The past few days have given me much time to reflect upon all of the areas of deficiency in the game at-large. While I maintain that many of the criticisms levied (and that will be levied) at me were unfair and lacking in understanding of how complex and multi-faceted the game tends to be, I have decided to take a leadership role anyway, and to attempt to fix the problems that I notice in and around the country.
The Regions are a prime example of where more can done. The Regions are supposed to be the laboratories in which future talent is cultivated, yet we have multiple vacancies that can be filled and new and experienced players alike.
Because of this, I am announcing The Activity Project, which will be a comprehensive effort designed to do a variety of things:- Identify troubled Regions and areas in the game
- Identify specific regional roles and offices that are currently empty
- Connect prospective officeholders with vacancies, in their Region or elsewhere
- Shame inactive leaders into pulling their weight as well
FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT - REGIONS
Governors
Blair (Lab), Governor of the Northeast
Viva Portugal Habs (Lab), Governor of the Mideast
Leinad (Fed), Governor of the South
Tmthforu (Fed), Governor of the Midwest
**Turkisblau (Lab), Governor of the Pacific
Legislatures
Northeast Assembly: Pikachu (Lab), CxSmith (Ind), Enduro (Fed), RGN (Fed), VACANT
Mideast Assembly: Never Again (Lab), Dar The Bear (Lab), EarlAW (WSR)
Southern Legislature: Haslam (Fed), Pingvin (Fed), Steelers (Lab)
Midwest Legislature: R. Fayette (TPP), Zs4321 (Fed), VACANT
**Pacific Council: 1184AZ (Lab), Nagas (Lab), Tik (Lab)
Judiciaries
Cinyc, Chief Judicial Officer of the Northeast
Badger, Chief Judicial Officer of the Mideast
Small L, Judicial Overlord of the South
VACANT, Chief Judicial Officer of the Midwest
VACANT, Chief Judicial Officer of the Pacific
** Entire regional government appears to be inactive/vacant
IDENTIFYING TROUBLED REGIONS - With respect to Regions currently having difficulties in filling their positions, there are three obvious Regions with deficiencies at present:
the Pacific, the Midwest and the Northeast. Two of these Regions have had notable problems with respect to activity for several years (PAC, MW), and as such, remain difficult entities to fix. Each of these Regions has varying degrees of inactivity at present, ranging from mild to absolute.
It is worth noting that a region having a full slate of elected officials or being active for a short period of time does not mean that it is viable or without problems. However, this project will focus on filling regional governments with interested bodies as a starting point.
IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC REGIONAL VACANCIES - The Registrar General has thankfully already put together a list for us from which to work (if a vacancy has already been filled and is no longer applicable, please let me know).
There is a vacancy in the Midwest Legislature, a vacancy in the Northeast Assembly, and two judicial vacancies (in the Pacific and the Midwest). Additionally, there appears to be multiple vacancies in the Pacific, which will require further study by my administration in order to know how to act there.
CONNECTING VOLUNTEERS WITH VACANCIES - The Governors of each Region will be asked to work alongside this project in either a direct or indirect fashion. Many of you may remember my successful
Save Our States program; the function of this program will be comparable to that. Anyone who is interested in serving will first be evaluated in his or her Region.
If there are no opportunities available in the Region, then we will explore relocating the individual to another Region so that the Governor in question can confirm his or her appointment to the vacant seat. I'm sure at least a couple of people won't like this idea, but oh well - this is why you pay me the big bucks! We will make sure that Governors have a list of interested parties that they can consider for appointment. Once all the paperwork has been worked out, a timely movement of the citizen to the appropriate Region and appointment to the office will commence.
SHAME INACTIVE LEADERS - I've always been good at shaming others, and well, I've been getting a little bit of my own medicine lately, haven't I?
The fact is that simply filling offices with people won't solve the problem. People must be active. There are likely "filled" seats in Regional governments right now who are not being filled by people who are active and engaged. I intend to first work with these individuals and encourage them to take a more proactive role in governance.
If that doesn't work, however, then we will make sure the public understands which specific individuals are contributing to Regional decline. We cannot afford to have a cadre of figureheads anymore. We need strong leaders and citizens in our Regions. I intend to help in that process, by whatever means necessary.
I know we can do this. I have birthed entire Regions from scratch before by bringing dead zombielands back to life. I've reshaped Regions' political make-ups to be more advantageous to my needs. I've rewritten entire constitutions in Regions and helped birth a new era for them. I am confident that I can rise to this particular occasion of inactivity and slumber facing our Regions, and once we accomplish this particular task, we will move on to other areas of government where we are not getting our money's worth.
A great resurgence is just around the corner. I intend to further augment and speed up its ascension with The Activity Project.