Session 2 - Meeting 1

President Dillon Carey: I’d like to now move into an official session of Congress. This session of Congress will officially come to order. We are now in the second official session of Congress. Rules apply now, gentlemen. We are in order.

This is the first meeting of the second session. In the last meeting, we went over the establishment of our economic freedom. I’ll begin by reading the minutes for the last meeting of the last session.

The meeting was called to order. The President announced that the Court, continuing the business of the first session to complete its review of the pending legislation, had returned a recommendation regarding the primary resolution. The main order of business was the consideration of the Frontier of the Republic resolution, authored and introduced by the Congressman. The resolution serves to recognize natural rights, the duties of elected representatives, and the intent to safeguard the sacredness of creation through a uniform sense of purpose.

The Congress then entered into a section-by-section deliberation of the resolution. Section 1, establishing that the Republic exists in a state of nature, was adopted. Section 2, which defines the frontiers properly manifested in Alaska, a delicate balance of political and economic liberty, was adopted after the question was called. Section 3, regarding the exercise of the rights of mutual consent, initially failed to reach a majority. However, a motion to reconsider was offered by the Congressman, and upon further debate, Section 3 was adopted.

To facilitate the efficiency of the body, a motion was made to bypass further section-by-section voting and adopt the entirety of the proposal as amended. This motion was carried by a majority. The Frontier of the Republic resolution was then put to a final vote, adopted by the Congress, and signed into order by the President as an official rule of the Republic. Having completed the primary objectives of the session, the President moved to end the meeting and the first session of Congress. Without objection, the meeting was adjourned.

Does anyone move to change or amend the minutes?

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: I move to change legislation in the first paragraph to rule.

President Dillon Carey: So amended. The question is on the floor. All in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed? Hearing none, the minutes are amended. Without objection, are the minutes updated? I’ll use the word Congressional Journal for some reason. Without objection, is the Journal adopted? It’s adopted.

Now, we’ll move on to the business of today. The first step will be establishing the agenda. To do this, I’ll give my Executive Report, and then I’ll yield the floor for others to contribute to it. I want the floor to be open to general business topics to cover for our agenda, and if prudent, specific motions to add to the agenda, which we will go over later.

I want to begin by saying that, having established our economic freedom in Alaska, the thing that we’re going to do now as a Republic is actually achieve that economic freedom. We know that we need $60,000 in order to achieve financial independence and establish a profitable homestead and stay self-sustaining. Albeit, we may have to live slightly uncomfortably for a little bit, but this will net us very amazing fruit once we’re finished.

By working as a rotational oil roustabout and living in a tent on our undeveloped, limited-access land—buying only pre-approved items—we can reach this. What I want to focus on now are probably the two main objectives for this entire second session of Congress. I ask this Congress to focus on exactly how we are going to buy the things that we need. How much money are we going to spend on supplies? How much money are you going to save as an oil roustabout? I want to see precisely how much we spend each month for each item. And I want to see precisely where the money goes for the construction of our house and our generators.

In that regard, immediately after that, I ask that we look onward and figure out exactly how we are going to raise our garden in the beginning of the second year and beyond—our garden that we planted with seeds, especially considering what I've stocked so far. I believe you’ve discussed seeds as a general consensus in the last session, even if it wasn’t officially adopted in the resolution.

This is how we plot the growth of our organization: the broader garden of our intended mission to fulfill the Constitution of the United States with this agenda. That being said, I’d like to yield my time for contributions to my Executive Report and the general direction of this second session of Congress. I yield the floor.

Justice Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Justice.

Justice Carey: Mr. President, I believe that the thing we need to focus on beyond anything is making sure we stay aligned to working hard and being fine with being uncomfortable. That’s what we intended to do when we moved to Alaska.

Justice Carey: And while I’m sure there will be problems with that type of life, it is going to pay off immeasurably. And so, yes, we may have to live in a tent in the cold. We'll get a good tent. We'll spend our money prudently, and we will enjoy the fruit of our labor thereafter, because this is an aim in an organization of the frontier.

President Dillon Carey: Thank you, Justice.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: I want to say that I think this Congress—or rather, I direct the focus on the adoption of an agenda that brings us precisely to where our economic freedom is. I think beyond generators and an Arctic tent, I think that we should focus on getting a truck. We'll have a lot of our grocery money saved while out working at the oil rig. We should spend that money on the construction of our capital immediately. That'll improve morale, and we should only have to live in the tent maybe really only for a month or two, if we are very prudent, or just find some other place. Now, regarding when we first get to Alaska, we’ll have to figure out exactly if we are going to stay in a hotel. Regarding how we are going to expand in the second year, this Congress should focus on knowing that the frontier—expanding our membership—is going to be caused first by improving our garden and building our social standing. We should focus on rules that will show exactly where that money should go to be effective.

President Dillon Carey: Thank you, Congressman. You’ve both spoken with some great ideas. It's actually awesome. But I then direct this Congress to: how are we going to start off? And what is the initial move to Anchorage, to Alaska, going to look like for us? How are we going to attain employment when we get there? What is the process going to look like for obtaining our land? That being said, I want these to be officially adopted as general items and topics of business for this session, especially these initial items for our meeting. Without objection, are these items adopted? Without objection. Give me a moment to record the Journal for our meeting so far.

All right. I have before us the official agenda for today in this second session of Congress. Does anyone object to it being approved? Without objection, the agenda for the second session is approved. I believe we also approved the agenda for this first meeting, so I'll do my best to record that as we agreed upon. This is essentially an amendment of this. All right, that's the agenda for this meeting as I heard it agreed upon.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: I move to adopt the agenda.

Justice Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: The motion to adopt the agenda for this meeting is on the floor. Is there any debate or amendment? Would anyone like to add or remove anything from the agenda? Would anyone like to speak about it? The question is on the adoption. All in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say nay. The ayes have it; the agenda is adopted. Now, if I could take a moment in regard to the agenda for the second session, I would like to make a small amendment. I know we already agreed upon it, so we can take a two-thirds vote. I'd like to add something about the beginning. Generally, we will focus on the establishment of exact definitions of the precise move there and land acquisition. And I want to focus on general resilience; I’ve mapped out continued economic security. And finally, I want to focus on the gardening phase and improving the political spirit and will of our organization. And then, I would like to also hold new business at the very end of the second and third session.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: Second. I believe that we also had new business at the end of the first session as well.

President Dillon Carey: The question is on that amendment. All in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, no. The ayes have it; the motion is adopted. I'll put that amendment in as well. Without objection, are my amendments in total approved? I'll have to... All right, there is the agenda. I'll give everybody a chance to read it.

Congressman Carey: I move to adopt the agenda.

Justice Carey: Second.

President Dillon Carey: The question is on the floor. All in favor of adopting the agenda, say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no.

President Dillon Carey: The ayes have it; the agenda is settled. And let it be remembered that the adoption of agendas is a procedural motion. It binds this Congress; it does not require the approval of the President, nor review by the Court, because it is only procedural and not an official rule of the Republic.

So, we’re now onto the first meeting, and we’ve already adopted the agenda. Now that we have adopted it, it can only be changed by a two-thirds vote or unanimous consent. I believe we have amended the agenda for the first session, which was adopted without objection, resting on unanimous consent. So, we’re able to do that.

Now on to the continuation of the first meeting. We have read and approved the Journal. We’ve given our Executive Reports, and we’ve just set up the agenda as a result of those Executive Reports. Now we are on to the general orders of the day. The first order of business is to focus on the immediate, practical economic definitions of the items to be acquired in Alaska: what and how to spend on the tent, on the truck, on the land, and other such items. The floor is open to business on this. The floor is open to new business.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: I move that we amend the agenda for this meeting. I move to reorder it to: how to move to Alaska first, then the oil job, and then the practical economic definitions of where we’re going to stay there.

Justice Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: This will require a two-thirds vote since we’re changing the agenda, or we can use unanimous consent. I’ll take a two-thirds vote. All in favor, say aye. Aye.

Congressman Carey: Aye.

Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: The amendment to the agenda is approved. The first order of business is on moving to Alaska—on staying there initially, and on the money it means to spend and purchase initial items. The floor is open to business on this item. The floor is open to new business.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President. I move that this Congress recognizes that moving to Alaska is best done during March, at the beginning of spring, where it won’t be so cold for them—and for you—yet.

Justice Carey: Seconded. Mr. President, Chief Justice. I move that the following clause be added: that we will be there despite being only initially in the spring. Would the Congressman consider the amendment as friendly?

Congressman Carey: Would the Justice consider amending it to say that we understand that March is the ideal time because it allows us to maximize efficiency?

Justice Carey: I would accept that.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded that this Congress recognize March as the ideal time to move to Alaska, because it will be in spring, or nearer to spring, allowing us to maximize efficiency with more daylight. The question is on the floor. Is there any debate on the amendment?

Congressman Carey: Mr. President. Moving to Alaska in March would do wonders for this organization and our trajectory. Spring allows us to move. It would allow us, as the Chief Justice said, to maximize efficiency. We’d be able to build more things, to work great wonders, and we’d be able to get the tools that we need. Because moving right now during the winter would not get us any of those things; it would stunt our growth. March starts us at a perfect time to get acclimated with Alaska, and also, it's not so utterly cold. We wouldn't be able to gain anything if it was so utterly cold that we couldn't gain anything in Alaska. So, March. We’ll march there.

President Dillon Carey: Thank you, Congressman. Is there any further debate or amendment? The question is on the adoption of the motion to move to Alaska during March. All those in favor of the motion, say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no. The ayes have it; the motion is adopted. Allow me to record it. That seems to cover a decent part of the "how" of moving to Alaska.

President Dillon Carey: I’ll leave the floor open for any further business on moving to Alaska. Any new business? Hearing none, we’ll move on to the next item, then: how and where we will stay initially. Any business here?

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman.

Congressman Carey: I move that every member shall fly on a plane to Anchorage when we are first going to Alaska, along with all of their essential belongings; yet, we won’t take anything beyond what we actually need first and foremost. Then, we stay at a hotel for the first month at least, until we get employment, and rely on some initial minimal savings to sustain that endeavor.

Justice Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: The motion is on the floor. Are you ready for the question? All in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no. The ayes have it.

The Chair senses that Congress would like to recess for the some time. Is that so? Congress is in recess for three minutes. Without objection.