In this time where division and corruption are beginning to feel like a normal occurrence we need order. Asgardia is willing to give us that order of we would just reach out and take it. We need to work together as one nation and one people. There is no racial division. No upper or lower class. With this we need security and defense that acts according to the people and what the people need. We need a security force that won't discriminate because someone is different from them, but because they are in the wrong. We need men and women that are capable of protecting asgardian citizens from all threats from space and asgardia herself if such a problem ever arises.

All over mother earth governments are showing their hands as corrupt and greedy. They use the police and military forces as tool not people. I'd like to be elected to lead a proper security and defense force for asgardia and all asgardians. I'd like to lead a peaceful force that doesn't make people nervous when they walk by, men and women who want to protect asgardia, asgardians, and if the need arises, earth. I have experience in security and have seen first hand how our American justice system is. I have also seen how corrupt it has become. This shall not be in asgardia.

I am twenty one years old and have a family of my own I wish to protect and provide a better life for. Asgardia offers all that and we need the best security. I've been a correctional officer and have seen the way the government treats people both employees and inmates. We need to bring humanity back to humanity. We must change the system, we must make a better system. It won't happen instantly and will take time to adjust and fit all asgardian needs.

Experience:

I'm just the average person like many residing in the United States.  I have been a general manager in the food service industry, general manager of janitorial service industry, training coordinator of a phlebotomy center, Site coordinator / carpenters assistant. and a mobile examiner for life insurance companies.

Skills:

Task driven, can handle multiple tasks assigned while managing multiple timelines to coordinate precise deadlines.

Quick with deductive reasoning to help with long term solutions to short term problems.

I am able to work with different departments, teams, heads, and guidelines to accomplish our common goals.

Proficient in general computer skills, word, excel, txt, pdf, outlook

Education:

G.E.D. 1999-2000

Campbellsville University 2000-2001  general studies C.I.S./psychology

* No Degree*

As i am new and seem to have a lack of info and just dying more. I have started an IRC channel on Undernet.org #Asgardia.  Pease come and join me with hopefully many others soon.  thanks

Recently I've been teaching my daughter how to play checkers. You can imagine a five year old's mind has a difficult time focusing on a game with structure and rules to gameplay, as there are no unicorns or random thoughts being generated on the game board. My daughter's imaginary adventures happen so fast often it's difficult for me as a rational adult to keep up. I find myself consistently lost in our conversations, and her short term memory and random comments often overwhelm my cognitive abilities.

I learned something today though from teaching her how to play checkers. I had noticed immediate improvement from the last time we had played, as she had been practicing by herself on how the pieces moved about the board. She actually jumped one of my pieces when I wasn't paying attention, and this surprised and delighted me. I asked her how she suddenly became so good, and she told me she had been practicing when she was playing by herself.

After a fairly difficult match involving a number of Kings on the board though, the match Ended as it often does with myself being the victor. Expressing obvious frustration, she became upset and said "Daddy, you're too good. I'll never win at checkers."

I immediately stopped and corrected her. I told her that she was better this time than the last time we had played, and that I was impressed with how she was learning the game. She asked me how she could get better, and an epiphany dawned on me that I felt I needed to share with the world, because I truly believe I may have just answered the ever-elusive question of what is the meaning of life.

In the famous science fiction, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there is a reference to a story told about a computer designed by beings millions of years ago to calculate the answer to the meaning of life. After millions of years, it developed the answer of 42, but nobody remembered the question. I personally believe after my Epiphany that the answer was not 42, but three.

I told my daughter that to get good at checkers, it involved three things. The first, is to learn how the game is played. The second involves experience, and lots of practice. And the third aspect is Imagination. Using cunning and wit to outsmart your opponent requires imagination, as you often have to calculate your opponent's moves prior to them actually making the moves. This calculation involves imagining and using reason to guess.

Learn, practice, imagine. Realistically these three steps apply to everything we do in life. You cannot practice something you have not learned, but you cannot Master something without putting your own touch on how it is done. This applies to everyone from Craftsman to musicians, designers and engineers. You cannot design a space station without the knowledge to do so, the experience to know what works, and the imagination to combine various elements to improve efficiency.

On a personal note, I encourage all Asgardians to take this into consideration. Not having come from an aerospace educational background, I honestly feel lost sometimes in regards to what Asgardia is about. Who am I to contribute anything to this nation? I don't know anything about space. None of my formal education was based around any kind of space industry. So what can I contribute?

If nothing else, then I can impart wisdom. As our nation grows and develops we will be faced with many challenges. Many of those challenges are different, because nothing like our nation has ever existed before. What we are trying to do has never been done. There are many unknowns, and one thing that mankind is very predictable on is being afraid of the unknown. But we don't have to be afraid. We can learn. We can use this network to seek experience. And we can use our imaginations to help it grow and flourish.

Knowledge. Experience. Imagination.

Learn. Practice. Imagine.

And I believe the irony lies in the fact that it was one of the simplest acts of my day-to-day life that I came across this concept. While our nation expands and grows, do not lose sight of the small experiences of everyday life. They have much to teach us if we are willing to listen.

Certifications:
-CPI
-CPR
-First Aid

Experience:
-DSS (Direct Support Staff)
-Wheelchair lift for vehicles
-Patient Lift for Medical
-Therap
-Petition over views, signing, and advocating.
-Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Coaxial, VGA, HDMI, and other related experience
-Car Lift/Hoist, Tire Rotation, Oil Change, Tire Balance, Tire and Oil Mechanic
-Clipping Machine for Toyota Car Parts (Hybrids included)
-Cash Register, Computers/PC’s (Software and Hardware)
-Hand Fork Lift, Line Work, Cooking, Maintenance, Stocking & Inventory
-Inspection of Parts for Machinery and Vehicles
-2+ Years Factory Work
-1 Year manager/supervisor position
-5+ Years Customer Service Representative
-75GWAM
-Multitask with Multiple Monitors
-System Interface for PC
-Communications (Verbal and Written)
-De-escalation
-Mobile Device Troubleshooting
-ACSS & ACSS Web
-Samson & Quickview
-Doorways Software
-Cisco
-Home & Small Business Network Hardware Installations, Troubleshooting, and Repairs
-17+ Years Windows/PC
-11+ Years Mobile Device Hardware and Software
-Corrections Facility / Inmate Management

Education:
-High School (Diploma)
-Everest College Phoenix (Criminal Investigations in Forensic Science)
-BGPD Citizens Police Academy

New here and I just want to say hello to all the fellow citizens.  I am extremely excited to see the beginning of a new and limitless future.  I am still a little confused, is there further process to complete?

Greetings & Salutations Asgardians, One and All!

Wow. What an excellent concept for a nation. I will be reading the forums with great expectations and am already delighted by what I see.

I am indeed an Australian citizen by birth, currently residing in the United States for work.

I only hope I might be able to contribute in some way. Perhaps if any citizens need a professional voice-over?

I also hope to hold Asgardia discussion groups locally here in the US state of Georgia. I note from the map there are over 100 citizens from this state so I'd like to meet some of you!

Thanks to all those who help run these forums and I look forward to working with everyone going forwards.

Cheers.

We need uniform ideas and as a people we should have already came up with a few together, but here are some of mine.

I think a tron look for Asgardia would be fascinating.

If you have any, feel free to share your ideas, please guys no unnecessary opinions.

Sorry everyone, pictures have been removed.

But carry on and have fun with this topic.

Asgardian Scientist:

Asgardian Medic:

Asgardian Engineer:

Asgardian Security and Military:

Asgardian Uniform Wear(Non-Special occasion):

Asgardian Uniform wear(Special Occasions):

I've been thinking for quite sometime on a Resource Based Economy (R.B.E), I feel that it is necessary for the further development of our people(Asgardians) that we should adopt this into our perception of reality, Certain People of the earth were programed to by pass the importance of our existence, Therefore making it hard for those to broaden there perspective of reality and the universe itself by them focusing on something of no relevance, It is logical that being a Non-Governmental Independent Space Nation that we focus on resources that are provided to us in this sector until we are able to colonize asteroids or other celestial bodies of interest, In likely to an event to say we do adopt it, It is probable that we will flourish as an independent nation in this sector of the galaxy or else were with other Extraterrestrial beings who find interest on our intellectual achievements...

Thanks to Jacque Fresco I was more enlightened on what such decisions we make can do for all of us as we can do on to others out of love and light.

I will stand by my people and the constitution 100% until it is more likely that this R.B.E comes into fruition.

Cause the needs of the many outweigh the needs a few.

Civic Asgardia Launches ANN

BY YOEVELYN RODRIGUEZ

ASGARDIA - April 28, 2017 (USA EST) - Civic Asgardia launches its newest initiative, the Asgardian News Network (ANN), in an effort to offer a centralized news hub for Asgardians. The ANN is an initiative of Civic Asgardia under volunteer Communications Coordinator Ryan Zohar.

Zohar, a US Navy veteran and a communications technology technician, stated the ANN initiative came out of issues surrounding planning and transparency which he encountered when the community was in it's infancy. Inspired by the Asgardian project, Zohar had immersed himself in any topic and opportunity he felt could be beneficial to the project. One such opportunity, which has been endorsed by the administration and the community, is Voices of Asgardia.  Zohar founded and runs the first radio station of Asgardia.

Now Zohar's commitment to the Asgardian project has pushed him to find a solution to the issues surrounding dissemination and transparency of information to the broader Asgardian community. That solution is the Asgardian News Network. The Asgardia News Network will focus on gathering and distributing news pertaining to official Asgardian affairs and the every-day life and opinions of Asgardians. The sources for news are primarily the Asgardia NGO and the Asgardian community.

In an email, Zohar explained, “Information [within Asgardia] is being released in the same manner that NASA releases their research information: In large chunks, so that the whole picture makes more sense, and the real achievement can be recognized rather than the small day-to-day progresses in legal and diplomatic functions". It is the purpose of ANN to ensure those releases are brought together in one formal area for the Asgardian community.

Major contributor to ANN, Linda Yeleussizova, believes that ANN will be part of the "…  new and very interesting features..." surrounding the launch of the new website and community on May 20th. In her opinion, the Asgardian project "...  is developing and we need to form a pool of independent opinions and articles in addition to the official chronicles."

From the perspective of the founder of ANN, Ryan Zohar, “the ANN was designed for the community - to give them a chance to be Asgardian while the diplomacy and legalities are being developed by professionals". Zohar's aim is that ANN will help create a distinctively Asgardian culture by giving Asgardians a channel to put forth their ideas and to be exposed to the ideas of other Asgardians. It is the hope of all involved that ANN will have a positive impact within the community and that Asgardians will take full advantage of it.

If you are interested in submitting your own articles please read the guidelines (Link to guidelines goes here) and submit your finished piece via email to submissions@asgardia.space

Yoevelyn Rodriguez
Volunteer Communications Assistant
Civic Asgardia

Asgardia News Network
Submissions Guidelines

Overview . This document expands on the proposed submission guidelines as listed in the forums. It will cover recommendations for approval and disapproval of user submissions.

Design and workflow. In keeping with the spirit of the ANN design, user submissions are welcomed under guidelines from this document.
Submission Methods:

The only currently approved submission method is via email to submissions@asgardia.space

1. User submits the article via email.
2. Article is reviewed by the Communications Coordinator or Assistants for compliance with the Submission Policy.
3. Article is routed to appropriate staff for development (i.e. proofing, fact-checking, etc.).
4. This could be a desk specialist who focuses on a subject area; it could be a chapter specialist who fact-checks articles related to their country.
5. Article is proofed again by an Assistant.
6. Assistant posts the article to the ANN.

Article Scope. Submitted articles should revolve around the following topics:

News from your community (as it relates to Asgardia)
News from local events, and situations where Asgardia is directly related.
Scientific Discoveries and Material
Discoveries or scientific declarations involving Asgardian scientists or medical professionals. Any articles regarding scientific or medical discoveries or declarations must be peer-reviewed and approved by a credible source prior to publishing. Please refrain from sending in Hypotheses unless there is a current operation to test them.
Asgardian Culture/Music/Arts
Contributors to the arts may post articles relating to their craft, reviews on their work or articles about this topic in Asgardia so long as the primary focus is on contribution to Asgardia itself.
Opinion
Negativity breeds negativity. Articles that shed poor light on Asgardia, it’s administration or related parties will be refused. Opinion and speculation are accepted so long as they are constructive in nature.
Sports
Any Asgardian sports teams, players or contributors may send articles about sports so long as it is centric on Asgardia.
Technology
Asgardian inventors may send in articles about their work, so long as it is centric on Asgardia.
Philosophy
Asgardian philosophers may send in articles about philosophy as long as it is not destructive or demeaning in nature.
Politics
Asgardians may post factual articles regarding politics, as long as they are properly sourced and contain credible references.
Asgardia
Asgardians may contribute their own articles about Asgardia.

Article Acceptance. Articles will be accepted under the following premises:

1. They are constructive in nature, intended to inform, inspire and share aspects of Asgardian life.
2. They are well written, following proper English grammar rules. Suggested reading: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/write-a-how-to-article-in-6-easy-steps
3. They contain factual references from credible sources.
4. The reviewer feels the article would be beneficial to the community.
5. All submitted articles should be in English.
6. Length should be limited to around 6,000 characters.

Article Refusal. Articles will be refused under the following premises:

1. The article is negatively critical and does not offer positive suggestion.
2. The article promotes violence, militarization of space, radicalism and terrorism, religious concepts, calls to action, and/or racist or hateful ideologies.
3. The article does not follow proper english grammar or requires excessive editing.
4. The article blatantly attacks Asgardia, Civic Asgardia or any of its affiliations.
5. The article contains malicious code or links to external advertisements.
6. The article promotes a call to action that is not under direction of an authoritative entity.
7. The article presents a view or suggests a concept that does not align with the Asgardia Concept.
8. The article contains links to external sources not related to Asgardia or intended to detract away from Asgardia.
9. The article contains scientific data or information that cannot be confirmed by our staff.

Right to Refuse. ANN/Civic Asgardia has the absolute right to refuse articles without requiring explanation.

Clarification. In the event that an editor/reviewer needs to request more information regarding the article submission, failure to respond to clarification request within a reasonable amount of time will result in article refusal.

Do’s and Don’t’s quick reference.

Hello Asgardia,

In an attempt to centralize news from around Asgardia, we have successfully implemented the ANN - the Asgardia News Network. The concept is simple - go to the ANN subforum (https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/ann-asgardia-news-network-153/) and read the news!

Feel free to share these posts and articles through your own communities, or translate them into your respective languages.

The ANN will take articles from the Chronicles, news releases from the volunteers - and submissions from the community!

The ANN was designed with the community in mind - swing over to the subforum and read "Submit An Article to the ANN" or click the link here: https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/ann-asgardia-news-network-153/topic/submit-an-article-to-the-ann-4925/

I look forward to reading your submissions and sharing your story with your countrymen.

Respectfully,
Ryan Zohar
Volunteer Communications Coordinator
Civic Asgardia