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Heya,

I'm putting together a proposal to modify the RRS. That proposal is here: page=dispatch/id=1522370

Leave your thoughts about these changes below, this proposal is still in drafting.

Sylh Alanor wrote:

I remember when I was updating the delegate bits alongside the WAA Councillor amendment, you said it would be best to avoid using 'Member State' under the definition of delegate because technically, someone could become delegate without having had WA in the region for seven days. Is this a full on policy change for that?

I don't immediately remember that recommendation, but it was likely an error.

I think it's best, following comment from HumanSanity in the chat, to have it changed since the current RRS does not consider the concept of outside influence seizing the delegacy. So, my thinking is that someone who is the delegate should only be able to be so if they're a Member State who has been here for a bit. Similarly, under a new election system, someone should ideally not be able to see a vacancy election, jump into the the region, with eight hundred of their closest friends, and reach Member State status before the end of the election solely to vote-stack for an outsider. Both of these are undesirable, and changing this term solves both concerns.

Sylh Alanor wrote:

For 7ai, I think you should keep the 'to', or change the sentence to say 'in reaching quorum'.

Done.

Hey all,

This is Araine. I've been locked out of my nation (says the password isn't working, but it's the same one I've been using for months, and I've had it written down). Not sure when I'll be able to get back on, but hopefully soon. I'll operate on this account for the time being. Hopefully, that's alright.

Astriova wrote:

Hey all,

This is Araine. I've been locked out of my nation (says the password isn't working, but it's the same one I've been using for months, and I've had it written down). Not sure when I'll be able to get back on, but hopefully soon. I'll operate on this account for the time being. Hopefully, that's alright.

I'm sorry to hear that.

You should be able to reset the password with the email you used when you joined the World Assembly, if you still have access to it.

Araine wrote:

Yup, thank you.

Welcome back :D

Hey everyone! Just wanted to point out that today is the last day to endotart up in the region for a season 2 Galway-Dublin! Tomorrow I'll be giving them out to the top 20 endorsers in the region. Check out the list of people to endorse (should be updated) in this linked dispatch!

Refugia World Assembly Development Program!

by The Socialist Solarpunk Society of Sylh Alanor

The World Assembly Development Programme of Refugia

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Last Event's Winners

Sueloc	Chacapoya
Ideotopia	Ellamaa
Floofybit	Golden Gateway

An’eth’ara Refugia!

Do you remember the last time we met here? I wrote the last WADP dispatch on March 10th, and joked that Season 3 of cards would never come out. I was actually joking at the time, I really did think they’d be released as the April Fool’s Day event the site usually runs. But it turns out I forgot about my ever-increasing stranglehold on the dark powers, and my strength was simply too great. I can no longer make jokes, because the terror I inflict can never be overcome. I am crawling around inside of the CSS. Look! That button is now purple!

I didn’t get a lot done in my capacity as Councillor of Culture during the month of April, and I’m very sorry about that. But we’re here now to pick things up where we left off, and do yet another World Assembly Development Programme series of drawings, based off of endorsements. To make up for not having much going on last month, we’re going to open up the vault we set up for our regional card events and give away some rare and/or high value cards. This is to thank you all for keeping up the endorsements and keeping us over 60 (currently 64) votes in the World Assembly for almost a month. That’s amazing!

So let’s get into what we’re giving away. For the most part, it’s going to be Season 1 cards (though there are a few high-value Season 2 cards thrown in for variety). Also, as the region continues to grow, so too have we continued growing the number of cards we’re giving away! This time, we’ve got a whopping seven cards to give away in our lottery:

• Uelvan, a Season 1 legendary valued at 45.5 bank.
• A baddon, an S1 legendary valued at 46.5 bank.
• Ransium, a game mod from our embassy region Forest. The S2 legendary is valued at 74 bank.
• Bothia, a very rare S1 Legendary valued at 180 bank.
• Montagna, a former issues author and rare S1 Legendary valued at 202 bank.
• Reploid Productions, a long-standing site moderator and four time issue author, valued at 243 bank.
• Abacathea, a highly valued S2 Legendary card, valued at 245 bank.

To qualify for this lottery, endorse the delegate by Monday May 24, 2021!
If you win a card, you will be removed from the list for future drawings within the same event. The delegate cannot participate for obvious reasons.

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Endotarting Competition!

What the heck does that mean?

Endotarting is when you, as a WA nation, go around to every other WA nation in the region and endorse them. This is great for other people's nations because it increases their endorsement census stat and gives them a warm fuzzy feeling. It's also great because every endorsement on a nation means that they gain +1 influence points twice a day, and can collectively build that census stat as well. No one else can get native Refugia influence, that magical stuff exists only here.

Strategically, having influence in the region is a great boon for us all. Refugia is fantastic and wonderful, and I want it to last for ages. However, if something were to happen to the founder, the delegate seat would gain executive power. If that happens, dark forces from the great beyond could target Refugia and steal our kneecaps! The fact is, though, that if a bad actor gains control of the delegacy, they'll want to start banning nations, and the only thing that will protect us is a fortress of regional influence on all of our accounts. Whatever influence you have will be required for an invader to ban you. If they can't afford it, you're safe. So when we all have a ton of endorsements on our nations, we slowly get stronger and collectively build this safety net.

Refugia currently boasts having the 17th most endorsements in the world, and everyone's endorsement of everyone else contributes to this. So I'm going to get the ball rolling by providing this list of Refugia WA nations that can be endorsed. And everyone should try to endorse everyone else on this list, and check the regional census page periodically to see if you can find anyone new to endorse.

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Endorsable Nations
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Sylh Alanor	Araine	Narwhal	Melenavenia	Laisou	Imbault	Typica
Elenaraghaenaris	Liphia	Junitaki-cho	Cadenzana	Tovenia	Chacapoya	Tre bia land
Golden gateway	Floofybit	Bapaving	Parapollacis	Indimu	Sueloc	Koayo
Michelland	New filippe	Vystrania	Eroias	Kariforunia	Inaros OPA	Nottinghaven
Lower French Gregballs	Wankdeed	Nekhuser-Ra	Kallictora	Charcuterie	Turtle island coalition	Ideotopia
Rolliland	Fracoda	Whorth	Glentara	Denimz	Skanatavria	Gamelan
Nova egaleco	Calexic	Vikoland	Lunerbehrgm	Medecion	Hollsedan	Valdonland
Ellamaa	Lethodus	Ekmek pain	Dyllonia	Nivla	Nether budgerigar	Ciumbuleuit-bandung
Chill and cool vibes	Ezopi	The Star Enpire	Batskovey	Inasaki	Densweway	Lethedral
Sortani	Lunarana	Coninglon	Galluping chestnut	Giant Redwoods	Duolian	Libertatem existente
Fruitstrike	Ekajyotivolke	Kazumasen	Chatula

The top twenty-one people who have given out the most endorsements by Monday May 31, 2021 will receive a Season 2 S2 Tzo. Remember, there are no limits to how many endorsements you give, so you can get this card if the RNG doesn’t favour you for the above drawings!

Thanks so much to Refuge Isle for the amazing graphics presented in this dispatch!

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Hello! This is a statement from the office of World Assembly Affairs. Following a slew of poor legislation in the WA, we're expecting things to pick back up in the spring, with more proposals worthy of attention. As I noted at the beginning of this term (or the end of the last one? I'm not sure.), the department needs more horsepower to ensure we can get to everything to which needs gotten. To this end, I'm excited to invoke RRS 6(f)(iv) and welcome Emojitheft/HumanSanity as Security Council Correspondent. HS has much more knowledge and aptitude for the SC than I do, and it's great to have him as a part of the community. He'll be writing Refugia's IFV statements regarding Security Council matters. I'm looking forward to working together to grow Refugia's reputation for in-depth analysis and critique, and I hope everyone will welcome him accordingly.

Refuge Isle wrote:

Msr in refugia your flag is so good! It has the Forest travel rune, aaaaaahhh

Thank you! I actually made this flag a while ago when I wanted the ambassadorship in Refugia, hence the rune

Heya friendos! We have just completed this month's endotarting competition, with myself and Refuge Isle abstaining from prizes. I kept counting results while I was updating everything, even though this technically cut off as of minor update this morning. As of now, I've got enough copies to give out 24 S2 Galway-Dublins, to everyone listed below in bold. I've gone ahead and included the results for everyone who has endorsed at least one person, so if you want to see how many you missed, click on the spoiler tag.

Thanks everyone, I will be sending out the cards as soon as this is posted. Congratulations to those who qualified for a card, and good luck next time to those who didn't.

-Emily

Sylh Alanor - 72 (abstained)
Refuge Isle - 72 (abstained)
Liphia - 72
Indimu - 72
Floofybit - 72
Chacapoya - 72
Sueloc - 71
Republic of central darfur - 71
Melenavenia - 71
Laisou - 71
Imbault - 71
Golden gateway - 71
Feu de Glace - 71
Elenaraghaenaris - 71
Araine - 71
Typica - 70
Koayo - 70
Cadenzana - 70
Tre bia land - 69
Tovenia - 69
Nerdy tangent - 64
Lower French Gregballs - 64
Parapollacis - 63
Narwhal - 62
Junitaki-cho - 58
Ongmonnif - 57

INVASION

Femblist wrote:

INVASION

can you elaborate please?

Kariforunia wrote:

自動化とロボット.

Would automation like robots be considered in a socialist environment? Their benefits can't be ignored but their drawbacks affect the people directly with loss of job.

Would they be regulated? I'm interested in hearing anyone else's opinion on robot automation.

I know this is a weird question.

Well the way I see it is that no one can stop progress. People tried that during the Industrial Revolution as machines replaced artisans and manual labor, and they failed pretty badly. I personally think we should fully embrace automation, and that there’ll always be more jobs in the future for people that we can’t even think of. Plus, with robots doing a lot of hard or menial work, standards of living will go up, and we could even implement something like a UBI, although that would require a lot of government regulation.