Welcome
to the PaxLair Ministry of Knowledge.
This Ministry specializes in organizing
and documenting everything "PaxLair", as well as keeping a firm
knowledge of the workings of the entire Chesapeake community.
The role that the Ministry of Knowledge plays can be split into three
groups explained below:
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Collection of Knowledge and
Information from the Shard-Community
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PaxLair Clerical and Administrative
Work
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Online Information Documentation &
Liaison to Larger News & Information Sources
Collection of Knowledge and Information
from the Shard-Community
The major focus
of the Ministry of Knowledge is to keep the citizens of PaxLair
informed about current events and activities put on by other towns,
establishments, guilds, Event Moderated quests, etc., report them on
the PaxLair skypage and in-realm upon request. This role is
shared heavily with the Ministry of Diplomacy, as Knowledge is key to
successful relations with these groups.
The gathering of Knowledge is done through a
variety of methods. The members of the Ministry of Knowledge
will, from time-to-time participate directly with outside groups, and
in doing so gain knowledge of their activies and possibly desire for
Diplomatic relations. (i.e. spending time at the Siren's Call
Tavern in Silvervale, Trammel.) Other methods of acquiring
knowledge include: participation on other skypages and skyboards,
and maintaining contacts over (ICQ).
PaxLair Clerical and
Administrative Work
Another role of the Ministry of
Knowledge, and more specifically the Minister of Knowledge is to
perform the job of a record-keeper, or clerk. The Minister is
responsible to keep knowledge of the locations of information (i.e.
items on the Pax Skypage), and present them upon the request of other
government officials. For example:
The Mayor might request information
on the "Disbanding of the Original PaxLair Guard" at a weekly meeting.
Research would then be conducted by the Minister of Knowledge through
a variety of information sources, and a short summary followed by a
weblink to an
old article will be presented at the Mayor's request.
The Minister of Knowledge will also be
able to present information to any citizen who requests it at any
given time.
Online Information Documentation &
Liaison to Larger News & Information Sources
The behind-the-scenes role of the
Ministry of Knowledge is to document information and knowledge on the
new PaxLair Skypage. Work extends into the creation of news
stories, design of pages and restoring of old sub-sites (i.e. the
PaxLair Knight's page).
The Ministry of Knowledge also
participates in submission-to and correspondence with larger news
sources (like Stratics News and UO.com events calendar) and works to
promote PaxLair's image through the information and knowledge in news
stories.
