State of the Region Address

State of the Region Address
18 June 2017

Greetings,

I address you all today to discuss the state of the region, both gameside and forumside, the measures that we have tried to initiate to produce sustainable activity and other matters that are relevant to our region and its future.

Selene was founded, more than a year ago, with the ideal of being a community where everyone had a chance to participate, but most importantly, where everyone had a stake in the growth of the region. We had leaders, but the success or failure of the region would depend on each and every member, and the interest they displayed on keeping our venues active and our quality at a certain standard. If activity is low, then it is incumbent on members to resume posting, to work among themselves to raise the activity level. If quality is low, then we should work together to ensure those better experienced help those with less experience raise their posting quality. In the end, Selene is a common project, and the region is only as good as the people who are invested in its success.

That in no way means that I or anyone in the government have no responsibility or blame. It is our duty to encourage activity, organise events and ways for others to get involved, help members find their place in the region. We have undoubtedly been lacking in that regard, and moving forward, we will double our efforts to make sure that all that can and should be done, from our side, is indeed being done. There are be no more excuses, because we too are part of the region, and, starting now, must share with everyone else the responsibility for its success.

However, there is little point in encouraging activity, organising events and helping others find their place in the region, if there is little response or interest on the part of others, if some apply for the map but never roleplay, if some join the regional chat but never talk, if some express a willingness to help but never actually help. As things stand today, very few members post regularly on behalf of their nations or their characters in the legislature, and even less members post in the message board. When invited or encouraged to participate, the truth is most members simply fail to respond, and while few do rise to the occasion, it is unfair to ask full activity from them or to expect their own activity to compensate for the lack of activity on the part of others.

Just like we are making a commitment, here and now, to do our part to ensure the success of the region, all members must make that same commitment, so that we know on whom we can count, and work with them to bring about the sustainable activity that we need.

It is in that sense that I hereby appoint Constantine Lambros as Prime Minister of Selene, and grant him formal powers to manage the governing and community structure of the region as he deems necessary, to ensure that the above goals, and any others that comply with the same, are met. He will have the power to rule on the roleplay canon, website structure, recruitment and foreign policies, and all other aspects as necessary to improve the state of the region, provided by the position of the Founder, and the core ideals of Selene of openness and fairness, are not compromised.

I urge all to come together, to reach out to the government, to make a commitment to work with the common goal of making Selene an active, friendship, open and thriving region, where all have a place, and where activity, rather than a goal to attain, is a reality to maintain. When Selene thrives, we all do.

Thank you.

Justinian Kalominos
Emperor of Selene