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[ROUGH DRAFT] Commend Sierra Lyricalia

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[ROUGH DRAFT] Commend Sierra Lyricalia

Postby Kozmix » Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:01 am

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Bringing to light that constructive debate over international issues are the only medium of betterment that the General Assembly recognizes for producing resolutions;

Realizing therefore, that there remain unsung heroes, who dedicate their time and effort to go well beyond their "call of diplomatic duty" to improve the quality of the resolutions that end up on the voting floor, and who play a vital role in development of an idea from the conception all the way to resolution, and every step in between;

Highlighting the efforts of Ambassador Stephenie Zakalwe and of former Ambassador Vincent Horatio Gutierrez-Baradikov of Sierra Lyricalia, for their supreme efforts in debating and influencing the drafting of resolutions such as "Assisted Suicide Act" (GAR #285) and "Anti-Counterfeiting Pact" (GAR #307), among others, as well as being one of the few ambassadors who have been reputable in their objectivity in an environment known fondly as the "festering snakepit";

Appreciating the efforts made by the ambassadors in representing an reasonable and logical temperament to heated discussions, bringing newer authors and delegations to the World Assembly, presenting new ideas for other authors to pursue and develop insight of and for, as well as the playing the tiresome part of attempting to keep proposals without the intent of global betterment out of the voting floor as much as possible;

Amazed at Sierra Lyricalia’s ambassador Zakalwe’s bravery in risking her life to recover the kidnapped ambassador Benjamin Bell of Separatist Peoples, when they had been kidnapped and held, with little support and no weapons but her rocket pistol and her sharp wit;

Further amazed at ambassador Zakalwe’s skills as an astronaut, a soldier and most importantly, a representative to the World Assembly, whose rational monologues in anguishingly tiresome debates, have become the face of the entire nation and a voice to emulate at the world stage;

Applauding Sierra Lyricalia’s for the authorship of General Assembly Resolution #354 “AI Co-Existence Protocol”, which has been the foremost resolution in recognizing and accepting the sentience that can or has been achieved in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as being the first resolution of its kind to address AI as a resolution in human rights;

Further applauding the issues brought to the international community by Sierra Lyricalia which posed interesting problems that require innovative legislation to be solved, such as “Voters Place Your Bets”, on the dilemma of gambling on election results, and “Your Stuff is Forfeit“, on the practice of government versus personal ownership of land;

Acknowledging Sierra Lyricalia’s role as ex-WA Delegate and the Principal-Agent of Anarchy, where they have helped stabilize the region even after its multiple raids and tags, as a show of true resilience;

Lauding Sierra Lyricalia on being one of the few citizens of Anarchy in their use of discretion in banning or ejecting nations, especially given the number and frequency of raids of the region, showing that, much as in the General Assembly, Sierra Lyricalia is the balance of order and thought in chaos;

Convinced that their diplomatic skills and the resulting meaningful contributions to the WA, as well as their continued guardianship of a founderless region, is deserving of a commendation;

Hereby commends Sierra Lyricalia.

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Comments and further information appreciated! :)
SL's permission has been taken for this, obviously. I'd love some more inputs on their work and I also more than welcome any additional points and information.

Edit: Marked the region Anarchy (thanks BT) and mentioned the former Delegate role of SL in Anarchy.
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Yes, comments would be appreciated. :)
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Postby Benevolent Thomas » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:09 am

Linking the region of Anarchy would be slightly helpful.

As someone who is admittedly ignorant when it comes to the politics and personalities of the General Assembly, I think I'm in favor of this proposal. I understand that Sierra Lyricalia is a GA Secretariat and I believe that part of this proposal tries to outline those responsibilities. Is it illegal to name them as a GA Sec or commend them solely based on their actions as a GA Sec like it would be to commend a site staff member? I view it as an in-character role, so please correct me if I've misunderstood. As a defender, I start having flashbacks the second Anarchy is mentioned. I know Sierra Lyricalia has been delegate of the region for significant portions of its history. In the past, delegates of that region had a habit of banning defenders from the region after being liberated by them, much to the region's detriment. Was SL one of these delegates?
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Benevolent Thomas wrote:Linking the region of Anarchy would be slightly helpful.

As someone who is admittedly ignorant when it comes to the politics and personalities of the General Assembly, I think I'm in favor of this proposal. I understand that Sierra Lyricalia is a GA Secretariat and I believe that part of this proposal tries to outline those responsibilities. Is it illegal to name them as a GA Sec or commend them solely based on their actions as a GA Sec like it would be to commend a site staff member? I view it as an in-character role, so please correct me if I've misunderstood. As a defender, I start having flashbacks the second Anarchy is mentioned. I know Sierra Lyricalia has been delegate of the region for significant portions of its history. In the past, delegates of that region had a habit of banning defenders from the region after being liberated by them, much to the region's detriment. Was SL one of these delegates?

It is illegal. I tried to do so with CD.

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Postby Kand Sovi » Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:32 pm

I would think that this decision would be praised for what was done in every effort to save such a country and to bring one right at a time. Very impressed.

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Benevolent Thomas wrote:Linking the region of Anarchy would be slightly helpful.

As someone who is admittedly ignorant when it comes to the politics and personalities of the General Assembly, I think I'm in favor of this proposal. I understand that Sierra Lyricalia is a GA Secretariat and I believe that part of this proposal tries to outline those responsibilities. Is it illegal to name them as a GA Sec or commend them solely based on their actions as a GA Sec like it would be to commend a site staff member? I view it as an in-character role, so please correct me if I've misunderstood. As a defender, I start having flashbacks the second Anarchy is mentioned. I know Sierra Lyricalia has been delegate of the region for significant portions of its history. In the past, delegates of that region had a habit of banning defenders from the region after being liberated by them, much to the region's detriment. Was SL one of these delegates?

It is illegal. I tried to do so with CD.

Thanks. Figured that'd be the case.
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Postby Marilyn Manson Freaks » Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:31 pm

We're not mentioning his duties as an GA Secretariat, just vaguely highlighting his help in drafting tons of resolutions.
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Postby Isvataan » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:50 pm

Sure ill support it. Besides, we need something up here because its been 3 weeks since any sc issue came up

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Postby Kozmix » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:39 am

Benevolent Thomas wrote:Linking the region of Anarchy would be slightly helpful.

Noted.

Benevolent Thomas wrote:As someone who is admittedly ignorant when it comes to the politics and personalities of the General Assembly, I think I'm in favor of this proposal. I understand that Sierra Lyricalia is a GA Secretariat and I believe that part of this proposal tries to outline those responsibilities. Is it illegal to name them as a GA Sec or commend them solely based on their actions as a GA Sec like it would be to commend a site staff member? I view it as an in-character role, so please correct me if I've misunderstood.

A GA Secretariat is an IC role on the forum, but it is a site role and affects game mechanics. I think there was a ruling on this, which makes the mention of their work as a GA Secretariat, as well as some past actions non-commendable, so I chose the safer option and didn't mention it at all.

Benevolent Thomas wrote:As a defender, I start having flashbacks the second Anarchy is mentioned. I know Sierra Lyricalia has been delegate of the region for significant portions of its history. In the past, delegates of that region had a habit of banning defenders from the region after being liberated by them, much to the region's detriment. Was SL one of these delegates?

I am going to have to investigate that and get back to you, but to my current knowledge, SL has not been involved in that activity in particular. I will, however, confirm and edit this post with my findings.

Edit: As promised. Sierra Lyricalia has not been banned anyone as a Delegate. As an RO, they continue this policy except for with raiders making a jump.
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Postby YoriZ » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:17 pm

The administrators of Sierra Lyricalia have always displayed very decent behavior in the region of Anarchy. The nation is highly respected and speaking for the region, nations are very proud that this draft is being made to commend the many contributions of Sierra Lyricalia to the community of NationStates. No doubt, we are in favor of the draft.
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Postby Ransium » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:51 pm

I think SL's role in Anarchy needs more than just a line. Other than that, I think SL obviously merits commendation and this is a good start.

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Postby Kozmix » Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:38 am

Ransium wrote:I think SL's role in Anarchy needs more than just a line. Other than that, I think SL obviously merits commendation and this is a good start.

Fair enough. I will work on expanding on that. Thanks! :)
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Postby Imperium Anglorum » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:15 am

GenSec is an OOC institution. In character, it doesn't exist except as a nebulous body with no defined composition. I'm pretty sure it cannot be mentioned in a resolution.

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From my memory, no GenSec duty can be mentioned, as that would violate R1.
GenSec duties being legality rulings and queue management, any other GA thing is fair game :)

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Postby Wrapper » Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:01 pm

Lord Dominator wrote:From my memory, no GenSec duty can be mentioned, as that would violate R1.
GenSec duties being legality rulings and queue management, any other GA thing is fair game :)

Indeed. Also, for the record, SL was briefly an Issues Editor, and any issues work done while an IE (including issues written/submitted/published while an IE) would violate R1 as well.

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Wrapper wrote:
Lord Dominator wrote:From my memory, no GenSec duty can be mentioned, as that would violate R1.
GenSec duties being legality rulings and queue management, any other GA thing is fair game :)

Indeed. Also, for the record, SL was briefly an Issues Editor, and any issues work done while an IE (including issues written/submitted/published while an IE) would violate R1 as well.

But to be clear what's mentioned thus far is legal, I believe.
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Postby Lord Dominator » Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:55 pm

Ransium wrote:
Wrapper wrote:Indeed. Also, for the record, SL was briefly an Issues Editor, and any issues work done while an IE (including issues written/submitted/published while an IE) would violate R1 as well.

But to be clear what's mentioned thus far is legal, I believe.

Do you mean that both mentioned issues are legal mentions then?

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Postby Kozmix » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:14 am

Lord Dominator wrote:
Ransium wrote:But to be clear what's mentioned thus far is legal, I believe.

Do you mean that both mentioned issues are legal mentions then?

Yes they are. There is one issue they wrote as an issue editor, and that has not been included
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In the "Amazed" and "Further amazed" clauses you refer to Steph Zakawale instead of Steph Zakalwe.
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Postby Lord Dominator » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:33 am

Kozmix wrote:
Lord Dominator wrote:Do you mean that both mentioned issues are legal mentions then?

Yes they are. There is one issue they wrote as an issue editor, and that has not been included

Cool

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Merni wrote:In the "Amazed" and "Further amazed" clauses you refer to Steph Zakawale instead of Steph Zakalwe.
Taken care of. Thank you :)
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Postby Marilyn Manson Freaks » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:39 am

Any comments on the current draft?
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Postby United Massachusetts » Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:36 am

Marilyn Manson Freaks wrote:Any comments on the current draft?

Full support.


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