Diana Moravia Aventina walks into the Forum sporting her new white Versace
toga and her specially coifed Roman hairdo. The predominantly male occupants
of the Forum glance up at her and continue with their conversations.
Diana says:

'Excuse me. I'd like to announce my candidacy.' No one pays attention.
She clears her throat loudly and their head's turn towards her. She now has
the attention of the mob and says..
"Hi everyone, I, Diana Moravia Aventina come before you today and do humbly
declare my candidacy for the office of Tribunus Plebis of Nova Roma for the
year 2756.

A little bit about me: I am 41 years old and thanks to being blessed with
good genes, I look and feel 10 years younger. I joined Nova Roma in October
of 1999, but sometime in 2000, I took a break from Nova Roma for a year and
a half while my personal life was a bit chaotic. I returned last April.
During my absence, I often looked at the Nova Roma website, happy to see it
flourishing. When I returned in April, not only was I happy, I was thrilled
to death to see that Nova Roma had really ceased to be pretty much a
micronation of the US, but had really branched out into the world. I
immediately became active with the Cohors Aediles, helping to organize the
first ever Nova Roma Rally in Europe. As the 'on-site' person in Tongeren,
it was a lot of work but I loved it. This is exactly why I had originally
come to Nova Roma: in order to meet with others who were interested in all
things Roman!

I will admit that I do not have any previous experience within the political
life of Nova Roma, but day-by-day, I am learning. My life experience in the
macronational world is vast: I was a Bank Executive for 9 years & have lived
in 5 different countries, on 4 different continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, &
North America). In my life I have been a hippie, a musician, a punk rocker,
a biker chic, a yuppie and a belly dancer. All of which had my parents head
spinning.. At 41, I have really lived life and now I must say, I am some
sort of combination of all of the above. This has given me a very
empathetic, open-minded and unbiased look at the world around me. I have
friends of all religions, colors and sexual preferences and even though we
may be 'different' from each other, inside we all want the same things:
love, a fulfilling job, a warm place to live, happiness and to be treated
fairly in this sometimes uncaring world.

Nova Roma has given me so much spiritually and I wish to thank her by
offering my services. This is why I stand here before you and declare my
candidacy as Tribunus Plebis. I am honest, don't loose my temper easily, am
never influenced by peer pressure or the need to conform for the sake of
appearances, and able to look at a situation from both sides, which is
imperative in this position. I promise that if I am elected, I will work
very hard for the betterment of Nova Roma.

I humbly ask for your support and certainly hope that another woman will
announce her candidacy for one of the open positions in Nova Roma!"

Valete & warmest regards,

Diana Moravia Aventina

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