NEA Meeting Notes

Date: Saturday, July 11, 2015

Chair: OfUnknown

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

1. Chairman of the NEA

2. Update on LBC-FSR Desert Dispute

3. Highway Project Update

4. Talks Between Iria and Hjaltland

5. Security

6. Senntisten Expansion into the Plus Minus

7. Justice Fighter Groups

8. Policy of Diplomatic Courtesy

9. NEA State Membership Status

10. NEA Nether Hub Update

11. Conflicting Rail through Centauri

12. Sidebar Information

Present (12)

Fellowship / BlackXnt, Romec

Hjaltland / BlueSylvaer

Iria / Wolfeyes391, Unilauh, OfUnknown

Federal Socialist Republic / MegraLew, Langly, BolleDeBoll

Remnant / Logic_Man

Rosewall / SoulComplex

Maester Alliance / Marcus_Falminius

Invited Guests (4)

Aurora / doymand

Savion / shapha2002

Eden / ShadedJon

Mir / Lysika_Lantariel

Observers (14)

Hjaltland / Diet_Cola, DarkSylvaer

Fellowship / scramble0

Mt Augusta / Ladezkik, Prof_TANSTAAFL

Iria / Jumpysnake, Zashiony

Federal Socialist Republic / Norsepower, jon2600, Ikraal7, MistarC

Bermuda / RogueX7

Aurora / OfflineOnline, Tambien_Sinclair

Total participants: 30

Absent: Brimstone, Bryn, Garundistan, Saraliana, Weldon, Skywatch (Guest), Nox (Guest)

Time (start): 21:20 GMT

1. Chairman of the NEA

The newly elected NEA Chair, OfUnknown, was introduced to participants and guests of the meeting. OfUnknown carried on to provide a brief overview of his agenda and ideologies, explaining that he believes issues can be resolved through diplomacy and that communication between states is the key to a successful future.

Participants and guests of the meeting were then given the opportunity to ask questions to the newly elected chairman. BlueSylvaer asked what stance the NEA would have when a situation arises involving an NEA state. OfUnknown responded, explaining that the NEA tries not to infringe on the sovereignties of its member states, and so will not directly involve itself in any conflict. Instead, the NEA will serve as an effective medium for states to communicate in effort to control the heat of situations and help states reach peaceful resolutions. OfUnknown noted that the only situation in which the NEA will actively involve itself is if one or multiple of its member states are actively threatened, in which case, the mutual defense agreement will become applicable.

2. Update on LBC Desert Dispute

Recent developments around the Tanicgrad/LBC Desert region has re-catalyzed conflict between the FSR/LBC. Scrambl0 commented, saying that talks would be made with the new administration of the FSR in the near future to settle the issue. OfUnknown asked both parties to maintain a frisndly environment when talks pursue, and hopes that both parties will be able to reach a peaceful resolution.

ACTION: LBC and FSR to initiate talks to reach a resolution.

3. Highway Project Update

No progress has been made on the highway project since the last meeting.

ACTION: States to take initiative and interact with corresponding states to make progress.

4. Talks Between Iria and Hjaltland

There have been talks on the idea of federalising the states of Iria and Hjaltland. BlueSylvaer commented, explaining both Iria and Hjaltland are stable in population, and by coming together, collaborative efforts will be made to help revitalize and improve security between the two states with Iria and Hjaltland acting as regional epicenters. This proposal is still in its preliminary stages and nothing has been written on paper as of yet.

5. Security

OfUnknown advised that all towns to keep security measure high due to the influx of crime over the summer season. The meeting was then brought outside into the Iria Gardens where a demonstration showcased the potential of taking advantage of NameLayer's merge function in order to toggle between public and private access to gates. This system can be utilised to contain raiders, giving people more time to respond to these situations.

6. Senntisten Expansion into the Plus Minus

With the recent expansion of New Senntisten's claims on Txapu, and strong speculation that New Senntisten is looking to build a second netherfactory in the region, OfUnknown asked official from states present in the meeting what their opinions on the matter are, what stance the NEA should take on it, and whether any action needs to be done. A few states express some concern over the move by New Senntisten, though feel there is not enough information to formulate any definite stance. BlueSylvaer suggests that the NEA should meet with New Sentistenn next week to hold diplomatic talks over the topic. Present officials of NEA states generally agreed this would be a good idea, and is something they would be interested in.

ACTION: OfUnknown (u/ofunknown) to consult with BlueSylvaer (/u/BlueSylvaer) and set up a meeting between NEA states and New Sentistenn to discuss the matter.

7. Justice Fighter Groups

Justice fighting groups including Eden, Nox, and Mir were invited to the meeting as an opportunity for NEA member states to better understand who they are and what they do. Unfortunately, due to the dissolution of Mir and the absence of Nox, Eden was the only group present to interact with NEA state officials during this segment.

ShadedJon introduced the Eden group as a means to embody the world police under the principle of accountability. ShadedJon commented that Eden group aids to work alongside and not against towns to improve security of town across the map in their pursuit to counter criminal activity on the server. He further adds that should any town or person feel that they were infringed by any member of the Eden group, a complaint may be filed, and they will make efforts to rectify the situation. One project that Eden group is currently planning will allow towns to sign up to a program where Eden will help fund and develop security infrastructure for towns in exchange for access in times of need from the group. ShadedJon is looking forward to working with towns and hopes to gain their support in Eden's pursuit of server-wide security.

ACTION: Interested states to maintain communication with Eden group.

8. Policy of Diplomatic Courtesy

OfUnknown proposed to have a policy between NEA states to provide mutual courtesy in diplomacy when dealing with events or conflicts concerning other NEA states. The purpose of is to avoid unnecessarily complicating situations either due to miscommunication or impulsive decision making, and hopefully allow for resolutions to be achieved in a more efficient and peaceful manner. States have expressed general support of a policy of such ideology.

ACTION: OfUnknown (/u/ofunknown) to draft a policy to be proposed to the NEA.

9. NEA State Membership Status

The membership status of the NEA member states of Brimstone, Saraliana, and Weldon were discussed. There was general agreeance that their membership status should be concerned, however it would not be fair to discuss it outside of their presence. It was suggested that a discussion post is to be made on the NEA sub, and for leaders of concerned states asked to give their input. State leaders agreed this was the most appropriate course of action regarding this subject.

ACTION: Discussion post to be posted on /r/CivNEA discussing membership status of states.

ACTION: Relevant party officials to be notified of matter.

10. NEA Nether Hub Update

All preliminary plans on the NEA nether hub has been established with its location set and scouted out. The factories will be ready to be built after final details to the design. Wolfeyes asked about the status of the donations to the factory complex, and states have confirmed that the resources they pledged are on hand and ready to be put to run the factories. OfUnknown requested in order to speed up the process, that pledged donations are to be sent to Wolfeyes.

Following a progress report, Wolfeyes brought up the issue regarding ownership and access policy. States discussed possible solutions and after assessing the strengths and limitations of each solution, all present states conceded that the best solution would be to entrust Wolfeyes with sole ownership over the group, and contributing states each given an admin position on the group (all other NEA state leaders will be given mod). OfUnknown asks that details on ownership and access policy is to be drafted and posted to the NEA sub, noting that there may be interested states absent to this meeeting.

ACTION: Contributors with donations pledged to the project to send their peldged amounts to Wolfeyes.

ACTION: Wolfeyes (/u/seemywolfeyes) to intiate discussion and draft ownership and access policies.

ACTION: Complete factory complex designs and implement it on the server.

11. Conflicting Rail through Centauri

Langly brought up concerns over a recently discovered rail line stretching from Crystal Cove to Paulusgrad and asked state leaders if anyone knows any information on the rail line. Logic_Man responded believing that it was a very old line built and owned by Poopdish in order to connect to a priavtely owned melon farm near Paulusgrad. Langly raised the concern that the rail line conflicted with planned Centauri infrastructure and is seeking to form a resolution. OfUnknown mentioned whether the line in concern was related to the issue involving LBC and the FSR as there were mentions of a transfer of assets near Paulusgrad. MegraLew responded, saying that he will investigate when talks between LBC and the FSR pursue.

12. Sidebar Information

Before concluding the meeting, OfUnknown requested for states to keep the sidebar updated, as he will be maintaining the approved submitted and moderator list.

ACTION: States to update their section on the sidebar.

ACTION: OfUnknown (/u/ofunknown) to ensure that sidebar information, access to the subreddit, and moderator list are all properly maintained.

13. Next NEA Meeting

The topic on details of the next NEA meeting were brought up. OfUnknown proposes the possibility of altering the NEA meeting time, however after discussion, it seemed that doing so would not be viable. The FSR then expressed interest in holding the meeting in New Leningrad. OfUnknown noted that Garundistan has also expressed interest, and will be contacting both parties to decide on a suitable venue for the next meeting.

ACTION: OfUnknown (/u/ofunknown) to contact officials from Garundistan (/u/anidnmeno) and New Lenignrad/the Federal Socialist Republics (/u/BolleDeBoll, /u/MegraLew) to discuss the possibility of holding an NEA meeting is each respective state.

ACTION: OfUnknown to post details regarding the next NEA meeting once details have been set.

14. Conclusion

The meeting was concluded by celebrating Comrade MegraLew and Comrade BolleDeBoll's upcoming birthdays within the week. A photo was taken outside of the Zashiony Country Club in Iria where the meeting was held, and flag exchanging pursued.

Time (end): 23:05 (GMT)