Post by willowinds on Feb 13, 2007 14:03:03 GMT -5
Update #17 from TGLM
Tuesday February 13, 2007
Number of Nations: 168
UN Delegate: Willowinds
Government
Election Update
There were three nominations for the position of UN Delegate: Kel-thuzad, Papercuts & Skittles and the incumbent, Willowinds. For almost three days after the nominations, none of the nominees either accepted or declined their nominations, nor did any of them state their platforms. It was only after Kel-thuzad publically declined the nomination, that Willowinds accepted and stated her platform. At that point, the question and answer period began, lasting for another two days.
After four days of voting, Willowinds was elected the Delegate for another six month term.
The nomination period for the last round of Cabinet elections for the positions of Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Cartography/Overseer of Charon and any other positions that may become available begin February 20, 2007.
For this, our first round of elections, it was decided to go with staggered terms in order to provide continuity. With the exception of Delegate, all Cabinet positions are three-month terms, and we may well decide that the staggering is not necessary come the next round of elections.
Other News in Government
TGLM is extremely pleased to announce the establishment of reciprocal Embassies with 10000 Islands, ITALIA and the Confederation of Free Nations. It's our sincere hope that the diplomatic ties we've just formed will strengthen and deepen over time, as will the friendships which are starting to develop.
We are still in the unfortunate position of having three of our Ministers on limited duty due to RL commitments and/or illness. We wish them well, and hereby officially retract their sentence of fifty lashes with a wet noodle!
UN Resolutions
Repeal "UN Educational Committee": Against
Nuclear Responsibility: Against
Continuity Of Government: For
Emigration Rights: For
"Let the Good Times Roll"
"Chat Aways" has seen three new threads take off!
"What NOT to stick in an electrical socket" has sparked a flurry of replies ...
To quote our new Ambassador from 10KI, Luna Lunatic, "Gilda Trota used to flip the cards and spin wheels on game shows. Her big debut in XKI television, The Fish Bowl, flopped miserably. She doesn't know EVERYTHING but she's awfully opinionated." Well, Gilda's back and making her debut in " ... ask Gilda". To give you some idea of the wisdom imparted over the last couple of weeks, one need only look at the following questions, and Gilda's replies:
Dear Armageddon,
'Soon' rather depends on your current interpretation of the space-time curve, which truthfully, doesn't exist. Accepting a hypothetical premise of perspective however, the end of the world will come according to a thousandth monkey..ie. once a certain as yet mysterious quantity of monkeys, err..I mean humans, around the world succeed in carrying lightweight boards on their front and backsides with 'Doom' handpainted and misspelled on them, then the world as some know it, or pretend to, will certainly become perceived to have ended at least, in it's current form.
Dear In problematic circumstances, I telephoned the local Emergency Ridiculousness chapter hotline and they said they'd send a rescue team over immediately. However I warn you, the scene is being videorecorded for a new trash reality tv program.
Last, but certainly not least, our Founder, Eternal Moon Child truly climbed out on a limb and left herself with no way back to the trunk of the tree! She asked that members of the region see what they could come up with in terms of alternate names for her using her initials, EMC. To date, some suggestions have been: Easily Made Crazy, Extra Meaty Croissants and Evil Malicious Cancer to name but a few ... Someday she'll learn! :lol:
The spammers ... no ... wait ... they said I couldn't say that ... avid posters in our region ... much better ... have been enjoying themselves hugely in our "Fun and Games" forum.
Stay tuned for updates from our "Role Play" forum in our next update!
Quotes and Sigs
From Shaby Cities
Strong like bull, Smart like tractor.
From Random Textbox Inputs
Did I detect an actual sophisticated conversation arising?
*gets out Surface-to-Conversation missiles*
From Willowinds
Sikey is the classic anime version of the '64 vette split-window coupe that would have been painted baby blue if it had wheels rather than oysters for eyes.
That is all for this edition of the TGLM Update. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to post them and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Tuesday February 13, 2007
Number of Nations: 168
UN Delegate: Willowinds
Government
Election Update
There were three nominations for the position of UN Delegate: Kel-thuzad, Papercuts & Skittles and the incumbent, Willowinds. For almost three days after the nominations, none of the nominees either accepted or declined their nominations, nor did any of them state their platforms. It was only after Kel-thuzad publically declined the nomination, that Willowinds accepted and stated her platform. At that point, the question and answer period began, lasting for another two days.
After four days of voting, Willowinds was elected the Delegate for another six month term.
The nomination period for the last round of Cabinet elections for the positions of Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Cartography/Overseer of Charon and any other positions that may become available begin February 20, 2007.
For this, our first round of elections, it was decided to go with staggered terms in order to provide continuity. With the exception of Delegate, all Cabinet positions are three-month terms, and we may well decide that the staggering is not necessary come the next round of elections.
Other News in Government
TGLM is extremely pleased to announce the establishment of reciprocal Embassies with 10000 Islands, ITALIA and the Confederation of Free Nations. It's our sincere hope that the diplomatic ties we've just formed will strengthen and deepen over time, as will the friendships which are starting to develop.
We are still in the unfortunate position of having three of our Ministers on limited duty due to RL commitments and/or illness. We wish them well, and hereby officially retract their sentence of fifty lashes with a wet noodle!
UN Resolutions
Repeal "UN Educational Committee": Against
Nuclear Responsibility: Against
Continuity Of Government: For
Emigration Rights: For
"Let the Good Times Roll"
"Chat Aways" has seen three new threads take off!
"What NOT to stick in an electrical socket" has sparked a flurry of replies ...
To quote our new Ambassador from 10KI, Luna Lunatic, "Gilda Trota used to flip the cards and spin wheels on game shows. Her big debut in XKI television, The Fish Bowl, flopped miserably. She doesn't know EVERYTHING but she's awfully opinionated." Well, Gilda's back and making her debut in " ... ask Gilda". To give you some idea of the wisdom imparted over the last couple of weeks, one need only look at the following questions, and Gilda's replies:
Dear Gilda,
Is the world going to end soon?
Is the world going to end soon?
Dear Armageddon,
'Soon' rather depends on your current interpretation of the space-time curve, which truthfully, doesn't exist. Accepting a hypothetical premise of perspective however, the end of the world will come according to a thousandth monkey..ie. once a certain as yet mysterious quantity of monkeys, err..I mean humans, around the world succeed in carrying lightweight boards on their front and backsides with 'Doom' handpainted and misspelled on them, then the world as some know it, or pretend to, will certainly become perceived to have ended at least, in it's current form.
Dear Gilda,
I just superglued my hands to my face and then fell into a swimming pool. Luckily I was carrying my laptop and managed to log onto TGLM with my feet and post this with my toes. The swimming pool is shut for the next 18 years so how should I escape? I think I might be able to create a rope from my nasal hair and somehow create a pully system but it could be tricky. On the other hand you could ring the emergency services fo me...
I just superglued my hands to my face and then fell into a swimming pool. Luckily I was carrying my laptop and managed to log onto TGLM with my feet and post this with my toes. The swimming pool is shut for the next 18 years so how should I escape? I think I might be able to create a rope from my nasal hair and somehow create a pully system but it could be tricky. On the other hand you could ring the emergency services fo me...
Dear In problematic circumstances, I telephoned the local Emergency Ridiculousness chapter hotline and they said they'd send a rescue team over immediately. However I warn you, the scene is being videorecorded for a new trash reality tv program.
Last, but certainly not least, our Founder, Eternal Moon Child truly climbed out on a limb and left herself with no way back to the trunk of the tree! She asked that members of the region see what they could come up with in terms of alternate names for her using her initials, EMC. To date, some suggestions have been: Easily Made Crazy, Extra Meaty Croissants and Evil Malicious Cancer to name but a few ... Someday she'll learn! :lol:
The spammers ... no ... wait ... they said I couldn't say that ... avid posters in our region ... much better ... have been enjoying themselves hugely in our "Fun and Games" forum.
Stay tuned for updates from our "Role Play" forum in our next update!
Quotes and Sigs
From Shaby Cities
Strong like bull, Smart like tractor.
From Random Textbox Inputs
Did I detect an actual sophisticated conversation arising?
*gets out Surface-to-Conversation missiles*
From Willowinds
Sikey is the classic anime version of the '64 vette split-window coupe that would have been painted baby blue if it had wheels rather than oysters for eyes.
That is all for this edition of the TGLM Update. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to post them and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.