Wintreath

Wintermoot wrote:

❄️ Delegate Selection Discussion ❄️

The discussion to select our next delegate begins now! Discussion will take place on here and on the Discord #governance channel (which all Citizens can access), and our goal is to select our next delegate by consensus (this is not an election) in line with the principles here: https://wintreath.com/forums/index.php?topic=8170

In these areas, please feel free to ask questions of the candidates or discuss the delegacy selection in general! Candidates are encouraged to introduce themselves, discuss their vision for the delegacy, and discuss why they feel they're the best person for the job so that everyone knows where they're coming from (but these are suggestions, not requirements). My hope is that a consensus will form over who our next delegate will be and we can begin the transition soon. :)

Your Candidates Are
The age of dystopia
Argin
Khaos titan
Aportistopireistan

Minimum Responsibilities of Delegate
These are the absolute minimum responsibilities of the job. Anything the delegate does beyond this is their choice.

1) Maintain the highest number of World Assembly endorsements in the region
2) Vote on World Assembly resolutions
3) Be part of discussions that come up about our World Assembly stance/vote in the community
4) Comply with any directives from the Regional Stability Squad concerning the World Assembly (so far there have been none)

Hello Wintermoot and hello wintreath! I'm The Age of Dystopia, one of the candidates for wintreath's delegate. Although I haven't been in wintreath for as long as some of our older members, I've still been here for a year, so I've been here for a good bit. I have been the most active on wintreath's discord, so those of you who have been frequent faces on the RMB for the past year might not recognize me. As for some of my other nations, I'm also known as The Age of Utopia, and am a native of The South Pacific. I've been on NS for 5 years and I've done a lot of things in my time here. In terms of experience I've been an executive delegate for 3 different medium regions and have served as an RO of The South Pacific, although I resigned partway through the term as I did not feel I was active enough then to maintain the position. I've also served as a defender under the SPSF (South Pacific Special Forces), The South Pacific's military force, so you can trust me to have a good grasp on r/d and its politics. As I've served as a delegate before, I know the mechanics of the WA and am experienced with the powers of the delegacy.

What do I plan to do as Delegate:

- I plan to vote in accordance with the majority of this region so as to use the power of the delegate's vote to empower the will of the region
- It's my goal to give voting recommendations and maintain short explanations as to why for those who wish to have an informed vote but do not want to read the proposal and/or dive in deeper and read the forum threads
- Maintain my endotarting of the region, so basically continue endorsing everyone in the region
- Be available for discussion on or to answer questions about the WA (and other aspects of the game too)
- Fulfill the minimum requirements of the delegacy as listed above in Wintermoot's post

Anyways if anyone has any questions for me, please ask! I'm happy to answer all the questions you have

Mania Sims wrote:

Aportistopireistan
The Age of Dystopia
How would you two hypothetically deal with a bill that was split the community, where it's nearly divided half and half. How would you appease the most people?

I’d obviously want everyone to be happy with a decision, rather than just a majority, so I’d probably try to help both sides discuss it in a more organized way to see if they could come to one decision. But if that fails, I think I’d ask one person from each side of the bill if they could make a decision between the two of them, and I’d go with that.

I don’t want to choose based on the majority, I want to choose based on everyone. So if everyone is being stubborn, I’d ask just two people to figure it out between them, representing the opinion they share with others. This would hopefully represent the conclusion that would come from more time for everyone to talk about it.

Edit: Since we’re also choosing the delegate via consensus, I’ll probably see how things turn out with this and form some ideas from it.

The Age of Dystopia wrote:

In the event that the community is evenly divided I would use discretion and either abstain from voting (purposefully) or I would choose based on my own knowledge of the proposal. In the minimum delegate responsibilities listed by wintermoot, voting on WA resolutions is a requirement, but a purposeful abstinence from voting due to community division would likely be the best option, and I doubt many would object to that

Thank you for the question that was a very good one :)

I was thinking about abstaining too, so I have a question for you that I asked myself.

Which comes first, your requirements, or the happiness of Wintreath?

The Age of Dystopia wrote:

In the vast majority of cases abstaining would be my first choice, it would require some sort of unusual circumstance for me to feel the need to not abstain

Two things:
Do you think this is a valid fulfillment of your role?

And another situation. If there was a clear majority and minority on a resolution, would you go with the majority, try to have everyone come to a consensus, or something else?