[ZRT Convention] (March 2014)

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

OPENING OF THE CONVENTION

I hereby declare this 3rd Convention of the ZRT open. I should like for this Convention to end as close to Wednesday 26 March as we can get while still giving everyone a good chance to speak, be heard, deliberate, etc. Of course, I will be quite wary of attempts to hijack things, but I'm sure we won't be too rowdy. :-)

I bid you all a great welcome and extend my best wishes to all of you and me for a productive and smashing success with this little get-together. - GV, Convention Chair


AGENDA

1. Speech from outgoing President (GV) - COMPLETE - It may be had at the bottom of this thread.

2. Discussions:

2a) THAT THE CONVENTION OF THE ZRT thanks its former member and co-founder, Distáin C. Carlüs Xheráltescù MC, for all his sterling service over the years, and wishes him good luck in his new political project. VOTED ON & APPROVED talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9435

2b) on the election; talossa.proboards.com/thread/9436/zrt-convention-discussion-on-election

2c) on the functioning of the government; talossa.proboards.com/thread/9437/zrt-convention-discussion-functioning-gov

2d) building the party in general talossa.proboards.com/thread/9438/convention-discussion-building-party-general

2e) building provincial ZRT branches. talossa.proboards.com/thread/9439/convention-discussion-building-provincial-zrtbranches

3. Guest speakers.
Mximo Carbonél talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9433

4. Amendments to the Constitution and Party Platform (if any)
- by Miestrâ Schivâ talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9431 PASSED

5a. Suggestions for changes in the Party Platform
- by Miestrâ Schivâ talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9432 PASSED

5b. Suggestions for the next Manifesto (to be finalised closer to the date by the CC)
- by Miestrâ Schivâ - APPROVED talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9470

6. Candidates for the upcoming Senäts races (Atatürk, Cézembre, Fiôvâ), for Capitán of Fiôva, and any other provincial races - if no nominations then the CC will make them closer to the date
talossa.proboards.com/thread/9471/zrt-convention-candidates-sen-races?page=1&scrollTo=115072
Fiovâ: Miestrâ Schivâ is the nominee.
Atatürk: Óin Ursüm is the nominee.
Benito: The ZRT will have no nominee.

7. Election of new leadership - Leader, General Secretary and 3 more CC members

Party Leader election:
talossa.proboards.com/thread/9476/zrt-convention-election-party-leader?page=1&scrollTo=114956
Miestâ Schivâ elected as Party Leader

Party General Secretary Election
talossa.proboards.com/thread/9477/zrt-convention-election-party-secretary
GV elected as General Secretary

Central Committee new members election
talossa.proboards.com/thread/9478/convention-election-central-committee-members
Moritz Fernaodescu, Óin Ürsüm, and Evan Cuntainçâ elected to the ZRT Central Committee

8. New leader's speech to close.
talossa.proboards.com/thread/9490/zrt-convention-incoming-leaders-speech
SPEECH GIVEN


CLOSING OF THE CONVENTION

I hereby declare this 3rd Convention of the ZRT to be closed sine die. - GV, Chair - Thursday 3 April 2014 0003 CDT

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HOUSEKEEPING items and other sundry things: talossa.proboards.com/thread/9434/zrt-convention-housekeeping-items

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SPEECH FROM THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT

Azul, and thanks for this opportunity, many thanks to Fiova for hosting us, thanks to the ZRT for making Talossa as vibrant as it has been since the late 1980s, and thanks to everyone who voted for us and our glorious coalition partners in this most-recent and historic election. We are doing our utmost to repay your trust with competence, wisdom, and common sense.

Our website is at zefencismeu.blogspot.com/ There, you will find the full delineation of our vision, values, platform, and our goals for a Talossa that continues to become more free, fun, and fair than ever before. Read it, and read the future of our nationette! Read it and discover what Talossa should be - what Talossa must become!

Our vision is sure. Our goals are just. Our plan will make Talossa more and more free, fun, and fair.

Join us. Votez ZRT!!

GV, outgoing Party President

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Mr President, can I add the following motion to the "Discussions" part of the agenda:

THAT THE CONVENTION OF THE ZRT thanks its former member and co-founder, Distáin C. Carlüs Xheráltescù MC, for all his sterling service over the years, and wishes him good luck in his new political project.

I also foreshadow that I have amendments to both the Constitution and Platform for this Convention to discuss.

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

Mar 12, 2014 23:49:25 GMT -6 Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN said:

Mr President, can I add the following motion to the "Discussions" part of the agenda:

THAT THE CONVENTION OF THE ZRT thanks its former member and co-founder, Distáin C. Carlüs Xheráltescù MC, for all his sterling service over the years, and wishes him good luck in his new political project.

I also foreshadow that I have amendments to both the Constitution and Platform for this Convention to discuss.

Yes and done. I'll look forward to your items for further discussion.

I've updated the agenda accordingly.

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

Bump!

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

pardon my intrusion but you really need 10 threads?

[Sevastáin Pinátsch]

If the locals don't mind...

They must have had some idea of the chaos to be unleashed.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Ten threads, wow! Very impressive and busy. Again, I offer to archive and take care of the proceedings like I did with the first convention, if someone just assembles a PDF of the events when they're done.

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

Mar 15, 2014 12:52:39 GMT -6 Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă said:

pardon my intrusion but you really need 10 threads?

I don't think it's a problem, and it hasn't been in previous years either. As such, I'm not sure why it would be a problem now.

[Sevastáin Pinátsch]

Mar 15, 2014 14:57:43 GMT -6 C. Carlüs Xheraltescù said:

Mar 15, 2014 12:52:39 GMT -6 Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă said:

pardon my intrusion but you really need 10 threads?

I don't think it's a problem, and it hasn't been in previous years either. As such, I'm not sure why it would be a problem now.

If there was obvious duplication (and there is not), there might be a reason to cull.  Instead, there are a lot of topics for attendees to chime in on, depending on personal interest.  While all of these will not be equally utilized, they are all useful conversations regardless of the amount of feedback they generate.

I wish you all a productive and pleasant conference.

~SP

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

Mar 15, 2014 12:52:39 GMT -6 Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă said:

pardon my intrusion but you really need 10 threads?

One for each section of the agenda? Yes, I wanted them to be separate and organized. :-O

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

Mar 15, 2014 15:26:33 GMT -6 Sevastáin Pinátsch said:

Mar 15, 2014 14:57:43 GMT -6 C. Carlüs Xheraltescù said:

I don't think it's a problem, and it hasn't been in previous years either. As such, I'm not sure why it would be a problem now.

If there was obvious duplication (and there is not), there might be a reason to cull.  Instead, there are a lot of topics for attendees to chime in on, depending on personal interest.  While all of these will not be equally utilized, they are all useful conversations regardless of the amount of feedback they generate.

I wish you all a productive and pleasant conference.

~SP

Thanks! :-) As for the number of threads, yeah, it's a lot, but it's necessary. If Fiova wants to move all of these to a sub-forum, I would not mind, though I do not know what would be the will of the ZRT Convention as a whole.

And again, Fiova, thanks for letting us set up shop here. :-)

[Lüc da Schir]

Mar 15, 2014 14:57:43 GMT -6 C. Carlüs Xheraltescù said:

Mar 15, 2014 12:52:39 GMT -6 Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă said:

pardon my intrusion but you really need 10 threads?

I don't think it's a problem, and it hasn't been in previous years either.

I seem to recall that it has been a problem when the convention was hosted by Benito: we had some legislative matters on the table, and these threads kept falling down on the list as your convention posts were so many that our Legislative Chancellery thread was pushed into the second page.

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

Mar 16, 2014 5:02:33 GMT -6 Lüc da Schir said:

Mar 15, 2014 14:57:43 GMT -6 C. Carlüs Xheraltescù said:

I don't think it's a problem, and it hasn't been in previous years either.

I seem to recall that it has been a problem when the convention was hosted by Benito: we had some legislative matters on the table, and these threads kept falling down on the list as your convention posts were so many that our Legislative Chancellery thread was pushed into the second page.

I don't think passive aggressively commenting afterwards is pretty helpful; it wasn't as though we came in without the explicit consent of the Provincial Executive.

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

I am looking to close this Convention on 31 March. Howevver... If we need to go longer, we will. :-)

GV, Chair

[Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h]

All we need is to get the new Party Leader's speech and we can close this bad boy. All other agenda items have been completed.

GV, Chair