Session 1 - Meeting 1

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Session 1 - Meeting 2

President Dillon Carey: Without objection, the minutes are approved and the meeting is officially called into a formal session. To reiterate, I call this session of Congress to order. The minutes have been read and officially approved without objection. I'll now be presenting my executive report as President.

So, thus far, this Congress has decided upon a couple of motions. Recently, we did get something back from the Court, who reviewed the last motion that we made. I've got the message from them right here and I'll read the final declaration at the end. They say that they struck down all of the parts of the previous motion that were ruled in error because they did not abide by the previously existing Alaskan Frontier Act. In an attempt to create law, that motion was a contradiction to it. Since it had not taken a two-thirds vote, nor adopted an official notice of amending a previous motion—which is necessary—and because neither of those things were met, the Court cannot allow that motion to be passed.

They struck that part down; however, they have offered a new amendment. Of course, they say if we want the original motion to be passed, we can make it happen with a two-thirds vote and a formal amendment. But if we aren't prepared to offer such an amendment, then they've given this to us.

The amended motion is: The frontier is defined as being properly manifested in Alaska because, and only because, the prime place where freedom in the economy, in politics, and in nature's practice manifests supremely is in that state and established region. Yet it shall be remembered that this is because of the unique balance this position represents, and the manner in which this Republic can thereby profit. The frontier is not a static location chosen for its appearance of popularity. It is a destined place of unique liberty, vested in Alaska for its balance between all types of freedom, yet political foremost among them.

So, it looks like to me this motion is essentially saying that we can say that the frontier is in Alaska and it meets a unique balance, but we cannot totally redefine what the frontier is. It has been set as such in our rules, and if we aren't prepared to do a two-thirds vote, we have to stick with Alaska. We can say that it meets the unique balance of political and other liberty, but it does have to be manifested in Alaska. That accords with the law—excuse me, the rules—this organization has already set in motion.

President Dillon Carey: So, is there a motion for anybody to admit the official full declaration the Court made into the record, or to make it somewhere publicly available?

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman Carey.

Congressman Carey: I move that the statement of the Court be admitted into some place here.

President Dillon Carey: Seconded? (Seconded). It is moved and seconded that the official declaration of the Court be made into a formal record. Where should it be admitted to exactly?

Congressman Carey: Mr. President, I'm going to set it up here in a minute into one of the forum channels.

President Dillon Carey: The Chair senses a bit of confusion over exactly where we should put this message. One of the forum channels could be a very good place, though. I'll put it there... There you go. You might want to download it so you can see it easily, but if you do, it looks like—yeah, you can see it. All right. Well, without objection, the motion carries and it has been executed.

Now, the next order of business is... let’s continue with my executive statement. I want to download it. So, I do think there’s a message that we’ve received. I hope everybody’s taking a look right about now if you have access to it. But regardless, the amendment that they’ve recommended is interesting, and so they've given us two options, basically: whether we strike out the previous Alaskan Frontier Act law and amend it to make a new one, or we adopt this declaration that Alaska is the place and it meets the unique manifestation of the balance of liberty.

In the President's opinion, I would have to say that I do think we should definitely start off with ratifying the Court’s new motion. Remember, as far as I understand, apart from the parts the Court struck down as being against the rules, the motion is significant and entirely advisory. So I would suggest you listen to this opinion and consider their amendment. I think that would be a very good thing to have.

Justice Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Justice Carey.

Justice Carey: I move to adopt the resolution proposed by the Court.

Congressman Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded. The floor is now open. Are you ready for the question? The question is on the adoption of the resolution presented to us by the Court. All those in favor of the resolution say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed say no.

Justice Carey: No.

President Dillon Carey: The ayes have it, the motion carries. The motion is adopted. So, let us now send it to the President. And as I am President of this Republic... look, I’d like to consider this for just a little bit before I make my decision. I think I may be able to make it by the end of this meeting.

President Dillon Carey: You can now, though. There is a special order of business, I think. I mean, Congress can't mandate that I make my decision, but they can move to request that I make one. We'll have it on the agenda—a motion so that Congress will request to hear my word later in the meeting. We will make it a special order of business to ask me to sign the proposal into law, to make it a rule. Without objection, it is so ordered. All right, we’ll make that for a bit later in the meeting, along with perhaps other special orders.

So, I want to make it clear that this session of Congress—and our last few meetings and however many meetings this goes on for—is about establishing our frontier. It is about making sure we get the foundation of our organization and our plan in place, and determining exactly how we are going to achieve political, economic, and other freedoms. We agreed on this, and we will see what we are able to accomplish.

And although there was some discussion about going someplace else, that has been amended. We were going to amend the last one, Congressman Carey. It has been amended. But regardless, it is about establishing the frontier, and that’s going to be in Alaska. The rest of the participants seem to be in agreement with that. That's what I want this entire session to revolve around and focus on.

So, what I want to do next: I do want to go over some of the business. I have a couple of things that I want to get done during this meeting especially. First, I want to finish up some of the unfinished business; I think we just got that done with adopting this new resolution. Then after that, I do want to focus on exactly how we’re going to finalize our move to this frontier. We will look to Alaska and other places and do the other things for our base. Does this suit you? We'll do that probably—I want to say near the end, but we'll do that probably pretty soon.

But I wanted to get that established: this session is about that move to the frontier. This entire session, and certainly this meeting—and what I want this meeting to focus on right now—is getting some rules adopted so we can more efficiently move toward that place. So, I wanted to kind of lay the floor open for just a bit. I'll yield the floor during my executive analysis to anyone who wants to speak on the topic of what they want to see in terms of rules for this Republic in regards to congressional behavior, so that we can debate and vote effectively. Justice Carey?

Justice Carey: Mr. President. What I want to see is how we are to behave. That’s good decorum. We shouldn’t be a slave to the rules, but we should have rules that allow us to move forward more comprehensively.

President Dillon Carey: Thank you, Justice Carey. I'll take back the floor to continue my analysis. I think you speak with a lot of good reason. Now, what I wanted to say is that we should adopt an official set of congressional rules to help us sort it out. At the same time, we shouldn't just make our own rules that are specifically for this American Republic.

So, while we're at it, I would heavily advocate for adopting—and I ask this Congress to adopt—Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th Edition. I'll make this copy publicly available to everyone. Now, there are a few additions I want to make to these rules, and I want to make it very clear that when we adopt the book, that does not mean several things.

One: we can and should change the rules to fit us. It’s just going to be a kind of baseline set of rules to help guide us. We can and should make several major additions—in fact, we can make them right away. Two: we aren't going to be a slave to these rules. I ask this Congress—and I'll make sure I do this myself as the President of this Congress—to only enforce the rules inasmuch as they're helpful.

I think Justice Carey makes a really great point in saying that we need the rules to help us. A lot of people get really agitated about rules and they think that every rule is harmful. The thing is, you do need some rules, especially in a very action-oriented body like this—not to restrict things, but to actually help things move forward by establishing the proper place and time for things to get efficiently done. And that isn't a restriction; that's actually a bonus. We’re not going to just adopt these rules and enforce them blindly; that would be more harmful. We're going to enforce them judiciously and only inasmuch as they support good behavior and good outcomes.

Even the rules themselves suggest using some discretion in enforcing them, so there you go. But they are going to be a very helpful baseline; that's what I'm going to say. And we will follow them. Make no mistake: what Robert's Rules of Order are is just a basic parliamentary, American congressional set of rules. They were adopted by a man named Robert, who was heavily inspired by Thomas Jefferson and his role as President of the Senate in the early United States, where the Senate had been debating over proper procedure. He adopted a formal set of rules which are very free and spur good conversation. Robert's Rules of Order are inspired by Jefferson’s rules, and they heavily incorporate American methods of parliamentary procedure and congressional debate in order to spur not only good conversation, but action. I think the way it handles action is amazing.

Now, I want to yield the floor for a second for anyone who may have a comment on the question of the adoption. Anybody? OK, I resume the floor. Now, there are a few questions we're going to go over and we'll get to those, but use good judgment and common sense; that's what I'm going to say. Apply them in the meantime. So, that’s what these rules are. They’re basic American congressional rules, and Robert’s Rules are specifically adapted for private organizations and societies like ours. So, they’re going to be very helpful. They’re very common for organizations like ours. Feel free to read the book. Let me put this in the record right now.

President Dillon Carey: Take a look at this PDF. I want to adopt these rules, and I move that Congress approve these rules for congressional procedure, to be judiciously and prudently enforced, of course, and only inasmuch as it is helpful. It is worth noting for those who are skeptical about adopting a new book of rules: these rules are really just here to help us, and they are made to be as helpful as possible for various societies. As an example, there are also procedures to suspend the rules. If they don't fit for any particular procedure or incident, you can suspend the rules temporarily by voting for that instance. It just provides a couple of guidelines for establishing votes, establishing actions, and handling common disagreements. The intention of it is so we don't have to debate every time we get into a disagreement or hit a standstill. We don't have to decide all on our own exactly how we are going to do that and spend 30 minutes debating about how to debate, instead of building on the precedent before and building on top of that. So, I do want to make some immediate additions, not only in the future, right? During this meeting, I do want to change a few things to uniquely suit us, and I'll talk about that in a moment. So, is everyone on board so far?

Now, let me see... what I want to happen is this: I want us to adopt these rules judiciously and then enforce them. This is a very good connection for action, especially action. So take a look at the rules; they really are just ordinary American congressional procedure for parliament for small organizations—I mean this sort. So, I'll leave the floor open for motions regarding the adoption of these rules.

Justice Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Justice Carey.

Justice Carey: I move to adopt the rules.

Congressman Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded to adopt Robert's Rules. Are you ready for the question? No debate? All in favor of adopting Robert's Rules, vote aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, vote no. The ayes have it, the motion carries. We have officially adopted Robert's Rules as our baseline standard. Thank you. Now, I do want to get past the approval of these rules immediately, so I'm going to let the Chief Justice take the chair and begin a General Resolution Committee.

Dillon Carey (as Chief Justice): I assume the chair now as the Chief Justice. I think the idea to adopt Robert's Rules is very judicious, and I have very few complaints to say about it. I encourage their adoption entirely without amendment. I give the chair back to the President.

President Dillon Carey: Thank you. I take the chair. Now, it being an official recommendation, the question is once again put on the floor: whether to adopt the rules—to adopt the rules after the advice of the Court. Call the question. All those in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no. The ayes have it, and the motion is adopted. It’s sent to the President and I, as President of this entire Republic, find the rule executable and officially sign it into law. Our rules are now officially Robert's Rules. I sign the rule into order.

The next thing I want to do is talk about a few additions that I want to make to the rules specifically for us. And I'll leave the floor open to business right here on this topic. I want to adopt a couple of rules. One: I want us to be able to yield the floor when we desire for good purposes. I want the President to be able to yield and give executive reports when he desires, such as I'm doing now. The time is always in full control of the person whose time originally was yielded, and when a question is on the floor, if you yield your time to somebody else, you are still counting against your original time allotment, and it counts as your turn to speak for that motion during that day. I move to adopt the present resolution.

Congressman Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: All in favor?

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All those opposed? (Silence). The ayes have it, and the motion carries. Now beyond setting the rules, I now want to leave the floor open to debate from our Congress—motions from our Congress. All I really wanted to do was establish those rules so that you can have a proper standard of behavior. Now we want the floor to be open for the question of the day: exactly how we are going to get to Alaska to establish the frontier and lay that entire foundation. The floor is now open to motions and new business.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman Carey.

Congressman Carey: I move that this Congress focus all its efforts on moving to Alaska and finding a way to secure jobs that could practically benefit us. We should conduct a full investigation on the most economically beneficial jobs and get that sorted out.

Justice Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded. Is there any debate or amendment? Justice Carey?

Justice Carey: Mr. President, I move that we add the following words or clause: that jobs be conducted and obtained in such a way that we can obtain maximum leverage as an organization, and this will support ourselves with time off to build our established base in the Mat-Su.

Congressman Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded that those words be added to the motion. Is there any further debate or amendment? Are you ready for the question? The question is on the adoption of the following resolution: That our efforts in the end be focused on the acquisition of jobs that we can readily use leverage to get time off, and all economic activity be the focus of our initiative in Anchorage. Those in favor of adopting the resolution say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed say no. The ayes have it, the motion carries and is adopted by this Congress. Remember, being adopted by the Congress is not making a rule; it has just been adopted by the Congress. Now it must be sent to our record unless there is a two-thirds override or unanimous consent. The Court can take the chair now to go over such a resolution, or they can do so in their own time and get back to us in the appropriate manner. That will be done. The Court can get back to the body at that time. I'd personally like to hear back from them by around the next meeting. Is there any further new business?

Congressman Carey: I move that the President get back to us on whether or not he wants to sign the previous bill into law—the one on the adoption of the previous Court recommendation.

President Dillon Carey: Yes.

Congressman Carey: That it continue to be defined as the balance in Alaska.

President Dillon Carey: Yes, let's see. I think this could be combined very well with the new resolution which was made and the Court's approval of that one. Perhaps we can send a recommendation for them to combine the two together, something like The Frontiers and the Balance of Alaska. We are going to focus all our efforts economically initially, because that's going to be the real establishment before we can do anything else. Yes, I like this one. I'll sign it into law—excuse me, I'll sign it into order. It is now an official rule of this Republic.

President Dillon Carey: All right. That being said, the floor is once again open to new business. Remember, during this meeting session, I’d like to focus on exactly how we are going to conquer that frontier and establish ourselves in Alaska. In this Congress, let's just start to adopt a focus on our activity initially: on economic means and securing jobs collectively for leverage and time off to build our base in the Mat-Su. I think it's a very good proposal personally. As President of this Congress, I want to say that figuring out how we're going to secure our economic freedom will indeed lead to the political and practical freedom that we need to establish our place and tie things up. The floor is open for business.

Justice Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Justice Carey.

Justice Carey: I move that we decide exactly what constitutes a good job, and that it is specifically defined by time-off ability, the potential for collective leverage, enough sustainable pay, and enjoyment to sustain our ability to build in the Mat-Su. This is the ideal job for the Alaskan frontier for our organization.

Congressman Carey: Seconded.

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded that we focus on that. The question is on the floor. I'm going to go to the next item. Ready for the question? All of you in favor of the resolution say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no. The ayes have it, the motion carries. Well, members of Congress, it is noted for the Court to get back to us by the next meeting. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Session 1 of Congress - Meeting 3 Transcription

President Dillon Carey: Welcome back to the Congress. We are returning after a recess of about an hour. This congress will come to order. We are now in session for the third meeting. Let the record reflect that the Congress took a one-hour recess by unanimous consent. Now, when we left off, you just adopted a motion to define exactly what economic Alaskan freedom consists of. I didn't hear any debate in that section, and I wanted to hear what people had to say. I’ll look to Justice Carey. So, Justice Carey, exactly what did you have in mind when you were proposing that motion? The floor is yours for debate. I'll allow it even though it's already been adopted; it is ex post facto.

Justice Carey: Well, we need to move to a place in Alaska where we have the ability to obtain jobs to get whatever we need. All the political and other freedom doesn't matter if we can't get jobs. The thing is, we are wise to move to the city of Anchorage because there are many great jobs that we can obtain in Anchorage since it is a major city. Knowing that, we can go and get the resources that we need to establish our settlement and home base. I think the political freedom of Alaska is most important, but now that we have focused on achieving that, it's not going to matter unless we can actually support it with the jobs to move there, or else we are going to freeze to death. And we won't have an opportunity to build a settlement either. Unless we can attain a unique economic position that allows us—do I have enough time left? However we can attain that, to build the settlement in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. How’s that? Hopefully, that shouldn't be too tough. I’ll leave it up to the future.

President Dillon Carey: Members did... but what I am going to say is acknowledging it should be the focus and the definition of Alaskan freedom. And that, of course, we've already agreed upon—that Alaskan freedom itself is going to be of primary importance for that move initially. I think I've made my point. Thank you, Justice Carey. Is there anybody else who wants to speak? I’ll close after you. Very well. Is there any further business? Let's stick to establishing the frontier. We are open for further business.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President.

President Dillon Carey: Congressman Carey.

Congressman Carey: I believe that the Court should find exactly what we want to do regarding economic freedom in Alaska. How could we get the best jobs there? What should we focus on to collectively collaborate?

President Dillon Carey: It is moved and seconded to proceed to the Court. All those in favor say—oh, excuse me. The question is on the floor. Is there any debate or amendment?

Congressman Carey: I move for it to refine the language on the topic.

President Dillon Carey: That seems to be wise. Are there any further amendments or debate? Hearing none, the question is on the adoption. All those in favor say aye. (Justice Carey and Congressman Carey say aye). All opposed say no. The ayes have it and the motion carries. Is there any objection to getting started? Any ideas on how I can conduct the investigation? Congressman Carey, you speak.

Congressman Carey: Well, what I want to cover is exactly what constitutes a good job in Alaska. If you’re tasked with doing that in a semi-particular manner... Previously, this organization has discussed the military’s possible order of operations. That could be profitable. But the problem with the military is if we can't choose where we are stationed. If we stay with the National Guard, we can stay in Alaska, but there are only so many full-time positions. And we probably wouldn't be able to get enough money just by working in a part-time position. In the end, we need a civilian job anyway. We could choose the full-time military, but once again, we couldn't choose where we would be stationed unless we joined the Army with the select program, but that only works for the first three years. That’s long, and I see it only introduces unnecessary complications that limit us to one particular branch and contract. I think there may be limitations too; there has to be one that fits your MOS. There are only so many options for us, but there must be some that are available. What exactly are they?

President Dillon Carey: Those can be our goals. Besides that, do you have any ideas?

Justice Carey: I'm not sure. We'll continue.

President Dillon Carey: The Court shall continue, indeed. The general resolution is to figure it out.

Session 1 - Meeting 4 Transcription

President Dillon Carey: Where Congress last left was in the state of unanimous consent for a recess. We now come back. Actually, Congress last left in a state of having adjourned. We now return to a fourth meeting of Congress, still in Session One. The court has gone over the motion sent to it, and we finally come back with our recommendation, which is available. Now, at this time and in this meeting, we will proceed to the question of the adoption of the resolution regarding our home base, I think. Does anyone wish to make any opening remarks besides the ones I have made? Hearing none, I now proceed with the adoption of this motion. I will go through the entirety of the motion, the Frontier of the Republic Resolution.

It is described as follows: This Republic resolves to recognize the natural rights of which it consists, and how these manifest through the will of the people of this organization and our elected representatives. The duties and connections that these give, and the sources of truth, allow us to invest certain powers and the dignity of the people to carry out our will to safeguard the times and, overall, the mechanisms of creation into a uniform sense of purpose.

This resolution was authored and introduced by Congressman Carey. This motion also covers a lot about where those rights will lead, and it gets into all of the frontier deliberation we had regarding Alaska and the economic activity there. I'll go section by section and we'll vote on each one. Section 1 reads: This Republic exists in a state of humanity. The section is on the floor. Are you ready for the question? All in favor of adopting the section say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed say no. The section is adopted.

Section 2 reads—and let me just say, I'll go over every section and vote for each section being included in the resolution. Right now, we are voting on including the sections in the resolution, and at the very end, we will vote for the adoption of the entire resolution. Now, Section 2 reads: The Frontier is defined as being properly manifested in Alaska because, and only because, the prime place where freedom in the economy, in politics, and in nature’s practice manifests supremely is in that state and the established region. Yet, it shall be remembered that this is because of the unique balance this position represents and the manner in which this Republic can thereby profit. The Frontier is not a static location chosen for its appearance or popularity. It is a destined place, a unique liberty vested in Alaska for its balance between all types of freedom, yet political freedom foremost among them. The section is on the floor. Is there any debate or amendment? Hearing none, the question is on the adoption of the motion. All in favor of the section, say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no.

Justice Carey: No.

President Dillon Carey: The ayes have it, the motion carries, and it is adopted. Section 3 reads: This is where our rights should be exercised toward. And it is through our mutual consent that we may attain such a unification of liberty. All in favor of Section 3?

Congressman Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed?

Justice Carey: No.

President Dillon Carey: The nos have it. The motion fails and will not be adopted.

Congressman Carey: Mr. President. I move to reconsider. I think that people should be allowed to think about this one more time. I have something to say.

President Dillon Carey: Is there a second? (Seconded). The motion is once again on the floor. Congressman Carey.

Congressman Carey: We need to understand where our rights come from.

President Dillon Carey: I already called the question. The question is on the adoption of Section 3. All in favor say aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed, say no.

Justice Carey: No.

President Dillon Carey: The ayes have it, and the motion carries. The Chair senses that the Congress wishes to speed through this process and is happy with adopting the entire motion as is. Should we skip through the section-by-section process and accept all recommended amendments, therefore voting on the entire proposal in its order? I move to do that and put the question to you. All those in favor of voting on the whole proposal say Aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All those opposed say no. The ayes have it, so we'll move to vote on the whole proposal. The question is on the adoption of the entirety of the proposal to become a rule of this Republic of Congress. No debate? The question is on the adoption. All those in favor say Aye.

Congressman Carey and Justice Carey: Aye.

President Dillon Carey: All opposed say no.

Justice Carey: No.

President Dillon Carey: The ayes have it, and it's sent to the President. As President of this Republic, I'll sign it. It's now a rule. With that being done, I now wish to end this meeting and this first session of Congress. Is there any objection? None heard, and we are adjourned.