The Magistrate reminds the council there is one proposed policy left to be decided on.

Tasks
Assign Barrow to Pearl Harvesting
Recall the LT and have him defend
Offer Loyal colonists a position as Advisor
Give Loyal Colonists 5 bolts of Cloth and increased rations
Have the Mason build a Palisade around the Town Center
Assign 3 Wheat Farmers to Construction
Assign 15 Wheat Farmers to Pearls
Eliminate Fruit Consumption and blame Sepratists
Reduce Meat Consumption (BELAYED)
Assign 2 Apple Workers to Tomatoes
Have the Royal Guard take any food collected by the Separatists

Policies
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (PROPOSED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

Since a vote wasn't taken on it, does that count as 1 vote for and 0 votes against?

Magistrate, do we have the resources to either meet or improve upon the promises we made the natives? We need to make sure the loyalists have very good reason to stick with us despite this fruit dilemma.

Magistrate: It is up to the Council to tell me if a policy should be enacted.

Magistrate: Councilor bo, supplies and resources available are listed in the Scroll. Those plus what is taken by the Royal Guard can be used as the Council sees fit.

Then we should replace fruit with either wheat or gold, whichever is less of a sacrifice for us, and let the loyalists know that they will receive their fruit once it has grown.

Magistrate I would like to seriously propose renaming the colony Roanoke.

Tasks
Assign Barrow to Pearl Harvesting
Recall the LT and have him defend
Offer Loyal colonists a position as Advisor
Give Loyal Colonists 5 bolts of Cloth and increased rations
Have the Mason build a Palisade around the Town Center
Assign 3 Wheat Farmers to Construction
Assign 15 Wheat Farmers to Pearls
Eliminate Fruit Consumption and blame Sepratists
Reduce Meat Consumption (BELAYED)
Assign 2 Apple Workers to Tomatoes
Have the Royal Guard take any food collected by the Separatists

Policies
Renamen WebDipia Roanoke (PROPOSED)
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (PROPOSED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

Magistrate: How much gold should I offer the loyalists.

The Magistrate informs the council that there is little time remaining and still several policies that need to be decided.

We also don't have enough meat to give them. Instead of meat, I say give them more wheat (since we have a decent stockpile) as well as gold. So, pretty much, I like bo's idea.

http://goo.gl/forms/PwaCwwohDe

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dJP5HOJ0pZ8hdyHLaQaIMDz3i6pZg1G1iKbOlj8vhX4/edit?usp=sharing

I say 12 gold should be given to the head of each family.

Tasks
Assign Barrow to Pearl Harvesting
Recall the LT and have him defend
Offer Loyal colonists a position as Advisor
Give Loyal Colonists 5 bolts of Cloth and increased rations
Have the Mason build a Palisade around the Town Center
Assign 3 Wheat Farmers to Construction
Assign 15 Wheat Farmers to Pearls
Eliminate Fruit Consumption and blame Sepratists
Reduce Meat Consumption
Assign 2 Apple Workers to Tomatoes
Have the Royal Guard take any food collected by the Separatists
Given 12 gold to every loyal family
Give the loyalists more Wheat

Policies
Renamen WebDipia Roanoke (PROPOSED)
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (PROPOSED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

I am happy with 12 gold and extra wheat (the question being how much we can afford to give). I would not object to handing out some of those royal seals that we discussed either to the heads of some of the most loyal families with the most workers and the most disdain for the elders. We should try to get to know our loyal families personally (or, for the sake of the Magistrate, send some advisors to get to know the loyal families personally) so that we might figure out who is most on our side and who is still on the fence. We demonstrate to those on the fence that we are the right choice by giving out the royal seals to those who show the most loyalty to our cause.

The magistrate insists that agreement must be reached on the two outstanding proposals

Those were both included on the form I made.

The Magistrate is unaware of anything the Council discusses outside this venue.

Bo and I have both voted no to the rename one, and yes to the Royal Banners one.

Tasks
Assign Barrow to Pearl Harvesting
Recall the LT and have him defend
Offer Loyal colonists a position as Advisor
Give Loyal Colonists 5 bolts of Cloth and increased rations
Have the Mason build a Palisade around the Town Center
Assign 3 Wheat Farmers to Construction
Assign 15 Wheat Farmers to Pearls
Eliminate Fruit Consumption and blame Sepratists
Reduce Meat Consumption
Assign 2 Apple Workers to Tomatoes
Have the Royal Guard take any food collected by the Separatists
Given 12 gold to every loyal family
Give the loyalists more Wheat

Policies
Renamen WebDipia Roanoke (NOT TO BE ENACTED)
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (TO BE ENACTED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

http://tinyurl.com/lblc22h
It's almost like HR wants to write a novel in the record.

Voting no on renaming.

Abstaining on banner vote.

The magistrate informs the council there is very little time remaining

Captain of the Guard: Councilors, with how much force should my men follow your orders?

Not deadly. Try to leave as few traces behind - we would be better off convincing them to join our side than forcing them. We may also lose followers if we are too violent. At the same time, we have people to feed, so make sure you get what we need.

Captain or the Gaurd: understood. We shall use restraint whenever possible.

The Magistrate shall enact the will of the Council.

The anticipation at the end of the month has been getting higher and higher recently.

We really should elect the Secretary's and such.

Year 1
Month 5

Magistrate: Councilors, I have enacted the tasks given to me. The current state of the town can be found in the scroll.

Lt of the Guard: Councilors, we have returned from exploring and are ready to defend the town. We will have a crude map of our findings for your shortly. The beach along the North-West is large and contains plenty of room for full fledged docks. To the West and East of the docks, the elevation increases rapidly. Moving South-East half a day is the Town and large structures. Wheat fields and huts are scattered around, the furthest being about 1 day south of the town. The town is surrounded by dense woods. Several days South-East is a decent sized mountain. Following the mountain due south is a large lake. We continued following the mountain south until we reached the end of the island, still elevated enough as to prevent access. We followed the western edge of the island until we reached the town again. Past the mountains was not explored.

Magistrate: The Loyal Colonists have asked to be represented by their own group of Loyal Elders.

Loyal Elders: We thank you for the opportunity to serve the King and His Council. We are disappointed you were not able to deliver us Fruit, but we we are pleased by the gold and wheat. We are eager to serve.

Lt of the Guard: Councilors, 2 Separatists refused to disperse at the docks and have been arrested.

Captain of the Guard: Councilors, 4 Separatists refused to disperse at the granary and have been arrested.

Lt of the Guard: Councilors, we recovered as much wheat and game from the Separatists as possible without causing injury. 8 Separatists were arrested.

Magistrate: Around 50 Separatists have pledged fealty to the King. I have assigned them temporary work for this month.

Mason: I have begun construction of the Palisade.

Phew. Not nearly as bad as it could have been.