Post by indigo on Jul 28, 2009 6:05:00 GMT 10
In the past, the Micronational Professional Registry (MPR) has published official warnings about terrorist organisations or scam micronations like this one:
openpr.com/news/31384.html
Of course, more than just MPR members have benefited in this case, and perhaps even some de jure governments have benefited.
We also informed visitors to our website of another scam that was selling land in Antarctica, for the benefit of a micronation that is not even a MPR member.
In the past, the MPR also had scam artists busted who were running a diploma mill under the name of the "University of Sealand". I'll be the first to admit that getting that gang busted was not easy, because we are not a government agency, we don't have substantial economic resources, and we certainly enjoy no recognition with de jure government agencies around the world; nevertheless, we were able to prosecute the scam artists by connecting them with another, very reputable and famous, academic institution.
Today, MPR professionals who are also ministers and diplomats were informed of an individual who is not dangerous, but who is nonetheless deceptive. This information will benefit these micronations even though our intent is not to publicly mark anyone in such a way as to ensure he/she will no longer have employment opportunities. The MPR does not exist to ensure unemployment of people, but to ensure the very opposite (at least we endeavour in that direction), so we avoid marking people in general, unless it is absolutely clear that the individual is a dangerous criminal, or dangerous to personal reputations and/or personal property.
We would now like to either encourage other nations and micronations to join the MPR, so they can benefit from this kind of information from time to time, for their own security. However, we are also willing to develop mailing lists beyond the MPR itself, in order to facilitate the exchange of information concerning individuals or organisations which are, or can possibly represent, a threat to national and micronational security.
I propose the creation of not an organisation, but nothing more than a private mailing list called the International Security Organisation (ISO). The acronym does not represent the International Organization for Standardization, nor do we care for relations with them. Any interested nations and organisations here can simply tell me, and I will add their email addresses to the email list(s). They can either act as sensitive informers, when they have direct knowledge of individuals or organisations which represent a security threat, or as receivers of information. Again, there is no need to mark any individual publicly, if the need does not exist, as the email list will be confined to those nations and organisations interested in greater security.
The list(s) may also evolve in the future in order to offer other services that are related. E.g., we can identify organisations or institutions that are clearly not micronation-friendly (some evidence must be presented), and we can place them on a list so we can collectively avoid giving them any business or monetary support. That also, can be used for improving the security of nations and micronations.
Perhaps others here have additional ideas or suggestions. I am open to any you may have.
openpr.com/news/31384.html
Of course, more than just MPR members have benefited in this case, and perhaps even some de jure governments have benefited.
We also informed visitors to our website of another scam that was selling land in Antarctica, for the benefit of a micronation that is not even a MPR member.
In the past, the MPR also had scam artists busted who were running a diploma mill under the name of the "University of Sealand". I'll be the first to admit that getting that gang busted was not easy, because we are not a government agency, we don't have substantial economic resources, and we certainly enjoy no recognition with de jure government agencies around the world; nevertheless, we were able to prosecute the scam artists by connecting them with another, very reputable and famous, academic institution.
Today, MPR professionals who are also ministers and diplomats were informed of an individual who is not dangerous, but who is nonetheless deceptive. This information will benefit these micronations even though our intent is not to publicly mark anyone in such a way as to ensure he/she will no longer have employment opportunities. The MPR does not exist to ensure unemployment of people, but to ensure the very opposite (at least we endeavour in that direction), so we avoid marking people in general, unless it is absolutely clear that the individual is a dangerous criminal, or dangerous to personal reputations and/or personal property.
We would now like to either encourage other nations and micronations to join the MPR, so they can benefit from this kind of information from time to time, for their own security. However, we are also willing to develop mailing lists beyond the MPR itself, in order to facilitate the exchange of information concerning individuals or organisations which are, or can possibly represent, a threat to national and micronational security.
I propose the creation of not an organisation, but nothing more than a private mailing list called the International Security Organisation (ISO). The acronym does not represent the International Organization for Standardization, nor do we care for relations with them. Any interested nations and organisations here can simply tell me, and I will add their email addresses to the email list(s). They can either act as sensitive informers, when they have direct knowledge of individuals or organisations which represent a security threat, or as receivers of information. Again, there is no need to mark any individual publicly, if the need does not exist, as the email list will be confined to those nations and organisations interested in greater security.
The list(s) may also evolve in the future in order to offer other services that are related. E.g., we can identify organisations or institutions that are clearly not micronation-friendly (some evidence must be presented), and we can place them on a list so we can collectively avoid giving them any business or monetary support. That also, can be used for improving the security of nations and micronations.
Perhaps others here have additional ideas or suggestions. I am open to any you may have.