Son las dos caras de la luna, el ying y el yang y sobrevoĺándola un taxi espacial lo hice en esos colores porque es el crepúsculo...

They are the two faces of the moon, the ying and the yang and overflowing a space taxi I did it in those colors because it is twilight ...

Good day Asgardians!

Here is the Asgardia Community Affairs Newsline report for April 2, 2017! These will be posted on a bi-weekly basis to ensure that the community can keep up with all things Asgardia!

For the time period of March 1 - 31, 2017

March 3, 2017

Chronicles article posted entitled Asgardia is Raising Awareness of the Threat from Asteroids.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/chronicles/Asteroid-Attack-Awareness

March 6, 2017

Asgardian community member proposals to be submitted to Asgardia Official posted for review on the official forums.

https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/civic-asgardia-public-sector-145/topic/civicasgardia-submissions-2017a-update-3059/

March 7, 2017

New CAPTCHA system implemented on the official Asgardia forums.

https://www.facebook.com/asgardia.space/posts/1862431824035382

March 8, 2017

Decree N2 by Asgardia Head of Nation posted proposing new Asgardia calendar system.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/decrees/Decree002

March 13, 2017

Chronicles article entitled The International Astronautical Congress heads to Australia and proposed Asgardia chapter gathering posted.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/chronicles/international-astronautical-congress-2017-03-12

March 14, 2017

Chronicles article posted entitled Mars Exploration Is Just A Decade Away.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/chronicles/Mars-Exploration-Is-Just-A-Decade-Away

March 17, 2017

Decree N3 by Asgardia Head of Nation posted announcing Unity Day and voting system.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/decrees/Decree003

March 20, 2017

Asgardia Official Facebook page creates Facebook event for Unity Day.

https://www.facebook.com/asgardia.space/posts/1869292110016020

March 21, 2017

Asgardia website updated with new look and map feature. Asgardia Spirit Facebook contest announced.

https://www.facebook.com/asgardia.space/posts/1869742843304280

March 22, 2017

Asgardia Gender Equality: Now and Beyond article and poll posted.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/chronicles/gender-equity-now-and-beyond

March 24, 2017

Asgardia short fiction video contest announced.

https://asgardia.space/en/contest/video

March 27, 2017

Decree N4 by Asgardia Head of Nation posted proposing a draft of the Declaration of Unity for Asgardia community review.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/decrees/Decree004

March 29, 2017

Asgardia’s Lead Community Administrator puts out a call for volunteers to help compile community suggestions and feedback on the Declaration of Unity.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asgardia.space/posts/1874185866193311

Forums: https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/constitution-132/topic/call-for-volunteers-compilation-of-community-suggestions-for-the-declaration-of-unity-4596/

March 30, 2017

Decree N5 by Asgardia Head of Nation posted proposing the Table of Contents for the Constitution of Asgardia.

https://asgardia.space/en/page/decrees/Decree005

Here's hoping that April is just as busy!

Regards,

Rebekah Berg

Lead Community Administrator

Asgardia

I truly believe money is the root of evil, but that does not mean our new society can run without it, nor does that make the act of pursuing money evil itself. Many problems we face on Earth can be solved with money, while others are caused by people's personal preoccupation with how much they can gain. World hunger could be abolished for years with the money that is put into military spending and war. The health and education of new generations is put at risk while our governments cut core funding to save their own pockets. Climate change is brushed aside as a conspiracy as energy companies continue to burn harmful coal instead of investing in the more costly, yet Earth saving technology of renewable resources. We know the system is flawed, and yet the people in charge continue to divulge in their greed. To make sure our new nation is strong and robust, we must learn from our governments mistakes, and make sure that our decisions on what is right and wrong for Asgardia is not controlled and founded upon money.
Remember, if you wish to see these values implemented within for our, I am counting on your vote.

Greetings Asgardians from near and far,

Recently there has been a topic which has been brought up by “Arnulfo N Alegria” on the Asgardia General Facebook group. Arnulfo states that “[he] [feels] that citizens are losing interest in Asgardia…” and wants to know what is happening.

Link to the original post here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/204018803354568/permalink/386576435098803

Going through the comments on Arnulfo’s post I see some common trends:

1. No progress, looking like a pipe dream, nothing ‘big’ is happening etc.;
2. In-fighting, shouting down of individuals and online abuse of members, discrimination etc.;
3. Willing to help but nothing to do, needs more ‘serious’ projects, we need a plan etc.;
4. Lack of communication, infrastructure gap, many not knowing we have a satellite or website with forums for discussions etc.;
5. No Asgardian ID cards, no ‘official’ ID documents, disorganisation, elections are ‘not real’ etc.;
6. Lost interest, left after finding out they cannot live in space immediately, left after Asgardia ‘became a kingdom’ etc.;
7. Website sucks.

Now many of these concerns are valid and I agree that they need to be addressed. But for those complaining of having nothing to do or that there needs to be some ‘serious’ projects which will let them get involved is utter nonsense I think. That is because, since joining Asgardia in June last year I have started multiple projects for myself and the community to help build up Asgardia bit-by-bit to lay the foundations. Yet, despite me sharing my work and efforts on the forums, Facebook and messaging different citizens, I got a returned interest ratio of about 10 to 3. Yes, out of an average of 10 people who would see my projects, only about 3 on average would even give up 30 seconds of their time to leave a nice or constructive comment on my project blog post or my shared Facebook posts on the Asgardia General Facebook group. Meanwhile… a political post or a post highlighting how nothing is happening in Asgardia, is getting dozens of likes with hundreds of comments from all different people within the group. Maybe my projects and dreams for Asgardia fail to capture the mood of the majority?

OK, let’s flip the situation a bit. Assuming Asgardia did have a bunch of serious projects, like volunteering to help design a radio satellite or a space platform. How many people would realistically get involved? That is, assuming there are no criteria for a specific degree of university education. My hypothesis would be: out of the 100 people who would have seen the vacancy, only about 5-10 people would dedicate their 10 or so hours a week for it. Maybe I am being a bit pessimistic with my estimates but that is the amount I am sticking to for my hypothesis, feel free to prove me wrong Asgardians.

If you want me to address the concerns I have highlighted within Arnulfo’s post and its comments, I will. I am a 19 year-old university student currently doing a Bachelor’s of Innovation and Design, I may not be able to get us living in space tomorrow, but I can design concepts which will eventually make up what Asgardia may become in the future. But I cannot fix a loss in interest in Asgardia unfortunately, making things interesting is a highly subjective matter. If Asgardians who are older than myself, who have more experience than myself and have done more in their careers than myself cannot bring themselves to start getting things done without being prompted by our non-existent government, then it is not you who has lost faith in Asgardia’s future, it is me.

Now I write a letter to all Asgardians who have commented on Arnulfo’s post who are concerned with the issues Asgardia faces right now:

Dear Asgardians,

If you want Asgardian ID cards, then I will design concepts to show you what I imagine Asgardia’s ID cards will look like.

If you want progress, then I will create a progress summary of what we have accomplished so far and what I have accomplished so far along with a new roadmap of my future plans for Asgardia’s development.

If you want to help, then I will make a group project which will make use of your skills, regardless of which degree you hold.

If you want better communication, then I will use the innovation process to formulate new methods of utilising verbal and non-verbal communication to keep Asgardians connected, updated on news/developments and have a free community discussion space.

If you want to live in space next year, then start saving up for a ticket on one of Blue Origin’s, Virgin Galactic’s or SpaceX’s rockets to low-Earth orbit, the Moon and Mars.

Once my new projects are at a stage acceptable to propose to the Asgardia Administration and NGO then I will see to it that you can all try it out in some way , I make no promises but will try my best.

When I get my new projects done and implemented in Asgardia, you all owe me lunch and a coffee.

Yours Faithfully,

Steven (Edrick) Wang
BA – Innovation and Design
Swinburne University of Technology .

If I accomplish my above goals I have set for myself for this year and the next year. I will personally spearhead a proposal for a Ministry of Innovation within Asgardia’s Government. Innovation is not merely a new idea, a different method, or a process. More than anything else, it is a mindset. Something we need more of within Asgardia is a mindset of innovation among its people.

The purpose of this article was not to boast about how I can accomplish more than other Asgardians. I wrote this article to show that innovation and having the initiative to do work for the greater good of the future of Asgardia is important and that so much can be done by YOU the people of Asgardia, to help get this project physically into orbit and beyond.

Since everyone has given me more work to do, I guess this year is indeed looking to be a very productive year. For myself at the very least.

Thank you Asgardia, and thank you Asgardians for the very interesting things that have happened thus far.

Have a great year everyone, I’ll see you all in the next one.

Steven "Edrick" Wang.

BA - Innovation and Design;

ELECTIVES - International Politics (2017), Business Law (2018), Business Information Systems (2018), Integrated Marketing Communication (2018).

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

I've reviewed so many well-written and well-articulated platforms leading up to the Parliamentary Elections.  As I've indicated to many of you, if selected, I sincerely look forward to the opportunity to meet you and to work with you in the years to come.  The election process was a great opportunity to stimulate discussion and to create excitement among the electorate.  I look forward to continuing these conversations.