Within the continuing vision of involvement of many people in PaxLair, there are now three aspects to the official representation within PaxLair and the realm.

1. Mayor: - focuses primarily on long-term goals and situations. The Mayor is directly assisted by the Chancellors. Such long term things are considered usually more than a month out into the future, or significant trends by nature. The Mayor generally does not focus on specific events or daily activities. His primary role is to continue to maintain and foster the vision of wide cooperation and opportunity for all interested in PaxLair.
2. Council: - focuses primarily on mid-term goals and situations. These are trends and things that deal with relations between groups of PaxLair, regular events, history and lore of PaxLair, and advisement to the Mayor and people interested in PaxLair. In other words, the council helps carry out the vision of PaxLair in the mid-term, stimulating interest and offering more opportunities to all people through a town environment. The council is therefore an advisory and implementation group, designed to be independent of the Mayor's office.
3. Chancellors: - focus primarily on the short-term goals and situations along with directly assisting the Mayor in the long-range mission. They are involved in day-to-day interactions between people and the town. They are direct advisors to the Mayor and to the council, and work specifically as an extension of the Mayor's role within the community.

Starting on October 11, 1999, 16 people came together from all sorts of backgrounds in the realm to help establish the framework for the PaxLair Council. Mayor Winfield asked for volunteers who were interested in helping frame the council. He did not approach anyone to be on the framers group because he sought to see who would show interest and lean forward. He sought to have the framers come together freely without expectation, and led by their own energies and ideas.

The Mayor was most pleased at the diversity of people interested in aiding PaxLair with the council concept. Many of the framers were not of PaxLair itself, but regular visitors or those who do much for the entire shard.

Over several weeks the framers met several times and discussed concepts of a large council, small council, authorities, advisor roles, events creation ideas, and membership.

On November 5, their framework tasks were completed and a starting Council was selected through a collaboration of ideas, goals, and visions for PaxLair. The starting council membership does in fact involve many of the framers who wish to continue the work of developing this council by carrying out and testing their ideas within our town. A few seats were still open to offer an even larger cross section of interest in PaxLair. The council is responsible for its own membership, and the membership can change over time at their discretion.

On November 11, the council membership was announced at a ceremony in the North Tower of PaxLair behind Luigi's Pizzeria and the Saloon. Speeches were given by the Mayor and Marilla to explain more about the council's role. The floor was then opened for question and answer. The north tower is designated the public building for the council and the building also holds a residence and the meeting place for the PaxLair Knights (PxK).

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