Term 2- Nominations for Minister of the Interior

[RoboPig]

The Minister of Interior is in control of all workers not assigned to Governors, designating any specialization of Cities, designating how many units of each type to produce, deciding where to build any Citizens Assembly approved Wonder, keeping track of the resources in our territory and where they are, and all Great Engineers.

If nominated, please accept or decline
You may nominate yourself
Nominations shall close at 4:00 PM GMT on Jan. 27th

[Bengeance]

Well, since I managed to screw this up the first time lets try again.

I am placing my name in the running for Minister of the Interior

[GeorgeOP]

I will second Bengeance.

At this point I don't have an opinion who should be MoI, I just wanted the chance to second someone.

[Blkbird]

I nominate GeorgeOP for Minister of Interior.

[GeorgeOP]

Sorry, for whatever reason the times always confuses me. That means I have until Friday morning at 9 AM your time, right RoboPig?

[DaveShack]

I nominate Nomad Bryce

[Tubby Rower]

I nominate Nomad Bryce

.seconded.

[Nomad Bryce]

I am sad to say I must DECLINE! I am fighting a virus on my computer and the computer is acting funny and hard to manage. It prevented me from getting on the computer in general at all yesterday and is acting as hindrance in my performance! My computer is freezing regularly and I cant get civ4 up on my computer. Someday, I will run again for this position, but today, due to outside circumstances, I must decline.

I beg for a REPUTABLE player to run for this position! Please, you must recognize the importance to the future of our nation! Last term we elected Aythaneaus, a name few recognized for ACTIVITY and DEVOTION, and the result, he dissapeared. Perhaps he is innocent of blame for his own dissapearance, I dont have contact with him, I dont think anyone does, but we need a minister we can TRUST TO BE HERE when we need them most! I beg a candidate worthy of running for a triumverate position to decline and run for MoI. If all of our most devout players compete for 3 spots, other positions will be neglected!

For those who so kindly placed their faith in me to be their Minister of Culture I thank them and I hope that perhaps I provided some service to the citizens of our budding nation. As I said, I will remain in the demogame, and try to get on every day. I may end up needing to scrap my current computer (Or whatever my family plans to do to fix this since they say they may need to take it down for a few days) but when I return, and I will return to the politcal scene of the demogame, I will return with the same desire for service to the public as I had during this term. For now though, I am confined to be a regular citizen, and I promise to be a good, nation-loving citizen at that. Thank you.

[von_Clausewitz]

I announce my candidacy. It is a self nomination.

First of all let me summarize my philosophy regarding the individual duties of the position. This will clarify what I hope to bring to the office.

1. The Minister of the Interior shall be in control of all workers not assigned to Governors.

My method would be to assign the workers to the governors as much as possible, to the point of pre-assignment of any workers in a build queue. The use of the tiles and the production queue will be in the hands of the Governors, they will be better able to coordinate the improvements of those tiles to suit their needs.

2. The Minister of the Interior shall designate any specialization of Cities

I would allow as much autonomy of the Governors as possible. In a situation where the input of this office would be required, cities will be specialized according to their ability. Coastal cities for example, will have certain needs and abilities that landlocked cities would not (ships, lighthouses, habors ect). Cities like our Capitol that are near a river, or rivers, have commerce advantages that can be maximized for economic and technological gains.

3. The Minister of the Interior shall designate how many units of each type to produce. (A. The Governors may work it out amongst themselves on which city actually produces what.)

My philosophy is to match our units to our needs. Our needs should be determined by the Secretary of War, and the advice and council of that office will determine the policies of this office in determining the numbers and types of units we produce. I would not influence the policies of the Secretary of War by determining the types and numbers of units.

4. The Minister of the Interior may decide where to build any Citizens Assembly approved Wonder.

Wonders will be built in the most appropriate location. Speed will be the primary factor in making the desicion for Great Wonders. For National Wonders, speed will also be a large factor, but suitability and need will play a large part as well. For the term that this election is being held for, the construction of a Wonder of either type is not expected.

5. The Minister of the Interior shall keep track of the resources in our territory and where they are.

I actually plan to exceed this. I would keep track of all known resources - those in our territories, those in neutral territories, and those within forign borders.

6. The Minister of the Interior shall control all Great Engineers.

The priority for a Great Enginner would be the rapid construction of a Great Wonder. Circumstances may call for an alternate use, specifically technology but the rapid construction of a National Wonder may be called for. For the term that this election is being held for, I doubt that there would be any use other than for the rapid completion of a Great Wonder.

The Governors Council shall not exist until there are at least three Governors. Until then vacant Gubernatorial offices shall filled by an appointment of the Minister of the Interior.

No Governor would be appointed without their consent or without a confirmation of the citizens. The appointment process would begin prior to the turn session that a settler is expected to be completed. This would allow the Governor to prepare build queues and possible worker actions.

My general philosophy is to maximize production. Greater production results in faster completion of improvements of all types, which results in more of them. I focus on production speed, the more hammers the better. Population growth is essential to this, the more citizens the more tiles that are worked. I do favor engineers over other specialist types, and I'll use them when ever they are an option. Priests, for their +1 hammer, are a solid secondary option. Individual situations may call for different techniques, and I am flexible to the variable situations that may arise. I like to build forges early and often for the +25% hammers and the enginner specialist option. I like mines, and plenty of them. As many mines as the population can support. I also like farms as they allow a city to support more mines.

As far as the term that this election would be for, I believe that founding a second city will be a high priority. For the concern of this Office, the growth of our capitol would be a key component to acheiving that priority. Farms not mines will be essential for that growth.

Questions, comments, and rebuttals are welcomed at this time.

[Nomad Bryce]

I would like nominate Tubby Rower, who may decline from the governor position in favor of a bid for MoI. I would ask all of those who would have supported me in the coming election to back Tubby.

[Bengeance]

I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss my stance on the responsiblites and duties of the office of the Minister of the Interior and how I would act if elected.

My general philosophy regarding how best to develop the interior of our great and growing civilization embraces the idea that no one approach will give us the best chance to take hold of this world and make it ours. There is much that we currently do not know about our world. We don't know who else inhabits it. We don't know where all the vital resources we will need for expansion and development will be located. The best that we can do is be prepared to take advantage of the knowledge we gain as the game progresses.

Overall, the civilization must be balanced between the three facets of development; growth, commerce and production. Growth obviously drives the capabilites of our nation and as such I will endevour to help us maintain as fast a growth rate as we can without sacrificing extensively from either of the other facets. However, we must not grow out of control and damage our nation through unhappiness, unhealthiness, or financial difficulty. Commerce will drive both our treasury and our knowledge and we must not neglect it. Production will determine our ability to take advantage of our knowledge gained through research and our ability to defend ourselves. The policy of the Minister of the Interior should attempt to gain the maximum advantage in each of these areas from the available land and resources.

If elected I will endeavor to provide effective leadership through the powers vested in the office of Minster of the Interior. I will not use my election to attempt to subvert the will of the people or to enforce my own personal tastes over those of the citizenry. I will do my best to consult the appropriate members of the citizenry and the elected officials to make the best informed decisions I can.

Now I will discuss the individual duties of the Minister of the Interior. (I have copied the formatting of von Clausewitz for convienience)

1. The Minister of the Interior shall be in control of all workers not assigned to Governors.

As Minister of the Interior it would be my duty to work with the govenors of our cities to develop the land and resources available to us. I would strive to delegate workers to the govenors for the improvement of the cities lands whenever possible, but I would also attempt to have 1 or 2 workers available for use in connecting and exploiting new cities and resources as they are discovered or brought within the cultural boundaries of our civilization.

2. The Minister of the Interior shall designate any specialization of Cities

I would refrain from designating a city to only one role as much as possible. The govenors of the individual cities or states will have significant input into any possible designation. I would also designate cities only in cases where development along one specific path is clearly the best option for both that city and the civilization as a whole. An example would be a coastal cities with 1/4 of its tiles as river/flood plains, 1/2 its tiles as coastal/ocean, and the others as a mixture of desert and plains. A city such as this would clearly be a powerful commercial city, but would be hard pressed to become a major center of production.

3. The Minister of the Interior shall designate how many units of each type to produce. (A. The Governors may work it out amongst themselves on which city actually produces what.)

While the power to determine the mixture of units is granted to the Minister of the Interior, clearly much deferrence should be given to the Secretary of War as to the composition and number of units for both offensive and defensive needs. I will not attempt to undermine or overstate the wishes of the Secretary of War, but will in my position lobby for reasonable defensive strength and mixture of units. I will also attempt to the best of my ability to balance the military needs of our nation with the infrastructure development that will be necessary to make our nation great.

4. The Minister of the Interior may decide where to build any Citizens Assembly approved Wonder.

Wonder creation will be assigned to those cities best suited to producing the wonder in a timely manner and best situated to recieve its benefits. This will be true of both World and National wonders. The Citizens Assembly and other appropriate government officials will be consulted extensively before such a decision is made.

5. The Minister of the Interior shall keep track of the resources in our territory and where they are.

I heartily approve of the stance of Von Clausewitz and will attempt to provide as complete a set of information as I can for our nation and the world we know.

6. The Minister of the Interior shall control all Great Engineers.

While it is unlikely that there will be a Great Engineer born into our civilization in the near future, I believe that Great Engineers are best used to hurry the production of Great and National Wonders. Secondarily, using a Great Engineer as a Great Specialist is a possibility assuming we are still relatively early in the game and the over time acrual of benefits outwieghs any near term uses for the Great Engineer. Lastly, using Great Engineers for technology should be considered but only if there is no near term potential for Great Projects.

The Governors Council shall not exist until there are at least three Governors. Until then vacant Gubernatorial offices shall filled by an appointment of the Minister of the Interior.

Again here I agree with Von Clausewitz on appointing a Govenor. No Govenor would be appointed without their consent and I would plan on posting opinion polls as to the candidates that are potential appointees.

Hopefully this gives everyone a good understanding of where I stand on the issues affecting the Ministry of the Interior. Questions and comments are welcome.

Lastly, I will make a concerted effort to be available for all turn chats and be active daily in the forums. If some, as yet unforseen circumstance prevents me from faithfully fulfilling my duties for any extended period of time I will step down from my position and not force the community to have to deal with another no show official.

[Tubby Rower]

I am sorry and cannot accept a position as MoI. I feel my MM abilities will be better served inside a governorship. And a position as the first elected governor of the great city of Boaring Wallow would truly be an honor.

[GeorgeOP]

I have just found out that I am now Director of Intelligence.




I would have enjoyed running for MoI, but DoI was something I really, really, really wanted. I must decline my nomination.

[Nomad Bryce]

My computer is back in working order thanks to anti-spyware and anti-virus technology. I would like to retract my declanation of my nomination. I now heartily accept the chance to run against both of these EXTREMELY worthy candidates. Best of luck to us all!

[akots]

So, what's your program then? I know, the will of the people and stuff, just make to the point.