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I don't know if I will have the ability to be present at that time, so I would like to present a few thoughts for discussion at the meeting.

Constitution and Governmental Structure

1. We need the following Ministries not provided for in the Constitution:

   1. Home - Responsible for the recruitment, welcoming and retention of new nations.

   2. Culture - Organizes RP's and Events for the Region be it on the RMB or on a forum in the future.

2. Defence - In my many years of NationStates experience, The only regions that need to fill that Ministry would be raiders, defenders, or imperialistic regions. Since we have embraced none of those of positions, it is my opinion that this Ministry is redundant and should be defenstrated until such time as we grow large enough to sustain a Militia and become active in whatever phase we choose.

Forum
As an experienced Forum designer, builder, and administrator let me state a few facts:

1. Our region currently has 12 nations.

2. A forum, on a good day, generally has 5 to 10% of the regional population as ACTIVE members.

3. At best, the forum currently would have 1.2 active members.

4. I recommend that the forum idea be placed on hold until we triple (at least) our regional size and activity levels.