Opening the 21st Council of the Republic

[Paleocacher]

Opening the 21st Council of the Republic

Office of the Consulate

---

Greetings, citizens of The League and Concord,

It is our pleasure in the Office of the Consulate to welcome you to the ranks of our regional legislature and advisory body. The Council will officially enter its 21st full term with the conclusion of the September Electoral Confirmation, and we are extremely optimistic about this cycle. This Council will have a whopping 19 members, a record amount, and showcases much diversity in our community. In addition to having many continuing and returning members, we have 9 incoming Council Delegates who have never served before - nearly half of the overall group. Furthermore, a solid 6 members are new players and natives of Concord, showcasing the success of that region as an addition to our overall community.

Due to the success of our regional recruitment program and other integration efforts, we hope to see the region continue to grow and develop throughout the next few months. Many of you are or will become involved in other aspects of regional life and leadership beyond your roles as Council Delegate, and we hope this experience allows you to have your voice heard and to help guide the region to be a home and community we can all enjoy. These regions regularly exceed our own expectations, and there is always more work we can do to make it better and to bring new members here.

This term will be a slightly experimental one, as it is our first with this new forum. It may take some time to decide precisely how the Council will function in relation to it, and what will be changed or stay the same. We already had a general discussion to this effect with the outgoing members on Discord, but how things proceed on a more day-to-day and specific level will be worked out as we go. It is also plausible that the Speaker may have a more direct role in scheduling and moving business to next steps in the process throughout this term, another thing we will evaluate as we go.

As for the Speakership, we have decided to appoint @Salisford for another term. Despite a time of absence, he has been a bedrock member of this community since 2016. We look forward to continuing to work with him and hope that his contributions as Speaker this term set an example for the next Speaker to follow, especially given the varied nature of this term as opposed to previous ones. 

So, with that, welcome to the 21st Council of the Republic. The Speaker has been invited to post a thread with an address on their thoughts and interests for the term and will do so in the near future. Once the electoral confirmation process is complete, we will begin official business.