It is my pleasure to present to all Havenites today two new accomplishments by your Board of Directors and your fellow Havenites.

As we have entered the "Age of Maps" Haven has finally officially delineated, in map form, our territorial claims (since everyone else is doing it we might as well too).

As per our Charter:

All land within the borders of any land claimed by the city of Haven is the private property of the Haven Board of Directors. However, all land claimed by the Board of Directors not set aside for public works shall be parceled up into districts and given away freely to whomever wishes to live within Haven’s boundaries. The informal boundaries of the city lay within a 1000 meter radius from the point (-6722, -4640, 64). These "informal boundaries" could be thought of as an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and unless it is an area actively inhabited by Havenites then it is not directly within the Board's jurisdiction. However, the formal jurisdiction of the city of Haven is marked with cobble "H"s along with her distant farms and other important locations. Additionally, and more explicitly, the aforementioned formal area extends 500 meters in radius from the city center (-6722, -4640, 64). Within said land and adjacent territory claimed by Havenites all who visit or live in peace shall (to the best of the Board's abilities) be under the protection of Haven's Board of Directors and residents.

Without further ado /u/Late_80s and myself present Haven's official land claims:

https://i.imgur.com/G7scJ07.png

The pink area is our de jure territory and the purple is our de facto territory.

De facto means a state of affairs that is true in fact, but that is not officially sanctioned. In contrast, de jure means a state of affairs that is in accordance with law (i.e. that is officially sanctioned)

http://onlinelaw.wustl.edu/legal-english-de-factode-jure/

Now on to the HOE Infrastructure Project, which is, more specifically, the HOE (Haven-Orion-Etherium) Netherfactory which is located in the central station of Orion. The HOE was a result of almost a year's worth of negotiations between Haven and Orion (and pretty much entirely last minute, Etherium as well). The result of these negotiations is a jointly owned Netherfactory, with Haven holding a majority share of the ownership, located in Orion, as it is a central hub in the quadrant and keeps unnecessary traffic out of Haven. One of the core points made during the negotiations is that as long as we were the primary source for construction materials then the factory would remain open for all to use, with the exception of extreme emergencies that would be decided by the Haven Board of Directors.

Special thanks goes to /u/Ariaxis for her hard work in gathering most of the materials and /u/biggestnerd for his negotiations with Orion, Etherium, and being there on opening day to make sure Haven's interests were properly represented.

I want to thank everyone else who helped make this achievement possible.

Dilectio, Caritas, Amicitia, Pullos

Long Live Haven!