I don't care too much about WA campaign telegrams, and the resolution is clearly well-written. However, with no disrespect to the region or its WAD/President, it just doesn't feel like it's enough to be commended on. Maybe my standards for a commendation are higher than others, but in my view, commendations of a nation should be for something accomplished beyond the scope of a single region, not necessarily site-wide, but enough that their accomplishments are impressive in their own right. Most of the accomplishments listed in the resolution clearly focus on Ariusgrad's accomplishments within their own region, and that might be enough if the region itself was more accomplished or influential (under the nation's leadership), but a moderate success (honestly, even a more-than-moderate success) of regional growth and good relations with a large number of other regions isn't enough to cut it, in my view.
I received a telegram from the co-author of the resolution, Lanaograd, attempting to sway my vote by explaining that the Philippines's defense strategy against an attempted raid by 70 invader nations was, in their words, "highlighted as a turning point in defender-invader dynamics," and that Ariusgrad campaigned for "a shared world throughout the NS realm." I have no intentions of disputing these claims, because I don't even know if they're true or not, but what I do know is that these are a) not included in the proposal at vote, and b) not elaborated upon in any fashion. Lanaograd, if you're reading this, I strongly recommend you write these merits and achievements in, explain how and why they matter, and find some other things to put in as well, because points like these show that Ariusgrad is, in fact, influential beyond their own region, and the region itself also has influence and accomplishments that extend beyond itself as a region.
I think if you could better show that Ariusgrad is worthy of a commendation via another draft of the proposal containing more of their accomplishments in more detail, you wouldn't just be swaying my vote, you might even be swaying the vote of people with even more WA endorsements than me.
