Subject: Website Census of the Roman Republic, et coetera
From: "Antonio M. R. C. Grilo" amg@--------
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:45:46 +0100
Salvete omnes!

I was wondering if it would not be useful to have a page with the Census of
Nova Roma, id est information on the number of citizens for each Nova Roman
provincia.
I was also wondering if citizenship should not be approved by Roman
governors for each province, rather than directly by the Censors of Nova
Roma.
I propose that there be a Web page for each provincia built (or filled) by
each governor. It should obey a template and have citizenship request forms
directed to the governor. The governor would then notify the Senate.
The provincia Web page should include:
- Info on the current governor.
- Digitized map of the provincia,
- Info on the provincia,
- Census information,
- Other info: religious sites, stationed re-enactment military units, et
coetera.

I know this administrative reform has many issues, but I'd like to hear from
the magistrates.

P.S. I feedback is positive I will try to design a template and present it
to the magistracy.

Vale!

Antonius Gryllus Graecus
(Praetor ad Lusitaniam Provinciam)




Subject: Re: Website Census of the Roman Republic, et coetera
From: Cassius622@--------
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 07:47:46 EDT
In a message dated 9/28/98 6:42:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, amg@--------
writes:

<< I was wondering if it would not be useful to have a page with the Census of
Nova Roma, id est information on the number of citizens for each Nova Roman
provincia.

We do have a list of Gentes up on the site, and a tally of the number of
Citizens. Adding the number of Citizens in each Provincia is a fine idea - but
would create a good deal more work in maintaining and updating the Nova Roma
site. I'm honestly not certain that the information would be worth the trouble
it would take to consistantly update and check it just now. Keeping one
central list and getting accurate information from it is difficult enough. I
don't want to even imagine this list being split up among the provinces, and
trying to compile information from THAT.

>I was also wondering if citizenship should not be approved by Roman
governors for each province, rather than directly by the Censors of Nova
Roma.

I'm afraid that this idea just isn't practical. First of all, the Censors
would be the people historically responsible for such a task, rather than
Provincial Governors. Secondly, there has to be a central overseeing of the
creation of Gentes, the solving of problems, and the maintaining of
information. The Praetors simply would not be able to do this. We'd get
information from some Provinces but not others, and we'd never have a complete
and accurate list of what was going on overall. Not to mention the fact that
this would make the Citizenship application process much more complex. At the
very least the site would have to be reconfigured to send mail to a dozen
different people at once. We'd have to know immediately every city and every
town in each province so the computer could do this forwarding...

> I propose that there be a Web page for each provincia built (or filled) by
each governor. It should obey a template and have citizenship request forms
directed to the governor. The governor would then notify the Senate.
The provincia Web page should include:
- Info on the current governor.
- Digitized map of the provincia,
- Info on the provincia,
- Census information,
- Other info: religious sites, stationed re-enactment military units, et
coetera.

Each Provincia IS invited to create a website with this information! We've
already begun doing this, although not everyone has had a lot of Provincial
information to put up as yet. I believe a few Provincia sites are already
linked to within the Nova Roma site. Also, any Provincia page out there should
have a link to the main Nova Roma site, but be indexed with the internet
search engines on it's own. That would increase the chances of people finding
Nova Roma while "surfing" greatly. I do feel that the Provincia pages should
have a tally of Citizens on them... but the Praetors will need to obtain this
info from Nova Roma itself, rather than the other way around.

>I know this administrative reform has many issues, but I'd like to hear from
the magistrates.

Well, this is more raising some ideas than a full administrative reform... but
it is good to see that folks are thinking about this sort of thing. I'm hoping
to set up a Message board this week for the Praetors, so that this sort of
thing can be discussed more easily.

> P.S. I feedback is positive I will try to design a template and present it
to the magistracy.

Sounds good! I know that some of the Praetors are not skilled in Web design,
myself included. Making it easy to produce separate Provincia pages is a fine
idea.

Vale,

Marcus Cassius Julianus
Consul, Censor



Subject: Re: January Rite of Concordia
From: Dexippus@--------
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:57:45 EDT
Wow! Sounds great!

Don't know how kind the weather is going to be this winter. It may be hard
getting up North if the Farmers are right this year!

Who'se conducting the ritual? What's going on with the College of Pontiff's?
Have all the positions been filled? Have responses been sent to applicants?

Inquiring minds want to know!

--Dexippus



Subject: Re: January Rite of Concordia
From: pjane pjane@--------
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:15:57 -0400 (EDT)
>Don't know how kind the weather is going to be this winter. It may be hard
>getting up North if the Farmers are right this year!
>
>Who'se conducting the ritual?

Cassius and me, with help from such of our Roman friends as can make it.
(hint hint!)

Patricia Cassia





Subject: Re: Website Census of the Roman Republic, et coetera
From: Ricci razenna@--------
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:38:31 -0700


Antonio M. R. C. Grilo wrote:

> Salvete omnes!
>
> I was also wondering if citizenship should not be approved by Roman
> governors for each province, rather than directly by the Censors of Nova
> Roma.

I think this is a bad idea. It would make it possible for a governor to makethe
people who want to join NOVA ROMA meet his own personal ideas
of what one Must be in order to join Nova Roma. They would not be joining
Nova Roma, but the Provincia (alter Roma) of WhatsIt.

The way it is now anybody can join who the Censors pass. A person does
not have to fit the personal criteria of the Praetor of WhatsIt, such as going
to
meetings in full dress garb, or cooking garum the old fashioned way, or anything

except have a healthy interest in Rome and Nova Roma's trying to rebuild the
good parts.

It is good as it is. And it is also Traditional.

Vale

Caius Aelius Ericius
Praetor ad Californiam Provinciam
Pontiff
Paterfamilias gens Aelius




Subject: Re: Website Census of the Roman Republic, et coetera
From: dean6886@--------)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:55:10 -0500 (CDT)
I'd like to add that for any and every position in Nova Roma, if
there suddenly was too much work for a person to handle there is no
reason why there can't be assistants. A staff. This could be especially
useful for an elected official who wants to "get things done" (
projects,etc.) but comes to the realization that they are only one
person.

Gaius Drusus Domitianus