ASSEMBLY MEETING OF 5 JANUARY 2013 XXXVI The Molossian National Assembly convened on 5 January 2013 XXXVI, in the office of the President of the Republic. This was the first Assembly meeting since 30 September 2012 XXXV, in accordance with The President's directive that assembly meetings will only be held quarterly, since then. In attendance were the resident citizens of Molossia; email contributions were solicited from non-resident citizens, without response. As the Assembly is a purely advisory body, no legislative actions took place. The President began the session by briefing the assembled citizens of the current state of the nation. Thereafter followed a session of old business and new business. The President took several matters into consideration, and adjourned the Assembly until the next quarterly meeting, at the beginning of April 2013 XXXVI. State of the Nation: Molossia's website averages for the last three months of 2012 were 25,478 hits per day. Our Facebook group has 2018 members, passing 2000 on New Year's Eve. We have 876 Twitter followers. Old business: To recap events of the last quarter, the Day of Merriment (First Lady's Birthday) took place on 15 October. The Nevada Day Parade took place in Carson City on 27 October. Guy Fawkes Night was celebrated 5 November. A petition was launched on 14 November to ask the U.S. Government to enter into a Compact of Free Association with the Molossia, seen as a first step to eventual total sovereignty for our nation. The petition closed with a total of 271 signatures, a far cry from the 25,000 needed for a response from the White House, but still a good effort. Once the petition passed 150 signatures it became visible to the general public and thence generated a good deal of media attention. On 26 November we inaugurated our first money redesign since 2003 and we are very proud of our new banknotes. Christmas activities dominated most of December. New business: We will commence making and selling soap in the very near future, our first real manufactured product. A winter survival expedition will take place sometime during the month of January, involving the Molossia Rangers and Molossian Naval Infantry. Activities will be mixed training with pleasure; along with survival activities such as making a snow shelter, sledding and some sort of winter warfare training will occur. Building projects will commence over the next three months; planned are the new Bank of Molossia building and a bike storage shed. A jail is also planned, to be built further in the future. Discussion was made of the proposed reality TV series, for which Tom and Harriet visited from London in September. The taster film made from the footage taken in September has been sent to various American television networks. Hopefully we will have word soon if our nation is going to be featured in a television show. In addition, Mike Martelle of Ontario, Canada has been appointed as Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion of Molossia and Vesperia. He will begin competing in February, proudly wearing the Molossian flag on his uniform. A suggestion box will be placed in Government House for the promotion of future Molossian activities. ASSEMBLY MEETING OF 1 APRIL 2013 XXXVI The Molossian National Assembly convened on 1 April 2013 XXXVI, in the office of the President of the Republic. This was the second Assembly meeting of 2013 XXXV, in accordance with The President's directive that assembly meetings will only be held quarterly. In attendance were the resident citizens of Molossia; email contributions were solicited from non-resident citizens, with a single response, noted below. As the Assembly is a purely advisory body, no legislative actions took place. The President began the session by briefing the assembled citizens of the current state of the nation. Thereafter followed a session of old business and new business. The President took several matters into consideration, and adjourned the Assembly until the next quarterly meeting, at the beginning of July 2013 XXXVI. State of the Nation: Molossia's website averages for the first three months of 2013 XXXVI were 13, 332 hits per day. Our Facebook group has 2051 members. We have 962 Twitter followers. Old business: We began making and selling Supremo Soap in February, our first real manufactured product. Many bars have been sold us far, making it a successful product. A proposed winter survival expedition in January did not take place. Building projects continued throughout the past three months, culminating in the completion of the new Bank of Molossia building. The proposed reality TV series, for which Tom and Harriet visited from London in September, fell through and will likely not take place. Mike Martelle of Ontario, Canada, Molossia's appointed Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion of Molossia and Vesperia, competed in February, placing fourth. A suggestion box was placed in Government House for the promotion of future Molossian activities. A newsletter was inaugurated at the beginning of March and will be published monthly, with the previous month's news and other articles about Molossia. Included are a section authored by the First Lady and games such as a word-find and find-the-difference. New business: The First Lady will be creating and selling her own line of soap soon. We will be having a possible tourist visit in late April, with more planned in May, including Prince Arthur and Princess Zena-Antoinette of the House of Homestead, Commodore Jonathan and Katie Miller, and the Jarl of Lykosha around Founder's Day. Founder's Day is just around the corner and we will including an art show of Molossian art, and the singing of our National Anthem, along with the usual activities, a BBQ, tours of the nation and The President's Founder's Day Speech. A proposal by First Grandma Penny Baugh mirrors an interest of His Excellency, The President to create a National Language. His Excellency wishes Molossia to have its own creole language and this will be developed over time. There were several new proposals. The First Lady proposed a kids corner for the newsletter. A camping expedition is proposed for the future, during warmer weather. Molossia will have its own Classified ads, for jobs around our nation. Geocaching Day is April 27th and will be enjoyed to the utmost by Molossians. A National Reading Day has been proposed and will be planned. 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