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Regarding Diplomatic Relations
Topic Started: Nov 11 2013, 02:35 AM (264 Views)
Mara Sargon
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Greetings from Aura Hyperia


Alright, let me start off by saying that I can't even tell if you guys are even alive or not anymore. If you are, great: Aura Hyperia wants to re-open diplomatic relations with you all, and help you look into possibilities for getting the Commonwealth back up and running. If nothing else, we'd like to offer suggestions based on actions we have taken to make our own region explode from 16 nations to 90+ in a two month period. We might even be willing to supervise the re-construction of a working government (seeing as your current one definitely seems to be dead).

I know you guys have a proper section for this, but, again, I can't tell if the Commonwealth is even alive at this point, so I don't want to waste the effort unless someone answers me here.

I would also just like to clarify that while AH was founded by the main TUSE membership, we are not interested in joining the Commonwealth again. Our relations will be purely diplomatic.
Edited by Mara Sargon, Nov 11 2013, 05:06 AM.
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Very nice to hear from you again.

I don't think you can necessarily call the Commonwealth dead, we've only been really inactive for less than a month. I think it's just that people were so exhausted from the amount of time it's taken for everything to happen over the past year or so that when we really needed to get stuck in people had lost all enthusiasm. Couple that with a few high-profile members leaving and it's bound to have taken its toll.

Your offer is very welcome though, all we need is a little bit of leadership and vision.
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Looks like you got my message then. I've gone ahead and asked for a consulate, seeing as you are indeed active. :D

Alright then, I have a few questions.
  • First of all, are there any active admins left? If not, that definitely needs to be fixed.
  • What have you guys been doing in terms of recruiting? Atlantis looks okay to me, but you guys in New Sorvun look like you're hurting.
  • Are there any vestiges of the Commonwealth or even regional governments left that can function? If not, it may be time for you guys to consider a revamp.

I'd be happy to give you ideas for any of the above if you wish to hear them.
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Lemmingtopias is the only admin, he's on every now and then, and he's probably easily contactable since I think he's active in his region on NationStates.

New Sorvun hasn't done any serious recruitment in over a year, which is why we're looking a bit shabby. Until very recently though we had four or five active people, so we were managing quite well activity-wise. I've purchased some telegram stamps and so will be auto-recruiting.

On the Commonwealth government front, I'm not sure where the Secretary-General is, Likako was deputy, and a New Sorvun Senator, but he's gone. Assuming there's still at least one of the two Atlantis Senators still active we'd have a working Senate, since I'm the second New Sorvun Senator. I'm now Lord Chancellor of New Sorvun so am capable of making any necessary decisions on behalf of my region.
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Alright then. It'd help if we could get as many of those people here as possible to get a course of action set up.

Have you considered getting a Telegram API for recruitment? I just got one for my region yesterday, and I'm pretty sure Delegates can get one as well. (You can get it through your regional administration page.) It's much slower than telegram stamps, but I've already had a couple guys come in who were recruited by it. It helps with keeping the numbers up if no one is able to devote time or money to faster recruiting.

How many telegram stamps are you buying? I buy 10,000 ($10) at the beginning of every month, and I get anywhere from 40-60 recruits out of each run (which is typically a week and a half).

Whenever Lemmingtopias gets back, you might consider asking him to streamline the forums a bit. As it is, I've always noticed that the CoR forum is not very newbie-friendly. The regions are way down at the bottom, and their sub-forums (New Sorvun's in particular) feel like mazes if you don't use them much. My suggestion would be to reverse the ordering of the CoR and regional sections so that the regions are up top, and peel down the regional sections so no sub-forum (besides archives) is more than two layers deep. Also, I would bump the embassies up to the Community block instead of the Commonwealth Government block.

Speaking of which, the Community and Commonwealth Government blocks are bloody enormous. I would recommend using a condensed structure similar to what we use on Aura Hyperia's forum to create a minimum of scrolling and make the forum easier to navigate. (Again, nothing should be more than two layers deep.)

I believe the CoR government could also use some work, as in my experience it was the biggest source of sucking all the fun out of NationStates. But, I'll save that for another time, as I'm more interested in getting your guys' numbers back up and your forum more newbie-friendly. :D

Good lord, I feel like I'm just dictating stuff more than helping. XD
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Hi, nice to see you! And that all sounds good.
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Have you considered getting a Telegram API for recruitment? I just got one for my region yesterday, and I'm pretty sure Delegates can get one as well. (You can get it through your regional administration page.) It's much slower than telegram stamps, but I've already had a couple guys come in who were recruited by it. It helps with keeping the numbers up if no one is able to devote time or money to faster recruiting.
I'm not sure what an API is. What does it stand for?
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How many telegram stamps are you buying? I buy 10,000 ($10) at the beginning of every month, and I get anywhere from 40-60 recruits out of each run (which is typically a week and a half).
I bought a thousand, but I moved £10 into my paypal account for the purpose of buying stamps so I can buy more if necessary.
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their sub-forums (New Sorvun's in particular) feel like mazes if you don't use them much.
I think as New Sorvun moderator I might be able to massively condense our regional section myself.
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Good lord, I feel like I'm just dictating stuff more than helping. XD
Democracy is nice if you can afford it, but sometimes you need a dictator to get things done. ^_^
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Nov 13 2013, 10:48 AM
I'm not sure what an API is. What does it stand for?

It stands for "Application Programming Interface," but that's not really important for our purposes. What you actually request is an API Key. (Again, I'm not just dead sure Delegates can do this, but you can try.) Go into your region's administration page and scroll past your embassies and bans. You'll see a small menu that allows you to make a new telegram API. What you have to do first is request a key. Next to "Client Key," click the "what is this" button to automatically write up a request to the moderators, and then lodge the request. They should telegram you with a key before the end of the day. After that, read this to find out how to actually use the API.

I can try to clear up any parts you're confused about if needed.
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Looks like that's something only founders can do, since I only see Region-wide telegrams and welcome telegram after the bans section. Have to give that one a miss unfortunately.
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Nov 14 2013, 11:45 AM
Looks like that's something only founders can do, since I only see Region-wide telegrams and welcome telegram after the bans section. Have to give that one a miss unfortunately.
Hmm... well unless you can get your founder on-board, it looks as though you'll need to spend a little money, or do some research into scripts. You just can't compete on the recruiting scene these days without mass recruitment. :/
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A quick dispatch in response to events taking place here:

While it fills my heart with joy to see you guys actually doing something for once, please refrain from spamming your election info in my Commonwealth of Regions.
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diplomatic relations in the embassies area please.
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diplomatic relations in the embassies area please.
When the embassy is made, I'll be happy to oblige. :D It's been two months. -_-
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That is a fair point.... We'll have a new SG soon to approve it.
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