I know I should have no part in this but what is wrong with just giving people the result of their orders and getting them to write it? Far less work and research for the GM and you weed out the absent. You would of course have to get approval for what you had written from the GM and have a deadline much like the update. IE post your update from Friday to Sunday and you have the rest of the week to get your treaties and interactions sorted out. And you could have separate update posts and reaction posts. Or something...