Seventh Election (March-April term) - Candidates and discussion

[Dan the Seagull Chef]

Is there anyone that actually uses the forums often enough to do this? A "Community" Rep someone in the community (Playing NW)

dan is your man

yeah me too

[Windflower]

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CR term length should be 6 months now tbh... pool is running low on people that should be considered as CR.

but do people really want the chance of 6 months with a pickle CR?

Pickles last for like 2 years so why not

But I've known you for like 4 years..

You are delusional.

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Oh okay, I see how it is.

[Thunderstormer]

As no one else ran for CR on the EU side, riddlez wins.

Na election is up.

https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=35088.0

[AP0CALYPS3]

No Lurvy?

I am rioting

[Riddlez]

Had expected at least ONE candidate more for EU. But oh well.

[Amit_]

As no one else ran for CR on the EU side, riddlez wins.

Na election is up.

https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=35088.0

EU has finally collapsed! Rejoice, NA!

[Dan the Seagull Chef]

Can I be the candidate for EU?

[Shadow]

Can I be the candidate for EU?

Unfortunately, no - personnel on EU side can only be nominated for EU Community Rep, and vice versa for NA.

However, this was the previous stance. I don't think it would change to say, based on the individual's community they are a part of (some NA only are in EU and vice versa), they can then run for that position anytime soon.  I do wonder what some criteria would be, and how one could enforce/honor that...

[Amit_]

An interesting development that would be for sure. Something I'd like to point out is that a lot of people in this thread are placing an inordinate amount of emphasis on community representatives to solve the activity and toxicity crisis of the NW community. Measuring the worth of a community representative directly by how many events they managed to run for a length of time and how many people they managed to get involved in certain aspects of NW is not at all what representation is about. There is too much expectation placed on these people to get things done that they don't have the means to do on their own.

A community representative should entail the following:

- Present a general overview of how the community thinks and feels about certain issues
- Provide information about relevant issues affecting regiments and the community as a whole
- Attempt to mediate low-level community issues, escalating them to a higher level if it's beyond their power (bans, etc.)

They aren't glorified event admins designed to reinvigorate the community. If that's what people want, then perhaps the position should be renamed to Community Promoter. The backing of an event-holding force would be required to keep a 24/7 public server running the way the BBG and 63e servers do.


With regard to the NANWL controversy, I was largely left in the dark about how that decision was made. Duuring has not filled me in. I can't speak to anyone else's involvement through forums,etc., but I can provide a list of people who I personally received support from and everyone one of them agreed to make a statement either publicly or privately, if required, to show their support. However, this list never made it to Duuring because he made his decision before I had the chance to send it to him:

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Some names on this list are redacted because their wish was to not be named publicly. They are my personal friends and I wouldn't disrespect their wishes.

Name

Role

AP0C AsianP BabyJesus Bondage Cheeseypants Diversey  George V Glenn GlukTheWalrus Irish Jakester Knight of St. John Label  [Redacted] Littlefield Midnight ModernAssassin Nappy Surena Nathan NickCole Nico Offizer Orcaryo PapaBean PriestPooba Portals Red Viper RussianFury Ser_Wall [Redacted] Steven [Redacted] Superbad Theodin Waste Windflower

S6 Moderator S6 Referee & Reg Leader S6 Player S6 Referee S5 Head Admin S6 Reg Leader S6 Reg Leader S6 Referee Community Member S6 Reg Leader S6 Player & 63e NCO S6 Reg Leader S6 Moderator S6 Referee & 63e NCO S6 Reg Leader S6 Reg Leader S6 Reg Leader S6 Referee & Reg Leader S6 Ex-Admin & 63e NCO S6 Former Ref S6 Reg Leader S6 Reg Leader (63e) 2-term Community Rep. S6 Head Admin S6 Reg Leader S6 Referee S6 Referee S6 Reg Leader S6 Referee S6 Reg Leader S6 Player & 63e NCO S6 Referee & 63e Member S6 Referee S6 Former Referee Community Member S5 & S6 Moderator

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[Theodin]

When you're the only former referee on that list

[Orcaryo]

When you're the only former referee on that list

*ahem*

[Windflower]

I didn't realllllly give "support", all I did was tell the boring truth.

[Amit_]

When you're the only former referee on that list

Might want to pull out the magnifying glass. NickCole is also marked as such. Orcaryo says he was a referee as well, but Bean/Nathan must have removed him from the list before I became more involved with running Season 6 (End of Feb. 2016).

I didn't realllllly give "support", all I did was tell the boring truth.

Telling the truth and supporting me were one and the same. Some claims were made that were easily disproved provided that people told the truth. Perhaps I went overkill, but it was about sending a message that lies can't trump the truth. The support was for my statements, not my claim to running NANWL.

[Windflower]

I was also a former referee in the previous seasons and also a former veteran referee, just not marked as that

[Amit_]

I kept it relevant to Season 6 only. If they have S5 in their name, it was because they were involved in it as proof that Karth disappeared during that time. It wasn't about glorifying people, it was about describing their significance to Season 6.