Heliseum Cabinet Nominations

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Esteemed Chair and Fellow Legislators,

I hereby declare my intention to retain @Welly as Minister of Foreign Affairs, @CayonNS as Minister of Culture and @eternalraven213 as OWL Director. At this time, I am not moving to elevate the OWL Director into the Cabinet. The law, to my knowledge, does not require a vote to retain Ministers, but I would not object if the Assembly wishes to hold votes to reaffirm them. Please feel free to ask questions of them about their continued roles.

I hereby nominate @Flaming for the position of Minister of Culture, in equal standing and ability to the retained @CayonNS, with the following responsibility:

  • To promote the development of regional culture in the South Pacific by the organizing of events, projects and program to engage, inform and entertain its community.

I was impressed by the culture background and campaign ran by Flaming in this last election. They come with experience in the TSP Roleplay community, which has been largely overlooked by the government of late. I have confidence that, alongside the proven-capable hands of Cayo, they will perform excellently in Culture.

I hereby nominate @Utopia for the position of Minister of Defense, with the following responsibility:

  • To lead and oversee the South Pacific Special Forces, representing it to the public and the Cabinet while collaborating with the Admiralty to provide for its training, ceremonies and preparedness.

I have been working hand-in-hand with Utopia on SPSF leadership for quite some time now. He is inarguably the most active member of the force outside of myself, and he has the requisite connections into the broad military community. There is really no better choice for Defense.

I hereby nominate @xshotss for the position of Minister of Integration, with the following responsibility:

  • To maintain such infrastructure and practices in order to bring new nations into the Coalition, encourage deeper engagement with its community and provide support and information to members looking to get involved in the region.

I was really impressed with shots’ campaign and was saddened to see them withdraw. Integration has been a huge focus of regional politics lately, and I think a fresh perspective in the Cabinet from a promising candidate will be an assett on this issue.

I hereby nominate @ProfessorHenn for the position of Legislative Coordinator, with the following responsibility:

  • To represent the Government in the Assembly, pursue a governmental legislative agenda and promote the general actvity of and engagement with our Legislature.

We recently had a conversation as a region about the Chair and legislative agendas, and the community consensus seemed to be that they would like to see the Government take on the promotion of Assembly Culture and any such agenda to protote activity in the Halls rather than the Chair. Henn had been running on more affirmative ideas for Chair, and lost, in my view, largely because of that community consensus.

For a long time, Henn has been a collaborator of mine on ideas of government structure and reform, and I would like to see them continue the ideas he put forth for Chair within the context of the Executive. I have full confidence in their ability to do so.

I hereby nominate @Pronoun for the position of Director of Technology, with the following responsibility:

  • To track, systemetize and support the use of various technological systems within the Coalition, collaborate with other Ministries on the efficient and effective usage of such systems and promote technological development in the region.

Pronoun is one of, if not the most technically capable members of the Coalition, having created/programmed many of the tools used by the government, the SPSF, and the broader Defender community. When he pitched this idea to me, I immediately saw its utility and believed that he was singularly qualified to take on such a role.

In the coming days, I will be opening up an application portal for deputies and lower appointments, and decisions on such appointments will be made in in collaboration with the relavent Minister once they are confirmed.

I look forward to your questions, and to a stellar term. I remain,

Faithfully yours,

Heliseum
Prime Minister-Elect of the Coalition of the South Pacific

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Members of the Assembly,

I seek your confirmation as our region’s next Minister of Integration.

My main focus as Minister of Integration will be strengthening both recruitment and retention, with a particular emphasis on making it easier for new members to become active and stay active. Getting new citizens to join is important, but keeping them engaged after they arrive matters much more.

Main Points

  • First Impression: One of the main things I want to improve is the first impression new citizens get when they arrive. Instead of being presented with too much information at once, the goal is to give them a simple and clear starting point. This could be a short welcome guide that outlines exactly what they can do in their first few minutes. For example, introducing themselves, joining an active thread, or participating in a current event. The focus is on making their first interaction quick and straightforward. Rather than everything being open at once, new citizens could be given small steps or milestones to complete. For example, posting an introduction, joining an event, or contributing to a discussion. Completing these could be acknowledged in small ways, whether through roles, recognition, or simple shoutouts. This gives people a sense of progression and encourages them to stay active.

  • Utilizing Recruitment Tech: We have the adequate infrastructure to recruit people, yet it has been heavily underused these past terms. I plan to use it extensively in my campaign, improve on the existing recruitment TG, (maybe) make a variety of new recruitment TGs, and so on. A group of people will also be appointed to help out in this process. We have been relying too much on our 10% spawn as a feeder for growth. We need new, improved, and actually utilized ways of bringing new people into our community.

  • Entry-level Government Positions: While recruiting new people is a crucial step, we also need a way for said new people to actually get involved and start contributing to our region. One of Heliseum’s main campaign points is to keep and improve upon government positions like culture groups, ambassadors, et cetera. These teams and positions are a great way to get people hooked with the region and start their journey of being a member of our community. For the Ministry of Integration, a recruitment team will be set up to help with TG and RMB recruitment. In the previous term, the recruitment team was not as active as it needed to be, as recruitment in general was lacking. I plan to improve on this by training the recruitment team to make sure they are adequately prepared for their job, and make sure to give them an agenda of tasks to complete.
    Another government position going to be appointed for the Ministry of Integration is a Deputy MoI which will be a newer player mentored by the MoI, which is another way for our members to get involved.

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I thank the Prime Minister Elect for the nomination to continue as the OWL Director during their term. I have published my ideas for the office going forward already. I am happy to answer any additional questions the Assembly might have for me.

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Thank you for submitting your nominations!

As a matter of process, I would prefer that we vote to reconfirm Welly and CayonNS. There was precedent set when Kris set his Cabinet that a re-appointed Minister be confirmed:

That precedent may have been set other places as well, but I don’t recall it off the top of my head.

I think part of the value of re-nominating is it will encourage the nominees to go back to the Assembly and state a public agenda. This helps the nominees clarify and set their intention for the term, allows the Assembly to verify their vision matches the Assembly’s, and then will make it easier for the Assembly (and the PM) to hold the Ministers accountable during the term.

I am intrigued by your decision to have dual Ministers of Culture. How will you prevent the work of two co-equal Ministers from duplicating each other? Do you have a distinct vision of specific projects each Minister will run during the term, or will the Ministers figure it out themselves as they go?

Regarding your decision to renominate @CayonNS: the RMB Mayor position has received some criticism recently for taking what is essentially a Culture Ministry initiative, elevating it as if it is a directly elected role granting “choice” to “the RMB” (as if that is a distinct part of the region), and having no filter on the quality, dedication, or security of the candidates who might be elected. Will the Government retain the RMB Mayor program as it is currently set up? Or will it be modified or eliminated?

I want to hear the specific agenda that your Legislative Coordinator will be tasked with.

I also want to hear what specific programs your Director of Technology plans to take a look at this term. Systematizing and supporting technological systems is a worthy goal, but I want to know what current issues this role is intended to solve and what projects the Director will prioritize.

I think this is a strong part of your platform, but it is a lot of “we can do A, we can do B, we can do C”.

If we confirm you, what will you do on these items? Please be as specific as possible about actionable steps and the order you will do them in.

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Hi! Thanks for the questions. I left out a lot of details (like most agendas do) just to keep it short and not boring.

  • For the introductions, I have a couple ideas. One of the more “informal” ones is to simply manually guide new people willing to join the community with a short template guide on the RMB like some people already do. I also discussed an idea with Heli of adding Discord welcome messages, through modifying Coconut or adding a separate bot (I can do this on my own if needed), which will also guide new users to get involved instead of the introducing process being done manually and quite inconsistently. In my opinion, it’ll make it much more consistent and will save us a lot of time. Like I said in the debate you hosted, our established members should be connected with new people and guide them to the way of TSP.
    I want to essentially automate a lot of the introduction process, make it more coherent and efficient, so that our new members get a structured way of getting introduced to the region.
    We can also always improve on our existing guides by making it simpler, shorter, more coherent, etc…

  • For awards and recognition (I’m not sure if you were mentioning this, but I’ll say it anyways), I’m gonna keep the similar idea used by the previous MoI of encouraging members through awards. I have a couple ideas for awards, mainly “Government Official of the Month” to highlight someone new that has gotten into government and has done a commendable job, “Most Active User” for the most active people on the RMB, and other things of that vein. I want to “gameify” being involved in our region to encourage more involvement and make it more enjoyable for everyone.

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Will each MoC have their own “separate responsibilities” or will they act as having the same ones? What guarantee are we given that this will bring more benefits than harm? What will you, or your MoCs, do to ensure that the schedules are aligned and don not interfere with each other? How will a possible disagreement between the two be resolved? Will either of them have “priority” in a possible discussion/decision-making process?

What is your administration’s legislative agenda?

What do you mean by “lower appointments”, exactly?

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