Salutations my fellow Asgardians,

Many of you have may have recently seen something about a 100 EURO fee circulating around on our Social Media 'outlets' and I have seen that it is causing some confusion so I wanted to write a blog to clear up that confusion a little.

What's going on?

On the Feb 01, 2018 Decree 14 was announced and attached to that decree was a special provision that incites a 100 EURO mandatory donation (fee) for those people willing to enter into Parliament. The purpose behind this fee is for those people running for Parliament to show that they're serious and that they're willing to put their money where their mouth is.

Is it for my Citizenship ID?

No. This has nothing to do with your registration as a Citizen. This is a fee for those people willing to get into Asgardian Politics.

Is it a scam?

It's common practice in many countries to have a fee for those people willing to join a parliament or a government to ensure that only serious candidates are applying. Furthermore, in the provision it states

" the money can be returned to you if you so choose, can be transformed into your registration fee for a candidacy to other bodies of government administration, or can be applied toward the purchase of Asgardia national currency – the Solar ."

So it's highly unlikely that this is a scam! Of course, if you're not comfortable with giving Asgardia your hard earned money, don't.

I have already donated, do I need to donate again?

No. Any money that you have donated so far is counted towards your total donations. So if you've already donated 100 Euros or more, then you're covered and can continue on your way to the top.

I don't have enough money for that, what can I do?

Official word from the CEC is that you are allowed to fund-raise money for your election campaign and when people are submitting donations, they need to clearly state on them that the donation is for your election campaign. This will then count towards your total. A good way to get support from your followers and share out any potential risk.

Where can I learn more?

Go and read all the information attached to decree 14 and make sure that you bookmark my blog to get regular information.

Support me:

I want to work hard for Asgardia, but I can't do that without your support. If you want to help me commit my time and energy, you can vote for me as a Government candidate or support me on Patreon .

My submission to the contest for our cryptocurrency logo designs. Coin designs will be proposed later on my blog based on these logos but they are 2 different things which is why I didn't upload coin designs to the contest submissions. In the future, I will write more detailed lessons on design of all kinds as well as logo design in particular in hopes to teach asgardian community how to create ANYTHING visual of high quality and advertise it effectively. Now, please read the presentation of my product and remember to upvote it if you like my work. :)

SOLAR AND LUNAR LOGO DESIGNS

Futuristic looking lettermarks of my own, original design with astronomical symbols of sun and moon in their middle.

COLORS: generally similar to those used in other insignia- white, blue, golden/ orange.

BASE SHAPES:

1. Circle (curves) - universaly associated with unity and peace/ safety.

2. Hexagon - nowadays often associated with science but also order (in a positive sense).

DIRECTION: UP

Width to height ratio of lettermarks sets horizontal orientation. Gradients of the backgrounds set the "down - up" direction. Human eye perceives darker colors as "heavier" than brighter colors, both in physical and emotional sense. Together all these elements signify asgardian  desire to reach skies and cosmos.

GOOD LOGO DESIGN:

1. It's easy to recognize for a human eye whether scaled down, shown in greyscale or printed on an uneven surface.

2. Unique: currently there exist about 2000 cryptocurrency logos and none look like my designs here.

3. It represents both the product as well as it's company's philosophy. In this case, as explained already, it's done via use of futuristic design, astronomy symbols, shapes and visual direction.

- Kristina Gasparian

Hello Asgardians!

My name is Giordano Vintaloro , I'm from Italy and I'm a candidate for Parliament district #5 - Italian .

I'm  a professional translator and a university lecturer in languages. I  believe my experience in education and intercultural exchanges can be  useful in the future Asgardian Parliament.

Besides languages and education ,  I have a lot of varied, cross-cultural research interests that in the  course of time brought me to look at the people, and the world in  general, as a collection of stories that all have something to teach  us.

When I first heard of Asgardia, I enthusiastically signed up to be one of the first citizens for a new space Utopia . I think that Utopias can be made possible if we all work together.

If I am elected I promise to work towards a rapid official recognition of Asgardia by other countries, so as to be a reliable counterpart in international  talks, and to make and keep Asgardia as inclusive as possible, a place  where Education is granted as a right .

If you wish to know more about me, you can take a look at my CV in Italian, English and French on my personal website: http://www.vintaloro.it/

And this is my personal page on Asgardia, where you can Vote for me : https://asgardia.space/en/user/139429/profile/view/

Thank You!

Giordano

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Namaste!

As a writer, I picture things in my head, twist, poke and prod them, and then try to put ideas on paper (or Blogs).  So, at the moment I am musing on what communications will be like on a future Station.  Bare in mind, I am not an expert!

So, one:  You would need 2 or 3 dedicated systems with backups.

A) Civilian: Internet, Tv/Video, email, phone(or whatever the means is to reach out to others).

B) Station: Only for Station systems with many redundancies and safeguards with very limited access.

C) Government?

So you are sitting in the living area of your apartment/housing unit and you want to contact someone. is it a monitor on the wall that you just speak to? "Call Ivan", Ivan is on my friends list, so it calls him. Nice, but what if you are watching an Asgardia Now newscast?  A wrist phone/cell phone or something like a HUD display?  I have seen these thin phones/displays that are flexible enough to wrap around your wrist.  That would be nice and practical.  If you had to suit up quickly, it would not interfere.  Also, practical if you are at work on the station or shopping, etc.  There is no reason why there wouldn't be some version of the internet or cellular service.  If you add satellites, then you could phone Earth!

Station, would have to have it's own carefully monitored system, with redundancies! A closed system that only the technicians can access.  We want the air to keep circulating! lol  We also don't want people getting into or having access to that system for a verity of reasons.  The information should go to a command center and a back up center and locations where you enter for repairs should have security (which should take into an account if the repair person is in a space suit.).  As afar as I am concerned, you could not have enough backs ups to this Station system, as everyone's lives depend on if it is functioning correctly.

Government/banking and emergency communications: There would be things you don't want to be hacked, such as the Bank of Asgardia and Elections/Voting.  Somethings the citizens need access to, such as bills and petitions, voting records of members of Parliament, official news. And then a few, with access to emergency communications in case something serious happens and the other systems are out.

These are just a few of my current idle thoughts. A potential platform to build on.  Certainly not anything technical!

Does anyone else have any visions of future communications?  Both on Station and to send back to Earth?

~Tal