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Back in my day we called it Ulan Bator and I see no reason to change with the times!
*Shakes my head*
These kids today with their new age touchy feely idea's like "democracy" and "respecting local culture"... it's like that soviet-era cinema culture is just disappearing.
Sad.
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The name Ulaanbaatar came in the 1630's, the name Ulan Bater came after that name.
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Just terrible. Back in my day, there wasn't air conditioning or heaters, and everything was good. Dang commodities
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That 1970's mongolian speak-easy culture was pretty amazing though, the city just felt so alive and electric.
And the music! The wild blend of military marching band, jazz and Buddhist chants was so ahead of its time.
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The official name of Ulaanbaatar is Ulaanbaatar, I wrote it Ulaanbaatar that so more people understand.
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Duude, relax. Volaworand was joking.
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Today in the SPINN:
• Senior Editor James Halpert examines what the Cabinet has done to hold itself accountable and accessible to the region, as we approach the midway point of the term.
Year 18 | 07 August 2020
THE CABINET CAN DO MORE TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY
James D. Halpert | Senior Editor
• Volaworand, Drystar and Auphelia have won the most votes in the two rounds of the Local Council election.
• The High Court has issued an injunction to prevent the certification of the Local Council election results, pending a ruling on the case on the rights of Special Forces members to vote in Local Council elections.
• The Special Forces been deployed to South Pacific (different from the South Pacific), a partner region that is under occupation from The Black Hawks.
We are nearing the end of the second term of the current Nakari Cabinet, which makes it an excellent point to assess what has been done well, what has been done badly, and what could be improved. Nakari seems to have taken the office of Prime Minister, following the example set by their predecessors, as that of a facilitator and behind-the-scenes coordinator, which means that not much will necessarily be heard from them as opposed to the individual ministers, but there are still some promises that were made on behalf of the whole Cabinet, particularly relating to accountability and transparency.
Nakari made a number of campaign promises in terms of public reporting and interaction with members of the region:
1. Update the Cabinet Twitter thread at least once a week, sharing those updates also on Discord and the RMB.
2. Use the Government Island region to post government updates and answer questions from the public.
3. Hold regular AMA sessions onsite and offsite.
The truth is that these promises have not been kept for the most part. Cabinet Twitter has not seen any updates since May 2020, during the government of Prime Minister Roavin. Government Island has not been used for Cabinet-wide reports or to answer questions from the public; in fact, the region has not been significantly promoted since its creation, so most South Pacificans have little way of knowing that there is a simple way for them to reach out to the Cabinet. There have also been no AMA sessions or other special opportunities for legislators and citizens to ask questions to their elected officials.
There are some positive points for individual ministers. The Ministry of Regional Affairs does much of its work in public, and so people can notice when a festival is held or a new issue of the Southern Journal is published. The Ministry of Military Affairs has been publishing weekly reports on its operations and collaboration with foreign partners, publishing them on the forum and in Government Island. Individual ministries have been communicating their work and letting the more politically aware members know what their elected officials are doing so far in the term. Still, collective accountability and transparency is an area where Cabinets tend to struggle. The Prime Minister explained the issue when asked for comment, saying that "I totally dropped the ball with twitter - it seemed unnecessary with how great the cabinet ministers have been at posting their own stuff".
Why is this important? The Cabinet is elected individually, but they work collectively and make important decisions behind the scenes. This is good: individual ministers have their own agendas and certain decisions simply cannot be made in public. However, this means that the public is often unaware of what agenda, if any, the Cabinet has as a whole for the region. The Prime Minister can let the region know the Cabinet's goals for the term, what policies are being implemented, what challenges the region is facing and what steps are being taken to address them. These actions have to be proactive: the Cabinet cannot wait for someone to ask, they have to go out and let the region know what is being done.
As the Cabinet approaches the second half of its term, it should take this time to assess the things that they have done well -constant activity from the MoRA, weekly reports from the Special Forces- and apply that experience to the Cabinet as a whole: issue periodic reports, hold regular AMA sessions, and let the region know what the agenda is and what will be done to get there.
The South Pacific Independent News Network (SPINN) is an independent news organisation established in 2003 with the goal of providing good, insightful and timely commentary on regional events for the citizens of the South Pacific. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board. Content is published via pseudonyms. The SPINN is not associated with the Government of the South Pacific.
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oh, I just never heard someone say or write Ulan Bater before, it was always Ulaanbaatar.
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Yes! Use that anger to tear through Hawks!!!
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That whole Independent News Network thing is giving me an idea. It would be a good idea to establish a regional podcast, or even a separate news source.
Maybe I will! Well, if you let me. It's quite a restrained but intense anger as well.
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*reminds me of https://anchor.fm/tsp-real-time*
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Or The Southern Journal, or CoCo Magazine?
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What is the amendment to elections act all about
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Post self-deleted by Weryalachiressaraxiatopia.
Well, here's to establishing an exclusively independent news station. I'm going to call it The National Enquirer! Oh... Wait. Let's call it, oh I don't know. What should I call it?
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You’re a brilliant writer, love!
I always take compliments, along with excessive compliments and too much time to respond to posts.
It’s a gift, I know. Did you enjoy the album?
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Ain't nobody gonna be able to pronounce that. Something more ambiguous.
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I can pronounce Weryalachiressaraxiatopia flawlessly, and type it fast to.
Anyways,
Maybe, umm... maybe Kraljans Podcast.
Oh no I'm starting to run out of ideas.
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Crying.
...this is why TSP needs you.
Now I just wanna dance!!!!
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The news source will just be called, Fearless.
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ok,
Maybe I can make one too.
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The saga of the poll (soon to be a major motion picture!):
in 2017 the Assembly removed its regulation of Local Council elections, but do to a filing mistake, it did not remove the clause on vacancies in the Local Council, as those had not been correctly filed in 2016
In 2017/18/19 the LC developed and revised own local election regulations and Local Council Election Law.
this past spring(i think?) the courts restored the 2016 mis-filed/lost provisions into the text of the election Act, after they were found deep in the catacombs of the regional forums.
In June, Rabbitz was elected Chair of the Assembly and resigned from the local Council, leaving a vacancy.
The Local Council did not fill the empty seat since their chosen candidate declined so he could run for Delegate. (by the way... he won, you should endorse him).
A Leqal Question was filed with the High Court asking if the Local Council was required to fill the vacancy.
The Court applied the previously restored to the books clause on LC vacancies from the Assembly's Elections Act, and struck down the LC's 2 clauses on the game side LC Election Act, and vesting the vacancy power as an optional power for the Delegate.
Some random penguin legislator presented an amendment to repeal the remaining clause on Local Council vacancies, which was passed by the Assembly - opening up the possibility of restoring the LC's power to name its own replacements when less than half a term remains, in the same way Cabinet can fill its own vacancies in such cases.
It passed Assembly approval on the forums, and since it directly affects local governance of game side it must be confirmed by a game side vote in order to take effect.
So there is a poll up asking us if we approve of the Assembly removing its final provision related to Local Council vacancies.
What a truly magical land TSP is! We are a true democracy! Viva la bureaucracy.
In other words... oh gawd, please, please, please for the love of all that is holy just repeal the frigging clause and let it die already by voting AYE!
EDIT: voting link: page=poll/p=161753
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The blossoming of entrepreneurship here in TSP is going to set the standard for nations to come. D o I t.
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