Imperial decree no. 302

[Kaiser Ayreon]

Ayreon, by the Grace of Her Most Sacred Lady, Kaiser, Prince of Hvalafell, Count of Shirekeep, unto the Gods of the Cedrist Might, the Lords and Ladies of Shireroth, and the Good People of the Empire, greetings --

All ministries are hereby reorganized into the following:

Ministry of the Interior
- to handle website, wiki, the board.
Minister: Lord Straylight

Ministry of the Exterior
- to handle the foreign affairs of the Empire.
Minister: Lord consort of Absentia

The Registrar
- to handle census, migration to, from and within Shireroth, and to keep records of marriages, contracts, maps etc.
Minister: Lady Lumina´s Light

The Treasury
- to handle what the Ministry of Trade handled prior to this decree.
Minister: Lord Atterock

Ministry of Military Affairs
- to handle what the same ministry handled prior to this decree.
Minister: Lord Elwynn

Let it be known that the Landsraad is directed to amend the Landsraad to amend the Lawbook to reflect these changes.

Done at the Imperial Palace of Shirekeep this day of Vivantia, 15th of Qarbinionsmoon, MMMCCXCVIII ab sectora condita.

[Kaiser Ayreon]

Well of course the ministries will be able to hire people to head different offices. For example, the Registrar might want an officer for migration, another one for cartography etc, but it's the minister that is respoinsible to the Kaiser.

[Erik Mortis]

BOOOOOO! HISSS!!!!

I want MiniTrade and MiniImNat by their traditional names. Especially MiniImNat being the oldest ministry, and have the same name now it was formed with 8 years ago.

[Kaiser Ayreon]

We could organize them into departments, and call the offices "ministries" then.

[Erik Mortis]

Or have the ministries alone and have created departments inside them, thus maintaining the traditional ministries.

[Scott of Hyperborea]

I agree with Erik. The old names are good. But I agree with the idea of folding MiniInfo into something else.

[Erik Mortis]

I'd prefer it live on, but I'll compromise and only argue for MiniTrade and MiniImNat.

[Andreas the Wise]

I'd prefer MiniTrade still, just because a week from now I was going to come out with yet another Trade attempt, and hope that this one would actually work with Shirithian backing ... (and a nifty site)

[Erik Mortis]

Does it require more modification from the bank?

[Andreas the Wise]

No, it'll all be handled externally.

[Erik Mortis]

Goodo. I'm still working on logging. (it's not hard, I'm just lazy)

[Oroigawa Koreyasu]

(it's not hard, I'm just lazy)

Cheers to that!

(Hey, whatever happened to that drinking smilie? I thought it was added long ago...)

[Jacobus Loki]

The Kaiser is all-powerful!

[Ari Rahikkala]

BOOOOOO! HISSS!!!!

I want MiniTrade and MiniImNat by their traditional names. Especially MiniImNat being the oldest ministry, and have the same name now it was formed with 8 years ago.

What's the big deal? They're just names. Folding half of the MiniInfo's work into MiniImNat kind of forces you to change the latter's name anyway because the various registrarly things that MiniInfo was supposed to do don't really have anything to do with citizenship...

And as for MiniTrade, well, it *is* going to be a lot more busy handling the treasury than handling trade...

[Krasniy Yastreb]

The way I see it, the Ministries lost most of their ancient charm when they stopped being tied to specific historic forums on ezboard. They're expendable now

[Malliki]

BOOOOOO! HISSS!!!!

I want MiniTrade and MiniImNat by their traditional names. Especially MiniImNat being the oldest ministry, and have the same name now it was formed with 8 years ago.

What's the big deal? They're just names. Folding half of the MiniInfo's work into MiniImNat kind of forces you to change the latter's name anyway because the various registrarly things that MiniInfo was supposed to do don't really have anything to do with citizenship...

And as for MiniTrade, well, it *is* going to be a lot more busy handling the treasury than handling trade...

Conservatism perhaps?

[Andreas the Wise]

Treasury more, yes, but it was a good excuse to do trade too ...

[b3n|<3r|\|]

I don't like the name changes.

Your Niftiness, what will become of the MiniInfo? And more importantly it's sub-division, the MiniCart? They don't fit under any of these ministries as is.

[Ari Rahikkala]

I implemented the name changes. I left MiniInfo open for now though, so that people can post in it while it's worked out exactly where its rather numerous subforums go...

(btw, has anyone heard from Hypatia's Mom regarding her sudden increase of responsibilities? She hasn't posted in this thread yet..)

[Aurangzeb Khan]

I think it is an excellent job creation opportunity if Carol were to divide some of the increased workload amongst subordinate departments.

[hypatias mom]

I am having trouble keeping up with just demangoing right now. I will have to go back and study what I have as new responsibilities. I will post again when I have absorbed it all.

[Erik Mortis]

I still say we revert the names.

[Aurangzeb Khan]

In two months no-one will even remember.

[Erik Mortis]

I will remember. and I will bring back the MiniImNat and MiniTrade. Somehow.

[Jess]

Maybe an everyone-throw-a-pie at the kaiser day?

[Aurangzeb Khan]

How we define throwing a 'pie' at the Kaiser to be an act of treason and carry on from there. Apparently there is ravishing of subordinates involved... I'm sure you won't mind Jess - it is the law after all.

[Jess]

Prove that it is treason!

[Aurangzeb Khan]

Throwing a pie at your god given superiors is rebellion conducted with malicious intent.

[Aurangzeb Khan]

I should mention that I'm taking the piss at some point.

[Jess]

What?