Imperial Decree #357: Imperial Advisory Council.

[Kaiser Agni I]

Member shall be.
Scott Ix-nay on the Iskind-Say: Because he's always useful to have around
Andreas: For economic matters
Jonas: because we don't agree.
Ari: For reasons similar to Scott.

[Andreas the Wise]

Oh, thanks

[Harvey Steffke]

Aww, I didn't know I could get secret forum access just by being a jerk to you a couple times. Live and learn!

[Kaiser Agni I]

Actually.. you almost got on the council...

[Harvey Steffke]

THIS CLOSE!

Is it too late? I have a lot of snowballs I could lob at youat it takes.

[Kaiser Agni I]

Nah... it was your status as the leader of Nelaga, and lack of governmental position here that kept you out.

[Gman Russell]

boo! Let him in anyway!

[Jonas]

This is a surprise. I always thought I was the Aye-man.

But thanks, Your Niftiness.

[Scott of Hyperborea]

Thanks. This is the only way I get to feel useful anymore (although...ix-nay on the iskind-Say, remember?)

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Do Kaisers usually have an advisory council, or is this a one-off?
If they don't, I'm surprised... must be a useful thing to have

[Jonas]

Do Kaisers usually have an advisory council, or is this a one-off?
If they don't, I'm surprised... must be a useful thing to have

The Imperial Advisory council isn't new. It was created by His Niftiness Kaiser Raynor XI in 2004.
I'm not surprised that you're surprised. Not many kaisers had Imperial Advisors.

[Kaiser Agni I]

It tends to be a tradition of my Kaiserships, but some other use it too. It dates back to summer 2004 when we had a lot of political turmoil, so I made the council to help advise me on matters. Initially it was 1 Yes-Man, 1 No-Man, and 1 Maybe-Man. The logic being that is I had one person who agreed with me on things, I could have someone to bounce ideas off of, and the no-man was someone who was basically of the opposition, to help me see the other side of view. The Maybe-man was the moderate in terms of Shireroth politics.

I felt this combo would help meet rule better, and step on less toes. I think it was effective. It's good to bring potentially controversial ideas to the Council. It's also a place where the Kaiser can discuss controversial ideas in private away from the public who might get made at the very idea itself.

My rule for the council is anything said in there, stays in there. Advisers are encourage to point out things, disagree, even tell me I'm being a fool. But I do require civility.

If Loki III had used a IAC... I thinks things would have been a lot different.