[CAMPAIGN] AC's Quarterly Review

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Magisters,

I arrive before you for my quarterly review. For the last 9 months now (a figure which is astounding even to myself), I have served faithfully as the Provost of the 65th, 66th, and 67th legislative sessions of the Magisterium of the East Pacific, and it has been my greatest honor to do so. I believe that this fair body has accomplished much in my tenure to date, and done so with great efficiency.

The 67th Magisterium was relatively slow-going, with relatively few major legislative accomplishments of note. Routine amendments were handled routinely. Notably, discussion has again kick-started on the WAD/HOG split, which (while I haven’t found the appropriate words to comment on in the thread) I find to be an incredibly necessary if slightly unpleasant change to our government structure. I am committed to seeing the concept furthered into substantive legislation in a potential 4th term.

A lot of bodies left these halls (10, to be exact, which I figure must be some sort of record), but with departures often come new arrivals, and this Magisterium’s new blood holds significant promise. Beyond that, this next session in itself holds significant promise as what I hope will be a symbol for forward progress within our region as we march towards a new year - this Magisterium’s 18th, and this region’s 24th.

On another note: as we approach my 4th term (sparing some dark horse candidate I haven’t heard about yet), it has long been apparent to me that I won’t be here forever, nor would I be excited about the idea of doing so. I understand that my legacy is one of inconceivable longevity in this body - I am currently the longest-consecutively-serving Magister, and have spent all but 5 months of my career in the Office of the Provost, one way or another. However, being a Deputy and simply being on standby is not nearly the same as being in the big chair. It is my intention to begin the vetting process with current Deputies and other Magisters (and I will be doing so closely) in the hopes of creating one or more successors, to whose good hands I can trust I will leave the Magisterium in when I do take my final bow, however far away that may be.

The above are the only points I really wanted to make as we approach the elections. I now invite Magisters (and the public) to provide their feedback and questions below. This fair Magisterium, and the work done therein, is not created with the vision of just one man: it is a collective achievement of all who have walked through its halls. Thus, I pose the question: what would you like to see out of this Magisterium in its 68th session?

Ex Oriente Lux
Provost AC

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What plans do you have to recruit to the Magisterium, especially considering the loss of 10 Magisters?

What plans do you have to bring the Magisterium forum into compliance with the SOM for legislation tag types?

What plans do you have of utilizing EPNS to its full potential?

And apart from what I covered, is there anything you plan to do differently in your next term?

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  1. 10 Magisters is a lot. That number does look a little scary - until you look into the details and realize we’re better off without half of them. I am happy to have Dead back, and Dimitri coming Eastward is a big win for us, but we do need to do more.
    * Folly’s attempts long ago at RMB advertising for the Magisterium produced mixed results, but the impact was non-zero. Continued work with the RMB community is something I’d like to do, and has been a point of a lot of my operations for months now. Convening with the RMB Council would be a good start.
    * I spoke on this to my Deputies, as well, and I’ll touch on this more when I come to that question, but EPNS is a valuable tool that the Magisterium absolutely should be capitalizing on more than it is at the moment. It is absolutely possible to run pieces there that make us sound at least somewhat cool. :stuck_out_tongue:
  2. Assuming you’re talking about the vote types and attaching IDs to everything: if you want me to recatalogue everything from 2009 on up, this Office is full of the people here who are crazy enough to do it. I will do it. If you’re speaking on the matter of tagging everything Discourse-side, then… that might be a conversation I need to have with Admin to properly handle. But I’ll do it. I’ll absolutely do it. Sounds like a fun project for an Office already familiar with projects such as fixing the Index of Laws and Treaties.
  3. Ladonatalacton, Cretox, and I have had conversations, and paragraphs written, as far as the future of the Magisterium’s reports to EPNS. More detailed summaries will be included in the December edition of the Provost’s Update (or whatever you wish to call it). From there, we’ll do further long-term adjustments, and I hope to eventually write a full recruitment piece in addition to the Provost’s Update.
    Additionally, Zukchiva and I (mostly the former) have made progress on the 30-50 Feral HOGs article, and while that likely won’t be ready until the edition following this upcoming one, it is certainly shaping up to be a good read.
  4. I think that this Office is in a great spot with regards to efficiency, and we are committed to making sure this machine runs smoothly as possible. The project outlined in my answer to Question No. 2 plays into this nicely, and I’m excited to see something of that sort come into fruition. Would make everything a lot easier in the long term.
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I mean reforming the tags on offer in the forum so that they align with the SOM. For example, we have tags for “Proposal” which isn’t a real classification anymore but not for most of the tags laid out in my classification reform amendment. So admin is the right contact, but I think it should come from the Provost’s Office rather than from Joevintis Schmovintis. And for the record, I do mean going forward and not looking backwards.

Oh! This is the first I’m hearing of that, as EPNS Minister.

So to be clear your strategy is two-pronged:

  1. Ask RMBC for help recruiting
  2. Ramp up EPNS presence

Is that it? Not trying to pass judgment of any kind, I just want to make sure I understand.

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  1. Ah. Yeah, I’ll get in touch with CyberiumShadow about that soon. Been meaning to ask about a Roll Call tag, too.
  2. Zuk wrote some stuff, I wrote some stuff, and we.. haven’t really gotten around to speaking of it much beyond that.
  3. Correct. I’m decently sure I could go about the RMB stuff myself, but given I already have ex officio access to the internal Discord channel, I feel like I should at least show my face once in a while and actually work with them. EPNS is obviously EPNS.
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Following the conclusion of [E-2025-58] Provost of the 68th Magisterium, ArenaC (AC5320) has been confirmed as Provost of the 68th Magisterium. Per the Standing Orders of the Magisterium this campaign topic is now closed.