.

So far without negative comment too. Quite peculiar

[Drop Your Pants]

During Solorni's delegacy, Balder has experienced unprecedented levels of activity

And unprecedented levels of deadness

RECOGNIZES Solorni as a world-renowned diplomat

Excuse me while I piss myself laughing. Rach (Solorni) has been anything but diplomatic in her NS career. Look at her forums posts in GP. And before that she stirred shit with others on offsite forums.

In all regions they were involved, Solorni facilitated the successful integration and mentorship of numerous new nations, many of which have continued on to serve as regional leaders.

Such as?

Now, I respect Rach a lot in NS and I agree she should be commended. But some of the bullshit in this proposal is legendary.

[Fauxia]

Actually, I didn’t see that. From the bit of Solorni that I know, she ain’t such a diplomat... I can remember when a bunch of people were mocking her for “bad shitposting” or something.

[Unibot III]

Rachel is a competent diplomat between Balder and other independent regions (which I think r3n is hinting at in that clause), the issue is her 'diplomacy' with Lazarus and the South Pacific was quite honestly less constructive than if she had declared war on them outright.

Solorni has consistently strived to raise awareness about important issues through publications whose reach extends beyond regional borders.

Runes, we're talking about the Runes aren't we? Fuck my giddy unicorn. The Runes was the Rejected Times written in crayon and spite.

Solorni has been a committed proponent of the ideology of Independence, advocating for a pragmatic approach to diplomacy that prioritizes regional interests.

"And here we see the r3n in its natural habit, feigning an appeal to reasonableness while thumping its Manifesto," whispers David Attenborough, peering through a pair of binoculars. "Researchers have long suspected these spontaneous utterances, inappropriately partisan for their environment, might be a herd habit like yawning that once gave this species a distinct evolutionary advantage."

Solorni was one of the main coordinators of first constitutional convention of Balder, which established a sovereign and democratic government for the region that continues to this day.

This isn't even semantically correct, the first constitutional convention formed a sovereign and democratic government that is clearly distinct from the government of today. They're different constitutional documents.

At least, I believe they are. The real truth is that Balder deliberately hides its laws from its own residents and outsiders, which I've pointed out many a time - to this day, there's no trace of the Basic Laws promulgated to residents of Balder. That's not the hallmark of a democratic government, it has no commitment to government transparency. It doesn't particularly behave as a democracy would.

On Feb 09, 2017, Rachel made a big show of it to 'open' the Basic Laws to the public when I called her on it again, before yet again withdrawing access to the laws of the region when nobody was watching.

"In any case, I'm not sure what that has to do with [Balder] not being democratic. Particularly when we've had a stable democracy for longer than Lazarus and TSP with far less of the issues they have had with corruption and what have essentially amounted to gangster type politics" - Rachel, Feb 06 2017. Yet another example of her well-renowned diplomacy.

During Solorni's delegacy, Balder has experienced unprecedented levels of activity, and prosperity.

The word you're looking for is stability, stability dammit. My bowels are more active than Balder.

Solorni oversaw the creation of the Royal Council and its transformation into the Monarchy, institutions dedicated to protecting Balder from external threats and safeguarding democratic governance. Solorni has been a member of both institutions throughout their existence.

We're commending someone for forming their own monarchy. When did the WA become the Monarchist League? Are we commending Prince Charles next? What is not mentioned in this clause, of course, is she formed monarchical institutions that she herself has led, not just been a member of - it's her royal family. Surely that's slightly self-serving.

ACCLAIMS the charismatic leadership style of Solorni, characterized by a strong emphasis on community building and active communication.

Active communication, hahahahaha. Okay I'll give you that one. Kind of like when diplomats say Donald Trust is "authentic," and he takes it as a compliment.

[Kanglia]

The only problem is there's not a mention of The Honest Defender and how sad that was