Office of Mideast Governor Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Howdy yall!

This is the office where I'll be posting anything official from my office.

Any questions, comments, concerns, etc... can be posted here.

Also, make sure that you participate in the convention - we need at least 5 people to participate on anything that's brought to a vote.

That's all for now!

~~Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Oh - 1 more thing - anybody who's interested in filling my vacant seat in the Assembly, let me know.  The Mikado and Borris will have preference, since they received the most write-in votes.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Shouldn't you change your username, now?

Yeah - I meant to do that but got side-tracked.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

 The Mikado and Borris will have preference, since they received the most write-in votes.

I understand where you're getting at, but I'd like to remind you that neither Mikado nor Boris voted in the recent election. I don't think filling an Assembly seat with inactive voters is the smartest of things.

True.  I'm not saying that I'm going to pick one of them (and the fact that they haven't stated a desire to be chosen is making me lean less toward them).

Would you like the position?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I have decided to appoint Afleitch to the position of Mideast Assemblyman.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 1

Mideasterners, we've had our constitutional convention going on for over a month now.  Due to poor wording in the current Constitution, we got off to a slow start.  By now, as I feared would happen, participation has fallen to next to nothing.

I strongly urge all of you to support the current resolution to accept Peter's template.  I would also encourage you to then pass the amendments to that template which I will be outlining tomorrow.

Let's get this thing done so that this government can get to work for you.

Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 2

Mideasterners, Today the convention will be electing a presiding officer for the next week.  I encourage all of you to go and vote in that election once the voting starts.

After the election for presiding officer, I will be posting several amendments Peter's Constitution template.


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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

And I would recommend sticking around for the discussion of amendments after the vote for presiding officer. We need everyone we can get.

I'll be sticking around until the end.  I respect Afleitch's position that he took when he was governor of abstaining from voting in the convention because he was governor, but right now, participation is a little too low for me to just sit back and watch.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 3

Mideasterners, first, I'd like to congratulate Speaker Purple State on his new position as Presiding Officer over the convention.

Second, for those of you who haven't seen them, I proposed 6 amendments to the current proposed constitution, and I'd encourage you all to go check those out and give your comments, criticisms, and/or questions.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 4

Mideasterners, first, I'd just like to let you know that I have begun updating the wiki for information in the Mideast.  I hope to start updating the statutes page, but that'll take a little more time, so I'll probably do that this weekend (I have to pass my Calc III class first!).

Second, there has still been almost no debate over any of the proposed amendments.  There are a handful of those, mostly proposed by myself, but a couple proposed by Speaker Purple State.  Again, I'd encourage all of you to go discuss those.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 5

Mideasterners, I am somewhat troubled by the recent actions of the Assembly, specifically the passage of the Mideast Wiki Responsibility Act, which reads:

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While I agree with the act in principle, I believe that the Assembly overstepped its Constitutional bounds in passing this "Act."  In fact, the bill was originally proposed as amendment, something that should have been voted on by the people and inserterd in the Constitution (assuming it reached a 2/3 majority).  Personally, I feel that the Assembly has taken an executive issue and turned it into a legislative issue, violating Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Mideast Constitution, which reads, "The Executive power of the Mideast shall be vested in the Governor."

While I have not yet formally decided my next course of action, I most likely will seek an opinion from the Superior Court on this issue.

That being said, I strongly encourage the passage of Amendment 9 to the proposed 3rd Constitution (sponsored by Speaker Purple State), which will place responsibility of updating the wiki on the Governor, by inserting it into Article I.

Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Executive Order 1

By the authority vested in my by the Constitution of the Mideast Region, I hereby order the following:

1. The Governor shall hold the responsibility of updating the Wiki for the following:
     a. All legislation proposed in the Assembly.  Futhermore he shall indicate:
          1) Whether it passed in the Assembly
          2) Whether it failed in the Assembly
          3) If it was brought to the people in the form of a proposition, as well as the results of such vote, complete with a link to the voting booth
     b. All proposed Amendments, upon which he shall announce the results of the vote, complete with a link to the voting booth.
     c. All election candidates and results, complete with a link to the voting booth
     d. The main regional page, for any factualy changes regarding the region which have changed
2. The Governor shall perform any and all of the above duties within 14 days of the event.
3. The absence of an update from section 1.a. shall not be understood to mean that the Governor is exempt from updating the wiki, if the change described, failing to be in section 1.a., is a page relating to the Mideast Region.

Inks.LWC
February 12, 2009

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I applaud the Governor's willingness to declare Executive Order 1 and take upon himself the responsibility of updating the Mideast Wiki. Due to the pending legislation in the Superior Court, the Assembly will be taking the proactive step up passing an Amendment to the Constitution that places this responsibility into the Constitution.

This will require approval by the people of the Mideast as well, and I hope the Assembly can rely on the Governor to throw his full support and backing behind the measure to ensure that future Governors will hold the same responsibilities he has imposed upon himself.

~Speaker Purple State

I heartily endorse the Assembly's actions, and fully anticipate bringing this to a vote of the people as soon as it clears the Assembly floor.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 6

Mideasterners, this week we will have elections.  I hope to have the 3rd Constitution ready for this month's elections.

Until then, I do need to nominate somebody to fill the vacant spot of Lt. Governor.  Any takers?
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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Oy vey!  Another spot to fill.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Do yall want this open this Thursday (today) or next Thursday?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 7

Voting is now closed, but for the record, I supported the Constitution.  My apologies for not voting, but with me being gone in D.C. and my great-grandma dying, things got a little chaotic and I haven't been on the forum much.

Official Certification

3rd Constitution of the Mideast (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/User:Pete_bell/Mideast3CC)/b]
AYE - 5
NAY - 0
ABSTAIN - 1


Delegate to the Atlasian Constitutional Convention (vote for no more than 4):
Afleitch
Hashemite
Purple State
South Park Conservative
Franzl
Write-in: ___________________________
Write-in: ___________________________
Write-in: ___________________________
Write-in: ___________________________

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

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It forbids members of the Mideast to "falsely and publicly slander or libel..." First line. So no PMs, must be proven false. And has to be in the Fantasy boards.

I read over that thing like 5 times, trying to make sure I didn't miss it, and I missed it in the 1st line.  I feel really dumb.  I've changed my veto to a signature.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 8

I am currently in the process of updating the wiki.  I am a little over half-way through listing the bills proposed in the Assembly.  After I'm done listing the bills, I will come up with some type of naming system, and will then create individual pages for individual pieces of legislation.  I hope to have the entire wiki updated by the end of this week.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor, if you could open the voting booth for the Assembly and for the Amendment.

I know - I'm getting to it.

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Governor's Update 9

Official Certification

Mideast Assembly (Please vote for 3, and indicate preference by marking 1, 2, etc.)
1. Purple State
2. Afleitch
3. Peter


First Amendment
AYE - 6
NAY - 0
ABSTAIN - 3

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 10

I'm still working on updating the wiki.  It's taking a little bit longer than I had expected, but I've got a large portion of the legislation now catalogued and recorded.

Please, look over what I have done so far and let me know if you find any errors.

Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 11

On Friday, I was printing off directions to the College Republican's conventions and dropped my laptop.  Over the weekend, I was at the convention and wasn't on my laptop but noticed it was running very slow.  I got home today and decided to copy all of my files over in case my laptop crashes.  Then I got an error for some files that led me to realize that I've most likely damaged the hard drive.  I'm currently in the process of backing up all my files, but I have to do it folder by folder and it's very tedious.  So far, the damage isn't too bad - I've only lost around 100 files (most pictures), but it's extremely tedious.  I doubt I'll have much time to be on the forum.  I had been planning on finishing the wiki tonight and tomorrow, so that may be put on hold.  Fortunately, my classes will slow down this week a bit, so I'll have more time to work on it during the week.  My apologies for the inconvenience.

Inks.LWC