Sparknotes on the Kazaman/Comfed platform “Building Bridges”
Written by PaleLand
In regards to the upcoming presidential election, the Arnhelm Alternative will collaborate with the EBC to provide summaries of the candidates’s platforms. In this article we will cover the “Building Bridges” platform, which sees Kazaman as a presidential candidate with the VP candidate being Comfed. Note that this is not a comprehensive summary of the platform, as such it might miss some points made in it. For this reason we encourage you to read the Kazaman platform here.
Presentation
- Kazaman last ran for president two years ago and he notes the substantial changes that have happened since then like the frontier transition and the joining of the Aegis accords.
- He will run with Comfed, organizing the central policies in three themes.
- Growing the WA population and increasing the Delegate endorsement count.
- Building a bridge between Europeians and their interests, to engage in the life of the region.
- Consolidating and expanding Europeia’s diplomatic position.
- Europeia’s base population has been healthy in the last few terms thanks to frontier spawns and recruiting efforts, however the focus should be on increasing the WA population, as this will improve security and activity.
- Technology development has been good in the RSC, but stuck in the Outreach ministry. To strengthen the ministry’s resources, it will have power over the Tech commission, and this term will have more specific projects based on Outreach.
- The manual work made by the Outreach team will be increased.
- The goal is to exceed r3n’s systems by compensating with human and technical resources.
- Keeping new nations around will be one of the main focuses.
- The WA has been the constant driver of long term residency, so a system which rewards citizens by voting in the WA will be reinstated with the addition of RMB discussions.
- The WAA ministry needs to keep a tight schedule and post IFV in advance to ensure the working of the additions.
- There will be a reduction in the number of dispatches and guides to newcomers due to the confusion generated by them and the long work they need to stay updated.
- The President will encourage Cabinet members to engage in one-on-one discussions with staffers
- Every ministry should have a role in granting the experience given to our citizens and residents.
- Consolidating Europeia’s position will need active efforts.
- The government’s task will be consolidating the gains from the previous accords we signed.
- The government will aim to reach some frontiers that Europeia hasn’t reached out to yet, aiming to open new embassies and open dialogues.
- The ERN, which is one of the best Europeian assets, will be expanding spotting operations and one of the goals will be contributing to the Organization of major liberations.
- The government will hold briefings with major allies to ensure that Europeia will be prepared for future disruptions and will be on the same page as its allies.
- The aim of the platform was to explain the goals for the new term and to give a glimpse of what Kazaman thinks about the state of NationStates.
- There have been changes in the leadership style of Kazaman from his last term as president.
- The goals of the platform are ambitious but feasible and if they are to be elected they will follow them through.
- The Vice President needs to be an assistant on the ground that will work with the ministries and take off some of the weight that is put on the President’s shoulders.
- Comfed wants to use the Vice Presidency also to highlight some of Europeia’s incredible talent, awarding Sapphire Star medals and writing spotlights, while also generally being an uplifting voice to the citizens.
- There will be an increase of media coverage for roleplays on the RMB
- The EBC will also vary the types of news, incorporating a fortnight quiz show as well as some poetries, satire, comedy and human interest.
- There will be more interviews of foreign persons, to broaden the horizon of the EBC and bring some foreign affairs education.
- The radio ministry will put highlight on the lesser seen parts of the region through the “a Little Heard Voices” series
- The focus of the Ministry of Outreach will be about building up our infrastructure to grow Europeia.
- There will be more reach to the gameside nations, sending notification telegrams to encourage them to join the WA and endorse the delegate.
- The Technology commission will be operating under the Outreach ministry with a deputy designated by the minister to be the Commissioner.
- The Outreach ministry will hold more incentive programs to boost the staff and telegramming output.
- Instead of multiple impersonal telegrams from welcomers, there will be more telegrams with a personal touch to them.
- There will be a revamp of the newcomer guides with focus on pathways to involvement to ensure that new citizens know how to rise in Europeia.
- In essence, the idea is to lower the barrier to entry into Europeia to be practically as low as possible, so new citizens can remain in the region for a long time.
- The ministries of Culture and of Gameside will merge under one minister.
- There will be less focus on festivals and traditional culture activities, however there will be more low-effort events such as the Europeian Hunger Games
- The combined ministry will be able to engage more effectively with the staffers to get things that can be resolved by the combined staff done.
- The new united staff will be essentially a messenger of the Europeian government to the RMB with the reverse also applying.
- The gameside Weekly Newsletter will be continued in the next term.
- To strengthen the various roleplays that are happening in the RMB, the ministry will provide a map of the region.
- The system established by Rand throughout the current term will continue as the new Attorney General will have a legal intern and a deputy to work on legal assignments.
- There will be a mock trial hosted by the AG in collaboration with the Bar Association.
- The major aim of the term for the Navy will be updating the defender resources that the navy currently lacks.
- There will be a recruitment drive to introduce more citizens in active duty service.
- There will be a creation of a sleeper network.
- The reports are going to increase to strengthen publicity, letting citizens know about the activities of the Navy at every update.
- A spotting program is to be introduced for the sailors, to advance the skills of the ERN.
- The civilian service will be used to do military outreach, communicating with the militia whilst taking some weight off the highest ranking officials.
- The Navy will continue to support an anti-raider policy.
- This term will be used to consolidate our gains on the world stage to boost Europeia’s diplomatic position.
- The government will seek talks with TNP to strengthen the relationship with them, which deteriorated a bit during the last term.
- The executive will put serious efforts in consolidating Europeia’s position in the Aegis Accords.
- The foreign affairs staff will reach out to some new frontiers to broaden our Network.
- There will be an increase in one-on-one mentoring, with the minister helping to guide diplomatic corps.
- The MoWAA will have a designated deputy in charge of IFVs to ensure that they are on time with the help of a WAAtchTable, a calendar to keep track of IFVs.
- There will be an increase in the presence of Europeian authors on Injuction resolutions, with them authoring and campaigning for them.
- More Europeian nominees will be proposed to the Heroes of Valhalla project.
- More WA staffers will be involved in the process of writing HoV resolutions.
- Telegrams and dispatches will continue to work, with the addition of a reward program to award medals to voters in the WA.
- At the end of their term, this presidential ticket hopes to leave a more stable Europeia on all fronts.
