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News from Q102; All what's happening in Q102
Topic Started: Jan 19 2006, 09:07 PM (333 Views)
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Sorry my activity in the GRA has been down a little this week, but Q102's been hectic! All kinds of things are going on, especially for the fine nation of Joe Bobs.

Our recent move into the two party system has been met with ill favour as nations have been accused of cannibalism, conspiracy and slander (slander for the previous two accusations). Some nations felt that politics should only be serious, some felt it was for fun. Now a compromise has been reached, and political humour is reserved for the two political papers "The Voice of Democracy" and "The Voice of the People." The United Opposition Coalition (of which I am a member) has now formalised it's political position and refinement of its policies is ongoing.

In other news, the first Q102 Award ceremony will be taking place on Sunday, organised and presented by myself and Calm Minds. Drop into the "Hall of Fame" thread on Sunday for the results.

Nevareion has been using his new political independence to criticise pretty much everyone, which is keeping all party members on their toes. His proposed "Slander Bill" which will punish slanderous nations with a negative signature looks like it will be passed, which should be very fun.

Judges are currently being sought after, and will be appointed shortly. I am in the running!

We also have a new active member, Valoron, whose RP is intriguing to say the least! Expect big things from this nation.

The Joe Bobs Civil War has worsened as our enemies, the Mwees, have been found to have international terrorist connections. A huge coalition comprising myslef, PC, Lamedud, Xasu, Aaronyne and New Caldari are combating them currently.

And I think that's pretty much it, apart from the constant floods of new things going on with the new political sytem. Exciting times for Q102!
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Proper update:

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Q102 Ambassadorial Update

Recruitment
Since the Last Update our population has dropped from 111 to 100. Our Councillors are still actively recruiting trying to increase this number. We have had a few more active members join us. They have been contributing very well to life here in Q102.

Foreign Affairs
We have opened a new embassy with The Stronghold. Q102 hopes that this relationship is long and Prosperous. Q102 has been invited to a League of Nations type organization. The Council is currently discussion on our feelings of joining this before we bring it to Parliament.

Government
The Political Affairs forum is heating up with both parties releasing their own version of a Q102 Newspaper. The PPP releasing The Voice of Deomcracy; A Newspaper that resembles the gossip collumns from Woman's Weekly and The Voice of the People released by the UOC; factual information on what's going on in the region. The UOC and PPP are still fighting it out and it has got a bit nasty. But it is all in IC of course. However the loose comments being thrown around has toned down due to the Slander and Misrepresentation act.

The "2006.01.02. Requirement for all members" Bill was passed basically outlining citizen's eligibility to run for the office of Delegate or hold a councillor office.

Also as some of you may have heard from the last Update, Nevareion stepped down as Delegate of Q102 and named Pacifist Cowards as his successor. Also Leinstermunster has quit Nationstates so his position as Foreign Affairs Councillor was left vacant. Pacifist Cowards later named Aaronyne as the new Foreign Affairs Councillor and also Zakaroo as Deputy Delegate.

This week we had a Health Scare with our Delegate. Pacifist Cowards has come down with a very bad illness so was inactive for a few days. Get well soon PC.

Region
In RP, The Joe Bobs Civil War has come to an end. Nations all over Q102 celebrated with a few promotions for military leaders involved. The epic saga came to the end with the assassination of Dr. Tanuki and Rob Leaf being found Guilty in both his homeland and in Joe Bobs. He will be serving out multiple life sentences. The book and movie will be released later this year. Both Fio and Valoron are having their own Semi-Closed RP's which are looking very exciting. The Alliance meeting is still on.

The Q102 Protection Division has been revitilized to help defend Q102 and her Allies.

Peachy has returned is now active in Q102. his return has been welcomed by all.
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Joe Bobs
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I am getting so confused between these two foums. Sorry for lack of posting in this'n. Anywho, in the vote for UOC leadership, I won with 60% of the votes! The party, the United Opposition Coalition, is the only opposition to the ruling PPP. It was formed by Lamedud and Peachydom, and has gained a lot of respect in its short existence. We are confident about the next elections.

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congrats Joe on nwinning such a convincing level of support from your party, and its also good to see Peachy back active again.
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Yeah it's great that Peachy's back. Now we have FIVE members in the UOC. hehe. Still though, I'm quietly confident about the next election. :D
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The great and wonderful Calm Minds has left NationStates! Calm Minds was my older brother figure in regards to NS, and I've worked alongside him on a lot of stuff. He's going to be greatly missed.
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CM has gone? nooooo....

seems like when you get one oldie back, another leaves...do you guys have a population limit in the region or something?!? hehe.
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It's crazy I know. We've had the return of Lamedud a few months ago, and then Leinstermunster left. And when Peachy returns, Calm Minds leaves! It's all a bit insane. But so long as we have Nev and Zak, the world will be OK. >touches wood<
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I've finally got around to putting a puppet in the GRA. The Colony of Joe Bobbia. :D
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Woo!

answers questions iv just asked elsewhere....ah well!
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There has been massive political upheavel!

Zak has left her position as Foreign Affairs Councillor due to RL commitments, but is still active and remains a member of the PPP.

PC has stepped down as delegate due to, and this is really awful; he was mugged and beaten nearly half to death. He has a broken arm, a broken leg and two broken ribs, plus all kinds of bruising and stuff. He's making a good recovery, but he's on a lot of painkillers and stuff. It's really quite horrible. We're all hoping he'll make a speedy recovery and that the pieces of **** that did that get their come-upance.
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im very sorry to hear that, please pass mine (and im guessing all of ours) best wishes to PD.
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christ..yes send all of our best wishes to him. i hope he recovers soon.
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I've said that everyone at the GRA sends their best wishes. He's doing OK now. He went out to a gig or something last night so he must be doing better. Hopefully something will happen to those chavs that makes them infertile. :D

In further Q102 news, I started the Q102 Space Project in the RP forums today. i await to see if it gets any interest.

Also, election fever is in the air! We at the UOC have figured out that it is virtually impossible for us to win as thinsg stand, as the PPP have 8 members to out 4, and there are only 2 non-partisan regularly active members. We have a few strategies to change things, but, to be perfectly honest, I'm not filled with optimism. If one of my plans works it may be the single greatest achievement in the history of NS politics. :D
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Q102 has formed a Coalition Government in an attempt to tackle the low regional numbers and the lack of Delegate and Vice Delegate. The two parties, UOC and PPP have merged, but the exact details have not yet been confirmed, nor has the delegacy, much to my annoyance. As UOC leader, I'd have preferred some concrete legislature before this all came about. Currently, the Republic of Aaronyne, as PPP secretary, is doing his best to attempt to organise a chaotic situation.

The UOC has also welcomed a new member who is seriously considering entering the role of Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, 2000AD (or Love and Honour as he's known here).

So until the PPP hold the in-party delegate election and assign UOC members roles in the Council I can't say I really have a clue what's going on.
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Official Update:

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Greetings from Q102

A lot of change has happened internally in Q102 as you will see in the following

Recruitment In our last update we said that our numbers had dropped to 100. I am afraid to let you all know that it again has delcined to 90. The Government of Q102 are currently discussing new recruitment approaches to try and boost our numbers.

Foreign Affiars
Due to Lazarus being invaded, Q102 had to suspend its alliance with the Lazarus Government as at that point in time it was being governed by the invaders. The natives however took this the wrong way and thought we were suspending the alliance and not helping out. However i am pleased to report our Rapid Response Force of the Q102 Protection division helped North Hamoneia get the Delegacy away from United Luckians, so that the region could be returned to its people.

Government
Pacifist Cowards has had to step down as Delegate as he was attacked and bashed in RL. The painkillers he is on makes him feel a bit hazy so he felt he would not be able to fully function as Delegate. Instead of appointing a successor we have decided to run the Delegate Elections. They will be underway soon so watch out.

Foreign Affairs Councillor, Republic of Aaronyne has been appointed the New Leader of the Perpetual Party People. He has taken over from Pacifist Cowards.

Joe Bobs has been elected leader of the United opposition coalition.

Due to the current problems in Q102 it has been decided that the winner of the Delegate Election will form a Coalition Government. This Government will comprise both PPP and UOC members.

Also the Party chambers have been completed for the UOC and PPP to have their own area to chat about party topics.

Role Playing
Joe Bobs has formed the International Space Research Centre. This is a Q102 effort to get man into space.

Note to Embassys
please try and drop into your embassy in our forums so it does not get deleted due to inactivity.
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Can I make a confession? I sort of forgot I was an ambassador here. Oops! I'm so used to being in the GRA I completely forgot I'm supposed to give you updates and such. A whole lot has happened in Q102 since our last update.

Republic of Aaronyne won the election and had become Delegate. I am his Deputy Delegate. As he is currently on holiday, I am Acting Delegate.

RoA took 67% of the vote, Joe Bobs 33%. I don't yet know how many people voted.

The new cabinate is as such:

Delegate: Republic of Aaronyne
Deputy Delegate: Joe Bobs
Councillor for Internal Affairs: Pacifist Cowards
Councillor for Foreign Affairs: FluffyPinkBunnyGirl
Councillor for Immigration & Officials: Joe Bobs
Councillor for Hospiality: Lamedud
Councillor for Security: Anime Fandom X
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congrats to all!

Aroyanne certainly is one of those fast risers we find in the game, certainly seems to have wooed the Q102 crowd very well.

as for the others, i seem to remember theyre all legends in their own rights!


who used to be in Hospitality? i liked the cakes, cookies and sodas i used to get when i visited!
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The Hospitality department has been Sandy White Beaches for about a year. Before that it was Lamedud. SWB did a great deal with it, and created the map. However, he's not been able to be as active recently, so he's not online enough to be a Councillor. LD will do a good job though.

As I&O Councillor, my duty is to check up on ambassadors. Are you satisfied with the performance of your ambassador? :P
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No! Of course not! ;P
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You know, I almost forgot I'm an ambassador. Here's an update!

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The Update Of Wonder

Yes, folks! It's been many, many months in the making, and is using some stunning alliteration to catch your attention already...but here it is! The one you've been waiting for has finally made it's stunningly belated, yet ultimately spectacular entrance. A round of applause for the Update, if you please. And then to business.

Elections
Well, as most of you may well know from the various gossipings of ambassadors here and there, our Delegate Elections have come and gone! This time round a Coalition Government has been formed, so we were only voting on who we felt would lead the region best, regardless of their party affiliations. This worked surprisingly well. The results are as follows:

Delegate: Republic Of Aaronyne (67% of the votes to Joe Bobs' 33%)
Deputy Delegate: Joe Bobs
Foreign Affairs: FluffyPinkBunnyGirl
Internal Affairs: Pacifist Cowards
Immigration and Officials: Joe Bobs
Security: Anime Fandom X
Hospitality: Lamedud

There has been a bit of a reshuffle but the new arrangement seems to be working pretty well, apart from a small disagreement over some pink fluffy cushions and a doll...but don't worry folks, we managed to re-attach JB's finger just fine.

Numbers
Sadly our numbers are staying pretty low, although a real push on recruitment by our Immigrations and Officials Councillor, Joe Bobs, has seen some improvement. With any luck our amended Recruitment Act, requiring 10 TG's per week from each Government Member, will help even more. Fingers crossed!

UN
Well the change in Delegate has seen a reintroduction of the UN votes, which we'd all got a bit sick and tired of and had abandoned a few months before. But their return saw a smile return to the faces of the more politically-minded Q102ians, and so it should therefore be duly noted that the only discussion to take place was that of the Waste Disposal Covenant, which last stood at 7 FOR - AGAINST 2. While this in itself is a no mean feat, given the enthusiam which surrounded the comeback of such an important vote, the true scale of our region's motivation can only be appreciated by adding that, as far as the Government knows, no official voting by the Delegate has actually taken place to date, thereby rendering all forum voting completely and utterly pointless.

Foreign Affairs
These past weeks have seen a surge in Foreign Affairs issues, ranging from the arrival of two diplomats, Klopstock from GB&I and Dionysios from POD, to the discussion of an alliance between us and our esteemed friends in Europa. The alliance is currently only being discussed, although the next update will surely provide more concrete information. We were also invited to take part in the CSA conference which has been taking place, but upon debating the topic it was decided that the region was not, on the whole, in favour of doing so.
Our Delegate, RoA, is also planning a trip of all active embassies in the coming future, in order to introduce himself and make sure all  portraits/statues/busts of him are of a suitable likeness. Therefore I would like to stress to all embassies the importance of clean floors, polite manners, and perfect busts.

Government
Three proposals have been debated on recently by the Government, each dealing with a differing aspect of regional and forum numbers. The amendment to the Recruitment Act, as explained above, is to encourage more recruitment on the part of Councillors. The AdSpamming Act raises the pros and cons of adspamming the Pacific regions, with appropriate restrictions in place regarding numbers of TGs, frequency, and eligible regions. This has met with a certain amount of controversy, but looks set to be passed. The Mentor Bill proposes an active member of the forums to be assigned to a new member, in order to help them find their feet and answer any questions they may have. This has yet to be formally written up, but is proving a popular idea among many nations.
For more information, check out the forums: Parliament Chamber

Regional Affairs
As far as other goings-on are concerned, we've seen the introduction of the Q102 Rugby Trophy, a discussion on the possibility of holding an RL Q102 Party during the summer, and the April Q102 Awards, the results of which go a little something like this:

1) Best Role Player: Pacifist Cowards
2) Best recruiter: Sandy White Beaches
3) Best quote: Nevareion "I hate people that take drugs...customs officers, for example..."
4) Best Newcomer: 2000AD
5) Best Rant Thread: Pacifist Cowards
6) Outstanding Citizen: FluffyPinkBunnyGirl
7) Outstanding Contribution to FA: Aaronyne
8) Best Idea: Zakaroo's Coalition Government
9) Best Ambassador: Tagmatium
10) Zak's Choice: Joe Bobs
11) Highest Post Count: we, erm, sort of forgot. Sorry! Early indications say JB would have won anyway, so commiserations to him.

Which brings us to our final point of discussion, those infamous quotes that made you giggle, chuckle, or even outright laugh:

Quotes

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(Pacifist Cowards)

I am lord Hetherington, of stapleton-le-moors, and I am the owner of this country house. I must dash now, the turtles need a feeding. Toodles!



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(Nevareion)

*gets down to some funky disco*



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(Joe Bobs)

"Nev Spam: For spam you can believe in."



And that's for this time! Thank you for reading, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Please take all personal belongings, dispose of all rubbish in the bins provided, and do come again.


Also, here are the Q102 Award Results for this month:

1) Best Role Player: New Caldari
2) Best Recruiter: Joe Bobs
3) Best Quote: Nevareion - "*gets down to some funky disco*"
4) Best Newcomer: Hamsters on Holiday
5) Best Rant Thread: Nevareion - Politics and Propaganda
6) Outstanding Citizen: Joe Bobs
7) Outstandig Contribution to Foreign Affairs: Aaronyne
8) Best Idea: Joe Bobs - Regional Mentors
9) Best Ambassador: Parrrrtay
10) Zak's Choice: FluffyPinkBunnyGirl
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