The below post is retroactive to March 5th, 2026; I had forgotten to post it here then. My apologies.
The Office of the Provost was today informed of McStooley’s retirement from NationStates. A recipient of the Order of the Panther Moon, McStooley (doing business on NS as Dragons Blood) served in the 26th-28th sessions of the Magisterium from around October 2015 to March 2016 (when he assumed the Delegacy) - including a stint as Provost of the 27th Magisterium - before returning to this body in January 2020 (44th Magisterium), remaining in these halls for a full 6 years, 1 month and 11 days(!!). Until today, McStooley had been the longest consecutively-serving Magister.
Outside of the Magisterium, McStooley’s résumé dwarves the great majority of us modern TEPers. The 14th Delegate and 18th head of government, McStooley served in our highest office for 2 terms - from March 11th, 2016 to October 10th, 2016. He was the first-ever Grand Vizier, leader of our modern Praesidium, when the role was established on February 16th, 2020; he served in that role until June 8th, 2021. Overall, he served in the Praesidium from October 30, 2019 to his official retirement today (save only a lapse from April 10th to May 9th, 2024).
McStooley was awarded the Order of the Panther Moon (then known as the Order of the Golden Ocelot) on September 23rd, 2020. In bestowing upon him the order, then-Delegate Libertanny wrote:
[McStooley is awarded this Order] …for help in rebuilding The East Pacific post-coup as the Vice-Delegate during Libertanny’s Administration; for tirelessly working on improving The East Pacific, especially in the “hard” eras; for service as Magister, Vizier, Grand Vizier and Delegate[.]
Disclaimer: some minor paraphrasing present at beginning to smoothen transition.
It is the opinion of this Office that McStooley represents the best and brightest of what The East Pacific has to offer. We wish him well in his future endeavors.
McStooley has been removed from the Magisterium roster accordingly.