Intergalactic Summit

The fruits of our labor. Excited to see this finally able to begin.

We've got a lot more ideas like this coming out - a lot of fresh blood in the Assembly have contributed their best and brightest and I, for one, am proud of it.

In any case, what are your thoughts on this resolution other than it being a good idea? A good conversation starter for the thread would be nice.

Right, so. The way I've set this up, to avoid unnecessary contention, is that there's actually an application process. I figure that's less assumptive than picking out our own sites. I posted this information on a separate forum, but seein' as how the project just got funded and made official, it's prolly time for the IGS to have it.

This is the text I gave to a separate forum:

"In the interest of improving cross-cultural relations, historical education, and local economies, the Villore Assembly is now accepting applications/nominations for heritage site status from the general public. The New Eden Heritage site project aims to increase accessibility and visibility of existing important locations, as well as conserve locations under potential threat.

Heritage sites must be cultural or historical locations that hold modern relevance to the whole of the cluster. The members of the Villore Assembly's Humanitarian Committee, observer and delegate alike, will discuss each proposal individually, then decide its status. For our first resolution and iteration, we aim to declare ten sites. Once a heritage site is designated, the Villore Assembly will aim to:

• grant the operators and owners money and resources to continue maintaining it
• include it in the annual New Eden Heritage Site guidebook
• advertise its existence
• sponsor tours in the area if no infrastructure exists to support tours already
• host much official Villore Assembly business there

Application:

[b]Name of Site:[/b]
[b]Nominator[s]:[/b]
[b]Authority of Nominator[s] to Nominate:[/b] [[What gives your character a "right" to nominate this site? If none, delete this section. This will be used to ICly determine whether the nominator is representative and has the best interests of the people who are interested in the site. IE, a True Citizen's nomination of Caldari Prime will be held more suspect IC than a Holder's nomination of Dam Torsad. However, all applications will be considered.]]
[b]Faction of Site:[/b]

[b]Region:[/b]
[b]Constellation:[/b]
[b]System:[/b]
[b]Security status:[/b]
[b]Planet:[/b] [if applicable]
[b]Continent:[/b]

[b]Textual Description of Site's Appearance:[/b]
[b]History of Site:[/b]
[b]Draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:[/b]

[b]Owner/Operator of Site:[/b]
[b]Type of Tour Offered [if any]:[/b]
[b]Businesses Local to Site:[/b]
[b]Map of Site:[/b] [[If none available, delete this entry]]
[b]Improvements and Restorations Requested:[/b]

Discussion of proposed sites is welcome. Feel free to post applications here in this thread or send applications to Tressith Sefira through the mail."

Questions, too, I'll take them either here or through the mail. Regarding the application or the whole of the project. And if you're interested in helping the discussion, I'd like to remind everyone that joining the Assembly is open to everyone, and that as president of HUCOM I welcome folk who're interested in the project.

Accepted Sites:

Mehkios Graveyard

Posted on behalf of a friend.


Name of Site: Undesignated Orbital Sleeper Ruins in Orbit of Mishi IV
Nominator[s]: Kador Ouryon
Authority of Nominator[s] to Nominate: Sleepers took my soul... they owe me one.
Faction of Site: Amarr Empire

Region: Aridia
Constellation: Mayonhen
System: Mishi
Security status: 0.7
Planet: Mishi IV
Continent: N/A
Textual Description of Site's Appearance: While details of the internal structures have not be made public in any official reports the superstructure of the orbital Sleeper Cache can be viewed from space. The cache itself of Sleeper design, dark and foreboding, comprised of a central domed arcology surrounded by a singular ring structure that is adorned with six curving towers. While the two structures are not connected visibly both maintain their relative positions via some inexplicable phenomena.
History of Site: While the history of the site may not be well known it is the suspected location where the members of the 51st Expeditionary Corps recovered Sleeper specimens that were used to develop the first generation of implants used to sustain the original Amarr Templar operatives as well as subsequent iterations from remaining Empire.
Draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value: While not a well known location this site was a technological treasure trove that ushered in a new means to wage war as well as introduced the cluster at large to the second form of the Empyrean.

Owner/Operator of Site: Emperor Family – Imperial Guard
Type of Tour Offered [if any]: Possible Onsite tours or viewing opportunities with educational materials provided.
Businesses Local to Site: None
Map of Site: No current details relating to the interior layout of the Sleep Cache have been made public by the 51st Expeditionary Corps
Improvements and Restorations Requested: Installation of hardware on site to ensure the safety of visitors as well as allocation of educational materials relating to the Sleepers.

I'm curious about one of the fields you require on your form:



As one of the criteria for these sites is already:



Then wouldn't being a resident of New Eden constitute enough authority to place a site into nomination? We're already seeing exactly that kind of response, after all:



If all of the sites have to have a cultural interest to the whole of New Eden, then any inhabitant would seem to be able to claim a valid cultural interest in any of these sites in order to nominate it, no? Just seems like the process could be streamlined a little on that point.