Becoming Governor

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Becoming a Governor

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An Important Role
Serving as a Governor of a British port representing SGS is a role with considerable responsibilities. How one manages their port, defends their port, and interacts with the members of the British nation and other nations reflects upon not only the Governor, but also on the St. George Squadron of the White.

Applicants for the role of Governing one of the ports being managed by SGS need to be aware of the responsibilities that go beyond just effectively managing the treasury, infrastructure, weapons stockpiles, and fortification levels. One needs to be committed towards investing towards the effective defense of the port via being able to apply Governor's Unrest Reduction in addition to maintaining a stockpile of unrest bundles to use for port defense. This would include basing a ship at the port to ensure that Governor can quickly and easily enter the port regardless of the status of the seas around the port.

This role is a combination of a privilege and a responsibility.
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Governor Application Form
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Applying for Governor
On this page, and on the Port Governance page, we have the application form. We ask all prospective candidates wishing to become a Governor complete this application.

In addition to the name of the prospective Governor, we need to know if you are interested in an Economic Port or a Non-Conquerable Port.

An Economic port is a port that can be captured by the enemy. It contains resources to support the development of production facilities in the port. The 'taxes' from the execution of production recipes go to the port's treasury as income to the port. The fees from Auction House activities also are income for the port's treasury. The more robust the Production and Auction House are, the more income the port generates to offset it's weekly maintenance costs.

A Non-Conquerable port is a port that cannot be attacked or captured by the enemy. They do not have any resources or ability for Captain's to host production slots at those ports. The Governor cannot adjust or define any of the Improvements for the port and therefore has no weekly maintenance responsibilities that may need to be subsidized.

A final classification of a port goes under the Non-Conquerable port status - this is for the Governorship of ports captured from our enemies. These roles are very temporary as our enemies will often attempt to recapture the port or a treaty will result in the port reverting back to the original ownership. The goal of Governing these ports are to maintain aspects of the port unless a direction is provided to reduce the improvements at the port. We will undertake the latter to 'mirror' the treatment of British ports.

We ask that all current Governors and prospective Governors submit a new application each Map to express and confirm their interest in the role for the new map. This mirrors the policy and procedures that the Squadron uses for Flag Officer positions.

Selecting a Governor
Historically, Governorships were granted by the King to Senior officers, officials, and peers. Rank and seniority played a major role while ability or rewards for special services to the Crown were a rarer reason why a particular person was named Governor. Within the Caribbean, there are a finite number of British ports to be governed. The policy of SGS is to work with other members of the Nation to fairly divide the ports to be governed to the Societies most active towards contributing towards the National interests. This means SGS will have a limited number of ports it will be responsible for. We anticipate having more applicants for the role of Governor than we have SGS ports to govern.

Within the forums, in the Squadron Wardroom, the Port Governance section will include a list of the applicants for Economic Ports and Non-Conquerable Ports. The list will be organized in the seniority order of the officers who have applied to be a Governor within that category. Officer's on the list who are Governor's will also have the port they are Governor listed next to their name.

To match the historical precedent of Governor selection, seniority is the primary determination of who will be the next officer selected to become a Governor. When a port under either category becomes available, the most senior unassigned officer will be the selected officer unless that officer decides to pass on the role. If that officer passes and decides they do not want to assume the responsibility at this time, the next most senior officer is selected. If that officer is already a Governor, that officer will automatically be skipped to the next most senior officer.

When the most senior available and interested officer is selected, the Governor in Chief, Caribbean will contact that Governor to offer the position. If the selected officer does not respond, then the selection will pass to the next most senior officer on the list. This will continue until an officer is selected and accepts the role.

Openness and transparency
Our port information and manifesto will always be publicly available on this website. We also will endeavor to keep the Governor Selection process as open and transparent as possible. Seniority with SGS is the primary determination as to where an officer will reside on the selection list.

Duration of Being a Governor
Applicant officers will remain on the Selection lists until they specifically request to be removed from future consideration or decline to reapply for the position at the conclusion of a map.

Once an officer is a Governor of a particular port, they will remain the Governor of that port until:


 * They voluntarily decide to stop being a Governor and notify the Governor in Chief, Caribbean
 * They go onto Half-Pay or Retire
 * They depart St. George Squadron of the White
 * They decline to submit a new application to be a Governor for the next map
 * They fail to manage and operate the port under SGS rules and regulations

The latter could include repeated times of being unavailable to support the port in the event of attack, a failure to continue to improve the port or adjust tax rates to meet the regulations of SGS, or any other major violation of Squadron rules and regulations. Since SGS is held collectively accountable for how we manage our ports, in order to protect the reputation of the Squadron, we reserve the right to replace Governors in order to maintain our position to manage that port. The Governor in Chief, Caribbean Flag Officer will be the primary decision maker.

Election
Once a candidate is selected, a Flag Officer (usually Governor in Chief, Caribbean) will provide the candidate with Squadron influence points to be used to force and win the election as Governor of the port. Depending on the port, the award will range from 25,000 to 250,000 points. The candidate is to use these points ONLY for the port that has been designated. The candidate is not to re-gift the points to another officer. Surplus points are to be used for the defense of the port from any future election effort. If additional influence is needed, contact either the Governor in Chief, Caribbean or Sea Lord Fletcher.

At the Governor's clerk in the port, the candidate needs to bid at least 10 points to start an election. The election will be set at least 24 hours in the future - with the clerk advising the candidate when the Open Bid Process will end. While no additional bidding is needed during the Open Bid process to gain entry to the Closed Bid process, dropping several hundred additional points if one is no longer the leader of the election will help send a message to the existing Governor and other candidates.

It is imperative that the candidate is with the Governor's Clerk when the Open Bid process ends and the Closed Bid process starts. Only those who bid during the Open Bid can bid in the Closed Bid. The Closed Bid process has a 5 minute timer. Every new bid restarts the 5 minute timer. The maximum bid in the Closed Bid section is 1000 points. We recommend making at or near the maximum bid possible in order to end the process as soon as possible. The election ends when a 5 minute timer expires without any new bid - and the high bidder at that point wins the election. Be prepared, in a competitive election, the closed bid process can last hours until one side or the other either runs out of points or reaches a threshold beyond which they do not want to bid. Generally, the more prestigious or wealthy the port is, the higher the cost for the election.

Remember, during the closed bid process, you are interacting with other members of the British Nation. Please be respectful to your opponent at all times. Your actions reflect on yourself and the Squadron.

If you need assistance during the election, contact a Flag Officer, ideally either Sea Lord Fletcher or the Governor in Chief, Caribbean for questions, information, or suggestions. These officer's can work behind the scenes diplomatically to assist the completion of the election.