GAC Reminders

[fiohelston]

REMINDER: GAC Meeting is Monday, January 14th. This month, we're in the Great Helm. Please submit any agenda items you have and I will get them posted tomorrow.

Thanks!

[Alain DeMuer]

NOTICE: GAC Meeting has been postponed until Monday, January 21st. Sorry for the delay!

((Posting in Fio's stead due to internet connectivity issues.))

[fiohelston]

It's that time, everyone! The next GAC meeting is Monday, February 11th. Please PM me with items you think should be added to the agenda by Sunday afternoon, and I will get the agenda put together.

Note - since we are alternating locations every month, this meeting will be held on DM in the Great Hall.

Thanks!

[fiohelston]

GAC Meeting Agenda - Monday, February 11th
Red Dragon's Great Hall
9 PM RST (EST)

1. Welcomes and Introductions
2. Old business
- Governor's Service Medals
3. New business
- Upcoming events
-------02/16 Valentine Disco Ball
-------02/23 Stew Day
-------03/04 RhyDin Founders Day
- Magic Use Registration Proposal
4. Question and answer (as time permits)
5. Conclusion

As a matter of public record, I am including below the content of two letters to the Governor's Office from Baron Rakeesh Sah Tarna on the matter of Mage Registration in Old Temple District.

Because this issue has become so inflammatory, we are devoting the bulk of our meeting this month toward discussion of the topic. However, in the interest of time and keeping order, I am placing the following rules on this debate:

1. Baron Sah Tarna will be given the floor first. He will have a maximum of ten minutes in which to deliver his proposal and any arguments supporting it. Baron, I encourage you to have your speech prepared ahead of time.

2. A counter argument will be offered by another member of the community, to be announced, again limited to a maximum of ten minutes. Again, preparation is encouraged.

3. The floor will then be opened to the council members who are present to comment. We will go in roster order. Council members, please have your comments ready, if possible, beforehand to maximize the use of our time. Comment time will be limited to five minutes for each council member so that we can hear as many people as possible during the meeting.

4. The floor will then be opened to members of the audience for comment. I will ask that any person present who wishes to speak and is not on the council to raise your hand (IM me in the room). We will go in first-come, first-served order until all comments have been heard or we reach the scheduled end time of this meeting. Again, a five minute maximum limit applies.

5. Since I have now been accused by Baron Sah Tarna of engaging in a public 'witch hunt' against him - interesting choice of words, no? - I will not speak on this issue.

The Baron's letters follow:

Letter of January 13

Good day, effendi,

I, Rakeesh Sah Tarna, Baron of the Old Temple District, would like to submit for your agenda a widely ignored issue in the heart of the Old Temple District. As you may, or may not know, just five years ago the district's streets ran red with blood as a religious war between the Catholics and the Temple of Myr'Khul ensued. It was nearly a genocide, perpetrated by Myr'Khul and its spiritual leaders - many of them mages.

I have noticed, upon returning to my seat, a rise in the number of magic-users in the Old Temple community. I suspect, gravely, that after Myr'Khul was forced to disband, war-criminals and monsters may be hiding in the community, pretending to be regular people.

I believe that it is necessary to bring in some powerful aid in this matter. We need to spend the coin necessary to run screens in the streets of the Old Temple District to scan for magic-users. Then, I believe that if we take down their names, not only can we keep track on them to avoid future conflicts, I can investigate their backgrounds to ensue that old war criminals and perpetrators of genocide are not hiding within our community.

Humbly yours,
Rakeesh Sah Tarna
The Baron of the Old Temple District

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Letter of February 10

Governor,

I submit for your agenda a public forum to create viable solutions for the growing problem of Myr'Khul insurgents working out of the Old Temple District. I will bring my evidence to the meeting. I would like to make two points, personally, beforehand:

1) I have not illegally scanned mages in my district, or acted on my proposal from last month.
2) I am no fool. There is no traction for my proposal. I have defended the intention behind it over the past month, and continue to show publicly my disappointment that my allegations against Myr'Khul have been given no credence by your office and the City Watch, but I know that my proposal is already dead in the water. What we need now are viable solutions.

Should you end this public witch-hunt of yours and cease firing up your constituents merely for political gain, then perhaps we can focus on creating new legislation and action committees to protect civilians against civil unrest - and simultaneously deal with a significant problem in the Old Temple District (one thus far ignored by your administration).

I offer you this single olive branch and ask that you work with me instead of against me. Not only would it be wise of you to do so, but you will sleep easier at night than you might once my evidence against Myr'Khul comes to light.

Sincerely,
Rakeesh Sah Tarna
Baron of the Old Temple District

[fiohelston]

It's that time, everyone! But I'm pushing it back a week due to an unavoidable commitment. The next GAC meeting will be Monday, March 18th. Please PM me with items you think should be added to the agenda, and I will get it put together.

Note - since we are alternating locations every month, this meeting will be held on ROH in the Great Helm.

Thanks!

[fiohelston]

GAC Meeting Agenda - Monday, March 18th
ROH Great Helm Tavern
9 PM RST (EST)

1. Welcomes and Introductions
- New Members
2. Old business
- Governor's Service Medals
- Update on Old Temple
- Update on Winter Storm Hannibal
3. New business
- 2013 Gubernatorial Election
- Upcoming events
-------04/14 Children's Day
-------05/01 Beltane (observed 05/03-05/05)
-------06/21 Summer Solstice
4. Question and answer (as time permits)
5. Conclusion

[fiohelston]

It's that time, everyone! The next GAC meeting will be Monday, April 8th. Please PM me with items you think should be added to the agenda, and I will get it put together.

Don't forget to submit your nominations for the March Service Medals.

This month's meeting will be held in the DM Red Dragon's Great Hall.

Thanks!

[fiohelston]

GAC Meeting Agenda - Monday, April 8th
DM Red Dragon's Great Hall
9 PM RST (EST)

1. Welcomes and Introductions
2. Old business
- Governor's Service Medals
- Request Regarding Old Temple (see letter attached)
- Construction Update: Observatory and Botanical Gardens
3. New business
- 2013 Gubernatorial Election
- Sewer Mapping Project
- Ethereal Rifts
- Upcoming events
-------04/14 Children's Day (observed 4/13)
-------05/01 Beltane (observed 05/03-05/05)
-------06/21 Summer Solstice
4. Question and answer (as time permits)
5. Conclusion

Letter from Rakeesh Sah Tarna dated 3 Apr 2013 attached:
Governor,

I would like to submit the following topic to the upcoming GAC Agenda:

Recruitment for the task force working on the issue of demonic insurgence in the Old Temple District. Specifically, we need aid from masters of magic and technology to help us prepare safe traps to stop these demons and clear the district of their threat.

This should not be a long plea.

Thank you,
Rakeesh Sah Tarna

[fiohelston]

It's that time, everyone! The next GAC meeting will be Monday, May13th. Please PM me with items you think should be added to the agenda, and I will get it put together.

Don't forget to submit your nominations for the April Service Medals.

Since we alternate, this month's meeting will be held in the ROH Great Helm Tavern.

(I can't believe it's my last one with you. The June meeting will be cancelled for election business.)

Thanks!

[fiohelston]

GAC Meeting Agenda - Monday, May 13th
ROH Great Helm Tavern
9 PM RST (EST)

1. Welcomes and Introductions
2. Old business
- Governor's Service Medals
- Construction Update: Observatory and Botanical Gardens
- Harbor Clean Up Project
- Sewer Mapping Project
- 2013 Gubernatorial Election
3. New business
- June Meeting
- Upcoming events
-------06/21 Summer Solstice
4. Question and answer (as time permits)
5. Conclusion